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I can't imagine how the new Copy Controlled version could sound even half as bad as the 1988 mastering, which was pretty bad. (The old one was really pretty darn lousy, if you ask me.) Have you actually heard any of the "copy controlled" CD's?? Do they really sound that bad??

So, what are some really great Jimmy Stewart movies that I haven't seen before?? Not the Hitchcock movies with Jimmy, cuz I've certainly seen all of them (who hasn't??), and "Anatomy of a Murder", which is also great. I've also seen "Harvey", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", and the perennial favorite "It's a Wonderful but Overplayed Movie". If it helps any, my favorite Jimmy Stewart movie might well be "Vertigo", since he plays a more complicated character in it. Quite nice to see Stewart in a darker role. Anyway, here's his All Movie Guide bio, with a huge list of movies that he was in... Link: James Stewart "All Movie Guide" entry Especially, what are some of his best "lesser known" films???

How about "The Good Minus"? Nah, that would be totally "double-plus ungood". ( My god, was 1984 really almost 20 years ago??? )

I have The Bad Plus' major-label CD (forget the title), and I like it quite a bit. Enough that I'm sure I'll pick up their next disc too. My wife really likes it a lot too. Totally acoustic jazz with a sort of rock edge to the sound (of both the group, and also the production). I got no problem with jazz artists saying things publically about rock artists they admire. If that's what it takes to put a few more butts in the seats at the shows, more power to them. It's the music that matters, and frankly - if I heard about some jazz group that was claiming to have been influenced by a rock group that I like (or that they too liked that same group), I'm sure I'd at least listen to what they have to say (musically, speaking). And there are about 10,000 bands worse than The Police to have cited as having been great. (I really like The Police, especially their earlier albums, but it's all good, actually.) You probably missed a hell of a show, Soul Stream. Not that I've ever heard The Bad Plus live, but I would suspect that they're pretty darn good.

That was just my opinion. One or two (maybe three at most) total obscurities is just what makes sense to me.

I think anything's fair game with the blindfold test. ( Though it wouldn't be much fun to have a blindfold test made up of entirely obscure players. ) But if somebody wants to slip in a few total unknowns into their test, I wouldn't have a problem with that. One or two, or maybe as many as three cuts (at most) out of 10 or 15 -- sure, why not?? And certainly there's gonna be cuts where maybe the lead soloist (and leader of the date) is really, really obscure (almost totally unknown) - but maybe there's one or more well known sidemen on the date.

One of the two or three best live jazz thangs I ever heard was a Wallace Roney gig here in Kansas City in about May of 1996. I had heard Roney once before, in St. Louis, maybe about 2 years earlier (so around '93 or '94), with his brother Antoine on Tenor. Wallace was good in St. Louis, but I thought his brother Antoine was much better - and really stole the show (at least that night). So, the Roney brothers are in Kansas City, but this time Antoine is sick at the last minute before the show --- so it's suddenly just Wallace plus his regular piano trio. And without his brother there to carry him, he totally blew his ass off, all night. I've NEVER heard him play like that on record, not before, and not since. But that night, I swear it was like listening to Miles in 1969 or 1970, fronting a quartet with Chick, Dave, and Jack -- with Chick on accoustic. One of THE best nights of live music I've ever experienced. So yeah, what the hell happened to Wallace Roney??

Whether I buy or not entirely depends on how much they want to charge. $10 or even $15 per year for the same thing I'm getting now, and I'll probably buy. Maybe $20 tops. But $40 or $50 per year, and there's no way I'm buying that. And I'd rather pay the piper once per year for unlimited use, than having them nickel and dime me to death for each and every transaction. GoM - any idea about their timetable for starting to charge??? Any idea what the price(s) will be like???

Just picked up "Mode for Joe". (Free For All - if you're still lookin' for one, I think I got the last one at Streetside.) Sound is excellent, to my ears - but I've got not the most impressive stereo equipment (an understatement, if ever there was one). Haven't A/B compared it to the prior U.S. CD issue yet, and now that I think of it - I think I gave away my old "Mode..." CD to a buddy of mine a couple months ago, since I knew the RVG was coming out soon.

Amen to that!!! I too am pretty curious about what the cover for "Passing Ships" will look like. Sure, the music is much more important, but it'll be nice to have a "new" Andrew Hill cover to add to the collection.

