paul secor

Ellington: Small Group Sessions - disc 7

Ditto for Bird.

I think I understand where you're coming from, but I think there's more to Zorn than that. At times I feel that he's gone in so many different directions that there's no "there" there. (I sometimes feel the same way about a very different musician, Chick Corea.) And I too find much of Zorn's work cleverly shallow, or shallowly clever. But on the other hand, baby.... I find a good bit of his output compelling. I love Masada and the News for Lulu project. I even think that his "game" pieces sometimes result in groups of improvisers being provided with just enough structure/guidance to result in some excellent music that wouldn't have happened without Zorn's "rules." So I like of lot of Zorn's music, even if I don't quite "trust" him. I don't think we're that far apart. I gave up on Zorn some years ago, so I probably haven't heard as much of his work as you have. What I heard through most of the 80s didn't make me inclined to keep listening.

Cleo B.O. T.O.

All of us should listen to more new music.

If Quad can do a reconditioning job on your amp & preamp, that's the way I'd go. I've never owned a Quad, but from what I've read they made classic equipment. If Quad can recondition them at a reasonable price, you might have to pay big bucks to do better.

John Zorn is a clever guy, but underneath there's not much there, unless you're into cleverness for its own sake. The Big Gundown is no masterpiece in any world I inhabit.

John Jenkins passed away in 1993.

Shouldn't this thread be moved to the Politics & Religion Forum?

I've been collecting for years and honestly never saw it until the CD came out. Probably heresy to some people but, to my ears, the CD sounds better than the LP. Not to mention that the CD has an extra track.

I guess the people at London did a pre-Photoshop Photoshop of Monk with stock footage of Picadilly Circus at night. But I think it looks quite nice, you know? But why change it? I agree. I'm sure it's got something to do with licensing, but , who knows, maybe London label didn't like the original album and thought this would look and sell better. Monk's smiling face and the London night scene might bring a few punters in who might otherwise not pick it up. It's odd to see Monk on an album cover without a hat; most of the time (not all) he's got some cool looking hat on. More often hatless in the earlier photos. I think he had more hair then.

Article from the N.Y. Times that every sports fan might want to read. All of us have been there.

Interesting article on Haruki Murakami in today's N.Y. Times magazine.

Happy Birthday!

See post #2 on this thread.

Had no idea that he did the photograph for the cover of The Times They Are A-Changin' - a classic image.

Best wishes to you, Matthew!

Frank Lowe: The Flam (Black Saint)

Lacey Davenport James Cagney Mae Clarke

Any opinions on Lucy van Dael's two CDs on Naxos?

Dizzy Gillespie: Diz Big Band (Verve Japan)

Rossini: Semiramide Overture; Mahler: Symph. 6; Nielsen: Symph. 5 - Jascha Horenstein/BBC S.O./Bournemouth S.O./New Philharmonia Orch. - BBC The Luis Russell Story 1929-1934 (Retrieval)

Happy Birthday!

Frankie Jaxson Pee Wee Marquette Al McGuire

I cheated too. Can't believe it! Can't imagine that anyone will get this one.