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Géraldine Laurent Sophie Alour though I guess both are better heard live than on CD

It had great press here, it just started its theatrical run, will try and catch it! Btw, no matter where the Jamaican mix of "Catch a Fire" on the Deluxe edition came from - it might be my favorite Marley album!

Happy Birthday, Chuck! :party:

Hellyeah!

Yes, wonderful music - beginning to end! But I think I'm in that Basie camp as far as favorites go!

just make sure he leaves the e-c(m)oli at home

Courvoisier is married to/partner of Marc Feldman, and I think at least partly NY based. And Carla Bley, I should assume, is fluent in english, too. Btw, the mention of Jelly Roll as desert is somewhat... shall we say slippery?

I don't like Bärtsch that much... but the umlaut there would make proper spelling Baertsch and pronounciation for the "a" or "ae" is similar as in "where" or "there", so make that something like "bearch". (no barch and no borscht)

We all have a giant ECM hug fest tonight!

It's also on Fresh Sound 357, at least the 2004 version I've got. Another question though: at the end of just that track, "Lester Left Town" (CD2#1), someone (dee jay?) is heard stating that Walter Davis Jr. was sitting in on piano for Bobby Timmons that morning... which implies Timmons was absent that day, hence Davis would also play on the other tune from that June 4, 1960 date, "The Midget" (heard on CD1#3). But that doesn't seem to be noted anywhere...

Yes, very sad. His take of "Die schöne Müllerin" is part of the soundtrack of my childhood. Wish I owned it and could play it now!

Yeah, it's the corporate thieves that are actually trying to make sure that the "normal" thieves have to pay $100.000 per tune and disappear in some dark and dusty jail cells. Just make sure they're all imprisoned in the US, they've got far too few of their citizens imprisoned anyways

My thoughts exactly. Yes indeed.

btw, I still can't get over the fact that there's a thread just for me - still cooler would be if I had limitless votes in the poll

"Sudori" is indeed a fine disc! Some Actis Dato quartet discs could be nominated here, too... "Fes Montuno" or "Istanbul Rap" for instance (both on yvp)

I gather high gnus are quite something, too... on their migration I'm sure they get quite high when they go through that river and have to trample over others in order not to be trampled themselves.

No idea what thimbles are... excuse me while I go outside and look for some!

Poppa Lou will walk in and out and bring loads of sammiches

who was first? chicken or egg? mistake or correction? poster or thread?

Well, would you want to be someone else than yourself just to have dinner with what might turn out to be a semi-dumb, bloated, and maybe junked up artist? Or are we supposed to assume that - in this scenario - all artists are very likeable people and most interested in talking to us of all people?

Whenever will be fine with me... I'm lagging behind some, still need the huge Ellington, the new Hawkins, the Threadgill, and several others. But then I guess it would help them bigtime if people bought more stuff just after release, rather than waiting.

Who's Dana and why does my copy take so darn long to get over the pond?!

Hm... I guess stealing back from the thieves is generally an accepted practice here, even if the thieves aren't, according to the laws of their countries But yes indeed - it makes one hope that Mosaic will indeed do their planned Chick/Ella box! I was afraid they might scratch it after the Universal box appeared, but that doesn't seem the case.

btw, where's the poll here?

Yeah - I'd rather have someone at my table that would be genuinly interested. That's rare enough with real people that you do get to know, so... but at this time, I'd say Matana Roberts. And it would be me inviting her, of course!