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I agree with Jim Sangry's account of the history. I was there, as a rock listener into the early King Crimson, Jethro Tull, Yes, ELP. The horn bands, Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago and Chase, were very popular and their albums were played on the radio and in my friends' homes, but they did not make jazz seem all that exciting to me. I vaguely knew that Bitches Brew existed but did not buy it, and there was no jazz on the radio where I lived. Then the Mahavishnu Orchestra's "Inner Mounting Flame" came out, and it changed everything for me. I was then open to the jazz side of the electric music of the time, and got into the electric Miles, Weather Report, and other jazz fusion groups. The Mahavishnu Orchestra was on ABC-TV's "In Concert" show, and it had a big impact on me. I thought that they were an amazing group, like the guitar improvising bands of the time, only much better at playing, and without vocals. There was very little rock or jazz on TV at the time. There were three network stations and one public station where I lived. ABC's "In Concert" was just about it for seeing something new on TV. For a while, it was a pretty exciting time, although I always found some of the prog rock music and the jazz fusion music rather dull, and some of it great. But there was a noticeable drop off in quality at some point, in the mid to late 1970s, and then a major drop off in quality, in the early 1980s. Weather Report was huge in all of this to me. I saw them live several times, and their albums were played often in my circle of friends. They seemed to be building in artistry--but then we were mildly disappointed in "Heavy Weather" when it came out, as it did not seem to be as good as the albums which had preceded it. Zappa was also big in this time, with his George Duke band, before he became more slick, and opened my ears to a lot of jazz sounds. Then I heard McCoy Tyner and acoustic jazz opened up for me in a huge way, and the rest was history.

Brooks Robinson Luis Aparicio Jerry Adair

I just checked and Chris' last post on the Blindman's Blues Forum was on April 3, just 12 days ago. I stand corrected. In fact, after a hiatus, he has been posting there for some time now. How did I miss it?

I will buy the Sammy Price. I will PM you.

I have always enjoyed Chris' postings on music, and his knowledge of music history. This seems similar to when he left the Blindman's Blues Forum, and he never went back there again. I hope that Jim tells us what happened, if Jim wants to.

O.K., now I have to get it.

My brother got into similar trouble unfairly in college. All I can say is, get the best criminal defense attorney in town. You'll have to pay a little, but the entire situation will change much for the better. When the Judge says, "oh hi Joe, I think I left my cap in your golf cart last Saturday, now what do you have here, can we dismiss it do you think?" your money will have been well worth it.

Jim Maloney Joe Nuxhall Jim O'Toole

The extra CD bonus cuts on John Lewis' "Wonderful World of Jazz" have some great Dolphy. The bonus cuts are really worth it for the Dolphy contributions.

I think that Rushing was losing something in his voice by the time of that album, but that it has a unique charm. "All God's Children Got Rhythm" is a particularly rousing track, sung in a way that no one else could hope to duplicate, in my opinion.

Great photo of a bolt of lightening on it though--which was what hit me the first time I ever played Les Stances a Sophie.

I wish that someone would tell us about these releases. I have never quite heard anything that captures what others have written about this band. Guitarist Gary Duncan's wife wrote a book about the early Quicksilver Messenger Service. There was an email address for her in the book, so I emailed her. She was very cordial. In response to my question, she said that Gary Duncan listened to jazz constantly, before and during the Quicksilver period. She said that she remembered that he played John Coltrane very often, and studied the music intently.

I have decided that the Nessa catalogue is one of the most important collections of music ever recorded. I am making it a priority to buy all of it in the coming year. In the 1970s I bought some of the Nessa albums on vinyl, and absolutely loved them all. Now that I have the opportunity to get more, I need to take advantage of it.

My sincere sympathy goes out to you. Please check your Private Messages for a futher suggestion.

That thread title made me think that you were touting lysergics as the most valuable of all of the controlled substances. Obviously, not the case.

That's amazing. Thanks for posting it. Frank's conversation is not what I would have expected. Also, he did not try to disguise his voice, as many of the guests did.

Les Stances a Sophie is a great contribution from Chuck.

I have seen it.

I have come to the realization that this reissue of the Beatles albums will be the event which cures the world economy. Consumer spending, primed by the nearly universal purchase of these Beatles sets, will explode to unimaginably high levels as everyone in the world simultaneously gets back into the habit of compulsive spending, and never goes back to the fear and frugality of today. The Beatles will be forever known more for ending the worldwide recession of 2008-09 than for their music, or for anything else.

http://l.yimg.com/g/images/spaceball.gif I can't get this to show up the usual way, and it is a good cover. Hopefully you can view it.

I'd like to do one if someone can help me with the technical aspects of getting the material out. I have enough ideas for more than two discs.

Mc Coy Tyner's "Together" album, on Milestone. I had not heard it in years. It struck me for the first time that it is almost an easy listening album, at least compared to McCoy's other Milestone albums.

From people I know who have taken prescription Valium for short times for legitimate medical reasons, it seems almost unfathomable to me that anyone could take 100 mg a day over an extended period and still function at any sort of minimally productive level.