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I've got it on CD, and think that it is a pretty good session. Not super great, but probably just as good as Pearson's "average" BN sessions (whichever ones you think are average). I like it, but I don't consider it a "must have" purchase. Get it if you find it used, for sure, but don't pay a ton for it on eBay or anything crazy like that.

Can't talk much now, but had a great visit to the EMP. Well worth the $15-per-person we paid to get in. Extensive Hendrix exhibit, and a huge historic guitar collection. Even the Disco exhibit was interesting. 25 years of punk poster art from the Seattle area. I'd go back again in 5 years, if I was in town again that soon. Having a great time on our trip otherwise. Will write more later, if I get the chance... TTFN!!!

First time I ever heard Norah was on Saturday Night Live. I borrowed her CD from a friend a couple month ago, and listened to it twice. Thought it was very "pleasent", and certainly "quite nice". Nothing I'd ever get excited about, but I liked it well enough. Not well enough to run out and buy, but if I find it used (for $8 or less), I'm sure I'll buy it. Looking forward to her future releases, mostly out of curiousity. I probably won't buy them new either, but if I find 'em used, I probably will. But I'm in no hurry to get them. Wish her the best of luck, however. She seems good....

We found coupons for $5 off on admission, so for $15 - I think we're planning to go on Friday, right when they first open. Don't know if we'll have the whole day, but we'll be sure to plan for at least 4 or 5 hours. Otherwise, we're having a GREAT time on our trip!!!! Probably won't be able to post much more until next week sometime, when we get down to Oregon. Talk to you all then!!!!

"Up" with this thread, before heading off to bed. I should be able to check the board while I'm in Seattle, so keep posting any suggestions about the EXP museum for the next several days. Thanks!!!

I secretly find the singer Pink kinda interesting. Sexy as hell, of course (in a strange way), but she either has a real "don't fuck with me" attitude (or fakes it really well, IMHO), and her 2nd album (or what I've heard of it anyway) seems slightly deeper than much of the similar pop drivel put out today. I don't mean to overstate that - she's still a pop star - but there's something her than has grabbed my interest. Same thing (only sometimes, not all the time) with Gwen Stefani of No Doubt. But Pink's the more interesting of the two, at least to me...

Hey, quick question since we'll be in Seattle all next week - is the Seattle "Experience Music Project" museum really worth $20?? My wife and I are children of the 80's (both born in the very late 60's), and have a fair interest in pop/rock music (my wife especially loves 80's music), but $20 per person seems a touch steep for our blood. Anybody been there before?? Was it worth the time and/or money?? Any other advice relative to going there??? Thanks a bunch!!!!

If I waited 3 hours for you, then clearly I'm not impatient.

Where were you, Dmitry????!!!!! I waited on the porch for over three hours, and you never even so much as phoned to say you'd be late!!!!! That's it, you're name is mud from now on... ( )

Ingrid Jensen!!

Thanks a bunch!!! -- Rooster T.

Wow, I don't have this one yet - but personally, I'd prefer less buzz, over more buzz - any day of the week. Is the remastering really that bad???

Well, in a little over 24 hours - my better half and I are headed to Seattle and Portland for a couple weeks, to visit some relatives and generally relax and see the sights. Just thought I'd mention it here (and I didn't want to start a brand new thread), so you all wouldn't worry. You know, to head off the inevitable calls of...... "Where's Rooster???" So, then, now you know. Also, I expect not to be the only "Groove Merchant" by the time I get back!!! ( Jazzmoose is right on my heals (or will be soon), and AfricaBrass isn't far behind!!!! ) Have fun while I'm gone!!! I'll check in a time or two, if I get the chance - but I suspect my computer-time will be way down on the list of priorities. See you all again in a few weeks!!!

All your base are belong to us Yes, that's what I said... "All your base are belong to us" And don't forget it!!! (Use3D should like this one - it's practically right out of his own Avatar!!! - well, sorta...)

Even more Yatta!!!!!! (yatta performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live)

The best jazz club in Kansas City is smoke-free (by choice), and there are several hip independent coffee shops in midtown Kansas City that are moving towards being smoke-free too. Come to think of it, I think the best blues/rock club in town is smoke-free too, or at least I don't remember any smoke the last time I was there in December. All this in a town (Kansas City) without any 'no smoking' laws. You might be surprised - there quite a few people that hate smoking and smoke-filled rooms - who refuse to go anywhere where smoking is allowed. Perhaps this will be something good for business in Austin?? Or perhaps not - depends on the area, I suppose. Good luck - let us know how things are 6-months from now.