Can Kevin get Michael on the phone quick, and have him hurry up the pace of the BN reissue program!!!!! Especially the Conns. I realize that they need to be careful not to flood the market with RVG's, but if we all have barely 10 years to live, it would be nice to have a new set of Conns a least more frequently than once every 12-15 months. Come on!!! - let's get our priorities straight - times a wastin'!!!!!!!! Giant asteroid could hit Earth in 2014 Tuesday, September 2, 2003 Posted: 11:38 AM EDT (1538 GMT) Artist's impression of asteroid over Earth LONDON, England (Reuters) -- A giant asteroid is heading for Earth and could hit in 2014, U.S. astronomers have warned British space monitors. But for those fearing Armageddon, don't be alarmed -- the chances of a catastrophic collision are just one in 909,000. Asteroid "2003 QQ47" will be closely monitored over the next two months. Its potential strike date is March 21, 2014, but astronomers say that any risk of impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered. On impact, it could have the effect of 20 million Hiroshima atomic bombs, a spokesman for the British government's Near Earth Object Information Centre told BBC radio. The Centre issued the warning about the asteroid after the giant rock was first observed in New Mexico by the Lincoln Near Earth Asteroid Research Program. "The Near Earth Object will be observable from Earth for the next two months and astronomers will continue to track it over this period," said Dr Alan Fitzsimmons, one of the expert team advising the Centre. Asteroids such as 2003 QQ47 are chunks of rock left over from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Most are kept at a safe distance from the Earth in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But the gravitational influence of giant planets such as Jupiter can nudge asteroids out of these safe orbits and send them plunging towards Earth.

This must be by Anthony Coleman, not Steve... Anthony Coleman: Selfhaters

I agree, Dan. Anything with the word "Blindfold" in the title of the thread, in the "Organissimo Forum Discussion" forum. So that would be these 5 threads... Poll: Request for a separate "Blindfold Test" forum similar to "Album of the Week" Blindfold Test Redux (Pages 1 2 ) Zeroing in on a plan... Organissimo Blindfold Test? (Pages 1 2 3 ...5 ) Just a crazy thought... Poll: Organissimo Blindfold Test Poll Part Deux Method of Distribution Poll: Organissimo Blindfold Test Poll Compilation or Individual Choices

Wise move by the lesser-known "Avashai" to name his first CD (as leader) "The Trumpet Player". I've heard Avashai #2 on a FreshSound disc by Brett Sroka disc, and he's quite good. Kinda reminds me of Ralph Alessi, in some ways.

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Hey, what can I say - but if there's anything I know, it's Joe. Not that I have or know everything he's ever done --- but he's my all-time favorite tenor player, hands down. I have nothing but the highest respect and appreciation for Trane, but it's Joe that speaks to my heart and soul.

I have nearly the complete E/O catalog on CD, and they are all really outstanding. They're kinda near and dear to my heart, cuz one of my first few "real" jazz experiences was hearing the E/O live while I was in college, back around 1991 or '92. The version of the band I heard probably had both Medeski and Matt Wilson in it, back then -- before either of them were any kind of names in their own right. Hell, back then I didn't know Monk from Ornette from Dolphy.... But I did know enough to know that the E/O was really something that kinda blew my mind at the time. I've heard them live a couple times since, and have always been impressed.

