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  2. Best track you heard all week

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    It had been a while, but I listened to Roberta Flack's First Time Ever I Saw Your Face yesterday. The one thing I can agree with myself at age 13: This is the finest recording ever made. I don't care; it just is.

    :)

    Speaking of Roberta Flack, the "best track" I've heard lately (in fact, I've been somewhat _obsessed_ with it lately): Hampton Hawes, "At The Piano", "Killing Me Softly With His Song"...

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    Credit where credit is due: Ethan Iverson's blog (Do The Math) has mentioned this record more than once.... also, see (via DTM): JazzWax

  5. Good Jazz Deals Online or In Stores

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Found some interesting download prices on the CD Universe website:

    Pharaoh Sanders - Black Unity, $1.98: Black Unity

    Pharaoh Sanders - Karma, $1.98: Karma

    Pharaoh Sanders - Jewels of Thought, $1.98: Jewels of Thought

    Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert, $3.96: Koln Concert

    Keith Jarrett - Sun Bear Concerts, $12.87: Sun Bear Concerts

    Miles Davis - Pangaea, $1.98: Pangaea

    I downloaded Pangaea yesterday from CDU, it's still $1.98. It's $17 (for the MP3 download! :o) on Amazon, 24 credits on eMusic. Great deal, thanks mjzee!

    Agharta MP3s on CDU is $4.95; like the others above, $0.99/track.

    Incidentally, for anyone that cares, the Pangaea MP3s from CDU appear to be encoded at a constant 256kbit (not VBR).

    And, last but of course not least.... regarding the MUSIC... DAMN. Some mind-blowing stuff.

  9. Monk leftovers

    in Artists

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    Discography question: is the "At the Blackhawk" release the same stuff on the "Complete Riverside Recordings" box set, disc 13?

    Without looking into the box set that I've had for many years, that sounds about right. Certainly, the entire original recording is included in the box as well as additional material from that engagement including at least one track where Shelly Manne is the drummer in place of Billy Higgins.

    Thanks! :)

  17. The Convergence Quartet - Song/Dance

    in New Releases

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    Got this one a few days ago from eMusic... very impressed!

    Influences I hear: Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Cecil Taylor, Vijay Iyer, Barry Altschul, Mal Waldron...

    Lots of provocative, interesting, exciting, beautiful, surprising, and unexpected things happening here... this record makes me smile! :)

    Congrats, Alexander. Hope to see you guys live some time.

    -- Mark

  22. all things emusic

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    I can understand the logic in charging 12 credits for titles that have less than that -- if I download 45 minutes (for example) of music, does it really matter if that time consists of 3 tracks, or 12?

    Album only on certain tracks not so much -- I fail to see how that is much different than 45-rpm "singles" that were available for purchase for less than the price of the entire album.

    All of that aside, I find myself checking Amazon first before downloading _anything_ from eMusic. There has been more than a few times when Amazon was more economical.

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