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What an odd thread this turned out to be!
Though I've been here long enough to not be that surprised. Anyway, I've been digging Dave for nearly 30 years now. I thought it was common knowledge that he didn't much care for jazz, but then neither does my father. I didn't think that was a problem. I don't like much rap or opera music either.
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What would you expect from Letterman, since his bandleader and second banana is the musical lightweight Paul Schaefer? Ever hear Schaefer's appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz? Marian told me that he was familiar with format of the show, yet when he came, he was unprepared and managed to only play a duet or so while she ended up playing most of the songs by herself. Easily one of the worst guests in the history of Piano Jazz.
Returning late to this thread so this may have already been commented upon, but why was Schaefer on Piano Jazz in the first place? He's never claimed to be a jazz musician.
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Dave's a comedian. He made a joke. Don't take the "slight" so seriously.
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Oh wow. Just saw this. Sad to hear, but one's gotta do what one's gotta do... and follow whatever path life offers you. I can only wish you all the best for whatever the future brings.
Ten years ain't such a bad run; lasted longer than the Beatles!
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Well, I missed this the first time, so I'll thank VBII for it!
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Yeah, many of the Black Lion/1201s appear to be incomplete. Also note, per the CDs that I have, several of the CDs are needle drops.
I contacted eMusic after reading and corroborating your post. They said they would look into it, yet today I see they put several new 1201 titles on their website, again with tracks missing. They claim the record company is responsible for the error, but it's their decision to keep selling incomplete albums.
It is indeed the label that decides what to put up, how much to charge (for album-only downloads), and what to "fix" or not.
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I remember seeing this when it first aired. I know him mostly from his comic work; will have to dig up some of his jazz reviews/writings.
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Yes, there was LOTS cut out .
And - with the exception of the silly "Help"-like bit with them dancing on the streets - all were superior scenes.
Seems they cut out the most humorous material.
Censored alla 1966.
It isn't a matter of "censorship" at all. The original film ("The Boat that Rocked") bombed in the UK and was recut/trimmed for release in the U.S. and Canada. Many people seem to prefer the recut version (it was 20 minutes shorter and less meandering).
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I enjoyed it. By all accounts the U.S. edit is much better than the UK version.
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Victor, yes, though I haven't yet heard the Dolphy album, I very much dig VAO. "Sound of Love" is very good!
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At first, I thought this was something straight out of the the Onion.
After watching the video, I am completely disgusted.
Yet another clear indication of how teachers aren't the reason why kids fail in school.
It's hard to disagree with your disgust over the kid's smoking, but seriously, you're blaming this one-in-a-million incident (which is happening in Indonesia btw) on why kids "fail in school?"
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Interesting. I advise turning off your sound, though, unless you really miss that stoner dude from high school...
Just saw this over on Facebook. But for me it's the stoner guy's over-the-top reaction that makes this funny.
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Yeah, many of the Black Lion/1201s appear to be incomplete. Also note, per the CDs that I have, several of the CDs are needle drops.
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I picked up the new Horo sampler today and must say I'm really unimpressed by it. It has no discographical info on any of the tracks! No personnel, not even year. They managed to find room for praise to the compiler, Gilles Peterson, "man who has entertained millions of club goes and radio listeners," as the liner notes say. Worst of all, 2 of the tracks (Roy Haynes and Lester Bowie ones) have been ruined by something called "Scotti re-edit." I wonder when does the time come my poor ears are going to witness Miles' Kind of Blue raped by mindless "re-editing." If this is the standard the allegedly upcoming Horo reissues are going to be measured by, why bother?
As a fitting contrast, I also picked up today the new Mainstream records sampler from BGP records, A Loud Minority. That's the real deal, full discographical data, booklet filled with rare photographs, insightful liner notes, even full page original album cover art for some titles.
<EDIT> Upon further inspection: the Mainstream compilation makes a funny mistake, though. The Charles McPherson track which is allegedly "Charisma" is actually "Invitation" from the same LP. Furthermore, the liner notes for this track praise the drummer, Elvin Jones. The drummer is actually Billy Higgins (correctly identified in the personnel section.) D'oh!
Is there a Mainstream reissue program kicking off or already going on?
A lot (most?) of the Mainstream titles can be had digitally - and often very cheaply - from emusic, Amiestreet, and even the Limewire store. Some, I believe, are needle drops, but others appear to come from the otherwise expensive Japanese P-Vine reissues.
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Rufus Harley >>>>> Joe Harley
And while this is a briefly interesting question, re: why the fuh nobody copied the first press vinyl before...
Paul and others are 1000% correct, the endless conspicuous consumer nonsense over remastering is the death of the culture; forget the article, perhaps, and just call it the death of culture.
This doesn't mean we should not recognize, and celebrate, first class engineering and transfers (viva Roy DuNann, John R.T. Davies) but this a lot more people should call bullshit on these re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-issues than than they do.
On the other hand, as soon as Max Roach "It's Time" comes out as a ** 78 RPM ** folio reissue, I'll be the first in. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson FTW!
I'm not about to drop $50 for another version of this, but I find the restoration work interesting nonetheless. I'm more glad that it's been done than if the glitch was ignored again. Can't understand why anyone would frown upon the fix.
