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ok... the topic had legs until you took them out at the knees with the flagpole. I don't remember if I posted on this last year, but I'll take a go this year. What I am currently curious about right now (if that isn't redundant, it definitely repeats itself): .:. vibraphone performances - solo, duet, etc. I received a book in the mail earlier this year with pages and pages of recordings. I don't know where to start! This year I'm just going to dive in. .:. Minimalism - 7/4's DVD thread and some recent purchases in this vein have me very interested in minimalism. .:. Chicago - Delmark, Okka, Nessa, Thrill Jockey, what else?

This has always been a favorite of mine. Henri Rousseau | Fight Between A Tiger and A Buffalo | 1908 | Oil on Cloth

That's a great painting Evan. Can you identify all of the artists and paintings in the room?

I think we've all had our suspicions as the story has unravelled. No controlled substances evident in his bloodstream, two stab wounds to the chest? Two important facts that cause further suspicion in my mind. For a moment, this did seem like good news; however, in the end it is all arbitrary. He won't be writing any more music for us. Tragic. Ghost, any other information from credible sources lately? Thanks for this info Evan.

Another from the Criterion Collection, and most likely my favorite movie. And another GREAT Björk DVD: Live at the Royal Opera House Zeena Parkins, Matmos, Inuit Choir and pit orchestra led by Simon Lee. So sweet. I am in love with Björk.

I love this bar.

I'like dags. Hey, I'd pay to see a 49' reticulated python eat a dog at least once!

I just saw on TV last night that COME AWAY WITH ME was the #2 top selling album in 2003. An additional 4.7 million units. #30 in 2002. Not sure how many units moved last year... Here's the top twenty. How would you rate Norah in this lineup? 1 GET RICH OR DIE TRYIN' 50 Cent Shady / Aftermath / Interscope 2 COME AWAY WITH ME Norah Jones Blue Note 3 UP! Shania Twain Mercury/UMGN 4 HOME Dixie Chicks Monument / Columbia / Sony Music 5 LET GO Avril Lavigne Arista 6 METEORA Linkin Park Warner Bros. 7 8 MILE Soundtrack Shady/Interscope 8 FALLEN Evanescence Wind-up 9 TIM MCGRAW AND THE DANCEHALL DOCTORS Tim McGraw Curb 10 STRIPPED Christina Aguilera RCA/RMG 11 JUSTIFIED Justin Timberlake Jive/Zomba 12 THIS IS ME...THEN Jennifer Lopez Epic/Sony Music 13 CHOCOLATE FACTORY R. Kelly Jive/Zomba 14 THE EMINEM SHOW Eminem Web / Aftermath / Interscope 15 NOW 11 Various Artists Universal / EMI / Zomba / Sony Music / UME 16 COCKY Kid Rock Lava/AG 17 A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD Coldplay Capitol 18 THE YOUNG AND THE HOPELESS Good Charlotte Daylight / Epic / Sony Music 19 DANGEROUSLY IN LOVE Beyonce Columbia/Sony Music 20 UNLEASHED Toby Keith DreamWorks (Nashville) / Interscope The only other album on this list that I have heard in its entirety is A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD. Seems to me, most of these recordings are geared toward a younger demographic than Norah. I guess adults DO buy records after all.

I got some great stuff! NEW Bud Powell .:. The Scene Changes Grant Green .:. Grantstand Brad Shepik .:. The Well USED Joseph Jarman .:. Inheritance Chicago Underground Quartet .:. s/t Tim Berne .:. The Sublime and... Califone .:. Deceleration Two Bobby Hutcherson .:. San Francisco Adam Levy .:. Buttermilk Channel I also got a Björk DVD: Live at Royal Opera House. AND my Blue Note Covers book arrived during the Christmas season as well, thanks to a kind boardmember! edit: forgot about Buttermilk Channel!

The Vince Guaraldi music that I have heard has been strongly rooted in the jazz tradition. A very timely thread, my family has been listening to A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS for the past week. "Christmas Time Is Here" is a real stand-out track. There is a lot to take notice of here, or you can just sit back and enjoy it along with a conversation. I just assumed Guaraldi was jazz...

Thanks John. See, I didn't even know it was two separate quartets. I have never heard the Silkhearts either, so I'm still without a frame of reference. Would you mind going a little deeper into the memory banks if you could? In the meantime, I'll do some digging on the Silkhearts. Thanks.

Isn't it kind of passe to talk shit about pop music already? That is so 2002 and we're already into 2004 almost! Pop music has matured past any detection of a prime, as has the discussion of its merit. We aren't going to bring any new criticisms to the table at this point. It is going to continue to sell despite our bitching session and most of what we consider jazz is not. The new Outkast is not a godsend to pop music, no, but it is an attempt to find is way out of the wet paper bag we so admirable refer to as pop. I prefer more of their earlier stuff, but cracked up the first time I heard Andre's side! Big Boi's side is super weak when compared with earlier recordings in my opinion. All that bullshit aside, if you want to hear what I think epitomizes the most recent flash of brilliance in hip-hop, you'll have to go back to the early-mid 1990s. The first round of Wu Tang albums, including Enter the 36 Chambers, Liquid Swords, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, Tical, Ironman, was a brief pinnacle in recent hip-hop. RZA, or Robert Diggs if you prefer to go by Christian names, brought an original style back into the production room with obscure samples, off-beat rhythms, and hooks not as obvious as everything else that was going on around him at the time. In addition, the group of MCs that had assembled under the name Wu Tang Clan around Robert Diggs was busting out at the seams with lyrics and mike styles all their own. They were described by awed critical acclaim as "raw." As the years pass, they have lost a lot of the rough edge they came out of the gates with a decade or so ago, but the original recordings still stand alone in my collection. I'll recommend them in the following order: The top three are essential. What were we talking about again? edit: image

Oh. I see. Seems there are a lot of threads with the subtitle, "Same." Yours, From the outside, looking in, Cary

Mr. P, What exactly are you referring to? Is this an inside joke?

