The Magnificent Goldberg

Philly Joe Jones - Drum song - Galaxy (with Blue Mitchell, Slide Hampton, Harold Land & Cedar Walton - why does no one mention this?) MG

You could be right. I have about 2 albums of it - had a compilation but couldn't get anything out of it. Never tried any of the big names, however. John Peel used to play tons of this stuff back in the eighties and I think that's what I mainly heard. Perhaps that's a bad sample, too, though. MG

7/4+8/7=2/1 No it isn't. MG Sure it does. Any ratio (in this case, the 7th harmonic, 7/4) plus the interval representing the complement of that ratio (8/7) equals an octave. Ah, should have realised you weren't talking maths. I'll take what you've said on trust. MG

I never really got much out of Congolese music. I was never really keen on the singers and the voicing of the backup vocals and horns. I'd really appreciate your views on the guitarists, who all seem to me to play the same riff over and over in their solos, and to play the same solo on each cut. What am I missing? Gotta admit it's easy music to dance to, which is usually reckoned the reason it has been so successful throughout the Bantu-speaking area of Africa (though personlly, I think it's the voicings). MG

how can you edit although it doesn't say so below the post? is that because you're a moderator? Yes. MG

7/4+8/7=2/1 No it isn't. MG

I'm too far away But I do wish you well. MG

I read "Africa since independence" by Paul Nugent a couple of months ago. That's pretty interesting. Although it focuses on the post-independence period, there's substantial bits on the lead up. But what it doesn't do is take a "this happened, then that, then the other" approach across the whole continent. It looks at different themes, such as military take-overs, and contrasts different ways this happened in different places. MG

I know nothing about Fogelberg, but I know that ain't Liza, that's Julia Louis Dreyfus. Liza was in his sig at the time. He frequently changes sigs (hey, I enjoy looking, but he's featured far more attractive ones than JLD (or Liza for that matter) IMO). Gotta say you're wrong there - that is a prime photo of JLD. True that. In fact, that's by far the best photo of her that I've ever seen. Otherwise, I'm not much of a fan. And it's a "yep" from me, too. I don't know who she is, though. But so.... MG

Just guessing - 2 MG

That's how it's always seemed to me too. AMG is a good idea but fails in the execution. MG

Refreshed the woodstain on front and back doorsteps. You can't have a photo of me doing that, because there isn't one. MG

All morning long Lionel Hampton Victor discs 3, 4 & 5 Onzy Matthews discs 1, 2 & 3 MG

Just did a quick check on "Mali blues" - seems to be out of print, though it was only published in English in 1998. Should have been issued by Delmark MG

Thanks Dave. MG

Yes - never got around to buying that one. But the chances now, with EMI under pressure, are somewhat less than those of a wax cat in hell.

Wasn't me, Guv - I used to have it. MG

Struth! Good box but... MG

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For 3 1/2 hours? SS1 must be a slow watcher. MG

Thanks Ghost - I'll have a look. MG

Got the first 12 cuts on LP. What's the Gospel material like? MG

Thanks Steve. MG

I have that record - really excellent. In fact I'll give it a play now! This is about to hit the shops in Europe later this month: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Mande-Variations-T...8446&sr=8-1 The blurb says: Hm, that looks like one to get. Back to Boubacar. There's a great book by the Dutch writer Lieve Joris. She traveled around in Senegal and Mali and eventually met up with Boubacar Traore and stayed with him for what seemed like several months. Apart from the early bits, the book is mostly about Boubacar and his family and their squabbles. Oh, the book's called "Mali blues", published by Lonely Planet. MG

You can count them as different labels if it helps coming up with new names. If nothing else we can have a special category for different subsidiaries (if that is the correct term in this case). Right, that means Linda Kekana is in. Valerie Capers - Atlantic and I can't remember MG