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Gary Larson is a neighbor of Bill Frisell's also. They are apparently buddies, and Bill ended up doing the music for the short-lived "Tales from the Far Side" tv show. Some of the music is on his album "Quartet". Here is the cover that Larson did for Jim Hall's "Something Special" album:

Art Blakey - A Night at Birdland, Vol II Donald Byrd/Doug Watkins - Transition Sessions John Coltrane - The Standard Coltrane, Bahia, & Stardust Bireli Lagrene - Routes to Django (this guy recorded this at 13 years old??) Lee Morgan - The Last Session Art Pepper - Winter Moon Taj Mahal - Taj Mahal Adrian Belew - Belewprints

Clifford Brown - Jazz Immortal John Coltrane - Settin' the Pace John Coltrane - Black Pearls Kenny Dorham - Round about Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia Jimmy Giuffre - Free Fall Stefon Harris - The Grand Unification Theory John Patton - Accent on the Blues Jimmy Smith - A New Sound...A New Star Vol I-III

I don't have much of Miles' live stuff. I have the new Blackhawk discs (love em!!!), as well as "It's About That Time", and "Four and More". I used to have the Carnegie Hall set, but traded it in a while ago - for some reason it didn't register for me at the time. I'm thinking about pulling the trigger on a couple of these, since they're priced right: Agharta At Carnegie Hall 61 (worth reconsidering?) At Fillmore - Live at the Fillmore East Black Beauty - at Fillmore West Dark Magus In Concert Live Evil Pangaea The Complete Concert 1964 Which of these are the standouts? Should any be avoided at all cost? Also, how is "Big Fun"? It's also on sale. Thanks, Erik

Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane John Coltrane - The Last Trane John Coltrane - Soultrane Eric Dolphy - At the Five Spot, Vol. 2 Clifford Jordan/John Gilmore - Blowin' In From Chicago Franz Koglmann/Lee Konitz - We Thought About Duke Thelonious Monk - At the Blackhawk Thelonious Monk - In Europe, Vol I-III Art Pepper - Straight Life John Scofield - Electric Outlet

According to some of the reports in the German news, this has been the longest, hottest summer in Germany (or at least southern Germany) in something like 120-130 years. I'm not sure how the government would have been able to prepare for something like this. It is rather hard to believe so many have died from the heat. But if you've ever been over here you'd see that air conditioning simply doesn't exist in most homes, businesses, or offices. It's the exception more than the norm. I don't know much about heat-related deaths, but I'd guess that many, if not most, of them have been the sick and elderly. It's not a localized epidemic either, so doesn't seem to have been a concerted, focused effort to do anything about the heat. It has cooled down a bit here in the past 4-5 days, though, and there has been a little bit of rain, so it's certainly more comfortable than it was.

These discs have been in the zweitausendeins stores for about two weeks now - the clerk there told me it wouldn't show up on their website until the new catalog came out. I've picked up the Shipp titles, and like all of them. I also like the Billy Bang/Dennis Charles "Bangception" disc. And the Dave Douglas Tiny Bell Trio "Constellation" is well worth it! I also nabbed a couple of the Lacy discs, the Ran Blake tribute to Horace Silver, the Eskelin, and the Konitz/Solal live disc. Haven't listened to any of these yet, so I won't pass judgement. I may go back and pick up some of the others, without knowing too much about them. At these prices, how can you go wrong?? They've also currently got almost all of the Zappa discs, for €9.99 apiece. Where's a good place to ease into his work?

Bev - Glad to hear you are so impressed with Magnification! I really think it's about the best thing Yes has done since the "classic" era. Not sure whether that's due to the absence of a keyboardist or not, but I really like the different feel of this album, perhaps due to the presence of the orchestra. I saw them on the Symphonic tour, and they did have a keyboard player in tow (Tom Brislin) who was actually a pretty good player, but he didn't have all that much to add. I also saw Yes in June with Wakeman back in the fold (reviewed the show earlier in this thread), and looking back on the show, I'm not sure he's that "forward thinking" anymore. He played his parts and did alright with them, but seemed to treat the gig as a job, the more I reflect on it. I think the tour has been successful mainly due to his presence again, because most people want to see the "classic" lineup, playing the old material. But as far as making new, interesting music, I'm not sure he'll have very much to add. I liked the four-piece lineup. Hopefully they'll prove me wrong. Also, check out the "Keystudio" album. It's a midline reissue of the studio tracks from Keys to Ascention I & II, which were from 96/97. It's got Wakeman on there, but he's not too heavy handed. There are some very good moments on there as well. One criticism I hear of this one is that they may have been trying too hard to play in their 70's style, but I still enjoy it.

According to the article I read, the girl's father is a prominent member of a local Hell's Angels club. They were invited backstage guests at the Dead concert. Apparently some of Hell's Angels guys found Gordon with the girl, and may have dished out a little of their own brand of justice until the police arrived. The article I read also mentioned something about Gordon and Phish trying to resolved this issue (payoff the family?) outside of court...

