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I was thinking about Don Ellis, but I'm wondering if it all (or just about all) hasn't already been released on CD.

I enjoy listening to the Blue Note 45s Mosaic when I'm in the mood for something different from my usual.

I bought my first jazz record in Jan. of '66. Jazz became my main focus by the end of that summer.

Berrigan, I recommend that you look into a group called NASE - National Association of Self Employed. They sell group insurance to small businessmen. The company is owned by UICI, listed on the New York Stock Exchange as UIC. I know that they put in writing that they won't screw you after you file a claim, for what that's worth.

Another one of my favorites came to me last night. Herbie Mann - Standing Ovation at Newport, on Atlantic, with Chick Corea and Dave Pike. I notice that many of my favorites from this period are on Atlantic, or related labels Vortex and Embryo, both of which Herbie Mann controlled in some way.

Thanks Al!

Well said, Wesbed. I believe that the typical cable TV bill is about fifty dollars a month. I don't get cable TV, because there just isn't enough on it that interests me to justify paying anything for it. Even if you spent nothing else on CDs, think of how much great music you could purchase for fifty dollars a month. And the CDs will last indefinitely; they're not gone with the wind like television is.

I've been waiting for years for Super Soul to be released on CD. I'm curious about the Bley. I recall having an album of his on Limelight about 1970 which I think included some syntesizer. It was called Mr. Joy. So I'm curious regarding what year this Fantasy was recorded, and what label it was originally on. I don't recall ever seeing a Bley on Milestone before.

The other night I found an old favorite I hadn't heard since before the New Year: Don Ellis Orchestra - Live at Monterey! This was the Ellis band's first album, recorded at the 1966 Monterey Jazz Festival. I still enjoy listening to it these many years later. The band had a gimmick - odd meters. One song is entitled "Beat Me Daddy, Seven to the Bar"!

Thanks guys! I see that the BMG Record Club is now offering Jackie's Bag, so I might pick that one up as well.

I remember the Mosaic box, but I've never heard a Tina Brooks album. Is there one considered better than the others?

I'm jealous!

Tonight it's Kenton Presents Cooper, Holman and Rosolino, Disc 1. Great West Coast arrangements.

Well, some of these have already been mentioned, but I'll vote for them again. Stan Getz - Sweet Rain Miroslav Vitous - Infinite Search Chet Baker - Comin' On Dave Pike - The Doors of Perception Steve Marcus - Tomorrow Never Knows Steve Marcus - Count's Rock Band Mose Allison - I've Been Doin' Some Thinking Attila Zoller - Gypsy Cry Cal Tjader - Plugs In Mark Murphy - Bridging a Gap And although this is bossa nova pop, high marks go to Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66's second album, Equinox. edit: I want to add some jazz rock that was important to me at the time. These bands were marketed as rock bands, but there was a lot of jazz there. Manfred Mann Chapter III Manfred Mann Chapter III Volume 2 If (with Dick Morrissey) If2 If3 If4 (also known as Waterfall) Dreams (with the Brecker Brothers, John Abercrombie and Billy Cobham)

I have a Rhino collection of his Las Vegas 50s stuff called Zooma, Zooma which I enjoy from time to time. But there is a sameness to the music on it, and I've never been tempted to buy more. But I'm glad I have what I have.

My favorite box is the Paul Desmond Mosaic, so I guess Paul Desmond is my favorite. My favorite vocalists are Mark Murphy and Mose Allison. Don't really feel strongly about an instrumentalist.

Bud Shank, last disc.

Soul Message by Richard "Groove" Holmes. It's a combination of the music itself and the nostalgia.

Thanks John. I think you're right.

Was he the Gatemouth who performed in a cowboy outfit, or am I thinking of another Gatemouth?

Happy Birthday!

Congrats! Any other services as well?

Miscellaneous Music - 26% 1.2 posts per day. I rarely start a thread. I don't use the forums, just the View New Posts list.

I've never tried the alphabet approach, but each January 1 I start listening to my CDs over again. The goal is to listen to every one within the year, but it's been a few years since I've completed the list. I mark the CDs I haven't listened to at the end of the year (just an index card at the end of the row), so I can see at a glance what I have not listened to since, for example, 2001. Occasionally I'll put on one of those CDs I haven't heard since before 1/1/03, and it's invariably a disappointment - something to be gotten rid of. With the warm weather I am now playing some summer rock and roll like the Beach Boys that I haven't heard since last summer.

I wonder how many issues were published of that mag! Even for the fifties, that sounds like an article written by a group of men enjoying martinis over lunch!