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i forgot this dudes name, but did he really have 2 sell it to concord for 80 million. couldnt he have passed it on to someone worthy of it who would not of screwed it all up. who would you have wanted to carry it on. maybe that chick you guys mentioned? what a greedy bastard. what does a 70 yr old man need w/ 80 million anyway. i hope he chokes on it. the fanasy cateloge is basically an american treasure. he should of passed it down with the utmost consideration in who will be in charge. this is nutz. i bet even BLUE NOTE would do a better job!

what the hell does he mean Central Ave. doesnt exist. trust me its still there

Brubeck's big band makes N.Y. debut 06/23/2006 4:45 PM, AP Charles J. Gans Dave Brubeck turned back the clock at a JVC Jazz Festival concert, belatedly celebrating his 85th birthday with the N.Y. debut of his big band. Years before the pianist formed his legendary quartet with alto saxophonist Paul Desmond in 1951, Brubeck began his musical career as a teenager playing in big bands in dance halls in Sierra Nevada towns near the northern California cattle ranch where he grew up. At Wednesday night's concert at Carnegie Hall, Brubeck recalled the music of his youth from the Swing Era with his composition "The Basie Band Is Back in Town," in which he played some stride piano and his big band incorporated some characteristic Count Basie riffs. For an encore, the Brubeck big band played the Duke Ellington Orchestra's theme, "Take the `A' Train." The highlight of the big-band segment of the program was a rare live performance of "Elementals," a composition Brubeck wrote in 1963 for orchestra and jazz quartet that interweaves fundamental elements of Western music: Gregorian chants, a Bach chorale, a Viennese waltz, jazz swing, polyrhythms, and 12 tone. Last fall, the Lar Lubovitch Dance Company premiered a ballet in New York, "Elemental Brubeck," choreographed to music from "Elementals." The big band — which incorporated Brubeck's quartet at its core — added a whole rich palette of orchestral colors from the trumpet, trombone and sax sections to two famed odd-metered tunes from his groundbreaking 1959 "Time Out" album: "Blue Rondo a la Turk," based on the 9/8 rhythms the pianist heard Turkish street musicians play in Istanbul during a State Department tour, and Desmond's "Take Five" with its compelling 5/4 rhythm. Comedian Bill Cosby, an avid jazz fan who plays the drums, hosted the concert and recalled the first time he shared a bill with Brubeck back in the early 1960s at the Concord Pavilion in northern California. Cosby urged the audience to savor the moment because we can't act "as though our geniuses will always be alongside us." I'm not saying that Dave is leaving," quipped the 68-year-old Cosby. "There's nothing wrong with 85 except being 68 and trying to get there." The silver-haired Brubeck, who turned 85 on Dec. 6, received a standing ovation before playing a single note, opening the program with his quartet with the hard-blowing alto saxophonist Bobby Militello, the versatile bassist Michael Moore, and drummer Randy Jones, who has been with Brubeck for nearly a quarter century. Though frail in body and less talkative than usual, Brubeck was a commanding presence at the keyboard, playing a multitude of styles in his improvisations, as the quartet re-imagined such standards as "Stormy Weather" and Jerome Kern's "Yesterdays." Brubeck played an exquisite solo demonstrating a deft touch in the introduction to the ballad "Theme for June," written by his late older brother Howard Brubeck. The quartet was also up to the challenge on Brubeck's demanding briskly tempoed new composition "London Flat, London Sharp." In a comic interlude before the big band took the stage, Cosby mused about the aging process. "We have no right to live to be 90 and 100," the comic said, and pointing to the short distance from the stage door to the piano, joked, "Dave is able to walk from there and back and know who he is." Brubeck, who will be touring in the U.S. this summer with his quartet, is hard at work on his next major composition, which will take him back to the California of his youth. He has been commissioned by the Monterey Jazz Festival to write a suite based on John Steinbeck's "Cannery Row," which is to have its premiere at the festival on Sept. 17. Singers Kurt Elling and Roberta Gamberini will be performing lyrics penned by Brubeck's longtime collaborator, his wife, Iola. "I love the book. I love the characters. I knew the pre-tourist Monterey that Steinbeck described, and I've known such characters that he has portrayed," Brubeck wrote in his latest newsletter. ____

