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Can't disagree. I find some of his lyrics (and humor) entertaining, even a fair bit I might describe as being almost "very entertaining" -- but little of it is especially "funny" per se. I think you have to 'get' Zappa's humor -- and for about 15 years, I feel like I kinda, sorta got some of it -- but nowadays, not as much.

Anyone have a line on a reasonably priced copy of the Dennis OJC on CD? A buddy burned a copy for me, after I'd been enjoying it online streaming for a while -- I'm spinning it this very moment -- and am reminded I really need to track down a legit copy. Such a wonderful album, and I'll second the observations above that he could have had a much bigger impact, had he recorded more. Dennis has like almost a classical approach, but with a fair bit more soul (or maybe depth is a better word) in many spots, more than I typically associate with players to come at jazz from a classical perspective (not that he's entirely one way, or the other, mind you). Really quite lovely.

The Newark Flash!!

I'm only on the fence about the price, not the getting. $20 or even $22 would be one thing, but $28 is another. I'll probably bite the bullet and get it, regardless, but I may wait a month or two to see if it comes down any, or if I can somehow score a deal.

Don’t know about “at the time” (my Zappa deep dive ran from the late 80’s but only for about 20 years)… but I’ve always found Zappa far more “humorous” than necessary “funny”, if that makes any sense. I appreciate a lot of Zappa’s humor, but certainly not all of it. It’s been a good 10 or 15 years since I’ve listened to lots of Zappa, and I seem to remember appreciating his humor better when I was more immersed in it.

1 minute teaser!

Yup. And too tooty too.

All Seeing Eye, surely, and the like. Also, Herbie's playing on Tyrone Washington's unreleased 2nd BN leader date is very similar too, very percussive throughout. LOVE that side of Herbie. Comes out a bit on Grachan Moncur's Some Other Stuff. I sure wish he'd done a piano-trio(!) record playing just like that, with that overly percussive approach -- circa 1968 -- 'traditional' instrumentation sure, but what for him would have been some pretty ballsy playing. Could have been an incredible album.

And I'm just finding that he has a son, Daahoud Salim, who is a classical pianist (and seems to also play jazz as well, from what I'm gleaning from random Googling a few minutes ago)... https://www.challengerecords.com/artists/1462260496 https://www.challengerecords.com/products/14691058093708 From a disk of an all Erwin Schulhoff program, here's the first movement of Schulhoff's piano concerto. (And me likey Schulhoff quite a bit too.) EDIT: Yeah, his kid's done/doing jazz too...

Pretty good bio of him found here. Seem to originally be from his own website (which is no longer active). http://www.jazzmusicarchives.com/artist/abdu-salim Be sure to click on the "read more" link, right after "In 1978 through 1979 he..." -- to see the rest of the text.

Just stumbled on a version of "The Jody Grind"(!) -- for bassoon... Not that I was pining to ever hear such a thing -- but I did a double-take when when happened to come up on YouTube a minute ago...

A sort of mini-documentary about a project of his from 2007(?) -- almost 30 minutes total -- not in English, but what I've just skimmed of it all had subtitles... The description from the first video says... Abdu Salim has a new project: to create a Jazz Band formed by Afro-Americans living outside the U.S.A. Following all the process from Toulouse to Berlin, we know the person behind the musician, his motivations and his conflicts. The Jazz lived by Abdu Salim.

Never liked malls, but that was as much about not being interested in 90% of the wares being plied. Mall music stores were usually shit too, though occasionally their cut-out bins might hold some surprises now and again.

All I know is that love to hear the super serious national NPR ‘sponsorships’ announcer lady say “Duck Duck Go” — in her super serious “NPR sponsorships announcer lady” voice — as many as 4 or 5 times every morning, during Morning Edition.

I forget who, where, when, and how — but a few years after I started this thread (eons ago), I did track down a lead-sheet for the tune. I found one online, iirc, but it wasn’t accurate, and somehow got a better one. Seems like decades ago, now.

Also on YouTube, I’m just seeing.

Interesting. Certainly not anything I’d heard before. At work, or I’d did further on my own. When does this date from? — mainly, how much later than the original was it recorded/released? Did “Naima” (Trane’s original) penetrate the mainstream a little further at the time than I was previously aware? — for it to have gotten a vocal interpretation, and overseas no less.

Just stumbled on this version on YouTube, recorded almost exactly 2 years ago… Brian Blade & Life Cycles

I think of all three of those Herbie-Ron-Tony trio albums from 1977 and 1982 — as being kinda-sorta “acoustic fusion” music for piano trio. Not every last track, but the majority of them seem semi-informed by Herbie’s fusion work. Talking about two released under Herbie’s name in ‘77 & ‘82 — and the third one is under Ron’s name (also from ‘77, exact same recording date as the Herbie date.) Part of it is the sound of Ron’s direct pickup (having a longer sustain than a naturally mic’ed upright) — but I swear it’s not just the way the bass was recorded that makes those dates seem like “acoustic fusion” to me.

Blacher's violin concerto (1948)

The Bastards have had this on their upcoming releases list for about a week now. They originally had it listed as being "About November 12th" -- but I see it now says "About November 19th" Grain of salt, and all that -- lord knows Dusty Groove's estimated dates for new titles isn't anything to bet the farm on. I'm just hoping to have a copy in my hot little hands sometime before Christmas.

Not at all familiar with that one (not that I know all the others inside and out either)... And I'm seeing on-line that this is their one and only studio(!) album, which I definitely had no idea about. Kinda stingy playtime, at less than 33 minutes total (by my count) -- not an absolute deal breaker, but annoying on paper at least (and especially if it's only available as a pricy import CD). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.S.O.P._(group)

And here's Blacher’s second piano concerto (1952) — also from the CD above.

Here's the first piano concerto (1947) from the very same CD as above (same exact recording). There's a slow, quiet intro that's not quite 2 minutes long, then it jumps into action quite nicely!!