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You can't even begin to call it good coffee until you go to Brazil or Jamaica and go pick the coffee beans yourself. You're doing only half the job.

What was that baggy thing he had attached to his bell on the "One Night with Blue Note" DVD? Looked like a discarded piece of swiss cheese. It's bad enough when you have to follow Freddie Hubbard and Johnny Griffin to start your solo, but then you've got this ungainly looking instrument with a slab of swiss cheese attached to your horn...didn't exactly look cool. The guy can play though.

At the rate Couw is posting, nobody is safe. Couw-boy, don't you have anything better to do with your time?

A copy was sold on ebay a few months back. Went for around $20 I think.

She's probably out there on some obscure bulletin board discussing these very subjects with DEEP.

There you go, Chris. Enough of us and we can take over this thread!

We all like different kinds of humor, I guess...

I beg to differ, Lon. If you hung out a lot in the politics forum, you would see the necessity for Weizy and the good doctor. Their humor is the exact tonic to offset the unctious prosletyzing of Johnny and Jerry and the whole uptight crowd. BTW, I can indeed confirm that you aren't enamoured with big boobies. I have checked out some of your Babe posts from time to time.

Wow, Dan! That means you'll be chewing out a lot of posters. (Remind me to stay away from those threads when you attempt your final push.)

Mike, I'm not sure about some of these posts of yours...

Man, Jim Sangrey said it all (as usual!) We've got to recognize Miles' understanding of timing and space. He ratcheted up the intensity whenever he entered the mix. I'm not a musician so I can't perfectly express myself on this, but he could articulate his emotions and they had depth. Sure, I cringe at some of the mute tones particularly from the Prestige years, but I never tire of listening to this great musician. No need to reiterate about how he was in the vanguard of jazz and how he constantly reinvented his music. His talent for selecting the right musical geniuses for his bands is well known as well. His personal life and personal mythology were larger than life. His influence was/is omnipresent. He didn't have the smothness of a Clifford Brown or the articulation of a Woody Shaw or the soul of a Lee Morgan, but he was unmatched by anybody in his own style. As a trumpeter, he makes my top five (leaving out other factors such as his supremacy in forming bands and creating styles.) Sangrey, you ought to write a book on this stuff. I can't believe how articulate you can be, even if you have a tin ear regarding Bill Evans.

Okay, I'll be sure to tell them!

Wow, I'm surprised by the poll results so far. I didn't realize that most of us like to keep that statistic.

I actually voted to do without it. It's a burden to stay ahead or try to get ahead of rivals who post lots of pics in the babe section! Right now, I'm fourth of fifth overall, but once I start my new job in a few weeks, I might fall somewhere to the middle of the pack. My current job allows lots of free time, but this will end. If we did without post counts then I wouldn't feel compelled to post as much nonsense or ill-considered posts as I do. We could still tell the newbies by the newbie title.

I never had the chance to reply to the other thread before it was closed, but like Chris said, Danny pm'd me to say that GROPE was an old army buddy of his and even gave me his name. They are not the same. Weizy sharply pointed out the obvious geographical differences, but their writing styles are different.

Happy Birthday once again, Mike. That's one for each quarter century.

Al goes through these phases...

I'm happy to announce that Mr. Raney has been sold; and I can confirm that the form of currency did not come from the insect world. You getting rid of cats, Moose?

Got my disc in the mail today and I'm stating my impressions early this time. Haven't read any of the posts yet. I did not recognize any of the tunes. 1. The Lakota Sioux on the warpath! Dislike this one. 2. I don't like this one either. 3. Not bad. 4. Not bad again. I don't have much of this type of music so I can't even attempt to identify it. 5. I like this one also. 6. This stuff all sounds like it's from the same band. Don't care for this one. 7. I like this one. Haven't heard the vibist before. 8. Okay. Nothing else to say. 9. Don't care for this at all. 10. This one's fine. Nice rhythms. 11. A kind of cha-cha. This one got me off my chair and on the dance floor! 12. Not bad. 13. Electric harmonica? Not bad. 14. Killer accordian! I'm sold on its effectiveness in this Irish jazz context. 15. Nice tune. There's that accordian again! 16. Another nice tune. 17. Awfully short... 18. huh? 19. Don't likee. 20. Arright! Some organ!! Great tune!! Organist sounds a bit like Richard "Groove" Holmes, but surely can't be him. Sangrey will dig this one. Thanks for sending the disc!

I might check out the Terje Rypdal session. Was really impressed by that track. I didn't recognize the Hutcherson, "Dialogue" or the Johnny Griffin tune, though I owne/owned both cds. Figures!! I did correctly guess Walt Dickerson on 2/track 4. I'm pretty happy about that.

Okay here I am, late as usual and ready with my comments. I've stayed true to my principles and haven't read any post from this thread yet. I'd first like to say that not since JimR's disc have I come across music which complimented my own tastes as well as this one. I'm still shaking my head after Sangrey's discs! Secondly, I've participated in four of these tests now and this is the first time that I've been able to identify a track along with the artist. And I was able to do this twice on this disc! Here we go: Disc ONE 1. Don't know this one but I'll guess it's Bird. 2. "Obsequious" from Woody Shaw, "Love Dance." I've got this on the 32jazz "Last of the Line," which is one of my favorite cds. 3. Is that a soparano sax towards the end? Pretty. I'll say Lionel Hampton. 4. I don't have any jazz vocals and this one does nothing for me. 5. Don't know this one but I do like it. 6. Again, Jazz vocals aren't exactly my specialty area. This is a nice song. 7. I think I've heard this one before and I might own it, but I cannot identify it. (I can't even find my TV remote control right now. ) 8. I think I may own this one as well. Have heard it before. Can't identify it. 9. Nice tune. Never heard it before. 10. "Body and Soul" from John Coltrane, "Coltrane's Sound." McCoy Tyner's piano work is haunting. 11. Dont' know this one, but I think it's called "Crucificado." Not bad. Disc TWO 1. Nice Tune. 2. Don't know, but I'm gonna take a stab and say the pianist is Roland Hanna. 3. Don't care for this one, but if I ever need recommendations on jazz vocalists, I'll know where to go. 4. I'll say Walt Dickerson. 5. Sounds like Pat Metheny. Amazing how nice electric guitar can sound in a jazz setting. Really nice tune. 6. I'll quote Dan Gould: "Don't know, Don't care." 7. I'll take a stab and say Cecil Taylor in a conventional mood. 8. Got a set of congas for X-mas as a kid, Randy? This one's okay. 9. Don't know this one. 10. Don't care for this one. 11. Again, I don't know this one. Thanks for letting me participate. These discs are keepers.

Sent an email, Jim. One disc is good enough. Thanks! Paul

Yeah, but you've got hairy spiders as friends.

Smart Alec...

Oooops! No wonder I couldn't find it on half.com! Yeah, it's Jimmy Raney. I assumed it was oop since I couldn't find it on half. Well, price is reduced to $9 postage paid. Again, you know the deal: no cowrie shells, etc..