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I can see that "total unity" ... yeah. I hear the kitchen sink in there too. Amazing music throughout that Interstellar Space. Each time I open myself to it I encounter yet something else I swear wasn't there the last time, so to speak.

Barry Harris was doing bebop at this time. Legitimate question though is the club employment aspect and the overall market: don't you think there was more souljazzin' in the clubs and whatever playing opportunities than beboppin'? Even in the early sixties the bar on the corner of my Philadelphia street (Red Rooster) was playing souljazzy stuff.

Right, I'll listen to it at the same time, certainly. I listened to part of an audience downlad of that night, and it was a darned good show!

I've got the original cds for the Williams, so I think I'll pass on the Select. The Hill though. . .I'll have to order that, and the Slide Hampton!

Here's the Corcord page: http://concordmusicgroup.com/artists/album/?id=4371 Then go to the home page and enter the contest.

Alright! Something to look forward to when I get to that year in the Compendium!

I think I like It Club a bit more too. . . . I remember the weird reverby sound of the lps! They stripped all that for the recent expanded cd reissue, and it's much better for it! (The French CBS cds were from the lp masters and had that trippy sound).

I've experimented with reversing speaker polarity on some of the 24 bit US Verve reissues and found good results (the Coltranes especially seem to yeild believable tonal balance after reversal). I find that most of the new reissues that use the Sundazed reissue team (LP by Request, Billie Holiday Master takes, etc.) sound very well balanced, rich and detailed, not bass shy, right out of the case. Good move Verve!

I've been listening to some "Good Lovin'"s from 1972. Of course, there's those Pigpen raps which I always enjoy, and some pretty good singing too, relatively speaking. I like the places they take that song that year! Some nice explorations and it's really nice to have Keith putting down a nice piano foundation.

Hmmm. . . .seems I can't blame my behavioral problems on either Elton John or Grand Funk Railroad as I refused to listen to either willingly. And I didn't unwillingly hear enough to mar or scar me I don't think. It's probably all John Lee Hooker and Joe Zawinul and Jack DeJohnette and Jimi Hendrix's fault.

I really don't like that annoying guy at all or his songs. I do have one cd that is a Billy Joel cd that I think is really good, it's his classical piano pieces performed by Richard Joo and recorded in magnificent sound. Really the pianist and the sound bring out the fantastical elements.

I'm with Claude. Flurin: Grand Old (Ole) Party I believe. So old it should be dead.

Last month was really bad. Got into a big impasse in my wife's treatment involving two doctor's disagreeing and we were railroaded down the path we liked the least. We suffered as we as patiently as possible went through all the channels we had to in the big hospital/university beurocracy and not only did we get the doctors to agree (ours was finally shown to be in error, misinterpreting a collection number by using the wrong referrence number) and we are on the better path. Oh, and we changed doctors too from a greenhorn to one who is internationally acclaimed (the other doctor in the argument, who had it right from the start). In short August was a big waste, a BIG waste and scary, but September has been better and we're finally moving forward again. Things get better SS.

One of many more happy ones to come!

Well, let's see, Sue releases something about every 12 to 15 years, and she'll probably do something completely different for her next release round about 2020, possibly that Ronnie Scott's date, so after that in another ten years, from the mausoleum, she'll consider releasing etiher Monterey or an apartment tape of Mingus working out the compositions and arrangements for the 1964 European tour on the piano with his daughter sitting next to him. . . .

