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A couple of interesting sideman names: Middy Middleton is on a couple of Odean Pope Saxophone Choir albums. I hadn't heard that name since the mid 70s at WRTI where we had a tape of Up From the Cellar, Down From the Attic, his great band with Michael Ray. James Carter and Carl Grubbs pop up on Julius Hemphill dates. Jay Hoggard on a Chico Freeman Quartet date.

Looking forward to Ed Blackwell - Walls Bridges Dewey Redman plays Take The A Train is something I've got to hear. Larry Ochs and Drumming Core - The Neon Truth The old BN board had a long interesting and slightly egotistical top 10 post and this was #1, been curious ever since. Cyrille, Lee, Lyons - Nuba

Perusing the online catalog I see that I already own and enjoy George Adams - Hand To Hand and Muhal Richard Abrams - The Hearinga Suite. Has anybody heard the Jeff Palmers?

The rest of my top ten is really a wish lsit Air - Live Air Air - Air Mail Geri Allen - Etudes Ran Blake - Short Life of Barbara Monk Walt Dickerson - Life Rays (already have and love) 6 titles by Jimmy Lyons 5 titles by Andrew Hill 16 titles by Mal Waldron

eMusic announced "A jazz motherlode will arrive 11/18" and it's likely to be Black Saint/Soul Note. So let's have some top ten Black Saint/Soul Note lists to get our engines running. I have very few, but the very first Black Saint, Billy Harper - Black Saint would certainly top my list. The David Murray's are all already available on eMusic, but that's no reason to exclude them.

Robert von Bahr, the boss at BIS records has contributed to the message boards at eMusic for several months now. He recently shared the news that he has some serious health challenges ahead and asked people to listen to some Bach and Aho for him. His label is the number one documentor of the works of Kalevi Aho. Most of these are available on eMusic and I'll suggest the 12th Symphony (Luosto), and the pairing of the Symphonic Dances and 11th Symphony as starting points. I started with the disk of the Tuba and Contrabassoon Concerti, but took to the Luosto much more quickly. Best wishes to Robert von Bahr, and let's listen to and talk some Aho.

Yes, I'm enjoying both sets. The track selections bring out the virtues of Jagger/Richards as melodists. The vocals are not traditional jazz, but are of a high level and match singer and song well. There's plenty of post-bop instrumental interplay. Ries, Larry Goldings and Bill Frisell provide plenty of musucal highlights. Once I set aside my jazz purist concerns, I found a lot to like. And that includes every note sung by Norah Jones.

The release of Stones World and the availability of both titles on eMusic has me curious to hear any impressions of either of these albums. All I really know is that up and coming saxman gets R&R gig and follows up with albums of compositions by his employers. Somebody said the first one didn't suck, might have been a PR guy. Norah Jones and other vocalists are involved, so this isn't a purely straight ahead jazz conception. The second one makes a point of world music collaborators and worldwide recording locations. My curiosity (and my recent booster card acquisition) will push me over the edge soon.

eMusic just uploaded several volumes of the Complete Crumb on Bridge. eMusic being what it is, the volumes with fewer tracks are generally better bargains, so Volume 5 and Volume 1 are where I may head next. I think I already have Makrokosmos III.

Is Dick Griffin the same as the trombone player who recorded for Strata East?

Arrived, two discs in and groovin' I hadn't thought about how much Jack Wilson I'd be hearing, a definite plus, though Groove Holmes is just fine for the first batch of tracks.

I was very impressed with David Ware's playing on Dark To Themselves when it first came out. Very fiery and appropriate to Cecil's music. I believe the CD contains more material than the LP.

Is track 7 Herbie and Wayne, maybe the 1+1 album?

Track 2 is nice ballad work, initially my thoughts ran to Webster/Byas, but later on it sounds like somebody more modern. A tiny little bit of skronk in track 3, the names that come to mind are 8 Bold Souls and Mingus.

I found the Zip link and am trying again.

When I clicked the link it took me directly to Wimpy Player which had thirteen tracks in a track list.

The second Toshiko comes before the second Big John???

Worries abated. Mosaic emailed me a shipping notice.

I'm a huge Kate Bush fan and a moderate Tori Amos fan. Glad somebody else is in the neighborhood, but Kate still has the edge. The similarity is purely musical, lyrically Kate is a wide eyed mystic and Tori tends toward the hurting and spiteful.

Track 8 is solo piano so far and I'm not hearing it as anybody but Tyner.

I'm almost certain the track orders are jumbled for me right now. 07 Track 07 has to be Hodges and I haven't heard any piano solo. Track 1 sounded like 70's Woody Shaw in the ensembles then the alto came on like Jackie Mclean. Track 3 reminded me of the Verve Hawkins-Webster date. And track 4 was tenor in front of vibes and an insistent bass line that might have been electric bass (Johnny Lytle??, later Hutcherson/Land??). From Big Al's comments, I expected to hear some skronk, but zero skronk content so far. I like it all so far but have been browsing, not taking in whole tunes.

Jack Wilson - Innovations (on Discovery)?? I own a scratchy LP would buy CD if it was available. Good but not quite up to Something Personal.

New Billy Harper dropped today. Alllmusic.com raves, does mention that three tracks feature Imamu Amiri Baraka. I'll download when I get home.

The answer to the great trivia question: Name a recording session featuring Monk, Hamp and Ellington! My favorinte Hamp is still my first, High in the Sky.

Don Pullen and Milford Graves