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I'm sick of reading about remasterings and remastering geniuses. Let me know when they record some new music instead of messing with the same old stuff.
Feel free to start a thread about new music; this thread is about remastering an old classic.
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Well, yeah, you don't sell needle drops for $50.
But if it's such an easy fix why didn't Rudy (or anyone else) do it over the last 40 years or so?
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Yeah, there have been a few ringers over the years, but overall not bad company...
2011
Orrin Keepnews
Hubert Laws
David Liebman
Johnny Mandel
The Marsalis Family (Ellis, Jr., Wynton, Delfayo, Jason, Branford)
2010
Muhal Richard Abrams
George Avakian
Kenny Barron
Bill Holman
Bobby Hutcherson
Yusef Lateef
Annie Ross
Cedar Walton
2009
George Benson
James "Jimmy" Cobb
Lee Konitz
Jean-Baptiste "Toots" Thielemans
Rudolph "Rudy" Van Gelder
Eugene Edward “Snooky" Young
2008
Candido Camero
Andrew Hill
Quincy Jones
Tom McIntosh
Joe Wilder
Gunther Schuller
2007
Toshiko Akiyoshi
Curtis Fuller
Ramsey Lewis
Dan Morgenstern
Jimmy Scott
Frank Wess
Phil Woods
2006
Ray Barretto
Tony Bennett
Bob Brookmeyer
Chick Corea
Buddy DeFranco
Freddie Hubbard
John Levy
2005
Kenny Burrell
Paquito D'Rivera
Slide Hampton
Shirley Horn
Jimmy Smith
Artie Shaw
George Wein
2004
Jim Hall
Foreststorn "Chico" Hamilton
Herbie Hancock
Luther Henderson
Nat Hentoff
Nancy Wilson
2003
Jimmy Heath
Elvin Jones
Abbey Lincoln
2002
Frank Foster
Percy Heath
McCoy Tyner
2001
John Lewis
Jackie McLean
Randy Weston
2000
David Baker
Donald Byrd
Marian McPartland
1999
Dave Brubeck
Art Farmer
Joe Henderson
1998
Ron Carter
James Moody
Wayne Shorter
1997
Billy Higgins
Milt Jackson
Anita O'Day
1996
Tommy Flanagan
Benny Golson
James Louis "J.J." Johnson
1995
Ray Brown
Roy Haynes
Horace Silver
1994
Louie Bellson
Ahmad Jamal
Carmen McRae
1993
Jon Hendricks
Milt Hinton
Joe Williams
1992
Betty Carter
Dorothy Donegan
Harry "Sweets" Edison
1991
Danny Barker
Wilbur "Buck"Clayton
Andy Kirk
Clark Terry
1990
George Russell
Cecil Taylor
Gerald Wilson
1989
Barry Harris
Hank Jones
Sarah Vaughan
1988
Art Blakey
Lionel Hampton
Billy Taylor
1987
Cleo Brown
Melba Liston
Jay McShann
1986
Benny Carter
Dexter Gordon
Teddy Wilson
1985
Gil Evans
Ella Fitzgerald
Jonathan "Jo" Jones
1984
Ornette Coleman
Miles Davis
Max Roach
1983
William "Count" Basie
Kenny Clarke
Theodore Walter "Sonny" Rollins
1982
Roy Eldridge
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie
Sun Ra
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Cecil Taylor's "2 Ts for a Lovely T" just hit, if you have a spare 120 credits...
Or $9.99 from Limewire.
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Thanks for posting that, Chuck. Very sad news (way too much these days it seems.) I never had the chance to see Fred in person, and only first heard about him from guys like you here on the forum. Will be spinning much by him this weekend. R.I.P.
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I'm genuinely surprised there's opposition to this...
Guy
Well, if it wasn't Papsrus, it must have been me; surely Ray's comment can't be read as opposition. Of course, I didn't think mine could when I posted it, but there you go. However, it wasn't meant as opposition. For some reason Fatal Instinct (the famous stalking movie in we which we learn that stalkers are female, rather than what crime statistics tell us) flashed in my brain, and I could see the movie posters already...
No, my comment wasn't in any way opposition; it was just tasteless.
Actually, I think Guy was referring to the opposition mentioned in the article, not by anyone here. -
Sorry in advance, but I suppose this gives new meaning to the word "snatch."
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Not sure how I'd respond in this thread. I have a tons of albums that I neglect...but when I come back to 'em I'm glad I have 'em.
Was just about to say almost the same thing. Still, I understand the thread and could toss in a few names myself. I have many albums by Jackie McLean and Dexter Gordon both, but there are few of them that I really love (the McLean BN Mosaic is a notable exception; I love that period). I have a fair amount of Anthony Braxton as well, but I have to really be in the mood to listen to them - and even then I often feel that I'm "studying" him more than just listening to and enjoying him. As for pianists, folks like Tommy Flannigan and Teddy Wilson tend to bore me except occasionally as sidemen.
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I have just bought me the copy. Please make mine boogerless by any means necessary.
Really! I mean autographing it is fine, but that other thing? Not so much.
The Mule
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Robert Silverberg's "Dying Inside" is one of my all time favorite books.