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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?

Practice, practice, and more practice!

What's at the corner of 63rd St. and Cottage Grove Ave, anyway?

Dude, it's a bright-size life we live. Laughter is not optional.

I bought the 45 of that back in the day when I bought records just because I didn't have any. It wore out its welcome so quickly that, unlike more than a few that came home w/me, I have NO idea what the B-side was, nor do I care. A band that can't give you a good B-side ain't to be trusted.

Oh geez.

I'd like to have heard thier answers to the question.

You mean the "I love the flower girl" song?

Who's older, Von or Franz? Guess if I want to keep playing forever I should move to Chicago?

Best wishes!

MOICY!

I'm feelin' it!

Tater sends his love.

Harry Bopday!

I'm interested.

Where does the commercial usually air? Haven't seen it yet.

Yeah, that's the thing about the Verve stuff, so much soul. Sometimes the chops are down (not as often as the "conventional wisdom" of the past would ahve you think, however), but there's never any lack of feeling. Intense feeling at that.

I've been on a Hastings S&D binge lately , and haven't seen those. But you never know with Hastings. Sometimes the most unlikely stuff will pop up in the most unlikely towns. Found a Dizzy Masters Of Jazz thing in Mount Pleasant last fall. Who'da thunk it? So thanks for the heads-up! I REALLY dug the packaging of that Ember box. That's what I'm looking for myself. But if I find the individual sets, I'll make a note to pick them up and offer them here to any interested parties at cost + postage.