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Same here for all of this. And I also very much like the Living Time collaboration w/Bill Evans.

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I'm not opposed to bass direct per se, but it has to be incorporated into the overall sonic landscape (like on CTI) and that landscape should be tailored to fit the music (ditto). On the type of music that Xanadu tended to release, it did neither. But the music's usually swell in spite of it, so I don't let it ruin my day.

Passed Gil Evans on the street once. That mug was pretty hard to miss. Saw Charles Tolliver @ a Joe Henderson gig. Those glasses were pretty hard to miss.

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Oh My Fucking Uber-God!

That type of player, the road dog who could play quality music every night while living out of a suitcase, is a thing of the past. But such beautiful things they were! R.I.P., you lucky motherfucker!

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Not really. I had to think about it for a while myself.

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Elanor Roosevelt?

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In days of yore, Drew Phelps/Barney Fife. Drew + Dave = "Stereo Phelps" (the name of an early '80s band they had in Denton) They still reunite on occasion. Most recent was a week or two ago in celebration of their 50th birthday. First time I met them was in fall of 1976. They had just moved into Bruce Hall @ NTSU, and the twin I later found out was Drew kept popping in & out of my room to say all this wack shit about the Monk I was playing (they were total Allman Brothers/Southern Rock/Fusion geeks back then, that was all they knew). After about an hour of this, I was ready to kick his ass the next time he did it. So, some guy who looks like him pops in again, and before I can make it to the door to set his ass on fire, he says, "Hey man, have you seen a guy who looks like me only uglier?" That was David. Great guys they both turned out to be, and they both turned into very good players. I did a road gig w/them once for about 9 months, a B-grade "hotel show band". I could tell stories...

Well, that's just too weird, especially if they're both on the same disc. I'd advise a grain of salt until more proof is offered. Although, anything's possible...

Like I said, nobody's perfect... Besides, the full appreciation of the yin requires the yang to surrender to it at some point for some duration, and vice versa. Guys as a rule have a helluva hard time with surrendering. They think that once you let it go, you don't get it back. That only happens if you never really had it in the first place...

Don't know that I'd agree, but don't know that I wouldn't either. My guess would be that what turned Mile off on Sam was a certain lack of, for want of a better word, "subtlety". Even Trane at his most torrential left you with layers. Sam was. like I said earlier, "in your face" even when he wasn't really trying to be. That's just how Sam was (and still is), and that's what makes him such a beautiful player. But Wayne was always had a quality of "in your mind", even when he was getting in your face. And that's what I think Miles was after for his band, that extra layer of impact. Besides, that rhythm section was already pushing the limits even when George was in the band, and Miles did absolutely nothing but encourage them. No matter how much Tony dug Sam, you still had Herbie, who always brought a little bit of cerebiality to the plate, one that would fit better over the long haul w/Wayne than it did with Sam. Just my opinion. I'm talking "personality" here, not "substance". Sam in those days was a very advanced player, so it's not a matter of Wayne being "deeper" or anything like that. We're just talking collective/cumulative/synergistic band personalty.

Let's be real here for a second - most men are clueless idiots (especially "jazz fans", who are looking only for a badge of identification by which to justify their otherwise totally unhip selfs). It's a miracle that the species has propagated itself this long. Women as a group have been more than forgiving. Let's hear it for yin & yang and the natural pull between them, because otherwise... But I've had good luck w/both genders. The male musicians I know really dig her, as a rule. Except for those who are the abovementioned "jazz fans" who just happen to play, no matter how well... But the cats who both know & feel music trip out over her far more often than not. THere's been one or two exceptions, but hey, nobody's perfect.

I think they're the same guy. I saw Kenton in the 70's w/McKenzie on drums, and he looked old enough to have played w/him in the 60s.

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Just curious - what type people would that be?

There's so much to love on that album (4 Seasons). It's continued to grow & deepen for me with every listen, even now. Played it just last week & halfway expected to be a little blase about it now. Nope. Not even slightly.

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Thing is, have you ever met Drew & David's younger sister? What the family saved in "attractive" genes on the twins, they more than spent on her!