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Got 5:55 today, gave it one spin and liked it. Not sure if there'd be enough interest, so I thought I'd post here. I think it's nice that she sings a lot in english - puts her somewhat apart from most other french chanson singers... also it's nice that Jarvis Cocker helped out on a couple of songs. Not that I knew him that well, but the one Pulp album I have (This Is Hardcore) I love a lot!

Hey, I'm not at all a devoted fan... but borrowing, stealing and copying has always been an integral and important part of the arts... I was just a wee bit irritated by your rigorose statement! Anyway, I'd of course prefer it if the disc would list the other/real composers, too... a statement such as "based on [...] by [...]" would be fine... but Lee's "Thingin'" is his tune, too, and reference is only given in liner notes, not in composer credits.

Are you as rigid in judging your own self, too? Sorry to hear you won't be able to listen to none of that jazz any more, it's all a ripoff... maybe build yourself a monochord, instead of listeing to all those folks ripping off each other?

definately!

Isn't it a bit lame? I'm not saying it's bad, but there's a sameness and a restrain that I found a bit astounding and maybe a bit of a letdown, given the combination of Horace & Bags... and Kay can drop them bombs if he wants, so that's no excuse (dig "Bags & Trane" for Kay getting at least twenty times as busy and loud as the MJQ would have allowed...) (I have the normal OJC, btw, just talking of the music, not of the sound.)

great thread, guys... I told ya the Collector was a good film, Mr. Roundtree!

That's the one I picked up, I think... just last week in a sale. Haven't played it yet. I totally love the one Tusques disc I have (with Colin and that drummer McGhie), so I thought I'd get this one...

I'm glad I have the two you just mentioned, Matthew - not that I'm listening to any Evans right now (I know you're in an Evans period...), but it's great that I was able to get them for a good prize at the zweitausendeins sale... maybe I should just wait for the Secret Sessions to appear there, too... will likely cancel my order, it's too much money to spend right now for me...

Can you also beam that lady in her mid 60s incarnation my way? Full with MD number and scribbling and yellow and pink sheet, please?

Oh yes, Buck Hill is great! I have just found another of his Muse albums in a sale a week ago, with him on clarinet for half of the tunes. Beautiful, and I was caught totally off guard... had no idea he was playing the clarinet, too!

Thanks Ron. I guess that 80 euro in the end beats 90 $ plus tons of shipping costs, plus I'd need someone to buy it for me etc., so I guess 80 euros is just fine. There will be an added 10-15 for customs, I'm afraid, but that would be the same if I get it from the US, I'm afraid...

I ordered it from German Amazon fro 80 euros, will see if they deliver. After that, no new stuff at least till x-mas!

some of the numbers in mine are unreadable anyway (or there are at least two variants...) - someone teach them how to write numbers, please!

Wow, I'm quite astonished you know him, Larry! I'll be watching out for other discs of his, thanks for the "Physique" recommendation!

Christophe Schweizer - not sure if he qualifies, but I just heard another live broadcast of his band "Normal Garden", all NY pros, among them Dave Binney, Eric Rasmussen, Jacob Sacks. He also had Billy Hart as his drummer a few years ago, plus has a very good album out on TCB with Jason Moran and George Colligan sharing organ (yup, organ!) duties, Billy Hart on drums and Ohad Talmor (another artist deserving mention here?) on tenor & soprano. Here's the cover of that disc: I am not sure what he's up to, but he is playing over here now and then, and he's great. And I can't remember ever having seen his name here, so he sure is "under the radar"!

Just put in an order for the three Westons... this hurts a bit, but I don't want to miss them! 41 bucks from CDU (using the big-O links the first time!)...

oh shit! I didn't watch that site closely as it was rather frustrating (but good, since i spent so much on the zweitausendeis sale) that they would only do it for US customers. Is there a listing of these sale items available anywhere? I guess they took down the gone ones by now?

I'm not exactly Terence Stamp, but I sure wouldn't have minded collecting Ms. Eggar had I been around in the swiging sixties... IMDB

I know what you mean, I felt like this with my first Universal Mosaic (Farlow), too, but in the meantime I got others (Eldridge, Basie, Mulligan, Jazztet) and I really couldn't care less. But then I'm not one of the anal fetishist collectors (a collector I am, though, I confess...)

What Denis Colin Trio disc is the one being discussed above? I'm asking since the images have disappeared...

yuck yuck yuck yuck! you Americans are weird (you too, Tom ) but Elvis must have liked it, I hear...