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No kidding. This is the kind of stuff that I pray some billionaire jazzophile (an oxymoron?) feels compelled to get out to the masses in a legitimate package before he/she dies (buried, of course, with Buddy Bolden's mouthpiece and lucky coffee mug).

Drool.

Heard back from Cuscuna on this one. Here's my initial e-mail: And Cuscuna's response this morning: So there's at least hope! What kind of "special encounters" McCann Select would work here? • It's About Time (McCann-Edwards) • That's Where It's At (McCann-Turrentine) • In New York (McCann-et al.) Anything else? Or substitutions thereof?

Thanks David and JG. Rainey goes onto "the list." I'm all for that approach to playing (which perhaps Lacy and Parker pioneered?). Frank — count me in as a Wilber fan. What I especially like about his playing is that his use of tremolo (I won't even say vibrato) is often more controlled than Bechet's. I wonder what kind of mouthpiece Bechet used ...

Yes, I do very much think so.

Yes. Well put, and perhaps the reason why I think this movie is a small triumph of sorts.

From that site: Fully. I was a Duck. But first I was a Mean Green Eagle. Lastly, I was an Anteater. (But I was never a Banana Slug.)

Actually, that's just what you were told. The real reason is the Pepper Estate just found out that the Select will include the previously unreleased track "Mogadishu Blues." Because of the politically sensitive nature of this track's title, the whole box has been yanked from distribution for an indefinite period of time. Those who received their set before this advisory have been asked to return it to Mosaic, or to sell it for astronomically high prices on e-Bay.

Yes, but the blue shapes against the black background are offensive. I'd rather see them be modified into dolphins (maintaining the Miami connection).

Anyone else spit up their drink watching this show? "Mom, get off the phone! I'm ordering a pizza!"

"Batman ..."

Honestly, I had no interest in this album until I saw Jeff's cover!!! YOW!!! Yes, and "W.M.D." takes on a whole new meaning ...

Heckyeah it was; whattya think? GOSH!!! Oh, OK. (You shoulda said "You Idiot!" ) Maybe Blue Note could retitle the tunes from Basra with phrases from this movie. GOSH!

Hey, you went to Linfield? Beautiful campus. A fine school, too, from what I've read.

Agreed. I didn't even realize that Saddam was on the cover of that one ...

I didn't mind your cover. (And, in a way, any thread involving RVG is going to be political.) Actually, I'm kind of finding some (albeit sad) humor in all this. If it's Pete Sims' call to change the title — so be it. He's the artist. Is it censorship? I don't know. If it truly is Sims's decision, perhaps it's just revision. What if he retitled it Poop? And I still say go with Tyra.

The politics forum enters an RVG thread ... Just put Tyra Banks on the cover. If the poor record is going to receive the 21st Century spin — may as well go all the way. Now that I think about it, I'm very offended that I own the JRVG. Curses ... it's time to play the music and throw away that adorable miniaturized facsimile cover.

I'm still going with B-R-A-S.

Guy Ritchie also used Pärt's "Alina" for his terrible movie with Madonna. (And he used Della Reese's cover of "C'mon-a My House." Nice touch, there.) When I bought my copy of Alina, there was actually a sticker on the shrinkwrap — hard to believe ECM would do this — that read "Michael Stipe from R.E.M. Recommends!" Recently, I'm a little burned out on Pärt, but I do appreciate/enjoy his music.

... where half of my extended family live! Never thought I'd read a reference to McMinnville on this board. Now, next thing you know, my uncle Pete (from Mac) will start posting here.

Was it really filmed in Idaho? GOSH!

I know. Crazy, but true. I've also read that Lacy was never fully happy with his horn. (Well, what saxophonist is.) At one time, back in the early 50's evidently, he had a gold-plated soprano — but I can't remember the model! He sold it out of financial need, and then regretted it for years. I went through some old DownBeats last night trying to find the facts behind these statements (and to check my memory), and came up empty-handed. I ended up reading through a 2002 Lacy interview, though, and it just made me depressed. He was talking at length about all his plans for musical activity in the States: duo concerts with Danilo Perez and then Gerri Allen, performing The Cry and Futurities again ... damn. Never once did I hear him live.

Have done it! Wilber "world-premiered" Sidney Bechet's recently discovered score for a ballet here five years ago. The whole thing (music, dance, stage, lighting) was well-produced, and Wilber's tone was indeed gorgeous. I went with my wife, parents, brother, and sister-in-law — not all of them really fans of "jazz" — and they loved it. I dig those Gottlieb photos of Wilber and Bechet together.

Hmmm ... well, we all know that sex sells. Why not chop off one of the A's in B-A-S-R-A, do a little anagramming, and then we'd have (yes!) B-R-A-S. Then drop Pete's photo, add some juicy models in push-up undergarments, and EMI could have a Top-10 seller in league with Norah. Leave the music as is, and I say do it.

Yes! Thanks kh — forgot about that one (too). Listening to it right now. With some short solo features, Barrow plays tenor on "Purple Heart" and baritone on "Gregorian Chant," "Eulogy for Rudy Williams," and "Tea for Two." He and Teo interweave nicely.