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It give me a really deep, peaceful 15-30 minute nap.

All I know of Brooks Kerr is that he was a member of the latter-day Ellington entourage...how was he as an on his own player?

Not getting that...please translate to American?

You get Marvin Cabell on People & Love, and you get him good.

I'm finding that live footage amplifies the "reality"...she wasn't about being "all things rolled into one", she was a deeply driven person looking for herself, quite the opposite of looking for "everything". That she touched on everything along the way was perhaps less to present some Uber-Black-Music-Woman, than it was to get inside herself, to work through the bugaboos (which apparently eventually became demons) of personal identity. The records...many of them I can just half-listen to and be half-engaged in, and that's that. But all the live footage that's coming out,,,no, this woman demanded your attention, and she had the physical charisma to bring it all together. I've no doubt that she was..an "intense personality", but over the years, my appreciation for her performance has grown as I adjusted my perspective towards what she was doing for herself, away from what I thought I wanted her to be doing for me.

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Exactly. If you can't get a laugh out of god, what's the point?

The remix of the RCA stuff was a revelation for me, because what I've always had variable reactions to are the backings, never the vocals. But as any good remix can do, backing go out the window, and vocals step up. Even the chops/etc revealed so much nuance in that voice. and then hearing the originals, more often than not...not really grippled. This is pretty good: But this is OMG: and if a remix is what it takes to reconcile the "idea" with the "reality", so be it.

Yep, Jaap is going to the NY Phil: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/arts/music/jaap-van-zweden-philharmonics-maestro-to-be-sharpens-his-baton.html?_r=0 I sincerely hope the orchestra continues to move ahead, as this is really getting to be really fun. Coughing...just had enough of it. It's controllable, at least to some extent. If it were a spontaneous emotional response to the music, like, you know, some people holler, I cough, then hey, cool, more of that. But it's not. It's almost always an impulse that somebody doesn't think it's important enough to attempt to control, like it's more important that they be allowed to cough all UHHKKKKkkkkk wide open, not even an attempt to muffle, than it is for them to respect the situation. If it were a John cage piece, one thing. But it never has been, and it probably never will be, not this thing. So, as they say, act like you belong here. Clap between movements if you absolutely must, that's a sincere thing of affection (I guess...), just don't cough like you're trying to expel your lungs into your lap. Nobody sincerely coughs as a sign of affection, not that I know of anyway.

Sorry, but I found that immensely entertaining. Ain't got shit to really do with the real Miles Davis that I can tell, but why would anybody expect it to? "Miles Davis" is a myth (not lie, but myth), so it's not supposed to be real, is it? I like how he punched the RS reporter out after asking him to step back a little. That's gut-level comedy, gotta love that. Same thing with the gun play. Comic book myth telling, Some John Wayne Shit For Our Side.

I know some "professional drinkers" (fine line between that and alcoholic, but a line it is...) who use Benadryl when they're in a non-drinking environment. The most relaxed I've ever played was on a gig where I had to take some codeine cough syrup b/c I had the hack from hell, and this was like a quiet but high profile fashion show, band up on the side of the runway and shit. So, could not cough. I felt like freakin' Lester Young...not sure if the sound matched, but...one can only hope. They got all kinds of things, natural and chemical, to chill your ass out or amp it up. It's there, anything, anywhere. Again, chemistry. Bodies are chemistry. The possibilities for use are endless, as are the possibilities for abuse. I'm all for anything that works, so long as there is no collateral damage, and yes, it is inexcusably irresponsible to not do that math beforehand, not during, and especially not after. When you address your body, you are acting as the ultimate consumer, and you need to be the ultimately aware consumer..

Different chemistries...I sleep like a baby and wake up refreshed. The only thing I had to learn was not to "Ambien trip", to not stay awake after the sleep-inducement state has begun. It's a great, GREAT high, I mean, WHOA! talk about feeling GOOD, but...that's when weird shit can happen, and it's important to avoid weird shit whenever you can, right? But my wife has a cousin who would go sleepwalking, sleep-driving, even. Clearly not the sleep aid for her...There's a reason why it's a controlled substance. But there's also a reason why it's so widely used. And abused. Just goes to show that there is no "one" answer for things like this.

I've heard that warm milk actually works. Seriously. And remember - you're trying to sleep in America. Proceed accordingly.

Lorazepam is primarily prescribed for anxiety disorders, correct? If it works, it works, but unless it's really anxiety per se that's keeping you awake...anyway, if it works it works. Ambien apparently has this "scary" rep about it, but take it from somebody who's been a long-time user - if you cannot sleep, what would you rather learn to be dependent (which is not the same as a full addiction) on - insomnia or Ambien? My "withdrawals" have been what my sleep doctor refers to as "rebound insomnia", 24-48 hours where I can't get to sleep at all, and then I resume what was my normal pattern - an inability to fall asleep until 3-4 AM, an hour or two of falling asleep, then coming awake and getting by with on-and-off napping as available, skipping the naps does nothing to bring the sleep schedule back into a "regular" pattern. When I was in college, I figured that some people have Circadian Rhythms that run in longer (or shorter) cycles than the norm. Left alone, mine seems to run on about a 30-32 hour cycle. When you can be on your own schedule all the time, hey great. And congratulations. I was well into my 50s before I decided to medicate my sleep patterns with Ambien, and I'm glad I did. "Side effects" are controllable, it just takes a repetition of certain disciplines to establish the "habit" of falling asleep in bed, with no up and abouts while waiting for the medication to take effect. I've not seen any long-term harm either. I'm still fat, cynical (yet loving) and disinterested in "normal" as a prescribed lifestyle. So, no changes. Just saying - everybody's chemistry is different, so what works for one might not be good for somebody else. But sleep is too precious a commodity to be tyrannized by on a regular basis. There are options, many options. Get what you need.

Is this a reissue of At The Moment Of Impact...?

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Willene clip now on its own, by itself:

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Wow, it looks to me like a bunch of 19th century people standing around chatting. Also, the upper right struck me as being some kind of biggish price tag. When did they start shrink-wrapping as a standard thing? Real possibility that the Roulette LP on the floor is the Basie, and that this cover is something else altogether.

Whenever the reality conflicts with the idea, it's always a good idea to take a look and see if maybe it's the idea that's flawed, rather than the reality?

I really don't have/need all that many of her records, but having long believed that their is more to music than the records, anybody's records, the doc pretty much confirms for me that whatever the records are/aren't, the "idea" of Nina Simone and the "reality" of her were, in real time, pretty much one and the same.

Just keep in mind that your body is one big chemical gumbo, and if your insomnia is being caused by some kind of chemical "abnormality", a chemical correction might well be the most sensible/logical course. Having said that, though, Ambien does not correct one failed chemical chain, it creates a new one. As with all such things, mileages can and do vary widely and wildly, so be careful, especially at the beginning. And if the initial dose doesn't really work, move up to a stronger dose with even more caution. You can "play" with it, but that is so not what it is for. Having said that, though, if it turns out to work for you, go with it. Not being able to sleep is fun when you're young, but you're not young. I know I'm for damn sure not. At some point, I went from scoffing at sleep to treasuring it. Sounds like you're there now. Also, Ambien is not the only prescription sleep aid out there, there are other formulations. But it's the only one I've found that works consistently and without "morning after" effects (assuming that a full sleep cycle occurs). Good luck with all this, and if your doctor just hears "I can't sleep" and writes you a script right then and there, seriously consider seeing another doctor.