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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.

Sangoma Everett, Chico Freeman, Mal Waldron, Cecil McBee, Sam Ateba - The Courage to Listen to Your Heart The band on this one has me ready to grab the downloads.

Sangoma Everett, Chico Freeman, Mal Waldron, Cecil McBee, Sam Ateba - The Courage to Listen to Your Heart The band on this one has me ready to grab the eMusic downloads. OOPS that's Montreux, not Monterey. I'll repost somewhere more appropriate.

Welcome Frank_Son. We not only remember, we would love to hear any tidbits about Frank as a person. I remember we had quite a long thread going when the son of mainstream tenorist Billy Root joined us for a while.

Haven't heard any of his work, any comments and/or confirmation?

Enjoying the Duke of Earl as we speak

The highly regarded two volumes of Earl Hines plays Duke on New World are available now.

4 days later 2 Jimmie Spheeris titles pop up on eMusic. Remember seeing the covers, not sure I ever heard any.

Huge Acrobat Music Ltd. catalog just dropped on eMusic today with 29 different Louis Armstrong offerings. 10 Volumes of Classic Song Book, 10 volumes of A Life in Music and assorted offerings including 2 with the Mills Brothers. I had been looking for the song My Walking Stick in any version for some time, so I'm grabbing A Night with the Mills Brothers first. I'd be interested to know more about the rest. Some other artists with two or more Acrobat Music Ltd. CDs listed include Coleman Hawkins, Albert Ammons, Mary Lou Williams, Mildred Bailey, Jimmie Lunceford, Charlie Barnet and Ben Webster.

Time Zones wasn't recorded for Arista, just reissued there.

I'm not getting to 14. Anybody help out? Anthony Braxton New York, Fall 1974 1974 Arista Anthony Braxton Five Pieces 1975 1975 Arista Anthony Braxton The Montreux/Berlin Concerts - session 1 1975-76 Arista; RCA Bluebird Anthony Braxton Creative Orchestra Music 1976 1976 Arista; RCA Bluebird Anthony Braxton / Muhal Richard Abrams Duets 1976 1976 Arista Anthony Braxton The Montreux/Berlin Concerts - session 2 1975-76 Arista; RCA Bluebird Anthony Braxton For Trio 1977 Arista Anthony Braxton For Four Orchestras [Composition 82] 1978 Arista Anthony Braxton Alto Saxophone Improvisations 1979 1978-79 Arista Anthony Braxton For Two Pianos [Composition 95] 1980 Arista

Freedom Sounds - Jazz Crusaders A Change has got to come - Sam Cooke - could work instrumentally Peace Train - Cat Stevens - has advantage of familiarity, people will "get it" and, in response to audience requests FREE BIRD!!!

How are Greenspan's chops holding up, anyway?