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Arghhhh. Mine just arrived and it's the single cd set! In fairness the seller never said it was 2 cds . I got it through the Amazon link above. I have now found another seller under the same link that is selling a 2cd set for $8.95 but it's called The Birdland All Stars LIVE at Carnegie Hall and there's no picture. I've ordered it anyway. We'll see what I get. And meanwhile I'm happy to have the single cd for now just because of the Bird, Lady and Prez cuts. (Though I haven't listened to them yet.)

I voted no but that's just because I don't want to have a blog. If even one person does it seems like a good idea to me. I might even read it.

They say it's your birthday!!!????Have a good one.

I just watched it. It was great, though I was hoping the Marine Band would start playing Oleo instead of the James Taylor piece.

Bull shit. Really? I think you'd get a different take from the director of Apocalypse Now. Me neither. Looks like complete kaka. Funny show. Basically Charlie Sheen's life story. Apocalypse Now! Why because Martin Sheen had a heart attack during the shooting? From what I know about that film (and I know quite a lot) Sheen was one of the more sane people involved. Coppola was having his own delusions of grandeur on that shoot. When Sheen had the heart attack Coppola infamously said (on camera) "He's not dead until I say he's dead!" (Or something like that-- I don't have "Hearts of Darkness" with me right now.)

Bull shit. But it's sad to see someone who's obviously crazy (literally-- not metaphorically) having a breakdown in public. He reminds me of James Mason in Ray's Bigger Than Life when he's having delusions of grandeur.

Ditto especially on KOB but Bill Frissell's Good Dog, Happy Man has gotten a lot of play over teh last few years

Well Ron told me my copy was now a collector's item. I guess yours is too.

That Affinity disc has most (all?) of the European material but no documentation at all-- at least my copy doesn't. There's also a very good Proper Box called Coleman Hawkins: The Be-Bop Years.

Oh no! I read her book last year. She's was very smart. The books as much about The Village in the early sixties as it is about Dylan and is a terrific evocation of the time-- warts and all.

I'm not sure any opinion of mine is worth this much explication. I was partly reacting to the impression I get that some of us resent any one who becomes too popular whatever their genre. But I was genuinely surprised at how fringy (is that a word?) she was. All of her group can be described as jazz musicians: individually they've worked with Betty Carter, Ornette, Wayne Shorter, McCoy Tyner etc.; but they've also worked with Terry Riley and Steve Reich (as well as Jay-Z, Elton John and Clay Aiken) and this music seemed to me to be closer to Steve Reich (whose work I love) than to Tyner, Wayne or even Ornette. As to singing while you play bass: why not? And just like Bob Haggart she whistles too. I'm not familiar with her records but I presume that they'd be categorized as jazz. However the night of the Oscars (I went to see her instead of watching them-- sour grapes on my part) the program which I didn't read before the concert says"Inspired by the classical training of her younger years, Spalding creates a modern chamber music group that combines the spontaneity and intrigue of improvisation with sweet and angular string trio arrangements encompassing elements of jazz, folk and world music in the enduring foundations of classical music." I admire her pushing the envelope, but I might have liked her earlier work better. BTW Can we all agree that she has a great haircut?

Me too, but I'll probably get this anyway. Actually I don't have much of his work with Henderson. (Fletcher that is, I seem to have a lot of his work with Horace. ) However who knows for sure? Bean was so prolific I don't think there's a published discography devoted to him. (And if there is it must be huge.)

Hey me too. But then I wrote the liner notes for it so I'm keeping it as a souvenir.

I'd been waiting to tell people about an American distributor for the DVD of this film but Ron Mann who made it now tells me the US distributor went bankrupt shortly after getting the rights. All the DVDs have been destroyed! However the film is now available for viewing at http://mubi.com/films/26889 If you haven't' seen this you should try to do so. It's really good. Great interviews and complete performances done specifically for the film. The Taylor piece has been used in several other films but the other three do great work too-- though their segments are not as visually spectacular.

I don't think those things are a pre-requisiste for jazz. (Hey I like Ornette and most of what came out of Chicago in the ''60s and '70s.) My point was that I was surprised she was so popular given her chosen style (In this concert at least-- which was advertised as something about Chamber Music.) . However though lots of jazz doesn't follow established song forms and rhythms this didn't sound like jazz to me. More like contemporary classical vocal music. Or a bit like Joni MItchell after Hissing of Summer Lawns. As to singing while playing bass: if you don't want to count Slam Stewart or Paul Chambers, how about Willie Dixon? (Or did he never sing-- I can't remember.) And why are you so angry? (Or is that just my misreading your tone which is hard to establish on line.)

I saw her in concert last night. Was part of a series including Ornette Coleman and Maceo Parker (now that's what I call eclectic) to which I'd bought tickets months ago. If what she played last night was typical, I'm really surprised she won the grammy-- it was pretty far out. She had a sextet consisting of violin.cello, viola, bass,piano and Terry Lyn Carrington on drums. (There was also another singer) All were women except the pianist. The whole thing was presented as a performance piece with a bit of acting and dance. Spalding seemed a singer who sometimes accompanied herself on bass rather than a jazz musician. (I don't think there were any numbers without singing.) The pieces rarely had a regular song form or steady rhythm for very long. (There was one fairly standard bossa nova with just the two singers and Spalding on bass.) The only song I recognized was Wild is the Wind and only because of the lyrics. I found it interesting but wasn't really drawn into it. However most of the audience seemed to love it. I'd say that those who seem to resent her for becoming famous without paying the same dues as most jazz musicians should relax: she's not really competing with jazz musicians.

So because one rocker doesn't like the vault, they regard "anything" there as a "liberated boot" and steal from the artists who might be paid. Assholes.

Can anyone i.d. them all? Some are obvious but who's that singing "Shoe Shine Boy" I just used Shazam and it says Roy Eldridge. Is that him singing?

Can anyone i.d. them all? Some are obvious but who's that singing "Shoe Shine Boy"

Would you point me to the disclaimer. I don't think I've ever seen it and I dod wonder about the legality of Wolfgang's Vault.

Amazon and Amazon Germany give the correct number of discs: 2. All four sites have the same ASIN: B000008ADB, so it's the same set. Amazon US seems to have 2 items with similar titles. The 2 disc (it says) is the one that's $22+ from various sellers.

Story about this release on NPR this morning http://www.npr.org/2011/02/26/134028602/at-fisk-university-a-tradition-of-spirituals Lots of interviews and music samples. I liked the music I heard but not enough to make me buy the cd. (Let the slamming begin.)

Music is fine. The music business is in the crapper. I hear good stuff from different genres all the time, much of it new. I do believe that musicians of all kinds of music are going to have to live with less of a potential for making a lot of money just the way most jazz musicians have always done. I certainly don''t mean to suggest that this is a good thing, but the music survives even if the business doesn't.

Actually I think that the new conventional wisdom is that Post war Prez is just as good as Pre-War Prez. My own preference from listening to (I think) everything he ever recorded in a studio is for pre-war Prez. There's lot's of great later stuff but some of it is pretty sad. The earlier work is consistently amazing. I think that this opinion is now as out of fashion as it used to be in fashion but it's never-the-less my opinion and has nothing to do with what the guy wrote (which seems almost as mean as JSngry's response.)

Pee Wee Plays is pretty great but I like Portrait (which I already had) even more.