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I disagree about them being good players. You know more about basketball than Larry Bird, do you? They're both "good" players by my definition, with enough NBA skills to contribute in the right setting. I'm not saying either of them are ever going to be all-stars, but they're not making the kind of money they're making for no reason. Neither of them fits well into Nellie's style, and they've gradually lost some confidence as a result. I agree that Dunleavy is inconsistent, but a lot of players can be that way (Derek Fisher, anyone?). I also agree about Murphy's inside game being less than admirable for a guy his size, but he still gets his points in the paint off of offensive rebounds and occasionally scoring over smaller guys. Anyway, his outside shooting makes up for what he lacks inside. He could very well go back to getting frequent double-doubles in Indiana. I'm kind of on the fence about Pietrus. I think he's improved some aspects of his game (perimiter shooting, and knowing when to go to the basket), but he's still lacking in certain fundamentals (footwork, not stepping out of bounds every time he begins a drive from the sideline; knowing how to run a fast break; avoiding charges, etc), and doesn't seem like he'll ever develop a basketball mind.

Guy Time will tell. Murphy and Dunleavy may have been getting stale with the Warriors, but they're both good players with plenty of basketball left in them. They could do very well with the Pacers. Diogu wasn't showing much promise, but watch- he'll become an all-star in a few years (after all, the Warriors have a long history of letting go of players who go on to become major stars). McLeod, whatever- I don't see him ever being a big factor anyway. The guys coming west look like they will have an impact pretty quickly (Harrington has been a Warrior-killer in the games I've seen, so I'm glad he'll be wearing our uniform). What we may have lost in this deal is a bit of rebounding... but then again, with a scenery change, players can improve in some areas. Hopefully our FT% will go up as a result of this.

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Yeah, that's definately Grant. When they issued the CD, he's listed as Grant Green. This may be useless trivia, but I remember being a little surprised years ago when I bought Patterson's TUNE UP! album. He was listed as "Blue Grant" on that LP as well, and it was pretty clear that it was Grant Green, but I could swear the recording had been sped up... Grant almost sounded like Pat Martino. I wonder if the same thing occured on the LP version of DONNYBROOK (which I never owned).

So, what do you folks think of "Brush With The Past"? Anybody ever seen anything like that before? I checked out more of his videos (many of which he doesn't appear in himself), and they're kind of up and down for me, but I still think the cat is very talented.

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Chris Albertson posted links to one of his videos ("Jazz Dispute") on other boards. I tried searching for any links here, but didn't find anything. Pretty talented cat. ... and if you really want to have your mind blown: All his videos

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Francis Hime Warren Kime Marcel Marceau

Doogie Howser Kaspar Hauser Bobby Jaspar

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Paul Child (#10) Mike Hewitt (#24) John Rowlands (#14)

I like the album. Kenny's singing is pretty good, but not exceptional. Many with lesser gifts have pursued singing careers. This pretty much sums it up for me. I might have said "very good" instead of "pretty good". He doesn't have an exceptional voice, but it's fairly distinctive, and like his guitar playing, his singing is full of taste. I also like Bill Henderson (try the Vee Jay recordings); and much of Nancy Wilson's Capitol material from the 60's.

It's actually in San Jose. Anyway, beats the hell outta me. Just wondered if this thing was desirable at all...

Okay, I'm clueless, but this looks pretty darned interesting: Hammond HR-40 tone cabinet Belongs to Dr. Lonnie Smith...?

I thought about mentioning Sprague in relation to the Xanadu refrence. I haven't heard those LP's in years, but I don't remember Peter having quite the propulsive attack that this player has. Could be wrong. He would certainly fit in terms of the style and time frame that I'm associating this with... I'll have to check if I still have some of his stuff on cassette. Warren Nunes was another California-based guy with a lot of chops, but he didn't record much, iirc.

Damn. I want that car!

Great... just what I wanted to hear. At least we know now- it's a "he". Anyway, maybe I'll get lucky and figure this out. There are so many criminally obscure players out there, it's... criminal.

I continue to be impressed and fascinated (and stumped) by #9. The more I listen to it, the more I appreciate it- not just for the guitar playing, but for the piano work, the group interplay, the composition, and the arrangement (love that ending). The impressive flatpicking, the propulsive attack, the tone and the style narrow it down some, but there are still a lot of possibilities. Getting straight to the point, despite their influence on players like this, we can forget about Farlow and Raney and Wes. This player comes out of the Louis Stewart / Pat Martino / Robert Conti school of unfair picking technique, but over the years, quite a few players have developed similar skills. This reminds me of some of the stuff I heard players like Conti, Larry Coryell, Vic Juris, Bruce Forman, and others doing around 20 years ago. Kind of Chick Corea-esque to my ears in terms of the head, and of course there's an obvious reverence for Monk going on in the guitar solo (hmm...). So, hopefully this narrows it down a bit. Like I said, still lots of possibilities (watch it be some new group from Finland ). Well, back to listening...

Just bringing this back up to mention something very important to all fans of Brazilian music. It really deserves it's own announcement in a new thread, but I know we have to be low-key about blogs and downloading (but this is no ripoff site... read on). If you've never been to LORONIX, be prepared to have your mind blown (the vast majority of what's being shared there is really obscure, way out of print stuff). Bossa, Brazilian jazz, and much, much more (you'll just have to sift through it and sample it for yourself). It's run by a human being, but the mascot who appears to be in charge is a beautiful green parrot named zecalouro. Both the bird and the human are exceptionally warm, generous, and dedicated. Seriously, it's quite an amazing site in terms of the quantity, attention to detail, and consistency of effort put into it. Obviously a labor of love.

I just had time to go through these tracks quickly (some of it I've only skimmed so far), but I have one comment I'm ready to make. Track 10- Johnny Hartman, from track 5 on this twofer This is one of the worst albums JH ever did, imo, and although this is probably one of the better tracks, it's still pretty weak. Sounds like a rehearsal take with Hartman doing a parody of a Sinatra impersonator. The track got off to such a weak start, I thought maybe it was some rare previously unissued bonus cut from a session I had, but I soon realized it was from an album I dumped like a hot potato about 20 years ago. Awful sound quality on this too, and I hardly ever complain about sound quality. Was that an organ jumping in there at times in addition to the piano? At any rate, hearing those two Perception albums one time was one time too many for me. I didn't hate the whole disc, but I'll have to try to analyze more later...

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