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Truthfully, it's both.

Wally George George Wallington George Wettling

I took a road gig w/a mediocre but working "hotel show band" back in 1981 and stayed with it for 15 months specifically to have the opportunity to see the US. The routing was lousy (one month's itenerary went from New Mexico to Alabama to Kansas to Calgary (international bonus points! ) to Washington DC, and the travel was by van, but by god, I got to see the US in real time. The only areas I didn't get to see were Washington/Oregon, New England, Alaska, & Hawaii. I've since had the opportunity to hit Hawaii, and the others remain on the "to do" list. We almost made the Pacific NW jaunt a few summers ago, but Toot Toot's lack of due dilligence necessitated a summer school session, so that didn't happen. But it will, as will all the others. LTB & I have made a New England vacation a top priority for our "retirement years", if/when we get to that point. One thing I learned from all that travel was that this is a great country, even if it's largely populated by morons. They're beautiful morons, by god, and the more you see of them, the more you realize that being a moron is pretty much par for the course for humanity (and that we all carry the capacity for deep moron-ness within ourselves). Helps you appreciate those who aren't, as well as lessening the hostility towards those who are, unless they go on ahead and make it a point of militancy. Back then, there wasn't a whole lot of that going on except with the usual suspects. Things have changed though... But hey - I still love America & its people. I'd encourage everybody who hasn't done so to hit the road and stay there as much as possible for as long as possible. It's an education you can't get any other way and its probably about as "true" an education as one can get. I still feel a void from having had extremely limited travel outside of North America, but that too is a project for the if/when years.

HA! Good one!

I couldn't have said it better. Thanks, Tom! I really want an On The Corner box. So much of the shit I've been listening to lately has its roots in that album and Get Up With It. No matter how much that period of Miles' music rubbed/rubs a lot of people the wrong way, it obviously rubs/rubbed just as many (or more) the right way, and its impact continues to reverberate today. I dare say that it's left a legacy just as profound and far-reaching as Kind Of Blue & probably moreso than that of Bitches Brew. Even if that legacy is off the radar for much of the "jazz" world, it's a legacy that is international & multi-generational in scope, and it's a legacy that is going a long way towards breaking down a lot of technological, cultural, & "intellectual" barriers. That's no different than any of Miles' other legacies, but it's a legacy that needs to be properly recognized by the "establishment" in order for things to get back on track (which might be precisely why it's not being recognized - there's a pretty good market these days, it seems, in things being off track). Like Billy Harper said, Is It Not True Simply Because You Cannot Believe It?

Bizarre indeed.

Fair enough, but the incomplete clause "with the permission" is ambiguous at best. A misunderstanding is understandable, no? Still, it's all good. I'm not at all offended by music promos, authorized or otherwise. The notion of "Keith Jarrett Spam", however, a low-grade luncheon meat endorsed by Mr. Jarrett, cracks me up! It's like a jazz equivalent of

Buddy of mine sends me this burn of a promo copy of a side called Bowling by a band called U-Street All Stars. Things got a Capitol logo on the promo sleeve, and a German EMI weblink. The band's good, actually, high-energy retro mod-bop. Nothing here (absolutely nothing) that you haven't already heard from (now) several generations of young cats who want to swing it like they used to, but there's a good vibe to the whole thing anyway. These cats sound like it's all fresh and new to them, so hey. Right on! Anyway, a little websearch shows that this is a Finnish band, and that this album was actually released on Blue Note Finland. WTF is Blue Note Finland anyway? And come to find out, the band's released two albums on this label! http://www.u-street.com/bio_eng.htm What's up with all this? The U-Street All Stars ain't gonna rock my world off its axis or anything, but they're a good solid band that gives good fun (the title track of the one I got features a drop of a bowling ball knocking down some pins. It works, believe it or not!). If BN America can hype Kerrie Anne Fisher (or whatever her name is) surely they can hype this. Many members of this forum would be well pleased by U-Street All-Stars! Blue Note Finland? What else they got?

Maybe so... You can (and should) buy when/if it becomes legitimately available.

Does he still have that big ol' bald head?

How recent is your information? About 3 weeks ago.

Oscar Peterson completist that I am, I'm excited to the point of fitzwilliness to hear about this!

Musta been '84, before I came back from Albuquerque. I'd not have missed Elvin!

Hmmm, no mention of that one here

I've heard that Bob Belden has finally, once-and-for-all, walked away from all future Miles projects, so that may or may not affect what gets done.

Yeah, but the Mayo costs extra.

You mean this one?

Only 36 left? Already? Wow... I keep forgetting, though, that Elvin is a True Drumming God, with a fan base amongst drummers of all idioms. So this one probably has a broader appeal than those of us inside the Jazz Cave probably realized... Carpe diem, y'all!

John Klemmer Sam Falzone Ira Schulman

That would make sense, because otherwise they'd have to write it backwards, right? DOH!

Spam that moans? What's next, potted meat product that hums?

They are, and your comments about what Roy's playing are a little, uh... misinformed. Nothing personal, but if you're only into bop & post-bop musics, you're probably missing the point of it all. That's certainly ok from the perspective of liking what it is you like, but all I'm saying is that Roy was a bitch-and-a-half and he plays his ass of on all the sessions here.

It was a Warner Brothers album, Night Dancing. Totally cheesy inside & out. The models looked coked-out & so did Joe. In it's own way, a creepier cover than Canned Funk.

BOO!

Seriously though, I figure that a lot of us here are between 35-55. I myself came of age in the 60s & 70s, so I understand the revulsion aimed at middle-aged hipsters. It's actually healthy, and it will pass soon enough, like when those middle-aged people you hate are the ones signing your checks. Well, actually, that'll probably make it worse... Anyway, history's repeating itself, as is its wont. Only we're on the other side now. Fancy that.