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Very interesting. Thanks for the heads-up.

And many others for Honegger's "Pacific 231". . .

More from Elly Ameling: German Romantic Songs / Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin (Philips) Lieder by Schubert, Schumann, Strauss, Brahms, Wolf, et al

If you were to pick ONE personal-favorite (non-compilation) Coryell record, what would it be? I'd likely go with Barefoot Boy.

The Oscar Peterson records that I've enjoyed the most are: - Night Train (Verve) - Oscar Peterson Trio + One [with Clark Terry] (Verve) - My Favorite Instrument (MPS) - Tracks (MPS) - Oscar Peterson & Harry Edison (Pablo) Oscar provoked (provokes?) some STRONG reactions, doesn't he?!?! Both pro and con. Along with Miles, Thelonious famously dismissed Peterson's playing by pointing to a toilet. And then others think he's one of the greatest pianists ever. ... I guess I fall somewhere in between. Sometimes Peterson's playing is astonishing. And sometimes it can be "too much of a good thing" -- at least for my tastes. Is OP is the jazz world's equivalent to György Cziffra in classical music??? From what I've learned of Cziffra, he seemed to provoke the same sort of extreme responses, both for and against.

Just now seeing this thread. Has anyone else noticed that amazon has removed their Advanced Search page? Or have they just moved it? (I can't find it anymore.) If it's gone, I wonder why they got rid of it?!?!

"The Dutch Nightingale!" Ameling is one of my favorite classical singers. Such an expressive voice, so effortless and natural.

Elly Ameling: The Early Recordings, Vol. 3 (BMG, originally DHM) Lieder by Brahms (with Norman Shetler) and Schumann (with Jörg Demus)

I tried to get ahead of the game this year. On Sunday afternoon, my wife and I went to see An Affair to Remember at the theater. She's a big movie buff, and she particularly likes "classic" movies. So that was good. After the movie we went out to dinner at a nice restaurant. So, after giving my two daughters some chocolates this morning, I have checked all of my Valentine's Day boxes. Gents, I am DONE.

Yeah, I hear the same. I wonder how much remastering might help alleviate those sonic issues. . .

Mention of the "Distributed by Roulette Records" sticker made me think of this LP: This is an excellent recording, but it's not the type of music I associate with Mainstream. I wonder how it came about. A long while ago, I wrote about this album on my Charles Ives web site here.

Totally agree with comments about Terry's Pure Dynamite and Land's A New Shade of Blue. Both are wonderful records, imho. A couple others that I particularly dig: the self-titled Blue Mitchell and Jack Wilkins' Windows. I'll definitely be getting some of these reissues. Thanks for the heads-up, felser.

Great description, Jim. Everything KB plays sounds sooooooo good, and it's seemingly effortless. No flash, all music.

Yes! Superb! Sir Roland was prolifically recorded in the Seventies; he made nearly 30 records as a leader or co-leader. I have most of them -- but I don't have that trio record issued on Salvation. Mark, if you track it down, I'd love to hear what you think of it.

I stumbled across this in a record store over in Birmingham a few months ago. Snatched it right up. (Mine is in CD format rather than LP.) I like it too.

Oh. That's fine. Either way, I don't think there's any one right way to do the collecting thing. It's just whatever you love. That's the thing. No right or wrong in play. Or at least that's how I look at it.

crickets. . . As Austin Powers would say, "That's not his bag, baby."

page, I spoke with both my son and another musician-friend. They both recommended a baritone ukelele, since the chord fingering on a baritone is the same as the four highest strings on a guitar. Thus, a smoother transition to the new instrument.

My music collection is smaller than many of yours, but I'm fortunate in this regard: My oldest son is a musician and music-lover, and he's already said that he wants all of my records -- both CDs and LPs -- when I pass. I know I'm blessed. One of my four kids understands that part of me, and it's nice to think that I can pass my collection along to him.

David - Here are a few that I've really enjoyed that I didn't see mentioned on the other thread: - Harry "Sweets" Edison - Just Friends - Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis - Light & Lovely - Budd Johnson (with Earl Hines) - Mr. Bechet - Ellis Larkins - A Smooth One - Roland Hanna - Impressions Along with these, do try to hear the two Hank Jones records and the Joe Newman record that soulpope mentions on the other thread. All of these are unmissable, imho!

My older son, Jacob, is the guitarist. You have a good memory!