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Cool! I started something without even trying... Love those suggestions, but I wanna play too. How 'bout: "Snoopy's Fight Song" "Reincarnation of Woodstock" "Wam Bam Thank You Peppermint Patty" "Dog Callin' Blues" "E's Flat (Charlie Brown's) Flat (on his back) Too" "Song With Pumpkin" "Orange Was the Color of Her Dress, then Pig Pen Showed Up..."

This has nothing to do with nothing, but in reading this thread I was struck by the thought: what if instead of Guaraldi, someone like Mingus or Archie Shepp did the "Peanuts" music... B)

Still not sure of the players, but if Track 5 isn't Mingus' "Self-Portrait in Three Colors" I don't know what is. Once again, embarassment: I do have Track 3 at home, on a certain all-encompasing box set. At least I identified the drummer correctly!

The odd thing is that, in this case, the music publishers and songwriters are acting more idiotic than the record companies. Geez, is this incredibly shortsighted of them! As a side note, this is also one of the problems with hybrid SACDs. Theoretically, the labels are supposed to pay royalties on two versions of each song on the disc - the redbook version and the SACD version.

Enough with the chit-chat. I'm still waiting for you to "tear this motha up." I don't wanna be the only one here looking like an idiot. I need some company.

Catesta: ----- I don't know why this popped into my head just now, but I keep waiting for someone to throw a Kenny G cut onto a blindfold test and then sit back while we all try to figure out who it is and rationalize why we like or dislike it... But I suppose that would never happen since no one here actually owns any Kenny G. Right?

Ulp... embarassing confession time: I didn't even realize this was a piano-less disc until after reading the other comments. Oh, and track 15 is "Lover Man."

I'm eager to read the other responses, so without further ado here are my comments. Overall, I really like the disc. A few tracks really knocked me out. I'm really curious to learn the details of numbers 4, 9, and 10. 1. “Blues March.” Love the tune, wish this version was longer. The Tympani adds a nice touch/flavor to it, as do the mellow (almost atmospheric) horns. 2. Nice tight ensemble. The tune sounds familiar, but I can’t place it. Is the ‘bone the leader? 3. This one starts out only so-so for me, but I get into it more as the tune progresses and the horns get a bit rougher. Love the rhythm going on behind the second sax (bari or deep tenor?) but it gets a bit repetitive after a while. Almost sounds like Elvin on the drums, but I suck at identifying musicians. 4. This almost sounds to me like “Tenderly,” but it strays way too far for it to be called that. This is one of my favorite tracks on this disc. Love the looseness of it. The bassist stands out for me. 5. I know this tune, but can’t come up with it. Mingus, right? I know the original’s on one of his Columbia albums. No idea who’s playing, but something about it sounds European to me. 6. Sounds, I dunno, Art Pepper-ish or Getz-ish to me. Smooooth sound on that sax. 7. Another familiar tune – by Monk. Interesting arrangement of it, you wouldn’t confuse it with the original. It’s okay, but Monk tunes performed by anyone other than Monk almost always seem “lesser” to me. 8. Nice. Also familiar, but the title escapes me. 9. Another of my favorites here. Great bassline! Almost rock-and-roll-ish. Is that a bass clarinet? David Murray perhaps? This is the kind of thing I could imagine him doing. 10. Neat tune. Love the funky arrangement and the vocals are surprising. Don’t recognize the singer or the song, but there’s something about it that (believe it or not) reminds me of a Dylan song. The “out-ness” of the arrangement reminds me of Archie Shepp during his Attica Blues period, so perhaps this is from a similar album of his. I really dig the musical contrasts in this one – another favorite. 11. No idea. Okay, but doesn’t knock me out like some of the others. 12. Pretty much the same reaction as #11, though I think this is another Monk tune. 13. “It Never Entered My Mind.” While it’s not on the Dave Liebman Miles tribute disc that I own, it sounds both like him and like something he would do. Lovely piece. 14. Darn, I can’t come up with the names of these tunes! Another Monk, but taken very slow and easy. No idea who’s playing. I like this a lot, but it’s almost too relaxed. Just long (or short) enough. 15. Sax solo. “God Bless the Child?” I know Sonny did this, but I’m not sure if this is the version I’m thinking of. It sorta sounds like him, but almost a bit too “light.” Did Dolphy ever play this on sax rather than clarinet?

Vera used to have a great Sunday morning radio show here in town back in the late 80s-early 90s. Not jazz, but old r & b, jump blues, early rock and roll, etc. He's the guy who turned me on to the brilliance that was Specialty Records, still one of my favorite all-time record labels. I remember one time he played, back-to-back, 3 or 4 versions of "The Hucklebuck," including Charlie Parker's version called "Now's the Time." It was enlightening to see how the same tune was "appropriated" by others back in the day.

Ack! I had hoped to get this one as well!

Aaargh!!! Agreed! It's funny how our opinions differ, in part, on how we use mp3s. I don't have an mp3 player and generally burn my mp3s onto CDRs as wav files. So since storing the files on my computer isn't that much of a concern for me, I've been d/l'ing shns a lot more than when I started. But it's not the quality of the shns that I like (though I admit it can be much better) than that damn half-second pop you get between mp3 tracks on a live recording.

I'll ask a slightly different question: at which point do the differeces become *objectionable*? The thing is, mp3 is a way to compress music files - and in order to compress them you have to remove data from them. Hence it's "lossy" nature. You can't have your cake, so to speak, and eat it to. I don't doubt that some could distinguish between a wav file and an mp3 of same in a controled test - I can clearly hear differences (and not pleasant ones) in some badly-encoded mp3s (such as the early ones on emusic). But there comes a point where the drop in fidelity doesn't bother me and I have a very hard time hearing any compression artifacts in a 256K mp3 file. I always laugh when some of those who trade bootleg concert recordings refuse to listen to or compress to mp3. Many were originally recorded on cassette tapes with a built-in mic - believe me, you're not losing much by using mp3. (The gaps between tracks is another thing though.)

<sniff> <sniff> is that bacon or...? B)

I'm not going to participate since I'm in Rock's camp and pretty certain of the outcome, but I'll be curious to see the results of this "blindfold test" nonetheless.

Thanks to John (and Jim Dye) for the disc. My initial impression is very favorable. The standout tracks to me so far are 4 and 9, but it's all quite good. Have only had time for a cursory listen so far, but will spin it again tomorrow and hopefully post some comments then.

Dig mine (#12), but I think #13 is my favorite of the bunch. Very nice work!

"You've Got Mail!"

very nice!

What Blue Note Board?

One of the latest "tricks" for sellers is to charge an excessive amount on shipping, thereby keeping top bid prices down and save on Ebay's fee cut. They may get less money for the actual item, but make up the difference on shipping.

"Colors" is terrific! I have a bunch of Nordine CDs and albums but haven't spun any for a while. One cool, jivin' hep cat...

Well we do have Wynton's new Blue Note album to look forward to...

He should be barred just for excessive melodrama. His book (an autobiography I presume) is entitled "My Prison Without Bars." Pete was one of my heroes as a kid. But he should give up his obsession with getting into the Hall. (His records, though, should be and are represented there.)

"Happy Happy joy Joy" to everyone! And to all a Good Night...

Couw, this is the version to get. While it may be on Charley, it's also on Fuel/Universal... http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A7i0qoatalijv I'm terribly embarrassed about missing this one. I actually have the disc, but failed to recognize it, even (at first) as an AEC tune.