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FYI, the entire "Soul Man" date with Wayne Shorter is (was) also available here in the U.S. on the following domestic "two-fer" CD... Bobby Timmons -- Workin' Out I don't know if the second date (Soul Food) has ever been issued on CD here in the U.S., but (IMHO) it's the first date (the one with Wayne, "Soul Man") that really is "must-have" material in my book. "Sublime" would be putting it mildly. Well worth any half-way 'semi-reasonable' price. (Get it at all costs!!) There are some WAY overpriced copies floating around at a couple on-line sources (half.com in particular), but there are a few 'damn cheap' copies elsewhere too. Look a little bit, and I'm sure you can find a good copy for $10 or $12 (shipping included).

My personal advice is to stay away from marrying anyone who would "scoff" at a diamond ring that was "only $1000". When my wife and I got married, I think we spent about $600 on a beautiful heirloom ring from the late 20's or early 30's (with a bit of filigree, and the center diamond flanked by two safires on each side). It wasn't an "engagement/wedding" ring set, but rather one beautiful ring that she wears as her wedding ring. Our mutual thought was that it was the WEDDING that was important, not the "engagement". (Hell, we'd been functionally married for over 4 years by the time we decided to tie the knot, in the legal sense.) We found an equally nice (by much simpler) heirloom ring from the same time period, with a small diamond (and no safires), that I wear as my wedding ring. They both have a sort of overall hexagonal design to them, and almost look like a matched set, although they were purchased 300 miles apart from each other. Ironically, her ring was purchased here in Kansas City, where she's from -- and my ring we found in St. Louis, where I'm from. No planning went into this, but the symbolism was perfect. The rings don't "match" perfectly, but they compliment each other wonderfully. Sort of like us. My ring was also from the late 20's or early 30's, and was a good choice for me because I really dislike wearing big, bulky "man" rings. It's not exactly "delicate" (the band is slightly thick for the size of the ring), and I think it works well as a "unisex" style ring. I think we paid about $100 for my ring, and it may have even been as little as $75. (All these dollar figures are relatively recent; I think we made the purchases in about 1999 or 2000, and we got married in early 2001.)

Well, I might consider calling, perhaps -- BUT, looking at the "upcoming links" page on that site, it says...

Just restating this question, so it doesn't get overlooked. I'd be very interested in further recordings like these.

(at various points in the clip)

That's the only footage of Green I've ever seen (or maybe another clip or two from the same event/production/club/concert/date). Is that all there is of Green on film or video??

Tivoli Konsertsal, Copenhagen, Denmark 10-29-68 Art Blakey: drums Ronnie Matthews: piano Julian Priester: trombone Billy Harper: tenor sax Lawrence Evans: bass Bill Hardman: trumpet Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - To Build a New World, pt.1 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - To Build a New World, pt.2 Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers- Blue Moon

Found it!! It's the opening track (and title track) from the Woody Shaw album "Love Dance" -- credited to Joe Bonner, the pianist on the "Love Dance" date. What gives?? My hunch is that it's really Bonner's tune, but does anybody know for sure?? PS: No overlap in personnel between the dates, none.

OK, this is driving me nuts, I *KNOW* I know this tune from somewhere else -- like I've heard it 100 times before (probably under some other title, I'm sure). I just got Ramon Morris' lone Groove Merchant date ("Sweet Sister Funk", from the mid 70's) in the mail today from Dusty. The name and credits of the tune as it appears on this album are as follows... Track #6: "Lord Sideways", written by pianist Albert Dailey (who is on the date). There's a 30-second clip of one of the sax solos on the AMG review page for this album (<<==LINK -- you'll have to be logged into AMG to be able to play the clip). The clip doesn't doesn't have the head, but the chord-vamp is very clear, alternating between two chords that only alternate about once every 4 bars or so (the chord change is right about the 15-second mark, and then would repeat for like 4 bars before going back to the first chord), and is nearly identical to the chord vamp in the other version I'm familiar with. My hunch is that this is on some Woody Shaw album from the mid 70's, but the only date I can find that Woody Recorded with Albert Dailey is a bootleg from about 1969 (which I've never heard), so that rules that out. I still think it's on some other Woody Shaw album. (And my discs are spread out all over the house, so it'll take me some time to find all of them, and check this out myself). Anybody have this Ramon Morris album? Can you check out the tune, and see if it rings any bells?? Or can anyone tell from the 30-second clip. The vamp in the clip is identical to the other version, expect I think the version I know is on acoustic piano.