Gene Ammons - Groove Blues John Coltrane - The Believer Red Garland - High Pressure Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery - Bags Meets Wes! Thelonious Monk - Five by Monk by Five Thelonious Monk - Alone in San Francisco Matthew Shipp - Prism Stevie Ray Vaughan - SRV Box

Newish titles at BMG: Bad Plus - These are the Vistas Gary Bartz - Music is my Sanctuary Donald Byrd - Byrd in Hand Donald Byrd - Caricatures Regina Carter - Paganini: After a Dream Miles Davis - Workin' remaster Lou Donaldson - The Natural Soul Dexter Gordon - Classic Blue Note Recordings Roy Hargrove - RH Factor Freddie Hubbard - Hub Cap Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag John Scofield - Up All Night Archie Shepp - Attica Blues Dr. Lonnie Smith - Boogaloo to Beck Sonny Stitt - Goin' Down Slow Weather Report - Live and Unreleased

Billy Bang - Bangception, Willisau 1982 Ornette Coleman - At the Golden Circle, Volume I Miles Davis - Ascenseur Pour L'Echafaud Ray Draper - Quintet featuring John Coltrane Red Garland - Soul Junction Herbie Hancock/Chick Corea - An Evening with: in Concert Thelonious Monk - Evidence Thelonious Monk - The Thelonious Monk Orchestra at Town Hall Reuben Wilson - Love Bug

Kenny Dorham - Jazz Contrasts Allen Farnham - 5th House Thelonious Monk - Blues Five Spot Thelonious Monk - Thelonious in Action/Misterioso Art Pepper - Besame Mucho Sonny Rollins - And the Contemporary Leaders Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Inner Voyage Clark Terry Quintet - In Orbit Porcupine Tree - Signify/Insignificance

Gary - Indeed I am! Glad you spotted that. I'm also going through the Art Pepper Galaxy box, and plan to start the Tatum Pablo Group box shortly. It's wonderful living near a zweitausendeins

John Coltrane/Red Garland - Traneing In Bireli Lagrene - Gipsy Project & Friends Pete LaRoca - Basra Abbey Lincoln - That's Him! Christian McBride - Number Two Express Thelonious Monk - With John Coltrane Gerry Mulligan - Mulligan Meets Monk Horace Parlan - Us Three Art Pepper - Landscape Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite Wayne Shorter - Footprints Live!

John Coltrane - Lush Life Bill Frisell - Quartet Red Garland - All Mornin' Long Andrew Hill - Live at Montreux Bireli Lagrene - Gipsy Project Thelonious Monk - Thelonious Himself Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music Terje Rypdal/Miroslav Vitous/Jack DeJohnette Mal Waldron - Wheelin' and Dealin'

To add onto what mikeweil and brownie said, it's been VERY hot here in Stuttgart as well. Over the past 7-10 days, it's hit 38 C (100 F) on a couple of occasions. While that may not seem that terrible to many people in the U.S., it's also easy to overlook that almost all homes/businesses have no air conditioning, as it's normally not needed. Many people have died due to the heat this summer. You have any extra room in your Black Forest residence, mike? B)

I'd pick the version of "Maiden Voyage " from Bobby Hutcherson's Happenings album, which is as good as the original IMO.

John Coltrane - Coltrane (Prestige) John Coltrane/Paul Quinichette - Cattin' with Coltrane and Quinichette Hagans/Belden - ReAnimation Live! Thelonious Monk - Brilliant Corners Sonny Rollins - Way Out West Sonny Rollins - The Sound of Sonny Bruford Levin Upper Extremities

I used to live in California (Arcadia) when I was young (from 5-9 years old), and one of my friends was named Dennis. Dennis' older brother was in a rock-n-roll band, and they used to practice in their garage at all hours of the day and night. In fact my folks called the police on one or two occasions when it got too loud. We moved to Japan in 1974, so I only saw Dennis once or twice after that, on visits to the old neighborhood. Turns out his brother is Michael Anthony, the bass player from Van Halen. So it's possible my folks called the cops on a teenaged Eddie Van Halen! If anyone in the U.S. watched the first season of "The Amazing Race" (one of the early reality shows), my first cousin and her daughter were the mother-daughter team, Nancy & Emily. They made it all the way to India, before making some mental mistakes that lost it for them.

Sonny Clark - Dial "S" for Sonny John Coltrane - Dakar Flanagan/Coltrane/Burrell/Sulieman - The Cats Jimmy Giuffre 3 - Emphasis, Stuttgart 1961 Thelonious Monk - Plays Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk - The Unique Thelonious Monk Matthew Shipp Trio - Multiplication Table Mal Waldron - Mal 2

Coltrane etc - Interplay for 2 Trumpets and 2 Tenors Tadd Dameron - Mating Call Bill Frisell - Where in the World? Elmo Hope - Informal Jazz Mobley/Coltrane/Cohn/Sims - Tenor Conclave Art Pepper - So In Love, Artworks, & Stardust

The title is on the most recent Verve Master Edition remastering of "Domino", that came out in 2000. You are correct that it was previously known as "Ad Lib". However the booklet that accompanies the VME statues that this was "erroneously issued as 'Ad Lib' ". Impressive players on that tune - RRK, Herbie Hancock, Vernon Martin, and Roy Haynes.

Not to completely sidetrack this thread, but former Japan keyboardist Richard Barbieri is now in Porcupine Tree, which is one of my favorite contemporary "progressive" rock groups. A different style of music than Japan, but they're very good at what they do, and they've definitely evolved since their early, Floydian influenced sound. Their most recent album, In Absentia, is heavier sounding (like Tool maybe), but I'd recommend anything from their '99 album "Stupid Dream" on, for anyone interested in this type of music.

Up - just noticed on alankin's site that this one is now due out on 21 October.