Rooster_Ties

That would be my expectation too. I just wondered if, by chance, there was maybe one or two tunes that would make you go...

What, you don't talk good or somethin??

When is this due out, and does anybody have a track listing??? Anything stand out (tune-wise) as being unique in the Joe Hendrson cannon?? (Like do they cover any Ornette tunes?? - or maybe a pianoless trio version of "Power To The People", you know - something 'weird' like that??)

So, is this you???

Well, although I think Haden is a top-notch player and leader, I must admit that I'm not always as excited about everything he's ever done. For instance, his "Quartet West" albums (or at least the two I've heard), never did all that much for me. I could definitely hear the quality in the playing and arrangements, and the "lushness" of it all, but I just couldn't get very excited about them, personally. So I guess I'd go on record as saying that I think Haden is an excellent player, who I don't get all fired up about - except in certain contexts. And I guess that just comes down to a matter of personal taste, and preference. His work with Ornette, and in "Ornette"-ish contexts (i.e. "Old and New Dreams", etc...) are probably my favorite ways to hear Haden. I also like the very first "Liberation Music Orchestra" album quite a bit. Other than that, I really haven't heard all that much. I've sampled some tracks, here and there, of several of his other albums - but wasn't moved enough to drop a dime for them. I'm sure they were good, but just not my cup of tea.

'Redneck-A-Palooza' Features Music, Hair 'Redneck-A-Palooza' in Springfield, Ill. Features Music, Mullets The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD, Ill. July 28 — Good ol' boys. Good ol' music. Bad haircuts. Springfield celebrated them all Sunday at its first "Redneck-a-palooza," a daylong music festival that takes its name from the summer rock tour Lollapalooza, which features aggressive, cutting-edge performances. "It's kind of the anti-Lollapalooza," said Glen Gardner, general manager of radio station WQLZ-FM 92.7, which sponsored the daylong festival with Budweiser. "This is about some good ol' boys (who) play good ol' music and have fun on a Sunday." For 13-year-old Sarah Sepherd, it was all about having something fun to do on a hot summer day. "We just came because of the music; it's the only thing here in Springfield to do," Sepherd said. Boaters on Lake Springfield anchored near the shore to listen to the music, and people onstage at the Oak Harbor Amphitheater periodically hosed the crowd with water to help combat the effects of the hot, muggy weather. Performers included rowdy rockers Jackyl, Bo Fudd and the Do-Rite Boyz, the Lost Boys and Hayseed Dixie, a bluegrass band that performs rock covers. In between performances, contestants competed to see who had the best mullet the short-in-front, long-in-back hairstyle associated with country singer Billy Ray Cyrus. In another contest, women competed to see who looked the most like Daisy Duke, a character from the early '80s TV show "Dukes of Hazzard" known for the shortness of her cut-off pants. The event drew roughly 1,000 people, Gardner said.

WM??

Just bumping this 'up' for anyone else from Kansas City...

Complete Sun Ra on "Horo" set. Three double-LP's that would likely fit on three CD's.

I noticed them last night too. None had "buy it now" options (drat!!!), and all of them had minimum opening bids of $49. Not that any will stay that cheap for long!!

This copy may well have been written by the owner of Euclid, but for what it's worth - this was in Downbeat in April 2003... I'd say it's at least half true. Vintage Vinyl may have been bigger, but I always had better odds of finding the really cool stuff at Euclid. That said, I used to buy a shitload of stuff from both places. Vintage Vinyl was always better at Rock and various other non-Jazz (and non-Classical) areas -- and probably will always be. Two great stores - to be sure.

