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300K?

3mas?

My hand-jaws are being struck numb by the parallatith of anxiousiety.

That would run counter to Sterojack's info, but it would also save some of us some money. Does Cadence still offer the Soulard CD of the Peacock Alley material?

Suddenly I'm all discombommulated!

The blues had a baby and they named it Baby Face.

God help us if our enemies ever get their hands on MO' ROCK!

Please elaborate.

What's up w/the Detroit Symphony? Didn't they do a thing w/Wayne a few years back?

See? Actually no. I see the Tripod message. The pielove that dare not speak its name.

See?

Pie is love!

Glad to here that he's not xcuffling in that way.

Indeed. How are his finances?

KEEP PRACTICING!!!!

Very nice date. By 1964, this type of material and approach was in the process of becoming passe in America, but nobody bothered to tell these guys. The swing is hard, and the spirit is true. Besides Gato, Ambrosetti is the only other name I'm readily familiar with (a fine player now, a fine player then), but everybody sounds just dandy. The real treat for me, though is hearing Gato in 1964. Don't know if this is his first recording, but it's the earliest I've yet to hear, and he's compelling, if derivative. The tunes are all either blues, modal, or standards, and that right there is a context I've never heard him in - playing changes and 4/4 swing. Sounds like he's really trying to channel the spirit of Trane, but by means of focus rather than licks. The end result sounds somewhat like Booker Ervin trying to play fewer notes but with the same intensity. Love it! On Schema/Rearward. $9.99 but temporarily out of stock at Da' Bastids. {NOTE: Previous thread on Tonani HERE. }

Thanks. Tom. Should be out in time for Christmas, hopefully? Looking forward to hearing both Osby & Jack in a context like this!

[Edited To Reflect Thread's New Title/Focus] The last month or so, LTB (my wife, the Lovely & Talented Brenda, for any newcomers) & I have gotten into a routine of sitting down together and watching whatever is on TCM @ 7 PM Central. Just because. The discovery of so many great movies has proven to be quite enjoyable for both of us. So many of our members are extremly knowledgeable about film history and the classics of the past. Some, like myself, know the biggest films of the era(s) covered by TCM, but not too much else. It is for the discussion of those movies, specifically, those on TCM on any given day/night, and all things related, that this thread has been created. It will be a genuinbe pleasure to learn from those who can speak with enthusiasm and/or expertise on the subject(s). These films represent such a vast contribution to American (and global) culture that discovering a new gem is like discovering a new album by a new artist that makes you stop and wonder where THIS has been all these years. Tonight's movie is (checking the TCM website)............. Operation Petticoat So.... what say y'all?

That trio date sounds like it could be some cool shit. When's it supposed to be out?

You gotta practice until you're perfect. And you're NEVER perfect. Get it?

JUST today?

Don't know that I'd go so far as to call him "boring", but there did seem to be a bit of a "take no prisoners" and/or "here it is if you like it, here it is if you don't like it" attitude to that more "radical" music that I really dug. Of course, with age often comes a certain mellowness, and on the thing w/Lovano, that old "AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH" attitude is on full display throughout, but sometimes I miss it in his more recent work. Seems like the "urban" thing was working for him pretty nicely. But that's just me.

I used to feel sorry for the way that oboists had to hassle with reeds and shit. Used to....

INVISIBLE HAND (Blue Note), w/guests Andrew Hill & Jim Hall, is a personal favorite. Very moody, yet not oppressively so. Lots of "breathing room" in the music. Plus, it's a treat to hear the guests in a format such as this. Hill you'd epect to deal, but Hall might surprise you. Or not! There was a Jack Dejohnette IMPULSE! album called AUDIO-VISUALSCAPES from the early 90s(?) that's a total gas. The band is Jack, Osby, Gary Thomas. Mick Goodrich, & Lonnie Plazico, and the blowing is nice and spiky throughout. OOP now, but well worth a seekout, imo. I'm no doubt in the minority on this, but sometimes I prefer his days doing the M-Base thing. MAN-TALK FOR MODERNS, VOL X is my favorite from those days. Creative use of sampling, and a no BS vibe from the git-go. Another one that's OOP, and if you're not into electricity and/or hip-hop elements in your jazz, then one to avoid, no doubt, but otherwise... FRIENDLY FIRE, a disc he co-led w/Joe Lovano for BN, is really good, too, even if it does have an awful lot of that "New York Macho" thing going on in it. It works here for me, but not on a regular basis, if you get my drift. Also OOP (the BN new releases tend to come and go relatively quickly, so carpe diem...) but not too far back, so there's probably copies to be found cheaply. You ever check out Steve Coleman as well as Osby?