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I never seem to tire of this band, though I suppose some might find their music to be 'tiring' (repetitive, hypnotic...). The 'Tour de France Soundtracks' are particularly compelling to me, for personal reasons. But I've been enjoying 'Trans-Europe Express' since it came out, many years ago. Any other fans out there? Am I the only person to put Kraftwerk on his/her 'Desert Island Disc' list? And what other band is quite like it? For whatever reason, Neu! has never done much for me, but I could probably benefit from more listening time.

I"ve heard and enjoyed parts of the Tenor Triangle recordings. Since I don't buy anymore, I'd be interested in hearing the impressions of people who've had the opportunity to get to know these better than I.

Having had the good fortune to travel to nearly every country on the planet (I exaggerate, probably 110 countries) - Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia, rural China, Lao PDR, Sudan, Mali, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Burkina Faso, Niger, Ghana, Djibouti, Togo, Senegal, Paraguay, Tunisia, India, Guatemala, Haiti - you can bet I've been offered some tasty morsels. Alas, as a vegetarian/vegan, I was able to pass on all. Except durian. (Excuse me, it's lunchtime.)

"...could youse play it in 5/4 time?" Love it! Thanks.

Perhaps he's invisi-Bill. Conn500, are you have delusions again? Invisible friends?

Likewise. - Drew

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Thoughts: This has been reissued more times than anything else in my collection. Without even trying, I would guess I've accumulated ten versions of most of the concert. It's fine stuff; something of a period piece, as this was one of several concerts/series of concerts that popped up to mimic or take advantage of the JATP phenomenon. But Dex and Wardell were a great pair. Special. You'll want to ensure you're getting the most complete transcriptions possible, as many were severely and crudely edited to excise various solos, for instance.

July 7, 1947 sides with Wardell Gray (with or without Dex) Hunt (1)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (2)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (3)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (4)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (5)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (6)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (7)(Rocks & Shoals) Hunt (8)(Rocks & Shoals) Disorder at the Border (1)(Bopera) Disorder at the Border (2)(Bopera) Disorder at the Border (3)(Bopera) Disorder at the Border (4)(Bopera) Disorder at the Border (5)(Bopera) Disorder at the Border (6)(Bopera) Disorder at the Border (7)(Bopera) Backbreaker (1)(Rifftide) Backbreaker (2)(Rifftide) Backbreaker (3)(Rifftide) Backbreaker (4)(Rifftide) Backbreaker (5)(Rifftide) Backbreaker (6)(Rifftide) Byas-A-Drink (1)(Bopland) Byas-A-Drink (2)(Bopland) Byas-A-Drink (3)(Bopland) Byas-A-Drink (4)(Bopland) Byas-A-Drink (5)(Bopland) Byas-A-Drink (6)(Bopland) Cherokee (1) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (2) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (3) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (4) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (5) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (6) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (7) (Jeronimo) Cherokee (8) (Jeronimo) Blow, Blow, Blow (1) Blow, Blow, Blow (2) Blow, Blow, Blow (3) Blow, Blow, Blow (4) I'll try to provide more if I can get my hands on my discography.

Unfortunately, I don't have a 'live' example in my head, and my research abilities are limited as I'm traveling, but it seems like some of the Young Lions of the late 1980s and 1990s had some mighty impressive sidemen/women along on their first dates. For me, it always seemed like a symbiotic relationship - old masters who might have been hard pressed to find dates as leaders as the Young Lions stole the limelight - at least for that brief period. Some of the YLs were, of course, former Messengers, which helped the connections. Can anyone help me out with a specific example or two? Harrison? Blanchard? Watson? Hollyday? Harper?

Well, here in the Sahara... And no, I'm not kidding.

I have many names. Names of splendor. Names of shame.

For better sound quality, I´d recommend one of the smaller, budget oriented companies like Music Hall. (Unfortunately, I´m out of the country and short on details right now. If no one else offers up thoughts in the same vein, I´ll post more when I return to civilization.)

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It's night (here). I'm in Tunisia. For what that's worth, I offer the best of A Night In Tunisia to Organissimo board denizens.

Oh, I suppose I could have given him a straight answer (...heck, yours is the only CD I've bought in three years), but I suppose I was looking for something a bit more enticing. I gave him your website URL, said you were a great band (my Italian is quite limited) and told him you were 'maximum organ'. Obviously, the genesis of his question was the Italian sounding name.

I'm standing at an internet kiosk in the Roma airport. Apparently Italian guy looking over my shoulder. (in Italian...) 'What is this Organissimo?' (with sharp Italian pronounciation of the final word).

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Moody. James Moody. Some of his best stuff - from the 70s - is out again in reuissue. There's some nice Herbie Mann stuff that came out on Savoy - flute and tenor sax; The LP was entitled Be Bop Synthesis. I also like flute (and tenor) man Sam Most. Check out his Bethelehem and Xanadu sides.

1. Assume you are driving 100kph/60mph on a roadway. A pedestrian steps in front of your car, 30 meters/100 feet ahead of you. Do you: a. apply brakes b. sound horn c. neither a nor b I suspect most Americans would choose 'a', while a greater portion of Italians would opt for 'b'. In Burkina or Benin, 'c' might be the favored answer. I offer this up as an unscientific anecdote from the lest few weeks of my life. My belief is that there is no correct answer. What's important is that drivers behave predictably and in accordance with local custom. It's easy to call the West Africans calloused because they do nothing; my impression, however, if that the haven't been raised in a society where people are assumed to be stupid and/or unable to protect themselves. They would probably assume that the pedestrian had timed things in a manner such as to be removed from harm's way without driver action. Sounds fair enough to me.

As a retired professional athlete, a continuing semi-pro athlete, a coach to accomplished athletes and a person who cares a lot about EVERYone's health, please learn about nutrition before undertaking something like the Atkins diet. Giving up carbohydrates (the only fuel for muscle and mind) is no more effective than giving up all foods containing the letter 'g'. (Note, I've listed my credentials more for disclosure purposes than to build credibility; I am not a trained nutritionist.) I'm sorry to get on the soapbox, but this really disturbs me. I'll say no more in the public forum. Contact me privately, if you wish to discuss further. I wish everyone all the best in achieving good health.

Rules seem to be proliferating. From the benign to the ridiculous. Moral, legal, social... One can't follow them all, can one? (This one certainly can't.) So, where do you toe the line, and where do you cross it? I jaywalk and cross against the traffic light...when safe. In doing so, I break one rule (legal) while adhering to another (common sense/self-preservation). I don't speed, I've seldom any reason to. (Look! He ended a sentence with a preposition!) I've revealed the soles of my feet to a Buddah image more than once - a product of clumsiness, more than lack of discretion. I shave with hot water, to my father's chagrin. And I typically throw clothes and laundry detergent into the wash simultaneously - my mother would be ashamed. I begin sentences with conjuctions. Horrors! I never (never!) skip my twice daily exercise routine. Ten years without 'peaking' or 'periodization'. Sorry coach. Oh wait, these days, I'm the coach. But I don't take the hairdryer into the bathtub with me. And all my mattresses still have their tags. (Actually, I don't have any matresses, so there!) Read the ending of a novel before the beginning? No way. I'm not looking for murder confessions here. Or, worse yet, admissions that you store LPs horizontally.