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Looks and IS a winner!!!

Couw is much better at this, though his rates aren't always as good as Google's.

Chuck Mangione?? No idea if he had anything on Argo, but his was the first name that came to mind when I read the first post in this topic.

I burned a disc with 12 or so different versions of Frank Zappa's "The Black Page" - most of them different versions from Zappa himself (some radically different from each other), but there are 4 or 5 verisons others have done too. Not quite the same thing as an all-"Take Five" disc, or an all-"Round Midnight" disc --- but certainly better than that Rhino LP I had back in junior-high school (circa early 80's for me) that had nothing but a dozen different versions of "Louie Louie" on it!!!

That Clay disc is quite solid. I used to have it, think I loaned it out, and never got it back. It won't change your life, but it's a good disc.

Another vote for "Song of Singing". It's very similar to "Now he sings, now he sobs" - and was recorded around the same time. Can't imagine you (EKE BBB) not liking it quite a bit.

Woody's "first album" actually was a set of demos that he recorded, to shop around and try to get a real record date of his own, with Blue Note (I think), or possibly with other labels too. In any case, that "first album" by Woody (half with Larry Young, half with Herbie Hancock) - was a demo. In that light, I think it's easy to see why Woody would use Larry on piano. He was trying to record a relatively conventional album, or at least a great album using conventional instrumentation, since it was a demo to get a record deal. According to the AMG, it wasn't released to the public until 1983, nearly 20 years after it was first recorded (in 1965).

The first album on this CD has the distinction of having the first ever recorded version of Woody's tune "Zoltan" - here known as "Theme from Zoltan". The date features Larry Young on piano(!!) - and less than a year later, Young would include Woody on his famous "Unity" date, which we all know included "Zoltan".

Wasn't me - but I thought about it, and almost did.

Gotta be some of the Sun Ra "Saturn" issues. Only 300 copies of a few titles, I think I've read somewhere before.

Got mine on eBay for about $18 (including shipping). Well worth it.

Run, don't walk. This is a GREAT CD, with some prime mid-60's Woody Shaw. Worth up to $20 in my book.

An overlooked gem from Chick, from as recently as 2000. AMG Review: Corea.Concerto I've had a recording of this since it first came out, and I had the good fortune to hear Chick perform his piano concerto with the Kansas City Symphony, sometime during the 2000-2001 season. Although I don't think it's quite as 'deep' as I was hoping for, I do still find this work very worthy of repeated listens. His concerto is basically neo-classical, in the "Stravinsky" sense of that term -- though (as you might expect), his is way more melodic that Igor ever typically was. ( An aside: I'm still hoping that Jason Moran does a "jazz piano concerto" someday, maybe in 20 years. But until then, Chick's is probably the next best thing out there. ) As far as Chick's musical legacy goes... I think it all hangs on everything he did prior to about 1972. When I think of Chick, I almost exclusively think of all the different things he did, both as a solo-artist and sideman in the late 60's and very early 70's -- but especially his work with Miles - particularly on all those "lost quintet" recordings (bootlegs) that are floating about. In my younger days, I remember owning a handful of Chick albums from the 80's and early 80's ("Akoustic Band" and "Alive" in particular), and although I sorta liked them a bit at the time, they fall pretty flat for me now. When I'm surfing the used bins, looking for bargains, I usually skip most Chick recordings from the period of 1973-1998. He lost me after "Light as a Feather" (though I do like that album), and he doesn't get 'interesting' again for me again until his "Origin" recordings in 1998. (I'm not saying he didn't do anything of any value between '73-'98 -- just that most of it is of much less interest to me, at least based on what I've heard.) PS: One exception to my prior statement -- the Chick and Herbie "duo piano" recordings from 1978 are pretty cool. B)

That Hutch disc is great. I used to have it years ago, loaned it out, never got it back, and had to pay $25 to get another one on eBay. Well worth it, however. Not quite a 5-star recording/performance, but I'd give it 4-stars, when you consider that it's a boot. Anybody who already has all of Hutch's classic BN output probably also needs this disc too.

Don't short-change this one. It's better than superb!!! Some 5-star playing from Don Cherry too!!!

I didn't own my own car until I was 24 years old (in 1993 -- I was born in 1969).

I've never seen the man in person, myself. But I do seem to remember seeing a few stories on the old BNBB, a couple of which described some pretty off-the-wall behavior and/or comments he had made, from the bandstand. (I even remember that some of the comments were maybe insulting?) I wish I could remember the details, but I do remember that a couple of the stories made me question what I thought about the guy (separate from his music, of course). I don't mean to sully the guy's name without specifics -- perhaps someone else here remembers the thread??

Same thing on the list specifically for California (where it seems you live, ss1). Sorry to be the messenger of bad news... California 1. Toyota Camry 2. Honda Accord 3. Honda Civic 4. Toyota Pickup 5. Chevrolet Full Size C/K Pickup 6. Nissan Sentra 7. Toyota Corolla 8. Ford Full Size Pickup (150/250/350) 9. Acura Integra 10. Toyota Van 11. Ford Mustang 12. Saturn SL 13. Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee 14. Nissan Pickup 15. Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme/Ciera 16. Ford Explorer 17. Ford Escort 18. Ford Ranger 19. Chevrolet Compact SUV (Blazer) 20. Chevrolet/GMC Suburban 21. Chevrolet Camaro 22. Ford Taurus 23. Toyota Celica 24. Toyota 4Runner 25. Nissan Maxima Have you ever thought about moving??? South Dakota 1. Ford Full Size Pickup (150/250/350) 2. Chevrolet Full Size C/K Pickup 3. Chevrolet Cavalier 4. Honda Accord 5. Pontiac Grand Am 6. Chevrolet Compact SUV (Blazer) 7. Ford Escort 8. Buick LeSabre 9. Oldsmobile Cutlass/Supreme/Ciera 10. Jeep Cherokee/Grand Cherokee 11. Ford Tempo 12. Dodge Caravan/Grand Caravan 13. Pontiac Grand Prix 14. Dodge Ram Pickup 15. Ford Taurus 16. Chevrolet Lumina (Passenger Car) 17. Chevrolet Celebrity 18. Chevrolet Metro 19. Buick Electra (Park Avenue) 20. Ford Explorer 21. Ford Ranger 22. Chevrolet Compact Pickup (S10) 23. Pontiac Bonneville 24. Chevrolet Beretta 25. Chevrolet/GMC Suburban 26. Buick Regal 27. Chevrolet Corsica 28. Honda Civic

Hey, just don't nobody go sayin' nothin' bad 'bout Andrew Hill - you dig!!!!!

Here we go: Top 25 stolen vehicles in your state (based on data in 2002) Click on your state from the map at the top of the page, or just scroll down... For instance, I live in Missouri, and my wife and I both drive Honda Accords ('92 and '93). The theft-rate for Accords is much lower in Missouri, than it is in California, or New York, or Florida... Missouri 20. Honda Accord California 2. Honda Accord New York 2. Honda Accord Florida 2. Honda Accord

Depends on where you live. Recently I saw a list of the top-10 cars stolen for each state, and the specific cars vary a great deal, depending on where you live. I'll see if I can find that link... Edit: Well, I haven't found the link where you can look at the list, by state, but here's a quote from a story about it... Source

AMG Review: The Montreal Tapes, Vol. 2