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I understand. It is their wording. They should be more coy! Maybe "Buy It... Try It... RIP it... Get $4.99 back when you return it." As long as they aren't re-wrapping these as new discs, this is nothing different than what most of my favorite locals have been doing for years. Hey, if you're going to advertise, you might as well go all out! A full page ad that does the thinking for you... a novel idea. BTW, doesn't the organissimo blindfold test violate copyright law?

BAGPIPES???

The home video industry has been doing something similar for years. The system is more refined, the cost is less, and it is called renting. I do have a problem with a store re-wrapping an album and calling it new though. How do you feel about the used CD market?

I haven't posted to this list in a while. Jazz: Wayne Shorter .:. The All Seeing Eye | I don't think I've listened to this album since a few months after its re-release! Genesis. Organissimo .:. Waiting for the Boogaloo Sisters | This disc sort of stays in our player for weeks at a time. Life Wish is such an amazing song guys. Jason Moran .:. the Bandwagon | Trying to spur some discussion in the new releases thread. If you've heard this, let's hear what you think. Greg Osby .:. Symbols of Light (A Solution) | Decided it was time I pull this one back out after listening to the Bandwagon numerous times. I actually appreciate this disc more now than I did when I originally bought it. At the time, I didn't think the strings really added much. That has since changed. Mat Maneri featuring Joe McPhee .:. Sustain | Album of the Week a couple of weeks ago. See lack of discussion here. Jackie McLean .:. Demon's Dance | Is there a remaster for this album anywhere in sight? McLean and Shaw and DeJohnette! 1967 MEAN McLean. Dave Douglas .:. Freak In | I still haven't given this disc "proper" time. I doesn't even seem to be the right sound for my mood. Bobby Hutcherson .:. Patterns | Spurred from a discussion elsewhere on the board. Medeski, Martin, and Wood .:. Tonic | After listening to the Bandwagon numerous times... Andrew Hill .:. Smokestack | I had to hear those two bassists weaving in and out on my new speakers. Rock Califone .:. Quicksand/Cradlesnakes | Definitely my album of the year. I will post a nice review here sometime. I think this music would be in many boardmembers interest. There is a review in the latest issue of Signal To Noise that I think does a pretty damn good job, if you are interested. The Sea and Cake .:. One Bedroom | The latest release is always my favorite from this group. I can't wait to hear another Sam Prekop solo album too much longer. Neil Michael Haggerty & the Howling Hex .:. s/t | Good, and growing on me. Formerly of Pussy Galore, he seems to have a bit of a Beefheart thing going for him at times. Definitely a guitar to be reckoned with. Half of this album was recorded in Richmond, VA. Ted Leo & The Pharmacicts .:. Hearts of Oak | Very good! The best rock recommendation I had recieved in a long time, until Al Jones recommended Dismemberment Plan .:. Emergency & I | !!!! Very cool. An excellent singer would make this band more than "indie status." Warshington DC. Velvet Underground .:. Velvet Underground | This must be a classic. I can't keep up. Candy Says just fills the room. That's enough for now, I think.

Just remember Moose, this is a disc you are going to want to listen to more than once before passing it on. Sorry Wheel! Has anyone downloaded the complete intro? I wonder why they didn't include the complete intro on the album. I think it would have been a good anticipation builder. Complete Download

Great. Very clear and transparent, yet a bit more aggressive than the earlier, also great but mellower Japanese 20-bit K2 remastered Victor Impulse! reissues. I have a couple of the Victor K2's (MVCJ series). I think these sound wonderful, and mellow, yes. A Love Supreme is almost TOO mellow at times, when compared to my original experience with the recording!

Yeah, I didn't really want to harp on the negative, but the sound is a bit muffled. The disc is a lot quieter on my stereo than most everything else I had sitting around. Says it was recorded by "Kurt Lundvall." It definitely isn't the worst live recording in my collection! And it sure is some fly-ass-shit! I wouldn't say it is anywhere near as bad as "Banned In New York" or the Miles Plugged Nickel sets.

Absolutely Rooster. He has to be one of the most forward-thinking pianists of our time. SoulStream, I haven't heard "Modernistic," so I can't really give an opinion on it. The trio does play "Planet Rock," by Afrika Bambatta, on this new disc though, and it is TIGHT! Question: Is Tarus Mateen playing "acoustic electric bass" INSTEAD of an upright now, or is he playing both? I prefer a bass viol, but there are moments where he does some things on this instrument that I don't think he could have done on the upright. I was also hoping to hear maybe just a little Fender Rhodes bleeding in here and there, but I really can't complain. This group had their balls to the wall for this recording!

