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Is this a recent live compilation Lon? If so, I'm surprised it is already out-of-print. Haven't heard it though...

What will you be using the laptop for Brandon? Its fantastic that Apple has developed portable supercomputers, but the average user doesn't need all that. My wife, who's in law school and uses the machine primarily for word processing and research, is on a 14" G3 iBook 800Mhz. I'm actually using it right now. She uses iTunes, iCal, iPhoto as well. Of course, it would be great to have a G4 1Ghz in a laptop, but its not necessary for the application. By the way, the 12" is pretty sweet. There's something really neat about a computer so small and portable. I love the layout of the newer Apple laptop keyboards also. I have a Dell through work and it doesn't compare.

I saw the trio in a church in Atlanta a few years back. Still have the ticket somewhere. That was a lot of fun. Maybe we were at the same show! This was just mind-blowing, and I mean that in the literal sense. At one point, Kidd Jordan was summoning notes out of his bell with his bottom hand as if he could see a flow of energy coming out of his horn. Encouraging the sound to come out faster. Whether this is part of his show or not, I don't know, but at the time it seemed totally real. It was rare when all four musicians weren't playing. There were times when William Parker's bow was matched up with Kidd's false-register vibrato in perfect unison. The music was frenetic in constant crescendo. The four ended up in gospel, then deep deep blues, then what sounded like a less detailed melody of My Favorite Things. Kidd played this frame while Sabir embellished with design. I really hope this is released so the people who weren't there can experience something similar. Unreal. Unreal.

Rosemount was great about 5 years ago. I remember a friend's mom turning me onto it when I was in England. Penfold's is pretty consistent. Black Opal too. We bought a case a few weeks back at $7 a bottle! Elsewhere it sells for $14. Not a thing wrong with it. I haven't had Perrin. Thanks for the tip! I'll also check out the Chilean grape mentioned. I have had pretty good luck with Chilean wine. I'm by no means a conn. of wines, but I know what I like. Pinot Noir and Cote Du Rhone by rule, Merlot by majority, Shiraz as well. My wife kept bringing Yellow Tail home until I asked her to try something new. I was a fan a few years ago, but I'm not impressed anymore. Nathanson Creek used to be decent as well. I wonder what it tastes like now? Anyone familiar? Good companion to the cheese thread!

Thanks Michael. Have you read the Cadence piece? Fascinating. I still haven't check out Sound. I'm slow on that one. I do want to hear him in a bebop setting. Can you recommend any albums with him? He and William Parker were talking about a Clifford Brown/Max Roach recording from the Beehive that was so fast they considered it free. Is anyone familiar? I will post a new thread for this I guess.

In Walked Thelonious is phenomenal.

There are tons of wines in the $15 range, including many Cote Du Rhones. You can spend a lifetime in the $15 range. We rarely veer outside it, unless we are out to dinner, in which case it is the $30-$40 range (same wines in the $15 range, don'tcha hate it ).

Good lord almighty. I am a big fan of the drum kit. I go out of my way to hear new drummers from all eras of jazz music. Granted I haven't heard everyone, but HOW HAD I NEVER HEARD OF ALVIN FIELDER BEFORE THIS MONTH? It is 2004 and he is now getting attention? Are we all asleep on Alvin Fielder? This man is a masterful jazz drummer. I want to hear from the Chicago area right now. Then I want to hear from the drummers. I hold both groups personally responsible for my ignorance. Help me find some Alvin Fielder!

