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I don't know how Konitizian these Revelation/Hat dates are in terms of actual vocabulary, but nevertheless Ortega & Konitz share the esthetic of avoiding "licks" and such whenever possible, especially on standards, and instead focusing on the melodic elements of improvisation, an approach I myself like to call "lines, not licks", for whatever that is worth. It's a bold gambit, and almost of necessity requires a "cooler" mien, but when the goals are successfully attained, as they are here, the results are music that is riveting and extremely involving. Especially on standards - you know the forms, and you know how everybody else has done them, and hearing them done like THIS just draws you in, irresistably, because while you're having your superfical expectations thwarted, they're still being met at the primal level - the forms and shapes of the original material remain intact. So, it's tension and release simultaneously. Try getting THAT at Wal-Mart! Not that the music is as esoteric and intellectually conscious as the above "explanation" of my reaction to it is, it's not. The stuff swings, and with no little heat (maybe a "dry" heat sometimes, but heat is heat, right?). Bottom line - it's fresh, it's exciting, and it's real. Go for it!

I kepr, and still have, the longboxes for albums that had specific artwork on them. It was a part of the album's overall packaging in a really obtruse way. But too often they were just generic label blurbettes. Toss. Weren't the long box and blister pack (truly as close to Satanic as any product has ever been ) born out of the need for retailers to keep their LP shelves?

Excellent, simple excellent.

I think "lost her mind" might be more to the point.

Try Texarkana!

May happiness and success be Dean Bennedetti to your life's Bird and follow you everywhere.

If Mosaic won't (or can't, due to legal hurdles) do it, SOMEBODY needs to collect all the recordings from this tour "under one roof". That would make a KILLER set. I'm with Lon, I consider this stuff essential. In many ways, this was the most "fully realized" Mingus music, at least for me.

Tony, PLEASE find a copy of Grahme Locke's Forces In Motion, a book written about a Braxton quartet touring England. everybody gets interviewed at length, and it's about as lucid, charming, and full a portrait of this man and his genius as there is. Trust me on this one.

Well, the Wilkerson BNs might not be toi everbody's taste, but I'd think that TEXAS TWISTER would be! That bad boy KICKS AYE-ESS!

One cool thing about the later Yearbooks was that they published full scores. I've got one that's got Quincy's "Killer Joe" chart off of WALKING IN SPACE in it.

Check out Peggy's Capitol album THE MAN I LOVE. A little "sleepy" overall, but when it's good, it's VERY good. Arrangements by Nelson Riddle (some of his better work on some of the cuts) shine on "Happiness Is Just A Thing Called Joe" & "The Folks Who Live On The Hill" (the definitive version of this song I've heard so far, along w/Jimmy Scott's). Peggy's not in her "sassy cool" bag here, but rather is in some kind of wierd "channelling Billie Holliday" zone. It's a mighty good album.

Toshiko did an early 60s quartet date with then-husband Charlie Mariano for Candid that is superb. I only have it on an old GRT cassette, but it sure is good!

Another year and 1/3 and we can talk about you in the Vinyl forum!

If nobody else has these albums, I can get you the information if you can wait a day or two. Time is tight right now, and I type slow. But I have them all.

Ok. First of all, it's the FIRST LP of the set that has this stuff on it. The 2nd was the set w/Joe. LP ONE, SIDE ONE: 1. One For One/10:25 2. Diddy Wah/6:50 ((This one has a riff that I thought resembled something on SHIPS, fwiw) 3. Without Malice/4:49 Maupin, Patrick, Tolliver, etc. 1-16&23-70 LP ONE SIDE TWO: 1. Poinsettia/6:20 2. Illusion/6:57 3. Fragments/5:00 Maupin, string quartet, etc. 8-1-69 Hope this helps.

Damn it, I've been trying to just lurk most of today and yesterday, not much free time, but if nobody has the LP, let me get up and go look it up.

Long Boxes they are. Geesh, I feel old sometimes because I remember vinyl so well. But when somebody doesn't know what a LONG BOX is, I REALLY feel old!!!! HELP I'M A ROCK!

Nah. They don't want people who will like the music but can't afford it.

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Wait a minute Chuck, I thnk you want the Super Fly thread.

I got some various 45s and stuff, nothing on CD, but I think you can find some good compilations. The cat's BAAAD.

An earlier CD issue of IN THE BEGINNING. Different title, but still Muse.

B.B.'s 78. He sits to perform now. But the voice and guitar chops are still 100%, even if he shares the solo duties with two other guitarist. Bobby Bland is 73, and is still Bobby Bland, thank God. The body moves slow, but the voice is intact. Amazing. I'm glad I went. These guys are icons and ain't gonna last forever,