I was just browsing the Euclid Records website, and noticed at they're no longer located in the Central West End. They moved to a much bigger location on Big Bend, right near Webster University. Back when I lived in St. Louis (where I grew up), Euclid Records was one of the two best record stores in St. Louis (along with Vintage Vinyl in University City, which is still there - far as I know). Anyway, it looks like Euclid combined their smaller store (mostly CD's, with some vinyl) with an all vinyl store that I never did get to - as it opened up after I left St. Louis. The website says they moved only just in April of this year. I still get back to St. Louis several times a year, since my parents still live there (over in Fairview Heights, near Belleville - on the Illinois side of the river). I was just wondering if anyone here had actually been to the new Euclid store, and if it was as good as it looked on paper??? (Pictures and descriptions taken from their website: http://www.euclidrecords.com The new Euclid Records at 601 East Lockwood Ave. in Webster Groves. The CD department. Overhead view of the Jazz department. The Vinyl department. It's probably not The Jazz Record-Mart in Chicago, but what else could be?? Still, it's a pretty good start!! (Even though Euclid was always smaller than Vintage Vinyl – I usually found just as much good stuff at Euclid, particularly import titles and greymarket jazz titles from Europe. For instance, I’ve found several great Miles bootlegs there, over the years.)

I hope it happens. The Texans on the board are some badass mammy-jammys! And you know, Kansas City is right on the way down to Texas, so just say the word - and I'll hook you up with some venues, jazz or otherwise, and some great BBQ!!! I've got connections with a couple good rooms, and my connection with the booking guy at The Blue Room (best jazz bar in town) is pretty good, or at least decent. I may have a friend of a friend with good connections in Columbia, MO too - only two hours east of here. And we've got some extra space at our house too, if you need a free place to stay here in Kansas City. My wife wouldn't jump up and down with excitement over it, but it wouldn't be the first time that wayward jazz musicians from out of town had crashed in our extra bedroom, on couches, in sleepingbags on the floor, etc... There was this 6-piece group from Minneapolis once ("The Motion Poets", formerly "The 'Little' Big Band" - lead by an alto player named Doug Little, get the pun??) that used to stay at our place all the time, a few years back.

Just saw it on eBay, late last night, that's all. I don't plan to bid on it, unless the price is really cheap near the end. And actually, if somebody here is interested in it - they would probably be best advised to mention that fact (here in this thread) --- so I don't bump the price up right at the end. The opening bid required is only $5. But if anybody here is bidding at all, then I'll just stay out of the way. I'm only curious about it, at best. In fact - now that Claude has posted the eBay link - maybe we should all agree that only one of us will bid on it, and then provide burns of it to others, at a reasonable cost - like $3 per burn (U.S. postage included), or something similar. Like I said, I'm interested - but not enough to spend much money for it.

Thanks Eric. You're right - we should get together sometime, you know. If nothing else - Greg Tardy is going to be at The Blue Room on Saturday, August 9th - only a $10 cover. I heard Tardy at the Iowa City Jazz Festival earlier this month, fronting Andrew Hill's quartet. Man, Tardy was a monster - so I'm gonna try like heck to catch him here, playing his own stuff. ANYBODY ELSE FROM KANSAS CITY NOT HAVE THEIR OWN ORGANISSIMO CD YET?????

UP - for anybody else from Kansas City!!! -- Rooster T.

What's the deal with this?? Was it recorded live?? In the studio?? Or just a cheap repackaging "pirate"-version of the legit album?? Any ideas??

This doesn't exactly qualify (probably not even close), especially since it isn't about a jazz musican, and it's about somebody that somebody else knows, and I don't even really know the intermediate 'somebody' all that well..... But, anyway, Jason Moran told me once - after a gig - that a good friend of his ran into Bjork on a New York City street once. She was in the city for several weeks, recording stuff for an album of hers (probably her most recent one). Jason - who has recorded at least two of Bjork's songs (himself, and with Greg Osby) - kept hoping to run into her himself, and he said he purposely walked by where his friend met Bjork, several times over the next couple weeks, with the hopes of meeting her. Never happened, alas...

