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I could kinda, sorta, maybe see "Andrew!!!!" as an RVG.

The Grey Video (mirror #1) or The Grey Video (mirror #2).

I borrowed all three of Harold Land's early 70's Mainstream albums this weekend (long-term loan, I can keep 'em for probably about a year, until I see the guy I borrowed them from again, probably next Thanksgiving). Haven't listened to them yet (I gots no turntable), so they'll have to wait until I can get Spontoonious to burn them for me (hint, hint). What am I in for?? On paper, they all look pretty darn good. Maybe not "change your life" good, but above average for the time, for sure. Also, the AMG says that "Damisi" was reissued on CD, but doesn't mention when (but they do mention two bonus tracks). Anybody know if this is true, and if so - what was the country of origin of the reissue?? (Japan, I'm guessing). Have any of the other three ever seen the light of day on CD?? Anybody have any on them on disc??

Hope so. Them's the best of the entire Verve box, IMHO. And actually, if that's that they be -- there's a good chance I'll ditch my Verve box, and pick up singles of the titles I'm most interested in -- since that Vanguard '67 material was really the main reason I kept the Verve box all this time.

I picked up a Larry Young Mosaic box on CD back in late 2001 on eBay, for about $120, which included postage too (and this was back when they were regularly going for $200-$250, or more). It didn't include the outer box, or the booklet -- but the discs and inserts were legit. The seller didn't use the words "Mosaic" or "Blue Note" anywhere in the listing. All he said to describe it was "complete recordings of Larry Young". Pretty decent price. I later picked up a slightly water-damaged Larry Young booklet for the set from Undergroundagent, when he somehow got his hands on a Larry Young booklet in better condition than the one he had (the water-damaged one). I think I paid Underground about $15 for the booklet. No outer-box, but all told -- I managed to pick up the set for about $135, which was about half the market rate, by my estimate. (Pretty good deal if you ask me.)

My wife's birthday is today too -- woot!!!! I'll only say how old she is, if DTMX says how old he is.

I found that one disappointing in every respect - and I'm a big fan of Herbie's. Not nearly as convincing as Keezer's versions. I recently borrowed it from a friend to verify my initial judgement, and it still is ! Yeah, I would have to concur. I used to own this, and must have traded it away at one time -- since I don't appear to have it any more.

I'm confused. I just did a search there for "Steeplechase" and they only showed 4 titles. Anyway, $14.75 ain't bad, but Dusty Groove has been listing some lately for $13.99. Click HERE, and then look for the link that says "Steeplechase Records (Complete list)". Don't know if that's really a "complete" complete listing of what's on Steeplechase, but there's 9 long pages of sessions listed, so it's probably damn near complete (is my guess). Prices range from $13.25 per disc, to $14.75 per disc.

Duh--how could I have forgotten that one? Me too. It's on the same promo ("Deregulating Jazz") as this Radiohead cover, mentioned in the first post up above... Radiohead's tune "Paranoid Android" was covered by Brad Mehldau, first on a live 'promo-only' CD called "Deregulating Jazz" (WB, 2000)...

I had a similar problem posting over at AAJ about two or three months ago. Mike had to go in and fix my account. I hadn't posted in a couple months prior to that. Hadn't been banned, just some sort of bug that he was able to fix after I e-mailed him about it. Edit: I just sent him a PM about it, and provided a link to this thread (here on our board). FYI...

Just thought I'd post a link to this here too, since I'm guessing some of us here can lend a hand. I won't post the photos here in this thread, in the hope that most of the discussion will happen over there (where the thread was started), since the person who started the thread probably isn't on our board. click here

Thought of another jazz Radiohead cover... There was a huge number of mp3's on the darkfunk website over a year ago, all from the "ropeadope new music seminar", recorded back in Aug, 2003 (click), and one of the tracks was a B3 + drums version of "Paranoid Android"... Russo Benevento duo -- Paranoid Android (7:05) (And I've still got the mp3 on my computer (cuz it isn't available at darkfunk.com anymore), so that's also a good candidate for the compilation I'll be burning.)

This is my favorite of all of Bobby's BN sessions. How it sat in the vaults, and wasn't released at the time, I'll never know.

My wife used to be (who'm I kidding, she still is!!!) a relatively big Soundgarden fan. So I'll be picking this one up soon, for sure!! (And her favorite jazz-group configuration is a the traditional piano trio -- which is what this is!!) Thanks a bunch!!! Can't wait to put this on the stereo when she's around, and not mention anything about it -- and catch the look on her face when she hears the "Black Hole Sun". Not a half-bad tune in my book either.

I've bought a handful of things from jazzmessenger over the years, and I even met him a time or two at some shows. Buy with confidence!!

Thought of another one I have... Ravi Coltrane does a nice version of "Inner Urge" on his 1998 RCA release "Moving Pictures".

Oh yeah, almost forgot about that one (though I don't have any idea if the tunes were originally written before or after 1980). In any case, this is a spectacular album, in my book: Dave Douglas - "Moving Portrait" (DIW, 1998).

