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I could copy it for you for free.
Matt
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I have bought "Kind of Blue" three times. First time was because the CD was so scuffed and skipping all the time. Second time was because it split in half. First time I bought it was 1996. Second time was 2001. I ordered another "copy" on iTunes today. That should hold up a bit better. Perhaps.
I bought Giant Steps twice. My first copy was probably spun over 1000 times. I swear to god that album got me through grades 8-10. It broke about a year ago and I've been so busy listening to other stuff. Having a distance from it now, I think I'm ready for a new one - perhaps with some alternate takes.
I mean.....I don't really need a copy because I have memorized each album in their entirety but I feel like I should always have them on hand at home if I'm entertaining folks that only know those CDs.
Is anyone willing to say they don't currently have a copy, but once did.
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Hey all. My radio show is today (Saturday) at 3pm EST and besides featuring stuff like the new Fieldwork, David S. Ware Quartets and all the new Fresh Sound New Talent stuff, I will be doing choice Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks from the Mercury Box set (which it turns out the station already owns) and the Atlantic vinyl I have.
The webstream for those of you outside Pittsburgh is at http://www.wrct.org and select the webstream option that says "Hi mp3." Do not attempt to use the ogg vorbis streams which are on top, they are difficult to work.
If you have requests during the show you can email me them at jazz@wrct.org or you can instant message me on the AOL Instant Messenger screenname, wrct883. I will also be giving out the local phone number on the air.
Hope some of you get to enjoy the show!
cannonball-addict
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Hey all. My radio show is today at 3pm EST and besides featuring stuff like the new Fieldwork, David S. Ware Quartets and all the new Fresh Sound New Talent stuff, I will be doing choice Rahsaan Roland Kirk tracks from the Mercury Box set (which it turns out the station already owns) and the Atlantic vinyl I have.
The webstream for those of you outside Pittsburgh is at http://www.wrct.org and select the webstream option that says "Hi mp3." Do not attempt to use the ogg vorbis streams which are on top, they are difficult to work. If you have requests during the show you can email me them at jazz@wrct.org or you can instant message me on the air studio AOL instant messenger screenname, wrct883.
Hope some of you get to enjoy the show!
cannonball-addict
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It is mono. And it sounds great despite clearly having some scuffs and minor scratches. Where can I take it to get it appraised? Should my local vinyl emporium be able to grade it?
And by the way, this place is holding an auction until August 3:
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Bought my first two Rahsaan LPs of my life the other day. One was the 2-lp set Bright Moments. I didn't enjoy that anywhere nearly as much as "The Inflated Tear." The Steve Turre album, "The Spirits Up Above," a tribute to his former employer was my introduction to RRK's music and I am so glad I am starting a collection. Is there a reason to get the Mercury box before picking up his Atlantic sides? And isn't there something to be said for trying to collect each LP or CD. Has anyone besides Bright Moments done this? Is it very hard to come by RRK's Emarcy LPs and if so is that why its just easier to go get the Mercury box?
cannonball-addict
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I just found "The Inflated Tear" when digging in the crates at my local record shop. What a purchase. I cannot believe no one told me about this record before. The extremes on this record are just mind-shattering - from the yelling and clocks on "Tear" to the beautiful song for Rory. This was an amazing man.
And on the liners on the back of the record RRK lists Eric Burdan and the ANIMALS as people he respected as much as Duke Ellington and his bandmates.
Thank you RRK for making beautiful music.
Please make other recommendations for Kirk albums. I heard he went off the deep end at one point.
cannonball-addict
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I would prefer if Curtis stuck to the sax but he did have one rather interesting experimental feature on one tune of Matt Wilson's 2004 Palmetto disc, Arts & Crafts: Wake Up (to what's happening). This was surprisingly good. The rest of the CD has no vocals but really is one of the best of 2004.
I was reading old posts in this thread and agree that Luciana Souza's North and South album was also fantastic. I hope she doesn't sell out when the big-timers find out her true talents - I am confident they will and then exploit them.
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I have it and can send it to you by gmail if you have an account.
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I know no one has touched this thread in quite a while but I really wanted to know if anyone else (perhaps on the other side of the pond) has discovered this album by this singer named Sara Lazarus.
She won the Monk competition one of the years they had vocals as the 'featured instrument' and she had kids after that and did not release an album til last month. It is on Dreyfus Jazz and she is joined by a kick-ass rhythm section including guests such as Winard Harper and Bireli Lagrene.
The arrangements are tight and she really has quite a lot of skill. She has really excellent scatting and her intonation is almost always on the mark. The band really grooves. My only complaint is that she gives it all up in the first chorus (what I mean to say is that the following choruses (reprises) are not as exciting as the first chorus usually - she uses all her tricks right up front). If she can hold back a little more (in the tradition of Shirley Horn), I think she would be terrific!
that's my two cents
p.s. luciana souza has an AMAZING new album on Sunnyside called Duos II which is the second installment of vocal/guitar duos with Romero Lubambo (classical guitar), Marco Pereira (sughyama, seven-string requinto guitar), Walter Vogt (guitar), Swami Jr. (tessarin, seven-string guitar) Guilherme Monteiro (classical guitar, gibson 175, electric guitar)
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I like Caetano Veloso, Luciana Souza (A LOT), and Marissa Monte. There is a great Brazilian music/culture show at the radio station I work at, that is on the air and the web on Friday evenings from 6-7PM. You should check it out. This week they are featuring various chorinhos. It is a bilingual program (Portugese and English).
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Never dug the Trombone/Tenor of the front line. It seems a trumpet needs to be in there somewhere or nix the trombone (sorry Free For All
)I forgive you and remain hopeful that one day you will see the error of your ways.
BTW, if you don't like the bone/tenor combination, you might as well give up on the band as a whole, 'cause that's their SOUND. Trumpet/tenor would not sound like the Crusaders at all.
Nor the Dave Holland Quintet. I love this sound! I wonder if Dave got the idea from the Crusaders.
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That means today I bought an original pressing in VG (very good) condition of this Stanley Turrentine's Joyride for $5. Did I get a deal or what?
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no that's not it. it has pictures and examples.
matt
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where is the website that shows how to tell if an album is an original pressing or a later reissue/or what era its from? I googled creatively for the last half-hour and am at my wits end!!!!
cannonball-addict
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Art Blakey and Max Roach had it all. Ed Blackwell had a special thing. So did Tony Williams - a real special thing. Since Tony Williams, nobody does it for me except Lewis Nash, Brian Blade, Bill Stewart, and Matt Wilson.
Nate Smith is pretty nice too.
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BTW, regarding the LCJO I recently heard from a very reliable source that Wynton has been having some rather serious chop problems lately.
Have you (or anyone else here) heard and/or noticed anything to further confirm this?
And regarding Sean Jones, I've been enjoying his latest recording (Gemini).
Pretty eclectic stylistically, but throughout SJ is blowing some good shit IMHO.
Yes Gemini is a good album but when it goes cheesy, it goes way cheesy. The two tracks with the saxist Walter Smith III are stellar. He is one to watch!
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Have you guys heard the recently issued Derek Bailey/Evan Parker concert released on Leo Records from a 1975 concert way before they parted? It's great.
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Braxton/Bauder - 2+2 Compositions
I think you mean Psi not Leo? It's a reissue of an Incus LP with extra material. & yeah, it's one of the best reissues this year--great stuff. I haven't heard the other two duet albums they did but I'm told but those who have that this is the best of the three.
What do you think of the Braxton/Bauder? I liked it a lot but I know people who were less excited about it for some reason.
I haven't listened too closely. I am not a big fan of Braxton. I don't think he is that ingenius....
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This is a beautiful release. Greene and Walden are similar players and they worked together on some tom harrell stuff before. Vicente Archer is really quite the solid bassist. I've heard him on a lot recently - some Bruce Barth live set (bootleg) and on the Nicholas Payton Sonic Trance album. I am really happy to be spinning this on the radio here in pittsburgh. FSNT finally got some distribution going on outside NY and Europe!
matt
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DAVID S. WARE QUARTETS - LIVE IN THE WORLD (3 CD Set) on THIRSTY EAR. CHECK THIS OUT!!!!
I will be playing it. And the new Vijay Iyer.
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Have you guys heard the recently issued Derek Bailey/Evan Parker concert released on Leo Records from a 1975 concert way before they parted? It's great.
Also, a nice semi-new Tatsuya Nakatani called Green Report 12. Some beautiful shit.
Braxton/Bauder - 2+2 Compositions
Baghdassarians.....
Aardvark Jazz Orchestra - Trumpet Madness (great disc)
I need to talk with you guys more often. You should all be listening to WRCT Pittsburgh on the web at www.wrct.org for this stuff on Saturdays 3-7PM EST and Wednesday nights 9-midnight EST.
Matt
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present-day NYC cats:
David Binney - alto sax, laptops, other things
Jorge Rossy - drums, piano (he recently left Brad Mehldau to pursue piano playing - he is extremely good according to his replacement Jeff Ballard, whom I chatted with in March)
Gil Goldstein - piano, harmonica, accordion, arranging, composing, producing
John Zorn - should be obvious
Jamie Saft - the mastermind behind many a Tzadik release as well as a major creative force behind Dave Douglas' Freak In project
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This is terrible news to me too. He is a major reason I stuck with the sax.
I hope he is feeling well enough to keep up him chops on EWI. Nobody can play sax or EWI like Mike. Three Quartets is indeed an amazing album.
P.S. Why would Michael Brecker hold a benefit concert? He is likely one of the richest jazz musicians ever to live. I heard from an insider, he charges like $1,000 per solo on rock records he's been on and if Branford Marsalis is commanding 50,000 a hit these days, Michael is certainly commanding more than that.
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What music did you buy today?
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I just got it for the radio station I work at with underwriting money from the local Tzadik outlet and it was definately a worthwhile purchase for all the perks like a history of the group not only from Zorn's perspective (why he created Masada, what the process was like writing tunes for the group, their live performances, etc.) but also from each fellow members' perspective. Dave Douglas' recollections are worth the $32 we spent on this release alone.
Matt