So, when your wife, kid, houseguest, takes a disc out of the player and sets it BESIDE its case, should she/he set it label side up or label side down?

Dennis González .:. Earth and the Heart (1989) Nels Cline (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Devices Andrew Cyrille Drums Dennis Gonzalez Piano, Trumpet, Flugelhorn, Vocals, Voices Alex Cline Synthesizer, Percussion, Drums Ken Filiano Bass (Acoustic) Mark Hewins Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar .:. Is anyone here familiar with this recording? Any comments? I have received numerous recommendations for Dennis Gonzalez' recorded work, along with the Cline brothers. I am very interested in checking them out together and separately. Cyrille!

p.s. I can't wait to see him over Christmas. He had never heard Elliott Smith's music before and I imagine he has bought all of the albums by now!

I did a trade with a friend over Thanksgiving break. In exchange for some Uncle Tupelo discs (including a collaboration with Peter Buck), the Golden Smog album, and Neil Young On The Beach, I gave him Elliott Smith s/t, the two latest Califone albums, and a Yo La Tengo album. I've been carrying the Elliott Smith s/t album around with me since then. Every time I listen to it, I'm struck by the songs just like I was the first time I heard them. This was a great songwriter people. If you have been checking out this thread, but haven't checked into Elliott Smith yet, you really ought to do yourself the favor. I can't recommend his music enough.

So sweet! Keep 'em comin'! We are digging it up here in Rhode Island.

I'll tell you what I'm looking for... the answers! Give 'em up Jim.

DISC ONE 01 "Ask Me Now." Very pretty piano intro. Had me fooled, then the band came in BIG! Nice, if a little dry. 02 I like the different styles the pianist incorporates into this, mostly stride though, right? Nice use of handclaps and I really like the rhythm. Doesn't hold up too much after repeated listens unfortunately. Fun. 03 Call of the wild! The horn riff behind the sax solo reminds me of Mingus. Parts of the arrangement sound like Mingus too, but I don't think this is a Mingus tune. Maybe some Mingus dynasty? 04 Off the bat, reminds me of David Murray Octet. I don't think that's who it is though. Electric bass? Big band rock n roll. Roll on. Triplets rock. Hey guitar man! He plays the tone well. 05 Ladies and gentlemens, from Macon Jawjah, ah James BROWN! I listened to a lot of early JB in college. Ray Charles from that era too. This was before I had to know everything about every album we were listening to. I wish I had paid more attention now, since it was all my roomates. That's my desiiiiiii... 06 Sounds like something from a Disney movie. Wow. That voice! I know I've heard it. I bet my Grandfather would know at the first breath who that is. Becky and Susan too. They love that game. Turn on the 100-disc changer and call out every tune! Ha. Some of them are terrible though... New Christy Minstrels? What the???! This is gorgeous. My generation lacks this lush melodrama. 07 Reminds me of an album of standards duets I have between Anthony Braxton and Ran Blake. "Little Rootie Tootie!" 08 Oh-gan! The tenor is very strong. The electric bass is ok. Good solo, for what its worth. I'd rather hear Duvivier soloing on upright, but... 09 Reminds me of Milford Graves, but Southern as hail! He ain't afraid to break away from the central rhythm, and some of his jibba-jabba sounds an awful lot like Milford. Voice is different, the drumming isn't as full as Milford's typically is. I can't quite make out enough of the talk, but it sounds like some sort of folk tale. 10 Good NIGHT! 11 Definitely Jim Europe. I remember hearing this for the first time in contrast to the AEC. I think I listened to this, then "Tutankhamun." AEC was obviously much more advanced, but this Jim Europe stuff had to have influenced them. 12 There you go! Ha! I'm not familiar with this tune. Still don't have the NESSA box. Jarman and Malachi are ferocious. STEP IN LINE! Chicago has so much to offer. Wow, I'm going to have to listen to that one again loud. The end reminds me of Sun Ra's drummers taking the planet Earth into a black hole. 13 Ugly beauty. A blunt lullabye. 14 ooooOOOOh. My Grandaddy would love this. Three trumpets? Two saxophones? A trombone? A clarinet? He is always so good at identifying the different big band sections. He loves to talk about the things bandleaders used to do with their horn sections. He's not much of a modernist though. Brubeck's Take Five album is crap. That drummer is a workhorse. ba-dum-baa 15 What flavor is this? Sugar-free? What do I want with sugar free cookies? Syrup. Syrup will make everything better. Sugar:Tenor's tone.

Check this out. This article reminded me of the Org.org tribute CD. Another "fan-friendly" group with similar ideas.

I've got Badu's latest. I don't know what it is, but there is something missing from here voice on Mama's Gun and Worldwide Underground that was there for her first album, and ESPECIALLY the live album. The music is also more produced. If you like Mama's Gun, Worldwide Underground may do it for you.

Somebody's got a crush! Thanks for turning me onto Jeremy Pelt RT. I've enjoyed his live mp3s and really look forward to catching Creation live in NYC sometime soon! I'm always checking his schedule.