Guy Berger

Good luck, Paul! Guy

I hadn't been that impressed with the post-'73 Chick Corea I've heard, but I picked up this live recording with Joe Henderson, Gary Peacock and Roy Haynes. Any thoughts? All I've absorbed so far is Joe's terrific playing. Guy

So I'm listening to Love, Love for the first time and digging it! Definitely recommended to fans of the Mwandishi band, electric Miles and early Weather Report. The groove on side 1 could go on forever. Guy How is the sound quality of the CD? Wasn't there some word of master tape problems? The LP of this has been a big favourite of mine and as you say, side 1 packs a heck of a groove. Sidewinder, It sounds fine to me. Guy

So I'm listening to Love, Love for the first time and digging it! Definitely recommended to fans of the Mwandishi band, electric Miles and early Weather Report. The groove on side 1 could go on forever. Guy

I don't think he did, but he did record on celesta. Guy

Old and New Dreams (ECM) -- not necessarily my favorite, but a very nice reflective version

The first session for this album was in December or November 1954. You might be confusing it with the Blakey Birdland date, which was recorded in February 1954. Guy

I think my next two are Booby Hutcherson's Oblique and then Cannonball Adderley's Money in the Pocket. Guy

Woohoo - I did a good deed! Guy

I dug this album out for the first time in a while yesterday. I'm guessing that everyone on this board owns it, but if not -- even if you are tired of mid-60s cookie-cutter hard bop, you will still find this album very exciting. Guy

Season 3 is much better, and season 4 is the best! I agree about season 3 -- I've seen 5 episodes so far, and it has much more depth than most of the earlier episodes. Guy

Has anyone heard this album? It's a collaboration between Shipp, Medeski and Scotty Hard. William Parker and Nasheet Waits complete the rhythm section. Sounds very intriguing! Guy edit: There's a DJ, a second drummer, and some drum machines on this album.

This evening this very random question popped into my head. Examples, if you have them! Guy

Clem, Can you elaborate? Guy

I've just been listening to this superb recording of "The Man" and "The Journey" suites. Essential stuff for any fan of Floyd's '68-'72 period, but you're not going to find it on any official release. Bits of the suite showed up on various albums. The music is mostly composed, but there's some avant-garde improvisation on a few of the tracks. Definitely not your standard rock group "jamming". Is Rick Wright the one playing trumpet on "Afternoon"? (ed: It's trombone, and yes.) Who is the second drummer on "Doing It"? Guy

That would surprise me. With the exception of the Gil Evans collaborations, Miles was recording exclusively with his working groups during this period (late 1955 to late 1967). Guy

I agree with you that ToCCC is probably one of their best albums, though it has plenty of flaws. Guy

"Watching and Waiting" is one of their best songs. Guy

I did too. Guy

1) I don't think the two necessarily contradict each other. F is talking about a multi-decade period starting in the mid 60s. B is talking about the period since 1986. It's possible that education spending rose in the mid-60s and then fell after 1986. Unfortunately I don't have data on Irish education spending. 2) F agrees with B about the importance of fiscal tightening to Ireland's growth miracle. It probably helped facilitate Ireland's investment boom. Guy

You'll forgive me if I'm skeptical of an economic article from a publication that employs a clown like Donald Luskin and holds him up as a model of brilliant thinking. I agree that in general the NR's economic analysis shouldn't be taken seriously. That said, I think it's worth making an exception for this article. The Cuba example is possibly a poor one.* Regardless, economists tend to think that human capital is in fact quite important to the "wealth of nations", and I don't think it's crazy to think that it played an important role in Ireland's growth boom. FWIW, here are the per capita GDP growth numbers for Ireland broken down into five year intervals: 1961-65 3.6 1966-70 4.2 1971-75 3.4 1976-80 3.2 1981-85 1.8 1986-90 5.0 1991-95 4.2 1996-2000 8.6 2001-2005 3.4 Guy *I don't get the impression that Brenner is using 1991 as a breaking point. Rather, he is probably just assessing Cuba's current income levels and thinking "they're still poor." That makes little sense since they were probably poorer than Ireland in 1961. Of course, what matters is how fast they have grown per capita over the same period. I only have data for 1995-2004, when Cuba's GDP per capita grew by 3.7% -- not bad.

I'm guessing this will sooner or later have to be moved to the politics forum. Anyway, the Irish economic miracle is indeed remarkable. I wonder what a 1900 Brit would have said had you suggested to him that 100 years later, Ireland would be a wealthier country than Britain. Guy

Haven't heard the duo discs, but I share Nate's feelings about the other three albums. Guy

These are great tunes. Almost enough to make me forget that the White Album is wildly overrated. Guy

Am I the only one taking notes? Guy