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Yes. Same for me.

A desert-island LP now spinning on my 'table: Dave Liebman & Richie Beirach - Forgotten Fantasies (A&M-Horizon, 1976)

Now playing: Jean Martinon - The Late Years: Erato and HMV Recordings, 1968-1975 (Warner Classics) CD 5 Works by Marcel Landowski performed by Martinon & the Orchestre National de l'ORTF: - Symphony No. 2 - Piano Concerto No. 2 - with Annie d'Arco (piano) These are the first & only Landowski recordings I've ever heard. It's intense, thrilling stuff. Very mid-20th century on the tonal end of the spectrum, coming out of composers like Honegger & Shostakovich. I'd like to explore more of Landowski's music. If anyone has recommendations, I'm all ears.

NP: Thanks.

Yep. Latter-day "hidebound" bluegrass can get really monotonous. In jazz, there's an expectation of (more or less) innovation. That's not the case with bluegrass. In fact, in bluegrass, adherence to tradition is considered a virtue. In that regard, bluegrass has more in common with the Blues (the genre, not the form), rather than jazz. Agreed! I was there last year. My daughter Elena and me at Merlefest.

I totally agree, Lon. Bill O'Connell is terrific & very harmonically sophisticated -- like Herbie. Here are some of my favorites: - Searching (Inner City, 1978) - Black Sand (Random Chance, 2001) - Triple Play (Savant, 2008) - Wind Off the Hudson (Savant, 2019) NP: Eddie Higgins in Chicago (Solo Art, rec. 1978) Originally released as two LPs on the Claremont label I do. I was eight at the time. Mrs. Norman's third grade class. What do you think of that Szabo record, Jim? I've never heard it.

I love bluegrass. I like to think of it as the jazz of country music. I'm most drawn to players like Bill Monroe and Doc Watson who incorporated a big ol' dose of blues feeling into their music.

The Seldom Scene's first LP issued in 1972.

More bluegrass: 1984 Liberty vinyl reissue; originally released on United Artists in 1973

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:

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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.