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Tommy Flanagan Trio - Confirmation (Enja) German pressing.

I really enjoyed the book Bright Moments too. If you're remotely interested in the man and his music you should pick it up. The live album of the same title is great too and I Talk With the Spirits is one of my favorite albums by him. I wish I could have seen him in concert. I did go to a tribute show for him with Steve Turre in San Francisco several years ago and it was great, but as Steve said during the show, it takes three horn players up here on the stage to do what Rhasan did by himself!

Thanks Billf and MG. This board continues to amaze me with the depth of knowledge. I might have been able to google this info, but it's a lot more fun to pick your brains. Based on the liner notes, the film sounds interesting too. I'll have to query Netflix and see if they have it.

Motel Shots - Bonny and Delaney (Atco) I love this album. It's loose yet not sloppy and full of gospel and sin. They don't make albums like this anymore.

Archives of Jazz Vol.5 - Duke Jordan (AJ Records) distrib. by ALA Records This is a strange label/cover, but the music is good. The band consists of Jordan on piano, Charlie Rouse on ts, Sonny Cohn on t, Art Taylor on d, and Eddie Kahn on b. Song titles are No Problem #1 No Problem #2 No Problem #3 Jazz Vendor Subway Inn The Feeling of Love #1 The Feeling of Love #2 The liner notes says it's a soundtrack to a film adaptation of Roger Vadim's Les Laisons Dangereuseses. Has anyone heard of this label or this album. Despite the cheezy psychedelic cover and the small label from L.A., the sound and the music are quite good.

Embraced - Mary Lou Williams and Cecil Taylor live (Pablo) Stereo I found this today and I had to hear it. The first side is great. It's an interesting combination I would have never thought would work, but it does.

Cuba - The Silos (Record Collect)

Hampton Hawes Trio at Montreux (JAS) Stereo

I was introduced to JB through Joey Calderazzo's Bluenote debut. I bought Standard Gonz and Lineage which I still have but I haven't played them in ages. I haven't played any of Joey's music in a while either. Technique is a tricky thing, isn't it? You can have it in spades but it doesn't guarantee it will come across well to the audience.

Takin' Off - Herbie Hancock (Bluenote) New York label Stereo

801 Live (E.G. Editions) WLP It's been a favorite ever since it was released.

This is the first album I ever heard by Kirk (back around '76 or so) and being a rocker, I was wondering wtf? right? Fast forward almost thirty years after I had become not only a jazz fan, but a Rahsaan fan, I bought it again. I still didn't like it and resold it. Follow the recomendations here. Forget that album (I apologize to those who like it) and buy something else. He is a talent that is worth exploring. This album is not the one to start with. Have no fear. There are many other albums of his worthy of your attention. I'm serious. You probably need some Rahsaan in your life (you just don't know it yet).

A Meeting of the Times - Rahsaan Roland Kirk and Al Hibbler (Atlantic) Stereo

Thanks for the link GOM. I knew the subject had already been discussed, but I didn't find a thread. I've hardly scratched the surface and I alreayd think it's one of the best books on a jazz musican I've ever seen. I'm glad I have the link to Doug's blog too. It looks like something I'll want to visit regularly. Other people of said this before, but I want to say it too. This is for me the best jazz website in existance. The knowledge and passion here is heads above anywhere else I've been on the net. Thanks for putting up with me and letting me walk among giants.

I'll give this another listen, but I'm a big fan of Rhasan and I'm underwhelmed by Slightly Latin and there are very few albums by him that I feel that way about.

Goin' Up - Freddie Hubbard (Bluenote) 47 W.63rd St. DG followed by Groovin' Idrees Sulieman (SteepleChase)

East of the Sun - Paul Desmond Quartet (Discovery) followed by Moon Alley - Tom Harrell Quintet (Crisscross)

Interesting. Sorry to go off topic but I would say including myself most people like to know the songs going in before they see a concert. But after the last record by the Dave Holland Quintet which I thought was ok and then seeing the songs live which was amazing I went back to the cd and enjoyed it much more. In a way the record seemed like the cliff notes version of the songs compared to the longer novel live versions if you will. But once I could appreciate all of the nuances of the songs from hearing them live the versions on the cd made sense. hmmm... thinking I may just go to the SF show since a friend offered me a great seat for it and if I like the show I will get the CD afterwards. Actually, what I meant by the "once" comment is that rather than buy the cd, I might be happy hearing it live the one time. There are many groups I go see (not particularly jazz) that I have no intention of buying music from, but I'm willing to go see them perform. My music collection is getting out of hand, so sometimes it's better to just enjoy the music in the now and let it go. Of course, sometimes seeing someone live does make me buy their music too. This music in particular seems like one of those cds that I might play three or four times in my life and I don't have enough space for that kind of limited playing.

I don't particularly care for it. It's just as schmaltzy as you might imagine, and the songs themselves don't really lend themselves well to jazz interpretation. Desmond, especially and surprisingly, sounds rather uninspired. Now if you want a good Desmond title on A&M, seek out From the Hot Afternoon. Now there's a beauty of an album! I'm a big fan of Desmond, but I have to agree with Al on both albums. If you really like Simon and Garfunkel then BOTW might be worth purchasing. I've only had From the Hot Afternoon for a few months and with all the other purchases I've made during the same time, I haven't completely aborbed it yet for a detailed opinion. I will say it's no where near as good as his RCA albums, but it's still pretty good. I should give it a spin tonight.

I don't have a lot of SACDs but here are a few I can highly recomend for sound and content. On the Wings of an Eagle - John Hicks, Buster Williams, Louis Hayes (Chesky) Hybrid Sonny Clark Trio - (Audio Fidelity) Hybrid Round About Midnight - Miles (Sony) Folk Singer - Muddy Waters (Chess/UMG) edited to add another. Hank Jones - West of 5th w/Christian McBride and Jimmy Cobb (Chesky) Hybrid The usual high standards of Hank comes through. It's all standards except one tune by Jimmy Cobb.

Not quite what you requested (in the middle between The Prisoner and Maiden Voyage), but still: I love that album! I'm listening to the HH album now from the link. A friend of mine who I hold in high esteem for musical taste has really praised this album. I usually don't like this type of "jazz" but I'll give it a chance.

I looked for this last weekend at one of my locals, but they didn't have it. It sounds like something a must have for me.

I think I'll look into getting tickets for the SF show too. Sometimes I prefer to hear music like this live and then decide whether I want to buy it or not. Sometimes hearing it once is enough and I prefer that "once" to be live when possible.

I finally broke down and ordered this book from Amazon after trying to buy it locally or even borrow it from the library. The price is what put me off of it initially. I wanted to borrow it from the library and save lots of money but they didn't have it. I thought $45.00 was a lot for a biography until I got the book yesterday and saw it. It's coffee table size and beautifully designed/put together. Now I understand why it cost so much. I had heard from people that it was a good book and being a big fan of Desmond, I really wanted to read it. I was too tired to do any serious reading last night after work, but I did peruse it a little. It looks fantastic and I can't wait to dive into it.

Benny Golson - New York Scene (Contemporary) Japanese pressing