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My tastes in music run toward the dramatic and I'd give serious consideration to calling this the greatest recording ever. My preferred listening experience would be the original three track configuration, but I don't want to be without the bonus tracks. I have other moods in which the Body and Soul from Coltrane's Sound would get that honor, but I find myself wanting to hear this right now. I'll get home from work in a few hours, have to wait until then. Coltrane's entry over the throbbing heartbeat bass - what a moment.

Played 2 scrabble tourneys this year, just missing the money both times. Thanks for the hijack : )

I absolutely agree on Free Spirits - I used it on my second Blindfold Test. Buster Williams plays great on that one.

In honor of the Asch Recordings (1944-1947) showing up on eMusic from Folkways, I thought it would be a good time to start a Mary Lou Williams thread. I enjoyed the Asch Recordings a great deal when they were issued on LP in 1977 and will be downloading them tonight. I believe Kool may be Kenny Dorham's first recorded solo. It's likely that the Asch Recordings can be ordered on CD now. Also newly appearing on eMusic is an album entitled Mary Lou Williams, whose first track is "Black Christ of the Andes (St. Martin de Porres)". This differs from the album "Mary Lou Williams Presents Black Christ of the Andes". It looks like "Presents" has four bonus tracks inserted just before the final track. Zoning is a fascinating modernist set from Mary Lou. Bob Cranshaw plays electric bass, but I find his playing appropriate to the context.

I'll be grabbing Mary Lou Williams - The Asch Recordings tonight. I believe Kool may feature Kenny Dorham's first recorded solo.

Anything from the 50's in order to meet US copyright laws must be licensed from the intellectual property owners. The period of protection is 75 years rather than 50 and entertainment moguls are lobbying heavily for an even longer period.

Mal Waldron - Breaking New Ground With Reggie Workman and Ed Blackwell, and as good as you'd expect it to be. Four seventies vintage pop tunes are covered. I was expecting a more percussive and intense interpretation of Beat It, but this one's growing on me and the trio plays Earth Wind and Fire like they wrote it for the vocal group. I've had Sam Rivers- Purple Violets for a while, but I'm really enjoying it recently. Might be Sam's most "inside" date.

I listen to the Blue Note Lighthouse and Last Session more than any other Lee Morgan albums. Chops can be overrated. There's a later recording of Ted Curson where he plays Lin's Garden, and you can hear him struggle to play the theme, but the struggle just adds to the emotional impact. I can't be absolutely sure he didn't mean it that way, but it doesn't matter.

Thanks. Recorded on my seventh birthday. Ten years later I was playing a lot of pinball in Mitten Hall, then heading over to WRTI to hang out and fill the occassional DJ slot. Never knew this existed.

After seeing Billy Hart Quartet on some best of year lists I grabbed it and have enjoyed it. Dennis Gonzalez' name drew me in to Alvin Fielder Trio - A Measure of Vision and it was worth it. Lyrical and evocative. Rudresh Mahanthappa - Codebook impressed on first listen, a quartet with Vijay Iyer. They continue to add items on the Ayler Records label and William Parker - And William Danced and Exploding Customer Live at the Glenn Miller Cafe are both excellent.

The two albums on which Mike Brecker completely blew me away were a Joanne Brackeen album (Tring-a-Ling?) on Choice, and then later, Joni Mitchell's Shadows and Light live album which I consider an utter classic. I think I'll play McCoy Tyner's Infinity tonight.

Icarus and Silence of a Candle are melodies for the ages. On the whole the album feels a little too "short and sweet", and the next three albums surpass this one for me. Distant Hills, Winter Light and In Concert explore the textures and melodies at greater length and are better for it. Towner's Diary and Solstice from the same time period are also favorites of mine. But I wouldn't want to be without this one.

Enjoying Sam Rivers - Purple Violets quite a bit now. Also grabbed Evan Parker - New Excursions and Archie Shepp with the New York Contemporary 5. Just discovered that Byard Lancaster is part of a group with some electronics called Mars 2 Earth, and that's my next download.

In the 70's ECM, along with Keith Jarrett and Oregon was what lured me into the jazz world. Keith Jarrett - Solo Concerts Bremen - Lausanne Keith Jarrett w/ Jan Garbarek - Belonging Terje Rypdal - Whenever I seem to be far away Ralph Towner - Solstice Ralph Towner - Diary Gary Burton - Steve Swallow - Hotel Hello Art Lande - Rubisa Patrol Paul Motian - Tribute Albums I know are great but just haven't heard often enough Dave Holland - Conference of the Birds Old and New Dreams Evan Parker - Paul Bley - Sankt Gerold

I dunno, ask Chris Albertson?

Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse Evan Parker Elliott Smith Smokey Robinson - Timeless Love Andrew Hill Walt Dickerson

Enjoying the new Ornette Coleman, Dennis Gonzalez's Spirit Meridian - Idle Wild, John Lindberg - A Tree Frog Tonality and some recent Ken Vandermark aggregations.

Jack Wilkins and Jack Wilkins George Benson and Geoirge Benson Michael Jackson and Michael Gregory Jackson

Could have been worded more gently of course, but eMusic is my primary source.

Even considering its biased nature, it's of some interest to me. I'd vote against banning all promotional posts. Some of the nicest moments on this board have been when a relative of an artist interacts with the many knowledgeable fans here.

This is on eMusic now.

Any thoughts on the new Kidd Jordan with Parker and Drake?

Booker Little - Out Front

I love African Space Program. It's a wild big band date with Hamiet Bluiett, John Stubblefield and other notables, and the closest Dollar Brand would get to Sun Ra.

It would be a good time to put on Andrew Hill's Divine Revelation on Steeplechase. Any other additions to the list of finest hours?