Has anyone else picked this up yet? I downloaded the live tracks that he posted to his site last year, but this is just amazing. There are three pieces that incorporate speech, which really bring to light an element of Jason Moran's playing that I really hadn't noticed as being such a dominate force in his approach. For those of you who know this trio, this is not a straight-ahead piano trio. This recording is definitely the most avant-garde and cutting edge of the lot. Keep on pushing it. I like where this group is heading!

Thanks for the tip Rooster! The Miles shows aren't posted any longer... I imagine he has limited server space?

That is one of the hippest greeting cards I've ever seen Jim!

Wow Noj. I like your style. How large are these paintings? I imagine they are pretty big? Post more! I'm inspired!

"Research."

From jambands.com: 8/19/03 Clarifications Regarding Mike Gordon Arrest Phish bassist Mike Gordon was arrested on August 11 in Wantagh, N.Y. Gordon, who was a guest of The Dead at Jones Beach Amphitheater the night before, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and trespassing in a closed area when he and a nine-year old girl were found in a boathouse near the back of the venue. A source familiar with the situation tells Relix/Jambands.com that Gordon and the girl were tooling around on his Segway scooter snapping photographs. “It is well-known that Mike chronicles many events and was taking pictures of the entire concert throughout the evening. None of the pictures that he took, including the pictures with the young girl, was inappropriate.” Gordon and the girl's family also released a joint statement, which reads: "We have had several discussions regarding the situation that occurred at Jones Beach. It is now clear to all involved that this was an unfortunate misunderstanding, and we look forward to putting this matter behind us." Gordon is scheduled to appear in First District Court of Nassau County on September 29. Who knows? I'd like to give the guy the benefit of the doubt.

Mat Maneri featuring Joe McPhee ||||||||||||||||||||||| Sustain First off, I love the progression of this disc. It really moves. I am not all that familiar with any of the musicians, nor am I familiar with any music that resides in its general proximity. While I might be inclined to compare it to a Miles Davis moment in the late 1960s, I feel that this somehow disregards exactly what it is this ensemble is doing. Immediate observations from this vantage point are Gerald Cleaver’s loose and timely drumming and Craig Taborn’s central nervous. He gets the solo space in “In Peace” and plays a multi-layered invitation for horn, viola, bass and drum to comment. Here, Taborn’s station is the axis of which all sounds revolve. His “Alone (Construct),” which seems to be constructed entirely on acoustic piano, makes use of device as percussive as a cymbal, as soft as shore break, as changing as a slideshow. Slides of color, slides of well-placed subject, slides of candid occurrence. It begins as simply as it ends as we join the ensemble and William Parker’s opening statement, a tuneful and spacious guide into “Sustain.” “Sustain” is an eerily beautiful blending of tones from Maneri and Taborn awash with the large and quiet cymbals of Gerald Cleaver’s kit. McPhee appears for solo space here and builds a great ensemble sound, deep and wide. He makes himself quiet and disappears among the massive together sound. William Parker’s solo statement is titled “Alone (Unravel).” This is a brilliant and varied arco expression. I hear tambourines. “Nerve!” Wide open. Mat is an electrified wah. I almost didn’t realize and mistook him for more of Taborn’s sonic expansion. The tempo doubles what has previously been presented. Parker’s repetitive quarter notes drive Cleaver and Maneri into a mad duet as Taborn comps his way into some solo space of his own. Cleaver lays quietly into Parker’s findings and we have a trio situation, a contorted groove. Maneri joins and invites McPhee and “Nerve” jumbles itself into “Never.” I love it. The freedom and the electricity and the rock! The music sort of settles momentarily into a “free funk” sound and McPhee repeats a soulful vamp before deterioration. Cleaver sounds like a washing machine and a great hi-hat and Maneri takes it out with a parting shot. “Alone (Cleanse)” opens with an unrecognizable, yet familiar sound. Like a gullwing scraping across a nice, thick piece of coping. It rattles and shakes, scrapes, rumbles, thumps a resounding quietness. How Cleaver evokes such quietness with his percussion, I do not know. He seems to be a very controlled and experienced drummer. Taborn sits at piano and opens “Divine” alongside McPhee’s “bowed” sound. His wail is hushed and echoed by Maneri’s strings. As Maneri becomes Taborn’s electric sound, McPhee becomes Maneri’s natural viola sound. Parker and Taborn sway up and down together and the ensemble swells in size. Cleaver’s loose timekeeping propels this ebbing motion and pulls steadily outward. The sounds blend wonderfully. McPhee ends the piece with a solo statement of his own, “Alone (Mourn).” If this is a soprano saxophone, this is a sound that I have never heard a soprano saxophone make before. What sounds like a breathy wood flute, sometimes bears evidence of a reed. I am uncertain, but it doesn’t matter. It is beautiful and it is short. The piece is brought to a close and there is resolve. Sustain brings a new palette of sounds to my imagination and a calm feeling to my spirit. ||||||||||||||||||||||| 01 Alone (Origin) ||||||||||||||| Maneri (solo statement) 02 In Peace |||||||||||||| Taborn (solo w/ensemble) 03 Alone (Construct) |||||||||||| Taborn (solo statement) 04 Sustain ||||||||||| McPhee (solo w/ensemble) 05 Alone (Unravel) |||||||||||||| Parker (solo statement) 06 Nerve ||||||||| Ensemble (group improv) 07 Alone (Cleanse) |||||||||||||||||| Cleaver (solo statement) 08 Divine |||||||||| Ensemble (group improv) 09 Alone (Mourn) |||||||||||| McPhee (solo statement) Much of what is recorded here can be considered group improvisation, though I had identified certain sections as I listened for my own use. Aside from his “Alone” contribution, I do not ever remember Maneri really taking a space to solo in the way that Taborn or McPhee do. The same can be said for Parker and Cleaver. Their sound never projects itself into the foreground as a “solo.” edits are in bold

