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Powell just "shifted" his attention to "classical" composition. He didn't quit music, but did quit jazz, so I figured he counted for the purposes of this thread. I can't say I'm a huge fan, but he was a talented man. Gunther Schuller rates him highly as an arranger for Goodman's orchestra.

It's a great slice of the past! The only one that I saw previously was the infamous John Lydon/Keith Levene/P.I.L. episode with Tom getting all bent. R~ I vividly recall watching that Lydon show. The only other one I saw back then was Costello, supporting his album Trust, I believe. At least I remember him doing a pretty nice verson of "Watch Your Step." I'll be checking these out sooner or later.

Starts out seeming like it has a point, then devolves into idiotic rant. Fairly entertaining, though.

Yeah, that Don Redman short caught my eye. There's a sensational Jimmie Lunceford Orchestra short on the recent Astaire/Rogers DVD Follow The Fleet. This Berkeley Box should be great. I saw Footlight Parade at the Harvard Film Archive last year for the first time. An incredibly snappy, pre-code musical with lots of risque jokes and James Cagney at his most caffienated. And featuring those sublimely ridiculous numbers (in one of them a bunch of synchronized swimmers form a giant zipper that unzips!).

Stan Levey Mel Powell

What shocks me is that it's already getting deleted (it's only been around for a few years...). Yeah, it seems almost like that record just came out. Most of his Blue Notes are out of print, AFAIK, except for the last few.

How is that new Clinton album? Funky, in every sense of the word. I'm still absorbing it, but my guess is that it's one of those doubles discs that you'll feel would make a nice single disc. My other guess is that every listener will differ quite a bit as to which tracks are the keepers. It's George Clinton, fahgahdsakes!

I'm with Sangrey. Read this book. It's excellent.

Classic stuff! Some of my favorite Prez. How could I have forgotten that Clayton was on these? Time to pull this one out again.

I've never seen an LP myself, but akanalog is right: the liner notes discuss the tunes starting with "Kneebus," The fourth tune on the disc, and explicitly refer to "Reef' (the third tune) as the "closer." Odd.

I voted for Black Fire as favorite. I might have voted for Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue if given the chance (CD version has four Hill compositions, two from Joe Chambers, none from Hutcherson). For most interesting Hill on Blue Note, would it be cheating to pick the Mosaic Select?

I've never had anything but the CD, so I wouldn't know, but looking at the liner notes, you've definitely got a point. Great music, though, which always sounded fine to me in the CD order.

Listening straight through the Dizzy Reece Select. I'm near the end of disc 3 and still loving it.

Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues is a nice date. My copy of the Vanguard Mel Powell, The Best Things in Life are Free only lists Buck as playing on one tune. The rest of the Powell sides he recorded must be on the other title. I agree that this Vanguard reissue series is "haphazard," Paul. With bits of the same session spread across different discs. Annoying. One thing I know: I don't have enough Buck Clayton.

Great thread! I've been looking to increase my Hines holdings, and this has been very informative. Especially as regards his Ellington interpretations. Over the years since they were first released I've seen these referred to over and over again as prime late-period Hines, yet there seems to be a luke-warm response to them here. On the other hand, I love the Riverside Monk interpretations of Ellington, which are often dismissed by critics (that might actually be my favorite piano trio ever: Monk, Pettiford, Clarke). I guess I'll have to get everything he ever recorded and make up my own mind.

What a great cover! How is it, Free For All? How many biographies of trombone players have you read? How many have been written?

Simon Reynolds has a new book out called "Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984" which has a chapter on Chance and the No Wave scene. Looks like an interesting book. Maybe he knows where Chance is. http://www.simonreynolds.net/

Anytime Yanni's "music" is played in anyone's house anywhere, I'd consider that a form of domestic abuse.

George Clinton Presents the P-Funk Allstars - How Late Do You Have 2BB4UR Absent? Curtis Counce - You Get More Bounce With Curtis Counce

good call.

At first glance, I thought this was about roots rocker Moon Martin, and thus meat for Jazzmoose...

Good casting, Jim!

I'm sorry I missed that. He was definitely impressive with the Mingus Big Band.

Quiana does have that "haunting" quality. I think it was some kind of POLY-polyester. I myself only sported the fabric once or twice, but the trauma still remains, bury it deep as I try... And WTF are those Dustygroove folks smoking?

Ahhh.... Springtime in Andorra...