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Indeed. The last few years haven't been good for Gil. For him to have been silent (on record at least) for large parts of the last 23 years is a great pity. One can only wish him the strength to overcome his personal difficulties. I haven't read any of Gil's novels but I've always been intrigued. What's available? I'm understand 'The Vulture' and 'Nigger Factory' have been published as a single volume.... any others?

Oo! This is good news!

One can only hope!

A few years ago at the HMV I worked at we had a product recall. HMV have their own label which reissues old EMI classical recordings. The CD in question was supposed to be (something like) Vivaldi's Four Seasons, but which actually played... a Derek and Clive album

A few weeks ago, I bought a copy of A Jazz Message by Art Blakey. Got home, opened it up and the CD inside was... ... some Earl Klugh album And when I took it back the shop couldn't find the Blakey CD

Anti-piracy CD problems vex Sony Sony BMG is being caught up in a row about more of its anti-piracy software. Digital rights groups warned the music maker about vulnerabilities its MediaMax copy protection system created on users PCs. The same groups have now found that a patch Sony produced to close these holes is itself insecure and leaves users open to a separate attack. The MediaMax system has been used on more than 5.7 million CDS spread across 50 titles sold in the US and Canada. On 6 December Sony BMG and digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) issued a joint statement about the discovery of problems with the MediaMax anti-piracy system made by SunnComm. The statement warned that anyone putting a music CD bearing the MediaMax software in their PC introduced a vulnerability that malicious hackers could hijack to win control of a machine. Users were vulnerable to this loophole even if they did not install the copy protection system on the music CD on their home computer. This problem was discovered by iSEC Partners following a request from the EFF to analyse the SunnComm software. The statement also pointed users to a software patch that was supposed to close this loophole. "It's a security vulnerability and therefore needs to be dealt with," said Thomas Hesse, president of global digital business for Sony BMG in the statement. However, the EFF has now urged users not to apply this patch as separate work by security researchers Ed Felten and Alex Halderman shows it too introduces vulnerabilities. "We take any security problems identified by these security researchers very seriously," said the EFF. Dr Felten and Mr Halderman called on Sony BMG to recall all the CDs bearing the MediaMax software. Sony BMG said the MediaMax copy protection system, which is supposed to stop people making illegal copies of CDs, has been used on 50 titles sold in North America. It said approximately six million CDs using MediaMax have been shipped to stores. Affected artists include Alicia Keys, Britney Spears, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and Faithless. The news comes just as the furore about Sony BMG's XCP copy protection system was starting to die down. The row over the virus-like abilities of XCP forced Sony to recall all the CDs using it and issue new discs to consumers. Sony is also facing legal action over its use of XCP. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4511042.stm

I still remember being woken up by my radio alram clock at 6.55 that morning. The station was halfway through playing 'Imagine'. Nothing unusual about that. Then the DJ said something about 'John Lennon, who died last night' and I jolted out of my half slumber. The 7am news led with the story of course. For a 14 year old who was really getting into music (all kinds) that was really my first experience of a rock 'n' roll death (I had been kind of young for Elvis). Sadly, Bob Marley wouldn't be too far behind.

Ahhh, shuddup!

The name 'Unique' is ranked 973rd in the 1990s... Who knew there were so many of them?

More for December 7: 1926: Red Nichols & His Five Pennies (including Jimmy Dorsey & Eddie Lang) record for Brunswick 1927: McKenzie & Condon's Chicagoans record for Okeh 1943: Sidney Bechet records for V-Disc 1943: Coleman Hawkins records for Signature 1963: Ronnie Scott recorded at Ronnie Scott's, London- one track from When I Want Your Opinion, I'll Give It To You (Jazz House) 1969: Herbie Hancock- session for Fat Albert Rotunda (Warner Bros) 1972: Miles Davis- 'Billy Preston' from Get Up With It (Columbia) 1996: Jim Hall at the Village Vanguard- final night of recording for Panorama (Telarc)

Oh, not without 'period charm', granted.

The soundtrack is aging remarkably better than the movie IMHO. Though IIRC the actual music included in the film was recorded with different (British) musicians to the version released on Impulse.

A film I've always meant to get around to, but never have. One more reason to get it!

ECM always springs to mind on days like this, for obvious reasons. I'm going with Keith Jarrett's Belonging. Sunny and chilly, simultaneously. Often like a little classical on those kinds of days. Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 is always good.

