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Actually, the sooner the better. It will give us time to find the cd before next week. :rsmile: :rsmile:

That's great news, Alan! I finally picked up Modernistic last weekend. I'm really impressed! :rsmile:

I agree with you. I write and perform rock music. Fortunately there are good independent labels, and the internet is a great tool for sharing music. I just wish there were more places to play music. The major labels are completely in it for the money. It really sucks that many of the great labels were sucked up by the conglomerates.

I'd say, add your reply. I'm only trying to learn about this music anyway. The day that I get hurt about someone having a different opinion is the day I need to leave this place. If you have a problem with an aspect of this cd, I'd love to hear it. I haven't always been a fan of it either. I tried to be fair in my review of the Donald Byrd. I found things I liked and things I didn't. Sometimes, I feel like the comments about an album or so positive, it makes me wonder if the album has truly been listened to and digested. That's one reason I wanted to bring back the album of the week thread. I really want to learn to listen critically, so I can really discern the great from the good. :rsmile:

I kind of dig A New Perspective. It took me a long time to get past the Star Trek voices, but Christo Redentor really moves me. That song and Coltrane's Alabama always get me. I can't imagine what they were smoking over at Blue Note when they decided to put this album out as an RVG. There would have been better Byrd albums to put out. I still haven't heard I'm Still Trying to Get Home. I don't feel much need to track it down, though. :rsmile: Peter, maybe A New Perspective would be a good album of the week. Nah, just kidding! :rsmile:

I'm listening to it right now and it occurs to me this album may be a reason why BN created the Connoisseur series in the first place. It truly is uncommericial, but this is a special record. It's taken me a long time to warm up to it, but I find that I'm appreciating it more with each listen. I'm amazed the re-released it as a RVG. I find that I keep playing the individual tracks over and over again, because I get into different things with each listening. Sometimes a song ends, but I'm not ready for it to end. :rsmile:

If it matters. I started this a couple weeks ago in another thread. CD of the week thread I made a post that the next person who posted could pick the first album. That person was couw, who picked the Donald Byrd and couw nominated Jazzmoose to pick the next album. Jazzmoose chose the All Seeing Eye and nominated Peter Johnson, etc... That's how we got here. I'm just saying this so I can still be nominated in the future. I would love the chance to pick something too. I have been starting the threads each week, just to help. I'd be happy to continue doing so. :rsmile:

Thanks for the info about this. I had no idea any of this was going on. It's a very sad story. I hope they are successful in bringing this area back to life.

So far, I've been acting as facilitator. Mostly in the sense of keeping the thread going every week, but if anybody wants to lead a discussion, that would be great. I really want to keep this going too! Where we stand is that Peter Johnson still has to pick an album for next week and he has nominated CJ Shearns to pick the album for the following week. CJ Shearns will then nominate the person to pick the album for the week after his pick. I'm waiting to review the album, just because there is so much to take in. I have been listening to it all week and really getting into it. :rsmile:

That is the greatest review I've ever heard of this album. It describes it perfectly. Very insightful! If you can track down a version of the Beach Boys' lost Smile album, that would probably be the best introduction to Mr. Parks. I didn't like Song Cycle at first, but it grew on me. :rsmile:

No, they edited out Coltrane's solos, so Kenny could do his magic.

Welcome good doctor!

It should be. I wish every day could be full of laughs. :rsmile:

LOL You guys are killin' me

Sorry all, I think these April Fool's Day fumes are getting to me. :rsmile: :rsmile: :rsmile:

You should meet their friend. Brittany Dog. She's a cross between Brittany Spears and a dog.

The cat is named James T. Cat. He is the offspring of Captain Kirk and a housecat. That was one crazy Star Trek episode.

I'm done.

Well, April 1st is the day we honor the greatest soprano saxist EVER. Unfortunately I couldn't find any pictures of him in anyplace except Hell. The cat will be back on his global tour soon. :rsmile:

Those wizards at Universal Vivendi have done it again!!

Those are great links, SS! I miss that old Verve board and since I'm Kenny G's #1 fan, I think I'll have some fun over there.

I'd love to make some sort of wrestling/boxing posters for some of the threads around here. It's better than pay-per-view.

Oh yeah, they are Freshmen. Thanks for catching that. The BNBB was fun. :rsmile: