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They didn't go for much noise-reduction on the set, which makes the sound very vivid but also, at least on the first disc, causes some buzzing in the high frequencies. ("Jack the Bear" is the most egregious example.) I like the set just fine but someone who has a low threshold for surface noise would probably disagree. The music is essential, of course. Guy

I am curious as to how we have nanaged to post so many posts? And still have said so little? I wonder about that myself. But never out loud, only in print... It's a good thing our young revolutionary friend has shown up to ask such provocative questions! Guy

I am curious as to how we have nanaged to post so many posts? And still have said so little?

I know for a fact that the Queen listens to the Tarzan soundtrack every night. Guy

I wouldn't bother with the deluxe version of Ballads -- I've heard most of the material and it really doesn't add much to the original album. Lots of repetition of the original tunes without much variety in tempo. I'd say that before getting the Studio Recordings box, you should see whether getting the stuff separately might be cheaper. Either way, you will have to pick up Live at Birdland since only three tracks on that are on the box and it's very essential. I second the suggestion of Crescent, though that's duplicated on the box. The 1965 quartet recordings are excellent; my favorite of those is Sun Ship. Guy

The Warriors are bad enough to be a high school team, but I don't think they're going to the playoffs this year... Guy

We had an interesting discussion about Wayne's playing last year. Guy

Let me guess -- Thom Jurek is the reviewer. Guy

Nobody's mentioned Peter Gabriel, who's done some of this stuff... "Biko", "Wallflower", a few others. I guess "Big Time" protests against modern materialism in a witty way. Guy

Well post your thoughts soon, or skeith will implode. Guy

including only officially released stuff: Complete Live at the Plugged Nickel (Miles Davis) It's About That Time: Live at the Fillmore East (Miles Davis) Live in Tokyo (Weather Report) 1961 Village Vanguard Recordings (John Coltrane) live A Love Supreme (John Coltrane) An Evening at the Village Vanguard (Sonny Rollins)

Most of Pharoah's stuff with Trane definitely isn't "inside/outside". I'd say that Trane's stuff from '66 onward probably wouldn't qualify -- I'm thinking of his playing from '58 to mid-'65. Guy

Most of my favorite saxophonists fit into this category... Trane, Wayne, Jackie Mac, Eric Dolphy, Sam Rivers, Joe H, Charles Lloyd. Guy

Recorded October 24 & 25, 1966 personnel: Miles Davis (tpt), Wayne Shorter (ts), Herbie Hancock (p), Ron Carter (b), Tony Williams (d)

It was a weird stumble. I was really into 70s Genesis my freshman year of college and (due to the Phil Collins connection) picked up a CD by the British fusion band Brand X. It was pretty cool. I mentioned to a jazz nut that I was into fusion and he played Bitches Brew for me. My response was "what the hell is that". It took me a while. Nevertheless the brew slowly developed in my brain -- I picked up various prog-fusion hybrids. Early in junior year I picked up Miles Smiles (the review on AMG intrigued the heck out of me) and it blew my mind even though I barely understood any of it. Other albums that were key for me in getting into jazz were The Inner Mounting Flame, In a Silent Way, A Love Supreme, Out to Lunch. That spring I also had a major epiphany about Bitches Brew. There you go. Guy

Jarrett was quite a little monster back in the day. One of my favorite "Jarrett with Lloyd" bits is his solo on "Autumn Leaves" (from Dream Weaver). Guy

Nope. Some of the stuff he's saying isn't anti-Semitic. But along with that, he repeats one of the major anti-Semitic claims ("the Jews are trying to take over the world") and follows it up by speculating that the most notorious anti-Semitic tract in history (The Protocols of the Elders of Zion) might actually not be a forgery. I disagree with Chomsky and Finkelstein on many issues, but I'm not aware of either one making any such statements. He's an Anti-Semite. Guy

I hope not -- he's an anti-Semite and apparently a nut in general (he claimed that the recent tsunami was human-caused). Guy Could you let me know the reference or context of the comments he made? I would be very interested in this. Che. For the tsunami comments, look through the Miles-L archives. Someone went to one of his shows in the past month and heard him say something along the lines of "since a tsunami this bad hasn't happened in 25 generations, it must have been caused by humans". As far as anti-Semitism, in the man's own words:

I hope not -- he's an anti-Semite and apparently a nut in general (he claimed that the recent tsunami was human-caused). Guy

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The only stuff I don't have is the Cosmos stuff that wasn't issued with Asante and the unreleased stuff. I hope the session with Wayne, Vitous and Mouzon sees the light of day! Guy

Ditto on the former, but my Jarrett pick would be NUDE ANTS, where the live setting brings out the energy (dare I way warmth?) in Jan's playing that is often more or less just implied on the studio stuff. His solo on "New Dance" is surprisingly robust and gutsy! Guy

Usually their reissues are unavailable elsewhere on CD, so you can't avoid 'em. Guy