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Another great Wadada Leo Smith album out on Tzadik is GOLDEN QUARTET. Leo Smith, Anthony Davis, Malachi Favors Magoustous, Jack DeJohnette. Believe me, the sum is even greater than its parts! Still haven't heard the follow up... too expensive everytime I see it in the store. Tim Sparks' Tzadik albums are wonderful as well. Fantastic acoustic guitarist with an "outsider's" impression of old Jewish musics. Maybe its not cool to recommend Masada discs here, but I have to recommend the 2CD set THE CIRCLE MAKER. Cinematic. I'll second both of Mike Weil's recommendations. The Robert Juan Rodriguez album is sharp and hot! I haven't been keeping up with the TZADIK releases lately. I wonder what's new? AB, can you talk a little more about the Jim O'Rourke recording? I like a lot of his music and am curious about what he would do with Zorn producing.

I've had the rare groove CD version of this album for about six months now. For me, a first listen to any boogaloo album never even scratches the surface. Hey, LET 'EM ROLL even sounded like candy the first time around... This style never wows me until I've listened to the album a dozen times. The exception here is GRANT GREEN TALKIN' ABOUT. What a motherfucker of an album that one is. GOT A GOOD THING GOIN' was more exciting the first time around than most, but it really took some time to sink in. Big Al makes a great point regarding Grant Green's guitar playing. His music sounds so fluid and never in contrast with Big John Patton's organ lines. Hugh Walker, absolutely. I would have loved to have heard Big John and Hugh Walker in a duet. In this session, they hook up like I can't believe. This is a party waiting to be played. My only criticism is that the conga playing kind of dates the music. Richard Landrum can be a little hyper at times. Every once in a while I can't help but think of the Flintstones having a beach party or something crazy like that. I know, its silly, but I'm being honest. Landrum is no Chihuahua Martinez. See INVENTIONS AND DIMENSIONS. By no means does this ruin the listen for me. Not at all. I might even enjoy it more because I find it somewhat amusing. My little secret I guess. Very good organ date. I don't own any of the Select recordings, so I am looking forward to checking it out soon!

Moses is still active. Early this year, he was in Charlottesville VA playing with D'Earth and other locals. My brother had an opportunity to play with him while he was down there and Moses actually stayed with a good friend of ours, another drummer. Quite a story, if you know what kind of a character Moses is, you understand. Very philosophical and his life is sort of inseparable from his music. I believe he lives in Suffolk, MA. I may have that wrong. I own NISHOMA and recommend it highly. Quite a diverse cast, including tap dancer Jimmy Slyde, gives the disc a nice variety of settings.

I've been thinking about how cool it would be to have the red Miles Davis silhouette done at a decent size. That is something more recent. For a long time now, I've had this image of a tattoo depicting Eric Dolphy's "The Madrig Speaks, The Panther Walks" in a Rousseau Tiger/Buffalo world. It would just be a block of ink, framed like a snapshot. Who knows. Just wondering...

How do I get on the list? I participate when I can, but I don't always own the disc. Some of them, I inadvertently skipped on accident without meaning to.

I was in an amazing tattoo shop a few days ago and it got me thinking again about tattoos. I don't have any ink, or piercings for that matter, I don't wear jewelry (other than the wedding ring) and that includes watches, but I have always had an interest in tattoo. Do any of you guys have tattoos? What do you have? Who designed it? Where is it? Who did the work? Do you regret it? Has it changed much as your body has gotten older? How much time was spent in the chair? How much did it cost you? Questions?

That black and white cover is WICKED!

I think its a great title! I had never heard anything about this disc. Still haven't heard YO MILES!

An astounding HELL YEAH!

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Have you checked out Dead Meadow yet?! They rock. Also really good for the car.

Hey wait a minute. I was listening to Equilibrium this morning as well. How'd I get your keys? Specifically a Thirsty Ear mix MD: Ibid, Désmarches, Ibid, Places I've Never Been, Space Shipp, Staph, It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, World, D's Choice, Reactive Switching Strategies, Stream Light, Equilibrium, Vamp To Vibe, Cohesion, Rocket Shipp, Select Mode 1, A Knot In Your Bop, The Root, The Key. Vint, I started a mix CD the other night and you won't believe how many duplicates our two lists have! Reactive Switching Strategies For The Control Of Uninhabited Air is BAAAAAaaaaaAAAD! Other non-continuum music includes Life Wish by Organissimo, DeJohnette by The Golden Quartet, When by Junk Genius, and two of the three tracks that were included on The Dropper extra. Chicago Underground Duo, Tortoise, Jaga Jazzist, and Isotope 217 will make it in there too somewhere. This is definitely a bumping driving mix, with a couple of breaks here and there.

Thanks Clinton. Judging by your skills, I'd imagine you feel the same way about cheap cover art. How legitimate recordings get released with bad graphic design, I will never know. There are hundreds of people more skilled than you and I who would be more than willing to get a shot at designing for record labels! FOR FREE!

Here's the tray to the Dolphy compilation.

Maintaining a bootleg feel. Sorry guys, I felt lazy this morning and decided to go through some old stuff. None of it took any time really.

In keeping with the original, but for a friend that I introduced to some music a few years back.

Here is a Dolphy cover I did for dave9199.

I had to make a cover for ACTION! a couple of years back. The distressed font in the Dolphy cover made me think of this again.

That's a great story! Was your friend familiar with Ray Brown, Alexander? Wow.

Maybe one more recommedation will push you over the edge. This is a worthwhile addition to your listening experience. High quality releases.

Some of these are actually really good.

Of course I'm only kidding. Some of them are pretty good. I'm not spending too much time on any of these, but its fun. Here's an idea for THE RINGER. Label doesn't matter.

yikes. sorry guys. if for no other reason than the covers presented here, these albums SHOULD definitely stay in the vaults.

You're right ss1. You can buy a new dvd, or even better a used dvd for that matter, and sell it back when you're done and make out just about the same as if you were renting! Ludacris. Ludacris I tell you.

I considered not possible but I didn't think it sounded as cool. I also considered .:.impossible. but I figured I should stick with my original handle from the other board. I was Money Jungle. My alter ego here might become Bobby Saint New Mexico.