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JB, can you recommend me some Brandlmayr? I love Too Beautiful To Burn. Anyone else with recommendations is obviously welcome! Thanks!

Please, no more images of Michael Jackson or I will have to start a thread about this. Hopefully we can agree that enough is enough Tony. I've had it up to here with you. Well, not up to here, more like up to here, but you catch my drift. No more!

Thanks Noj for the response. And how's about posting some of that great painting you do to cheer everyone up. Thanks Jim. Glad you are enjoying the tunes. Any opportunity to TALK ABOUT MUSIC is good by me!

Honestly, what is this all about? I don't have time to read EVERY GD post to find out that so and so called so and so a poo poo rose! I think a lot of us are able to maintain a very civilized community here, and I don't think Jim should be held responsible to police the damn thing. Some people need to go elsewhere to blow off steam. Take up an instrument or something. This isn't the place! Unless you are talking about ANWR, not Anwar from American Idol.

OK, maybe the answers are obvious to some, but I have to ask them anyway... Who is Dizzyspells? What the hell is going on? Why is Dizzyspells trying to involve the entire board? Do I really have to click on the "moderated" aric thread to find out? If it isn't proper etiquette to post the answers here, someone can PM me. Happy St. Patrick's Day! p.s. Flurin, I was so intimidated by you that I posted my BFT 23 Disc Two answers without proofreading. You are a bully. I am a wimp. I will gladly pay you today for two hamburgers tomorrow. Only kidding. Maybe you know what's going on?

Sorry! I wasn't clear. I think JazzKat is rubbing off on me... I have the Larry Young recording. I'm looking for a copy of the Walt! My bad.

I think you mean Lawrence of Newark. Unless you mean Walt Dickerson. If this is the case, I've got first dibs.

Mike, what years are we talking about here? Is this all pre-1967? I liked the sound of that BFT #8 track.

I was listening to this again today. Is any of that Jack Wilson Roy Ayers stuff available on CD? I have a Roy Ayers disc that I'm not all that fond of. Stone Soul Picnic. The musicianship is great, but the music is dated. I like the soft mallets that he is using here.

I included a solo Monk take from Thelonious Himself, and people still missed it! Actually, I didn't remember you including this version! I love this song.

Man, I was listening to your blindfold today driving around, and I had to play this track a few times. Wow. I love the stationary feeling that the drummer (now I know it is Nasheet Waits) creates during his solo. He's got a lot going on there, very propulsive. I'm not familiar, at all, with Hersch, and listening to this track makes me think I am missing some great music.

Seriously, what was the question. I don't think I'm the only one who doesn't know what you were asking. And sorry in advance for the vague answer, but 7/4 knew EXACTLY what I was talking about. Maybe we should ask him. Hey 7, which ones would you say are the good ones? I used to like the green ones, then I realized they all tasted the same and the color didn't matter anymore.

Got those too John! Chuck's always good for a blind pick. Usually, I'll order a couple and have him pick a couple. Works out well! Thanks Chuck. I'm looking forward to hearing this recording.

Larry B! What's up! Thanks John. Actually, I have all of those except the Vons. I've heard a Von record at a friend's house and really felt it, so I'll be taking your advice. And now back to our regularly scheduled programming.

I can imagine!

Noted. I have a list going for a nice stack of new music after this week's paycheck. This sounds like a good buy. Larry, can you recommend me a couple of items from the Nessa catalog as well? Hopefully not too off-topic and thanks for the recommendation!

Me? The good ones are over there. Beside the ones that aren't so bad. See? Right across from the great ones back there by the thing. Those are the good ones. That's what I'd say.

I loved those photos, and would love to have been there. I can only imagine the sound.

Honestly, though, I think that is a real challenge for the newer generations of musicians out there. You know Joe. I'm looking at your disc now and you are credited on quite a few compositions. Too many good musicians are looking to modern pop/rock for "the new standard." I've been saying this for a little while, and I'm new to all of this music anyway (less than a decade) so what do I know, but I say "the new standard" is ORIGINAL COMPOSITION.

Yeah man. That RJ recording is one wild band! Is there a second? I'd definitely be interested! Hell, Mike, I'd take any recommendations you've got directly to the store!

and p.s. Vint! Thank you for turning me onto Orlando!

I think the main difference for me is the overpresence of vocals on the second, as if Ribot thought he was becoming a singing cubano sensation! Hold off on the singing Ribot, and let your fingers do the walking! You guys like the Tzadik album under Roberto Juan Rodriquez' name, El Danzon de Moises?

I never thought of Gastr Del Sol when listening to either of THOSE bands. Wilco has continued to grow on me, whereas Radiohead's most recent releases have not. Sam Prekop has a new album coming out under his name this year. Highly anticipated in my household for sure. His s/t is so great to me. I've also been enjoying O'Rourke's Drag City stuff lately. And Califone is always playing on a stereo nearby. I got a copy of a Tortoise show from 2003 recently. Never saw them live, but this disc just reminded me of how cool their music was. Not too heavy, not too serious, and usually in some sort of a pocket. Gastr was usually out of pocket, which can also be good, but only when I'm in that mood. Usually that mood is devoted to albums like Too Beautiful to Burn, or New York Art Quartet. I never think of Gastr anymore, for some reason. Any recommedations to get me back on the wagon?

Is that right? I can't imagine! I'd love to see it... Thanks for the photos and write-ups guys!

Hey guys. I'm heading down to NYC March 25-27. Anything of interest that weekend? Thanks!