This is great from the beginning... But then the bass solo starts! http://www.archive.org/details/SoundieF

Some of my favourite 80s jazz- Joe Henderson with Chick Corea- Mirror Mirror (MPS) Art Ensemble of Chicago- Urban Bushmen (ECM) Abdullah Ibrahim at Montreux (Enja), Water From an Ancient Well, African River (Enja) David Murray- Ming (Black Saint) Jaco Pastorius- Word of Mouth (Warner Bros) Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray- Jump Up (hat Art) Jack DeJohnette- Tin Can Alley (ECM) Art Pepper- Winter Moon (Galaxy) Chick Corea- Three Quartets (Stretch) Stan Getz- The Dolphin & Spring is Here (Concord- reissued as a twofer 'My Old Flame'), Pure Getz (Concord), Serenity & Anniversary (Emarcy) Billy Bang- Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note) Miles Davis- We Want Miles, Aura (Columbia) Carla Bley- Live!, Fleur Carnivore (Watt) Chico Freeman- Destiny's Dance (Contemporary) John Scofield- Out Like a Light & Shinoloa (Enja) Sphere- Four in One & Flight Path (both Elektra) Zoot Sims & Joe Pass- Blues for Two (Pablo) Ron Carter & Jim Hall- Telepathy (Concord) Kenny Wheeler- Double, Double You (ECM) Kenny Barron- Green Chimneys (Criss Cross), Scratch (Enja) George Adams & Don Pullen- Live at the Village Vanguard Pat Metheny- Rejoicing (ECM) Chet Baker- Blues for a Reason & Chet's Choice (Criss Cross) Slide Hampton- Roots (Criss Cross) James Newton- African Flower (Blue Note) Keith Jarrett- Standards Live (ECM), Stanards in Norway (ECM) Jimmy Raney- Wisteria (Criss Cross) Steve Lacy- Morning Joy (hat Art) Mulgrew Miller- Work!, Wingspan (Muse) Michel Petrucciani- Power of Three (Blue Note) Bobby Watson- Love Remains (Red), In The Year of the Rabbit (New Note) Zakir Hussain- Making Music (ECM) Charlie Haden- Quartet West (Verve) Woody Shaw- In My Own Sweet Way (In & Out) Art Farmer- Blame it on my Youth & PhD (Contempoirary) Tommy Flanagan- Jazz Poet (Timeless) Don Grolnick- Weaver of Dreams (Blue Note) Tom Harrell- Sail Away (Contemporary)

Yep, but not on the RVG version if I recall... IIRC, there's a similar distortion at the beginning of the 1993 version of John Patton's Let 'Em Roll, too

Excerpt from an article in The Australian: It's no good if you can't dance to it Matthew Westwood December 02, 2005 LIKE elsewhere in the Australian work force, an industrial revolution is happening in the pit of the Sydney Opera House. Under a new interpretation of WorkCover rules, players in the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra can't be exposed to sound levels higher than 85 decibels averaged over a day. This will have implications for orchestral music generally, but its immediate impact is being felt on, of all things, the Australian Ballet's Sleeping Beauty. To avoid any one musician being exposed to excessive sound, the orchestra is working with relay teams of extra musicians: four separate horn sections, four of clarinets, four of flutes, and so on. The orchestra that begins a particular performance isn't necessarily the same one that finishes it. It's a logistical nightmare and an expensive one, adding $100,000 to the ballet's production costs. And all this for a score as lyrical and romantic as Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty, never mind the noisily modernist Rite of Spring. Full article here: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...5E16947,00.html

It damn well better be!

This just in.... NEW YORK (Billboard) - After several delays, the six-CD boxed set "Miles Davis -- The Cellar Door Sessions 1970" will finally see the light of day. Recorded live at the height of Davis' full-flame electric funk period, post-"Bitches Brew," the Columbia/Legacy discs will hit stores on December 27. The set features an all-star lineup including Keith Jarrett on Rhodes and electric keyboards, guitarist John McLaughlin, saxophonist Gary Bartz, electric bassist Michael Henderson, drummer Jack DeJohnette and percussionist Airto Moreira. "When you think of who was in the band and how they were playing and reacting to Miles' extremely discreet and very ambiguous directions, it's just amazing," McLaughlin told Billboard earlier this year. "Keith was playing like a man possessed on two keyboards, and we all had wah-wah pedals." Bob Belden, who produced the previously unreleased compilation with Adam Holzman, says, "These guys had the idea of how rock and jazz worked together, and they got more of a focused sound out of their instruments than the rock guys. Miles was capturing Cream and Hendrix and extending it into improvisation in a powerful live setting. After this came fusion, most of which sounds childish in comparison." In related news, at Mo Pitkin's House of Satisfaction in New York, Davis aficionado Greg Masters hosts Miles Monday, a free, three-hour weekly listening session featuring his extensive collection of Davis' standard and bootleg recordings. "This is a chance for people to hear Miles' music, especially the electric stuff, that never gets played on the radio," Masters says. Reuters/Billboard

Wilton Felder! Let's not get him confused with anyone who wouldn't be caught dead doing a pop session...

Thanks to this thread I've spent most of the last 16 hours checking out the Ropeadope site. Good stuff. Haven't had a serious listen to the Four Seasons yet. Will make time later.

Also December 2: 1927: Johnny Dodds records for Okeh 1940: Jay McShann (with Charlie Parker) broadcasts from Wichita, issued on Early Bird (Spotlite) 1959: John Coltrane records for Atlantic, tracks issued on Coltrane Jazz and Giant Steps 1959: Gerry Mulligan & Ben Webster- session for Mulligan Meets Webster (Verve)

It was a Brit saxophonist named Dick Parry (pitches up on other Floyd albums too- I think he's on Division Bell). Not heard him in any other contexts; I believe most of his recordings are in rock situations rather than jazz.

Hm, I should have checked. It's equally possible it's been put back by 51 weeks...