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I do not recognize that cover? What record is this?

Got a few minutes here, so... TRACK ONE - No idea, but I like it. I should know the song? And is that two pianos? One playing the lead, the other the rhythm? Again, no idea but I like it. TRACK TWO - I like this one too. Is it Brubeck & Bill Smith? Very nice non-bop modern. Nice composition, nice playing. Curious to find out who this is...might want to pick this one up. Clarinet solo is very deliberate and thoughtful, not at all licks or running the changes. Doesn't quite sound like Brubeck, though...so I am stumped. And am looking to get unstumped! TRACK THREE - Did you play a 33 record at 45 for this? Sounds kinda hokey, like "hot music" for a stage show or something. Wait...that soprano....James Carter? I like him pretty well, but I haven't like all of his records....and this would be on that I don't much like. Fantastic playing, just don't like the vibe. TRACK FOUR - sounds like a Duke thing, but with a different fell...that drumming...Definitely(?) a dance band, probably white (culturally, that is), but still pleasant enough to listen to, and., not a deep swing feel, but if it's comping from a place where that's not indigenous, I'd say they were doing it as best they knew. Always happy when that happens. TRACK FIVE - Wow, that's about five alto stylings in one player...not sure if it makes me comfortable...oh, it's live, too. Who was in that room? They're just a little too on top of the beat for my liking, especially the altoist and the drummer. But the people they're playing for seem to be quite happy with what they're getting, so mission accomplished, right? Me personally, I hear a lot of pieces of speech/but and a little less coherency of syntax. But I'm not in the room, so kudos to those who were! TRACK SIX - Ok, some of that. I'm neutral on so much of the Hot Club-esque musics...I get it, and I don't DISLIKE it by any stretch, but again, language...this is a different language than I readily respond to. Nothing wriong with that, of course, but as far as bonding with it...I can't. Now haing said that, I do like chugging rhytm guitar (and the guitar solo as well). TRACK SEVEN - Oh my...."In The Mood", obviously, but...this isn't an American band, is it. It sounds like they're speaking phonetically...maybe the Major survived and swam to shore and this is the band he was able to get together. Anyway, it's a bit fascionating to hear this, it shows how much of a differnce there is in "natvie" vs "learned" language. And these people sound like they really WANT to learn this language, so kudos for that and for them...wherever they're located, I would hope that each generration got in there more deeply that he one before. TRACK EIGHT - Same as Four and Seven. Wherever this band was, it's now safe to think of them as a "territory band", seeing as how jazz became an international music. And even if they don't "swing" like their model, imagine how liberating it was to even get a touch of that music compared to what their alternatives were. Swing is a liberational force. TRACK NINE - "You And The Night And The Music", one of the great songs from that era. That's some thoughtful tenor playing! The whole thing is thoughtful, well-paced, actually speaking in a voice, creating rather than re-creating, that's what I'm talking about. Very nice! TRACK TEN - "Out Of Nowhere"...no idea who it is, but of all the swing/dance bands on this collection, this is the one with the deepest pocket, perhaps not coincidentally the won with the least quick tempo. The extremes of tempos both fast and slow are where you tell who's got what. That trumpet, is that Harry James? Or somebody like him? The band sounds like it's coming out of that Goodman groove,so maybe it is? This is a very nice collection with a definitely personal point of view. Nicely done!

+1!

I thought the one lady sounded a little too enthusiastic...now we know. thanks for the inside skinny!

the password is..."CLARITY"...

Ok, having reread this thread, it is obvious that it was started strictly on unsubstantiated speculation. Zero names/places/numbers, just "I don't like this guy and he's probably guilty of sexual misbehavior, so let's talk about how he probably is." I mean, I'm all about Fuck Wynton Marsalis, but totally not like this. The music speaks for itself in that regard, as does the jazz economy. But unfounded/unsubstantiated "hey, I bet that..." is not gonna fly here. If/When something documented occurs, this thread is locked. People have said what they have said, and it will remain visible unless/until board ownership deletes it.

This, please. I myself am a locker more than a deletor.

Duly noted, place your bets and enjoy the movie.

Facts only, please. And facts attached to specific parties. Parties - that's plural, ok?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Germany

Up again, to resist the rewiring of the brain to work on 1, 0, and nothing else, especially in between. That analog spine is still gonna be hard to beat over the long haul, so resit!

Tito STILL winning, and expanding his lead with a full(er) length clip!

John the Conqueror Billy Root The Home Team

Angry drunk driving.

Dan's been doing some seriously exceptional work with this. Shine the light!

Silli Poppapikkapeppalo - Just Plan Silli!!!

Doug Rader Jim Wynn The Biggest Loser

I'm kinda like, spirits are only sometimes tangible. But they're always spirits, and they're always there because...they're spirits. In my earlier days of figuring out what was what, my saying was that jazz and blues are ultimately the same language, except that jazz goes through more keys, Then, I menat it literally, but now...."keys" means a lot of things, really. But oh well about that, right? so, yes, Gene Harris' definition works just fine, thank you!

Skinnay Ennis Gil Evans Svengali

What is our baseline for determining if one is a blues-oriented jazz pianist or a jazz-oriented blues pianist? Who would be the North Star/Pole for this particular evaluation?

Theodore J. Mooney Mel Cooley Fred Rutherford

Am I right to think that this might actually have been a few years before 1968? Great band, though. It might as well be Swing!!!!!

The next one, unfortunately.

The Regressors - WE PERSIST!!!

More of this, then, please! And hoping that it stays that way, no matter how much older he gets.