RDK

It's been killin' me all week to pass over this thread, but I've been terribly busy and haven't had the chance to devote much time to listening. But I've gotta throw at least a couple of comments out, at least on the tracks that I know (so far). D1/T6 "The Water is Wide," one of my favorite traditional songs. Van Morrison actually does my favorite version of this on his album with the Chieftans, but I really like this version as well. Sheila's voice is very distinctive to me, so I recognized her right away. She does a version of this tune on another album of hers that I have, a duo date with Harvie Swartz, but I like this version much better. Took just a minute to figure out that this track comes from this. D1/T11 Why this tune isn't a jazz standard I'll never know. I can't say that I'm a big fan of Dave Burrell (I haven't heard enough of his output), but "Crucificado" is a terrific song. My favorite version comes from this Archie Shepp album. This version here is okay, but the vocals sound strained and the guitar solo is both gritty and sloppy at the same time.

Is it really that different than cutting off ones ears to avoid listening to Kenny G?

Geez, that chick does not look happy!

Rooster, like everyone else, my best wishes go out to you and your family.

Now that's something you don't see everyday!

or this...

or this...

or this...

In addition to some fine ol' Raymond Scott, I wonder if they were listening to this...

So straight animal sex is okay, but gay animal sex is frowned upon?

Whenever i say those words to my wife she hits me upside the head...

Surely not I...

Besides, who's counting?

They're merely numbers...

I'm revisiting this disc as I write this and following along with the "notes." Again, my thanks to Couw for such an enjoyable and, in some cases, ear-opening disc. I'm embarrased to say that I have three of the tracks in my collection but failed to recognize them. A couple of others I "recognized" as something else entirely (which I fear is becoming a habit for me). I have no Mangelsdorff in my collection, but the track included here makes me want to run out and buy one very quickly. And while I do enjoy the AEC, I've always shied away from the disc with Fontella Bass since I often find such collaborations "iffy." One thing that strikes me as I consider my "mistakes" in identifying tunes is just how much composition and improvisation seems built on familiar tunes - the "so-called "jazz standards." I know there's a long history of this and many different tunes share the same chord structures, themes, etc. (I'm not that familiar with the musical terminology, but you get my drift.) For some reason, I keep identifying Monk (or at least his influences) in tunes not composed by (or at least credited to) him. Am I crazy or doesn't Ray Anderson (trk 12) at least quote some Monk in the opening? And no offense to Jim or Lyles West, but "Days of Wine and Four Roses" (trk 5) - a track which I'm digging more and more with repeated listenings - at least starts out sounding (to me) like Mingus' "Self-Portrait in Three Colors" (though now I'm also hearing a very brief section around 2:38 that reminds me of, I think, a Keith Jarrett piece). But I think that's cool, from both player and listener perspectives, that we can, subconsciously or otherwise, insert or interpret the thousands of musical "licks" we've heard over the years. The problem for me, with my limited knowledge, is that I tend to glom onto a familiar theme and mistake that for the tune rather than just a small part of the improvisation. This isn't usually a problem, of course, when I know the tune in advance, but trying to "guess" it in a blindfold test situation really throws me off. But it gets me thinking about it, which is much more important in my humble opinion. (By the way, Jim, very lovely solo there - as I've said before, I'm often a bit frightened of "outside" players, but I love it when they play something more accessible. There's something about the sweetness and sourness of such a performance that really affects me. I love, for example, the sound of Archie Shepp playing ballads.) I'm currently on a brief purchasing moratorium, but as soon as it's over I've gotta get me a few of these ceedees...

Hang in there John! Five weeks is a tough age (for the parent that is). I've got twin girls, coming on three, and I'd say the first four months were the worst. They were born early and small (less than five pounds) and seemed to feed every couple of hours. Fortunately, they didn't cry much (at least at first). But it does get better - a lot better... Just thought of something that worked well for us. When they were infants, I almost always had some sort of music playing, even while they were sleeping. This was partly to make them accustomed to a "noisy" environment while they slept, so that they wouldn't be wakened by the slightest sound. (My sister-in-law, in contrast, had to create perfect quiet in order to get her kid down - and even then the slightest sound woke him up.)

You really don't need God to cleanse your computer of viruses and pornographic images... They have programs that will do that for you.

Egg all over my face! Seriously, the most ear-opening numbers for me were a couple of tracks by people I'd never heard of before (9) or artists who I'd heard of but never actually heard (4). The other realization for me is my apparent "talent" for getting the names of familiar tracks wrong. I was so certain that track 5 was a Mingus tune that I posted it twice! Now on to listening to the disc again armed with the knowledge of who's who and what's what... Again, my thanks to Couw for such a wonderful disc! I'm enjoying these tests so much...

200,000 posts already? JSngry must be posting more babe pics again...

What printer settings are needed to print out the covers in CD size? When I print them now, they end up 8" x 8". Do I need to reduce them first using photoshop (or any other pic editor) or is this a printer "problem?" If reducing them, does anyone know what measurements (pixel size?) to use?

Don't know specifically about old Prestiges, but I've got a bunch of old 50s vinyl with sleeves llike that. It's not rice paper though, more like wax paper.

Remember - almost two years ago now - when Norah first "broke" on the old BN board and we used to make fun of her. My how times have changed...

Got mine yesterday as well. Those new selects really do sound interesting - love Michael's account of tracking down and fixing Bock's old master tapes.