Big Al

I Gage 87

Happy birthday, brother Fel"Z"!!! :party::party:

I assume you have "Triple Threat," yes?

Well, here's my haul: John Fahey - Days Have Gone By John Fahey - Death Chants, Breakdowns And Military Waltzes Dizzy Reece - Asia Minor Nat Adderley - Work Song (Hybrid SACD) Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue (Hybrid SACD) Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington [Keepnews Collection] Hampton Hawes Quartet - All Night Session, Vol. 1 Hampton Hawes Quartet - All Night Session, Vol. 2 Hampton Hawes Quartet - All Night Session, Vol. 3 Blue Mitchell - Smooth As The Wind Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Portrait Of Cannonball Jimmy Heath - The Quota Jimmy Heath - Triple Threat Averaged out to about $8.90 per disc. Wow; don't know if I'll ever get to buy a couple SACD's for THAT price!

Or 'Bi Gal' Not that there's anything wrong with that...

A Glib

Well, I was hoping to have more detailed responses, but when I realized that every one of my guesses was starting off with, "No clue, but I am SURE digging this!" I figured it was best to take off the thinking cap and put on the listening/grooving cap! This is another wonderful BFT, Mike! Definitely a keeper here! If I come across a track that I actually have a guess, I'll post it. Until then, groooooooooove-time baby!!!!

Oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy oh boy!!!! I’ve been waiting for this BFT ever since I found out I was already signed up! Track 1: No clue, as usual, but it’s already got me outta my seat & dancin’! The vocalist reminds me of Carmen Miranda; sort of a Latin Ella! Lovely horn arrangement; it doesn’t sound like your stereotypical “latin soul” band. Sounds like some real heart and thought went into this arrangement. Track 2: That alto sax sounds familiar, but I can’t place it. Nice latin groove, a little looser than the previous track, but nothing to complain about. Track 3: Oh, like I’m gonna guess anything else besides Cal Tjader? No clue as usual, but I love unison statements by vibes-flute-tenor sax. Oh I could get lost in a groove like this for hours and never get tired! Pity this song is only five minutes long! More later.....

Get ALL DAY LONG. The new 2-fer doesn't include any of the bonus tracks on the individual CDs.

Any Blue Mitchell on Riverside Dizzy Reece's ASIA MINOR Jimmy Heath's REALLY BIG (or any Jimmy Heath on Riverside, for that matter) The Monk Prestige Box More great suggestions. The only one missing here is the Monk box. Not sure I have the financial appetite to digest this one now. You can't beat 3 discs at $9 each, the music is wondeful, and the sound is fantastic.

'atsalright! I'm pretty sure I'm in the minority on this one.

Any Blue Mitchell on Riverside Dizzy Reece's ASIA MINOR Jimmy Heath's REALLY BIG (or any Jimmy Heath on Riverside, for that matter) The Monk Prestige Box

Does this include the song "Drowned"? Or "Sea & Sand"? Side three I have some love for, but nothing I'd rather hear before other Who material. I forgot to mention how much I love "Bell Boy," completely outta character for Moon but heartfelt (and believeable) nonetheless!

Don't forget the date with Miles and Bags - best heard in the Monk/Prestige K2 box. I did let that slip my mind. Al still should get the "Plays Duke Ellington". . .it's a marvelous record in my opinion. Oh, I will, I will!!! Thanks for the rec Lon!

Man, if ever an artist deserved an hour of NIGHT LIGHTS, it's Cecil Payne!

OJC Limited Editions are 10.98, as are any remaining K2's (good luck with those). SACDs are 13.98. As far as the Hybrid SACDs go, I can heartily recommend the following: Cal Tjader with Stan Getz Gettin' Together - Art Pepper Art Pepper Plus Eleven (probably the best-sounding of the bunch, and that's saying a lot!) Happy shopping!

I only like Tommy because I remember my dad listening to it a lot, and so a lot of that music holds fond memories. It has its moments (and those moments are earth-shattering), but it could've (should've) been edited down to a single album. Few albums bore me to death as much as Quadrophenia. Then again, few albums move me like The Who By Numbers. Yeah, I know it's a record-long pity party. So what? The music is raw, the emotions are real, and they spoke to me when I first heard them and they still speak to me today, just on a different level. The Who Sell Out is, as mentioned elsewhere, one of the Who's finest moments, if not THE finest moment. Who's Next is one of those I have to be in the mood for. It also has some nice moments, but ever since classic-rock radio overplayed "Baba O'Riley," "Behind Blue Eyes," and "Won't Get Fooled Again," it's hard to muster up any enthusiasm for it. Is there no love for My Generation? Man, they could've stopped after THAT album and still have been legendary!

RIP. I particularly enjoyed his work on Jimmy Smith's SIX VIEWS OF THE BLUES. Perhaps my favorite performance of his was on Dizzy Reece's "Spiritus Parkus" from ASIA MINOR.

Don't forget the date with Miles and Bags - best heard in the Monk/Prestige K2 box. Ah yes! I just picked up that box used the other weekend! I thought I was getting a bargain at 29.99..... until this sale showed up!

Just because, I guess? There seem to be a lot of performances on there that aren't otherwise available, plus it's a good price for a 2-CD set. Although, to be fair, I wish they hadn't put performances on there that are already on the other AT NEWPORT discs.

Boy, the selections-of-the-month sure do suck this time. Ain't THAT the truth! Just what I've been waiting for: R&R by Rick Braun and some other smooth-jazz whogivesafuck.

I hear ya! I definitely need to hear some prime Monk/Klook. Best place to start? I ordered the K2's of Monk's Music and Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane from Newbury today for under $20! Can't wait to hear these!

Good question.... it was in the AOTW forum when I posted it. Okay, so I'm in the minority on my opinion (plus Blakey's my favorite drummer anyway, so I'm just a LITTLE biased), but still..... I didn't think my opinion was so radical as to knock the whole thread into a different FORUM!

Alright, gonna revive one more AOTW, then I'm going to bed. I've never been able to warm up to this album, and I blame the title track for that. Though I've tried many times to make it through this whole album, the title track wears me down and I just give up. About a week or so ago, I checked it out from the public library (AGAIN!) and forced myself to listen to the title track. Well, this time I finally made it. And I can say without reservation that I still can't warm up to this album. I can dig that the title track is supposed to be completely spontaneous, and it does have its moments. But on the whole, I'd rather spend 23 minutes listening to something else. (Off-subject, I coulda swore I posted in this thread when it originally came up. I wonder how many other AOTW threads have a post by me that say "Will post more later," and then I never actually do!)

Hey, here's another AOTW for ya: I thought about that after I recently got this CD. However, since I'm not at all familiar with this session, I guess what I don't know won't bother me. At least until I find the LP! This album isn't blowing me away, which is a good thing. It's moreorless breezing me away. I can't even pinpoint it; it just seems to wash over me in waves of modal colors that change at a moment's notice. I was expecting "A Deed for Dolphy" to be more intense than it is, and I'm glad it isn't. I really dig the version of "Boo-Ann's Grand" on here, as well as "New World." I think this is George Cables's finest hour (or eighty minutes!). His electric piano playing is flawless, his comping is spot-on, and his solos are otherworldly. I enjoy his performance on this album more than any other player of this era, including Herbie Hancock (a particular favorite of mine). And Lenny White, my goodness!!! Every time I listen to this album, I keep wanting to think that's DeJohnette back there, but no, it's this kid named Lenny White. Woody's sound is still as gorgeous as it was on his Blue Note output. This makes me want to seek out more Woody, but I don't know if anything else will top this. This is about as close to perfect as there is in this world!