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On the more pedestrian tip, is Braxton's tristano/Konitz/Marsh tribute still available (and worth getting)?

Am I the only one who thought Round Midnight a pretty good movie but Dance of the Infidells NOT a v. good book? In part that's because books and movies are two different things; romaticism and subjectivity are more tolerable in the former than the latter. And in part because so much of the good stuff in both was things that realy happened (to Bud, Lester or whomever) for which FP can take no credit. I found FP hovering presence in the book to be insufferable and his partisanship whereby everything Bud did was great even (esp'ly) when it obviously wasn't, to be not just not objective but almost unintelligible...OK, he picked my butt. Dexter lived the life, FP is a groupie. Guess I should quit before I get carried away...

Maybe it was a typo for "warmed log"????????

I voted for Sonny, but I would've voted for Bud if he'd been on the list: Our Man In Paris is by far my favorite Dexter, one of my fav LPs ever. I know they had to do familiar material as a concession to Bud and it's basically just a jam, but they were so 'on' that day it hardly matters. It just radiates joy in a way precious few modern jazz recordings do (Sonny Rollins G-Man anyone?). Didn't someone else talk about the joy in Bud's playing in another thread recently?

Jazz Fugues? No thanks.... Jazz frug? Right on! [This is where I would insert a cute little animation of a Hulabaloo/Shindig style dancer shakin' her fringe, if I only knew how to do that...]

I'd like to sign up for the next available slot...

Thanks Harold!

IMHO, I repeat IMHO, Cassandra Wilson singing "Last Train to Clarksville" (or Muddy or whatever...) is more/better jazz than Diana (makes my skin) Krall (or whoever) singing standards...but that's IMHO...

As always at Rolling Stone, this list is in effect, if not nec'ly intent, 500 Albums Our Readers Will Be Flattered We Think are Hip... Most of the complaints on their web site (OK, I only sampled the large response) show the readers tastes to be, if anything, worse than the rag's...

Does anyone hear know anything about this bassist who pops up and gets down on so many Blue Note Rare Groove sessions? I assume he had an R&B/Soul background, but I haven't run across his name on any higher profile gigs in that arena, so where did he come from/go to? any help...thanks.

Don Gibson, writer of "I Can't Stop Loving You" (a hit for Ray Charles, inter alia)and a C&W star in his own right, passed away at 75. I confirmed with a Google seach and the first thing up was a discussion from the bulletin board at a Nevada Brothels site...anyway a fine writer and singer and, sadly, a v. heavy drinker back in the day. RIP

So many records, so little time...but my biggest fav this year so far: Miles Davis, Complete Jack Johnson Sessions It's old, it's new, it's wack, it's blue. Just been chewing up my little available listening time. And Johnny McL shoulda got co-leader credit (he kinda does in the notes). I especially like the bit where Miles plays something that sounds suspiciously like "Hang On Sloppy" and Airto answers him on kazoo...

My only advice is don't second guess yourself: read carefully and go with your first answer. Worked for me - 90+ percentile SAT & LSAT, now if only that meant something in the real world! And remember, no matter what it can't be as bad as the multi-state bar exam, truly the test from hell. And no test will ever be as bad as what they make those poor medical interns/residents go through: 100+ hour weeks, and then you end up with your hand in some poor kids chest and his blood in your shoes as he bleeds out on the table (happened to my ex, an ex in no small part due to the intern/resident experience). My, hasn't this post taken a turn for the worse? Oh well, good luck!

At first glance I thought this said Sarah Brightman had died; oh well, too bad.

I, too, heard her on Letterman but thought she and the tune were dreadfull. All the buzz is 'bout how 'old school' she is but it ain't hardly old school enough for me 'cause it still seems all about style and mannerism without any substance. that and she needs to ennuciate/project a little better...

I think there's all the difference in the world between using nonstandard language creatively to express yourself, including your regional or otherwise marginalized self, and simply failling to know what you're actually saying (eg, the question is mute). Great literature can be written in regional dialect (I've got a copy of Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle at home and I swear some day I'll read it) but nothing worthwhile can be said or written without some minimal degree of self-awareness. I think some problems arise when people parrot a particularly ironical use of language with quite getting it...

As was detailed via a link to a detailed sessionography earlier in this or another thread, there is a lot of unreleased studio stuff from the On the Corner thru Get Up With It period. But the question is, will Sony put it in a box or not?

100% Liberal Quakers 93% U/U 93% M to L Prot 90% Neo-Pagan 87% Secular Hum. So I guess what I'm trying to say/live is that oatmeal is good for you, but you don't have to eat it if you really don't want to...?

Ouch!

Does the Al Green have anything extra on vinyl?

You might want to look at their websire, www.sundazed.com, to see if you can go directly through them...

A good person to do business with.

I can't find the exact quatation right now, but the first Paul Butterfield Blues Band LP had an adnomition in a little box on the cover to the effect that 'to fully appreciate the sound of the PBBB we respectfully suggest that you play this record as loud as possible'. (of course given stereo technology in 1965(?) that generally wasn't that loud) It was, nonetheless, good advice.

Don't know the specifics of their Meters reissues but Sundazed doesn't generally do dumps of digital to analog...I have their Blonde On Blonde (in MONO) on LP and it's superb so I'd guess they would be the way to go for the Meters (or the MGs for that matter). As long as I'm going slighly off-topic, I have to say that I find the Josie era Meters definitely preferable to WB era Meters.

No, thank you! (My wife called me at work to say your package ariived, unfortunately recurrent car trouble raised its ugly head yesterday and it will be Monday before I can get your package in the mail).