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I saw that Herbie/Wayne duo tour too. Wanted so much to enjoy it, but try as I might, I got almost nothing out of it. Did Wayne ever play any tenor on that 'duo' tour? I can't help but thinking that maybe that would've helped (or at least helped me).

Q - What is the similarity between a viola joke and premature ejaculation? A - You know it's coming and there is not a damn thing that you can do to stop it.

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Hey, I've got that very Stravinsky disc! OK, I've also looked through all my classical CD's - and found a few to mention that I really love (and a few more I might mention later)... Arthur Foote - Nocturne and Scherzo for Flute & String Quartet (1918), basically an arrangement of his 2nd String Quartet (1993) that includes flute. (FYI, my wife and I had the Scherzo (with flute) played as one of the preludes at our wedding 11 years ago this April.) Julius Röntgen - Serenade for seven winds Op. 14 (1876) - for flute, oboe, clarinet, two bassoons, and two French horns (a spritely, 4-movement work that clocks in around 30 minutes). Röntgen was Dutch (though German born), and also a friend of Grieg's. and two arrangements for small ensembles with winds, or at least some winds... Beethoven's own authorized version of his Symphony #7 - for 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 French horns, and contrabassoon (arranged by Franz Anton Hoffmeister) Mahler's Symphony #4, arranged by Erwin Stein in 1921 - for 2 violins, viola, cello, double-bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, piano, harmonium, and percussion - with soprano (or boy soprano) in the last movement.

Here's a good example of Mike Garson on piano with Bowie, live in 1997... David Bowie - Battle For Britain

Romantic-era is great! It's just Classical-era that leaves me a bit cold (or at least Mozart and Haydn). But I DO mostly like the Schubert I've heard.

Here's a dandy wind quintet I wish I could find on CD, or even on LP (the only thing I've yet found are these Youtube uploads)... Roberto Gerhard, Wind Quintet (1928), Part 1 of 2 Roberto Gerhard, Wind Quintet (1928), Part 2 of 2

In my on-going love affair with Arnold Schoenberg's three "mid 20's" opus-numbered 'wind-centric' chamber works... Serenade, Op. 24 - for clarinet, bass clarinet, mandolin(!), guitar, violin, viola, and cello - plus a bass vocalist (on one movement only) Wind Quintet, Op. 26 - for standard wind-quintet: flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon Suite, Op. 29 - for sopranino clarinet in Eb, standard Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, vioin, viola, cello, and piano ...plus Webern's arrangement of Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony #1 (Op. 9) - for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, and piano ...I'm looking for suggestions for other spritely, even "thorny" wind quintets -- or other similar, multi-movement chamber works with at least three or four instruments, at least one of which is a woodwind instrument. (For instance, quartets or quintets with only one woodwind are fair game! - in fact, other than the Brahms quintet for clarinet & string quartet, I don't think I have any other "single woodwind instrument plus strings, possibly also w/ piano" works). FYI, I have only limited interest in pre-Romantic-era music, and in particular, practically NO Classical-era composers -- thus my focus on Romantic-era, post-Romantic, plus any kind of "Modern"-era classical music you can imagine -- at least if it has a good beat, and you can dance to it -- you know, in an "easy, teenage, New York" sort of way (to paraphrase Frank Zappa's extemporized intro to at least one version of "The Black Page"). On the one hand, I've been seriously looking for more works that float my boat like these particular Schoenberg works that I (seriously) adore. And on the other hand, though I have quite a fair number of chamber works in my collection, I have a serious underrepresentation of wind-quintets, and other similarly instrumented works. So, what am I missing? Any favorites to recommend?

I don't even expect the Hill to ever get released (sad to say), but it would at least be interesting to know what it is.

Me too, hands-down my favorite pic of Miles. Almost can't believe that's what they chose to use, but hot damn!!

Wow, the Jack Johnson cover!!

I posted this in another thread some time ago (which links back to another thread where it was first brought up)... ============================================================ What ever happened to this?? Does anybody know what specific "material by Andrew Hill and Wes Montgomery" was being readied?? Hint, hint, hint... Whatever became of the "Discovery" series?? Anybody know what Andrew Hill and/or Wes Montgomery recordings were being prepared for release, and is any of that still in the pipeline? FWIW, Freddie's "Without a Song" came out in June '09.

Dusty Groove, Around February 28, 2012.

I should probably know -- but were Byard, Davis and Dawson (all three) on any other (non-Ervin) dates together?

2010 copyright on this disc. I got mine at Dusty Groove in May of 2010. Would love to have a new reissue of Contrasts. You can say that again. After all, "you know who" is on that date.

Oh yeah. I'd already gotten that date as a TOCJ, otherwise I surely would have jumped at the Water issue of it.

I'm listening to Stan Getz "Captain Marvel" for the very first time just now -- from 1972, with Chick Corea (who wrote all the tunes), Stanley Clarke, and Tony Williams (and also Airto). I'm normally not a big Getz fan, but this rhythm section is certainly a big draw for me. (...which is what gave me the idea for this thread.)

Here's another recent Grant Green 'first-time-ever-on-CD' re-issue (2009, it would seem). Visions

Both sound very interesting on paper (and I'm a sucker for jazz Radiohead covers). Welcome to the board!!

Occasionally I've run across albums where the rhythm-section is really the biggest thing of interest (or more notable, in any case, than the leader or the front line). Any favorites come to mind? Things that really stand out in a leader's entire catalog (looking at all their leader-dates) particularly because of who else is on the date?

Modified the subject of the topic to say anything within the last 10 years (not just 5). Anyone know what titles were in the very last batch of domestic (US) RVG's?? Or maybe the last 2 batches?? How about the very last batch or two of Rare Grooves?? I'll dig around and find out the very last batch of Conns (that'll be easier info to find, I think).

Did "Water" ever come out with any other obscure late 60's / early 70's BN titles? I have Lou Donaldson's "Say It Loud", and both of the Eddie Gale's -- and seem to remember there were one or two others (that didn't interest me as much). Anyone have a full list?

Is this relatively recent to CD for the first time? - (meaning within the last 5-ish years). It's not one I remember ever seeing on CD. Grant Green - Shades of Green

The portions with Don Cherry sound pretty exciting. I'd buy an individual disc of that, for sure.