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For some reson, Ive had alot of problems with playing mp3s on dvd players as well. Not sure why. I bought a 1/8 in to RCA stereo out chord for only 4 bucks, and serves me pretty well. Especially with already low quality radio it should work. I think I got it in the electronics department of a mall department store (sears?)

This is definitely his most fully realized effort, imo. Facing Left is also quite good. His newest, Same Mother, has more of a blue bent ot it with a guitar added to the trio. I enjoy that immensely as well. the only ones I dont whole heartedly reccommend are Sountrack to Human Motion, which is good but not near the same league as the others, and Modernistic, which is solo piano. Some great stuff on there, but no his best work. Its good if you love solo piano though.

I selected this album for various reasons. To give some background on myself, I am a 24 year old recent college graduate who has been into jazz for about seven or eight years. I started off with the usuall suspects (Kind of Blue, Bitches Brew) and I have slowly worked my way through hundreds of albums, and only recently have I begun to feel like I'm not a novice, although occasionally the knowledge and experience of people like Jim Sangrey, Chuck Nessa, and Chris Albertson humble me greatly. I have felt fortunate to be able to participate in boards like this and the dearly departed BNBB. The history of jazz is a mammoth topic to cover. Anyways, for the first few years I found myself working through the amazing amount of phenomenal jazz that is available. I stuck with the 60s and 50s, slowly picking up Sonny Rollins, Miles Davis, Art Blakey, Freddie Hubbard etc cds. With each of these artists having dozens to hundreds of albums to choose from, I never really listened to current jazz. To me jazz seemed somewhat dead, or atleast on life support compared to the "Golden Age". What compounded this feeling was the fact that while so many legends were universally agreed upon as masters (such as the ones I have mentioned) all the newer guys were considered much more precarious in their status as true jazz innovators and legends. This board has been rife with debates over whether Joe Lovano, Wynton Marsalis, Brad Mehldau, Joshua Redman, Keith Jarrett and the like were really that good. Atleast, good enough to have general consensus over the greatness of their work. As such, it was more difficult for me to delve into what I considered "current" jazz. I knew John Coltrane was bad so I didnt hesitate to pick up his discs. But 13 dollars seemed to be a big investment for a CD of an artist that many jazz afficionados would view as inferior, atleast compared to the "Golden Age." Well, to bring my rant towards the point, I got a chance to hear a bit of this Jason Moran disc. It spoke to me. Very deeply. It was actually the first Sam Rivers I heard, but I also knew that what these younger guys were doing was bad. I had no doubt in my mind that this wasn't just good modern jazz, or just good jazz or great jazz, this was to me a stone cold classic. I was amazed, and I couldn't stop listening to it. I would not hesistate to put this cd along with Saxophone Collossus or Mingus Ah Um or Miles Smiles as a disc of exceeding value and brilliance. It was the first time I realized something like that on my own, especially with an album made in the 00s. But moreso, what this cd did is ignite my belief that jazz is indeed a very much alive art form. Not just alive, but positively thriving. My hesistation at approaching new jazz slowly melted away. I quickly picked up the rest of what Moran had, and moved on to his work with Osby. I now own many wonderful cds that have been made over the last few years, and I am very excited to be a jazz fan today. Obviously I regret never seen Coltrane, and never seeing Miles, or Mingus, but I am very happy to live in the world where I can see Moran, and Vijay Iyer, and Brad Mehldau, and Kenny Garrett and many other wonderful musicians. On to the music quickly. So much of the truly interesting and innovative post-Coltrane jazz that I had listened to seemed about casting off old forms in the pursuit of musical freedom. It was about abandoning tempo and rhythm to make music in the now. And I loved it. But Moran takes it a step further, and reintegrates the history of jazz while still being free and shifting rhythms. The music is all incredibly complex and moving, but you can tell Moran has an amazing understanding of jazz history, and not in a Wynton Marsalis way. Moran gets to true freedom by not abandoning jazz history, but by using all of it. Earl Hines, Cecil Taylor, Coltrane, Sam Rivers (obviously), Monk, Paul Bley, Jaki Byard, Art Tatum, Tony Williams, Sonny Murray, its all there. And its very very beautiful and still wholly original. Sam Rivers is fantastic throughout as well. As Jason Moran once remarked on the topic of innovation in jazz "I aint just making fries here." Amen. /end rant

Open, To Love is a great solo disc of his. Closer is a fantastic trio disc. As for how he sounds... Some have suggested he is Keith Jarrett's daddy with a healthy dose of the avante.

Don Pullen, a very aggressive pianist who has been compared to a (much) more melodic Cecil Taylor, created easily some of the best music of the 1980s. He also worked with Charles Mingus in the 70s. His Mosaic Select set gets my 5 Star reccomendation for anyone whil likes jazz with a bit of an edge.: http://www.mosaicrecords.com/prodinfo.asp?number=MS-013

Not sure what everyone's discount is right now, but I have 5.99 cds plus free shipping if you buy 5, making box sets a great deal. Right now you can get the Complete Impulse Recording of Coltrane for 36.39, which is in my opinion, without a doubt, the greatest deal in the history of recorded music. Additionally, the heavyweight champion is 43.99. Someone you know could use some christmas gifts! I think i need to finally pull the trigger on the Clifford Brown blue note box. Anyone want to push me over the edge?

