ElginThompson

Just ordered the Tolliver ... to soothe the pain until the Mingus arrives.

Disc 3

Disc 6

Sweet Sam. Disc 2

Thelonious Monk - The Complete Riverside Recordings. 15 CDs from $65 on Amazon. Essential. Puzzled how this failed a mention. Would seem to hit all of the requirements noted above (a-d).

Disc 4

Disc 1

Now Disc 1

DIsc 2

Now Disc 4.

Disc 2

Fully engaged for Bird!

Disc 3

New cans. We'll see if they become my favorites.

OP Disc 2

My favorite scene is when he is discussing the difference between rock and jazz ... "No gimmicks. We play the truth up there."

Complete Studio Recordings of Elmo Hope Trio.

Yep! Full disclosure, I am a Bird completist ... get the Live Savoy, Bird on Verve Box, Dial/Savoy Studio, Live at Birdland 4-disc set, Town Hall, Summit Meeting, Massey Hall ... hell just get all the damn Bird that you can afford and then go into debt to afford more.

If it were not so hot in NYC, I'd literally start jumping up and down! So, so happy about this! Thank you, Sue!!!

HA!

My ringtone lineup: Dizzy Atmosphere, Un Poco Loco, Five Spot After Dark, J.O.S., Move, Just By Myself, Mango Mangue, Money Jungle. Current: Haitian Fight Song. I just import tracks from iTunes library to GarageBand and create my own.

Hot fire right here.

Disc 1

Working thru Baraka's Black Music and have yet to find a reference to Mingus, who cannot be pigeonheld into any sub-genre, though he played in and/or composed for all of them. However, if revolution is AB's bag, then I find it puzzling that no mention is made of Mingus. Granted, Baraka's focus in the book is on the "New Thing" artists/scene/future, but if the blues and bebop attitude is what the New Thing rediscovers, then how does Mingus fit in? Or maybe better phrased, what did Baraka think of Mingus? His view of Mingus or any artist or sub-genre won't change the way I view them, but just like why I enjoy these forums, it's always informative to hear how others interpret what I hear.

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