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Very good. I'm sure glad somebody here got it, and it couldn't have happened to a sweller guy than you!! I think I must have added it to my 'want list' a long time ago, and forgot all about it. Glad I did though, cuz I was glad to see somebody here get one (and sealed too!), at a really decent price.

That thread is HERE, and I took the liberty of bumping that thread to further the discussion about Ron Carter on "Grass Roots".

That's funny you mention that Al, 'cuz I remember Jim having almost a completely opposite opinion regarding Carter on that session. See the GRASS ROOTS album of the week thread. I thought I leaned slightly towards Sangry's opinion about Ron Carter on "Grass Roots" - but it was never a very strong opinion I held. I may have to go back and revisit this. PS: The above two quotes (quote within a quote, really), were from another Andrew Hill thread, FYI...

I had the Tyrone disc on my want-list from half.com too, so I got the same e-mail. Shit, if I had known that you would have gotten the same e-mail, I woulda kept my mouth shut. (Or did you get it??? - I sure hope so!!!)

So, Big Al, have you checked out the sound-samples of "Lift Every Voice" yet?? See my most recent post above this one. Any reactions??

Link: Natural Essence [iMPORT] Condition: Brand New Seller's Comments: BRAND NEW! SHRINK WRAPPED! SHIPS FAST! All the usual disclaimers apply (cuz the seller ain't me). Somebody here needs this!!! AMG review Tyrone Washington - Arranger, Leader, Sax (Tenor) Woody Shaw - Trumpet James Spaulding - Flute, Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor) Kenny Barron - Piano Reggie Workman - Bass Joe Chambers - Drums

Actually, that's the way I am too. I pretty much ignore all sports, or at least I did until I married a Jayhawk Basketball fanatic. She also follows college football too. Now I become a basketball widower every March ('March Madness' time, you know). Heck, before I met my wife - I never even had seen more than 2 or 3 minutes of college basketball, or any basketball - for that matter. 'Madness" is right!!!

From the Allmovie.com (A Man's Man (1929) So it's just clips from some other movie (or movies) that Garbo had been in before. No biggie...

U.S. Women's Olympic Water Polo Team.

Paul Tingen was able to 'borrow' recordings (promos, whatever) of all the Cellar Door material - direct from Columbia - when he was writing Miles Beyond : Electric Explorations of Miles Davis, 1967-1991. He discusses all of the Cellar Door sets (nearly all the tracks, as I recall) in the book. I'm there too!!!

Yes, I'm getting e-mails only just now, for PM's from about 24 hours ago. FYI, I did get 'pop-ups' about the PM's, right when they were sent.

Tom Jones!!! ( Oh wait, you don't mean that kind of organ!!! )

Not finding this at any of the usual on-line cheap sources (at least not yet). Damn. I'll keep looking... If you don't mind me asking, what Hill do you already have??

Yeah, yeah. Except I don't buy it. (Well, I did buy the box, but I don't buy Teo's argument.) I haven't heard anything on any of the boxes (expect maybe the last couple of discs on the "Miles & Gil" box) that I would consider to be really 'sub-standard'. Least of all anything on the "Miles & Trane" or "1965-68" boxes. And really, everything on the "IaSW" and "BB" boxes was highly interesting too. And the "Jack Johnson" box has been very interesting to hear - even considering that 3+ hours of it was previously unreleased. It's not like anybody but 'devout' Miles fanatics are buying most of these Miles box sets anyway, so what's the problem?? The "fairly big, but not quite obsessive" Miles fans are still buying the individual CD's, and the 'nuts' (like me, and many of us here) are buying the boxes. Not all the 'previously unreleased' material is equally important. But none of it has been 'shameful' to have been released either. (Although I'm sure I would have probably been slightly reluctant to release those last two discs from the "Miles & Gil" set. But it doesn't bother me all that much that they released that material either.)

