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Books Banned at One Time or Another in the USA
Niko replied to Brownian Motion's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
most hated here not to kill a mocking bird, that was third, but the volume of wild west stories our teacher had edited, only author i remember is louis l'amour, that one was half a year, david guterson, forgot the title, something with cedars... -
Books Banned at One Time or Another in the USA
Niko replied to Brownian Motion's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
only 8 and except for Brave New World and Little Red Riding Hood i had to read them for school... some of the better school reading except for To kill a mockingbird which i hated (and we spent like 3 months with that one) -
just got outback and wondered whether the final track had made your list... it did november 68th
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ok, this is against the new forum rules... but this wikipedia entry i just came across will probably not survive for long in its current form... written by chewy? (not written by chewy, chewy doesn't think don sleet is from NY) lots of information in here i haven't seen elsewhere... do i have to delete this post? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Draper Raymond Allen Draper (August 3, 1940–November 1, 1982) was an American hard bop tuba player. Born in New York City. After attending the Manhattan School of Music in the mid-1950s, he played or recorded with Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, John Coltrane, Max Roach, Don Cherry, Horace Tapscott, Archie Shepp, Teddy Wender, Brother Jack McDuff, Dr. John, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton and Howard Johnson. He also recorded as a leader in the late 1950s And upon being released from prison in the late sixties ,formed the first jazz rock fusion band composed of Established jazz musicians of the day.This preceded the normally accepted Miles Davis Bitches Brew as first jazz rock fusion group ,and recording by three years.Original band members include George Bohannon trombone,Hadley Caliman Tenor sax, John Duke upright bass Paul Lagos drums and Tom Trujillo guitar,This band after its first live performance at the Whiskey a go go in Holly wood,co billing with THE NAZZ was offered numerous top money record deals and was booked solid for the rest of the year at all the major rock clubs.But after his wife's attempted suicide after catching Ray with another girl,Ray began using heroin again, whereupon the more experienced band members all quit except for the youngest member guitarist Tom Trujillo and his landlord Chuck Goodn .This led for a search for new members some of which included .Don Sleet veteren NY trumpet player and one of Ernie Watts first gigs in LA many other musicians came and went but After two long years of searching Ray finally relented and Paul lagos was brought back on drums ,along with Richard Aplan on sax Phil Woods on Trumpet and Keyboardist Chuck Goodn Vocal Tom Trujillo guitar Ray Draper Tuba/ vocals Ron Johnson on bass.This comprised the new group eventually named by Trujillo because of the many food named bands at the time like Cream.Vanilla Fudge etc Named the band after soul food RED BEANS AND RICE,This group played with top rock bands of its time including, Jimmy Hendrix, Chicago Transit Authority, jethro Tull, , Gil Scott Heron etc And was on its way to being possibly the best band of its era due to the musicianship in the band and the originality, range and skill in its compositions, arrangements and live performances.Musically they blew everyone away. They went on to record the album produced by Jackie Paris titled " Red Beans and Rice featuring sparerib Ray Draper" on Epic Records. But when the band saw what Ray and his manager Forrest Hamilton had done putting only Rays picture on the cover , again the whole group quit and Ray was on his own once more. After this he sporadically performed and recorded but he was no longer able recreate the band and was ultimately killed during a robbery trying to tell a young robber who he was .Ray had unbelievable charm,and charisma that overcame his addiction ,his ability as a musician and composer and vision were unparalleled .Red Beans and Rice is a favorite among Djs and collectors for its eclectic mix of quality jazz and rock fusion un equalled at its time.
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How Many of Us Consider Ourselves to Be "Audiophiles?"
Niko replied to freejazz2020's topic in Audio Talk
the first word i ever spoke was car, have driven maybe 100 miles since i got a license 8 years ago, the last time maybe 6 years ago.. when i was four i broke the antenna of my dad's fancy radio; when i was 15 i asked him if i could have it... my equipment is a cd player plugged into said radio... when i occasionally listen to my cds on my girlfriend's clock-radio-CD player i am amazed at the sound... still i rather spend the money on new cds -
thank you! (bought the farrell (3 euro cheaper than the other four) and nate morgan's "journey into nigritia" (which was really cheap); having a good time with that one right now..)