Anyone going out to this tonight? I only have one Leo Smith cd, "Golden Quartet", and I enjoy it quite a bit so I hope to make it out. tix.com has 10 dollar tickets available.

Just posting this to give you guys a heads up for next week's AOTW. As always, do not post until next week (December 4th.) This album is also available for the rock bottom price of 5.99 from http://www.yourmusic.com/browse/album/Jaso...tars-39241.html Recorded in March of 2001 Jason Moran, Piano Tarus Mateen, Bass Nasheet Waits, Drums and VERY special guest: Sam Rivers, Tenor and Soprano Saxophone, Flute, and Piano on Track 11

Im having a hell of a time trying to decide what to download for Zorn. I went with Golden Quartet for Wadada () Any recs on Masada recording with only a few tracks? Is the Big Gundown worth the download? Ive heard great things (I know nothing of Morricone's music though) I think im definitely onna have to get the bailey though. I remember downloading his "Improvistion" way back in the day, and thinking it was utter rubbish and a complete scam of music making. Re downloaded a month ago and I have really enjoyed it.

big on the Dylan. Especially disc two, which is largely outtakes of High 61/Blonde on Blond/ Bringin it all Back Home. A lot of different rhythms compared to the released version. Sorta like how Bob flips everything up live.

To me, someone saying they drove really drunk only once or twice is the same as saying "I've only date raped a girl once of twice." Just my two cents. I have never come close to driving drunk. I have also walked the halls of my high school seconds after they announced three fellow students were killed in a drunk driving accident the night before. Not a pretty sight.

Part true, part major cop out. If you want to put bread on the table, there are many things that one can do besides perverting music and whoring yourself out to MTV. And it wasnt like he wasnt doing fairly well before he went total pop anyways. He had bread on the table.

I love the drummer, David King i believe. Some cds are available for 5.99 from yourmusic.com. definitely worth it imo. How has the other guy on the bill?

How long did you have them for? Did you do the whole "burn in" thing? How was the sound leakage? Im afraid my significant other will kill me if she hears buzzing music across the room all the time.

How are those Grado's? Im seriously debating picking up a pair.

He is definitely a decent musician, but knowing his personality and his career quite well turns me off to essentially everything he does. He is a ball of ego wrapped in a bit of talent, who completely whored himself out to sell records and make girls like him. Knowing this I cant imagine finding any of his work listenable. Sorta like how everytime you read a Wynton interview his work becomes less palatable.

My out tastes go all the way out. Ill check those discs out. Also, reccomendations with as few tracks as possible is a plus! There is so much Zorn on there im not sure where to start. Sorta like the good ol Anthony Braxton days of emusic. reading about those leo smith records and they sound VERY enticing. might have to stay and emusic member for a bit longer now.

Awesome news. Any recs? I am woefully inadequate in my Derek Bailey, John Zorn, Wadada Leo Smith etc...

I do love the system of per track downloading, but it also doesnt make sense with Zappa and many of the classical releases. I mena, the Bradenburg Concertos end up being a rip off. They should relaly do a 800mb per month limit or something. Then neither side will get cheated based on number of tracks per album. No, the albums are longer available to those who have already downloaded them. I do love the system of per track downloading, but it also doesnt make sense with Zappa and many of the classical releases. I mean, the Bradenburg Concertos end up being a rip off. They should relaly do a 800mb per month limit or something. Then neither side will get cheated based on number of tracks per album.

WD45 gives them his here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=21624 another good place for headphone info is www.head-fi.org

Fair enough. Again, I am completely sympathetic to the reasons for your response to Clem. But that shouldn't come at the expense of a fair appraisal for Nels' work. Not to continue the thread jack, but what exactly do you think Nels' is trying to do and why do you believe he fails at it? As a guitarist myself, I think Nels is completely successful and creating riveting and emotionally interesting music. I might not have quite your ears, so I'm interested in what you have to say about his playing, and especially the contexts you have heard him in that led you to this judgement. However, I still think he rocks. (of course, maybe the rocking is the problem)

While responding to Clem and his antics is easy to do, I think you are still missing out on this one. While you may play guitar and you may have performed with Roswell Rudd and Julius Hemphill (as you often mention) that doesn't make you the end all authority on the subject. I play guitar as well, I've even performed before. Do I get a final say on this as well? Clem's psychotic postings are bad, but so are your elitist posturings.

While the original British version is much better, the American Office is still quite funny. Their Gareth (Dwight) is a HUGE dropoff in comedy in acting, but otherwise the show is solid. Of course, Arrested Development (until its cancelled) is still BY FAR the funniest show on network TV.

am I the only one who has never heard bad joe henderson? atleast not in his realatively earlier years. id pick it up in a second if the price was reasonable.

I think we should let out Mark David Chapman and tell him Vince Wilburn is the real John Lennon. Really though, once Vince kicks it, do you think the music can get released? I want an on the corner box set! And again, this music is out there, so if this never gets released, you will definitely be able to still hear pristine versions of it. Its the stuff sitll in the vault that im worried about.