William Parker Quartet: Sabir Mateen (as, ts); Kidd Jordan (ts); William Parker ( b ); Alvin Fielder (d) 4.16.04 | Institute for Contemporary Art | Boston MA | Boston Creative Music Alliance Shit Fuck [Hot] damn Fuck shit fuck shit fuck. I had heard Sabir Mateen play in a duo with drummer Ben Karetnick a few years back in Atlanta. Tonight was his birthday. There was a small cake and a big sound. Kidd Jordan is a player that I had yet to hear. I am familiar with the musicians he tends to surround himself with, yet somehow had never heard him before. His strength lies within cooperation with other the other musicians. He makes a point to play with each and every musician on the stage. The first time I ever heard William Parker in person was last month with Brotzmann and Hamid Drake at this same venue. I am now completely convinced that William Parker is all he is credited to being. His fingers are quick, his arms are strong, his mind is colorful. His sounds are real. Alright, who do I blame for sleeping on Alvin Fielder? The first I had heard of him was in the last issue of Cadence, a recent subscription for me. After reading the interview (part 1 of 2, by the way) I knew I was in for something. He knew ALL the drummers. And the trumpeters for that matter. He is a historical encyclopedia! Alvin Fielder is an unbelievably accomplished drummer steeped in the American tradition of the drum kit. His knowledge of the history and the rudiments and patterns that each drummer would favor is fascinating. He had a 32-bar solo during the first 20 minutes of a 90 minute non-stop set, which he later told me was Drum Serenade, stroke for stroke. His motion was more fluid and powerful than anyone I have personally witnessed behind the drum kit. He was rhythmic, he was percussive, he was swinging like a motherfucker. I am in awe of this man. The group was more powerful than any music I had ever witnessed. I was born in 1977, so I missed the first wave of energy music to blow through Western Civilization in the 1960s. I have been to free performances before, but nothing ever came close to what these four men were able to achieve. We all left this performance exhausted, and wired, similar to the effects of certain psychotropic drugs. I spoke briefly with Michael Ehlers. He had the same reaction. I asked him, “When do I get to hear that again?! I have a feeling this is going to make it to CD.” His response was “I don’t know what to tell you. I know. You think?!” He was just as blown away as I was, and he hears combos like this on a weekly basis. This was their “world premiere” as a band. They sounded like they had played together with this sustained intensity often over the decades. They couldn’t stop. The momentum knocked me out. If this quartet does continue to play together and they show up near your house, by all means make the trip. The ground the four covered in 90 minutes is too vast to get into, plus describing music is something that I feel less than qualified to do. Assuming you are a fan of free jazz, I predict you will be hearing this Eremite release within the next few years. edit: stupid smiley that shows up when you think you are abbreviating "bass."

Or do a drop D tuning and... waitaminute... Ha! The first thing I thought of when I saw this title was SMOhhhhhKE ON THE WATER, bahmp bahmp bahhhh bahmp bahmp bahmp bahdah bahmp bahmp bahhh bahmp bahhhh!

I don't think they should promote it (jazz, non-pop, etc) the way they promote pop. I do think it would help if it were promoted differently however. Different audience. Quarter-page ads in the back of an obscure magazine aren't any better though. Look at what Organissimo has done!

Larry Young Herbie Nichols Scott LaFaro Jimi Hendrix Eric Dolphy Walt Dickerson (still a chance!)

I've always considered BIG YOUTH .:. Screaming Target a favorite. Always puts a smile on my face! I'm picking up some Augustus Pablo today! We should also mention though that he is a melodica player. If you hate melodica, you might not like him as much. If you dislike melodica, he'll probably change your mind.

You can't beat the Trojan boxes. 3CD for less than $20. I have listened to the Rocksteady set more than any of them so far.

Greg, the way I see it, we have witnessed through recording, Jeff Tweedy grow away from one of those alt-country guys from the early nineties. I'd much rather hear innovative rock music these days. I wouldn't compare Jeff Tweedy with Brian Wilson any sooner than I would with Ray Davies. I like Uncle Tupelo, and I like Golden Smog, but I don't think those were Tweedy bands. He just happened to be in them. And he wasn't so much himself with those bands as he is with Wilco. Its all good music though.

Fantasia! And I'm looking forward to Volume 2! Friday!

No Dejohnette Chuck?

You've heard the album, now check this out.

