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Tom, The Bad Livers (with Danny Barnes) did a cover of Sun Ra's "Interplanetary Music." Bill Monroe's "Heavy Traffic Ahead" has always sounded to me like a bluegrass cover of a jazz tune -- even though it's a Monroe original. ... Not exactly what you were asking for, but it's sorta in the same neighborhood.

Nope. I don't have any sort of notes or prepared lists. Just using recollection. I do have my jazz collection documented in an Excel spreadsheet. But it's just a listing of artists, titles, labels, and formats.

I've only written listening notes when I knew that I'd subsequently be writing about the record for a website or blog post. In an ideal world, I'd begin by listening to the record several times. It might be background music, or I might listen consciously & intentionally. The primary goal is to have the music in my ear repeatedly. After a period of time of getting to know a record (that varies in duration depending on all sorts of factors), I just scribble my impressions in a spiral bound notebook while listening intently to the music. Then, I draft the write-up in MS Word while referring to my hand-written listening notes as well as other contextual info that I'd compiled re: the album at hand.

I need to do that. IMO, Kubelik's live M5 and his DLvdE on Audite are recordings for the ages! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

I agree that Kubelik's reading of Mahler's Second is one of the (relatively) weaker links in his cycle -- but I still think it's very good. IMO, it's just not quite on the same EXALTED level as most of the other recordings in Kubelik's cycle. My 2 cents.

Now listening to Mahler's Third Symphony performed by Rafael Kubelik & the Bavarian Radio SO, as heard in this set:

❤️ 👍 ❤️

BLUEGRASS LABELS - Rebel Records - King Records - Gusto Records - Starday Records - Rural Rhythm Records - Pinecastle Records - Sugar Hill Records Of course, major labels like Columbia, RCA, Decca, Capitol, United Artists, and Mercury also recorded lots of post-war bluegrass music. Some examples: Bill Monroe recorded for Columbia & Decca; The Stanley Brothers recorded for Mercury; Doc & Merle Watson recorded for U.A.; The Louvin Brothers recorded for Capitol; and Flatt & Scruggs recorded for Mercury & Columbia. EDIT Of course, there's also Bear Family if you're looking to go the box set / compilation route.

A disc that's very deserving of its classic status.

Brahms and Gilels: A heavenly pairing.

Now playing: Joanne Brackeen - Live at Maybeck Recital Hall, Vol. 1 (Concord, 1990)

That would be fantastic. I've got most of it (maybe all?) on either 32 Jazz CDs or original vinyl. But the "Mosaic treatment" would likely be too difficult for me to resist. Especially if there was a significant boost in AQ.

Next up: The Alegre All-Stars - Way Out, Vol. IV (Alegre, 1965) This just arrived in the mail yesterday. Holy mackerel, it sounds GOOD -- both musically and AQ-wise. The album has been well-loved; it's in far-from-perfect condition. But the music just LEAPS out of the speakers. ❤️

That makes sense, @mjzee. If it took being tight-fisted to stay afloat & in business, I suppose it's good that Fields did that. Either way, his important work as a documenter of the jazz scene is incalculable.

Absolutely! A BRILLIANT album!

In English, they're SMURFs. The instrumentation is actually Chick Corea (el-p, p), Joe Farrell (saxes & fl), Eddie Gomez (b), and Steve Gadd (d). I like the record. It's nothing earth-shattering, but -- like the title implies -- it's a relaxed, enjoyable session. Giving this another spin: Association P.C. - Erna Morena (MPS, 1973) This band was led by drummer Pierre Courbois, but -- for this listener -- Jasper van 't Hof is the hero of this album. EDIT: And here's the other sleeve photo by Jochen Mönch that @soulpope mentioned previously:

Gheorghe, Muse couldn't compete with the "majors" in terms of paying musicians. (In fact, Tommy Flanagan refused to record for Muse because of Joe Fields' notorious miserliness.) Regardless, the Muse catalog is full of important records by important jazz musicians: Woody Shaw, Pat Martino, Richard Davis, James Moody, Mickey Tucker, Jaki Byard, Sam Jones, Lester Bowie, Hank Jones, "Fathead" Newman, Cedar Walton, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes, Willis Jackson, Roy Brooks, Don Patterson, "Groove" Holmes, Carlos Garnett, Joe Bonner, Clifford Jordan, Mark Murphy, Barry Altschul, and on and on and on. I think one could make a solid argument that Muse and ECM are the two most vital labels of the 1970s -- in terms of documenting a wide range of jazz artists and styles. Just by virtue of the size of their respective catalogs, those two labels played a huge role in capturing the sounds of those years.

Mozart: Violin Concertos / Arthur Grumiaux, Colin Davis, LSO (Philips)

Yep. It was a fun time. There was an avalanche of reissues. These days, I think the best we can hope for from Concord is occasional, potluck reissues -- and the possibility that one day they will actually make the music available on streaming platforms. If that happened, at least people would be able to hear the more obscure albums in their MASSIVE catalog without having to track down used vinyl.

Agreed. 😡

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