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I have "Insight" - along with Pelt's two sideman appearances on Ralph Petersons "The Art of War" and "Subliminal Seduction". Also, there are several hours of live material from Pelt on his own website ( http://www.peltjazz.com ) - which are all fantastic, and which show a more creative side of Pelt's music, more 'progressive'. Based on all that, I think Pelt is THE young trumpeter to keep our eyes on for the future. (I think of him as being the "Jason Moran" of trumpet.) Also, to my ears, he's maybe one of the best "hard-bop leaning towards progressive" trumpeters since Woody Shaw. Or another way of saying the same thing is --> that Pelt pushes all of my same buttons, the same way that Woody Shaw did (and in a way that nobody since Woody Shaw has). There are other trumpeters (since Woody Shaw) that I love -- but to me, Pelt is the first one I've heard since Woody, that can do that "Woody Shaw" thing, but in his own way (of course).

OK, confession time. I don't think I've ever heard a single note of Akiyoshi's music. (What can I say?? - except to hang my head in shame.) Where should one begin with her music??

And how the hell I managed to recognize the guy in the blue hat -- I'll never know. It's not like I know a damn thing about Great White. Guess I watched too much national news on TV, around the time that nightclub burned down.

He doesn't want to brag about all his exploits, as a "connoisseur" of seemingly more than just Blue Note CD's.

BOO!!!!!

http://www.collectorshelp.com/popups/blister.htm Now this image is of a 3" CD single in a 'blister pack' type plastic package. Back in the days of longboxes (which were cardboard), there were also quite a few CD's that were in these sealed plastic things that were the same size as a longbox, and usually had a piece of very thin cardboard inside of them with graphics custom designed for each CD (usually similar to the cover of the CD booklet). These plastic 'blister packs' were usually made of VERY heavy plastic, and were sealed in such a way that you almost had to have a pocket-knife to cut the open. A regular pair of scissors would usually work, but not very easily - to get the buggers open. Worst invention ever, along with cardboard longboxes, and disposable DVD's that 'expire' (cease to function) after 48 hours. Here's a better picture of a 'blister pack' for a full-size CD... PS: Most disposable batteries (at least in the U.S.) are sold in 'blister packs' - except with batteries, frequently the backside of the packaging is cardboard. In the case of 'blister packs' for compact discs, both sides of the package are plastic (and usually pretty darn heavy plastic at that), which were a bitch to get into. [/soapbox]

I wasn't buyin' Blue Note (or any jazz, for that matter) back when I was in high-school. I think Longboxes were nearly gone by the time I got bitten by the jazz bug.

Listened to the "One for One" version of "Cascade" again today a couple times (still don't know for sure what it's called on "One for One" - see my post a couple above this one, for a full report). The interesting thing that struck me about both versions, is how the "Passing Ships" version sounds (more than any other tune from that session) like a 19-piece band. Very full sound, much greater than a 9-piece band. And the verison from "One for One" also sounds like a larger group than it really is. There's only a three-horn front-line on the "One for One" version, but it easily sounds like more horns than that (maybe 6 or 8?? - or at least 4 or 5). Very interesting. I would think that somebody else here has the 2nd LP of "One for One" handy, or at least a burn of it. If so, would someone (who has both "Passing Ships" and the "One for One" LP's) please lemme know what the name of the tune is, if you wouldn't mind?? - and I'd really appreciate any other observations anyone would have about the two different verisons of what are (in fact) really the same tune!!! B)

Oh, I assure you - I recognize long-boxes quite well. I was a senior in highschool in 1987 - so I bought my fair share of CD's packaged in both long-boxes, and their "even worse" cousin, the "blisterpack"!!! But I didn't recognize these as being them - at least not until now.

And this one sure looks different than what I know of as "The Best of Lee Morgan - The Blue Note Years"... <-- vs. -->

Where is this guy getting these images from?? They're all CD's (or so they're listed that way, on eBay), but damn near every image he's attached to these auctions looks like a version of each BN cover that I'm sure most of us are not familiar with. What's the deal?? Even if he is selling CD's, what's the original of these BN covers with the non-square aspect ratios??? Here's the guy's auctions: dalpup And here's some examples, at random... By the way (Chuck), I'm not asking as a collector (I could give a shit about owning a particular issue of the music -- just gimme the music in any old format, just something I can listen to it with would be fine!!), but rather simply as someone who's curious about the origin of these images - which appear NOT to be CD's. Here's the guy's auctions: dalpup

Jack Russell, lead singer of the band Great White. (Photo: AP) The charred ruins of the Rhode Island nightclub. (Photo: CBS) (Hey, I did say it was slightly in poor taste.)

