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Yeah, no 'cool dude' smiley either. Blame it on Bill!!!

I don't know the "Paris, October 1960" recordings specifically, but I do have the complete "Stockholm 1960" recordings, both the early March set with Trane, and the later October set with Stitt. And I totally agree, that Miles plays with a fire and focus in that later set (with Stitt) that is way different than he does with Trane. In fact, I almost like the later set better (with Stitt), simply because Miles plays with a fire that is quite different than he did with Trane in the group. (Well, not 'better' overall, but I like Miles' playing better with Stitt.) I've always explained it as being the fact that without Trane in the group to provide the real fireworks, Miles had to work harder with a less progressive player like Stitt on the front-line with him. (Not to detract from Stitt's playing, or from Miles' playing with Trane either - for that matter.) Also, I might add that I generally like Miles playing (live) in his various 1960 configuations, far and away better than the Blackhawk material from just a couple years later. ( And for the record, NO, I haven't heard the new 'complete Blackhawk' sets, so I'm probably not qualified to make such a broad statement (there I said it myself, saving all you Blackhawk fans the trouble). Still, I think Miles had it goin' on in spades in 1960 (in his live performances) -- both in his more restrained approach with Trane, and his more 'out there' approach with Stitt. )

Everytime I go more than a couple days without shaving, my wife fears I'm headed in the same direction as Mr. Damon.

Absolutely. On a related note, about once a year (or at least every other year) I try to go through my CD's and pick out a couple hundred that I think I might wanna trade off, sell, whatever... Then I try to listen to all of them, and invariably I'll find about 25% to 35% that I'll end up keeping, that I had forgotten how good they were in the first place. Interesting experience, listening to all those discs within a short period of time (say a couple of weeks). Interesting to hear where my ears were at (at one time), but sure aren't any more.

People always think Russian is such a difficult language to learn, because of the alphabet being different and all. But frankly, once you get past learning the Russian alphabet, it's really not that difficult a language at all. The grammar rules are VERY regular, with only a moderate number of exceptions (unlike Spanish, for instance). The other problem with Spanish is that there are something like 15 different verb tenses (unlike only 5 in Russian). And there are something like 143 irregular verbs in Spanish (which are irregular across all 15 tenses!!!), where there are only maybe 20 truly irregular verbs in Russian (and only across 5 tenses), and even then - the Russian irregular verbs follow similar patterns -- at least as far as I can remember. Grammatically speaking, I always found Russian to be much easier than Spanish. Of course I haven't studied either for over 15 years, so I've pretty much forgotten all the Spanish and Russian I learned in high school, and later in college.

Speaking as a vocalist (more specifically, as a choral singer), French is my single LEAST favorite of all the languages to sing in. I'm not saying that there isn't some amazing vocal/choral music written in French (cuz there is!!). But it's always a bitch to figure out and perform.

All hail King Sangry!!!

According to Jazzmatazz Horace Silver - Serenade to a Soul Sister (Blue Note RVG Edition) July 13 So just hold tight...

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Can you at least tell us (here and now) which track number it is on the BFT you're putting together??

Дмитрий Шостакович Where's the confusion??

And, you can start threads like this one -- without being publicly flogged for it. Don't get me wrong, I think Mike runs a great site (the whole AAJ experience), and the AAJ board is a pretty decent jazz board (all things considered). But Mike's "don't nobody mention anything about any other board on my board" policy is just nuts.

Well, not a recording, but Greg Tardy played at a club here in Kansas City about a month ago or so (and he's always amazing, in my book). His pianist that night was Helen Sung. I had to miss most of the first set, but I arrived just as they were finishing the second to last tune from the 1st set. I paid my cover-charge at the door, and glanced for like 2 seconds at the big stack of Ms. Sung's debut 'FreshSound-NewTalent' CD, which they had a stack of for sale at the door. I quickly moved toward the bar, and they finished playing the opening/head of what would be the last tune of the first set. Tardy played his solo, and then Ms. Sung started her solo. She wasn't even done with the first chorus, and wide-eyed I instantly moved toward the door, to buy her disc, on the strengh of less than 16 bars of just one of her solos (so, like maybe 10 or 15 seconds of just one of her solos, max!!). I got about 10 feet away from the bar and caught myself, and said to myself - "enjoy the solo, dummy -- they're not going to sell out of her CD in the next 10 minutes". I did buy her disc that night, and I like it quite a bit. But if you ever get the chance to hear her live, jump at it. FYI: There's about 35-minutes of exclusive live MP3's on her website, HERE, and her FSNT disc is also available through CD Baby. B) She's very much a "Mulgrew Miller / John Hicks / Kenny Barron" kind of player (in the most general sense), at least to my ears.

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I've never seen the DVD, but if I'm remembering right, 'A Joyful Noise' - along with 'Mystery, Mr. Ra' are the two most significant documentaries about Sun Ra. Here's some info from a link farther up in this thread... My memory is that 'A Joyful Noise" was the more informative of the two, but it's been well over 10 years since I've seen either one.

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Love him, or hate him -- Aric's just Aric. And, IMHO, it's a hell of a lot more fun to love him (even if you don't condone him).

This is probably a correct statement. I've heard from a few people who've said the Duke Pearson Select was not quite to their liking. And, more specifically, this has come from the very same people who have otherwise been quite happy with other Mosaic sets (both the tradition "non-Select" kind, as well as many of the "Selects"). I wouldn't give up on Mosaic just yet.

Don't really have any idea which one is better (for sure), but depending on your exact situation, I'd look strongly at the Consumer Credit Counseling route (instead of bankruptcy). Sure, bankruptcy might seem like the better or easier choice, in the short run (or even in the medium run). But my guess is that you'll have a really tough time being able to qualify for a home mortgage until at least 7 or maybe more like 10 years after you declare bankruptcy. And it could seriously affect the kinds of loan-rates you'll be able to get for as much as 10 years to come (even for things like car loans, etc...). Then again, it all depends on how much debt you're in, and what your situation is in general. (And even if I knew more details about your situation, I would only be guessing about which choice is better.) All I'd suggest is that you at least meet with the Consumer Credit Counseling folks, and see what they have to say.

medjuck, I just sent you a PM.

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What does Dmitry think??

OK, I found my copy (guess I didn't have it checked out after all). But I couldn't find anything in the index about this topic. My awfully hazy memory about all this tells me that Miles' brother, Vernon, was homosexual (am I remembering right?), and Miles' sexuality may have been discussed (briefly) in the context of talking about Vernon. In any case, Miles being bi seems entirely plausible to me.

Time to develop a low-cal, zero-carb, non-fat doughnut.