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http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...ndpost&p=477285 Fold-down ~ downmix.

Thanks, John! No, I didn't get that far!

Since re-installing Windows I lost the Java support needed for the Live Chat. The support links I'm directed to from the Live Chat page does either not seem to work or I can't understand what to do when I'm there. I would be very grateful if someone could direct me to where I can get the correct plugin.

Bernt Rosengren Big Band 'First Moves' (EMI, 1977) Wacky cover.

Thanks for the inspiration, Sidewinder! I've just put on: Vaughan Williams 'Symphony No. 6' (E minor), New Philharmonia Orch./Boult (EMI/HMV Stereo)

It is indeed included on the Saba/MPS album "Midnight Mood". Recently reissued and available for cheap!

I'm just listening to "A Day in Copenhagen", and it's a very enjoyable recording. Gordon is fine, the rhythm section is terrific, but what is impressing me the most is Dizzy Reece's playing; did he ever play better? This album is wholeheartedly recommended!

I agree 'Midnight Mood' is a very enjoyable album. Several of the Muse albums I've heard are indeed a bit too "soulful" for mee too, but - as I know BFrank has - I have a soft spot for the Herb Geller album 'An American in Hamburg' (the vocal tracks were also released on Atlantic as 'Rhyme and Reason').

This one's for you, Brownie! Found a mint copy yesterday, original pressing. Beautiful playing.

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Columbia mono promo:

Seriously, I think Brosnan was the second best after Connery. My personal opinion about Lazenby is that he was rather bad. And I was never able to take Moore seriously - to me it appears that all the films with Moore are more comic-book-ish (and thus never too involving) than even "Diamonds Are Forever".

How about this Bond, then?

Thanks for the belated reply! Here's a scan of the original Columbia release, although my ageing scanner does not get the colors entirely right any more:

Just remember to erase the albums from your Ipod as soon as you've sold them, and you should be OK. (sorry.. )

Rules of Freedom is strongly recommended! And Hampton Hawes was also still playing great in 1967; espescially interesting to hear him on one of the tracks which is more "out" than anything I've heard with Hawes. It's available on CD from Japan - not too expensive.

6 (stereo) - Clare Fischer/One to Get Ready, Four to Go!

Happy birthday, Hans!

There was a discussion about this session somewhere around here but I can't find it right now. In case anyone still hasn't found it: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=18104

I agree with the above. In fact, I also heard him with Archie Shepp exactly a dozen years ago (in London, Feb 1994). A few years later, in 2000, he didn't sound as comfortable when appearing with Johnny Griffin, as the latter often set the tempi way above what either Parlan or he himself could handle.

By "original CD", do you mean the Rare Grooves issue from 1993 or thereabouts? Now I haven't heard the RVG, but I can attest that the TOCJ-4252 release (while still dubbed from vinyl, of course) is a quite noticeable improvement over the Rare Grooves edition. So I would think it's possible to top the rather so-so tranfer of the earlier Jody Grind as well.

I can't say exactly what it is about certain things that prevents them from being music in my opinion, but I can think of organized sound which I refuse to accept as music, for example the sound of someone being beaten to death. I guess it's possible for each person to draw a line somewhere, even if some will risk being labeled as narrow-minded.

I'm reviving this old thread since a recent purchase of a Corea album made me think more about what I find attractive with his playing and writing. (I suspect that this album is completely unknown around here; it seems it was only released in Norway, and I have not found any web resources - see below) I don't find everything Corea's been involved in to be good. His more synth-laden albums fail to make me happy, but perhaps more because I find the whole setting unattractive than because of lack of musicality or ideas. But much of what he has done - both his composing and playing - I find beautiful, without being at all sentimental. I don't agree with those who think his playing is too "sweet". As a player, he is also in perfect control of the keyboard while still always retaining a lot of spontanity - a bit in the same way as a very different pianist; Hank Jones. His latest projects don't have the "conceptual grandness" of the last few albums of Herbie Hancock, a player whose career path is partly similar to Corea's. But I can't help thinking that Corea comes out the winner; Herbie never managed to really find his own voice again after the fusion years. The Norwegian album that was released in 2005 is a live recording from the Molde jazz festival in 2000, featuring Corea with the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. The program is exclusively consisting of Corea originals in some rather excentric arrangements from Erlend Skomsvoll. It takes a few listens to get into them, and while not all of the succeed, it's a pure joy to hear Corea once again playing an extended solo on such a tune as "Windows".

It's already Saturday night here in Europe, and I've ben hanging out in a new, specially designed room in the chat area all by myself for a couple of hours now...

Frank Wess/Johnny Coles "Two at the Top" (Uptown 27.14) A 1. Whistle Stop 2. Morning Star 3. Celia 4. Nica's Tempo B 1. Minority 2. Ill Wind 3. Stablemates 4. An Oscar for Oscar Frank Wess, Johnny Coles, Kenny Barron, Reggie Workman, Kenny Washington Recorded at the Van Gelder studio in June 1983