Amazing that "Etcetera" wasn't released at the time it was recorded, but rather it sat in the vaults for 5 or 10 years - I'm not really sure how long. In any case, it's right in the running for "best Wayne BN" in this poll.

I'd have to think about it some, but perhaps my first thought is to say Nefertiti and Sorcerer. They were the first Miles albums I ever heard (after KoB, of course). A friend of mine made me a tape of Nefertiti, Sorcerer, plus the acoustic tracks off Water Babies (side 1) - when I was back in college (in the late late 80's), shortly after I took the Jazz 101 course there. I mentioned that I had really liked KoB, and he said, "wait until you hear this!!". (This was before either Nefertiti or Sorcerer had come out on CD in the U.S., and he had Japanese import CD's of both of them.) Afte that, I went through a big Miles phase for about half a decade, then I got over Miles - and am now getting back into him again somewhat, as the box sets are coming out. But to this day, listening to Nefertiti and Sorcerer reminds me of old times, and they somehow seem both like I've known them forever, and they sound as new as the first day I heard them. I don't listen to them all that often, so I'm not sure if the "slipper" analogy fits exactly, but in some ways they are as familiar to me as any jazz recordings I can think of - so surely that's slipper-y!

Well, I'm game, and to make it official, "ME ME ME" - For the record, here's the full-size image of my current Avatar, which is possibly the coolest jazz-related image I've seen on the net in a long time. I immediately sent the picture to an artist friend of mine, secretly hoping she would be inspired to want to do a series of jazz-themed paintings. Haven't mentioned my ulterior motives to her yet, but plan to within the next month or so. I'll let you know if anything comes of it. Anyway, here's the bigger version...

And much like OK Computer too!!! All at the same time!!!

I'm thrilled that "Mode For Joe" is getting the RVG treatment, and "Inner Urge" would be very welcome too. Really, I think all of Joe's BN albums as a leader should be in print, always, and they could all use the sonic upgrade. Not one of them even comes close to being more of a Conn, than an RVG. Joe is one of the core people on the label, as much as Herbie or Horace Silver or Grant Green. Just wish Joe had recorded more dates as a leader for BN, though thankfully he's a sideman on at least a couple dozen recordings.

Pointless, but kinda fun... Nintendo Cartoon Hour

Oh, you can click these links. Actually pretty damn cool, IMHO, you'll like 'em... What time is it??? (#1) What time is it??? (#2)

I grew up on the Illinois side of the river, but I think our house was actually closer to the Arch (as the crow flies), than some people who technically live inside the city limits, at the far edges of the city - down south and up north. We lived (and my parents still live) in Fairview Heights, Illinois - just north of Belleville. Both my parents grew up in East St. Louis (back in the 30's and 40's - they're both in their 70's now). As a kid, we went to St. Louis all the time - Downtown, along with the Central West End, and U. City, and all around the county. Even though I grew up on the Illinois side of the river, I think I spent as much or more time in and around St. Louis (City) as anybody -- considering how many of the people from the 'burbs never went to the city that much (from my experience in talking with other kids from St. Louis at the college I went to in the northern part of Illinois). I didn't ever experience much "night life" in St. Louis, however, since I was under 18 the entire time I lived there (from 1969 to 1987). PS: I wasn't into jazz at all either, when I lived there. (Didn't discover jazz until my college days.)

I might add that in the recent poll here on this board, I picked Patton's "Boogaloo" as my favorite Patton album (as did many!!!) - so strong is my belief that "groove" + "out" = "bliss". Then last night, listening to "Understanding" again, I wondered if it wasn't my favorite Patton - hard to pick which one!! Harold Alexander was a mighty damn interesting player, and it's a shame he wasn't recorded more often. (I suspect when Jim get's to this thread, he'll heap some praise on Alexander as well - as well he should!) And I agree -- Braith's contribution on "Blue John", especially for it's time (as pointed out above), is definitely a precursor to the whole "groove+out" thing. I haven't heard any of Patton's more recent work (of the last 20 years), but I've been meanin' to get Patton's "Minor Swing" with John Zorn (one of these days when I've got some more $cratch for such things). I also thought it was a nice touch that BN got Zorn to write the liner notes for "Boogaloo".