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Watched Gilliam's "Final Cut" of Brazil for the first time in many years. I forgot that it is a Christmas movie, much like Die Hard... I did remember the gifts/bribes for officials, but forgot that they were presents. I definitely didn't remember one of the chief officials dressed up as Santa Claus! In my defense, I think this was in the European & Final Cut, and I have only seen the Final Cut twice (counting tonight). Growing up I saw the US theatrical release several times, and I don't think that particular scene is in there, though I could be mistaken. Never taken the time to watch the upbeat "Love Conquers All" version, but there are supposedly quite a few differences and it is much, much shorter (though with a marginally expanded role for DeNiro). Maybe I will one of these days.

I probably should have specified unissued at the time of recording. It's great that BGO has issued/reissued so much material, and this all seems available on the streaming sites. This was very much not the case in the early 2000s.

I came to this material a different way around - through the UK reissue house Whatmusic.com. What was a bit peculiar about them is that they only had a few British jazz titles. They mostly were reissuing Brazilian music, and I was turned on to some amazing stuff at very reasonable prices in the early 2000s. The CD and LP version of Deep Dark Blue Centre are both sold out, but there is a nice mini-essay by Collier still archived on the site - http://www.whatmusic.com/info/productinfo.php?productid=169&menulevel=catalogue&returnurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.whatmusic.com%2Fcatalogue.php I don't know if I still have my CD copy. Probably so, but it would be hard to put my hands on it right now. I am pretty amazed at how much unissued material by Collier is on iTunes and Spotify, and I'll be listening to a lot of that over this week thanks to being prompted by this thread. The most intriguing is a suite that Collier wrote inspired by Lowry's Under the Volcano!

My kids have aged out of Pixar films, but I saw the trailers and was completely underwhelmed. This is not a movie that appeals to me on any dimension.

It does appear that there is a bit of a sale on at Record Store Merurido, but I am just not able to navigate the menus even with Google Translate. I gave up and migrated to Amazon.co.jp where they had a few copies of Waldon's A Touch of the Blues left. In the process of doing all this, I found out that Waldron's What It Is is available for pre-order (shipping on or around Jan 27), so I decided to get that as well. Kind of an expensive day, but that's sort of par for the course around here... I assume there will be another large batch coming out at the same time, but I promised myself not to even look...

I held off for the longest time but finally got a Blu-Ray player. I needed to make sure I found one that would play Region A and B. I've been hanging onto Criterion's Tati Blu-Ray set for some time now and finally broke out some of the discs. Some of the bonus features are incredible. There is a slightly different version of Jour de Fête from 1964 with hand-colored elements, which is what I watched tonight. And then back in 1995 they were able to print a color version of the entire film! (Tati shot the entire film with two cameras but the color version (very experimental) couldn't be developed into viable prints at that time.) It's not quite as earth-shattering as if they found true color negatives of a Chaplin or Keaton film (rather than Ted Turner's colorization process) but pretty close. I'll probably watch the color version over the weekend.

That was definitely Organissimo.

Sending good vibes your way. Feel better soon!

Quite literally from an airport recycling bin! Quite an interesting (if brief) tale with a happy ending. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/340000-surrealist-painting-was-found-recycling-bin-180976542/

The lockdown in Toronto and Peel is being extended and "tightened" in unspecified ways that we find out on Monday. I know that people are very weary and are longing for their old lives back. I've heard that office workers may be told unilaterally that they need to stay home, but I hope that doesn't happen. The city of Hamilton is entering lockdown on Monday as well. Very glad and still a bit amazed that the vaccines have arrived so early. This came at a truly ground-breaking pace, but it will still be a long winter, even with light at the end of the tunnel (late spring maybe when a reasonable number of people have been vaccinated and we can do a few outdoor social things again?). Please don't listen to this "expert": https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/brazil-s-bolsonaro-warns-virus-vaccine-can-turn-people-into-crocodiles-1.5237678 The vaccine will not turn you into a crocodile... As hard as it is, I think it is still best not to travel to see loved ones over the holidays and just celebrate twice as much next year. Hoping that everyone can stay safe and still enjoy the holidays (in moderation)...

Thinking I might catch the Sat. Kenny Barron show.

RIP - Such sad news. I didn't see him live often, but at least once with The Cookers and maybe at the Chicago Jazz Fest as well.

Will wonders never cease? Really exciting news, and I'll definitely be checking this one out.

Agreed. Likely will listen in both nights. Saw Dave Holland at the Chicago Jazz Showcase at the "family matinee" on Sunday. After the set, I was able to swing by the bar with my son and say hi and thank him for the music. A nice memory.

I was surprised how quickly the 2nd set arrived on iTunes, so you can sample it that way as well...

Acoustic Ladyland Living with a Tiger Much less familiar with this one compared to their earlier albums.

Greg Osby put out a lot of material, mostly on BN. In addition to Banned in New York, it may be worth checking out The Invisible Hand with Jim Hall and Andrew Hill! (This was released in 2000 though it was recorded in 1999.) It does look like a lot of the newer artists/groups l follow mostly were starting in the early 2000s.

Decided to try to catch the Sat. Christian McBride Jawn set, though had to watch it out of sync, i.e. this morning. After several weeks of no problems at VV site, I am having terrible buffering/streaming issues. Will try restarting computer a third time to see if it is on my end, but I think it's them... Well, perhaps it was just me. Still extremely annoying.

Yes, hoping for the best.

The first video with Laibach’s interpretation is suitably pretentious. https://www.youtube.com/embed/mM90X-9m_Zc

If you haven't read Stuart Dybek then you will want to take a look at his short story collections. I personally prefer The Coast of Chicago but I Sailed with Magellan also has some strong stories.

Haven't read this piece yet. I will say that the Toronto Symphony Orchestra has pivoted to very, very tiny on-line offerings - usually a 5-10 minute duet. I find it far too depressing to bother with. Of course, given the strict lockdown Toronto is under at the moment, it is not possible for larger ensembles to perform with or without an audience. Up until recently, the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra was performing slightly shorter evenings (60-75 minute performances) with a slightly scaled back orchestra (in an empty hall) and then putting these on line. Given that BC is ramping up its restrictions, this may be coming to a halt as well. At any rate, I am subscribing to the VSO on-line season whereas the TSO just is not worth it at the moment.

Sorry I missed it. I listened to the Friday concert and it was good but didn't exactly blow me away (and I was fairly busy on Sat, so I didn't follow up with the rebroadcast of the 2nd set.). I've seen the Bandwagon in a concert hall (Chicago Symphony Center), which isn't really the ideal setting. I believe I also saw them at Jazz Showcase (wondering whether they would do something somewhat rap-inspired after Joe Segal's introduction ), but it has been an extremely long time and my memory is fuzzy.

This may just go down as an unfortunate historical accident, but it seems a bit late in the day to try to get people to mentally switch over if the labelling on the Changes CDs is incorrect (and no one is seriously talking about repressing these with new titles...). At any rate, I was just listening, and "Free Cell Block F" matches the first song on Changes Two, which is also titled (apparently incorrectly) "Free Cell Block F."

Maybe too much of a stretch but "All The Gin Is Gone" by Jimmy Forrest. Buddy Rich "Bloody Mary" on The Driver. And "Vodka" on Cattin' With Coltrane And Quinichette