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Some of my more recent albums in heavy rotation include: James Brown: The CD of JB Maybe the best JB compilation (at least as far a single disc compilations are concerned). I've been playing this one to death lately. Pun intended. Santana: First Album (Legacy Edition) I really love this album. This edition includes the album in it's original format as well as the 1st mix down of the album which was never released because it was considered to "jammy", plus the complete Woodstock performance. This band was so far ahead of its time it's amazing they were as popular as they were. John Coltrane: My Favorite Things I believe I heard this song in a commercial the other day. Couldn't tell you what it was for, since I never pay much attention to commercials. What a shame.... but I digress. The way that Coltrane navigates his way through all those key centers on "But Not For Me" is still mind blowing to me! Bob Wills: Tiffany Transcriptions Volume 2 I need to buy more of these.

Agreed. Elvis is back in rare form!

A buddy of mine's brother was a marginally successful session player in Nashville during the 90's. He played on a few big name records including one for Dolly Parton, and on hundreds of others for lesser known acts. As a sideline to generate extra cash he became a guitar broker. Since he was essentially in the music scene already, as a somewhat known player, he had a decided advantage over other brokers. What started out as a way to generate a little cash now and then quickly became a six-figure a year source of income. But wait, it actually gets better... So after about three years of "slinging" guitars to country "stars" my buddy's brother had built up a substantial amount of cash. Although he had made a small fortune as a broker, he felt that the market for this sort of thing couldn't be sustained forever, so he decided to take his money and get into real estate. He bought about a half dozen 50 acre plots at various locations on the outskirts of Nashville figuring it was a good hedge against a major economic down turn. Well, a couple years pass, and country music really begins to take off and find a younger, larger, audience than ever before. And what do all these young successful musicians want the minute they make it big? Why a little "hobby" farm in the country of course! Needless to say my buddy's brother made out quite well selling off all but one of his plots. He kept one for himself and built his dream house on it. His very large fenced in backyard sports fence posts that are made from Telecaster neck/headstocks. A little gawdy for my tastes, but I like the sentiment! On a related tangent to the original story..... So every once in a while my buddy would get a guitar sent to him from his brother for purposes of selling it to someone in the Chicagoland market. One time he received this beautifully tattered 52-Tele. I was lucky enough to play it a number of times. I seriously considered buying it but ultimately decided against it. The market for Tele's was through the roof at this point in time and my "friend of the family" discount was just under $7000. Anyway, after about six weeks, my buddy gets a call from his brother saying that some big rock star is in town looking for a 52-Tele. So back the Tele goes to Nashville for an audition with this "big" rock star. It turns out some guy named Joe Satriani bought "my" Tele. The bastard!

This looks like a quality archtop for the money. Wouldn't mind giving this one an audition. Nice

Mingus at Antibes has been mentioned a number of times and I totally agree. Also, have to put "Mingus In Wonderland" right up there.

Talk about your good karma! Enjoy.

Wes' Riverside material with Mel. There's a certain very pleasing logic to everything Wes plays. Not that any of this material is overly predictable. On the contrary, I listen to these sides and say to myself "of course, why did I think of that?" No matter how much I come back to this material, I never tire of it.

I rip new discs onto my mp3 player which allows me the listen to them while traveling to and from work, at lunch, and during those stretches at work that involve mind numbing paperwork. Seems like I do 75% of my listening under these circumstances. It takes care of any backlog (which seems to hover in the 20-30 disc range) very quickly. The other approach I take is to load up the disc changer with a bunch of sides, maybe 7-10 and hit random play. It's kind of like a pseudo blindfold test. I usually do this at home on my main rig when time isn't at as much of a premium. I also like this random approach for large boxset backlog brought on by "Mosaic Fever".

Wrong thread Mike, try Stupid Question Corner.

touche' A small gesture done for all the right reasons never hurts. Sometimes the little things you do to support your fellow musicians off the bandstand, translate into something special on the bandstand. Lugging a bass drum or a bag of cymbals every now and then seems like a small price to pay in a effort to build some kind of camaraderie. Besides that, I'm just a nice guy, what can I say?

A lot of truth in that. I always arrive to gigs very early to help the drummer carry in his equipment and help him set up. Also, stay late and help with the breakdown and carry out. A pissed off drummer will drive the bass player crazy, and we can't be having that! Hell, I say let the drummer and bass player perform a duet!

I agree. He sounds very Jim-Hallish on Ralph LaLama's Circle Line album.

A little Jax Beer history.

Cool, or should I say mellow? What did/does the beer taste like?

Don't forget Diana Krall Live In Paris. Anthony is quite good on this album.

This Train (is Bound for Glory) That's it. Thanks!

Thank you sir!

I'm trying to find a Donald Byrd record with Bunky Green. In particular the record which contains a version of "My Babe"? That's probably not the right song title. More than likely it's listed as the parent gospel song that "My Babe" is based on. Of course I can't remember that song title. Help!!!! Bunky Green plays his ass off on this one! Thanks in advance.

I've owned HHB Burners for years. Very high quality, never a problem.

Melvin is a Bad Man! His playing just keeps getting better and better to these ears. I been listening to a lot of Riverside era Wes with Mel on organ lately. Hard to overstate how good these albums are.

Rave reviews abound! "High-Flyin' Fun!" - U.S. Moose And World Report "Our Heroes Have Never Been Better!" -Frostbite Falls Times Standard " Rocky & Bullwinkle Are Heads And Antlers Above The Rest!" - Mooseweek Magazine "I Came. I Saw. I Still Don't Get The Jokes!" - Dudley Do-Right

Thanks for posting.

I got 3550 yesterday.

I bought this album specifically because of this thread. I find it to be a very interesting piece of work. I'm sure I will return to it many times in the coming years. For me, it just further illuminates the fact that Mingus was a multifaceted genius. I like the fact that he released music that is complicated and cerebral as well as, celebratory, carefree, and down right soulful.

I can't emphasize this enough. Pick up the 79' session Young Django. Grappelli is backed by Philip Catherine and Larry Coryell on guitars, and NHOP on bass. Grappelli is in very fine form. Catherine and Coryell play beautifully, both individually and collectively. Of course NHOP is impeccable.