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Finally finished the Beethoven box. The early & middle sets flew right by, but for the first time in my experience, the Late Quartets proved to be draining. Not in a bad way, just...intense. I pulled up both the Emerson & Busch Quartets' versions on Spotify and in the end, they left some energy in the mind. It was only 3 CDs, but Juilliard left me with nothing in the tank after each one. I do not know what they did, or if the "should" have done it, but they did, and it did not sound "wrong". It was just a matter of not leaving anything on the table, I guess. It's difficult music to be sure, and maybe disguising that difficulty did not seem honest. Summer With The Juilliard Quartet continues with something more "difficult" but a lot more "fun" set: YEE-HA!!!!

The Senators site is long gone, right?

May you both continue!

I also recall Sam Rivers, Roy Haynes, and Gary Burton. Maybe not in the same series, but the same type of deal. Also Gary Foster, Clare Fischer and Dizzy Gillespie.

That's a good record.

Thanks for the tip. I see this recording is on ECM, and I like a lot of the classical releases they've done. This one is paired with Bartok #5, so I'm looking forward to getting it in! Found a decent enough deal on Discogs and it's on the way. Again, thanks!

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August, wow... TRACK ONE - I recognize the tune as "Swing House", a Mulligan thing that he did both with the OG quartet and also in a big band chart for Kenton. Not particularly lively, but no harm done, sounds like they had fun doing it. TRACK TWO - "Walkin'", Lee Konitz & Chet Baker. I love lee, and am severly indifferent about Baker. Nothing here to alter that, Is this the live record with Beaver Harris? Whoever it is is hitting it nicely. Bassist is in there good too. Chet...one of his better "zones", but still... TRACK THREE - Not feeling this one at all. Chamber music, but is it a chamber or a jail cell? If it's the latter, why aren't they trying to get out of there? Sounds like they're doing a concert for civilian inspectors to convince them that they're happy being there. Good chops by everybody, though? Plenty of time to practice, I guess? TRACK FOUR - Twice the notes and half the feel. Not just anybody can do that! TRACK FIVE - That head is familiar, an old bebop tune, but I can't remember the name. Good enough performance, no surprises. Doesn't really swing as much as it pushes. Kind like a well-mannered, second-tier Oscar Peterson. the routines sound built in. By the time it's over, I was glad. TRACK SIX - No idea who, what or why. But kudos to the dedication, to say nothing of the ability to get/have the money necessary to get a record like this made. TRACK SEVEN - Is that "Be My Love"? At this tempo, it sounds all squished together, and I don't hear the interaction in the trio I would like. But kudos for plating that tune, it's almost forgotten today. TRACK EIGHT - Oscar Pettiford? Not really digging that guitar sound, but that was probably necessary for the tune. Otherwise it's all good. Can't get enough Oscar Pettiford! TRACK NINE - Three Sounds? Just not in the mood for this type of thing these days, at least not like this one. Red Garland trio? Sorry to all concerned. TRACK TEN - "Easy Does It", an old Basie number. This tenor player is very much of Brew Moore's "anybody who doesn't play like Lester is WRONG" camp, I mean, that's ok, and this guy is good at it. Trombone is a bit blurty, but the piano solo is just right! I like this one well enough, yeah! TRACK ELEVEN - Nice tune. Maybe could have done more with it, but maybe not? Ok, more is done with it after the bass solo. Good one! TRACK TWELVE - I can see the jugglers and/or plate spinners! I miss Ed Sullivan. TRACK THIRTEEN - "Crescent"? Kudos to the pianist for re-contextualizing it, yet still keeping it true. I like it. TRACK FOURTEEN - One of those altoists needs to be Phil Woods or else there's evil afoot! TRACK FIFTEEN - "Some Other Time", which is what I say about this one. Way too...polite for my tastes. Pretty, not beautiful. Ok, thanks for your time!

Padres getting Mason Miller is big, but only if the Dodgers can be wiped away. Is that likely? No? Didn't think so.

I've flirted with putting an MMO track on a BFT for years now!

And here!

I swear, Larry Hooper cuts the uncredited Ronnie Bright

I hope that's what it is.

That's a real shame. Seriously.

RIP Ryne Sandberg. Truly one of the greats Those WGN cable games back in the day...between them and the Braves on WTBS, people everywhere got to see, respect, and bond with teams and players that were heretofore less than fully real. Sandberg +and Andre Dawson!) was a vivid example of that.

Ronnie Fairway - THWAAAAKKKK!!!

Here we go... Recorded 1969(mostly)-1970 They recorded a few of these earlier, for RCA, but this is Columbia and this is the late 1960s. I wonder how "tuned in" these guys were tuned-in to what was going on in the world at the time. Even in the best of times, this is some pretty serious, intense music. Oh, nice flooring!

Try explaining how that's possible to the binary-coded people of today...

GLASS?!?!?! Brass is a metal.

They do not. I don't see any reissue of that record, period: https://www.discogs.com/release/1440072-Ginastera-Stravinsky-The-Juilliard-Quartet-String-Quartet-No-2-Three-Pieces-For-String-Quartet-Conce?srsltid=AfmBOooxi24PG_O-hcQtnDb5tmflaFHt6DflBopjZ28h1cXxf7jvqDzj It is on the Internet Archive though,,,

A Eugene McDaniels project. Who knew?