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Seriously, there's quite a bit of discussion about this very topic on the thread (link) I've quoted here, and posted above. The two Eddie Henderson leader dates on Capricorn (compiled together on one CD) are my favorite of this kind of music, even above Herbie's own material. See the thread above for a more detailed discussion. Cheers!!

More to be fearful of... from Mike Love

What one's parents didn't listen to probably matters too. I was born in 1969, but my parents were almost old enough to be my grandparents. (My mom was 36 or 37 when I was born, and my dad was 42 or 43.) Thus they were old enough to have never really listened to The Beatles, nor 50's Rock 'n' Roll even. When I went through my own Beatles phase in jr. high school (around 1980-82, if my math is right), I was listening to music that my parents didn't particularly like all that much. They didn't out and out "hate" it, but it wasn't their thing either (except maybe "Yesterday" or "Eleanor Rigby". But my mom also had some hip musical tastes, here and there -- hip for her age and era, anyway. She had the original Jesus Chirst Superstar concept albums when they very first came out, and she had even gone to the original concert version (circa 1970?) a year or before it was ever "staged" for musical theater. (She said she held her ears (as pseudo-earplugs), cuz the thing was so loud, but she loved the music.) I think she would have been about 37 or 38 at the time. My dad's musical tastes were and are pretty much limited to polkas and marching band tunes -- enjoyed two or three times per year at most. He really isn't and wasn't musically oriented, and he never turned on the radio, nor did he ever enjoy recorded music for its own sake. Oh, he also liked barbershop quartet music, and good church hymns. My "Hendrix" phase in high-school (circa 1985-86) really pushed their buttons.

Are there only two (separate) double-CD issues from 32-jazz that collect full albums (2 per set, 4 total)?? I have both of these (below), and a good handful of Muse issues (singles), and am wondering am I specifically missing any other double-CD 32-jazz issues (that I might have covered, or half-covered by the other Muse CD's of Woody that I own)... Last of the Line, including "Cassandranite" and "Love Dance" and Two More Pieces of the Puzzle, including "Concert Ensemble, Live at the Berliner Jazztage", and "The Iron Men" (I know there was one other 32-jazz double CD of Woody Shaw, but I think/thought it was a compilation.)

Same guy... Human Beatbox "Lasse Gjertsen" fun stuff!!

Who could have even imagined something like this even as recently as 10 years ago?? (Well, I couldn't -- maybe somebody smarter than me could.) (with a little Aerosmith thrown in at the end) Can anyone imagine what insane things people will be doing with found sound in 10 or 20 years from now?? (Or even as little as three to five years from now??) What if this kind of musical thinking (and technology) were applied to other kinds of music, besides pop music?? One could imagine symphonies made up of fragments of Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix, and any and everything else. Maybe not next year. But 10, 20, 30 years from now -- we may well get to experience coherent soundscapes that are far more complex, and well -- coherent -- than anything any "sound collage" artist could ever even dream of now. (Then again, maybe it's all downhill from here. )

Art imitates that which EMI doesn't want anyone to hear. (Starting around time-index 1:40 and 2:32, and especially 2:48.) The greatest thing since sliced bread?? -- surely not -- not by a country mile. Interesting?? -- sure!! Especially in a "the glass is half full" kind of way -- HELL YEAH!!! Everything's gotta start somewhere, and looking back 20 years from now (hell, 2 years from now -- for all we know), this clip above, and The Grey Album might be one of those somewhere's that something started. And like everything else, 85 to 98% of it will be complete and total crap, and the 2 to 15% that isn't -- will totally rock our world -- at least for those that let it.

Some days, this board amazes the hold living crap out of me. And those days are indeed special days.

And THAT, my friends, is the reason that until this past Tuesday (when I bought "Love"), the only legit Beatles CD's I've ever owned were the 6 discs (three 2-CD sets) of the Anthology series. I mostly don't need to hear the originals (or don't think I do, anyway), and thus and so I don't have them to hear. But I still hear them, here and there, all over the place. Not as much as in days gone by - but here and there, still, sure. Now, if I can just get my wife to stop singing along with the new "Love" CD in the car -- so I can hear what isn't what I'm expecting it to be and/or where I'm normally expecting it to be. The one three-way mashup tune that finished as we drove into the driveway -- was a fourway cluster-fark with my wife trying to sing over the thing the way she knows the song -- the only way ANYONE has ever known the song (at least until last Tuesday). The originals might be "better" -- but these new versions are bound to be WAY more interesting -- at least for quite a while anyway. ( And no, I didn't have the heart to ask my wife to pipe down so I could hear. But I'm sure I'll be hitting the "play that track again" button more than a few times when we're in the car together with this disc. )

You know who I wish had recorded with Larry Young a few times in the mid-to-late 60's?? Jimmy Ponder!!