Good idea for a thread... I saw Bobby Watson in the grocery store about 6 months ago. I know, now he sorta qualifies as being in that "local musican" catagory, in some ways. Kansas City is now his home, and he teaches full-time (for at least part of the year) at the conservatory at the University of Missiouri, Kansas City (UMKC). BUT, still, he's known (in jazz circles) the world wide, and I saw him checkin' out stuff in the produce section. Didn't say anything to him at the time. (Not sure what I would have said that wouldn't have sounded dorky, come to think of it. ) ( Note to FFA, and anyone else from K.C. --- it was at the SunFresh store in Westport. )

Al is one of those guys, like Dave Holland - who's name on a CD is guarenteed to get me to give it a second look, and probably get me to at least give it a test-spin -- even if I've never heard of any other cat on the disc. Maybe Al Foster isn't "the" greatest drummer alive today, but I've never heard a recording he was on, where he wasn't one of the best guys on the date - no matter who was on it, even huge names.

I realize the shipping is their deal, but they're actually charging less for the CD itself - if multiple copies are ordered at the same time. Normally they charge $13.99 for your disc. But if I buy two or more, then the price comes down to $12.59 per CD ($1.40 less than the regular price). Does that $1.40 come out of your pocket?? Or CDBaby's??? (And this price difference is before any shipping costs are figured into the deal.) ( But like I said - either way, I think could generate a couple sales that wouldn't have necessarily happened otherwise, so I'm still gonna be able to sleep at night, otherwise unhaunted by these particular demons. )

I also heard Al, with Joe and George Mraz (if I remember right), as a trio - right here in Kansas City about 5 years ago. Stunning, and if they had been playing again the next night, I sure as hell would have been there again too!!!

OK, I'm deeply ashamed to admit this - - but I'm one of those horrible people who hasn't bought their copy of "Waiting For The Boogaloo Sisters" yet. I have no good excuse, other than I just hadn't gotten around to it yet. Yeah, yea, I'm pinchin' pennies, but who isn't?? - and it's not like I've stopped eating out, so I must not be pinchin' them that hard. So, then, I pull up the CDBaby website, go to the Organissimo CD, and there's this cute little box saying that there's a 10% discount for purchases of multiple copies of this CD. SO, is there anybody in the Kansas City area who wants to get this great CD for a couple bucks cheaper than if you ordered it all by yourself, direct from CDBaby?? All we gotta do is get one person (besides myself) to go in on the deal, and we save $0.50 each on shipping costs, plus save 10% on the CD. Any more than 2 people, and the shipping costs go down even more. (And if we get a total of 6 people, then there's NO shipping costs!!!) United States: Your Postage Costs (from CDBaby) 1 CD $2.25 2 CDs $3.50 ($1.75 per CD) 3 CDs $4.00 ($1.33 per CD) 4 CDs $4.50 ($1.13 per CD) 5 CDs $4.50 ($0.90 per CD) 6 CDs $0.00 ($0 per CD!!!) 7 CDs $0.00 8 CDs $0.00 9 CDs $0.00 10 CDs $0.00 I'll be glad to do the ordering, and I'll even personally drive the CD right to your front door (anywhere within 20 or 30 miles of the Midtown K.C. area). Be a good chance to say 'hi', and chat a bit too. Or maybe we can meet at a local show/club sometime, and I can drop it off then. So, who's in???? (B3-er --- do you know if this 10% discount comes out of your pocket, or CDBaby's??? Either way, if I can get 2 or 3 more people to go in on this with me - I think it's still probably OK, cuz everybody comes out ahead -- since I'm figuring a couple of those sales might notta ever happened otherwise. Or should I be shot for even starting this thread in the first place??? )

There used to be a time when you could request a sample issue direct from Cadence (from the North Country people). It wasn't free, but the cost was relatively minimal - like $3. This was years ago, so perhaps their policy and/or costs have changed. Still, it wouldn't hurt to ask. I plan to. I haven't seen an issue of Cadence in years, and feel like if there was ever one to see - it'd be this one!!!