If anybody sneaks a DAT into this concert, let me know -- I'd actually really like to hear it. Now whether I'd like to ever hear it a second time (ever!!) is entirely a different story!!

Yes, absolutely - totally fake. Here's the thread where it came from: CLICK HERE

SOURCE JOE HENDERSON AND KIKUCHI, HINO IN CONCERT PHILIPS/Nippon Phonogram Recorded Aug/5/1971 at Tokyo Toshi Center Hall,Tokyo (Live) [personnel] Joe Henderson(ts),Masabumi Kikuchi(p,elp),Terumasa Hino(tp),Kousuke Mine(ss, as), Yoshio Suzuki(ba),Hiroshi Murakami(ds),Yoshiyuki Murakami(ds) [track list] 1.SUNRISE IN TOKYO(J.Henderson) 2.SO WHAT(Miles Davis) 3.GET MAGIC AGAIN(M.Kikuchi) Anybody here ever heard this???

Shit, never even heard of this one. What tunes are on it?? Anybody here ever heard it before?? from the eBay listing... Joe Henderson and Kikuchi and Hino "In Concert" Fontana PAT-1064 Japanese only LP. Record- Near Mint or M- One little inaudible mark otherwise perfectly clean Cover- M- With OBI. No insert, back cover in Japanese. Recorded live in Japan in 1971 the day after the Milestone recording Joe Henderson in Japan was recorded. Features Terumasa Hino and other Japanese musicians. Incredible Joe Henderson.

Hell, all of the Tolliver's on Strata East are essential. ( But then y'all knew I was gonna say that in this thread eventually. Hey - I held out as long as I could!! ) Good thread, cuz other than the 4 Tollivers, "Glass Bead Games", and "Capra Black" (Billy Harper) --- I don't have any other Strata East titles. Here's a LINK to a listing of the entire Strata East catalog, to further the discussion.

Since this is in moderately bad taste, I'll post it here - instead of the main 'California Fires' thread... (Only funny if you recognize the guy in the hat.)

Sound samples HERE.

Just spotted this on eBay... STEVE COLEMAN DAVE HOLLAND phase-space CD A decent price on a moderately hard to find import. (The cheapest prices currently on half.com for this title are in the $18-$24 range, not including shipping.) All the usual disclaimers: I don't know the seller, the seller don't know me, the seller ain't me (and I ain't the seller), and I never done no business with the seller before -- you dig!! Great disc, with just Coleman and Holland as a duo. AMG Review. Barns & Noble wants $20 for it (plus shipping).

Well, for starters --- 90+% of the items I find on Gemm.com are really "Availability: SPECIAL ORDER (Not in stock)" items, where you know the 'seller' can't possibly fulfil the order. (Well, maybe once in a blue moon they can.) But my point is that I'm not about to start throwing my money (and/or credit card numbers) at on-line retailers who are attempting to sell things they can't actually get a hold of. That, and the prices are insane - or at least 98% of them are. So, I stopped looking on Gemm - well over a year ago. (That said, "Boogaloo" is a fantastic disc, and $11 is a decent price - good find!! ===== Edit: I guess I should say that 90+% of the really interesting items (like OOP titles, or imports) are "Special Order - Not In Stock" items. If one is looking for more mainstream stuff, than perhaps the "in stock" rate is a bit better. At least with eBay and Half.com, you're dealing with sellers that actually have the product (in hand) to sell you. Imgine what a pain in the ass eBay and half.com would be if you could list anything and everything that your distributor still has in their computer. Yikes!!!! Talk about a recipe for chaos!!!!!

I enjoy them (generally), but don't consider them essential - and I rarely listen to them twice in the same month (if that's any indication). Sorry, I can't speak to the individual albums - as they all blur together for me, pretty much. Frankly, in terms of Wilkerson's playing (specifically his playing), I like The Texas Twister better than any of his BN output... (Not the answer you were looking for, I realize - but hey, that's par for the course.) FYI, "Texas Twister" isn't a soul-jazz date, but is much more hard-boppish. Frankly, I often wish his BN output had more of the fire and edge of "Texas Twister".