I'm thinkin' about burning a compilation of jazz covers of modern-rock (or pop) tunes, primarily so my wife can hear jazz versions of tunes she knows and likes (something for the car, for long trips). And I've been wantin' to start a thread like this for some time... What are some of your favorite jazz "covers" of rock/pop tunes, for tunes written since about 1980 or so??? Here are some from my collection... Fiona Apple's tune "On The Bound" was covered by our own Phil Grenadier on "Playful Intentions" (FSNT, 2003) An entire album of Beck covers by Dr. Lonnie Smith on "Boogaloo to Beck" (Scufflin', 2003) Bjork's tune "Jöga" was covered by Jason Moran on "Facing Left" (BN, 2000) Bjork's tune "Venus As A Boy" was covered by Geoff Keezer on "Zero One" (Dreyfus, 2000) Bjork's tune "All Neon Like" was covered by Greg Osby (with Jason Moran) on "Inner Circle" (BN, 2002) Bjork's tune "Unison" was covered by Dave Douglas on "The Infinite" (Bluebird, 2002) Bjork's tune "Unison was also covered by Brett Sroka in a live version available on his web-site (including Jason Moran in the line-up), recorded in 2002. Blondie's tune "Heart Of Glass" was covered by The Bad Plus on "These Are the Vistas" (Columbia, 2003) Coldplay's tune "God Put A Smile Upon Your Face was covered by Matt Jorgensen on "Hope" (Origin, 2004) The Nirvana tune "Come As You Are" was covered by Charlie Hunter on "Bing, Bing, Bing!" (BN, 1995) The Nirvana tune "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was covered by The Bad Plus on "These Are the Vistas" (Columbia, 2003) Radiohead's tune "Exit Music (For A Film)" was covered by Brad Mehldau on "Songs - Art of the Trio, Vol. 3" (WB, 1998), and again by Mehldau on "The Art of the Trio, Vol. 4: Back at the Vanguard" (WB, 1999) Radiohead's tune "Paranoid Android" was covered by Brad Mehldau, first on a live 'promo-only' CD called "Deregulating Jazz" (WB, 2000), and again by Mehldau on "Largo" (WB, 2002), and again by Mehldau on "Live in Tokyo" (Nonesuch, 2004) Radiohead's tune "Let Down" was covered by Geoff Keezer on "Zero One" (Dreyfus, 2000) Radiohead's tune "Everything In Its Right Place" was covered by Matt Jorgensen on "Quiet Silence" (Origin, 2002) Radiohead's tune "Idioteque" was covered by our own Phil Grenadier on "Playful Intentions" (FSNT, 2003) Radiohead's tune "Everything In Its Right Place" was also covered by Brad Mehldau on "Anything Goes" (WB, 2004) Plus an entire "solo piano" album of Radiohead covers by classical pianist Christopher O'Riley on "True Love Waits: O'Riley Plays Radiohead" (Sony Classical, 2003) An entire album of Sting / Police covers by Bob Belden on "Straight To My Heart - The Music Of Sting" (BN, 1991) Rufus Wainwright's tune "Poses" was covered by Dave Douglas on "The Infinite" (Bluebird, 2002) Plus Herbie Hancock did an entire album of jazz covers of pop/rock/alternative tunes, "The New Standard" (Verve, 1995). It included tunes by Don Henley, Peter Gabriel, The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Paul Simon, Prince, and Nirvana. The Nirvana tune he covered was "All Apologies". Obviously I like jazz covers of Björk tunes, and Radiohead tunes. Are there any other "modern rock" artists that have been covered as frequently by jazz artists, as Björk and/or Radiohead???

FWIW, I prefer "Ghetto Music" too. It just seems to work better, and there's more blowing on it too.

Here's an entire thread about the Joe Henderson Milestone box, if you're on the fence about buying one. My advice is if you find one at a decent price, take the plunge. CLICKY LINKY

Found this thread searching for something else, and thought I'd give it a bump...

Is there any irony in that Andrew Hill now outsells The Three Sounds?? ( Yes, I realize it's hardly a fair battle, since there aren't any Sounds CD's even to be bought now. ) I simply mention this because The Three Sounds had such good sales back in the day -- and now they hardly sell very much at all (so much so that they don't even get reissued). No value judgement implied, simply stating the irony that Hill -- who's never sold all that well, back then or even now (relatively speaking) --having more sales potential than a group that were REALLY great sellers back in the day. Anybody think it's somehow because the group was sold under a "name" ("The Three Sounds"), rather under the name of a particular leader?? That maybe jazz groups that recorded under a "name" somehow don't sell as well these days (over that last 15 or 20 years)?? Just an idea...

Just bumpin' this up for a new day...

The Hill will be the first Mosaic I've ever pre-ordered.

And it's funny you should mention Pepper Adams' "Encounter", which is an album I had never heard (or even heard of) before late last night. Just after I started this thread, I was poking around on the AMG, looking for discs with Joe Henderson tunes on them. "Encounter" came up, and I listened to the samples -- and suddenly put it on my "buy" list.