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One more before bed: Anne Marie Moss - Don't You Know Me (Stash)

I feel fortunate to have as many Horo LPs as I do - but it kind of hurts to think that I could have gotten the whole lot for less than $500. Of course, at the time many of my meals consisted of a packet of ramen noodles (18 cents) with a can of mixed vegetables (40 cents) poured on top.

I'll try to be helpful, although (like several others here) I think your premise is flawed. The Art Ensemble of Chicago's People in Sorrow is one of the most moving and beautiful pieces of music you will ever hear. This album - Radiance by the Susie Ibarra Trio, is just lovely. I was lucky enough to be in a record store in Athens, Georgia when they played this on the sound system. I bought it immediately.

The best tracks are masterpieces, the mediocre tracks are excellent, and the worst tracks are pretty damn good.

Steve Lacy - Eronel (Horo) When I did a Google image search (using the keywords steve lacy eronel horo) to find a picture of the cover, the first picture that came up was from my blog - a scan of a photocopy I made around 1979 or 1980: the Horo ad/catalog from Jazz Journal International.

I've always liked that album, warts and all. My old pal Michael J. Smith understands Braxton's compositions so well. "Donna Lee" and "You Go to My Head" are a different story.... Michael never really was a Jazz musician with a capital "J."

Ornette Coleman/Charlie Haden - Soapsuds, Soapsuds (Artsts House) - not mastered by RVG, but I like it anyway.

You'll just have to listen to the next one instead. Are You Glad To Be In America. RSJ and Grant Calvin Weston, two for the price of one. The Rough Trade one is a better mix than the Artist's House release though. And it's mastered by the legendary Porky Peckham - Britain's own post-punk Rudy Van-Gelder. Incidentally TOCB has a VanGelder stamp in the dead wax Yes, I like Are You Glad to Be in America. I have the Artists House issue - an album which I just realized discounts my assertion (in another thread) that all the AH albums came with booklets. And now that you pointed out that Tales of Captain Black has a Van Gelder stamp, I've started fetishizing it as an object.

Finally "caught up" on new listening enough to order Chuck's new Hal Russell CD, as well as the one Von Freeman and the one Roscoe Mitchell Nessas I somehow didn't have. I'm looking forward to it - Russell's ECM albums take the top of my head off.

I've been listening to plenty of 78s, but not posting about them. Here are some of the interesting spins from recent days: Stan Getz Quintet - Erudition/Have You Met Miss Jones (Mercury, 1953) Inspired by listening to Rusty Bryant Plays Jazz a few days ago, I played a couple of his fun, raucous R & B singles: All Nite Long/Castle Rock (Dot) Pink Champagne/Slow Drag (Dot). These are both from 1952, with Hank Marr on piano. Today I spun all my Mary Lou Williams 78s: Corny Rhythm/Isabelle (Decca "sunburst," 1936) Swingin' for Joy/Clean Pickin' (Decca "sunburst," 1936) The Pearls/The Rocks (Decca, 1938) (She's) He's Funny That Way/D.D.T. (Continental, 1946) Humoresque/Waltz Boogie (RCA Victor, 1946) Knowledge/Oo-Bla-Dee (King, 1949) The Continental is by "Mary Lou Williams' Girl Stars." I guess they couldn't find a female bassist for the session - the musician listed on the labels, Bea Taylor, is actually bassist Billy Taylor. The King record, with Idrees Sulieman on trumpet, tries a little too hard to be hip bebop. All the Deccas are wonderful.

Somewhat - but that album is very heavy on In a Silent Way/Bitches Brew material. In the summer/fall of 1969, the band was still playing a lot of material from earlier in the '60s (Footprints, Masquelero) and even some tunes from the '50s (Round Midnight, Milestones, No Blues). Even those tunes get pretty abstract, though.

James Blood Ulmer - Tales of Captain Black (Artists House). Enjoying the full bookleted experience for the first time ever - thanks, JSngry. To state my major problem with this album positively rather than negatively: I sure would have enjoyed hearing Ronald Shannon Jackson in the drum chair..

Yes, I've also got the gatefold LP. I think all the Artists House LPs had booklets - someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe we both got pressings from that day when Stevie at the factory was hung over. I've got the Waymon Reed, '46th & 8th', which does have a booklet The gatefold is left-handed, the record is in the left hand side, when you open it in a normal manner. Are all Artist House LPs like that? MG I don't know how they orignally came. All my Artists House records have migrated to the right side, which is where God intended them to be.

Yes, I've also got the gatefold LP. I think all the Artists House LPs had booklets - someone will correct me if I'm wrong. Maybe we both got pressings from that day when Stevie at the factory was hung over.

You got it.

Done - thanks, Mr. Sangrey!

Back in the day I bought a sealed copy of James Blood Ulmer's Tales of Captain Black on Artists House. My copy didn't have the booklet that was supposed to be included. While, of course, I would love to have an original copy of the booklet, I would be perfectly happy with a photocopy or a scan. Can anybody help me out?

Jazz at the Philharmonic - In Europe, Vol. 1 (Verve stereo). I like this one because Benny Carter and Cannonball Adderley are on the same stage.

Might as well get in early this year. Toronto - 40 points.

Oh, yeah - If I'm distributing the BFT for you, I can reshape it in my own image.... Okay, forget what Jim said above. BFT 105 will now be half uber-annoying avant-garde and half recordings made before 1923. Enjoy!

Different in each language. Yeah - it's particular frustrating when the German or French notes are much longer than the English and seem more detailed and interesting. And in the worst cases are when the notes in a language I don't speak have examples with musical notation, and the English notes don't. Damn Tower of Babel!

Will there be any holiday songs?

Didn't want to end the evening with the last album so I pulled out Michael's "fusion" album: Michael J. Smith/Jonas Hellborg/Michael Shrieve - All Our Steps (Day Eight Music). I like this one a lot better.

Michael J. Smith - Moments (CCRI). Not my favorite album by my old boss, but I was in the mood for something like this tonight.

Mundell Lowe - Porgy & Bess (RCA Camden). With Ben Webster and Art Farmer - not bad!