Mine too, by far. The BN's are OK (and enjoyable in their own way), but if I suddenly had to liquidate half my collection, I'd get rid of all three of the BN's before I'd even THINK of gettin' rid of Texas Twister. It's one of those recordings I've been known to take to listening parties (i.e., "you GOTTA hear this one"). The first cut on side one slays me every time. I've listened to that track all by itself (on repeat), on at least a couple occasions.

(stolen from elsewhere)

Well, what can you expect from a country that (at least based on the original article), is teaching "Maths".

I already done did last night (both volumes), within 30 minutes of discovering the "now in stock" e-mail from The Bastards. Them suckers are gonna fly off the shelves at Dusty, like hotcakes!! (Thought about posting about it here, but wanted to wait for my order confirmation before I unleashed the masses on 'em. I can't imagine they got more than half-a-dozen copies of each volume, at most.)

Gilmore and Andrew Hill were members. At the same time??? :blink:

Same here. Best $100 I ever spent (that was almost 15 years ago, they're probably more like $200 now). If I ever lost mine, I'd replace them inside of 6 months, for sure.

Their first one, Fashion Nugget is an absolute must. And if that one floats your boat, work your way through their catalog chronologically. Their first three releases are all classics in my book.

My Mom was a big fan of Jesus Christ Superstar back in the day. I don't know how she found out about it so early, but if I remember correctly, she saw the original touring "concert" version of the show, back so early that it was unstaged -- just the music in concert. I think she had the concept albums before it was on Broadway. I remember her telling me the concert was a loud as a rock concert, and that she had he fingers in her ears just so she could "hear" the music and lyrics better. She would have been in her mid-30's in 1971, so she was a good decade older than most of the rest of the audience (she said it was mostly late-teens and 20-somethings that were there). Somewhere I sill have the original printed program that she got at that concert. It looked similar to the graphics of the concept album (the one with the brown cover). I think she probably heard most of the same performers as were on the concept albums (the program might confirm that). Evita is (I think) Andrew Lloyd Webber's one other 'most significant' work. Some of his others are fun, particularly "Cats" (if you like cats), but I think the only ones that will really stand the test of time are Jesus Christ Superstar, and Evita. Evita was the very first 'musical' I ever remember seeing as a kid - probably when I was only 10 or 11 years old (around 1980).

Word!

Dusty still has both of these listed as "Spring 2007 (delayed)" --- the first one has been "coming soon" there for going on two years now...

The link is no good - no longer posted on You Tube due to a complaint from Viacom. Here's another couple that work (at least for the moment)... Spinal Tap - Live Earth (part 1) Spinal Tap + Army of Bassists - Live Earth (part 2)

Happened all the time on the CD-drive on my old PC. Probably a hardware problem. See if it happens on any other players.

Different people find different things challenging... For instance, I often find it difficult to maintain much focus listening to some Mozart, Haydn, Handel, and Vivaldi -- particularly extended works. But I've heard Mahler's 7th performed live twice within three years --- an 80-minute work (if I remember correctly) --- and I was on the edge of my seat the entire time, both times. So, for me, it's entirely a question of the harmonic predictability of "Classical" era music just driving me up a wall (or lulling me to sleep). Same thing for me and some kinds of be-bop, or some earlier jazz forms. True story: I once stayed awake during a live symphony performance (probably of some Haydn symphony) by trying to imagine what Ornette might have played over the top of what I was hearing at the time. My model for even thinking of this was Ornette's soloing over a Bach Prelude on "Tone Dialing".

A-farkin'-men to to THAT!! That first "Funky Donkey" album is EXACTLY the kind of thing I was thinking of when I started this thread.

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