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Saw David Murray perform at a club in St. Louis about 8 or 9 years ago. When I met him after his last set, to get him to autograph a CD -- I mentioned I was from Kansas City, and he immediately started talking about the Negro Leagues Museum (which is in Kansas City), and said that he was in the beginning stages of writing an opera (or some such such) about Black Baseball. (No idea if he was just bullshitting or not, but he seemed high as a kite the more we talked --- a serious space cadet.)

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Another Organ Trio???? BATTLE OF THE BANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As long as we're being nosy - might we ask which titles they were interested in?? Just curious...

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Well, in some ways - I definitely heard bits of Joe Henderson in Osby's most recent work. Not so much in terms of compositions, but in terms of Osby's approach to soloing. Same thing with Gary Thomas too, especially in terms of Thomas' deep and dark tone.

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Excellent find on a great disc. This one regularly goes for $20 or even $30 on eBay.

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Free For All beat me to it -- but "Brilliant Circles" (on Black Lion) is, indeed, brilliant!!! Sound-quality is so-so, but the music is fantastic, and not to be missed!!! Cowell's other release on Black Lion is also a keeper - called "Travellin' Man" when it was released on CD, it was originally called "Blues for the Viet Cong" (although I suspect it was later released on LP with the "Travellin' Man" imprint too). Whatever you call it - it's a trio disc, and is VERY good!! (Both of the Black Lion titles are from 1969.) "Musa" is an excellent solo-piano album (on Strata East, from 1973), which can often be had for only $7 from Dusty Groove (although they're currently out of stock). "Live At Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 5" is also an excellent solo-piano outing, and here's one for $7 (CLICK). "Marian McPartland's 'Piano Jazz' With Stanley Cowell" is also available on CD, and is quite good, and the interview parts are pretty interesting. (It's a straight release of her one-hour radio-show, including solo-piano from Cowell, one or two duets, and interview segments between the tunes.) And Max Roach's "Members Don't Get Weary" from 1968 features Cowell, Tolliver, and Gary Bartz - and includes three well-known Cowell tunes ('Abstrutions', 'Effi', and 'Equipiose'), and is on CD as of last year. Also, a work of caution about Cowell's 1995 CD "Setup" (on SteepleChase). It's very 'so-so' at best, and really doesn't come together all that well. The trombonist (Dick Griffin) sounds second-rate (or like he was having a bad day) with tons of intonation problems. And while I normally like both Eddie Henderson and Rick Margitza (both of whom are on this date) - neither one sounds particularly 'on'. Avoid "Setup" if you can, or I'll be glad to sell you mine quite cheap. PS: Has anybody here ever heard Jack DeJohnett's "The DeJohnette Complex" from 1968??? - which has Cowell, along with Bennie Maupin. I've never heard it, but it looks great on paper!! (With another 'Equipoise'!!)

Wow, where'd you see it?? On the one hand, I half agree with you. On the other, seeing any picture of Miles in the '70 in a public setting (even in an ad for booze) is kinda half-cool. Would depend on the context (and location too, perhaps).

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Link: http://www.negroleaguebaseball.com Link: Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (right here in Kansas City!!) Link: http://www.blackbaseball.com Do a Google search on "negro leagues baseball" and you'll find dozens of good sites. Enjoy!!!

Interesting. Also, I think there's some famous basketball player (recently) also named Tyrone Washington. (Whenever I do Google searches for Tyrone's name, I always have to search on the following key: "tyrone washington –basketball".)

Great choice!!! "Beatrice" is one of the most beautiful tunes ever written, IMHO. I haven't picked up the Conn (yet), but have the Mosaic - and will certainly give this a listen soon.

I still think Joe's the father of modern tenor playing. I hear aspects of him in all the younger (under 35, plus or minus) tenor players I like most -- and those who tend to be reguarded as being among the most important tenor players of the generation after Joe (and/or the generation after that). But one example... I hear more of Joe in Ravi Coltrane's playing, than I hear of his father, or anybody else. Chris Potter too (often, but not always). Mark Shim (definitely). Some others I can't think of off the top of my head. Gary Thomas (sometimes, at least in terms of his tone). I don't mean to say that Joe was light years ahead of everybody else, but to me - he's every bit as important as Trane, or Sonny Rollins, or even Wayne Shorter (though Wayne probably tops Joe slightly, in terms of compositional skills. Not that Joe didn't write some great tunes - which he certainly did.)

I wish I knew what the answer was, but I think part of it is the constant programming towards the older "subsription" target audience at the Folly Jazz series. I'm guessing that upwards of 75% of their subscribers are over the age of 60. And anything the least bit 'progressive' - and they walk out after the first set (or at least quite a number of them do). And more than two concerts per season like that, and they stop renewing their subscriptions. (If it ain't got that swing, it don't mean a thing.) So for years now, the Folly has programmed to the lowest and most conservative common denominator (at least more often than not). BUT, that doesn't explain why single-ticket sales haven't picked up some of the slack, for shows like Dave Holland's group a couple years ago. (???) I can't help but think that if they programmed MMW on that series (as part of some well labeled "progressive" sub-series), and then booked a 'Dave Holland'-type act as part of the same (well labeled) 'progressive' sub-series (so the 'blue-hairs' know to stay away) -- then they might be able to signal to a younger crowd that Holland's group is just as great as MMW. (Or maybe that's just wishful thinking.) Or maybe program somebody like John Scofield, which kind of splits the difference between MMW and Dave Holland. I wish I knew the answer. Seems like Columbia, MO (big 'university' town 2 hours east of Kansas City, where the University of Missouri is), and even Iowa City (with the University of Iowa) seem to know how to bring people out of the woodwork. Is it just that people are too lazy to come out in numbers for concerts?? Or are ticket prices the problem?? (Folly ticket prices are about $25 a head these days, I think.) I've heard that people in Kansas City are notoriously cheap, to the point of turning around to go somewhere else when presented with something as simple as a $5 cover charge to get into a club like The Blue Room (best club in town, holds about 150 people, I'm guessing). I know, cuz I've seen this any number of times, where a groupl of 4 to 6 people all arive together, and then when they realize it's going to cost them $20 to $30 to get in the door (total cost, not individual cost), they turn tail and run. Hell, Kansas City isn't like anywhere else I've been in St. Louis, or Chicago, or NYC -- where there's routinely a $10-$15 cover, PLUS a one or two drink minimum (at $5-$8 per drink, even just for coffee or a soda). Man, we've got it so cheap here in Kansas City, and people still balk at cover charges. Not everybody - but enough people to have a financial impact on things. I definitely would welcome more discussion on this topic. What's it like in your city????

From Joel and the Hello Kitties???!!! Oh, if you insist...

Have a GREAT day!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, couw -- I love that Speak Like A Child cover!!! Who'm I kidding -- I love 'em all!!!!! Truly amazing work, couw and AfricaBrass too. This is one of the most memorable things I've ever encountered on these boards, by far!!!

Well, Chuck (at least) might like the fact that instead of even a gas-powered push-mower, I own one of those moterless "reel" mowers, just like all lawn-mowers used to be back 75 +/- years ago. The advertising copy for one brand of "reel" mowers says the only fuel they need to run on, is a banana and half a glass of milk!! The only downside is that I really have to rake the yard before I can mow in the fall, since the leaves get in the way of the "reel" and the blade (and the grass getting cut). But other than that, I've got no complaints. (Not that I ever do), but if I wanted to - I could easily mow our entire yard at the crack of dawn, and not wake up a single neighbor (including the house less than 15 feet south of ours).