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Not if you keep buying those Mosaics you won't!

I think it's a little too much material for a Select, maybe not a potential high-return Mosaic, so let's get those Horace Silver "Silver and...." sides out on CD. Please? It doesn't even have to be the whole series....how about "Brass", "Wood" and "Percussion"? I could live without "Voices" and "Strings", although there are great Harrell and Berg solos to be found everywhere in the series. It's about time. The 70s are the new 50s.

It was the log lady!

Cedar Walton Woody Shaw Tree Rollins

Lorne Green Michael Landon Hop Sing

Used to live there in the 80s, during grad school. I'd like to come visit......it's a totally different place than it was back then. Have you been checking out the Elephant Club? Is that still the main jazz venue? Hey, if anyone is interested I'm playing in San Marcos on Feb. 11th. Guesting with the Texas State (formerly Southwest Texas State) big band as part of their jazz festival. It's not far from Austin! Sorry to piggyback on your thread, Cliff.

What was that? Did someone just say something? I hear a faint cowbell......sounds like "Don't Fear The Rooster".............

Buddy Tate Larry Tate Elizabeth Montgomery

I gotta rent that.

Umm....Jim, out of respect to the Missus I believe I'll just leave this one alone.

This is the big one. This is what turns off a lot of younger players. I can only address this as a brass player, but I have to practice every day to keep in shape. It's just become a part of my life- once you establish a certain standard anything less is unacceptable. In this time of instant gratification and shrinking attention spans, the commitment to learning a craft can seem overwhelming. Improvement is sometimes dramatic and sometimes agonizingly slow. There are good days and bad days. The rewards are minimal at times, and monumental at times. I often say "I hate to practice, but I hate sucking just a little more, so I'll keep practicing".

"Self-taught" is kind of a misleading term. I think it's a mistake for anyone to think that they can learn about jazz (or any type of music) by simply taking a course or reading a book. I think (and I tell my students this) one has to become obsessed with and curious about the music to the point they will seek out answers to their questions in multiple ways- by "apprenticing" (creating relationships with mentors), by doing research on their own (studying scores, music theory, styles etc.) and of course by listening to live and recorded music. Much of this won't earn them any college credits, but it will be a large part of their musical growth. That being said, in college I learned a LOT about playing my instrument and learned a lot about music in a relatively short time. I'm glad I studied with an experienced teacher- he busted me on some bad habits, and I'll forever be grateful for that. Teaching is not easy- just because one is a good musician doesn't necessarily make them a good teacher. I think the benefit of going to college is not only WHAT you learn, but also LEARNING HOW TO LEARN (i.e. think and create for yourself). Some people achieve that w/o going to college, of course- some of my greatest musical epiphanies came from contact with musicians who had no "formal" education. I know what I learned from them as well as in college to this day helps me to help myself. That is where the term "self-taught" fits in for me.

Robert Chisholm Oral Roberts Bleeding Gums Murphy

Dick Rambone Jamie Gillis Harry Reems

Sturm und Drang Richard Wagner Lyle Wagonner

I'm not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV, but I am a musician and I'm curious as to what your question is.

"Are you self-taught at creating poll questions or did someone teach you to do it this way?" 1.) Orange 2.) 567.93 3.) The trains would arrive a half-hour apart

It's really a very fun hang. I hope more members check in when possible!!

What I can foresee happening here is an eventual pissing contest between Miles and Woody fans, to no good end. Comparing these two is, to me, an "apples and oranges" scenario: both are deserving of a great amount of respect, neither deserves any derision. I love them both for different reasons. Why do we have to always "choose"? There's PLENTY of love for ALL THE CATS in our big music world!!!

I've heard both terms "refrain" and "verse" used (and I've always used the term "verse") but "refrain" is probably less confusing and more accurate.

Had there been no Trane, I think Wayne Shorter would be an entirely different player.For that matter, many others as well. I think that without the major influences of Pops, Bird, Trane and the others jazz would still have evolved, just on a different plane. There would have been others put on that pedestal, others who would be widely emulated. Hard to imagine the art without those guys, though. Some kind of Bizarro world.

The bird flu might not be "the one", but it will probably happen eventually and I doubt there is much than we can do to prevent it. I'm concerned and want to stay informed, but I'm not going to worry.

I just had a bout with these the other day. But that's another story. I think this belongs in the farting thread. That's what I thought at first, too. Then it took a hard left.