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I had a very nice Father's day with brunch and gifts from my kids but it just got added to because my in-laws are visting and my father in-law is a bit a jazz fan. He's British and always talks about hearing Victor Feldman during "the War" (as we old-folks call it) when Feldman was a child prodigy on drums. So I just ran out to my local Borders where they only had one Feldman cd but it looks interesting. It's all Latin numbers and the musicians include Scot LaFaro! Feldman plays both piano and vibes on it. Can't wait to hear it.
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I only saw the Basie band once: at Disneyland! The played in that outdoor patio called (I think) The Carnation something or other. . Basie came out on his scooter wearing his captain's hat and the band swung like hell.
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Two tracks from the "Someday my prince will come" album feature Trane and are in the Miles & Trane box:
1. Someday My Prince Will Come
5. Teo
That's almost half of the album (18:30)
So the Hank Mobley sans Coltrane cuts will not be boxed. Once again he gets short shrift.
Isn't all of the Mile+Mobley stuff currently in print now that the Blackhawk stuff has been released? I'm not sure why box sets are such a big deal for Hank's legacy.
Guy
Of course you're right. I was just pointing out that these are the only studio cuts from a decade and half of Mile's Columbia recordings that aren't getting the royal treatment. At least Mobley's solos have now now been re-inserted into the recordings.
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I have it on tape and can send you a copy (actually it's 5 tapes).
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Two tracks from the "Someday my prince will come" album feature Trane and are in the Miles & Trane box:
1. Someday My Prince Will Come
5. Teo
That's almost half of the album (18:30)
So the Hank Mobley sans Coltrane cuts will not be boxed. Once again he gets short shrift.
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Bought my first jazz records in the late 50's. Got really serious about it in 1961. A pretty good year. Saw a lot of live jazz in the next 10 years. (Started with Sun Ra and a small combo at a club in Montreal. All I remember is that it was August he played "The Christmas Song". )
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I was listening to Gil Evans & Ten the other day, and was struck by how fully formed Lacy already was by '57.
Me too. I just got it in SACD. It's a hybrid with the cd in stereo for the first time. Worthwhile even if you don't have an SACD player. (To be honest I barely hear any difference-- but my ears are shot from too many rock concerts and too much time on mixing stages.)
There's a new biography of Gil in which the author states that Evans took a huge chance giving such a new comer so much solo space. It sure paid off.
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I agree with Chuck... as filtered through Dan: those not listening to all of jazz are scum.
Does that include "smooth jazz"? (I'd rather listen to polka music.) And Wynton Marsalis? (I've always sort of liked him.)
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I'm surprised that someone listed "Conference of the Birds". I'd always thought that it was an acclaimed and popular record. John Norris and Bill Smith who used to run Coda magazine also had a Jazz/Blues records store in Toronto for a while. Around the time "Birds" came out, John told me that whenever they had it on the turntable whoever was in the store asked about it and bought a copy.
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I bought their release of Kurt Weil's "The Eternal Road" recently. The production of the music was paid for by "Milken Foundation for Jewish Music". Anyway the cd was cheap and the music was good. I've been on a Weil kick recently. Didn't RCA once release a recrod of Weil music by the Jazz Sextet of the USA or something like that? Mike Zwerin was involved if memory serves me well-- which it hardly ever does nowadays.
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I've learned that people can be extremely knowledgeable about more than one topic. I expected to find a lot of information about jazz here but the discussions of films, books and even (sometimes) politics are of a very high standard. Maybe jazz fans tend to be erudite folk.
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I did belong to e-music for a while and got some of the ESP discs. (eg Spiritual Unity). The i-Tunes store seems to have even more ESP material.
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Several items from the old ESP library have turned up in the i-Tunes music stores this morning.
Anyone have any recommendations (or criticisms)? I'm especially interested in the Billie Holiday broadcasts.
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Jack Chambers does give a great summary of reactons (including his own) to the session though I think the quotaton from Stanley Crouch he cites is not about Bemsha Swing as he says it is but rather about one of the other numbers (I forget which one right now). I've never been able to find the original Crouch article. Anyone know where it's from?
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We were shooting a film at the Prague airport and were forced to close down and evacuate because of a bomb threat. No bomb. Came back the next day and finished.
