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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

There was a Fiat Topolino in the 30s-50s: and i suspect that nickname is sometimes used also for the successor, Fiat 600: It was manufactured from 1955 and into the 70s. If you want to make one of these as well, click *here*.

Ubu, did you actually have a Fiat 126?! A safe choice as a family car, since the two-cylinder engine inspires a relaxed driving style.

I had a 350SE from 1975 as well, but sold it last year because it needed too much fixing and its ridiculous fuel consumtion.

I have a Mercedes 200 from 1985. It's just about finished, though. Rear suspension has severe corrosion damage. I will have to get rid of the car within a month, or otherwise it will be impossible to drive. Picture from France (summer of 2004):

But 640 kB RAM surely ought to be more than enough?

Thanks, Lon! S/H for four CDs to Sweden is $10, so it sounds as if it couldn't get much cheaper.

Does anyone know what the best (=cheapest) online resource for the individual JiP discs is (for someone living in Europe, but not necessarily au centre de Paris)?

Well, there you have it. Costs them next to nothing, but generates a profit.

That was a very fine concert, indeed! Jensen is in good form, and Seamus Blake plays beautifully, especially on 'Silver Twilight'. All of her Enja albums are strongly recommended. Personally I find the first one, Vernal Fields, the most enjoyable (I think the compositions by her sister Christine are wonderful), but all of them have their merits. The more recent Now as Then, is good too. I have never heard an uninteresting solo by Ingrid.

The rights to the music in films continues to be a problem. I know that an enrire scene from "Billion Dollar Brain" (semi-classic 60s cold war thriller, also featuring Michael Cane) was cut from the recent DVD release because it prominently featured a Beatles tune, and it couldn't be re-scored as someone is seen playing a Beatles LP and even showing the record cover.

Or was it perhaps a new Kuhn? It's of interest all the same, so thanks for the heads-up!

Harvey Mason plays very well on a couple of soundtracks of the time ("Three Days of the Condor", anyone?). And wasn't he on the "Baretta" scores as well?

Is this the Buster Williams composition? I'm very curious how they were playing it in 1973. Anything remotely like the version on "The Prisoner" (or even less likely, the Jazz Crusaders version)?

Thanks for letting us know, brownie!