in the former we have a young Chevy Chase in his 1st major film role starring opposite americas cuite-pie, Goldie Hawn. It is a overlooked classic, which combines adventure and suspense with the comedy. it also stars dudley moore in the most out of control role in his carreer. going back a decade we have a very rare and hard to find film starring Marshalltown, Iowa's leading lady, Jean Seberg- in "Love Play", (La Récréation). If you thought you couldnt produce a smut film without dirty language and nudity, this film will prove you wrong. jean plays an american schoolgirl in a french boarding school chock full of lesbians who want to share a bunk with her. she sneaks off to flirt with the neighbor, some dude. the dudes wife is all for it, and eggs her husband on and makes it a little game for the two of them, she arranges the whole setup so he can hook up with her. the film begins and ends on a very dark note with overtones of murder, but in between its all peaches and ribbon candy.

ive been eying the daryl hall solo album too whats the deal w/ it- is it different from hall and oates- cause hall n oates makes me wanna kill myself

can u report back if u see that show----

hey jsdnskfgy! so its no good? hmm. i like chicos chamber jazz records but i could see how he ran the gamut w/ that. im happy i didnt get that it was 10 bucks. i like passin throgh though- was that is comback record?

it was called like: the chico special or something- on this weird columbiaesque label- and it was lloyd, chico, a cello i didnt know, and others i didnt know as well. is this album some weird reissue. is it good.

yea right- u guys just wanna steal lees glory. lee was a great composer- homey dont play there. if thats so accurate why did u wait till page 4 of the thread 2 spill it. yea-- anyways, ill never forget the time I saw the 'sidewinder' rhythm section if you will, + charles lloyd. that was quite exciting. but alas no sidewider, they did sweet georgia brown instead

i tried to call DB thisafternoon to congraulate him on 40 yrs of mustang but each # i called a white lady picked up and i got scared and hung up....

maybe aaron speling is partying it up now w/ the little midget guy, you know Herve Velechez- i love that guy!

u mean u just go 2 blue note and youre tight w/ them and they let u listen to master tapes??? did u listen to a copy there or the actual reel

speaking of 70s grant- will BN ever reissue all the other titles. i know there are quite a few. i would of picked em up my now if ive seen them. Carryin' on is one i know- never ever seen it in the store. can someone list all his albums for me from like 1968 on? PS i agree w/ u about the intensity of lighthouse- its not just funk but its THE funk. grant not only excelled in jazz but he excelled in funk. thats why i have twice the respect for him, just like i do w/ donald byrd

NOW whos gonna give me kate jackson's phone number

is that 2nd song from the jimmy heath session on the cd as a bonus cut>? i dont think it is....yo happy b-day mustang!! u beatiful, beauyfiul album!!!!!D.B 4 EVR

its all trio- then add a sax player for the last 2 cuts

okok ill pick one up next time im in the area. i just felt bad beacuse i have 40 billion jazz cds and i thought why the hell should i buy a cd thats just a guitar trio when i can listen to like 70 trillion record like that i already have- but ill get it next time i can

ps all the xandu lps i have ive really really really liked but i have a feeling they are all reissues from various labels-- this one kenny dorham memorial album i have-- im pretty sure its his TIME western themed lp--- im not pos. on that but i think it is-- the bean one i have is from jazz tone and ihave no idea where the live art pepper dates were before...but they are the greatest ever

almost got it but i got a philly cheesteack instead but should i go back and get it they had a few copies of it-- not on lp, on CD! ive never even seen a xanadu cd before (with the exception of the one w/ olivia newton john)- anyways is this good. whats jimmy rainey like. is itlike jimmy hall. would i like it. it is standards i like standards but can you chaps give me a good recoommendation on this, u guys know your stuff, right?

its 2 am . i am drunk. i just heard "yes u can no i cant" on the radio!@ lee does a typically good lee solo but then wayne plays like this crazy ass wayne solo thats really soulful and funky but still all weird and angular and shit

do u know if hes comming to seattle at all. i thought i would of known by now but i dunno

yes cornbread is the best, closely followed by INFINITY

r u nuts what about Yusef Lateef. isnt he comming. i would totally go see it if i could get into the damn province

grant covered "let it rain" in 1970? thats awesome. blue note is nuts for not releasing that

if you dont like the sidewinder, you might not like this thing called JAZZ.