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i've gone to that used cd store for like 10 years and the only thing i ever bought was "live for the moment" by willy schwarz (not recommended), used to be the crappiest cd store in town, recently essentially all the other closed; then someone must have unloaded there a real nice collection, hope he's doing well... their pricing policy is pretty random except when they know the artist by name (say, anything by chet baker starts at 15 Euro) already got trippin with cal green, tapscott dial b for barbra, randy weston at monterey, doug carn adam's apple, charles williams grass and trees and things, valdo williams new advanced jazz... (in two bunches couldn't make it for four weeks, nothing i had put back was gone...) (not many cds from that guy, at most 30 but pretty focused)...
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seems it's time to start the "do you have a beard" poll...
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it's that time of the year again... tommorow i might come by this used cd store, and most likely they will still have the following japanese cds Joe Farrell - Outback Roy Brooks - Town Hall 1974 (Baystate with Marcus Belgrave, Sonny Red...) Paul Jeffrey - Paul Jeffrey (i think that's what it's called, the mainstream album that has Paul Jeffrey in pink letters on blue ground) Shamek Farrah/Sonelius Smith - The World of the Children they are all around 10 euro which i guess is a pretty good price but i've bought a lot lately so say if i want to buy just one... which one should it (not) be? thanks in advance!
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happy birthday!
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if this is really the survey used for this study i am either worried or impressed (the thing can't have found out how hard i am working) edit to add: put differently, i guess it's some other survey... the only lyrics i recognized were by amy winehouse and rihanna whatever that reveals about my listening habits what does hard-working mean and how do you find out whether someone is hard-working by asking questions
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wonder whether "hard-working" people are just those who said they'd work hard and vice-versa (and now one might argue that how someone feels about his workload is more important than the actual size of it)(should probably say "workload in relation to ability" instead of just workload) i mean, you can probably find out in a survey whether someone is creative, or gentle without asking "are you gentle?" but (this is a real question) i wouldn't think this works out for hard-working (because neither what people say nor, say, their income can measure how hard someone works) and what about people who dare to listen to more than one type of music... guess i'll have to get the paper or i get nuts - this sounds so stupid....
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guess i do have a high self-esteem but i am certainly not outgoing or at ease and of average creativity - maybe i should check out chart pop ever wondered what you'd be listening to if you lost your self-esteem and weren't at ease? (Bollywood) and if you then lose your creativity and starting working hard it becomes country and western if this article gives even a half-accurate picture of the paper it describes the paper must be pretty crappy
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seconded, i mean, for politics stuff i don't really see it this way, in 2 years palin's daughter will be long forgotten (or the president's daughter but that's another story) but with the jazz stuff it is different... still kicking myself that i only quoted from that lengthy interview with mitch manker/daniel jackson about their times with ray charles instead of qouting it in full, link is dead now (of course what i really should have done is save it on my hard disk)
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Thanks and welcome! seconded!
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just found out cat anderson died the day i was born (ellington's birthday) enough for today...
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another one according to wikipedia Sir Charles Thompson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Charles_Thompson one where i was surprised recently is Hal Singer
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four brother Herbie Steward http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbie_Steward if he is still alive...
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Strata East, Strata East, Strata East, Strata East, Strata East? anyone know how to count those five? (plus, a used cd shop here has children of the world on cd for 12 euro... should i pick it up?)
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dang! thank you talking about what degrees mean...
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25 and 141 what's the answer to this one? (and why)? Q: What is the missing number in the sequence shown below? 1 - 8 - 27 - ? - 125 - 216 A: 36 45 46 64 99
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that version of portrait with thad jones as the soloist is my favorite piece in the small debut box, maybe very much of its time, but so colorful (complicated) and atmospheric
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one track (black swan) was released on the debut records story 4CD set by fantasy http://www.amazon.com/Debut-Records-Story-...2647&sr=8-3 i like the (short) track quite a bit, it somehow is third stream but it doesn't come across very technical or classical, it's a bit like a march (haven't heard it in a while) a pretty interesting cd set (maybe i wouldn't get it just for one track - but then there are various interesting things on it... (john dennis, for instance is another artist worth checking out...)) i would buy manhattan monodrama!