Related Stories: Rolling Stone Article, below Downloaders Pay Back Wilco Site facilitates donations to band's handpicked charity A movement is born When Wilco superfan Ronen Givony downloaded a copy of the band's fifth album, A Ghost Is Born (not due for release until June 22nd), from the Internet two weeks ago, he felt simultaneously elated and indebted. The Boston-based Web master of bemydemon.org -- a Wilco lyric site that singer Jeff Tweedy has occasionally consulted backstage in moments of forgetfulness -- the twenty-five-year-old Givony transcribed the new songs' lyrics and sent them to Tweedy with an apology for having the album early, a promise to purchase it when it is commercially available and a solicitation for lyric corrections. After Tweedy complied, Givony dreamed up a unique way of showing his gratitude: the just-launched justafan.org, a site set up specifically for fans who download copies of the new Wilco album and want to show their appreciation by making a donation to the band-selected charity Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres. In less than a day online, with nothing more than word-of-mouth publicity, donations exceeded $1,500. "If you have a community or a fan base that is vocal and has real enthusiasm for the bands and music they love," Givony says, "a project like this can really work." The fact that the album was in circulation so early surprised no one, including Wilco manager Tony Margherita. "How do I feel about the record leaking on the Internet?" he says. "Well, that's a little bit like asking me how I felt about the sun coming up today. It's an inevitable thing and not something we ever perceive as a problem. We were -- to be honest -- surprised it took as long as it did [about ten days]. Basically, once the first batch of promotional CDs began circulating at record companies and in the media, we knew it was just a matter of days. It's just something you plan for and assume at this point." Margherita's matter-of-fact approach to the downloading issue stems in part from the success Wilco had after streaming their previous album, 2002's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, while it was in limbo during Wilco's well-documented exit from Warner Bros. At last count the album had sold 440,000 copies in the U.S. alone, Wilco's best-selling release to date. "The band and I think this idea is great because it just underscores something we believe very strongly: that real music fans are prepared, even anxious, to prove their loyalty and support their favorite artists," Margherita says. "They want to participate. These people are not the enemy . . . They're the backbone of what we all do. Plus, we get to support a charity that we think is very important, and I'm certain that a vast majority of the people who are downloading the record are going to want the real thing when it comes out in June." COLIN DEVENISH (April 2, 2004)

MJ, please tell us more about your experience with the Jazz & People's Movement! Sometimes I absolutely love this board!

I wasn't sure if it was Nels playing guitar on A GHOST IS BORN or not, since Tweedy and Bach have both proven to play a pretty mean electric guitar. He has become an official member of Wilco. I noticed that Bach is no longer in the band? Tweedy and Stirratt are the only original members. Here is the newest lineup: Jeff Tweedy: gtr, vox John Stirratt: bass gtr, vox Glenn Kotche: drums, percussion, etc. Mikael Jorgensen: keys, laptop Pat Sansone: keys, gtr, vox Nels Cline: gtr Everybody: cowbell I'm guessing the cowbell thing is a Bruce Dickensen joke. My first listen to the songs on the website didn't immediately click. The more I listen, though, the more I love these songs. Tweedy seems to have expanded upon his already expressive voice. Even without all the great extra-musical elements, these songs are sweet and genuine, in typical Wilco fashion. I'd love to see a demos collection released some day.

I would really like to see Milford Graves. I just wish it wasn't during Memorial Day Weekend. That's a tough one...

I have this LP. It is WAR that you are talking about. "Four Cornered Room" is enough to make the purchase worthwhile.

PM sent.

Yeah, load coils will stop the dsl signal. So will fiber slicks. Lots to consider. The telephone company's network is OLD! If they are telling you they can deliver, then there are no fiber slicks or load coils between you and the CO, so that's good. I don't know the specifics of residential VZ dsl, but I'm pretty sure that bandwidth is shared within a node. Whether you have 10 subscribers on your node or 10 subscribers more than the node can handle is the question. It is a nice package though, throwing in anti-virus software, anti-spam, etc. I still say go for it. If it doesn't work out, I'm sure there are alternatives in the area. Adelphia does still provide residential bandwidth.