Pete C

Naomi Watts Naomi Campbell Soupy Sales

Apu (Nahasapeemapetilon) Freddy Adu Abou Ben Adhem Adam West Senator John East Sheree North

Absolutely, but the late-'70s/early '80s material has more pure funk influence.

Felipe Alou Matty Alou Jesus Alou

Yes, I remember them from a Plautus play I once saw in ancient Rome. Jean Knight Mr. Big Stuff Little Big Man

Some of the funkiest shit I know is Jorge Ben Jor. Some recommended discs: http://www.amazon.com/Brazilian-Hits-Funky-Classics-Jorge/dp/B00005NSWV/ http://www.amazon.com/Live-Rio-Jorge-Ben-Jor/dp/B000005TQ5/ This is a great compilation, not sure how easy to find CDs, but downloads readily available: http://www.amazon.com/Hooked-on-samba/dp/B0015O4UCY/

Fanny Farmer Rita Tushingham Earl Butts

Taras Balzov Kotcha Kokov Bendin Spredyachiks (These are fictional names from the National Lampoon's "KGB Phone Directory" published some time in the '70s...) Wilmer "Vinegar Bend" Mizzell Val Wilmer Val Kilmer

Socks Checkers Fala

The Love Song to Om of Stacia Proefrock. I don't bother with Simon Weil's pretentious writing.

Madame X Lady L The Divine Miss M

Lily Pons Johnny Hodges Eddie Rabbitt

Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Boots Randolph A. Philip Randolph

Is that the order of original release? It looks like that's the M.O. Infinity is another one I can live without ever hearing again. On the other hand, Transition is absolute killer. Means as much to me as any of his albums. Me too. I think the title track really captures the essence of Trane, sort of Impressions meets Love Supreme.

Is that the order of original release? It looks like that's the M.O. Infinity is another one I can live without ever hearing again.

I don't know, but that's a pretty amazing quartet of posthumous releases, eh?

The proposal about the Trane rhythm section made me think of just how different the two saxophonists are/were temperamentally. I might even say that Ornette is Dionysian to Trane's Apollonian. I love Trane, but I'd never describe him as playful the way I would of Ornette. Moffett and Blackwell were IMO perfect for Ornette, and I don't think either would have fit so well with Trane. FWIW, I never thought the Coltrane/Cherry meeting on Atlantic worked very well.

Here's a really stupid promo video:

Billy Childs Thomas Kyd Dave "Baby" Cortez

The original Selflessness LP had one side with late material (was it just the title tune?) and one side with My Favorite Things and I Want to Talk About You from Newport 1963. Selflessness the track was on Major Works and the Newport material of course is on Newport 1963. It's sort of odd to revert to the original LP configuration, which was an odd mix to start with. Personally, I'll be happy if I never hear Om or Cosmic Music again.

Antwerp was released quite a while ago as "His Greatest Concert Ever" on Jazzman. I think that was the first 2nd quartet boot that I ever saw on CD. Paris 11/06 was also issued as No Blues on JMY. I don't think that I have ever seen the Copenhagen concert on a boot, however. I have both of those, plus the two videos. Is there a Rotterdam too, or is that 1969 (you may have given me a copy)? What I really love about that tour is how different the concerts are. For instance, Paris is exploratory but Antwerp is much more intense. I think Karlsruhe is a better performance than Stockholm. By the way, there was a Japanese Sony release of one of the 1969 Juan Les Pins concerts and they were supposed to release another, but I never saw it. Anybody know about this?

Liner notes by Phil Schaap?

My new favorite Sly album is The Woodstock Experience, which is actually one disc of his complete Woodstock performance (amazing energy) and one with the Stand album, probably the best studio album.

I agree.

Ornette Coleman Jayne Cortez Denardo Coleman