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Illinois Jacquet did How High the Moon on bassoon for Prestige, always a favorite. Ken McIntyre also does a nice job on some of his own compositions on bassoon.

I played the MP3 CD of disks 9-16 on a long drive and found it quite enjoyable. Some "sweetening" here and there, but mostly the band just swings. I got the same reaction as a couple decades ago, that it was cool to hear the lyrics to tracks I had heard much more often in small group instrumental settings. Good songs, played and sung well.

That explains the absence of guitar on the first two tracks. I listened while showering and was wondering what TENOR was on Impressions, never would have guessed Brax but I like to believe I would have at least figured out it was alto. The mini review of the Impressions sax solo that I was putting together in my mind went like this: Doesn't really inhabit the dark corners of Trane's soul, but digs the shit out of what he could do with a horn. The rest of the band sounds great, too. On the basis of the first two tracks, highly recommended.

New on eMusic is The Song is You, a two disc set with seven long standards. Impressions, No Greater Love, All Blues, Waltz, Isfahan, Stella by Starlight, Round Midnight. Label listed as Douglas Music/United for Opportunity. AMG seems to know nothing. Curiosity compels me to download.

Do you know if Palmetto has stopped putting new releases on eMusic, or are they just slow in coming? I'm looking forward to hearing Air.

Glad this ain't the Wild West, Larry!

Bashing in general I have no use for. Not Jarrett bashing, not Wynton bashing, not audience bashing. Hmm, guess that puts me in an interesting position re Jarrett. Guess I'll just have to listen to the music and leave it at that.

Dmitry Shostakovich 24 Preludes and Fugues , performed by Keith Jarrett on ECM New Series.

The first couple tracks of the Drake/Gahnold/Parker sounded good, toward the inside side of freebop. Gahnold is melodic with a brawny tone and Parker and Drake are fine. Two Jane Ira Blooms have appeared as one track albums. Like Silver, Like Song is the one I've listened to and was well worth it. There's one track that prominently features Jamie Saft's electronics and it's quite good. It is the first time that I noticed that Jane Ira Bloom's Arabesques have disappeared from eMu, the rest of the label is still there. Haven't listened to Mental Weather yet. Allmusic is blisfully unaware, but Google reports a quartet with Dawn Clement on piano and Rhodes, Mark Helias and Matt Wilson.

Larry Ochs and Drumming Core - Up From Under Myra Melford and Marty Ehrlich - Spark Porcupine Tree - Signify and The Sky Moves Sideways Kalevi Aho Symphony #9 Noah Howard - The Black Ark Drake - Gahnold - Parker - Last Dances I havent listened to the last two yet. It's good to see more Ayler releases.

I got the Tokyo albums on eBay and transferred them to CDR for Blindfold test 6. There's a small skip on Round About Midnight. I considered this Max's greatest band although the subsequent Odean Pope quartet stayed together longer. Saw them live twice, really felt like they coaxed Cecil Bridgewater into far deeper playing than he had done anywhere else, and became a lifelong fan of Billy Harper.

Bobby Hutcherson - Dialogue Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds for Lee, Lighthouse and Last Session seem more germane, but I am sneaking into the 70's, aren't I.

Are the Itunes DRMed?

Those who consider Ella too "conventional" should start with the Cole Porter, who subversively defies convention. Miss Otis Regrets is wicked and hilarious and morbid all at once. JSngry has used "subversive" in describing Ellington, and that's not a bad alternative either. I'll be revisiting the Songbooks with some MP3 CDs on a long road trip.

I'll dissent because I have all three boxes (Bach, Mozart and Beethoven) and am enjoying them. I admittedly have just scratched the surface. I also own the 40 disc Ellington and it certainly is the best value I ever got. I feel like the differences are more along the lines of quibbles, I actually owned the Guarnieri Beethoven late quartets long before I bought the 85 disc box, and that's how I got to know the music. The opportunity to impulsively pick through rarities like Beethoven's mandolin works appeals to me, I quite enjoyed those. There's too much in here that I was never going to buy unless I bought it this way, and I'm glad to have it. I'm not likely to do enough concentrated listening to multiple interpretations to cause me discomfort in listening to what's in the box. I've always had completist tendencies. Your mileage may vary.

Try Maine. 1) Snow 2) Mud 3) Fourth of July

eMusic deserves a mention. You don't get liner notes or SACD quality, but you get musical quality and good prices to burn your own CDs. My trouble is keeping my backlog of things I want to save for future downloading down to only 100 albums, I certainly have no problems finding enough music of interest to meet a 90 track monthly subscription.

"National feeling, which up to now was regarded as something lofty and beautiful, has instead become like a spiritual syphilis that has destroyed the brains, and it grins out through the empty eye sockets with moronic hate." I'd read that quote on an old Turnabout (Vox single disk label) recording of Nielsen's Symphony #4, The Inextinguisable by Igor Markevitch. Lost the LP somehow, always wanted to find it again, as much for the liner notes and that amazing quote as for the excellent music. Google rocks!

RIP after a short period of reflection on the life just lived. Talk it over with Stan Getz for a few years.

Yes, I have the 2 CD version. I don't remember Raised on Robbery being on the Shadows and Light LP, Cassette or CD, perhaps that's DVD only. I love this set and know the Mingus pieces only from here. Brecker really adds kick to Black Crow and Free Man in Paris. Dog Eat Dog was also a favorite.

Thanks for that link, I'll get that within the next couple months. Also that let me know that my title for the other 3LP set was incorrect, it's Art of the Netherlands, not Art of the Rennaisance.

I had forgotten an interesting link and just managed to google it up. http://www.classicalmusicmobile.com They have complete works that have entered european public domain for 1 euro each. The Reiner Bartok Concerto For orchestra and many operas are good deals that way. I have bought the Brilliant Classics Complete Bach , Mozart and Beethoven boxes and have no complaints though I'm nowhere near all the way through them. Daedalus Books or Amazon should both have good prices. Each has a Libretto disk for the vocal works. And I'm an Emusic subscriber. They have fairly complete Naxos and BIS catalogs among their many classical offerings.

One thing that nearly got a mention in my list was two 3-lp collections or Rennaisance music from David Munrow, The Art of Courtly Love and The Art of The Netherlands. I particularly remember an instrumental Estampie and a vocal piece A l'Arme (to arms). Have these emerged on CD? The mention of Deller brought them to mind.

Debussy - Prelude apres midi d' un faune - I actually listen to Froment on the Vox Box, but I'm sure there's better Nielsen 5th Symphony - either Horenstein or Leaper is fine by me Beethoven Hammerklavier sonata - Schnabel - pinnacle of passionate music making Debussy - Violin Sonata - Wish I had Ion Voicou on CD, making do with the Naxos (Dong Suk Kang?) Schubert C Major String Quintet d 960 - Melos & Rostropovich Bruckner - 9th Symphony - Scherzo - I have Shuricht (sp?) , others are more highly recommended by reviewers Sibelius - 7th Symphony - Karajan Shostakovich - String Quartet #8 - I have Eder, others are more highly recommended by reviewers Ravel - Le Tombeau de Couperin - The Vox boxes of piano and orchestral music are excellent, and this is in both. Gorecki - Symphony #3 - I have the Naxos and like it.

umm ... Gershwin? Also, Dave Matthews Bach, MJQ Bach, J. Moran (Tombeau de Couperin) and Coryell (Pavane) for Ravel. Kessel does Carmen (Bizet), and seems like I've seen some Villa-Lobos somewhere. Oh yeah, some guy named Brubeck for yr Mozart fix.