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I would like to hear how they recorded El Condor Pasa, probably the most famous Andean song. You may have heard the song in the Simon and Garfunkel album Bridge over Troubled Water. But please do not think that Paul Simon wrote the music - the music was composed by Daniel Alomias Robles.

Original Santana band reborn in Las Vegas http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/03/21/original-santana-band-reborn-las-vegas/82098122/

I know many people hated ELP (and Carl Palmer has been trashed many times on jazz forums) - nevertheless, RIP Keith Emerson http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35787187

Santana should've invited vocalist Greg Walker - I am assuming that Walker can still sing like he did 35-40 years ago.

I'm still waiting for the 10 CD boxset of live Santana from 1970 through 1974

Has anyone had a chance to listen to the new Erik Satie boxset, Tout Satie? Any comments? http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=9994288&style=music

Why Hendrix's backward stratocastor was awesome: http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/music/a17922/jimi-hendrix-backwards-stratocaster/

Maybe I should point out that I am referring to the guitar playing or guitar solos. I do not mean that Sharrock's band included timbales or that they performed anything that sounded like Black Magic Woman, etc.

The similarities between Sharrock and Santana are quite obvious in the songs “Who Does She Hope to Be?” and “Once Upon a Time”.

Perhaps the project was at least partially funded by Carlos Santana

Jimmy Giuffre

More information here: http://www.npr.org/2014/09/25/351492627/remembering-mandolin-hero-u-srinivas

I have given the Coltrane compilation Spiritual to several ladies. One of them wrote me a thank you note that said, “Coltrane could really play!”

Reminds me of a friend who thought he was helping his wife when he went into her closet and reorganized her shoes in alphabetical order according to the brand name of each pair of shoes. My friend is no longer married.

Many musicians who tour Peru perform the cajon on stage during their concerts in Peru. Last November Ringo Starr was in Peru and performed a cajon solo on stage (during the song “You are Mine”). You can see a photo here: http://elcomercio.pe/luces/musica/ringo-starr-mostro-su-habilidad-cajon-peruano-concierto-lima-noticia-1657678

You can see a good demonstration of the cajon in the Alex Acuña DVD "The Rhythm Collector." Acuña is from Peru and has been playing the cajon for close to 50 years now. He is the same Acuña who was part of Weather Report. http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=7413529&style=movie

Some used and inexpensive copies of the Simpkins book appear every few years. About 2-3 months ago, I found a used paperback copy of the book at a Half-Price Bookstore in Austin, TX. I bought it for only about $10.

Love Devotion and Surrender Brain Salad Surgery

Has anyone had a chance to listen to the Naxos release, “Duke Ellington: Black, Brown and Beige”? http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8884446&style=music

(I still get my feathers ruffled when I think back on Ken Burns' segment on Cecil.) I started to buy Cecil Taylor CDs after I saw the Ken Burns segment.

I've seen this dozens of times at academic conferences where what appears to be a theoretical disagreement is really driven by personal dislike. I agree with your comment about academic conferences - I witnessed the same thing many times.

I was under the impression that CDs have always been cheaper to manufacture than LPs, even back when CDs first appeared.

What do you mean "re-write everything"? I am sure you know about "copy and paste." And how do you "copy and paste" from a physical item like a book? I was referring to updates to David Wild’s website. My guess is that he types the new text (or update) once, and then adds the text to each webpage that needs to have the new text. Today’s technology does let you copy and paste from a physical book. But then we get into copyright issues.

What do you mean "re-write everything"? I am sure you know about "copy and paste."