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Keith Jarrett Sun Bear Concerts 6CD http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.a...42284302821_mp3 At the Blue Note 6CD http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.a...31452763822_mp3 Impulse Years 1973-1974 and Mysteries 1975-1976 are both 9.99 for WMA only. I had no need or opportunity to claim to be from Canada.

The Coltrane Classic Quartet 8 cd set is 9.99 for WMA http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.a..._00011105028028 and the Complete Lester Young on Verve is 9.99 for MP3 http://us.puretracks.com/catalog/details.a...31454708722_mp3 The complete Ella Songbooks is, alas , 169.99 either way.

Being a pro computer geek I may post batchfiles to rename and folder Kirk, Brown and Hank Williams (9.99 MP3). Like the Verve Evans, you have to take WMA to get the Brown deal, and I did. I paid again for Kirk and Hank to get MP3s make sure you don't take WMA if MP3s are the same price.

I nailed the cheap tunes, but never noticed the place to specify MP3 so I got WMA. Anybody know of a bulk converter?

ECM is the new West Coast!

One could make a case for Ken Vandermark also. Perhaps the later 70's - 80's Gil Evans orchestra dates, but not his work with Miles.

As mentioned before this question is hard to answer well. I'll try anyway: Sam Rivers, or Andrew Hill with horns at his most tart and angular. Dave Holland too.

Flip Top was a third release that included Bushler recorded that year.

You get the points, even though I was thinking of Tears for Dolphy. The New Thing and the Blue Thing might have added a piano.

Trivia Question. Herb Bushler appears on another session I consider a classic. Checking Allmusic.com I see that there may be two or three discs that fit that description, so I'll add that the date I am thinking of is from 1964 and pairs Bushler with drummer Dick Berk and two horns. The session(s) did produce more than one album.

The Betsch is on eMusic too.

I've already replaced my vinyl with an eMusic burn and had a listen. Already have the 32 Jazz reissue of The Almoravid and love 'em both. The Almoravid has a taste of some obscure Woody Shaw, but in limited quantites, he's not on all tracks. The music is fairly unique, Bennie Maupin's ECM date The Jewel In the Lotus may be the closest comparison I could come up with.

Jill Scott's first two studio albums just dropped, excellent jazzy pop/R&B, dig up JSngry's comments on the search button for more incentive.

You have my sympathy. Digging into the newly released three CD set when it came out is one of my all time jazz delights. I do admit it appeals more to Coltrane's fan base than Art Blakey's. Lee was moving on, and I found the direction quite to my liking.

Roland Hanna - The Three Blacks Kings (with Richard Davis and Andrew Cyrille) Ricky Ford - Loxodonta Arficana Lawrence Butch Morris - Conduction 15 Joe Chambers - New World Karin Krog - Seagull Mauger - The Beautiful Enabler

I used to like to hear an older neighborhood kid play Classical Gas on the guitar, and he would play me some Santana, Temptations and Chicago on the stereo. I didn't start buying my own music until a few years later, started with Santana's first three albums, then singles Love Train and Rock and Roll Part Two. Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan became favorites soon after. When I started thinking about college, I found that a guy at the local record store was a DJ at Temple University's jazz station WRTI, so I found a major and a new style of music to explore. I was a big reader of record reviews, Rolling SToone and Creem at first, to help select my music. Miles Davis - Big Fun came first, then Keith Jarrett's Solo Concerts and Oregon's Winter Light were two early favorites, while I dilligently tried to come to grips with Ornette, Trane and Cecil. When I got to the radio station, I found a strong noncommercial bias that shaped my next few years of listening. I got to meet artists like McCoy Tyner, Robin Eubanks, Michael Ray (the last two before they recorded commercially), Walt Dickerson, Betty Carter and Ted Curson. Max Roach and Sun Ra were artists that I saw live three times each. I took a couple of classes with Harrison Ridley Jr., a self taught expert on early jazz forms who communicated his love and knowledge of Duke and his contemporaries in an unpretentious fashion. I also took a job as a record store clerk in the classical section and explored that style of music also. I did become less of a purist over time after leaving Temple.

Got mine from eMusic and I'm enjoying on first listen. The first track has nice swing and dynamic range, Thomas Chapin is a nice point of comparison for those not knowing what to expect.

They (Clean Feed) seem to update every couple of months, so I'll hang on a while longer and see what happens. There's one James Finn that has never made it to eMusic. I'm with you, I'll wait and see if this one arrives. Good label.

Just heard Boustrophedon for the first time and like it a lot, particularly Furrow 6, which has string backing early on which fades out and morphs into a noticeably "jazzier" vibe, then goes on into late Coltrane land from there. Overall the album does have a slight "chamber" vibe which befits the label it's on, but is by no means overly refined.

Another thread here tipped me off to Omar Sosa and Live a TIP is sounding good. Crystal River by the Kenny Drew Jr. sextet with Ravi Coltrane is very enjoyable retro hard bop. A Kirk Lightsey with Don Moye dropped recently and has my curiosity up for the unlikely pairing.

Woody Shaw - Love Dance Woody, Rene Mclean, Billy Harper and Steve Turre Obsequious!!!!

are you sure he didn't say, "could you pass me the swiss, chris?" No, we're still trying to figure out where Paul Simon stole that one.

Up, because I didn't know. RIP. A good man and smokin' performer.

I saw Erik Darling opening for and then backing Jonathan Edwards at a suburban Philadelphia coffehouse called The Main Point in the late 70s. It was an enjoyable evening. I enjoyed Edwards, but came away even more impressed with Darling. I decided to check out his then-current band Orphan, but never got around to it.

So what is the present state of court precedents? A couple historical blips: Kinky Friedman satirizes Okie from Muskogee in a new song called Asshole from El Paso. Buck Owens owns Merle Haggard's publishing rights and blocks release of the song, not sure if by actual court order or just the threat of legal action. Some years later, perhaps after Buck Owens' passing, the song finally comes out. Early in the sampling days Apple Records has a high record of success in keeping the Beatles from being sampled in major label releases. It's something of a natural law that smaller scale copyright infringements are generally not challenged or even discovered because of poor return on investment for the effort needed. Therefore it's after a hit product occurs that the challenge is usually made.