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Yes, my best wishes too. We just can't take for granted every day.

First I noticed this. As a past Downbeat reader I guess we should consider only those posters with ratings of 4 stars and higher as worth reading. :-)

Happy birthday and I hope it's a beautiful day for your walk!

Jimi Hendrix: American Masters on PBS

Lon, I was reading some amazon reviews and they are somewhat unclear if this set includes the Living Stereo SACDs. The quote was transfers were "taken from" the SACDs which is different than these are SACD. Do you know if this set does include SACD? The price does seem to good to pass up.

Thanks ubu for the heads up on the sale. Ordered the Henry Grimes Trio and the Fred Anderson/Harrison Bankhead.

Winner! Can't wait to see the new team logo! Isn't that name already taken?

Same here. I thought it was OOP but it may have been reprinted in 2011(?) If I jump on this I may add the Fred Anderson. Unsure of the second choice. While I'm deciding maybe the dollar will move up. :-) Need to avoid too much spending.

Well, I suppose we could get all Tristano-ish and discuss "ego" vs "id" in music, "emotion" vs "feeling". but after all, the question was about "excitement" not "enjoyment". In that case I guess I'm not THAT excited by music. dana, I can't recall seeing that original thread but I trust you are continuing to do well.

Two things come to mind. Maybe three. 1. I'm all for using analogies but............ 2. Jim the moderator, please make Jim stop. :-) 3. "anytime at any place" ????

I don't want to sound like a shill for Chuck Nessa's catalog but earlier this year I started to buy a number of his titles. Before then I was getting to be a "lazy" listener. But I found every Nessa label title I purchased to be at the very least fascinating and, for me, different than anything I currently have on cd. I started listening more openly to everything I've been playing recently. So, yes, I would say I'm excited listening to music again. (There are five Nessa cd titles I don't have yet, one being the Bradford/Stevens. Since Lark mentioned Julie Tippetts, I may have to spring for that one soon too. I guess I'm becoming a collector again. :-). )

Chicago Transit Authority - my first rock album. As popular as the group was I still think Terry Kath remains an overlooked rock vocalist/guitarist. Santana (1st album) and Santana's Abraxas Allman Brothers, In Memory of Elizabeth Reed from Live at the Fillmore Creedence Clearwater Revival, Willie and the Poor Boys

Larry, Thanks for the link to those Flora covers. I have two Reptet CDs with his cover art (didn't see them in your link but it may not have finished downloading.)

Yes it is available as part of Roscoe's L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples. It was originally a 2 lp set now fitting on one disc. The music might not be in your "wheel house". L-R-G is 37 minute trio for woodwinds (Roscoe), high brass (Leo Smith) and low brass (George Lewis). The Maze is a 21 minute octet for all kinds of percussion. S II Examples is a 17 minute exploration of multi-phonics on the Seems like this one is right up my alley! There is nothing even remotely like this album in my collection which is also true for Chuck's other Roscoe Mitchell's, Leo Smith, Hal Russell, and Fred Anderson etc.

Really sorry to hear that. Dammit, I'm sorry to hear that too.

I'll add Art Blakey's Free For All. Up until I heard that album (and specifically that tune) studio recording didn't seem to capture the fire of live performance. This was the most intense studio recording I had heard. So much so that it seemed the recording equipment couldn't quite handle the group's intensity that day.

(1970-5) Rock records with bits on them that perked my ears up to this thing called jazz (or by musicians who constantly name dropped Coltrane, Miles etc): My example of this is from a Blood , Sweat and Tears album.......the song was Something Coming On and in the middle of the tune there is an abrupt tenor sax break. On first hearing I thought it ruined the song. Then I began to love the solo and subsequently became a fan of those with the skill to improvise. I still like that tune. And, as a young trumpet player, I wanted to play like Lew Soloff. Edited to say that the start of this post is a copy/paste from Lark's post above.

It's nice, as I get older, that my world can still get shaken (in a good way): From a recent purchase of Roscoe Mitchell's Nonaah (nessa cd) is the saxophone quartet version of Nonaah and A1 TAL 2LA.

I became a Randy Weston fan after hearing the double album Blue Note reissue, Little Niles, that included the, to me, incredible "Live at the Five Spot". I heard his Zep Tepi group (along with a sax player...Talib Kibwe maybe) a few years ago at the Tri C (Cuyahoga Community College) Jazz Fest. Before his performance there was an interview/conversation with him on stage. I can't quote him exactly so I hope I recall this correctly but he was asked about Thelonious Monk as an influence. He said that when he first heard Monk play he thought that he (Randy W.) could play better than that. Then he said, as he (RW) grew as a musician, he realized that Monk was using the grand piano less as a European instrument and more like a percussion instrument.

Not sure about that. If you go through Amazon, they report that it is a repacking of this set (http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Mozart-Edition-Vol-Violin-Concertos/dp/B00004YSBF/ref=cm_cr_dp_asin_lnk) and if you poke around long enough you get a back cover that indicates the Sinfonia concertante (KV 364) is Szeryng, Iona Brown and Nobuko Imai. I imagine this is the one you mean. Generally, these sets go for $25-30 used, so this is a good but not jaw-dropping deal. Something I will consider seriously, nonetheless.Actually, that doesn't make much sense -- the cover is very confusing, perhaps even deliberately misleading, but it is true it is unlikely there would be two violins on KV 364. Oh well. It appears, though, that once new berry comics sells out it's $26 set, it jumps in price to $214. ($150 used Like New).

Of course baseball isn't and shouldn't be like golf when it comes to fan participation. As a Tribe fan it was refreshing and, unfortunately, unusual to have that kind of attendance and enthusiasm. But, as expected for the Cleveland sports fan, it ends with disappointment.

I'm a little annoyed with the Cleveland media. They act like the Tribe is going to waltz right into Boston. They've won 10 straight. Not to curse anything but streaks always come to an end. At best this "one and done" game against Tampa is up for grabs. Go Tribe!

Exciting for Tribe fans no matter what happens the rest of the way. 10 straight to end the season! Granted errors from opposing teams helped. But, in the past, we never could take advantage of those. And to overcome the meltdown of the closer Perez means everyone contributed.

Reading past posts I found out that Ann took that classic photo of the Columbia studio during the Maze session among other photos. She is obviously multi talented as well. A special couple to be sure. Happy 50th anniversary and safe travels.

Love that box set too, especially the Buck Clayton and Harry Carney's Jamaica Rumble and Shifting Sands. Well, at least there will be two copies of that box still around after everyone rids themselves of their Mosaics. Make that three. :-)