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Here we go... Recorded 1969(mostly)-1970 They recorded a few of these earlier, for RCA, but this is Columbia and this is the late 1960s. I wonder how "tuned in" these guys were tuned-in to what was going on in the world at the time. Even in the best of times, this is some pretty serious, intense music. Oh, nice flooring!

Try explaining how that's possible to the binary-coded people of today...

GLASS?!?!?! Brass is a metal.

They do not. I don't see any reissue of that record, period: https://www.discogs.com/release/1440072-Ginastera-Stravinsky-The-Juilliard-Quartet-String-Quartet-No-2-Three-Pieces-For-String-Quartet-Conce?srsltid=AfmBOooxi24PG_O-hcQtnDb5tmflaFHt6DflBopjZ28h1cXxf7jvqDzj It is on the Internet Archive though,,,

A Eugene McDaniels project. Who knew?

I was too!

Please be gentle....

Gerald Wilson!!!

Very little comedy stays popular forever. I remember when this guy was HUGE. Now, it's mostly just old folks who remember hi. I do, and fondly. RIP

These Middle Quartets are...expansive!

Brass is Metal: THIS should be covered by a Metal band.

Thanks! Pretty obscure movie, but I saw it on TV one time, a weekday afternoon movie on a local station, back when they did that type of thing. And of course, there is no YouTube evidence of it, not that I can find anyway. What an odd mixture of talent:

Interesting packaging here - all but Op. 95 were carried over from the sessions used to make the 2LP Epic Rasumovsky/Harp set from 1964-65. But once the decision was made for the band to do a complete cycle, the recorded Op 95 in 1970, after which there was now a 3 LP set. But the timing didn't work out of everything to be "in order". Now, on CD, they are. The Epic recordings were awesome. And so is this Columbia artwork!

I had never really noticed how much whimsy, even mischief there is in the Op. 18 quartets. Maybe it's me that's been listening too seriously? Maybe it's these interpretations? No matter, it's not like it's nonstop comedy, it's just that there's enough sideways shit in there that sometimes I think I can hear smirkage going on while the ink was being put to the page. Otherwise, the lucidity of the playing here has me wondering what kind of a...psychedelic experience could be had with these records. Anybody have their own story to tell about that?

Donald Clarke - Billie Holliday:Wishing zon The Moon https://share.google/mLHaof3scG4hDuReS Accept no substitutes!

What was the rock-and-roll movie that Thader performed in?

Going into the weekend with this set: First up: Mostly recorded in 1968, with one session in January 1969. I LOL-ed at a mention in the liner notes that noted that the JSQ was specifically asked to NOT play Beethoven in their earlier days, and were at least once BOOED when they actually did! By this time, though, they had matured a bit, and can't imagine anybody booing this.

In Arlen, the flags are at half-mast. RIP

Yeah, that's a good book. I very much appreciated the musical analyses, but also the non-musical parts. Unless you're one of those types that freezes up at the mere sight of a staff, it's still kind of a go=to book in my mind.

Jeanna Gray - It Feels Good (But In A Good Way)!!!

That's a weird record...a lot less CTI-ish than I was expecting. More like a really good club band, One of the earliest CTIs though, right?

I don't do Apple, but if they're offering lossless files, I would take take that deal! Waiting for the French Sony CDs to come at an affordable price might take a while, and waiting for Sony Classical is...how long are you planning on living? But this set of music...I have other sets, and it's one of those things where there are differences, but there is not "better".