A Lark Ascending

Marvellous tune. Never tire of the Getz/Gilberto version and, to my mind, it bears multiple interpretations (some better than others).

Nice JRR tonight - loved the sequence from Soft Machine ('Virtually Pt1') to Webster/Tatum doing 'My One and Only' Love.

Did he ever record and/or perform with Carla Bley's units? I am sure he ran into her on the GUO. He's listed on 'Escalator Over the Hill' but don't think in a major solo spot. Just playing this lovely standards disc: Very much in that Miles/George Coleman band area.

Congratulations. I don't know the records but they are obviously labours of love.

I have a fair few Rava records but I especially like this double trumpet line-up. I think it was where I first heard Bollani too. Late 50s Miles tunes but played more like '64 era Miles. He's great live...and very funny. In fact Bollani and Rava doing their duo thing live are a hoot.

The Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta is one of my favourite Bartok pieces and fits well with the sound world of the concertos. Don't miss the Concerto for Orchestra either. I've seen it devalued as less innovative than his pre-USA work; but I find it thrilling. It even contains a joke!

I had a Anda/Fricsay DG LP back in the late 70s which I know I enjoyed very much. Think it was 2 and 3. Only moved away from it based on what was available in the early years of CD. So I'm sure you'll be in safe hands. Don't overlook the Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion. Not as frequently recorded as the larger force pieces.

The 2nd is as wonderful as the 3rd. The 1st is more severe but very exciting. Don't know where this one is pinned on the butterfly board of significance but it's served me well for a few decades: Though I believe it's hip to despise Pollini. ********************* Hungaraton are currently recording a new complete edition of Bartok. They've not got round to the piano concertos yet. I have a few of the discs - a good way to get some of the less renowned pieces like the many folk song related suites. http://www.bartoknewseries.com/en/audiophile-audition-john-sunier

Amazing story, isn't it? I'm intending to work it into some lessons I'm planning on Nelson/Trafalgar. Brilliant example of how migration to Britain by non-whites is not a mid-20thC phenomena. I'm spending a few days in Falmouth in July so will seek out a few of the places connected with him.

The OP really clicked with me. And I'm a Norma fan so 'Joy Spring' was a...joy! Liked that Barney Bigard / Zutty Singleton Trio 'Lulu's Mood' too. And George Coleman's 'Amsterdam After Dark' is an old favourite.

The rest of the story...which is remarkable... can be found here: http://www.emidy.com/ None of his compositions survive. I'd never heard of him until reading the chapter in this book from which the quote above is taken:

Will you be following it with: There are manet records that use that cover.

Given Roger's profession I'd have thought he'd be a Brotzmann fan! Or maybe that would be a case of bringing your work home with you.

And 'The Man' quickly caught up. Infamous advert from the late 60s: 'The Man' then proceeds to present the latest product.

I loved that. Got me really curious about contemporary China.

You're right. Old people usually are. Usually are what...old? Old people usually are....uh...now what was I going to say?..

You're right. Old people usually are.

Why just old?

Our Price A long extinct UK chain. The name is actually neutral but implies an advantage to customers. They were generally more expensive than the competition. Still 'our price', I suppose.

Not cool - very old fashioned over here. MG It's actually a traditional English plough boy look. The quiff is caused by all that time in the slipstream of the oxen.

Congratulations, Roger.

Ellington-a-thon 16 Parlor Social De Luxe 1924 Black And Tan Fantasy 1927 Arabian Lover 1929 Double Check Stomp 1930 I’m Satisfied 1933 Harmony In Harlem - Have Some 1937 Sidewalks Of New York (The) - East Side, West Side 1940 Irresistable You 1944 TATTOOED BRIDE (The) 1948 Kinda Dukish - Entertainment Industry 1953 Fontainbleau Forest 1961 Black Swan 1969 Three with no dates on my list: Rhapsoditti - Mellow Ditty Smoke Rings Trees

The first part of the BBC 4 'Punk Britannia' season from a few weeks back. Very interesting - focussed on the pub rock scene of the early 70s rather than jumping straight into the Sex Pistols. I recall that scene being covered in the NME etc but, not living in London, it made no impression. Punk was everything I loathed at the time; but it's not hard to see why it happened. I'll still not be swapping my King Crimson records for The Clash!

From the preface to Gaddis' general account of The Cold War, where he explains why he decided to write a one volume survey:

Me too! Heard bits of that BBC version last night, drifting in and out of sleep. Sounded intriguing but I can't imagine I'd be any more successful reading it now - I like a narrative! Just started this: I love Gaddis on the Cold War (though not always his conclusions!); thought this a good way to kick start yet another year teaching the topic.