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Truthfully, I'm not even remotely enthralled with anything I've heard by them made after 1968.

Like that. The wife was an employee, too, and their relationship was long-standing, or off and on for a period of time. You don't think she knew about his extracurricular activities with other staff members before the marriage? As I understand it, the relationship with the woman who was involved with the extortionist ended with the birth of his son, which in turn pre-dated the marriage ceremony with the mother of his son. So ... my strong suspicion is that Dave hasn't been sleeping on the couch since he told his wife about the extortion attempt. I don't think any of it was news to her. The threat was more about his public image - which ties back into the possibility that some of these affairs weren't consensual. If CBS decided to fire him, then his world would come crashing down around him. Private affairs turned public take on a whole 'nother level of "weightiness". What's between a handful of people is often easier to deal with than when the whole world is on it 24/7. Which i not to eliminate the possibility of something insidious like a "forced" relationship. But I can also see where having a private affair turned public could also be viewed as causing one's world to come "crashing down". Quite easily, in fact.

Truthfully, I think Gil, not Bill, was the best Evans for Miles over the long haul.

Like that.

I like it when he rocks it like it's 1971!

The only thing I can think of is that maybe Bill's career was starting to take off at that point, and as a result, he had less time available for "sideman" duties. Evans was a regular member of the working sextet, remember. All involved, including Evans, felt that the more aggressive, uptempo approach of the live band was not his true "comfort zone", although he was certainly adept doing that.

Both men felt that although there was enough musical common ground for a fruitful temporary relationship, there was ultimately a bigger gap in their conceptions than there was a similarity. That, plus the fact that Bill wouldn't blow the band.

Hmmm...I see a blue oval with a narrower rectangle above it and to the right....what could that possibly represent??????

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Plus, if it's packaged in chronological order, that first album gives a good taste of the Wheeler/Holland/Altschul band in full throttle....if you need to "ease into" Braxton World from a more "inside" leaning, that's a good band to do it with. Just remember, though - this ain't never, ever gonna be "bebop". But it will swing and it will tell the truth.

Play 'em in order. Why not?

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Doesn't seem to be an error, that price is still listed.

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Thanks, but...I kow how to get in touch with her, as well as her "career sketch". What I don't know is if she did any "work of note" over the course of her career. No hits w/Goodman?

Somebody told me she's living in the area & "loves to reminisce"... all I know for sure is the name. Any work of note (other than being married to Harry James?)? Anybody?

That is a Hollies song, and a good one.

That would be true of the 45 version, but by the time the album version was done, the attitude ahd begun to shift.

Hmmm....I'm not so sure about that...not about other things covering other parts of the '60s really well/better, but..."escapism" is not quite it, I don't think...more like a cosmic propulsion away from an impending cynicism that would ultimately triumph by the decade's end. Call it the Last Gasp Of Innocence or something, but if All You Need Is Love is ultimately a pipe dream (and it is), it's also an ideal to be negotiated with along the way, not a notion to be discarded as a laughable fantasy. If you want to know the '60s, there's a lot of things to check out. But if you do it w/o getting a grip on The Beatles, your understading will be as incomplete as it would be if that's all you looked at.

This is a fine date, recommeded w/o reservation.