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Cheers! Have a fine day!

Not necessarily a compliment but good news none the less.

Absolutely agree, especially the "fantastic record in it's own right" comment. Thanks to Mike W. for peaking my interest in this release awhile back.

For this morning... The Complete Atlantic Recordings Of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh

FYI- CDU now listing this as a September 4th release.

All excellent IMO! On Broadway Vol. 2 is probably my favorite of the series, and Reincarnation Of A Love Bird is one of the better E.B.B.B. releases.

Henry Grimes Trio- Live At The Kerava Jazz Festival (Ayler Records)

That's what I get for "skimming" the thread.

While skimming this thread, trying to catch up on all things GD, I noticed a mention of a bonus disc of Pigpen rants, raves , and various other stage banter to be included in this release.

Fair enough. Maybe "First Session" is better characterized as a historically important release in Grant's catalog. I don't consider Peter Bernstein a one trick pony. He certainly has his share of detractors that think that very thing. The Grant influence is real, but I think it's more of a springboard than a final resting place. ..as always... (O.K. I'll stop)

Agree in principle, but don't think "all" are necessarily needed to form a balanced picture of Grant's body of work. Obviously, consider each opinion carefully.

Obviously, consider each opinion carefully.

Skip it, buy a Peter Bernstein album instead.

FYI... Three From The Vault CDU Pre-order No mention of the bonus disc???

I'll be picking this one up. Happy Birthday!

Al Green- Take Me To The River (I'm not complaining mind you )

Good excuse to post this from YouTube... Bobo Stenson - piano Palle Danielsson - bass Massimo Urbani - alto saxophone Enrico Rava - trumpet Jon Christensen - drums

Still like Todd very much. I worked a summer job delivering pianos many years ago with a guy who was a Todd freak. That's all we would listen to as we made our rounds. I can still here his voice now, "...screw Eric Clapton. Todd is God!" A lot of great Todd/Utopia already mentioned. Initiation is a greatly overlooked album in my opinion. P.S. A lot of good Todd on youtube.

Me too, $68 out the door.

Just changed over to this recently...

Your probably well aware of this one but just in case...

I know he was not happy with Soul Manifesto (Blue Note). However, he did Soul Manifesto Live! (Savant) on which he had more creative control. I've read that "Live" was really more of what he had in mind all along. A darn good funk record in my opinion.

THD Hot Plate At Musicians Friend

That's cool. They've modernized this reissue while retaining all the good things about the original. Tweaks include: Onboard overdrive and compression (The compression is quite nice and the overdrive is not half bad either). A "trans-impedance power attenuator" which allows you to take advantage of full tube overdrive at lower volume levels. Headphone jack. Speaker output jack. FX loop and four-button footswitch.

One of these would be nice with that new Tele.