BruceH

What's your reaction?

Personally, I'd say you could've gotten yourself a copy of The Modern Dance and Dub Housing and then rest secure that you had all that you need. But if you're a huge fan or have a need to explore, then go for broke and more power to ya!

Apparently, Joe Jackson was a big fan of it. I agree, it's a remarkable album; don't know why it's not talked about more.

THE MORGAN/SHORTER by all means!!! For Godsake, man, don't miss it! One of my favorite Mosaics of all time, and a prime reason to keep on living.

No, I heard that somewhere too. (Or my brain is playing tricks...)

I've seen this around. Not the most attractive cover in the world. I'll have to put it on my "Ugly albums that are well worth getting" list.

Inspired by the Brew Moore thread, here's another talented guy who would have been 80 about now (April 16th, I believe). While he's a bit more tangential to jazz, he clearly had a grounding in the music, as a brief listen to the Pink Panther Theme will demonstrate. He also composed the deathless Peter Gunn theme, the grandaddy of all "danger" TV/movie themes (including the James Bond and Mission Impossible themes), and he also composed the theme to Mr. Lucky. (Nice cover of that on the recent Byrd/Adams At the Half Note RVG.) In addition, he did the score for Orson Welles's film Touch of Evil. Here's to you, Henry!

Is it twenty dollars great? That's half a Select.

Embraceable You---Charlie Parker, Dial Always liked the alternate more than the master on this one. Sheer genius.

One of the few things I've learned in this life: You can never have enough cow bell!

Ah, another covert to the Church of Clark. Welcome, my son, welcome! Some of his solos are as lucid and flowing as a mountain stream. All of his Blue Notes are worth getting, particularly Cool Struttin' and Leapin' and Lopin'. The Time disc with Roach and Duvivier is great, and he was one of the best sidemen of his day. There's many an artist to whom I initially gave a listen simply because Sonny Clark was the pianist on one of his albums. (That goes for Johnny Griffin, Sonny Criss, etc.) I assume you've already got Dexter Gordon's Go! and A Swingin' Affair; they're almost as much Sonny's albums as they are Dexter's.

Words of wisdom; words of woe.

It certainly grabs your attention. I like how it's not a run-of-the-mill Wolff photo. Good album, too.

Woops! I did the same as Moose; replied to the other thread. Can you transfer a post? The heck with it---I found and bought a used copy of the Jimmy Cleveland Verve Elite. Haven't listened to all of it yet, but so far it's several and a big !

Got the Jimmy Cleveland Verve Elite, finally ($10, used)! So far, my ears say:

I've got it on vinyl, a double-album that has alternate takes and such on the second disc. This is a truly classic album, but how many thousands of times is it going to be re-issued in every conceivable format? Whatever happened to having one cannonical version of something (the way the artist wanted it, preferably) and leaving it at that? It reminds me of these obnoxious "corrected" editions of classic novels that started littering the bookshelves over the last 10 or 15 years. Give us all a break.

Any word on who's writing 'em?

Hey, all you connoisseurs of government scandal: Get ready for "Yawn-Gate"!

No, it means that throughout April, you can buy whatever jazz CD's and LP's you want, and get completely reimbursed by the government.... ....in your DREAMS!

Hey, it's the Global Economy! When you think about it, the major music labels have been a joke for the last 35 years, at least. This is just a major label doing what they do best---stinking up the place. ...And hurting my head like a hundred dogs.

Music can be strange though. Some of the most nihilistic, anti-everything punk music ever recorded used to give me a liberated, joyful feeling. And the Velvet Underground's first and third albums still make me feel that life's worth living.

Never cared for Harding myself. He didn't talk too well, from what I gather.

I read somewhere that Desmond tried not to listen to Parker too much, for fear of becoming a subconsious imitator. I can see his point.

I got the first four Selects as they came out. (Have been biding my time on the others.) Very tough to choose between the Carmell Jones, Bennie Green, and Randy Weston sets. Great music which I didn't have before; fantastic, high-quality sets that have gotten lots of playing time at my house. The Moncur set is the joker in the pack (for me)----it's the only one that had significant material that I already owned (two Jackie McLean albums) and wouldn't you know, the stuff I liked the best was from the McLean albums I ALREADY had. The sessions from Moncur's own albums didn't do very much for me. Although, reading some of these posts, perhaps I should pull it out and give it another try. It seems that leaving it on the shelf for a year might be just the thing... Of the new Selects, I'm most interested in the Brookmeyer and Reece. I have very little of the Brookmeyer and something about it just says "Yes!" I only have Comin' On by Reece and like it a lot. (Well, actually a friend made me a tape of Blues In Trinity, but hey, tapes get lost easily, y'know?) I've convinced myself not to get the Curtis Amy because I've already got Katanga and everybody always says that's by far his finest album. One must sooner or later get selective about Selects.

Woah!! Way to go Al! The entire 13-hour "America" series was shown to us in junior high. I really liked it, mainly because the teacher of that history class was a very boring lecturer, and every minute spent watching "America" was that much less time spent listening to the teacher. I still have fond memories of the series. RIP, Mr. Cooke.