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Tempting. I've had that Ervin date on the "really curious" segment of my want-list for two or three years.

Did the Gabriel band (Secuity Project) do any old Genesis tunes? - maybe how Gabriel might have done them in the early-mid 80s. I'd sure go hear them if they came down to the DC area. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAT0E9A0ras From the Youtube description: Josh Gleason, Jerry Marotta and Trey Gunn with David Jameson, Fuzzbee Morse and Larry Fast. Members of Peter Gabriel's live "Security" band team up with King Crimson touch guitarist and the voice of Josh Gleason to reinterpret the pre-"So" material of Peter Gabriel.

Paul, you played with him a time or two, iirc. Memories?

Can't say enough good things about this one. Probably hard to find on CD these days, but there was a pricy Japanese issue (EmArcy UCCJ-4047) a few years ago with several really great bonus tracks (and not just alternates, there's a fantastic version of Billy Harper's "Cry of Hunger" that's only in the bonus material). A few Youtube clips below, enjoy!

Are there any jazz album covers (or even non-jazz) with Abe Lincoln on the cover?? ...or Lincoln top-hats?? ...or anything even civil-war related?? I'm sure there probably are some, but I can't think of any off-hand.

The title of the clip says "Girl walking on a roof"... ...but 'roof' doesn't even remotely describe what she's (barely) walking on. Yikes!!

I will, I will - I just want to know more about it now!

Are any of these Wourinen (or is it spelled "Wuorinen"? arrangements available on CD? Especially Chamber Symphonony #1? BTW, I absolutely LOVE Webern's arrangement of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony No. 1 - for violin, flute, clarinet, cello and piano (the same instrumentation as Pierrot Lunaire). BTW, You can listen to Webern's complete arrangment HERE. Check it out, it's really sublime (imho).

CD or LP?

Track listing?? Did Sam play much tenor??

Hmmm... Fathead with Horace. Thought sure it would have been Bennie Maupin, given the timeframe (I presume the latter-half of '68). Any other recorded evidence of Newman with Silver in the 60's?? None that comes to my mind, but perhaps I'm overlooking something.

I'd be pissed.

Wild guess... 60% of this is total crap, 30% of it is at least "interesting", and 10% is "fantastic"!! I wouldn't pay to hear it, but I'd sure love to hear it sometime - just to find that 10%.

Wasn't all that long ago, really, when on-line samples were fairly few and far between - or a least a new thing. I distincly remember when Allmusic first starting making them available... Backdoor into Allmusic Guide - W/ AUDIO-SAMPLES!! Goof-up, but I've still got the URL's!!! (2004)

Also missed this thread the first time around. I dabbled in a number of things here and there, mostly as a kid -- but when push came to shove, the only thing I was the least bit skilled at was choral singing (baritone). Thus my only claim to (lack of) fame was that I sang in a professional symphony chorus for almost 10 years (Kansas City Symphony Chorus). I also played piano as a kid from about the age of 6 until about 14 (I never liked it much, and never got as far as I should have gotten by that age). Also, took a semester of jazz piano in college, but also didn't give that much effort either, I'm afraid. Played Clarinet (poorly) for a couple years in grade-school (about ages 11-13), including about a year of Bass Clarinet, and a couple months of oboe (I was truly horrid on Oboe). I do love singing (especially choral singing), and really love the big, late Romantic era works, and early 20th Century thorniness even more!!

Quick, somebody move this to politics, stat!

BTW, here's the link that goes to page 1 of the story... Jazz Apprentices Still Find Their Masters

Man, that is one cool pick of Dewey Redman, with the shades. <= Click to embiginate!

Finally, vindication!

In the book, how's the coverage of jazz tunes written after about 1963 or so? And although I don't expect much (if anything) after 1980, is there discussion of any jazz tunes written in the 70's?

Or maybe another angle: What are the most significant albums that feature tunes written by Bill Lee? (And would it be fair to say those tunes represent him best?)

"John Coltrane"?