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I’m just relieved that I’m not an idiot (at least not for this!) for thinking they were pretty similar somehow, and for getting them confused sometimes. To confess, I have genuinely (literally) felt silly when I’ve heard “Solar” played live on more than a couple occasions, and thinking “damn, that sure sounds like ‘HHtM’ — but clearly it isn’t!!”.

Agree, but can you expound? I’ve never thought they were anything other than similar — but I’m not sure how to quantify how similar they are. All I know is I often find myself second-guessing what “Solar” is when I hear it — and less often have to second-guess “HHtM”.

Sometimes I get “How High the Moon” and “Solar” confused for a second, until I try and fit (sing) the lyrics in my head. Not sure if the changes and the form are super similar, but obviously there must be some similarities. Meaning I always know “How High the Moon” when I hear it — but sometimes I’ll initially think “Solar” is HHtM, especially if I’m not paying close attention and it gets into the solos before I’ve considered the question.

I’m betting David Crosby got a chuckle out of this…

Ok, found it — proof(?) that DG at least consults Discogs… Why the hell does DG have this priced at $25??!! https://www.dustygroove.com/item/725406 When it seems to sell for a HELL of a lot less than that based on this Discogs listing history (and I just bought one in St. Louis for $6 several months ago)… https://www.discogs.com/release/11711204-Sal-Nistico-Live Last Sold:Nov 9, 2022 Lowest:$4.35 Median:$8.69 Highest:$9.95 Well, because the very same (exact) release with a SLIGHTLY different cover (same label though) has THIS pricing history on Discogs… https://www.discogs.com/release/23264072-Sal-Nistico-Live Last Sold: Never Lowest:-- Median:-- Highest:-- OK, not quite the “smoking gun” I was remembering — but, still, I can so easily see their pricing worker-bee looking up the one without ANY sales history, and figuring “hell, I guess it’s pretty rare, let’s try $25” — without realizing there was an entirely separate entity (which does NOT have the same root ‘master’ record — so they look like different releases on Discogs, but they’re exactly the same). At least that’s the entirety plausible story I saw unfold in my head, as I was puzzling over why the heck I’d just found one for $6, and here DG’s trying to get $25 for one.

I’m pretty positive DG uses Discogs to help with their pricing decisions — can almost prove it, but I’ll have to dig around to find the example I saw that led me to that conclusion.

And then there’s also Bettye Lavette.

My wife and I would love to be grandparents someday too! It’s just that intermediate step that’s always scared the bejesus out of us (since we never had any kids ourselves).

I understand the this is Chuck Wayne in 1946. More in the YouTube description about the tune — but I’ll quote the most relevant part to the topic at hand: Nearly 50 years after Miles Davis' recording from Walkin' the United States Library of Congress unearthed an obscure live recording of Chuck Wayne performing a strikingly similar composition at a jam session in Oklahoma in 1946; he referred to the composition as "Sonny". Although Prestige Music registered the composition for Copyright in 1963 Wayne claims to have been the original composer while Miles was merely the appropriator. While there are slight differences between both recordings the sameness is undeniable and Wayne's recording clearly predates Miles' by over a decade. More, but pretty much the same info — maybe a couple more details — here (in the ‘authorship’ subsection): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_(composition)

In this case, it was gone before I even had the chance. Not sure I would have gotten it though, for that much over $50.

A used copy of the 3cd expanded version just sold on Dusty Groove — less than a hour after it was listed online — for $60. More than I want to pay, but I guess if it sold that fast, then I suppose it’s priced right with what the market will bear. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/487024 Not sure what I already said upthread, but I’d be happy if I ever found one for $40, give or take $5.

This definitely rings a bell for me too — I also remembered it as having to do with some session with Monk.

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This track from 1960 didn’t come out (at all) until 1999 — so this as the opener was a sequencing decision not made back in the day… But darn if this track’s opening and near-instant(!!!) solo(!!) from Stanley T. — that only later evolves into a theme/head when Dizzy comes in (and it’s really almost more of a vamp, than a head per se, no?) — is just a joy to me. Especially the energy in this opening solo from Mr. T. “Ye Olde Blues” — Dizzy Reece

To quote Gang of Four (the post punk band — NOT the Maoist political faction of four Chinese Communist Party officials)… ”To have ambition was my ambition.”

I understand his last 3-5 albums were and are generally very well-liked on the Steve Hoffman Forums. I’ve never heard them personally, but I’m not recalling too much (if any) negative options of his last 10 years of creative output. I only saw CSN once, the summer after my senior year in high school in 1987 (also saw Nash solo, as an opening act in ~1986). Like so many, I loved the blend of their voices — three unique timbre’s, which both blended, but also allowed the particular qualities of each voice to be discernible (at the same time). RIP.

Supposedly intermissions were “not sanctioned” (or not allowed, or whatever you wanna call it) by the director/producers of Titanic (which clocked in at 3hrs-15min… …but I’ve also found online reports that some theaters that did have an intermission (or people who saw it at the time, remembering intermissions in some theaters).

Yeah, Tár is the longest film I’ve seen in a theater in years (saw it a couple days before Thanksgiving, also an afternoon screening). Knowing it was 20-min shy of 3 hours, I definitely didn’t buy a large soda going into it (just a bottle of water, which I don’t think I even finished). I was very strategic about it.

My wife and I saw what I remember as being a Kenneth Branagh directed film of a Shakespeare play — probably his Hamlet (from 1996) — that had a 10(?)-minute intermission. That’s the only one immediately springing to mind.

Here ‘tis… https://www.dustygroove.com/item/106220 Been tempted by it on a couple Dusty orders since it came out 2 (or 3?) months ago, but pricier than I wanted to spend (at $23) — but I’d probably jump on a used copy for $15 or so.

Next stop might be Organissimo Coconspirator!

Eddie Gale‘s two Blue Note dates from the late 60’s both feel like close cousins to some other examples from this genre (those already mentioned) — although I can’t remember if they specifically have any religious overtones lyrically. (They just seem like they’re cut from the same sort of cloth.) Edit: Of course they both slightly predate the original Jesus Christ Superstar concept album (which was recorded in Oct 1969)

Yeah — reading that’s gonna keep a smile on my face pertineer all day! And I can SO hear Wayne saying that too — but not just hear him — it’s that look in his eyes as he said it (which is just as easy to imagine, as hearing him). Classic Wayne!

Who’s “Jimmy”? WS: Oh, yeah. Well, actually a lot of us played like him. There’s a guy from Jersey City, what’s his name, Jimmy…he played really like Charlie Parker. It was a close match. He knew all the stuff, “Star Eyes” and all the breaks and all that.