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Joe and Pharoah Sanders play flutes on Alice Coltrane's Ptah the El Doud.

Noj, I was rootin' for your guys to win that one. I heard whistles before the kick so I assume the TO was called in time, but I felt sorry for Janikowski nonetheless. What a MF mindf*ck! Definititely seemed like a home field gift for Shanahan.

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Film at eleven........

Nice choice, Al! Haven't listened to it for a while, time to give it a spin again. My favorite tune from this one is Tell Me A Bedtime Story.

I just hate when I get the hiccups.

I had a version of that poster that had the players' names listed, including "Paul Chambers-base".

....or Griff and Jaws perhaps? Max & Clifford Sonny & Elvin Jug & Sonny Cannonball & Nat Miles & Trane Lester & Billie Prez & Lady Day Mingus & Dolphy Ella & Louis

I just checked one source that said Nat was buried in the same cemetery as his brother.

One of my all-time favorite players. One of these days I'm going to go visit his grave site in town here.

Enjoy, and report back on all purchases, please!

Happy Birthday Dan! This was funnier when I was living in KC.

I just got on Amazon and typed in ECM and got a fairly long list of titles, many of which were priced at $9.97. Some classic titles as well as newer titles. I found quite a few that I'd been holding off on because of the higher price. Ralph Towner, Gary Burton, Bobo Stenson, Tomascz Stanko, Terje Rypdal and Egberto Gismonti among others. Very nice sale, but I can't help but wonder why........

Happy Birthday Vibes!

Vermincelli? Oroachiette? (back on topic, sort of)

Wow, it's like the June Taylor dancers. All we need is now is for "Holiday for Strings" to be playing.

Also the title of a nice Stitt side that I wish would find its way onto CD.

An exercise in fusillity.

C'mon Sangrey. Write your damn book already. I first saw Zawinul in the mid/late 70s, the WR band w/Jaco, Erskine and Robert Thomas on percussion (I guess that was the "8:30" band). A great concert, but really, really LOUD! I also saw him at the Red Sea (Eliat, Israel) festival once in the mid 90s. I there there with a group that included Frank Tiberi (not Woody's band though). Frank and Joe were friends (Frank did a chart on Zawinul's tune Carnavalito that was on a semi-obscure recording done at Ronnie Scott's) and it was great to just hang and watch those guys hanging out. I was introduced to WR in the 70s, so Black Market and Heavy Weather were my first acquisitions. I even arranged Gibraltar for big band. Man, I grew up w/Weather Report. Later on I became aware of other WR sides like Live in Tokyo and also Zawinul's time with Cannonball and Miles. The man had a LOT of music in him, and a lot of determined spirit to make it happen. Thanks, Joe! (I still crack up at that "Scotch and Water" was initially known as "Joe's Avenue" on the Wynton/PC VeeJay side because someone misinterpreted the pronunciation of "Zawinul" as being the tune title) :rsmile:

I just got the Miles and I really like it! I think the recording quality is excellent, as is the performance! A worthy addition to the Miles collection. AFAIC it gets a strong recommendation. Haven't heard the others yet, but I'll probably cave, especially since Borders has 'em for ten bucks a pop. :rsmile:

Good choice, Cole Slaw! Great version of Old Folks on this one. If you listen carefully you can hear the chair Miles is sitting on squeak as he leans back to breathe between phrases. Totally cool.

And the title tune, written for his daughter, was recorded again on his recent "Lawn Chair Society" which was Kenny's first project since the passing of his daughter. So the emotional continues to run high. Have you heard LCS, BM? Is that what led you to seek out the earlier recording? Just curious.

And remember, you can't spell "spam" without A&M!

I just love it when I sign in and see a thread title like this. It's our very own "home run derby".

Good enough then. OK, what about ballet?