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Sounds like the "type" of people who support JLC wouldn't have much of an interest in supporting something better anyways. So fuck all of'em, let them have their museum. Let the rest of us have some living music the way we've always had it - through word of mouth, throught the underground, through anything but institutionalized musical taxidermy. Problem is, nobody except the JLC "type" goes out & spends the buckage too much any more (or so it seems). So that one's on us, even if there are a lot of mitigating circumstances. But there's always been money in preserving an image of the past. It's an easy way to get glory w/o having to earn it. Just claim it for your own once it's already been created and left available thru death. There's a huge market for that, always has been, always will be. So let them have it. Ours is not to be feted by the powers that be, for we oppose the powers that be. You want the jizz, you gotta hang around the tip, prime the pump, and be ready to catch it when it spurts. To think otherwise is nonsense. Now, somebody tell me this - is there anybody, anybody, who could make truly creative contemporary jazz and get the same deal that Wynton's got? Hell no. Because truly creative contemporary jazz doesn't hang around the tip unless it's to bite it. Otherwise, it's all about going after god and/or pussy. Ain't no "cultural institutions" gonna subsidize somebody going after their god or their pussy, much less both. Eunuchs are not to be feared.

Mr. Grossman was not always in the "best of health" even in his youth...

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Yeah, I got it in the sale. Seldom do I not get what Larry says in relation to any music, but such is the case here. I hear the "devices", but they just don't engage me at all beyond the "intellectual" level. I listened 3 times last night, and was left with a "well, ok, there it is" feeling and nothing more. Maybe it's the band, maybe they were so busy reading/interpreting the charts "correctly" that they didn't have time to put some flavor into them. Holman plays very nicely, though. Maybe in time...

Grossman's on record as feeling much the same way. He wanted to play tenor, but Miles wanted mostly soprano. So, here comes Gary Bartz!

Webste (in French): http://cunniewilliams.artistes.universalmusic.fr/ The samples don't sound bad, but they're just snippets..

I would hope that we all do in some form or another, but... The cut I heard showed him to have a voice somewhere between the speaking voice of Barry White & the singing style of Terry Callier. Interesting...

Joe South People Who Play Games You & Me

I had the same reaction. Apparently so.

People who buy gas at RaceTrack People who don't buy gas at RaceTrack People who don't know what RaceTrack is

?????????????????? I've just heard one song. Sounds like he has a great voice. But that don't mean shit by itself.

The Four Horsemen The Three Little Pigs The Two Seagulls, Gertrude & Heathcliffe

Jim Foetus Baby Laurence Harry Toddler

Why don't we bump our game up a notch by not taking the bait, tempering the jizzing on Curtis Counce cover comments, and seeing if we can prevent history from repeating itself? This time around has been fun. Hell, they've all been fun until things go left. Here's hoping that this one stays fun.

Which EW&F did you get? Undergroove Collection, or one of the others? Yeah, Undergroove. Only I got it as part of a UK two-CD set from Dutty Goove. It was $16.99 and in stock. Undergroove's $26.99 and out of stock. So for $10 less, I got a "best of" type CD + a $27 remix CD. Heckuva deal. Ok, I was wrong. What I got was something else entirely. Still by Soul Source, but actual remixes. Undergroove is essentially a compilation featuring the "jazzier" side of EW&F, with just a few, non-radical, remixes. It's a good set, but if you were into EW&F back in the day and bought/heard all the albums, there's no real reason to pick this up, especially at J-prices. I learned this the hard way this past week... The remixes, otoh, are fresh and invigorating. The original Soul Source Japanese album is another, more radical (and interesting) thing altogether. It's also pricier than hell. So that "Essential" collection that I got is definitely the way to go if you want to get this stuff. The order is different, and there's a remix of "After The Love Has Gone" that's been replaced by something else, but big whoop.

Johnny Ace (I don't know, sorry!) Lucky Luke Leon Leonwood Bean

I don't know how or why they're doing this. I do like the strawberries & cream, that's a unique flavor for a diet cola, and the blend of flavors is actually pretty smooth. I basically stopped my alcohol consumption about a year-and-a-half ago. No rhyme or reason to it, I just did. And what a wimp I've become! I had two beers a few weeks ago & I almost fell asleep. How quickly the chops leave.... No matter. I've drank enough alcohol in my lifetime to last for the rest of this one, and several more. I might well resume at some point, but right now, I'm just not interested.

Me too - that's exactly the right solution. MG Trifecta.

$13.29 preorder @ CDU.

OTOH, the entire album, plus one bonus cut, is being offered for $10.00 as a download. http://www.sonnyrollins.com/music.php

That Doggie In The Window That Darn Cat A Fish Called Wanda

http://www.pepsi.com/help/faqs/faq.php?cat...age=dpepsi_jazz

It's the latter which I have. Originally released on Joker, I think. I've got it on Lotus. The Haden/Izenzon/Blackwell hookup is freakin' primal. There's dancing in places other than the head going on!

Didn't he also start the Ranwood label, where the entire Lawrence Welk contingent migrated to from Dot? Or maybe that was a Dot deal?

I know that Rance Allen's been well covered by Fantasy reissues. I have some Violinaires, but not that one. I'd love to hear it! This is definitely a niche-product, whose purpose seems to be to collect/issue stuff that nobody else would. Hell, most people probably don't even know about it. I wish that Gospel would get the quality reissuing that it so richly deserves, but until it does, I'll take whatever I can get, by whoever puts it out. If I get what I'm expecting, I'll be getting a collection of mostly "local" acts whose passion might well exceed their skill. I'm ok with that, especially with Gospel music, where the passion is really the object of the game. There's probably going to be gems and duds side-by-side, and not necessarily in a favorable ratio. I'm ok with that too, because with this type of compiling, getting access to the gems is really the object of the game. Besides, it's no doubt profoundly easier to put a comp like this together than it is to negotiate with the majors for similar material. Fantasy's been the only significant holder of "classic" gospel to consistently treat the stuff with respect. Vee-Jay tried for a quick minute, as did Columbia/CBS/Sony/Whoevertheyare, but nothing really took. Universal's done shit for the Peacock catalog, and that is a crime. So I'm not casting any stones to these compilers for focusing on the obscure. Of course, if I get more than I'm expecting, I'll get something along the lines of Guitar Evangelists, a mindblower of a compilation on Gospel Heritage that I bought at Rod's old K-29 store about 10 years ago. That was one that I bought blind, but boy, did I see the light in a hurry! In short, I'm going into this with my eyes wide open. This ain't my first rodeo, if you know what I mean.