Amen to the comments about DeJohnette. And for some more "Lost Quintet" music (sorta), by all means check this out... Chick Corea- The Complete "IS" Sessions" (Connoisseur Series) Chick Corea: Piano, Electric Piano, Woody Shaw: Trumpet, Hubert Laws: Flute & Piccolo, Bennie Maupin: Tenor Saxophone, Dave Holland: Bass, Jack DeJohnette: Drums, Horace Arnold: Drums, Percussion. Forget that Woody's on it (he's really just in a supporting role). The band here is really just Maupin, Corea, Holland, and DeJohnette. And they play music (at least all of Disc #1 of this set) that is as close as anything I've ever heard from the 'Lost Quintet'. In fact, they play a tune - "This" - that the 'Lost Quintet' played in concert frequently, cuz I've heard it on a bootleg or two. Bennie Maupin also plays his ass off on this release, closer to Wayne than anyone I think I've ever heard. Not exactly a 'Wayne' copycat, but totally similar to that place Wayne got to with the 'Lost Quintet'. Also, "The Complete 'IS' Sessions" has a remarkably loose feeling to them, that really sounds like a 'live' recording that just happened to be in the studio. I think these sessions were recorded in a loft over an entire 3-day weekend. ( Or as Aric might say, THEY ARE TOTALLY BADASS - AND YOU'VE GOT TO HEAR THEM TO FUCKIN BELIEVE IT-- HELL YEAH!!!!!! ) Disclaimer: All this applies to Disc #1 of the two-disc set. Disc #2 is pretty 'out' - and while good in it's own way, it's not quite the same thing. BN rightfully collected the more 'structured' tunes on disc 1, and the 'free' stuff on disc 2.

Took a minute to find sound-samples, but HERE they are. Sounds like the first 60-seconds, of each of the first 5 tracks of the disc. In most cases, the vocals (often worldless) only sing 'the head' of the tune, and ocasssionally some vocal restatement of the 'head' (or some variation) as a transition between a couple of the solos within the tune, I could probably listen to the disc with stop-watch in hand, and give you an exact percentage of "music with vocals" vs. "music without vocals" for the whole disc. But off the top of my head, I would guess that roughly 20% of the music on the disc has vocals, and 80% does not. Yes, there are vocals on every tune (on both sessions), but they are not 'on top' of the solos (or at least 95% of the time they aren't). I didn't know what to make of "Life Every Voice" until I had heard it a dozen or more times. But after a while, the voices just become part of the concept - and they really don't detract from the disc at all. I'm not saying go spend top-dollar for it, but if you ever get the chance to buy it for a reasonable price - take a chance. (Again, here are some sound samples from the first 5 tracks: HERE at Amazon.com, in case the link is screwed-up). Also, you might notice at that same link that there are like a dozen used and even new copies available through Amazon's 'used CD' marketplace, or whatever they call it. And about half-a-dozen (even a couple new ones) are in the $9-$12 range (not including shipping).

Steve Bartman on ESPN - the guy who tried to catch that foul ball.

I got a couple PM's yesterday, and I got pop-ups for both of them in a timely manner. The e-mails related to them ("you have a PM...") arrived about 12-16 hours later, but I did get them. FYI...

Discs #10 and #11 (from that 12-disc set - the 'tree' thing) are the November 5, 1969 concert, described at 'Miles Ahead' thusly... I've known about the existence of this date for some time, but I have never heard it myself. It almost goes without saying that... I would LOVE to hear the "lost quintet" with Chick on ACOUSTIC piano!!!

From a Hill bio I found on-line... "He became a music educator after earning a doctorate from Colgate University in the early 1970s and in 1977 moved to the West Coast where he taught in California prisons and public schools while continuing to occasionally tour and record for various independent labels."

I listened to "Lift Every Voice" nearly twice tonight. (Hey, when you're making dinner, and have stuff all over your hands -- it's just easier to hit the play button again - and with your elbow, of course. ) Man, there is some really damn amazing music to be found on this disc. Both sessions are top drawer, with some really fine soloing from Hill (of course), but especially Woody Shaw and Lee Morgan. I really don't think there's a context I'm more happy to hear them in than with Hill. Sure, I totally love their work in lots of other contexts (and especially their own dates). But I think Hill brought out a side of each of them that was truly unique. (As did Larry Young, with Lee Morgan on "Mother Ship".) Yes, "Lift Every Voice" is - strickly speaking - more 'accessable' than much of Hill's early work (between 63 and 66). But, really, in many ways it's still some pretty darn challenging music.

Well, start a new thread - with the gif uploaded!!!

Hey, did anybody save that gif off to their hard-drive??? Cuz otherwise, all we'll have left are the bittersweet memories.