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I am interested in this set but have some questions for those of you that have it. I have the Chronological Classics stuff for Basie for 1939 and 1939 Part 2, plus 1940, which I assume the new box duplicates a lot of. The sound I presume is substantially improved? THe live material on teh box, is Lester Young on that stuff too? Are these performances considered to be among the better live stuff or is it just box filler?

Just got this one and have listened to it twice. I agree with much of what Mikeweil has said, Garbarek is great, McLauglin and Corea are not on a number of tracks so it often feels like a trio record except for the tunes with the horn section. I should say that I love Infinite Search, but was not expecting this to be like that record. Bottom line so far is that the new one has some nice moments, but I don't love it, at least not yet. It may grow on me. One other disagreement with mikeweil is that I do think they take some chances here in that not many of the tunes have a discernible head (in the sense of a main melody). There is no avant-garde playing but the compositions seem to me to be very free from melodic cliches.

I watched the entire first episode last night and I was somewhat disappointed. Scorsese gives us a very few of the blues masters and Corey Harris and then we are off to Africa. I have no problem with exploring the African roots of this music but it seemed a little excessive and too premature without having given us much about what American blues is all about.

I can't be of much help, because I can't explain why, but I really like this one-the compositions in particular are nice. Of the later recordings I like this and Shades. Dusk doesn't do much for me.

When I went to look at these again, I noticed that State of the Tenor does not have a version of this tune, and that I was thinking of An Evening with Joe Henderson, the CD which Trumpet Guy mentions. My apologies - that's a nice version, but I still prefer Tetragon's version by a tad.

I agree with Trumpet guy, I think that Coltrane version with Harden is stunningly beautiful - and is probably my favorite. I have it on "the Stardust Session" cd. Coltrane's version is slow, lush, romantic. Like TG, i next think of Joe Henderson, who played the tune often and well- he likes to play it faster and more hard edged. But my fave Henderson version is not TG's, but rather the one that is on "Tetragon" which I think beats it and also the version on "State of the Tenor" that is a killer. I believe also there is a very nice Miles Davis version

I keep forgetting to say that I saw two very memorable Sonny Rollins performances at the Bottom Line and that they had the worst pizza I have ever eaten in my life.

JLarsen, I got the picture on the rent increase, but I was reacting to the owner's stated reason (9/11) for part of the downturn in business- I sense you think he is not being honest. I am aware of NYU's voracious appetite for land of late, and by the way, the Poe house is already gone. But having lived here for 15 years, I have never seen more going out of business signs in lower Manhattan than I have in the last 2 years and I am talking about areas fairly distant from NYU. Maybe losing 50,000 customers has something to do with it. In addition, the media has reported that tourism is down both from the US and overseas and my sense is that a fair amount of clubgoers maybe tourists. I have also heard that enrollment of foreign students has dropped way off. Anyway, I hope you are right - but things don't look great to me yet, still.

Good idea the Mule and well said, JSangrey

Those who minimize the impact of 9/11 on the NYC economy ought to think about this article.

Mode for Joe (TOCJ-4227) 20 bit (non RVG) in jewel case Adam's Apple (TOCJ-9234) mini-lp 24 bit RVG twenty dollars each delivered to US location

the more I listen to these, the more I like them. I may want to retract my earlier statement about sound quality.

I have been listening to Chopin's Sonata No. 2 Op.35 aka "funeral march" and followed it up with McCoy Tyner's version of "Lonnie's Lament" from his solo piano album "Soliliquy". Will be listening to his marvelous "Echoes of a Friend" and Andrew Hill's "Dedication".

I picked up Mode for Joe, Adam's Apple, and Let Freedom Ring. I compared the marvelous Mode for Joe with my Japanese pre-rvg copy (what you guys call TOCJs?) and it is an interesting comparison. I note that the new RVG has more definition and clarity with less sort of a hazy feel that the import gives, but the image presented (at a similar volume level) is smaller than the import and seems flatter to me - I get that row 30 feel from the new RVg while i get that row 2 feeling from the import. So it is no easy call for me between the two versions. Anyone else notice this?

I saw them last Friday and it was a superb set except for the opening number, where Frisell seemed to be having trouble with his electronic devices. By the way, the amount of electronica that Frisell used did not seem to be less than what I have seen him use over many years (that is: he doesn't alter his tone, but rather is able to regenerate previously played passages and then play over them). The amount of telepathy between these guys is scary. Lovano plays the whole gig with no mike and fills up the entire room over a drum kit and amplified guitar. Has there ever been a more sensitive drummer behind a soloist than Paul Motian? One interesting tidbit, as I was waiting to go in, Roy Haynes was standing on the sidewalk by himself eating a slice of pizza. I wondered if he was going to the gig, but I didn't see him inside.

Actually Peter, It occurs to me that the place you are thinking of is Kim's on St. Marks Place, they do have some Jazz Lps on the second floor, but not as many as the other places that have been mentioned in this thread.

JMJK, Bleecker Bob's is not on Bleecker, but west 3rd street, fairly close to 6th Ave. near the Blue Note Club. At least it was last time I was there.

I vote for General Zhukov!

There's a place called Stooz in the East Village, it's on 7th street (or maybe 6th) very close to Tompkins Square Park. They have some rare birds there.

Thanks for your reviews guys! Anyone going to see them tonight, like me?

I own it and it is not one of my favorite Rollins records. The long title track is a little by aimless in my opinion. But I do like the other tracks and particularly "we Kiss in a Shadow" - is a compelling performance. I give it a mixed review.

Free for All, I own the movie, so I think I can answer your questions. Sonny Rollins is credited in the film as the composer of the music, except for the title song which is a Bacharach/David composition. I don't think any of the Impulse CD is directly on the film, the Impulse CD contains the same band doing slightly different and often more extended versions of the tunes done in the movie. I don't know if there is an actual Alfie soundtrack, but based on my hearing of it (just the other night anyway), I think the Impulse CD is much better. In the movie some tunes are only very brief, as little as 30 seconds to a minute. These same tunes get much longer treatment on the Impulse CD. My impression is that the sound quality on the Impulse CD is superior to what I hear on the film.

Love Alfie, And yes the versions on the Cd are not the same as in the film, but since Rollins wrote the music for the film, perhaps "inspired by" doesn't quite capture it. They are very similar. My other great jazz soundtrack is "Last Tango in Paris" with Gato Barbieri.

good one catesta. Happy Birthday Bird!!!

I know I'll be forgetting some and this list is too long but here it goes: Five Easy Pieces (Brad and Jazzmoose - which scene? I remember a lot of them) The Last Detail (maybe Jack Nicholson's best) Cool Hand Luke Lawrence of Arabia Last Tango In Paris (and you get Gato too!) Bananas Shampoo The Spy who came in from the Cold The Ipcress File Bedazzled (the original, of course) Alfie (and you get Rollins too!) Shoot the Piano Player La Dolce Vita 8 1/2 Amarcord The Apu Trilogy Goldfinger Knife in the Water ( and you get Komeda too!) Hard Day's Night Seven Samurai Seven Beauties Seventh Seal Swept Away Rashomon Wild Strawberries Virgin Spring The Deer Hunter Slapshot Glengarry Glen Ross (you get Wayne too!) The Long Goodbye Once Upon a Time in the West Duck Soup Vertigo Rear Window North by Northwest