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Well, about the already-released "One For One" material, I happen to really like half of it. That side with Tolliver, Maupin, and Pat Patrick is as good as anything Hill recorded for BN after 1966. And, it's totally got that early 70's "Strata East / Tribe" vibe to it too. I'm certainly less enamored with the other side (the one with the string quartet), but I still find it interesting (or at least two of the three cuts are). As far as "priority" goes -- once "Dance With Death" comes out on CD in October, then the only Hill BN material that hasn't ever been released anywhere on CD is that second "One For One" LP, plus all the unreleased sessions. Seems like exactly the right priority to me. I think there's a good chance we'll see more Hill Conns in the future, of "Andrew!!!" and "Compulsion". And then "Judgement" and/or "Smokestack" are likely to be RVG's at some point too.

Well, it's got Woody on it (and in a rare piano-less context), so I'm still looking for one (on CD). And I can't imagine it really being all that bad. Any other opinions out there on this one??

If this title has ever been on CD, I be lookin' for one. If not, why not?? Thanks!! Sound Samples and AMG review: click here The fact that there are even sound-samples on the AMG, implies that this has been released on CD at least at one time. But I can't seem to find any other evidence of it being digital ever.

How about now?? Seriously, I can't imagine any of the final three wining now. I mean, I know one of them will win -- but none of them deserve to win. /really doesn't care who wins now...

Well, I guess only time will tell. Hopefully most of the material will see the light of day, and I suspect there's at least a decent chance that all of it will (given what Michael has said most recently). Before today, however, I would have never guessed that Andrew would green-light this. Maybe one or two sessions, perhaps (at most), but to get all of it - was really something I never expected to fly. I'm keeping my fingers and toes crossed...

My thought is that they can't be all that choppy, if both Michael and Andrew are in agreement about releasing them. Sure, there'll be rough places, and stuff that coulda had more (or better quality) rehearsal time. Still, I'll take a "off-day" Andrew Hill session any day, over a whole hell of a lot of other things that I can think of (but I won't name names). It's like "Passing Ships" -- all over again!!! EDIT: And obviously (picking up on Jim's post that I'm quoting)... -- I DON'T CARE EITHER!! - if there's problems with some or most of these sessions.

Smartass...

Thanks Jim. I just confirmed that in the discography, and I missed "Fragments". Jim, if you wanna delete your post right above this, I'll update the big post with all the session info (and then delete this post -- and we can pretend this never happened. )

Don't sweat it. Johnny's got you beat by a mile. He 'chain-smokes' the Politics forum.

Hey, I want to discuss private bands too!!!

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By the way, from a previous e-mail exchange I had with Michael back in January, he said this about the unreleased Andrew Hill material... [And we now know that "Dance With Death" will be a Conn this Fall.] Meaning that there's previously unreleased material from both of those two late 60's "One For One" sessions (beyond what has been released from them, on LP). So, that's a little more Charles Tolliver too!!

Kwitchabitchin, couw. We all know you can zap that guy staring out the window in about 10 seconds with your vast Photoshop powers. But can you resist NOT zapping him?? Only time will tell!!

What's significant about the year 1974, and Steel Pans in Jazz Settings?? /totally clueless about Steel Pans in Jazz Settings, pre-1974, or post-1974.

I just got this in the e-mail from you-know-who... That's something like 2 or 3 hours of previously unreleased BN Andrew Hill sessions!! EDIT: By the way, that means (along with the "Dance With Death" Conn this fall), that every single Andrew Hill BN session will have finally made it to CD, including what is a TON more previously unreleased sessions. ==================================================== EDIT #2: Here is the sessionography for what should be on the Andrew Hill "Mosaic Select":

Yeah, I thought the same thing -- if talent has anything to do with this.

bLock!!!!

Actually, the key to listening to everything, is to NOT listen to the stuff you listen to all the time. (Or, to put it another way, to listen to the stuff you DON'T listen to all the time.) I mean, going through everything from A to Z is a fine idea -- but it works better if you skip the things you have listened to multiple times during the last year or two. Makes it easier (meaning 'quicker') to get through the alphabet.

Sounds like a chip off the old bock!!

So, has anybody else seen this group on their current tour?? John B.: I know you saw them in VT. Could you give a report to us about what you thought?? (And maybe what your wife, aunt, and uncle though too? )

Just got this in the e-mail... I'll gonna try like hell to be there, this time I'll remember my ear-plugs!! See my latest post below, for the NEW venue and time info. (I've crossed out the old info in the quote above.)

Then there's the transliteration I once saw of Schubert, for people who have a lisp... I kid you not, on the spine of the jewel-box, it said "Schuberth".

Frankly, the entire "Sorcerer" and "Nefertiti" albums get me off BIGTIME, nearly every time I listen to them. (Figuratively speaking, of course.) I love the box set (and all it's bonus material), but I also have a burn with just the original Sorcerer and Nefertiti tracks -- in original album sequence -- and it's simply heaven. As "perfect" as people think KoB is (and it nearly is that perfect), I really think "Nefertiti" is that perfect. And so too is that opening side to the original "Jack Johnson" soundtrack. Much like Free For All, many of my best moments in recorded jazz are from Miles, especially during and after 1965.

Yes. Same thing with the "15 tenses" I mentioned in Spanish. Let's just put it this way. There probably aren't many books that exclusively cover mastering Russian verb tenses.

Some nice Charles Tolliver on this date too.