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Last live theatre production I saw was Evita at The Kennedy Center here in DC in October. Fond memories of seeing it as a kid when it first toured, circa 1980 (when I was 11 or 12).

Is there much mention of any 60's names like Andrew Hill, Grachan Moncur, Sam Rivers, etc? I remember a number of less well-known BN guys, to say nothing of the likes of Tyrone Washington and Eddie Gale, etc... -- getting short shrift in the Cook book.

14/15, and the only one I guessed at was the very last one. No idea which one I got wrong, unfortunately.

Mostly just hard cider, drier (less sweet) varieties. Maybe 3 or 4 bottles per month average. Drier Rieslings from time to time, 6 bottles/year. Sometimes more often, but I can easily go 2 months without a drink.

I really like Nathan Davis' clean sound on soprano, which almost sounds as much like a slightly darker clarinet as anything.

Think I'm finally going to get this soon. Anyone else ever pick it up? Edit: still not on the US Amazon site? Dang! (Had planned on tossing this on an upcoming Amazon order.) Anyone got a US source? Thanks in advance!!

Tempting.

Got my Theo disc a couple days ago, and have spun it twice. Really good! Well worthy project, and a labor of love, clearly. Great job, Jim!!

The Thad Jones is tempting. These are all CD, correct?

Well, the one thing I've said for years is that MILES is on fire on those later Swedish dates with Sonny. For that reason especially, I really like them more than the earlier dates (with Trane). I'm not always feelin' Trane with Miles live on those 1960's dates, but a lot of it is whether I'm in the right mood for that kind of Trane.

How does something like this go un-"unearthed" for 45 years?

Silver's studio work, great as it is, isn't very 'loose' (to put it mildly) -- so any live documentation of his best known POST-mid-60's lineups would be welcome. (Edit: meant to say post-mid-60's.)

I wish, but no. I've heard told variously that the tapes are lost, and/or that the drummer on the date was sufficiently 'not good' enough to have soured the whole session (supposedly the reason Jackie never wanted it released).

My favorite Jackie 60's leader date would probably be the one with Woody Shaw and Tyrone Washington. If only...

I'm recalling some sort of work of his for String Orchestra (I think), that I just love. Will have to consult my discs at home later tonight to recall the exact title.

Etcetera is my #1 favorite Shorter leader-date, bar none. Buy with confidence!

Infinity (under Lee's name) is maybe my favorite Lee & Jackie date. Yeow!!!

Gil Evans always struck me as someone who would have been interesting to have had dinner with.

Don't have time to dig into specific examples from YouTube, but didn't various Dave Holland groups often have two soloists going at the same time? (Thinking of Kenny Wheeler and Steve Coleman together -- in Holland's group -- in particular.) Or Greg Osby and Gary Thomas on Gary's 1998 album "Pariah's Pariah"? Neither were totally 'free' contexts, though neither conservative either.

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Was this cover for "City of Glass" ever issued on LP? - i.e. a 12-inch release? Given that both 'city' and 'glass' are mentioned in the title, this could be a contender. (Have always loved this cover, though I only have it on CD.) So, in all my poking around on-line, this cover does NOT appear to have ever been released specifically on LP (12") -- and was/is CD only. Shame, it's a great cover. Can't imagine there were any 12"x12" promo cardboard 'flats' of it produced, were there? I know, a needle in a haystack, if ever there was one (at best). A guy can hope, can't he?

I didn't mean to come off as being as negative about AMLOR and The Division Bell as I did. The production on AMLOR is what hurts it most, but Gilmour's guitar is thrilling throughout, and 75% of the tunes are good (if not great, though perhaps a couple are ). And The Division Bell is a lovely album, without a whole lot to say that's negative (at least not from me). Still, I have been very pleased with The Endless River, which I had expected to like, but wasn't sure how "exciting" it would really be. But, to my surprise, it does appear to have a fair bit of meat on its bones, and although not all of it is "exciting" in the classic sense of that term, it is digging its claws into my brain with each successive spin, to its great credit.

Love it. Better than most of AMLOR by a mile, and more fun (at least for me) than The Division Bell (which I do like, but has been slow to grow on me, mostly only over the last 5 years). The Endless River might be my favorite Floyd (or Floyd-related) release since Animals. And a fitting tribute to Rick, RIP.

Robert should do or not do whatever he likes. I listen to more of his post-Zeppelin solo recordings than Zep, and he should follow his own muse however suits him. More power to him.