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Byard Lancaster - It's Not Up To Us - (Vortex)

What is a good measure of text density for a series of slides? I am only semi-versed in this stuff, and would like to make a thirty-minute presentation count. Thanks!

I like the Penguin Guide's description - "menthol sharp". I think it fits - his tone blows away the cobwebs, unblocks the ears as it were. I don't know what 7/4 and Nate are talking about, really, all that well. But Jackie's tart quality - not to mention his power and the breadth of his phrasing - really gets me going.

I love Jackie Mc, but Cool Struttin' is not my favorite of his performances by any stretch. I listen to it for itself, and for Sonny, Philly Joe and Art Farmer's contributions.

That should be the March 29, 1959 session with Donald Byrd and Hank Mobley, released as a Connoisseur CD as My Conception. All I could find was this, though I could swear there was yet another...

Sonny Clark - Cool Struttin' - (BN UA stereo)

I have seen it as low as $30 in a couple of shops, too. Might as well keep it, right?

edc's point is taken by CT.

$60 or so, last one I saw.

Thanks, Larry, for those observations about the title tune. I agree that it's a defining yet slippery tune, why I've always liked that rendition of it. I thought there was yet a third Cool Struttin' LP in Japan with a different band. Can't remember the specifics now.

I only have the "as released" LP, albeit on a later pressing. This was my introduction, along with a couple of Dex records, to the world of Sonny Clark. There were two other volumes released in Japan that I haven't heard (I think they were culled from different dates anyway).

And I just watched Will Penny the other night. I don't know about "RIP," but so long to a complete nutjob who, sometimes, could act. From the BBC...

As a Kansan, I am curious to see the results of this. Tonight was an interesting game for the Jayhawks.

If you left off the Teitelbaum and Two Pianos, then it might. And the Four Orchestras might also be better left to somewhere else.

Being the fickle fool that I sometimes am, I've been holding out for years trying to nab original vinyls of these. Might as well forget it at this point and buy the CDs.

And many more!

Perfectly put.

OK, I have that on what appears to be a later Arista LP, without a Freedom logo. It is very good.

Yes.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel. He started to slide with the Atlantics, but even a couple of those are decent. I generally find his "classic" BN period full of excellent playing. This might also be from a technical standpoint, but if early Freddie Hubbard is my lone "technique" player, then that's not doing too badly... FWIW, I did not like his playing very much upon first being seriously exposed to it - took some time to appreciate his musicality and his tunes.

When did Pearson take that gig? Right after Que died? Or...?

Yeah, I like that one quite a bit. Although the best version of the title tune I know was done by BJP. Let 'Em Roll is probably one of my top "straight-ahead" albums, but I digress.

Yeah, this is a set that will reward with each listen for years to come. I always find something new here, even if I don't always know what "it" is.

I could never decide between fork and fuck. Story of my life, I guess.

Happy Birthday and thanks for all your hard work and contributions!