Eric

http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/paloalto.htm Several Palo Alto recordings were later released by the labels the artists moved on to. Meredith D'Ambrosio's excellent Little Jazz Bird was put out by Sunnyside, and Blue Note rereleased Diane reeves' Palo ALto recordings. Holy irrelevant factoid Batman ... I saw at the bottom of the list that the label was established by Jim Benham in 1981. For those investors out there, that is the same Jim Benham of the now-defunct Benham mutual funds. I know this because the company I worked for in KC, American Century mutual funds, bought him out in 1995. I knew he played the trumpet but had no idea he started the label. Maybe he can take the $50 million we paid him and re-juvinate things! Anyway, I have a few of the Quicksilver titles, including those by Phil Woods, Pepper Adams, McCoy Tyner and Denny Zeitlin. I think the one by Mal Waldron is also available. I bought mine at CD Universe - you could do a search there for the label to see what else is available. Eric

Sgt Pepper soundtrack back in 79 or so.

Boy Tom, I don't know for sure. Alaadeen defintiely comes to mind. Another guy, although I am not sure how much he gets around, is Everette Devan (sorry if I botched the spelling). He is a funky B-3 guy, although he is probably not "elder". Simply because of the passage of time, there are very few swing era guys left, which was obviously our bread and butter period. Post-swing, the KC gene pool gets much smaller. Carmell Jones is gone. Pat Metheny is an interesting choice. Seems he still gets around town and I think his brother is still here (Mike). I really like the playing of a trumpet guy named Al Pearson, although he isn't in a leadership "mode". Do you know Monte Muza, the guitar player? I have lost track of him, used to be a pretty good friend. Both Bobby and Pat have gone on record to say what an influence he was on them. Aside from Jay, I would nominate Bobby, age notwithstanding. He definitely has the national prescence and in his role at UMKC, he is clearly making an impact. I don't know it for a fact, but I would expect he helps draw (or at least influence) talent to KC for shows. Eric PS - If you don't have them, check out both of Alaadeen's CDs - they really kick ass!

Although the wedding dress auction is good, I thought the "ass kicking" auction was an all-time classic.

I adore Black Fire. Could easily be my favorite Hill, 'cept maybe for Andrew! Eric

good discussion of this CD going on at the "other place" http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread....20&pagenumber=1

Good info ... the review at AMG suggests the same thing ... Eric

Rooster, you have nailed the KC scene. And I don't get the KC/St. Louis disparity either. Unless it is true that we really are just a cow town My favorite place for jazz is Receycled Sounds in Westport, but it is almost all lps. They do get some really cool stuff in there - it seems that people who unload/trim their collections prefer to go there over Music Exchange. I used to go to Pennylane and Music Exchange all the time. Now I rarely do. It is kind of sad, but it just became a waste of time. BTW, the Streetside in OP is now closed. I really think the internet has contributed much to the demise of the local record stores, at least in KC. And generally speaking, a relatively conservative listening crowd. It is all rahter sad ... although I am hopeful that some well-heeled capitalist will one day remedy the situation, a la Euclid or Dusty Groove in Chicago. Unil then, "buy it used" at Amazon, half.com (and sometimes GEMM or ebay) meet my needs pretty nicely. Eric

OK, this one arrived and I have listened to it a couple of times. My highly literate review: VERY cool!!! My prior exposure to African music was Sunny Ade. This is jazzier and funkier and has a pretty sharp attitude. For the upcoming days: Dirty Dozen Brass Band Phil Ranelin William Parker Jemeel Moodoc Discovering new music kicks ass!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I do know that regardless of whatever is posted at Jazzmatazz, very little of this will be at my Borders. If I am lucky, it is sitting on some cart and will be stocked by the weekend. At one time I would actually browse said carts, looking for new issues. I would typically be quized by an employee, usually with a snotty overtone. (Sadly) I have found Amazon and CD Universe to have much better attitudes and prices

Nice ... I know this has been discussed on another thread, but I simply think their is no moral basis for only letting a copyright run 50 years, as is the case in Europe. The arguement has been set forth "50 years is enough time for an artist to earn their money". Says who??? Why not 40? or 60? Plus, what about the heirs? I hate to make harsh, judgemental statements, but IMHO, anyone who buys this crap is not making a very wise decision ... Eric

Well, speaking of KC, the old jazz district was at 18th and Vine. This area fell into disrepair for years, but fortunatley was renovated ~ 10 years ago. The Jazz Hall of Fame and the Negro Leagues Baseball museum are there now. The Gem Theater has been restored and hosts a number of jazz concerts (I saw Tom Harrell and Charles McPherson there last month). There is also a jazz club called the Blue Room. The one element of history that sill exists is the old union hall, known as the Mutual Musicians Foundation. They still host after-hours (starting at ~ 2:00 am) jam sessions. As far as I know, the hall has been there and active since the 20s. As an aside, this area was spiffed up "post-renovation" to scenes in the Robert Altman movie "Kansas City". Eric

There are really no turds in the bowl ... although there is nothing too adventurous either. Just like they say (I think) "straight ahead and in the pocket". Eric

I did the listening station thing too ... full CD seems to dial down the cheese factor to quite acceptable levels. There is a fair amount of adventurous stuff. Eric

In the mean time, if you have one of those SACD/CD combo players, the SACD of the orignial album sounds increbible ... BIG improvement (and I really don't much get into the whole audiophile thing). Eric

Just my two cents ... I owned this and sold it in a time of cash crisis. I have since bought it back and LOVE it. Everything that was said above - great playing, tunes and arrangements. Eric

Bol, Did you find anyplace else? Eric

Got 'em both on the way ...

Yeah baby - that is a KILLER track - one of my favorite jazz tunes of all time. Eric

There is a CD on BN with the exact same title that is *not* a compilation. I don't know if this is that or not. BUT, this appears to be some sort of European reissue and indeed is perhaps a compilation. Bottom line - you can buy all the Horace you need from BN in original form and don't need this one Eric

Dave, Do tell ... I picked up their greatest hits and it is very interesting. I missed a chance to see them in Columbia MO a few months ago ... Thanks, Eric

Interesting - I have become a fan over the last year. Do you think Pollard solo stuff will be all that different from GBV? Eric

Great news!!! Your life will never be the same and that is a GREAT thing!!! Eric

All, Thanks so much for the recommendations. This is gonna be FUN. I will report back with my thoughts as I work my way through this ... Eric

Speaking of Kessell, anybody have a take on his Reprise albums from the early 60s? http://www.oldies.com/product/view.cfm/id_28572.html