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I've got the Sun Ra SNL thing on tape, and it's farily interesting, for the most part. Didn't realize Ornette had been on SNL - when was that??? (What year??) Miles was on too, circa 1981 I think. I've heard it, but never seen it.

I really dislike the mini-LP format, such that I think I only own about 2 or maybe 3 of them (at most), none of which are BN titles. Unless I'm simply fanatically interested in a release, I'll almost always wait for the eventual U.S. issue, which is almost always in a Jewel Box. (And in the case of Jimmy Wood's "Conflict", it also came with 20 minutes of bonus material.)

Half of it will be very interesting on up to pretty amazing. Half it will be totally "ho-hum". I'd love to rent it sometime, and give it a spin.

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For what it's worth, my guess at #13 was wrong, or at least it wasn't from the album I thouht it was. (Managed to borrow the CD back from a buddy of mine, and there are similar tracks on it, but not the same.)

I don't know. For every 5 tracks on the CD that probably do suck (totally, beyond any shadow of a doubt), there's probably 1 that's maybe kinda interesting. I'm sure I won't be buying it, but I'd love to hear it sometime. So yeah, I'm guessing there are one or maybe two tracks that are worth hearing. (80%-90% shit, but perhaps a gem or two to be found.)

Yeah, but how does it compare to the 'original' CD issue, circa 1986-87??? (That's the only version of Blue Train I've ever owned.)

Three words... 'bout fuckin' time!!!!!!!!!!

I love Val Wilmer's jazz photos, whenever I see them in books or magazines. Top notch stuff, nearly always.

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.

Hey, there's a new forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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.