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Saw mention of this in Cuscuna's liner notes when I re-read the Rivers Mosaic booklet last night. It was a Left Bank gig; has it ever surfaced on tape? I contacted Joel Dorn regarding this date a few years back when he was releasing the Left Bank recordings on LABEL M. He called me up and told me that he had no plans to release it. It sounded like he was having trouble with sales at the time... Thanks for the post Mr. Robinson!

I have nothing to do with it! I just came across it last night. I wonder if there is mention of this project elsewhere on the web. The description on the site leaves things open to interpretation! music.com looks like it has some serious potential.

As an aside, the Rhode Island Auditorium is now known as DUNKIN DONUTS CIVIC CENTER. This state is owned by donuts.

I pulled this thread up on a search for more information on LARGO. I heard a track on the radio the other night that really hit me pretty hard. I had no idea who it was until the dj announced that it was a cut from Brad (still can't spell his last name, where does the h go)'s LARGO. Sounded really gritty, to me. On a tangent, I read that the same guy that arranged the aforementioned Radiohead covers album is doing a similar project with the songs of Elliott Smith.

http://www.music.com/ Sometimes I type in random url's just to see if anyone owns them, what's there, etc. Yeah, I know. Get a life. I had a slow desk job a couple years ago and we would try to find the most outrageous sites. I no longer have the slow desk job, but we do have a wireless connection for the laptop at the house... I'm watching Extreme Makeover on TV, watching an eBay auction, and searching for the next great music website. Tonight, I was thinking about the whole allmusic.com disaster and thought now would be a great time for someone to offer an alternative site in the great American competitive spirit. What is the most logical url? www.music.com.

Maybe we should compare this show to other Ivy League shows from the time. I've always enjoyed the Cornell sets.

I.m fan. Andrew Hill's compositions for this session demand some interesting rhythms from the GREAT Roy Haynes! Joe Henderson seems to have been a great choice for the horn player as well! I really like the tenor, piano, bass, drums quartet and this particular date had to have been something new and exciting for other quartets with this instrumentation at the time.

Thanks Brad. I'm just shaking my head.

Richmond, VA (197,456) Wilmington, NC (90,644) Charlotte, NC (580,597) Providence, RI (175,901) I haven't really lived in a big city. The population for Charlotte is misleading. Of the four cities above, Wilmington is the goal. Not a big traffic problem (yet), beaches, intracoastal waterway, and a growing University. I love being in big cities, but I also love knowing that I can leave.

According to the sessionography, Sam Rivers played stateside with the Miles Davis Quintet as early as April. They didn't travel to Japan until July, which leaves a lot to the imagination! Reading some of the recollections above leads me to believe that things sort of finally came to a head between Sam Rivers and Miles Davis during their stay in Japan.

I remember a decent discussion on this band, probably at BNBB. Hopefully Lon will tune in soon. I seem to remember he had a good deal of insight on this period in time.

Of course, the tune that I referenced is actually titled "Turnaround," not "The Turnaround."

I seem to remember reading that it was Tony Williams (mostly), Herbie Hancock, and Ron Carter that requested Miles pursue Sam Rivers after the split with George Coleman. Miles' first choice was Wayne Shorter, who was currently employed as director of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers, so Miles gave into the rest of the band and hired Sam Rivers. Sam was with T-Bone Walker until July of 1964, when he joined the Miles Davis Quintet for Japan. Before joining, he had already developed an interest in the new wave, as were Tony Williams, Herbie Hancock, and Ron Carter. To a degree. I think the recordings paint a pretty accurate picture of this. When Miles Davis solos, the band plays one way. When Sam Rivers solos, the band plays all kinds of ways! Late summer, early fall, after more than two years of pursuance from Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter joined the band. John Gilmore replaced Wayne Shorter with the Jazz Messengers, and Sam Rivers went on to play with Andrew Hill. This was around the same time Tony Williams recorded Lifetime, a radically different record from anything these musicians were doing with Miles Davis' Quintet at the time. I think it was just natural progression. Sam Rivers was rapidly developing during this time, when Miles was re-focusing and trying to get THE band together. He wanted to be elsewhere, and Miles wanted Wayne Shorter, who had finally become available. With Miles, it seems there was always another story...

I love all three already mentioned. "Lonely Woman" was the first that came to mind. How about "The Turnaround!" What a killer.

I have to be honest. I don't have much interest in the songs that Elliott Smith doesn't sing on. They just don't compare. They are very average, I think.

I'm hitting on my wife with "Mike" right now. If only they had "Barry White" or "Miles Davis."

How beautiful is "Because," the Beatles' cover song? Close yourself in with some earphones and lay your head back. Elliott harmonizing with himself. Imagine he and Brian Wilson crossing paths in another dimension. Damn, and it is a b-side for god sake. He recorded so much great material, I'd love to see it released in a proper fashion. Fucking tragic. Sometimes I'm just not in the mood for anything but Elliott Smith.

Awesome movie. Everything everyone else has already said! How about the Doctor with the Grateful Dead t-shirt?! Any insight on that one?

Do you guys ever wonder what a Wayne Shorter album would have sounded like on Columbia from this period? Good lord, his playing as out of this world amazing on these Miles albums. Wouldn't that have been interesting...

What made Steve Lacy decide to come back to the States I wonder? Pete C, do you know?

Anybody check this out yet? I posted it up here because it was so different from any other Grateful Dead I had previously heard. Gotta love archive.org.

Marshall Tucker. ???

I've done pretty much everything with the iPod. No problem exercising (running) with it whatsoever. iPod is a strong buy.

I thought it was interesting as well, for what its worth, but I had no idea he was fighting a terminal illness. It makes sense in that context, that he would want to come home I suppose.

The first disc I would recommend, knowing you Dots & Loops, would be Cobra & Phases. Then I would recommend you check out the other side of Stereolab that these guys are recommending, because it is almost like looking at the same object from a different vantage point. I agree with them completely, in that the early disc are fantastic, but I really like Dots & Loops and Cobra & Phases. Sean O'Hagan and John McIntyre are a welcome addition to these albums with the string, horn, and percussion arrangements that the previous discs lack.