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Gorecki Third Symphony, for it's heart being unashamedly on its sleeve. I like the Second also for its swarming insect effects in the brass. Rautavaara Seventh Symphony - just beautiful, it really stood out on a long MP3 disc I made of modern stuff. Kalevi Aho several symphonies. I participated in a thread on the eMusic message boards which was joined by Robert from BIS and he communicated his enthusiasm for this composer very convincingly.

Great Paris Concert Blanton - Webster band Intimate Ellington (I admit it - totally for Moon Maiden)

I've always loved the effect that Mingus got on Red Norvo's Time and Tide, almost like bouncing the bow off the strings. Walt Dickerson always got the most out of a bass player, try God Bless the Child from To My Queen for some great George Tucker bowed bass. Lisle Atkinson's playing on Peace is stunning, but I can't remember if any of it is arco.

I got curious about this and discovered it has been released as part of a twofer on one CD called Move On Over.

Cool, glad you enjoyed.

The mention of Bootsie reminds me of Middy Middleton. He got to record with Odean Pope's Saxophone Choir, but what I remember him for was a live at WRTI performance of his gigging band with Michael Ray, Up From The Cellar, Down From The Attic. The distinctive, almost vocal tenor sound reminded me of Rahsaan and he and ray both absolutely smoked. Wonder if WRTI still has the tape? Another Philly music mystery. In the early eighties I saw Sumi Tonooka with a female vocalist at a bar on Race Street within a block or two of Broad that didn't usually have jazz. The vocalist was stunning with a wordless approach that could have easily fit in with McCoy Tyner's bands of the time. I'm pretty sure the singers first name was Rachelle or Regina and I have guessed that it was Rachelle Ferrell but I would love to know for sure. And, since Scrabble tournaments have been kind of a second home over the years, I'll plug Ted O'Reilly's hometown singer and pianist Fern Lindzon who has been playing Scrabble tourneys for well over a decade and jazz for longer than that. Her debut is on CDBaby and eMusic.

Hey, it worked for Jackie McLean ... No, wait it didn't work for Jackie McLean Hey, it worked for Sonny Criss ... No, wait it didn't work for Sonny Criss Hey, it worked for John Handy ... Once, but not twice. Pursuing the dollar directly often doesn't work. Pursuing the passion doesn't always work financially but sometimes it does. Sometime the two accidentally coincide.

Ron Carter played one, an upright acoustic instrument, on Piccolo, which I noted elsewhare is a hell of a Kenny Barron album. (The leader plays good too)

Lee Morgan (aka Last Session) and Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse are fabulous, desert island discs for me. Larry Young, Bobby Hutcherson and McCoy Tyner also did good work during this period.

I'd say Bobby Orr was one of the five most famous players in NHL history, certainly top 10. Wayne Gretzky, Gordie Howe, Bobby Hull, Bobby Orr, Bobby Clarke

Interesting. Thanks for keeping the Horenstein flame burning. I'm listening to the Vox recording of Brahm's third right now. Just great. Horenstein's Nielsen Fifth and Mahler First (both on Nonesuch LP I think) were my fine introduction to those great works.

Ron Carter - Piccolo is also a very good Kenny Barron album

So did the Wicked One ace Hey Jude? And then there's All Along The Watchtower. I actually remain fond of Dave Mason's version, but would say Jimi and Bob have to be 1-2 in some order.

For a nice left field contender of Mood Indigo try ... Charlie Rich! What's New - Helen Merrill with Clifford Brown is definitive, 1166 contenders for second place. Billie Holiday? God Bless the Child - Rollins, Dolphy and Walt Dickerson all contenders for #2

What are the best performances of music that are not actually the best version of the tune. I was thinking popular, specifically Gladys Knight's Heard It Through The Grapevine to head my list. But I don't want to limit to that, McCoy Tyner and Betty Carter can race for second on My Favorite Things. The better version should not be by the same artist, so for me to nominate Trane's My Favorite Things with Dolphy would be correct if I though it was Trane's best version, but somebody else did the definitive My Favorite Things. It should lead to some good debate about what really is the definitive version of a particular song. I've been lstening to some early Stevie Wonder and Jackson Five lately, and the albums are enhanced by versions of other Motown artists hits. I'm making up 3-5 as I go so I'll probably change my mind, but just to het things started: 1. Gladys Knight's Heard It Through The Grapevine (Marvin Gaye #1) 2. Betty Carter My Favorite Things from Inside Betty Carter (Trane) 3. Jimi Hendrix - Little Wing (flame away, but I think Derek and the Dominoes absolutely stole this one) 4. Roy Buchanan - Rescue Me (Fontella Bass) 5. Lee Morgan - Capra Black (Billy Harper)

This link says he has lived in Charlotte NC as of a couple years ago. http://darkforcesswing.blogspot.com/2007/0...ickerson-w.html

Ah so the old "cover on both sides" trick doesn't work after all! Anybody tried it on a drummer?

With a Billboard top 50 album and a tour with Jill Scott, no wonder you find a lot of Raheem when you look for Abdul Wadud. Makes it unusual that his passing wouldn't be noted and easily discoverable on Google. Here's hoping it's "greatly exaggerated" as Mark Twain once said.

Only the slightest of confirmation: http://www.jazzhalo.com/artikels/cello.html

Couldn't find Google confirmation, but did discover that his son Raheem Devaughn is a R&B singer who has featured R Kelly as a guest performer on a recording. Are there any other sources that would know?

How do you keep a tenor saxophonist busy for an hour or two?

What's it worth to you to have me to rescue your ass from the nut farm? I hear Keith's ego has been donated to Harvard Medical School. He, of course, made the call...... They are building an aircraft hangar to store it in! And I like Keith Jarrett!

Rock fan enjoying Santana, Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan starts buying Creem and Rolling Stone, then Crawdaddy, Stereo Review and High Fidelity. An article in one of the last two has a list of budget releases, and the obsessive collector in me starts to explore and covet. Nielsen's Fifth and Sibelius Seventh soon become favorites and the middle movement of Bruckner's Ninth actually rocks. Jazz is kinda happening in parallel here with Miles Davis, Keith Jarrett and Oregon discovered through Rolling Stone. Back and forth between genres ever since, unlike Bev I still enjoy simple beats and often delight in the somewhat crude. PS to answer the first two questions. Dad liked semiclassical music and light swing, Lawrence Welk was on every week and I was rather rebellious about that as the parents were quite vocal in their criticism of the rock music I loved. It took some time to be willing to listen to anything he might like. I failed on four different occasions to stick with guitar, trunpet, piano and drums and playing classical music was never one of my goals.

Alex Skolnick's stuff is fun even though I didn't know half the tunes. Always had a soft spot for Ira Sullivan's Norwegian Wood and Michael Howell's solo acoustic guitar Creepin' (Steve Wonder). And the Bad Plus do nicely by Rush's Tom Sawyer.

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