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It's a great set that holds up well. Keith Jarrett had always whined about Live-Evil not being as good as the McLauglin-less version of the band. I never believed him, as I never liked the 1971 post-DeJohnette version, but I actually enjoy the four discs without McLaughlin far more than the final two with him. I wonder if Disc 1 is the last time Miles played with a quintet? I agrees "Yesternows" is fantastic and I am amazed how much the band gets out of a tune as simple as "Honky Tonk." Also dig how Michael Henderson quotes "Power to Love" near the end of "Directions" on Disc 4, which is my favourite disc of the set. Incredible intensity. DeJohnette is a monster; the band was never the same without him.

Two new ones out on Leo: a solo date from Pisa in 1982 and a Diamond Curtain Wall double-CD set from Glasgow in 2005. The former has seven originals, four standards and seven minutes of applause. The latter features Taylor Ho Bynum and Tom Crean and has Braxton limited to alto as his f-alto got stolen and his smaller horns were waylaid on the flight to Glasgow.

The semifinals: Anaheim vs. Detroit. Didn't think Detroit would get past San Jose, but the Sharks are as good as finding ways to lose as the Ducks are at finding ways to win. Detroit is kind of beat up, while Anaheim seems to be slowly hitting its stride and has Pronger and Niedermayer. Wings in five. Buffalo vs. Ottawa. The Senators have been a lot more impressive than the Sabres to date, but like Anaheim, Buffalo is ramping up just in time for the stretch. The Sabres are a deeper team than the Sens and logic would dictate they will win. Both teams have a lot to prove: the Sabres came oh-so-close to the finals last year and Ottawa has never lived up to its regular season promise. This should be a great series. My head says Buffalo in seven; my heart say Ottawa in seven; my gut says flip a coin.

To me, 'Other Aspects' is a dog, failed experiments should have stayed in the can, but other than that, I can't think of any. Other Aspects is full of scraps, but "Jim Crow" is interesting. It's actually written by Bob James and performed with his trio. It's called "A Personal Statement." A better selection from that concert not on Other Aspects is "Strength and Unity." It's Dolphy, the James trio and eight French horns See http://adale.org/Discographies/LateED.html and scroll down. To answer the original question, there's no Dolphy to avoid for musical reasons, though there's some suspect reissues that keep getting recycled, so make sure you don't get the same recording twice.

My first Dolphy album and one of the first jazz CDs I bought. This would serve as a good introduction to Dolphy--he's strong on all three instruments. Love “Epistrophy.” It was the first time I had heard that tune. “You Don’t Know What Love Is” is amazing. Nice version of “Miss Ann,” and then “when you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone in the air, you can never capture it again.”

These are classics: The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch The Man in the High Castle Martin Time-Slip Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? followed closely by: Ubik Flow My Tears, The Policeman Said Also enjoyed Confessions of a Crap Artist, Clans of the Alphane Moon, A Maze of Death, etc. but they aren’t quite at the level with the ones mentioned above. Don’t overlook his short stories, many of which are excellent, such as “Paycheck.”

I always like Patton best when its just him and drums. Too bad there was no duo album (at least not one that I know of). This thread keeps going despite the initial cranky rebuttals.

F**k 'em! I hope the Senators can get off the schneid this year. But it'll be tough to beat the Western finalist (I predicted Anaheim, and will stick with it). What impresses me is how Pronger or Scott Niedermayer can suddenly turn on a switch and the puck's in the other team's net. Imagine what this team would be like if it showed up for 60 minutes. Giguerre has been playing pretty solid (other than Cowan's OT winner) and the Ducks have been defensively sound.

Ottawa is up 3-1 on New Jersey and they should wrap this one up in five. The Sens seem to have gained some character after years of playoff disappointments. This could be their year. Wonder how NHL office will feel with yet another small market Canadian team in the final? He-he-he. The tough luck Canucks outplayed the Ducks in five out of six periods at home, but lost both. The Ducks aren’t playing great, but are also finding ways to win. The Canucks could be up 3-1. Mind you, it could have been eliminated as Game 2 could have gone either way. The Canucks are pretty bashed up: Cowan, Cooke and Kessler are hurt and Salo and Bieksa are clearly playing hurt. If Buffalo plays to its potential, the Sabres will win. The problem is they aren’t and the Rangers are overachieving. Still like the Sharks over the Red Wings. If they had more of a killer instinct, they would be up 3-1 or would have even swept. Bertuzzi is a slug.

NOW WAIT A MINUTE I HAVE SEEN COSEY WITH A BEAT BOX --- I"VE SEEN IT! Cosey had lots of toys. He also played a Synthi A. It could well be him on rhythm box on Dark Magus, but Mtume seemed to play it more, at least in the examples I've heard. Mtume also played a small percussion device that sounded a lot like a drum machine because of the way it was miked.

Mtume played the drum machine/rhythm box. Cosey does play a fair bit of percussion, particularly on Disc 2. That's most likely him playing mbira. I don't think Gaumont and Lawrence are on Disc 1. Some sources say Gaumont is, but the Miles bio that had interviews with Gaumont said he and Lawrence joined the band for the second half.

The Sony Mastersound has about 13 extra minutes of music. The US CD, which doesn't have the extras, does sound terrible. Time for a reissue.

I've been finding a lot of DIWs in cutout bins.

Does the DSD edition have the full concert or the part that showed up on the original LP and US CD?

Like a wah-wah wall of sound, kind of like the final freak-out section on Dark Magus. Things got so noisy that some of the extra musicians, particularly Balakrishna, became redundant. Lonnie Liston Smith was an interesting addition.

On my version of Belgrade, "Who Do You Work For" sounds just like "Broken Shadows."

I always thought it sounded more like Megalon.

Any hockey fans here? My hometown Canucks aren’t going very far, though Roberto Luongo may steal them a win against Anaheim. Detroit vs. San Jose: San Jose had an inconsistent second half, while Detroit didn’t finish the season very strongly. Sharks looked great against the Predators, while Detroit’s first-round opponent belonged on a psychiatrist’s couch, not the ice. I think the Sharks will take it. Buffalo vs. New York Rangers: Buffalo manhandled the Rangers last night. I think New York will make this an interesting series yet. The Sabres have great goaltending and an incredible line-up, but they haven’t been all that impressive to date in the playoffs. Flip a coin. Ottawa vs. New Jersey: Nice to see the Sens pull off a win tonight. I think they’ll take the series, but it could take seven games.

I'm pretty sure a musette is also a double reed instrument. Yes it is, though there is also a French bagpipe that shares the same name. Captain Beefheart and Dewey Redman are among those who played the double-reeded musette. Ornette has also been credited with playing musette. I wonder if in fact he played only one or the other.

This is a nice enough album, but True Blue from a week later is the classic. I agree that Hubbard had a nice run as a leader at Blue Note. Blue Spirits is my favourite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeBkoBvLe2s You'll be Glad you saw this.

I would be curious to hear the bass improv. Izenson had a solo bass piece that was supposed to be on the Town Hall concert on Blue Note, but wound up in condensed form on ESP.

Sad what's passing for news these days. If anyone has a hate on for Baldwin, I suggest they rent Team America.