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Hard to go wrong with Ennio Morricone and some of his work must be available on iTunes/emusic. Emusic also has Armando Trovaioli Film Music.

I tend to agree, here. Possibly, though I am not so interested in the social scene but the music that eminates from it. And once you to this cultural pillaging and removing from context, I would argue that polka is much simpler music (rhythmically certainly) and just not as interesting. But sure, sometimes I read the lyrics of some amazing piece by Toumani Diabate and I am underwhelmed.

I guess it got lost in the shuffle, but Jewel in the Lotus was definitely released on CD, as well as MP3s on Amazon. Not only that, it and the Dewey Redman ECM re-issue are on yourmusic. Was pretty surprised to see that (fairly soon after their release), so I jumped on them.

I've been to Hell, MI. At the time they had an old steam locomotive that went a few miles out and back, so I've been on the train to hell.

Largely agree with Dan here. If they really want to skew younger (and that appears to be their intent) why do they insist on songs of the 70s and ancient singer-songwriters coming on. Mariah (who did appear) is a much more plausible candidate, but really it ought to be Black Eyed Peas or something even more contemporary (Fall Out Boy, Gnarls Barkley as suprise judges?). It strikes me as too many cooks syndrome, where the labels are pushing adult contemporary songs and trying to bring in the parents, and then they wonder why the kids aren't interested anymore. I think Cook did take more chances and I did find him more interesting, but honestly I think he will find being the #1 Idol too confining. Career-wise he probably would have been better off being #2.

Hmm - I wonder what is the best way to go. I've already bought And All Those Cats (on LP), so I will be extra cautious before picking up these other releases. It looks like there are several ways to do this, but if you have And All Those Cats and Calypso Blues, you don't need Companionship. Conversely perhaps Calypso Blues and Companionship make All Those Cats redundant (didn't check as carefully). In either case, there does not appear to be much overlap with Music for the Small Hours, so I should go ahead and get that.

Hmm - I wonder what is the best way to go. I've already bought And All Those Cats (on LP), so I will be extra cautious before picking up these other releases.

Also, Johnny Griffin's Griff 'n' Bags is available and Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz is forthcoming (though there is a huge amount of duplication between those 2 titles).

I was a little underwhelmed when I saw them in Chicago. The multimedia stuff is a little distracting. While he does play some original material, most of it is Monk's material but not as well done as Monk would have done it (this kind of gets back to the whole standards/originality debate we had a while back). Unless you've never seen Jason Moran, I would probably go to the Tyner show and catch Moran on his next tour.

Ok, the first number is from the back of the CD, which is a reprint of the LP cover. The second number is the track timing (from Winamp). Peacemaker 5:10 5:11 Stylin 3:34 3:37 40 Love 5:15 4:51 Angel Dance 3:57 3:40 Timetable 4:15 4:12 Imagine 3:22 3:26 The Aquarian 5:25 5:33 One for Nini 4:57 4:58

Hi I have one of these Japanese imports, looks to be from 2005. They have the tracks listed as on the LP, both on the liner notes and printed on the CD. Going by timings is a little trickier. Most appear to match the timings printed in the original liner notes (so they probably didn't switch the tracks), though tracks 3 and 4 appear to be about 20 seconds shorter than the timings listed on the LP.

I have no problem with that. However, when the "after a while" shrinks from fifteen years to three, that is simply stealing. Something government seems to be getting into more and more. And when state officials admit they've stopped trying to identify rightful owners, which is even more heinous.

Downloaded the 2 Nichole Mitchell albums, David Newman's Blue Head and the newest Eric Alexander. I forgot that there are two new Vijay Iyer CDs. Actually I got Tragicomic for my birthday, but will DL Door tomorrow when my account refreshes. I saw there is a newish Art Ensemble of Chicago release. Curiously, even though they have a handful of new HighNote releases, eMusic has never gotten David Newman's Life, so I will ask them about that again. They've added a number of Storyville titles I'll have to get eventually and they've doubled the number of Disques Blaque and Blue, so I'll try to update my list pretty soon. Isn't it always the way. Just when you think you're getting out, they pull you back in.

Dustygroove has nearly all these at what I consider reasonable prices (that's where I got the Baden Powell). Might be something a bit cheaper at the usual suspects.

The Baden Powell is worth picking up if you like bossa nova, and specifically bossa nova based around guitar. These seem a bit more open/airy than some of his other albums from the time cut in Brazil. The albums are fairly rare, though most of them are available as imports. There is a lot of flute on the first two albums. The third album has a fair bit of vocals by Janine de Waleyne (associated with the Big Six of Paris). There is more improvisation (according to Powell) on the last two albums. I'm enjoying them, but they could be too smooth for some people's taste.

3 of them are currently just under $10 at Amazon - the Gillespie, Turrentine and Louis Smith. I was hoping Head On would drop as well, but no such luck. Still an amazing deal.

I'd always preferred Jaspar Johns (particularly a late series based on the seasons), but 3 or 4 years ago the Met had a major retrospective of Rauschenberg's assemblages. Seen together they really are quite powerful and show just what a major artist he was.

Was a little out of control the last couple of days. I ordered all the May 13 Conns except for the Art Farmer one. Then yesterday made a quick stop at Dusty Groove and picked up Nigeria Rock Special (so I have the whole set), Afrodite by Dino Piana and Oscar Valdambrini, a 2 CD set which collects 4 of Baden Powell's MPS albums, and just for fun Absolute Funk v. 5.

Very sorry to hear this, but do celebrate the bond you had with him and the time you spent together. My dad told me last week he was going in for surgery. It went well, but I am still going to book a flight next month to go see him.

I believe this was a Chicago gig. I was there and I took my father-in-law!

Johnny Griffin Griff n' Bags (at Dusty Groove for the ridiculous price of $7 -- I think they had two left). They claim they will also be carrying Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz soon, though Griff n' Bags appears to cover nearly all of that release. I also got a 1 CD sampler from the What It Is box set and Chet Baker-Art Pepper The Route.

dancer2.bmp Is that for real? I didn't think there was any difference in what she really looked like - or her feet. I thought it was all happening in my mind MG I think there are two options. Either it is pure optical illusion, or in fact they are intercutting two different images and the brain sees one or the other depending on which eye is dominant. If someone did a video capture and slowed it down that would probably resolve matters. Either way it is pretty cool. I've changed my mind. It is an optical illusion and you can see the bent foot as either left or right. And depending on how much depth you give to this leg, it makes it spin either direction. This is a bit too small, but it shows this in principle.

Is that for real? I didn't think there was any difference in what she really looked like - or her feet. I thought it was all happening in my mind MG I think there are two options. Either it is pure optical illusion, or in fact they are intercutting two different images and the brain sees one or the other depending on which eye is dominant. If someone did a video capture and slowed it down that would probably resolve matters. Either way it is pretty cool.

T. Monk is the subject of BBC Radio 3 Jazz Library, available for 6 more days (or as a podcast but only for UK residents): Monk That would probably be interesting enough, but the person helping with the selection is Jason Moran, and he offers his insights and thoughts on Monk. Worth a listen anyway.

I'll get to this one day. Have you read The Night Watch, also by Waters? I enjoyed it, though I admit it left me wanting more (perhaps an epilogue that returned to "the present" after WWII and explained a few more details). But on the whole very interesting.