Rooster_Ties

I was wondering the same thing. They do have halfway decent liner-notes, so I accept that they might not be boots, but everything I've read here seems to indicate that they're of dubious origin.

That's what I was afriad of. I do like "New Steps" - but IMHO, "Other Voices, Other Blues" is even better (if similar, with the same quartet line-up).

"Between You and I" explained in a rather interesting half-hour podcast.

To clarify, there still is only ONE "Sun Ra" (fake) Horo that's been issued on CD, correct?? I have it (the fake "New Steps" quartet CD), but I really wished they'd also issued (even if fake) the "Other Voices, Other Blues" quartet release. I have "Other Voices..." on LP (maybe the rarest LP I own!), but would love to have it on CD.

Steve Coleman has a solo album (I think it'd just come out when I heard Steve a few years ago in KC). Invisible Paths: First Scattering (2007, Tzadik) And speaking of M-BASE musicians, I really WISH Gary Thomas had a solo album, with contributions on both tenor and flute - I'm sure it'd float my boat.

The first half sounds like just one guy. But the second half sounds like two. If it's not, the guy has remarkable breath control in order to start a phrase right after one finishes. Circular breathing?

So, who knows Michael well enough to shake him down for some info on the Hill?

Haven't moved them to DC yet (they're currently at my Dad's house near St. Louis), but I recently inherited about 20 complete years of Downbeats from my uncle, who passed away recently -- starting in April of 1965, through about the end of 1985. Long story, but my Aunt (my Dad's sister) passed away fairly unexpectedly back in November, and a few months earlier had told her daughters that she'd "donated my Uncle's Downbeats" to the local library. Ouch!! It was a couple days before we/I found his stash of really old jazz mags, untouched (close to mint), all down in their basement on some shelves behind some large-format paintings of theirs (both my Aunt and Uncle were art history professors, and accomplished artists themselves). I'd always had designs on my Uncle's jazz collection (particularly those Downbeats), and I was really disappointed for a couple days until I discovered them -- and of course I let out of quite a vocal exclamation that could be heard through the entire house when I discovered them. (Turns out she'd only donated a couple years worth of issues all from the 90's.) I should be bringing them all back to DC with me next month (thank goodness Southwest Airlines doesn't charge for baggage), and plan of reading through all 20 years of them over a the next year or so, or however long it takes. Luckily for me, they cover probably my very favorite decade of jazz history (1965-75), though my very strongest interests go back to '63. (So if I suddenly won the lottery, I suppose I'd be on a quest for a complete collection of DB's from the beginning of '63 through where my Uncle's collection starts up in April of '65.)

Good lord, this date is amazing. VERY much worth getting (IMHO), especially since I think I saw recently it's now available as a much cheaper domestic issue now (my copy is Japanese, probably ran me at least $20 iirc). In short, one of the very best post-BN "Lonnie Smith" dates I've yet heard. The side-long version of "Stand" has two (or three?) long, vampish sections that really dig deep. Putting the disc on as I'm typing this, I see that I had Smith autograph my copy when I heard him (for the first time) about 3 years ago in KC. It was recorded at RVG's studio in '71, and includes Smith on clavinet on a couple tracks (also on B3 on those same tracks), which expands the sound in a way that may sound dated to some, but really works for me. Here are two of the shorter tracks from side 1: Mama Wailer and I Feel the Earth Move. Edit: Listening to the side-long "Stand" now, and some of it is kinda free, and probably close to half of it isn't even related to "Stand" -- including several minutes of which make up a tune Smith later recorded separately as "Track 9" (that's what it's called, "Track 9") -- which can be found on his 2004 Palmetto album "Too Damn Hot". I think you can hear the whole track (not just a sample), HERE. For my money, it's one of THE highlights of the entire Lonnie Smith catalog (especially the version embedded in "Stand" back in '71).

Curious to see the track listing. Could be interesting.

I sure wish there was. I have the LY Mosaic, but "Contrasts" is one of those dates on the set that's split between two physical CD's. Love the cover too...

Cecil and a feline friend, source.

Kind of looks like a still image from a video-tape.

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.

Knock, knock? Who's there? Kknock kknock? Wwho's tthere? Knknock knknock? Whwho's ththere? KnoKnock knoknock? Whowho's thethere? KnocKnock knocknock? Who'who's therthere? KnockKnock knockknock? Who'swho's therethere? Knock,Knock knock,knock? Who's who's there there? Knock, Knock knock knock? Who's who's there there? Knock,Knock knock,knock? Who's who's there there? KnockKnock knockknock? Who'swho's therethere? KnocKnock knocknock? Who'who's therthere? KnoKnock knoknock? Whowho's thethere? Knknock knknock? Whwho's ththere? Kknock kknock? Wwho's tthere? Knock, knock? Who's there? Steve Reich (source)

Knock, knock? Who's there? Knock, knock? Who's there? Knock, knock? Who's there? Knock, knock? Who's there? Knock, knock? Who's there? Knock, knock? Who's there? Knock, knock? Who's there? Philip Glass

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!!