BeBop

Looks like a useful reference for those who indulge. From the proprietor of New York's Jazz Record Center. ...striking fear into the hearts wallets of jazz lovers since 1983.

Ah! Rumbled! OK, I'll own up. It was 1885. Archve field recordings of stirring tunes sung in the Paris Commune 14 years before. Ah, sounds like you got the reissue. I have the original "deep pit", burnt sienna and cerulean label version. With OBI.

Ah, memories. I worked "with" Sony on the CDP-101 (1st consumer player) project before release. (My work was not of a form that makes me inclined to take any blame for the product.) Anyway, I had a few test CDs before I could buy anything to play them on.

2011 Birthday Best!

I quite enjoyed thinking about this question, so thank you for posing it. My musical life started as a piano student under a strict disciplinarian teacher who had never taught a pre-adult before. Music was a task to be executed precisely, and under conventional strictures. That's where I was coming from. Chronologically: Charlie Parker Which album? Who knows. Probably a series of 78s and whatever I pulled from the cheap LP bin. This was the first improvised music I have memory of. That alone is enough to make it a landmark. Kraftwerk - Trans Europe Express (et al.) No longer did music need to move directly from point A to point B, at least not by the most expedient path. It could meander, loop back upon itself... Ornette Something circa 1960. I'll cite these as the first forms of dissonance that really "struck a chord" with me. Music moved beyond major and minor modes. (By way of reference, I'm still in my teens at this point.) Clarence White - 33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals. Breaking music down into its most simple form to reveal its starkest beauty. One talented man and a guitar.

Can I have an a-men!

50 percent off, in-store, two days. Hey, they still have books.

At present, 3:30AM, it's dark. As George Carlin would have said, we're expecting "widely scattered patches of light, later in the day".

"Readers"? Heck, how 'bout all the Listeners! Groovy 2-0-double toothpicks to everyone.

I've got both. I study (and enjoy) the Parker; I just enjoy the Crusaders. This Bird won't leave you tapping your feet and humming. More profound? Perhaps. But I never find myself holding one set in each hand and dithering.

Have a great one, Tony!

Well, I suppose we can't credit/blame the Americans for Budweiser anymore. But clearly, the survey didn't include Laos, Cambodia, Sudan... Memories of t-t-t-touring the T-T-T-Tuborg factory.

Atlanta was pretty nice last week - at least compared to points West and North. Right now, though, wee bits of snow on my hotel window. I've heard it's supposed to clear up - if not warm up - tomorrow.

Tough year. Thanks for all the pleasant distractions.

What's this, quarterly birthdays? Kind of like being a leap-year kid in reverse?

Left Los Angeles on Saturday morn. Figured Alabama would be colder, but tolerable. Well, the high was 27F and the low was 16F. Have to drive overnight to Memphis, where the temps are nearly identical. Watch for ice on the road, BeBop. What a difference a week (or so) makes. Birmingham is warm (50s F) and sunny now.

I used to read Skeptic (M. Shermer was a friend, in a prior life); still subscribe to Skeptical Inquirer, mainly because it's easier.

Clearly on my Top 10. Took me a while to get my hands on a copy, but REALLY enjoyed it...and continue to really enjoy it. Congratulations!

David Gitin?! Holy smokes, I remember that name from Pacific Grove (KRML? KAZU?), though I don't think I ever met the gent. Well happy birthday.

Your enthusiasm is infectious. I'll be listening when there's something to hear.

I'd agree with the recommendation for a decent tenor - like post World War II, even. My C low-pitch horns have intonation challenges. (When is an octave key not an octave key?) With a tenor mouthpiece, the sound opens a bit and they become less of a blowing battle. But, aside from novelty and, perhaps price (my most recent purchases were around US$25-30), they don't have much going for them. I've got one horn that - despite the fact that you'd think reading concert pitch notation would not require any transposition - requires a half-step transposition and lots of embrochure work when moving between octaves. So I don't play it in public.

Previous discussion.

I don't get gifts from anyone, anytime. (My gift giving is limited to my father and friends and relatives under 18 years of age, so fair enough.) I don't/can't buy myself "Stuff", but meals and side-trips, yes. Anytime.

Birthday Bestest.

Only bought one CD this year: Organissimo Alive & Kickin' Now if you want a list of top ten live musical events...