I saw the apology on Letterman (via Countdown last night), and Richards looked scared to death to me. Rambling, sure, and awkward, oh yeah -- but I think he was mostly being sincere in his apology. Does it excuse the original behavor? - is entirely a different question (and one I don't have an answer for). And whether the apology was enough (or should be enough) remains to be seen. Personally I think Richards was scared to death that his entire career was over, and it may well have been.

What titles of these (if any) have yet to see any kind of digital reissue?? Plenty are only on Mosaics (and not ever available as singles, or at least not as yet), but have any gone completely un-reissued in any digital form?? Thanks!!

Some history, for when the eBay auction goes bye-bye... Art Blakey Blue Note Japan LP A Night at BL audiophile Seller: maxharm Here's a beautiful copy of "A Night at Bird Land, Volume 1" by the Art Blakey Quintet. This appears to be an early, if not the original, Japan pressing by Toshiba-EMI (LNJ-70991). The label says "Microgroove" and "Blue Note Records - A Division of Liberty Records" - see picture. Very hard to find. Blakey is joined by Clifford Brown, Lou Donaldson, Horace Silver, and Curly Russell. Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder. Condition: Jacket - NM-, front and back looks great but some small splits are forming at top and bottom of jacket; Record NM-, sounds wonderful, would grade even higher, but some light bag marks are visible on the vinyl, though the bag marks are not audible on my system. Also some very light spindle marks on one side of label. Please check out my other LP auctions!

Again, I haven't listened to it short of the first time I downloaded it. But my memory of it (vague, at best) was that there was more meat on the bone here than met the eye (ear?). I really should see if I still have this on my hard drive at home, and burn a copy for some real listening.

Oh, I know -- there's a shitload of discussion over there - THAT'S for sure. (Don't need any more advice from those kind of people. ) That's why I was asking here!!!

It's going on 2 years since this whole "Grey Album" thing first surfaced. What do people who liked it back then think now? (Cuz if you didn't like it back then, you probably still don't like it now.) Me? I downloaded all the MP3's well over a year ago, but never got around to burning them to a CD (which is the only way I seem to listen to stuff). I think I still have them on my harddrive at home somewhere. I should take a look tonight. (Found this thread searching for something else, and thought I'd kick it up for some more discuss.)

Out today. Saw that they have it on sale for $9.99 at the Brick and Mortar just down the street from my office (Streetside, for all you KC folks). I'm not a Beatles fanatic, but I do have to admit to being really curious about the mashup aspect of this release. The only Beatles CD's I currently own (or have ever owned, though I had tapes of all the LP's back in highschool, mid-80's) are all three volumes of the "Anthology" series (the ones with 6 CD's worth of alternates and demos), so I'm obviously into alternate versions of things (in this case, even more than the originals). Guess I'll pick this up after work today in a couple hours. Anybody else get one yet, and is it worth $10?? Depends on what one was expecting out of it, I'm sure -- and not all will have the same expectations going in. $10 today, or $9 used in a month or two -- not much difference. List price is $18, so $10 is pretty tempting. (And FWIW, I probably wouldn't be getting it today if it were $12. But $10, why not.)

Youtube "Andy Kaufman Fidays" search... And it appears they had him back on the show another time!! (???!!!)

I was gonna say, I don't thik there's anythng checking my speling - at least not that I've evar noticed.

I'm just full of questions, Late. Will the Kenny Cox be one or two discs?? (I'm understanding both his albums will be released together.) Doesn't matter - I'll be getting it for sure, either way. But my pocketbook will prefer a single-disc version to say the least. Glad to hear about Hill's "Change" seeing the light of day as a single-disc issue. I've got the Mosaic, but anytime there's more Hill out there for people to buy, it's a happy day.

Cool features!! Edit: And this feature too!!

...or Eddie Henderson.

Wow - Great news!!! Any word on Tyrone Washington for this next round of Conns?? Especially some or all of the unreleased session (i.e. "Trainwreck") as bonus tracks???

My other "excuse" (and this probably really is just an excuse), is that when I first got into jazz (circa early 90's), there seemed like so much Parker out there -- literally, in terms of the shear number of recordings available. But also in terms of cats that were tryin' to cop Parker's style. Now I free admit that this is now just an excuse, because there are plenty of resources (here, in particular, and elsewhere) to help one narrow down the vast number of choices. The other thing that limits me (self-limiting, to be sure), is that bebop changes both wear me out, and also (often) bore me to tears. (Oh god, here's the turn-around, again -- and again -- and again -- and again). Head, solo, solo, solo, head. Head, solo, solo, solo, head.) Now intellectually I know there's more out there than just that, but years of hearing enough changes to drive a person batty has soured me on that era. It ain't right, but it is so.

Only about 2% of my collection (about 800 jazz CD's) is of recordings made prior to 1955. It's all a matter of spending priorities (most importantly), and also the time I have available to listen to things. I buy what I like best, pure and simple. That said, I do own three Parker CD's -- Massey Hall, the new Town Hall, and the complete master takes of "with Strings". And many, many years ago, I had a copy of the "Bird" movie soundtrack, which I didn't keep long. Town Hall is my favorite of the three.