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(To no one in particular)Well at least you could say that Rouse probably learned a lot from Monk. It would have been nice to have been so lucky to play with T until he died. I like the Monk albums with Rouse though my favorite albums are Pre-Columbia (not pre-columbian)

I've got the vinyl version of Bright Misissippi and think it's pretty good. It's not exactly period perfect reproduction which is fine for me and for me at least it's kind of a modern update to N.O. jazz from days gone by. The musicianship is top shelf.

I had a similar experience in high school when I loaned my copy of Pink Floyd's Relics to a friend and when I got it back a week later it looked like it had been kicked down the street a few times. There wasn't a record in my collection that had half as many scratches on it. I never loaned an lp out after that which is good because not only did I preserve my lps for my enjoyment but I never felt a need to write my name all over the cover and the label of my records to help me claim them later.

That's sad to hear. My discovery of him was also through the Maybeck recording. In fact it was at Maybeck when I attended the recording of Jaki Byard. After the date there were copies of a few of the Maybeck series in the room outside of the recording space and one of them was Walter's so on the urging of a friend I bought it. It led me on a collecting spree of his albums that included Sunburst, Lush Life, Drifting and Love Every Moment. Later on a friend "sold" me a bunch of jazz records that included a copy of The Trio on Riverside with Howl Gaylor and Billy Bean on bass and guitar respectively. The only time I got to see him was at a large outdoor concert for Carl Jefferson in Concord where many artists from the label played songs for Carl and the crowd and Norris was one of them. I'd love to have heard a full concert from him but he seemed to rarely visit the U.S. or at least the West Coast so I never go the chance. His style comes across as being a little overly analytical imo and that might not appeal to everyone but he was certainly very talented. I'll be spinning a few of his albums today in his honor. It sounds like he left this mortal coil about as well as one could hope. RIP.

I have had Pony Express and Plays the Big Ones for quite a while and concur on the former's standing to the latter. I also picked up a copy of Gumbo! w/Booker Ervin on Prestige recently. It hasn't drawn me in yet but to be honest I haven't played it many times. I should give it a spin tonight and see what happens.

I thought Paul Bryant's name looked familiar to me today when I found a copy of the Johnny Griffin album Grab This! I have the Curtis Amy album so that explains that. I liked his sound. He wasn't intrusive yet he was always present when needed.

After a search this looked like the best place to put this post. Sorry to dredge up old news. I found what I think is Jack Wilson's second lp on Discovery. It's Margo's Theme and he does a lot of that simultaneous acoustic piano/Fender Rhodes playing as on the previous release. I had never seen this one before and it was still in its shrink wrap in really nice condition. It is made up of mostly trio but a few solo pieces and the title cut has Joey Baron on drums. I've never seen Innovations and I count adding one more JW lp to my collection a fortuous occasion.

I found a copy of that Billy Taylor album a while back and though I am a fan of his music, I didn't risk it based on the cover. It sounds like I made the right choice.

I believe I have the compilation you speak of and it's title is "Surrounded." It's the only album by him that I own outside of two with Joachim Kuhn and J.F. Jenny-Clark. He is indeed a spectacularly talented drummer. His cymbal work in particular is very special. I see now that someone posted the cover of "Surrounded." Never mind. :-)

I was talking about jazz lps the other day with an older guy (older than me and I'm 57) who's got a large collection and he told me that Crown was sold primarily in grocery stores. Is that true? I bought a few Crown lps early in my jazz collecting days and they sounded terrible. I can't remember any details about them now but it put me off buying any more music on that label and I no longer own the ones I had. Are there any good sounding Crown lps?

I haven't seen it. My copy is on vinyl. Sorry, I forgot about the thread title.

Pony Poindexter - Pony Express (Epic) Yellow label Mono copy.

Has Pony Poindexter's Pony's Express on Epic been released on cd? I've never seen it myself. Excellent album though (now playing). Quite a few great sax players on that one.

I think my favorite album by Cowell is Blues for the Viet Cong on Arista.

Although they are audiophile quality, they are not on audiophile labels. The U.S. version is on Warner Bros. and the E.U. version may be on Warner too, I'm not sure. If the back cover says Made In U.S it is the Hoffman/Gray version. If it says Made in the E.U. it is mastered by someone else. No one has been able to find out who did the E.U. version but as you can imagine, having two versions released simultaneously has caused quite a stir on the Hoffman board. There is another one that plays at 33 1/3 that seems to be only available with the Hoffman/Gray mastering and it is getting good reviews from people who have heard it. It is much cheaper than the 45rpm version too.

There's a branch of Euclid Records there now from what I've heard. If you like guitar players look for Snooks Eaglin albums.

I've listened to this album a couple of times so far and I can't be sure about the speed thing on that one song. Full disclosure though, I haven't heard the album since I saw the Rumours Tour as someone broke into my house and cherry picked through my lps including all of my Fleetwood Mac albums except the one on the turntable. I will say that it sounds fantastic. The bass and drums in particular really shine and I'm hearing things like little guitar parts and background vocals that I never noticed before.

I'd just dropped back into this thread to make sure Jessica had been mentioned. I grew up beneath her piano at the old Keystone Korner in San Francisco, where she was "house pianist" for quite some time. One of the greatest pianists alive today imo. I just got her new cd, a tribute to John Coltrane with her current trio of Dave Captein and Mel Brown and it is superb.

Great album! I haven't played it in a while. I think I'll put it in the cue for tonight.

I recently bought it on vinyl as a reissue. The label (blue & green)and cover are Atlantic and I don't know how old it is but it was sealed when I bought it.

I'm not sure I would characterize TB as a jazz singer but he's damn close. I like his voice and his style and he gets bonus points for appearing to be a good guy. I've only seen him once but he delivered imo. Unlike Sinatra, I don't own any music by Tony Bennett. As much as I enjoy him, I don't feel like I have to own any of his music (yet).

I would love to own a copy of that Carl Perkins album. I probably wouldn't want to pay the current price but what a great album.

I couldn't find the video in that link posted but when I saw Spalding when on some tv show after the fact I watched Justin's response and it looked to me like he was expecting to get the award and was completely shocked and deflated as soon as it registered in his head that he had lost out to Esperanza. Move over Nora Jones, there's a new kid in town.

Agreed. I think free digital downloads only sped up the decline in music sales. Of course it has had an influence and if the labels had reacted in a positive way when the technology arrived they could have positioned themselves a little better. I don't think they could have reversed this trend but once people started finding out they could get music free on the internet, all they had to do was maybe update their computers a little to take advantage.

Wish I could have been there. I haven't seen Ely or Allen in quite some time. Nice to see Terry Allen is still playing form time to time. I wish he'd come back to my neighborhood. Last Friday I went to see Bill Frisell w/Beautiful Dreamers Trio and John Scofield Trio. It made for interesting/contrasting comparisons for the night. Frisell was wonderfull as usual. He never fails to surprise me. Scofield played The Lawns by Carla Bley which was the highlight of his set for me. Sco had the fantastic Bill Stewart playing drums which kept me on my toes. It's a thrill to watch and hear him play.