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I've got this 45 in storage. I've heard Pres' singing. This ain't Pres. Barefootin' Time in Chinatown by Lester Young

I saw the Enterprise being wheeled into the hanger at JFK a few months ago. Pretty cool. (I don't do YouTube, but I'm sure your video is pretty cool too.)

Not very imaginative, but: Blue Note Rounder Deutshe Grammophon Wait! Delmark. Can't I take that too?

Didn't we do this last week?

Thanks Dan. I may pick this up...then completely bust loose (for me) and get also Home: Live in Columbia, Missouri by Steve Wilson in duo with Bruce Barth (also on We Always Swing)

This one caught my eye. I don't buy many CDs these days. But I do have a little thing going for duos, including alto and piano. Williams and Watson are usually both worth hearing. The samples at Amazon and CDBaby sound fine. Any feedback?

I assume he's the other piece to this intriguing puzzle.

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I've had good luck cancelling orders right up until I get a "shipped" notice. These aren't recorded music orders, but seems like it'd be the same...provided the seller is Amazon, not a third party.

For sale at Amazon (with two positive reviews, but no sound samples.) Hear it at Allmusic http://www.allmusic.com/album/fire-with-von-freeman-mw0000085993

Correct. Get this: Jarman and Mitchell counted as one choice (like "one person")!

Happens all the time here. But the assertion of A over B is defended as the expression of 'strong opinions'. And 'strong opinions' always trump reason, careful consideration, balance and humility (take a look at the Hersch thread). Worrying about where A, B or C fit in the hierarchy always seems silly to me, given the variety of contexts listeners come from. But it is ever popular. Yeah, the "A over B" thing is what got me. If he/she hadn't picked anyone pre-Ornette, I would have just accepted "greatest" as having been drawn from a narrower universe than I inhabit.

I've come to grips with the list. That's kind of a strong characterization: I didn't really lose my grip, but as a saxophone player with appreciation for the history of the instrument (in jazz), I was dismayed. I realize now that what "got" me was the use the term "greatest" as opposed to "the ones I like the best". The former can be debated (without final resolution); the latter can't. If this writer likes David S Ware over Ben Webster, well, I can live with that.

"Don't you know, he was the king of saxophones Yes indeed he was talkin' 'bout the guy that made it sound so good." No Hawk, no Sonny R, probably no Dex (though Dex had a heaping helping of Pres too). So you know where my list starts. The Master.

I can't help but think that Dex (#9 for Dex feels a bit high, though not totally off the mark) would be aghast to see Pres at #29 and Hawk barely in top 20.

Disclaimer: I've only seen the list from my mobile; maybe I missed something here. And yeah, I know it's "just some blogger" probably trying to satisfy some agenda. Pres #28.

http://burningambulance.com/

Thanks, Mr. Jarman, for joys received in concerts and recordings. All the best at 75.

My MP3 player shuffle function hit Keith Jarrett's "Silence" and the David Murray/Mal Wadron collab "Silence" this morning. And it was a fine morning.

Have a great, GREAT one, Dan!

...and Ronnie Foster is still around. In this article, he's buried as the leader of a back-up band to Human Nature http://www.las-vegas-shows-reviews.com/human-nature/2012/05/02/ But he also does leader gigs from time to time; tough to keep tabs. Check the local free weekly newspaper club and concert listings. http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/

I don't get to Southern Nevada all that often, but I think most of the bits I've posted before are still relevant: ...though you might want to cross-reference the 2010 club listing to the current one at the Las Vegas jazz websites (included in posts).

Don't be fooled: it's just 10 hours of solo Braxton on contrabass saxophone playing 6 ---| | |---9 | = If ----| until Marsalis and the Manhattan sheriff show up to evict him. (Sorry: failed attempt to show Braxton "composition"; can't recall how to insert "hard" spaces.

In addition to the Cicrle issue, it's also on WestWind 2036 as "Archie Shepp And Jeanne Lee"