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So, like, are we all supposed to not post again until March 6? Is that the idea?

That's a bummer about the Showtime page. What's the point? But yeah, strong kudos for Penn & Teller's show as well as Chappelle's, which is nothing short of brilliant, at least at this point in the game. Chappelle has always had a rep as a "comedian's comedian". Based on the portions of his previous standup work I've seen, I wondered why all the fuss. But the CC show shows the raves of his peers to be more than well founded, as well as driving home the point that standup is but one kind of humor, and not necessarily the best fit for all performers. The guy is truly smart and truly funny, and he doesn't downplay one to accent the other. My kinda guy.

with Dick Wellstood, no doubt...

Why would anybody want to go back to a "Blue Note Board", European or otherwise? Fuck Blue Note (the corporate entity, that is).

Yep.

At Dusty Groove (the bastards!) http://www.dustygroove.com/latincd.htm#80364 Cachao -- Cuban Jam Session In Miniature -- Descargas . . . CD . . . $16.99 Vampi Soul (Spain), Late 50's Condition: New Copy Landmark recordings from the Cuban scene of the late 50s -- free-jamming descarga sessions led by bassist Israel "Cachao" Lopez! The tunes on the set forever helped define the sound of Latin music -- breaking down the more restrictive styles of earlier years, and giving the players free reign to jam and improvise over tightly crafted rhythmic patterns. Apart from Cachao's great work on bass, the set also features tenor by Emilio Penalver, trumpet by Armando Armenteros, and trumpet by Alejandro Vivar -- on titles that include "Descarga Cubana", "Sorpressa De Flauta", "Pamparana", "Trombon Criollo", "Controversia De Metales", and "Guajeo De Saxos". This CD adds in a huge amount of extra tracks, too -- for a total of 23 numbers in all! I've not heard this CD, so I can't comment on the quality of the transfers or the nature of the "extra tracks", but as a long-time admirer of the original PanArt album, I feel safe in recommending this disc on the strength of those selections alone. Classic stuff.

They used to be called "milk bottles", now they're called "doorbells". Time marches on.

Yeah, even if all the surface noise destroys the concept...

Flautist vs flutist - what sayest thee?

Well, that would be the obvious guess, wouldn't it?

Best wishes, Tod. Hope all is well.

I think I'm gonna go Zen on my next BFT and send out 100 discs of silence. That way, if you don't like what you hear, it's YOUR fault.

Al, reread the thread, if you have the time. It's in there. I, for one, would have never guessed it!

No comment on my 2-discer, obviously, but I really enjoyed Randy's. But then again, I knew most of the material, and have known most of it for a while, some of it for many years. It was quite "easy" listening for me, and totally pleasurable. I'd think it would be fair to say that that if you like most of what's included, two discs go down smoother than if you don't. Fair enough? As far as the "jazz-related" thing, good luck! We all have different conceptions of where that goes. Leave it to the compiler, I say, and express personal displeasure as needed. So far, there's been nothing on any of the tests that falls outside my personal concept. Bottom line, really - if you don't like it, you can always ask for a refund!

A friend in New York (state, not city) sent me some unmarked samplings off those two discs and asked me to give it a listen. Frankly, I was blown away. Not profoundly so, but enough to make me use profanity spontaneously and joyfully while listening, and more than once, if you get my drift. I LOVE it when that happens!

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A0nz1z8oa4yv8 and http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Aaxfqxqwald0e Excellent. QUITE excellent.

Thank you. It was honest. really, I don't think that this album is going to change anybody's mind about Wynton's music one way or the other. Those hoping for a big breakthrough or some such won't find it here, although the first part of title tune, w/it's Bill Dixon-esque moments, caught my attention briefly. But then...nothing happened. Sadly, that's been the way most all of Wynton's work (and, truthfully, his career) has struck me - anticipations never rewarded, expectations never fulfilled.

I remember Jonas Kullhammer from the BNBB (Sorry if I botched the spelling). Maybe he lurks here and/or posts under a different name. Well, if he does, I just discovered his work, and am REALLY digging it.

I think it's exactly the diversity of the programming here that appeals to me so much about this one. That, and the straight-ahead playing captures Eddie letting loose to a degree that I don't think the studio sides do, even the best ones. It's like, if you met somebody who had never heard of Eddie Harris and they asked you, "Hey Waldo! What was this Eddie Harris cat all about anyway?" You could either hand the cat a big stack of stuff and say, "Go through this big pile of stuff, sort out the Wheaties from the Shaft, and then you'll know". OR.... You could hand them THIS CD, and say, "Check this out, lemme know what you like, and we can take it from there, ok?" Sure, there's better individual cuts on some albums than what you get here, but here you get it all, and none of it exactly sucks. Besides, the cut with the fantasy about being a big star, what with Eddie singing all the "sweetening" parts is about as simultaneously sidesplitting and poignant as anything there is!

I cheated and looked at an on-\line discography. Still haven't recovered from the Michael Howell affair! Are we talking Gary Peacock here?

Sorry, I don't eat Wheaties. Those Bob Richards commercials from the 50s creeped me out for some reason, and I've never been able to get past that. That guy was WEIRD!

Well, ok, if 2-4 is what I guessed, that album was released with all 3 players recieving equal billing, if I remember correctly.

Just in case you don't know, that's a cover of a Lee Dorsey hit, one of those Allan Toussaint-produced things w/The Meters on board. If you like Lou's version, check out the original. ULTRA funky!

I listened to all available samples last week or so, and was neither impressed nor offended. Nothing exciting or blatanly sucky. I wrote a review on the BN site under the name "Hardest Bop" (couldn't resist...) & gave it 3 stars (or ovals, as the case may be). An honest assessment of the evidence at hand, and it has not been tampered with.

Are you referring to THIS ONE? The session in question was originally released on Flying Dutchman and was co-billed as being by the trumpeter & the reed player.