WARNING: My knowledge (both “book” knowledge and actual “ear” knowledge) is pretty damn thin for stuff recorded before 1960, and these Blindfold tests are sure as hell gonna expose that about me. With that cat out of the bag, here goes... Track #1: No idea. My knowledge of jazz guitar is very, VERY limited when it comes to cats before 1960, and I'm probably not any better with cats after 1960, with the exception of a few big names. So, I won’t even guess, cuz I’d be so wrong, it’d make your head spin. 3 and a half stars. Track #2: First time I heard this I thought this might have been something stylistically very similar to the Thad Jones late 50’s recordings on Blue Note (which surprisingly, I’m not very familiar with, only from having borrowed a friend’s Mosaic set once). As to who the players are, boy - I really have no idea. The trombonist is very fluid, but I’m quickly showing my ignorance of even a basic “who’s who” of pre-Moncur Trombonists. I could mention some random names, but I’d only be making wild guesses. As to the tenor player – my thought was that it kinda sounded a little like maybe Tina Brooks, but I’m not aware of Tina recording in this kind of context. 4 stars. Track #3: My first thought was early Stanley Turrentine, but that’s just a guess. (But whoever it is, they sure have the fluidity of an early Stanley Turrentine.) 4 stars. Track #4: I was fairly proud that I figured this one out (with my ears) before I remembered that the biggest name on this recording had ever recorded this tune in this kind of context before. There were several moments (quickly) that I was both pretty sure of who the biggest name was, and I also thought that the textures sure as hell reminded me of his other work on stuff like THIS. Then, after the second time through the Blindfold disc, I suddenly remembered what this was (and that it even existed in the first place). Suprisingly, only 3 and a half stars. Track #5: No real idea, I’m afraid. Maybe Johnny Griffin?? That’s the first name that pops into my head, even after listening to this track 6 or 8 times. My backup guess is Clifford Jordan, but I really don’t think it’s Jordan – cuz my brain still says Johnny Griffin to me (even as I’m typing Jordan’s name). 4 stars. Track #6: No real idea, although a strange name keeps popping into my head – one that doesn’t at all fit any kind of logic. How about McCoy Tyner?? I’ve heard very little of McCoy’s Impulse material (’62-’64), but what I have heard I kind of remember as being somewhat different (less modal, with less of the voicings in 4ths) than his BN material from ’67 and after. 3 stars. Track #7: No idea, and nothing really pops into my head. I mean, whoever it is has the fat alto tone of Jackie McLean, but this is WAY more conservative than Jackie ever played (at least from the Jackie I know – I’ve never heard his really early stuff – I think ’59 is as early as I’ve ever heard from Jackie). Whoever it is almost gets a “soprano-sax”-like tone out of that alto. Wish I had even a half-ass guess, but I don’t even have that. 3 stars. Track #8: As I mentioned up above, I was about half-way convinced that it was Claude “Fiddler” Williams, and THIS recording in particular. But then I listened to it on a real stereo (with real speaker separation), and BAM – there goes that theory (since there's two violins - I thought is was just one, when I was listening on a cheap boombox). So, I guess I got no real guess even, other that some obvious names already mentioned. 2 and a half stars. Track #9: WOW!!! What a killer track!!! I have NO idea who this is, but I damn well better find out before this is all over – that’s all I gotta say!! Absolutely no names come to mind for the guitar player or the organist. But some general names come to mind, in terms of vibe. Is this a Byrds tune??? One other name that kind pops into my head is The Doors, and also (only a tiny, tiny little bit) how about “More/Obscured-By-Clouds”-era Pink Floyd. Ok, not really – but every once in a blue moon the organ reminds me of some of the moody “Floyd” organ of the immediate “post-Syd” era. (Really, is this maybe a tune by The Byrds?? I think know this tune from somewhere.) 5 stars!!! B) (OK, really probably only 4 stars.) Track #10: Two names pop into my head: Clifford Jordan (as the tenor soloist), and Gerald Wilson (as the band leader) - but those are both pretty wild guesses. Cool track!! (My lack of knowledge about big-bands will also show quite a bit from these Blindfold tests too.) 4 stars. Track #11: Well, I was pretty darn sure it was my favorite tenor player when I first heard it (and it is). For the first couple times through I thought it might have been THIS, which I had a tape of many years ago, but haven't heard since about 1995. But then I quickly changed my mind, and thought long and hard about what I knew (no AMG cheating from me on this one) about this tenor player's catalog (including his sideman dates), and I quickly came to the conclusion it was probably THIS, which I heard a couple times several years ago (but I don’t own the disc). I didn't remember the tune at all, but the overall sound and feel of the date seemed vaguely familiar. For those still guessing about #11, the hint is that the trumpeter on this one is someone that Dmitry really likes (and probably for more than one reason). 4 stars. Track #12: No real idea, but I’m going to hazard a wild guess and say something by Chick Corea and Gary Burton. I’ve never heard any of their stuff (together) before, but there’s something about this that’s both relatively cool, but not really as cool as I’d like it to be – all at the same time. (I think someone up above said that this sounded like something Rooster would like – and they’re right --- although what I’d really say is that this sounds like a good (but not quite great) attempt to sound like something Rooster would like. ) Since I often feel this way about some of the stuff that Chick’s done, (especially in the 70’s and 80’s) then I guess that’s part of the reason for my guess of Chick and Burton too. 2 and a half stars. Track #13: Somebody said Metheny-esque, and I would have to agree. But I don’t think Metheny’s the leader. So, I came to this next conclusion without looking anything up on-line.... How about THIS??? (I borrowed this CD from a friend a few years ago, and skimmed through it once – liked half of it, and found the other half wanting -- and it was the tracks like this that left me wanting, if you must know.) 1 star. Track #14: Probably a Monk tune, but no idea who the piano player is, let alone anybody else in the trio. 2 stars. PS: DAMN this was a LOT of fun!!!!!

I've been listening to the Blindfold Test CD mostly on a crappy boombox in the kitchen and/or living room, so I really haven't been listening to it with much stereo separation. And thus, until I just read this thread (about track #8 anyway), I was fairly convinced that track #8 was THIS. Any thoughts??? But NOW that I know there are TWO violins (now that I'm listening closer, on a stereo with decent separation), I guess there's no chance it could be what I just linked to. Damn!!! ===== Oh, well, I'm gonna post my thoughts on the entire Blindfold Test #1 later tonight. I've listened to the whole thing about 6 or 7 times now, and I have some ideas about a few tracks, and NO idea at all about some too.

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I've never been particularly blown away by this disc, so don't pay an inflated price for it unless you absolutely hafta have it. It's probably "good", but not any better than "good" in my book. 3-stars out of 5, at best. (IMHO)

I've only unintentionally purchased duplicates of titles I already have a couple times. The ones that get me at the Naxos "American Composers" series, where I'm not at all familiar with 1/3rd of the composers' names, so I've duplicated a purchase or two there. But I have purchased two different books about Frank Lloyd Wright, two copies of each book, without intending to. May have done the same thing with a couple other books as well, come to think of it.

Well, I've always gone by a scale of zero to five stars, in half-star increments. Makes the most sense to me.

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