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Hey, I've got two Roland TD-10s , chained together. Nice to see another Roland man on here. Maybe we should jam one day? Nose flute, guitars, two drummers and my comb. Man, we'll blow them away. You can invite Günter Grass and his washboard, too!

ouch ouch ouch!!!! 158$ gone!!! ouch!!!

Mike Svoboda is crazy indeed! Terrific trombone player, mainly! Wasn't aware he also plays Alphorn! There are a couple of others who play it, the name coming to mind right now is that Kennel chap, a trumpet player from Swizterland, he's got some discs out, on TCB, for instance, but I'm not sure he's playing Alphorn there. Also Arkadij Shilkloper plays Alphorn, in the group Pago Libre (discs on TCB and Leo Records). He is truly da shit!

Is that a hornpipe in your pocket, or are you just glad to see me? Or both?

very nice one, gave it a first spin yesterday:

Yes, Ron/Rahn Burton... there's a thread dedicated to him somewhere here, too. It's a bit short (40-50 min - short only by CD criteria) and the musicians sound a bit restrained for it being a club date (recorded in one of the rather few legendary clubs/cellars of Zurich - before my time, alas, I would have been a little kid back then...)

I'd love to see this. Cartier-Bresson is one of my favorite photographers. It really is great! You get to see a lot of photos, he comments them himself, thinks aloud about the "decisive moment" and all that crap, plus you get interviews with Isabelle Huppert, Elliot Erwitt, Arthur Miller and others, and best of all, I just found out googling there is a DVD of it, even an english version, available from Amazon: Amazon via Big-O link

That's what my office demands, absurdly high expecations to be fulfilled and lived up to. Otherwise beware or them head will roll!

I had Jeremy and the Satyrs...seems like about 40 years ago. Who was in that band, BTW? That album is gone - rendered unplayable about 30 years ago. ... ahem, satyrated? probably from oozing flutes?

Btw, is your avatar from that great Kurosawa film? Had the pleasure of seing it a few months back.

This one here's ok, but not a great one, I think: Details: George Adams/Hannibal Peterson MORE SIGHTINGS Enja 4084 (CD - 1994) Recorded September 9, 1984, live at the Club Bazillus, Zurich George Adams (ts, voc 6), Hannibal Peterson (tp), John Scofield (g), Ron Burton (p), Walter Schmocker (b), Allen Nelson (d) 1. More Sightings (George Adams) (5:00) 2. Don't Take Your Love From Me (Henry Nemo) (6:47) 3. Soul Brothers (Hannibal Peterson) (7:33) 4. Do We Know Where We Are Going? (John Scofield) (5:07) 5. Melanie (Hannibal Peterson) (8:57) 6. I Could Really Go For You (George Adams) ( 6:48)

And in all these D.W. Griffith films, too! Impressive!

Oh, and there's a fairly recent documentary about Henri Cartier-Bresson, the german title is "Biographie eines Blicks" (roughly biography of an eye - not the eye as bodypart, but the eye as in "view", "perspective"). Highly recommended, if you ever get a chance to see it! I saw other documentaries about photographers that I enjoyed, Bischof, Burri, other less known swiss photographers that I can't recall... I always enjoy these, if they include historical footage and are done in a traditional and old-fashioned way... there's no way you can hurry up a documentary about a photographer and make it a successful film.

Most of my favourites have been mentioned, so let me just add another hearty recommendation for some: - Fog of War - The War Game - War Photographer (tough viewing, but very, very good) Then, since I only saw it mentioned once, special recommendation for Dr. Death. Also I saw a very good documentary about Nixon recently, but I can't recall how it was called. It was shown in a theatre here, last week. Then, another one I enjoyed, Weather Underground, about the Weather Men - totally fascinating documentary about post-WWII US society and history. Many utterly disgusting facts in there, and some of those ex-Weathermen and ladies are very fascinating and very thoughtful individuals today. Maybe I wrote about this one in the film corner, maybe I just wrote about it in personal emails, can't recall. Anyway, most highly recommended to all you who were disgusted with the Reaganization of the USA (I hope there's plenty!).

chaps and chappettes? here's some chaps for chew chew ch'chewy:

Please count me in, Tom! I suppose you still have my address! On the edit: I still remember how great your last one was! Disc two was terrific!

Immensely enjoying CD2 of the Thad Jones/Mel Lewis - I absolutely love the live dates! Disc 1 is great as well, but disc 4 and 5 are not that good, in my opinion. They're good, don't get me wrong, but they lack the live and immediate quality of the live dates - the opening track of CD2 is terrific (as is, by the way, the opening track of CD1).

The opening track of "The Congregation" is my one favourite Griffin cut! I almost know his solo by heart! Will mail the list this weekend!

Yesterday picked up Lee Morgan's "Sonic Boom" (finally!) Today ordered four ECM discs from the French Amazon sale: The Trio (Wasilewski-Kurkiewicz-Miskiewicz) Bobo Stenson: Goodbye Susanne Abbüehl: April (finally!) Trovesi/Coscia: In cerca di cibo (finally!)

now i am finished with my studies!! the final examination took 90 minutes instead of 30 because the examinator (?) was feeling sick and went to the toilet three times for 20 minutes in the course of testing me...didn't make me less nervous... still very nice that he didn't cancel the exam... Congratulations! Time to now! That second 10 euro thingie hasn't arrived yet, alas

Happy Birthday, Dan! I read the other thread, too, and I wish you (and you two) all the best!

Here's the AotW thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...&hl=russell

I once chose "Hal Russell Story" as album of the week - a terrific disc (on ECM...), but cut short - the whole "Story" was longer than what could fit onto one CD (I've got a live version). The other two on ECM are good as well, "Hal's Bells" being a solo effort, while "Finnish/Swiss Tour" collects a few live cuts by the band that's also on HRS, but as it tends a bit more towards rock/jazzrock(/Zappa?), I slightly prefer HRS. Then there's a disc on Atavistic UMS... the booklet says it was the first of a series of releases dedicated to Hal, but nothing else came out so far... probably this one sold just once, to me... (I know I'm weird...). Anyway, it's a noisy affair, mid/late 70s, Hal on drums only (maybe on 1 track he plays tenor, too, but I'm going from memory). Chuck will certainly know more, but I suggest you look for the AotW thread from earlier, first!

I knew you were going to get this at once... It's a perfect track for a BFT, don't you think? Yes, definitely! And what a great band they are! I have three of their four albums (including the most recent one from where you took this title) and they're all terrific! I slightly prefer the self-titled one from 1989 (not done for the label which releases their CDs, originally), but that might just be because it was the first I got. The exuberance and joy of this music is great. As heart-warming as the opener on your first disc, but in a rather difficult way... great to hear some favourites on your BFT, in a context in which I haven't heard them, myself!

Ha, funny how everyone takes the Ossis for ZA musicians... they got their thing together! No bass trombone, either, as far as I know, just one of the very best 'bonists you ever going to hear! (Saw him live once with his brother in slides... astonishing!)