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"The Gaunlet" is a wonderful film if you understand what Eastwood was doing. It is actually a very funny film, and once I point out to my students what is "really" happening here, the entire film becomes a hilarious comedy. This film was made as a direct answer to the increasing criticism of the "Dirty Harry" films. Basically Clint is saying, "You complain about violence, I will show you real violence." and so, in the course of the film, he kills a house, several cars, a motorcycle and a very big bus! You actually have to see how these inanimate objects "die" to get the point ... especially as the house literally heaves a loud sigh just before collapsing in death. The slow death of the bus is much more intimate, and an integral part of the plot. My suggestion is to rent it, sit back with a glass of wine, and watch it within that context; it will do wonders for your appreciation of Eastwood's "finger" to his critics.
BTW, the soundtrack is great ... and Lennie Niehaus has done a wonderful job of arranging the music for most of Eastwood's films ..
Garth: My memory is that it's also a film where Eastwood makes fun of his Dirty Harry persona. Sondra Locke keeps having to explain the obvious to him implying constantly that he's not too
bright. Most critics seem to think that it's only in films like Broncho Billy or (god-forbid) The Bridges of Madison County that Eastwood plays against type. That may be true but in Gauntlet and Every Which Way But Loose he suggests that his usual hero may be strong, but he's dumb. In both cases this idea is voiced by the films' heroine.
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I just bought it on i-Tunes. Grooving to it right now. Good stuff. But if you hadn't posted I never would have found it. Was it ever in the "just added" list? If so, when? I usually check that every week but I might have missed your listing.
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Has anyone seen the film this was the soundtrack to?
The film soundtrack is performed by Nora Jones' dad. Ornette's score was rejected.
AS remember it The Fugs were also on the final soundtrack. They're not listed on IMDB but Ed Saunders is in the cast (as is Ornette). And "Phil Glass" was music supervisor. Perhaps he's responsible for rejecting Ornette's music.
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Thanks. Is it still available?
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There seems to be a lot of action on Friday afternoons (night in the East). Are there other busy times?
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Has Ornette's "Chappaqua Suite" ever been out on cd?
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If you go to the HBO website you'll see that the episode is entitled "Unidentified Black Males". So yes, the writers are obviously making a political point about scapegoats. (The black males in queston are not only "unidentified", they're nonexistent.)
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I pieced together four photos very sloppily, and did some odd looking patchwork, but you get the idea. The Monk print was a gift from my wife for my birthday! The iPod was a gift from myself!
I'm curious: Has owning an i-pod changed your collecting habits?
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Anyone heard the SACD of "Gil Evans + 10"?
A great American has died
in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Posted
This non-partisan report comes to you (in a Fair and Balanced, yet
Heavenly Way, of course) courtesy of St. Peter's newsletter and weekly
shopper
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Ronald Reagan arrived at the Pearly Gates last week, and was met by St.
Peter. Reagan was stunned for a moment.
"You mean, I---I'm in?" he asked.
"That's right" said St. Peter. "Come on, man. I'll show you around." He
tossed the keys to a brand new Lincoln Town Car at Reagan, and said, "You
drive. This is your car, for the rest of eternity."
Reagan was buoyant as they drove along the streets of Heaven, through
sunny neighbourhoods. Finally they came to a really upscale part of town
(kind of like Bel Air), with large, shaded lawns and sparkling swimming
pools. St. Peter told Reagan that this is where he would be living.
"That's Franklin Roosevelt's house over there," St. Peter pointed out as
they drove, "And that's where Albert Einstein lives, next to Madame
Curie. Pope John Paul XXIII lives here....and here's your house." They
pulled into the driveway, and got out.
As Reagan was looking around, he noticed up in the hills a palace made of
shimmering, white granite. He could see it was enormous, with room after
room, and terraces with dozens of gold fountains.
"That must be where the Lord lives," said Reagan. St. Peter shook his
head."Nope, that's Ray Charles' place," he said. Reagan's smile faltered
for a moment.
"Ray Charles lives there? How come all the presidents, scientists and
popes live here, and Ray Charles lives up in that palace? I don't get it."
St. Peter chuckled. "Ronnie," he said, "Presidents and Popes are a dime a
dozen. But baby, there's only one Ray Charles."