Rooster_Ties

So, then, how in the world did those show(s?) end up being the ONLY concert footage of Zep ever released up until these DVD's came out??????

Can someone summarize what albums are included in each of the four Mosaic Selects to be released yet this year??? (Album titles, and the original year they were recorded. We can all look up the details of sidemen and tunes for ourselves.) I know this has been discussed, but it would be good to have all that info all in one place. Thanks!!! (I'd do it myself, but I'm not sure what's really "official", especially when it comes to the Curtis Amy and Duke Pearson sets.) Thanks again!!

Well, I'd count your post on the size of adding value, personally. Thanks, davef, and keep posting to this thread - I always appreciate more people being in on this conversation!!! Glad to hear about your stepmom. It's especially gratifying to me to hear about positive "cross-racial" stuff in reference to one's parents. In so many cases, one seems to often hear about just the opposite - about people who's parents are so deeply stuck in their own racism. The parents of a good friend of mine are good examples... I don't think they are particularly 'overtly' racist ever, but they definitely have some "classist" beliefs which they tend to generalize along racial lines. (That's not very clear, I know, but I think you know what I'm getting at.) I guess I mean to say that they tend to lump most Black people in with all the people (reguardless of race) that they see as not having much of a work ethic. I don't think they look down on Black people specifically, but they do tend to be a more skeptical of Black people when it comes to their motives and values in life, until proven otherwise. And they're much less likely to give a Black person the benefit of the doubt, before making an early judgement about them.

Does anybody know how easy it is to set one of these forum thingies up??? I've been toying with the idea of adding one to our church's web-site, to foster more conversation between people during the week - and for people who don't get to the church as often as they'd like to. (I guess it must not be that hard, since b3-er got this one up and running with a minimum of hurdles, it would appear.)

Yeah, I really want to see the DVD's too. Do I want to Buy them??? - heck no - but I'd love to see the footage (just once), especially the silent-movie footage they managed to sync up with the audio.

Somehow I missed this thread the first time, and I just found it today. Geeze, is that ad for real???? Oh my god, it is!!!!! http://www.bigheadcaps.com

Willie "The Lion" Smith B)

My uncle has frequently played bits of Arturo Sandoval albums for me, and I alway have to fake some interest in them... Because I almost never find all that much that I'm interested in, or at least not in the cuts he's playing for me. Sure, he might be an incredible player in terms of his technical skills, but what he has to say just doesn't speak to me. Hopefully I'm not coming down too hard on him - I'm not saying he's all bad. Just that he's not really my kinda thang.

I can see it now.... 995, 996, 997, 998, 999....... Then, BAM, no change..........only to discover that the next 'level' doesn't kick in until 2,500 - or some number bigger than 1,000. Only time will tell!!!!

How's the planning for this going??? Just curious...

Up, for my "Carmell Jones" question (see my post immediately above this one). Also, I was listening to Andrew Hill's "Point of Departure" just the other day (for the first time in quite a long while, actually). Did Kenny Dorham ever record on anything else even half as 'progressive' as "Point of Departure"??? In other words, is "PoD" Dorham's one and only "progressive" recording??? Also, did Blue Michell ever do any 'progressive' dates??? Thanks!!!

I was listening to "Schizophrenia" yesterday, and while the date isn't my all-time favorite Wayne album, there are still some great things going on there. I think Chuck said in another thread that this date suffered a bit with Curtis Fuller and James Spaulding on it, and I do kinda understand what you're saying Chuck. I wonder if Moncur had been on the date instead of Fuller, if that might have improved things, perhaps??

Anybody remember the old "The Contrabass Flute Revolution Has Begun" ad(s?) in Downbeat, from about 1970?? Full page, if I recall. Damn freaky!!!

Glad to see so many names and bands listed in this thread. I was beginning to wonder if anyone else liked anything current in rock music, after the major "classic rock" threads that were going on. By the way, assuming you don't get your "modern rock" fix on the radio (and I suspect many of us can't, since there seems to be less and less of that on the airwaves these days), I'm wondering where people find out about new bands/groups/artists that are worth checking out??? I get most of mine from a select few friends, who are closer to to that scene than I am. That's how I found out about Interpol in particular, and fortunately I found out soon enough to get to see them live in concert, here in Kansas City. I guess that was another reason I started this thread, was to see what names came up that I was maybe vaguely aware of, but hadn't really checked out yet. Thanks!!!

I agree. Personally, I think we ought to just leave the Norah Jones board alone, and if they want some idiot like Musicboy on their board, then so be it. Maybe he'll cause some other big mess for Neon someday, but hey, that's not our problem. I've stopped posting there, and aside from occasionally maybe checking the "Race Discussion" thread I started there, I probably won't post there ever again.

By the way, I see I'm only 40 posts away from breaking 1,000. Wonder if that means I get to move up from "Supa Groover"???? By the way, what's after "Supa Groover" anyway????

The answer you are searching for is HERE.... B)

I was totally blown away by it as well. First non-album-cover Avatar I've ever had... Found it here: http://www.jazzlandscapes.com Check out the paintings, animations, illustrations, and comissions. There's some cool shit going on here, to be sure...

Actually, here's a whole bunch of recent photos of Grimes... http://www.downtownmusic.net/pictures/pict...mes/default.htm And, frankly, a ton of photos of a ton of different musicians... http://www.downtownmusic.net/pictures/

Someone just started this thread at AJJ... Censorship and bad AAJ publicity First post goes like this... Be interesting to see if any of the moderators of AAJ have any response. FYI, I also just posted this over there....

Hey, welcome back, grey!!!! Glad you found us!!

About 40% of my CD's are classical titles (and about half of those were found used for $5-$8 each, or are cheap Naxos titles). About 40% are jazz, and the remaining 20% are rock/alternative CD's. My wife thinks I have way too many CD's, and in her defense - I have been thinning the heard quite a bit in recent months. Actually, I think I have more like 2,500 CD's currently, down from an all-time high of 3,000 a couple years ago.

www.auctionstealer.com is back on-line now, with no mention of them being gone for several days. ??????

Yup, FANCY FREE is a good one too.

(re: Eminem more 'meaningful' than Greg Osby) Excuse me, but are you seriously suggesting that Greg Osby's music is lacking worth??? Have you heard any of his work since about 1996??? Sure, his earlier CD's before '96 were (I felt) somewhat lacking. But I think every disc he's released since "Art Forum" in 1996, and especially since Jason Moran joined Osby in 1998 - are some of the best recorded jazz albums of the past 5 years. Osby's "Symbols of Light" features a string quartet used in a way that I've rarely heard in jazz, and I think this album is one of the top 25 albums of the last 20 years. I'm not saying you gotta like Osby, but at least give a little respect. Osby less 'meaningful' than Eminem???????