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Thanks for sharing that story, jeff.

Eugene Ormandy conducts 20th Century Classics (RCA Red Seal) Disc 1 - Debussy: La Mer; Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Ravel orch.)

On the way into work this morning: Leopold Stokowski - The Magician (RCA Red Seal) This is a 2-disc compilation of favorites and bon-bons from Stoki's RCA catalog. The "Feuerzauber" from Die Walküre is magical indeed. I need to investigate more of Stoki's "bleeding chunks" from Wagner's operas.

Another fan of this one! With Sir Roland. Thanks for posting this, alankin. I didn't even know that it existed. . .

Oh yes!!! Forgot this one. Fantastic!!! duaneiac, I'm not familiar with that ^ Sloane record dedicated to Duke. But I do like this one very much:

Stealing Milestones' idea for tribute thread. But instead of Monk, this one's for Ellington and/or Strayhorn. I think these three are exceptional: Most of my favorite Monk tributes are by musicians who aren't pianists. With Duke, the opposite is true. No idea why.

I think you're right. In fact, excellent Ellington tribute recordings would make another good thread. Has it already been done? Here's a NM LP on discogs for $7.20 + shipping. And I bet you could get it for less than that -- since the seller has included a "Make Offer" option. (BTW: No connection to the seller or to discogs. Just one addict looking to help another. )

Traditionally, the repertoire of orchestras is symphonies. There are exceptions, of course. Suites from ballets and operas come to mind. "Bleeding chunks" from Wagner. The occasional non-symphonic work composed specifically for a symphony orchestra. OTOH, opera music is usually performed by opera companies -- as opposed to symphony orchestras. Staging an opera is MUCH more expensive and difficult than performing a symphony -- just because of the greater number of variables. Think about staging, set design, acting, etc., etc. Add all of that on top of the rehearsal that you'd put into performing a symphony, and you've got a LOT more work to stage an opera. (The same is true with ballet -- although traditionally ballet has been more scalable than opera -- which is usually "grand.") I'm not sure whether that answers the question that you were posing. . . Hopefully so.

Generally speaking, I think American orchestras are more conservative -- particularly in terms of repertoire -- than their European counterparts. About a decade ago, I did a bit of research on this when I was building my Charles Ives site. It was amazing how rarely Ives' works were performed by US-based orchestras. That said -- other than perhaps Copland -- Ives' works were among the most frequently performed compositions by American composers. We need another Stokowski, another Bernstein... someone who can build audiences for these works. But those sorts of "celebrity conductors" don't really exist anymore -- at least in the United States. The phrase "well-known artist" is an oxymoron in American cultural life.

All three have already been mentioned, but my favorites are: - Steve Lacy - Reflections - Griff & Lockjaw - Lookin' at Monk - Sphere - Four in One Another excellent one: Arthur Blythe - Light Blue EDIT: Just remembered another one -- Fred Hersch's Monk tribute is darn good too.

Frank Luther also played on another one of Friedman's Progressive LPs called Jazz Dancing. Back in the day, it was only released in Japan. Now it's available as a download. EDIT: Turns out that Frank Luther was on this Friedman LP too (also Japan only):

I second the motion for the Curtis Fuller. Hooray for Bluesette! And I just realized that I forgot Erroll Garner. A grievous oversight! Garner's Savoy sides are superb!!!

The Hot Lips Page sides are especially good. Tom, do you spin vinyl? If so, these would be relatively easy to find. On CD, they're going to be much more difficult to locate -- and much more expensive.

Peter, did you see her posts above?

Ordered a few LPs from Dusty Groove tonight: - Bobby Watson - All Because of You (Roulette) - Lee Konitz Meets Warne Marsh Again (PAUSA) - Walter Norris - Stepping on Cracks (Progressive)

Well, I just ordered All Because of You from Dusty Groove. After the LP arrives and I have a chance to give it a few spins, I'll report back.

So far, I've only listened to Antonioli's new record with Richie Beirach a few times -- but I've really enjoyed it. I'm much more familiar with their earlier record, The Duo Session (Nabel), from 2004. Beautiful music.

For emusic members: Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz - Two Not One (Storyville) $5.84 http://www.emusic.com/album/-/-/11717829/ The set collects five complete Storyville releases: - Warne Marsh & Lee Konitz - Live the at the Montmartre Club: Jazz Exchange, Vols. 1, 2 and 3 - Warne Marsh Quartet - The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Session - Warne Marsh Trio - The Unissued Copenhagen Studio Session

Thought I'd bump this twelve-year-old thread because I've been wondering about one of Bobby Watson's early recordings on Roulette. Is anyone familiar with All Because of You (1978)? I really enjoy Bobby work with Blakey from around this time, so I was looking for some input as to whether I should investigate this LP too.

Thanks for the heads-up on this, crisp. I just ordered Michael Garrick's Mr. Smith's Apocalypse.

Yes indeed. Superb music from an overlooked Ducal period.

KD to Golden State?!?!?! Jeez, talk about the rich getting richer. ALL of the other free agent moves this off-season are -- as of this moment -- completely IRRELEVANT. I understand why KD did it. I understand that he wants a championship. But I still think it's a WEAK move. KD is supposed to be THE MAN! Does he really want to win it on the coattails of the team that just came back from a 3-1 deficit to beat him?!?!? Apparently, he does... Me too. That said, there was no way that the Hawks were going to be able to compete with the Cavs in the East -- regardless of which FAs they signed. Now, NO ONE is going to get by the Warriors -- including the Cavaliers.

LOL So true.

Milestones, just like you, I overlooked the Columbia recs for a long time. Now, I think they're WONDERFUL -- especially the LPs "Monk's Dream" and "Criss Cross." At some point several years ago, I went on Charlie Rouse bender. So I listened to the Columbia Monk recs with Rouse very carefully and came away loving them. Don't sleep on the Black Lions either. They're great too.