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Indeed. Even in a very, VERY strong run, this one stands out for me The older I get, the more I realize just how much of a TOTAL badass Coleman Hawkins was, and not just about music. Like, how much of a badass about life he had to be to get to be that much of a badass in music. Not always true for everybody, and more true for Hawk than for many!

Mine as well, at least from his first period. Also On This Night. That one maybe gets underappreciated. Most of them have actually held up really well though. However...Fire Music and Four For Trane might be of more historical importance than Shepp importance once his pre-Impulse work gets familiar?

Models ain't always purty, and gambling is no longer for me. But you know what that Price Is Right TV show has models and they ALWAYS be purty. Even Devin and James which imo takes some doin. Not so the contestants though. That quality has deteriorated greatly. Them people ain't kookin healthy too often. But Drew Carey looks great still! Not purty, but healthy, which I suppose is the purtiest of all purtys!

That guy was a badass. RIP

So no purty girls on the TV Show?

Is them the purty girls TV show?

Horace Tapscott played trombone here.

No, that was the last record by the "old" group, the chamber group with cello. Forgot about that one, probably because it's not a favorite. But those others...yeah! I like to tell people "don't sleep on Chico Hamilton!" That guy is deeper than a casual listen suggests, if only for the drumming itself.

Hopefully you have the other Hamilton records with Lloyd. Same thing there, only not nearly all. It's ALL. Except, of course, for the standards, where there are any.

That i don't know. It's been years since I looked at it, when Lacy was alive still. I suppose I would recommend just poking around the different links and see what happens. There seem to be a lot of ways to go. Interactive discography http://senators.free.fr/web_stuff/Images/navigation/fleche_droite.gif Make your own research by year, label, album, musician or composition And from there you can search by year

It lives! I thought it had left. http://senators.free.fr/web_stuff/NavbarFrames/Framesets/FrSet_Welcome.html Browse using the menu at the bottom of the page!

Finally finished the Beethoven box. The early & middle sets flew right by, but for the first time in my experience, the Late Quartets proved to be draining. Not in a bad way, just...intense. I pulled up both the Emerson & Busch Quartets' versions on Spotify and in the end, they left some energy in the mind. It was only 3 CDs, but Juilliard left me with nothing in the tank after each one. I do not know what they did, or if the "should" have done it, but they did, and it did not sound "wrong". It was just a matter of not leaving anything on the table, I guess. It's difficult music to be sure, and maybe disguising that difficulty did not seem honest. Summer With The Juilliard Quartet continues with something more "difficult" but a lot more "fun" set: YEE-HA!!!!

The Senators site is long gone, right?

May you both continue!

I also recall Sam Rivers, Roy Haynes, and Gary Burton. Maybe not in the same series, but the same type of deal. Also Gary Foster, Clare Fischer and Dizzy Gillespie.

That's a good record.

Thanks for the tip. I see this recording is on ECM, and I like a lot of the classical releases they've done. This one is paired with Bartok #5, so I'm looking forward to getting it in! Found a decent enough deal on Discogs and it's on the way. Again, thanks!

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August, wow... TRACK ONE - I recognize the tune as "Swing House", a Mulligan thing that he did both with the OG quartet and also in a big band chart for Kenton. Not particularly lively, but no harm done, sounds like they had fun doing it. TRACK TWO - "Walkin'", Lee Konitz & Chet Baker. I love lee, and am severly indifferent about Baker. Nothing here to alter that, Is this the live record with Beaver Harris? Whoever it is is hitting it nicely. Bassist is in there good too. Chet...one of his better "zones", but still... TRACK THREE - Not feeling this one at all. Chamber music, but is it a chamber or a jail cell? If it's the latter, why aren't they trying to get out of there? Sounds like they're doing a concert for civilian inspectors to convince them that they're happy being there. Good chops by everybody, though? Plenty of time to practice, I guess? TRACK FOUR - Twice the notes and half the feel. Not just anybody can do that! TRACK FIVE - That head is familiar, an old bebop tune, but I can't remember the name. Good enough performance, no surprises. Doesn't really swing as much as it pushes. Kind like a well-mannered, second-tier Oscar Peterson. the routines sound built in. By the time it's over, I was glad. TRACK SIX - No idea who, what or why. But kudos to the dedication, to say nothing of the ability to get/have the money necessary to get a record like this made. TRACK SEVEN - Is that "Be My Love"? At this tempo, it sounds all squished together, and I don't hear the interaction in the trio I would like. But kudos for plating that tune, it's almost forgotten today. TRACK EIGHT - Oscar Pettiford? Not really digging that guitar sound, but that was probably necessary for the tune. Otherwise it's all good. Can't get enough Oscar Pettiford! TRACK NINE - Three Sounds? Just not in the mood for this type of thing these days, at least not like this one. Red Garland trio? Sorry to all concerned. TRACK TEN - "Easy Does It", an old Basie number. This tenor player is very much of Brew Moore's "anybody who doesn't play like Lester is WRONG" camp, I mean, that's ok, and this guy is good at it. Trombone is a bit blurty, but the piano solo is just right! I like this one well enough, yeah! TRACK ELEVEN - Nice tune. Maybe could have done more with it, but maybe not? Ok, more is done with it after the bass solo. Good one! TRACK TWELVE - I can see the jugglers and/or plate spinners! I miss Ed Sullivan. TRACK THIRTEEN - "Crescent"? Kudos to the pianist for re-contextualizing it, yet still keeping it true. I like it. TRACK FOURTEEN - One of those altoists needs to be Phil Woods or else there's evil afoot! TRACK FIFTEEN - "Some Other Time", which is what I say about this one. Way too...polite for my tastes. Pretty, not beautiful. Ok, thanks for your time!

Padres getting Mason Miller is big, but only if the Dodgers can be wiped away. Is that likely? No? Didn't think so.

I've flirted with putting an MMO track on a BFT for years now!