HutchFan

This again:

I don't know, Ken. Maybe he's retired?

Back to Rush: I think I'd rate both A Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres ever-so-slightly ahead of 2112. My two cents. As for the naked guy, he's a contrast to the banker-like figure. Like the two hemispheres of the brain, the two figures represent opposite ways of thinking & being. The banker is rational, uniform, conventional. The dancer is artistic, unselfconscious, natural. The naked figure on Hemispheres also hearkens back to the Vitruvian Man-like imagery on the cover of All the World's a Stage. It's another image about duality, contrasting the uniformity of the star and circle shapes with the naked human figure, who appears to be trying to escape from -- or at least resist -- their controlling confines. Or at least that's how I think about it!

Next up: Powerful! One of my favorite RRK albums. Terrific! ❤️

NP: Promo disc; 26 cuts excerpted from Parker's The Complete Savoy & Dial Studio Sessions: 1944-1948

More Arthur Blythe:

Next up: Arthur Blythe Trio - Spirits in the Field (Savant, 2000) with Bob Stewart (tu) and Cecil Brooks III (d); recorded live at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam in 1999

A nice one to fall in your lap. It's a solid record. I like Watts' soulful sound.

Yes. Definitely. Crazy that it came out 25 (!) years ago. Seems like only yesterday that it was new.

NP: Marty Ehrlich's Traveler's Tales - Malinke's Dance (OmniTone, 2000) with Tony Malaby, Jerome Harris, and Bobby Previte Tremendous.

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

This again:

Thanks, @Kevin Bresnahan!

Next up: David Liebman Quintet - Doin' It Again (Timeless, rec. 1979) with John Scofield, Terumasa Hino, Ron McClure, and Adam Nussbaum

I intend to be there next year too.