Rooster_Ties

Which came first, the chicken or the egg??

So somewhere I could have sworn I read 'somewhen' (eons ago), that the song "Soul Makossa" spawned a slew of covers specifically because the song was never copyrighted (or copyrighted properly), or something like that. All I remember is that the song was considered 'Public Domain' from the git go. Does that ring any bells for anyone?

No musicians, but too good a commercial not to share somewhere...

More than half seriously, who isn't terrible in that OP ad for Bud?

Close enough for jazz?

That Oscar Peterson ad for Bud, OMG. I guess, if nothing else, it certainly was a product of the time (early-to-mid 80's).

If anything, I'm really looking to downsize my collection by about 20%, maybe 25%. Best thing I ever did was thinning the herd (the "heard"?) by 30% back when I moved to DC in 2011 -- and I'm really due to get rid of more. And I liked what I kept a lot better, honestly, because it was "diluted less" by all the stuff I obviously didn't need, that I got rid of when push finally came to shove. Yeah, I've bought back 6-8 individual titles that I wished I'd kept, but that pales in comparison to the 3,000+ CD's I got rid of (and don't miss one bit).

Was this query ever settled?

Of course the very best thing about such a "collections comparison thread" -- would be to convince my wife that there are plenty of others here who are WAY more obsessed with this stuff than I am. Bring it on!! And needless to say that the various "post a photo of your collection" threads on the Steve Hoffman Forums are automatically shared with my wife.

Infinitely more, and then some.

Probably as good a place as any to inquire about this obscure 1976 Detroit jazz album (with you, Mark!!) -- which, of all things, saw a CD reissue in 2013 (which is when I got wind of it). Phil Ranelin is on it, which I'm sure is how I even found out about the thing in the first place. But it's really more of a "cast of a thousand" kind of thing, covering a number of different styles, though I think it all hangs together as an album surprisingly well. Any more story to this release, by any chance? https://www.discogs.com/The-Hastings-Street-Jazz-Experience-Detroit-Jazz-Composers-Ltd/release/1089572 The Detroit Jazz Composers Ltd. - Hastings Street Jazz Experience (Midnite Records, 1976)

I've yet to be particularly moved by Bruckner's symphonies (any of them, really) -- but I've always liked (just shy of "loved") singing his various choral motets -- which are lovely, and very well written imho. I'm not sure I've really tried hard enough to get into orchestral Bruckner, to be honest -- but for whatever, he and I have just never clicked. But the one and maybe only Bruckner piece I'm really ga-ga for, is his string quintet -- which I really clicked with a good 20 even 25 years ago.

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That'd be me, the OP (in this case). Sure, I'm definitely still curious. Such an incredible tune!! Geez, I just looked, and this thread that I created is 15(!) years old!! So it predates all of the 5-6 times I've heard Billy since I moved out here to D.C. (in 2011), most of those times with you, Michael. My how time flies.

4 copies arrived here in DC on Saturday - one already distributed. I've only had the chance to read half the chapter on Joe Henderson (busy week at work!) -- but I'm certainly liking what I'm seeing. Bravo!!

There was a thread Q's jazz channel, that I know I've read/followed somewhere. Not sure if it was here, or on the Hoffman board -- or maybe something on Reddit. Somewhere around the time the channel started streaming, iirc.

Wonder if that version of Mombasa had Carmell Jones in the group? I'm guessing not, as the only Mombasa record that Jones is on, is from 1980 (here).

Yup, my box-boxes are all in a milk-crate (save for a couple that won't fit), and all the jewel boxes are integrated in with the rest of my collection in their various areas -- all the Blue Note stuff alpha by artist on one shelf, and everything else (non-BN) on another shelf, alpha by artist. I don't dig out the big booklets all that much, so they're all in the big boxes -- but they're not hard to access when I need to. My 15+ Selects are all filed similarly, in with the rest of the collection, and actively listened to. My only "safety" copy is a still-sealed duplicate of the Andrew Hill Select, which I felt was a reasonable precaution when I saw it was going OOP (a set I *definitely* didn't want to be without, in case one or more of my regular discs got scratched, or somehow went sideways).

My wife read the Washington Post article over the weekend ("Hey, have you heard about this Kenny Burrell guy?"), and she thought the whole thing was beyond weird, to the point of being suspicious. Suspicious of what specifically, it's hard to know. But I completely agree, it's beyond weird.

I was only "especially interested" in about 1/3rd of the Bee Hive box (on paper), but once I got it -- almost fully another 1/3rd is nearly as good as the 1/3rd I really wanted most. But your point is taken -- as there's a good (last) 1/3rd of it I'll probably hardly ever listen to.

I hate to say it, but I agree that the whole thing is just weird, weird, weird. I'm not going to make any pronouncements, or level any charges (whether they're baseless, or not, who knows). I will say that I'm glad the press is continuing to follow up on this, and presumably will further-continue to. After all this drama, and all the weirdness, I do think the donors (at least) deserve more solid, verifiable information. I'll continue to hold my tongue, and not engage in too much speculation (at least in print), until more facts are known.

Last time around they had one Tyrone Washington photo (at least that they mentioned in their email blast about it), which I sort of wished I'd inquired about getting via email. If anyone sees another TW photo for under $100, I'd be very tempted.

About all I ever buy at the one baseball game we go to most years is a tall 16oz hard cider, which usually is at least $9. About same at the Caps hockey games we went too a few years ago (when a friend got us free tix about once a year). I'm half ok paying those kind of prices, but it definitely limits me to just one per game.

I thought the Federalist Papers author(s)/non-author question was the hardest, and I'm sure I would have missed it.

My wife got 9/10. We took it collectively with my Dad. I think I would have gotten at least 8/10 (but maybe not 9, and definitely not 10).