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  4. *** Clifford Jordan ***

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    i just got a sketchy CD of clifford jordan "in the world" i think it is called.

    pretty good-i think originally on strata east.  i really like the first tune, "vienna".

    interesting mix of modern and older school players for 1969 too-like wynton kelly and julian priester and don cherry and roy haynes and kenny dorham and ed blackwell.

    for some reason "glass bead games" never did it for me.  sounded too commercial or something even though i am sure that wasn't the case.  i like this "in the world one" better.

    i think i will explore some of those muse ones next.

    which is the most progressive of the muse dates?  seems like savoy has put then back out there.

    I think that "In The World" is great too; it was an LP on Strata East. I also love "Glass Bead Games". I think that you should give that one another listen or three.

    My favorite Muse recording with Clifford Jordan on it is Richard Davis's "Epistrophy/Now's The Time, Recorded Live at Jazz City", a very "live" date: passionate,boisterous, atmospheric, reflective, and "free" (for a Muse release). It was originally an LP, but had a nice version of "Highest Mountain" added on its CD incarnation. It has been one of my very favorite live albums since LP days.

  9. Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane

    in Re-issues

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    ... I much prefer Griffin...

    Up to this point, I agree with you. "In Action" and "Misterioso" are my favorite live Monk records. I look forward to arrival of the "Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane" disc from Amazon (within the next few days via SuperSaver shipping :mellow: ) to hear if my opinion changes. I'm expecting great music, even if Monk-JG is not supplanted.

  10. Lee Morgan: The Last Session

    in Recommendations

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    "Lee Morgan" came out when I was an undergraduate at Cal State Northridge and it was a musical staple for me back then.

    By the time the CD, "The Last Session", came out, I had been long-parted from the LP. So I didn't notice, at first, the editing of Roy Brooks's spacey solo, but it was a part of the original vibe that I miss. So keep your LP.

    I heard Roy Brooks play his saw within Mboom. That was cool too.

  14. Higher Ground Relief Fund concert is on now on PBS

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Towards the end, that 'spanish tinge' piece as they called it,(Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra: "Havana Blues with Salt Peanuts" ) sounded pretty good, don't you think? But then I don't really have a basis for comparision, I am just basing it on how it sounded to me.

    It's how the music sounds to you that matters most.

    To me, FWIW, The Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra, at least on that piece, sounded no worse than I would have anticipated; they were competent, I guess, but they lacked fire.

  15. I love cheese.

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

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    Parmigiano Reggiano has long been a staple . I know a place in the Bronx that sells really great Reggiano for $8.99 a pound.

    A recent discovery for me is another Italian cheese, Piave. It's somewhat reminiscent of Parmigiano when aged, but I prefer it when it's half-way there, eaten by itself.

  16. Higher Ground Relief Fund concert is on now on PBS

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    Jon Hendricks was great. I also liked the messages from Danny Glover and Harry Belafonte.

    Robin Williams was pretty good. Herbie did "Eye of the Hurricane". Idris Muhammad is certainly no Ed Blackwell. I thought that Laurence Fishburne did his MC/"guide" thing well.

    I'm not a fan of Diana Krall, but I thought she came off rather well tonight too. Most of the rest of the performances, I thought, were poor to mediocre.

    I've found that virtually everything musical that Wynton Marsalis has a direct hand in has lacked vitality, but I sure appreciate him for using his "good offices" to help bring tonight's event.

  19. AOTW September 4-10

    in Album Of The Week

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    I can't remember which I had first: this album or the two long-out-of-print (and missed) DeJohnette albums from the period (which featured Abercrombie), "Untitled" and "New Rags". Anyway, "Timeless" and "Gateway" are the only two Abercrombie-led recordings that I've held onto through the decades.

    "Timeless" is an excellent and wide ranging program that I always play from beginning to end.

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