HA!! Panther piss! HA! I like that. For some reason, panther conjures the image of a large bottle of malt liquor.

I concur. Everything that I have heard from this side of the impulse! label continues to captivate my attention.

That is a great review! Thanks for taking the time Kevin, and thanks for reposting that Al! Hilarious. I haven't heard the album, but the play-by-play was great.

that's a good one! it's even more fun in person!

Vint, I saw this on jazzmatazz the other night. I started a wishlist on cduniverse. I hadn't checked jazzmatazz in a LONG time. Now I remember why... I WANT EVERYTHING! This sounds cool. I am looking forward to hearing it. Others I saw that I really want to buy (someday) >> the live Dave Holland Quintet 2CD the Wadada/Braxton duet (also live) the Jason Moran trio (also live) the Marc Ribot film score compilation (Dimly Lit, I believe it is called) the AEC discs (one on ECM, one on Pi) the Eddie Gale reissues! pretty much all of the next batch of RVGs and Conns I'm really looking forward to hearing Adam's Apple again!

This thread. Actually, I just finished Steve Martin's "novella" called SHOPGIRL. I have been curious to find out what kind of a writer he was. I thought his style was actually quite nice, in that it was never tedious and I found myself entertained throughout the entire book, however short it was. His humor comes through in little comments that he makes here and there, but I forgot that I was reading the words of a great comedian. I wouldn't say that he is a matured writer yet though. While bringing the main storyline back in a simple full circle, he neglected to close off the secondary storylines. I am still trying to figure out why the book was published in this form. Certain characters, certain storylines, in hindsight, never added anything to the book. ??? I imagine Claire Forlani as Mirabelle. I am now reading House Made of Dawn. N Scott Momaday.

No AL, that was me telling you to fuck off... er, go shit in your hat. Really guys, we're friends.

Me too! My "listening to" list reads Miles 66-68 all the way down right now! Thanks Al. Excellent choice.

This past week, it has been Miles Davis. If I could go back and clock my listening time, I'm sure Miles would be at the top of the list. Coltrane, Monk also. These three are the only jazz constants in my collection. Eric Dolphy and Bobby Hutcherson would probably be up there as well, though I haven't really listened to either of them in a while. The Sea and Cake have steadily become the most listened to "rock" in my collection, along with Pavement and I can't forget Bob Marley! Before jazz, it was the Grateful Dead and, to a lesser degree, Phish. Phish has made an upward swing within the past month or so.

My mom was at Iridium for the Ahmad Jamal performance. She said he was showing signs of dimensia. Does anyone know anything about this? It didn't seem to affect his piano playing, but his interaction with the crowd was very spacey. James Cammack played bass. She spoke with him for a while. My brother is a bassist, so the whole family has become bass fans! ha. Idris Muhammad played drums. She wasn't too excited by him, for whatever reason. I would think that he would have been one of the highlights! She is more a fan of Jamal's early music than the recent stuff, which is understandable. Dmitry, I haven't been to Iridium yet. What do you not like about it?