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Nice!!

Thanks Jet. Never came across him somehow.

Brooks, curious what you mean about walking with them being a weird physical experience... I have been running with a a pair of Sennheiser PX headphones for years and am considering in-ear might be a better option. Less sweat!

I'm not familiar with Jim Hobbs. Any info?

Yeah I know Quincy. Some great stuff actually came out of the 90s. The list is long. Not to dog on rooster, but the Bowie clip he shared seemed to represent almost everything about the 90s that I'd managed to avoid and/or quickly forget! To each his own of course!

Berne was supposed to play with Ombak down in Richmond last winter, but had to cancel last minute due to a death in the family. Ray Anderson filled in at moment's notice. From all accounts a great guy. I'm definitely a fan of his music and his label.

Beautiful footage of the full show here. Give a listen! That's my brother on bass. The group here is: Matthew White guita,r charts, leader Cameron Ralston bass Pinson Chanselle kit Bob Miller trumpet Jason Scott tenor, clarinet John Lilley tenor Reggie Pace trombone Bryan Hooten trombone http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=82692&source_type=B

I realize more and more how much I don't miss the 90s.

Not to speak for Ben, but I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm guys.

Really enjoying this album this afternoon. Thanks again Karl.

Hard to believe but it is true. My local shop now has a wall of limited edition cassette releases. If its analog, the kids want it. They are selling shitty turntables and repaired turntables, cassette decks as well. I'm amazed.

At least you two could agree that a Lester Bowie clip of The Great Pretender, also released on ECM, was perfectly placed within this thread. You could do so in a private message even.

Hey fellas. One of my brother's bands is playing Kennedy Center on 2/1. Many of Richmond VA's fine young (under 40) players are represented in Fight The Big Bull. Check them out if you are so inclined. They are an ever evolving band with a good handle on improvisation within arrangement. Clean Feed tested! Steven Bernstein approved! http://www.kennedy-center.org/explorer/artists/?entity_id=82692&source_type=B

<br /><br />Maybe what some seem to have reservations about here is why grabbing a survival opportunity so often has to go at the price of shortchanging your fellow MUSICIANS. Credit to whom credit is due seems to be a line of thinking here and I cannot say I do NOT find that understandable ...<br /><br /><br />I'm a big believer in credit where credit is due myself, but that is not what the Corporate Music Industry is built on. It's the same as any other corporate industry - the many do the work, the few organize the work, and the fewer still get the glory and the big bucks. Same as it ever was.<br /><br />The Dirty Little Secret in jazz is that most people don't really want to be <b>hugely </b>successful. They see what it takes and say, &quot;uhhhhh....no thanks&quot;, and then set about to get as far along as they can be doing what they feel is right (enough). Which is all good (best, actually, imo), but...don't bitch about not ever making it &quot;really big&quot;, and don't be shocked and surprised when the people who do want to be really big go ahead and do the things that lead to just that.<br /><br />And this - if you see somebody who really is a Nice Guy who has also made it really big, you can almost bet your life that somewhere, at some point, they had somebody acting on their behalf to do what it took.<br /><br />Otherwise, you either have an &quot;industry&quot; and all that comes with it or you don't. C'est la vie.<br /><br /><br /><br /> I don't necessarily take this as BS. I don't know that much about the music world, but take all of the music references out of this thought and you have pretty well explained every other work situation I have ever been in.

Wow. Is this all there was? Glad the Dickerson was included. That is a special date. So vibes, looks like you are clearing everything out?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXPXffmKaB4

Well this tree is just getting started. Ewwww boy. I see there are quite flash few drinking tree bits already. At least I didn't ABD anything. C what I did there Allen?

I love Rip, Rig, and Panic. An early discovery for me. I just recently bought the LP. Great packaging! This is definitely the most creative lp sleeve I own.

I heard this last night. I had no idea about his pop career.

Amen to Rip Rig and Panic!

The Contrasts LP is dated 2009.

Yes!!

I hope all is well too. I've "known" him from online vibraphone communities and his Internet presence has been off and on. He has had health problems. I hope he checks in.

I listen to this album A LOT.

Ahhh. Nothing like mute from every direction!