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There were only 11 left when I ordered mine about three weeks ago. Already had all but one of the sessions in one form or another (everything except for the 'Hipnosis' date -- which I just gave a spin this morning). Glad I got it. Great dates, all of them.

Wow! Gonna hafta track this one down...

Have no fear, it's only eight CD's -- so buy with confidence!! Got mine in the mail just the day before yesterday. Have only listened to the first two CD's thus far, and much of it I really liked. Not everything, but he's batting about 700 so far.

Mine too, exact same thing.

What should I take?? Tyrone Washington's "Natural Essence" for sure (but which track to try to have played?). Maybe something off "Passing Ships" (Hill)?? Anything else?? What should I take?? What would you take, to try and have played?? Blue Note Records Listening Party

Who got the Brett Sroka disc?? It's a mofo!!

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Put in a BIG order last week, and of the sale items -- I got the Hill Solo select, the Hutcherson select, and the Art Farmer single. Wanted all three of them (sale or not), but was on the fence about the total amount ($) the order had gotten to (and was about to tell myself I could wait on the Hill and/or Hutcherson). The sale definitely push me over the edge to getting all three titles now.

Do get that second Mombasa album -- I think it's even better than the first (and I love 'em both).

And if it weren't for "Creep", you wouldn't even need the 1-disc version. Copies can be had for $4 in many used stores - just keep your eyes out.

For my money, this session from the Amy select is very tasty -- maybe even nearly as good as "Katanga"... ( C ) "GROOVIN’ BLUE" Curtis Amy, tenor sax; Carmell Jones, trumpet; Bobby Hutcherson, vibes; Frank Strazzeri, piano; Jimmy Bond, bass; Frank Butler, drums.

Spectacular news. I'm 100% sure I'll get the expanded versions of The Bends and OK Computer, and if I can ever find it really cheap (used), maybe even their debut.

Don't have any suggestions, but am reminded of a story. I was on a business trip years maybe 10 years ago, with just me and a high-price, snotty, not-very-helpful, young (mid-20's), female consultant -- who I never did find much to like about in any way. During an hour drive back from a LONG day of training, and then dinner together (so it was at least mid-evening by this time), on the way home I let the 'scan' button on the rental-car radio do it's thing... ...and on comes this AMAZING piece of knock-out 20th century symphonic music. I *had* to know what it was -- and kept hoping the host would back announce it. Turned out to be a latter Roger Sessions symphony (Sessions was a fantastic mid-century serialist, IMO), and for at least a good 15 minutes I subjected this poor consultant to this music that I'm sure she found horridly annoying. (Prior trips the car that week revealed she listened to nothing but top-40 bubblegum music -- and this was circa 1999, 2000 -- so we're talkin' the crappiest of the crappy.) Of course "the customer is always right", and she put up with it like a trooper. But for 15 minutes I was as delighted as could be to have annoyed her with that music, as she had annoyed me nearly every minute we worked together for about 2 months.

Care to expand on that thought?

Is this recording associated with an album of the same or a similar group from around the same time?? I'd buy it in a heartbeat. Interesting context to hear Konitz in.

Done!!

It'll definitely be slow. That'll be the only way we can get the really fast parts even close to right. Yeah, the original Jake Holmes version is very cool -- had heard it a few times here and there over the years.

Oh, if only there were a mashup of the two.

Very nice 2nd movement -- and DAMN, the verison of this I just put on (1972 recording by Alicia de Larrocha and the London Phil) has what sounds like a god damn extended "musical saw" solo in the 2nd movement (playing in unision with the piano for a good couple minutes). The liner say it's a "flexatone", which they describe as bing "an imitation of an Armenian folk instrument". But it sounds just like a damn "

Well, my bell ensemble is now working on Stairway, and also this absolutely kick-ass arrangement of Dazed & Confused. Here's a computer-realized version of what it will hopefully sound like on real bells. Please download this, listen, and let me know what you all think!! Is this cool, or what!! >>> CLICK <<< for mp3 file from Rapidshare. Seriously, what do you guys think?? We had our first read-through of it tonight. It's gonna be tough to pull off, but I think WELL worth it!!

ouch!!

I have the piano concerto, which I'm more fond of than it necessarily really merits (at one time I had a real soft spot for 20th century piano concertos, of nearly any kind, what can I say). I also have the violin concerto, a cello concerto, and his 2nd Symphony -- none of which I've listened to in ages. Just put the piano concerto on, and enjoying it for the first time in probably a good 5 years.

This appears to be real, and this thread seemed like the best place to post it...

Amen to that. That disc #3 of the Hill BN Select (the absolutely crazy one with Woody Shaw and Sam Rivers) is still one of my top-20 all-time favorite BN discs, EVER!! (The whole disc - not just that first session.)