But wait Dmitry, there's more! I've only ever heard the same cd as you have but there's three others. (from Dusty Groove) 1. Sun Ra/Salah Ragab -- Sun Ra Arkestra Meets Salah Ragab In Egypt . . . CD . . . $14.99 Golden Years (UK), Early 70s/Early 80s Condition: New Copy Out Of Stock: Hit the 'Send Request' button to receive an email notice if the item comes back in. Really unique recordings from the Sun Ra Arkestra -- material recorded in Egypt during the early 70s and early 80s -- juxtaposed with sessions from percussionist Salah Ragab and the Cairo Jazz Band! The work here has much more of a "jazz meets world" sound than some of Ra's other recordings -- and most tracks are extremely melodic and rhythmic -- in a way that mixes Eastern instrumentation and themes with some of the more familiar Arkestra modes -- a sound that takes the Sun Ra groove one step further, and which sounds totally sublime! Highlights include the groover "Egypt Strut", the other-worldly "Watusa", the flute-heavy "Oriental Mood", and beautiful "Dawn". Really great stuff -- and a key glimpse at this rare slice of Ra's career! 2. Sun Ra -- Sun Rise In Egypt Vol 1 . . . CD . . . $16.99 (Item: 426033) Salah Ragab Jazz (Egypt), 1984 Condition: New Copy View Cart A really rare slice of work from Sun Ra's incredible run in the 80s -- a live set that reunites the Arkestra with drummer Salah Ragab, one of the group's key supporters in the motherland, and a really great player who definitely expands their groove! There's a sense of focus here that's really wonderful -- bold, strong organ and synthesizer lines from Ra -- stretching out in a soaring sort of way -- propelled even further than usual by Ragab's tightly rhythmic focus, in a manner that makes the tunes bristle like some of the Arkestra's most soulful work of the 70s! Players here include John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Thompson on saxes -- and titles on this first volume include "Watusa The Egyptian March", "Solo Organ", "Shadow World", "Blues House", "West Of The Moon", and "Happy As The Day Is Long". (From the Jazz CD (N-S) page.) 3. Sun Ra -- Sun Rise In Egypt Vol 2 . . . CD . . . $16.99 (Item: 428439) Salah Ragab Jazz (Egypt), 1984 Condition: New Copy View Cart A really rare slice of work from Sun Ra's incredible run in the 80s -- a live set that reunites the Arkestra with drummer Salah Ragab, one of the group's key supporters in the motherland, and a really great player who definitely expands their groove! There's a sense of focus here that's really wonderful -- bold, strong organ and synthesizer lines from Ra -- stretching out in a soaring sort of way -- propelled even further than usual by Ragab's tightly rhythmic focus, in a manner that makes the tunes bristle like some of the Arkestra's most soulful work of the 70s! Players here include John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Thompson on saxes -- and titles on this second volume include 2 long "opening" tracks -- plus "Love In Outer Space/Nuclear War", "Unidentified Standard", and "Blue Lou". (From the Jazz CD (N-S) page.) 4. Sun Ra -- Sun Rise In Egypt Vol 3 . . . CD . . . $16.99 (Item: 428442) Salah Ragab Jazz (Egypt), 1984 Condition: New Copy View Cart A really rare slice of work from Sun Ra's incredible run in the 80s -- a live set that reunites the Arkestra with drummer Salah Ragab, one of the group's key supporters in the motherland, and a really great player who definitely expands their groove! There's a sense of focus here that's really wonderful -- bold, strong organ and synthesizer lines from Ra -- stretching out in a soaring sort of way -- propelled even further than usual by Ragab's tightly rhythmic focus, in a manner that makes the tunes bristle like some of the Arkestra's most soulful work of the 70s! Players here include John Gilmore, Marshall Allen, and Danny Thompson on saxes -- and titles on this third volume include 2 long "opening" tracks, plus "School You About Jazz", "Fate In A Pleasant Mood", and "Round Midnight". (From the Jazz CD (N-S) page.)

Me too. I'll see if I can get it in the UK for a reasonable price. Otherwise, it will be the second item on my Xmas list. I believe that one track was put on the 13 Pictures Mingus anthology. I believe that the anthology had "Meditations on Integration" from the Monterey date, not this one.

You could have kept that information to yourself! (And these sonic issues are so subjective!) I may or may not seek a copy of the new one. . . .

Tony it's far from my favorite Weston, I view it more the way that Jim does. It's well worth having, it's nothing like the (tongue in cheek I hope!) CTI by Gentle Joseph Teefski!

Mine too Flurin.

Earlier thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...=23132&st=0

Bet he read this one! It was one of the first science fiction books I read, and this is one mind-boggingly contemporaneous one if you ask me!

Couldn't agree more! I definitely love Rouse with Monk . . . (and don't forget he's on Riversides too!). The Blue Notes get the edge for me though because of the first appearances of all those tunes and just the sheer inventiveness of Monk in comparison to almost anything else contemporaneous. I never tire of those sides! I still haven't bought the US Live in Tokyo; I have a Japanese two cd version that came out befor the US version (and in a slimline double!)

I didn't know those had fallen out of print! I'd say get them, they're fantastic (the different drummers make them both differently great); hopefully you have the Blue Notes (my personal top picks) and of the studio Columbias, I really recommend the new Underground and It's Monk Time. . . .

I don't know who to thank, Woody, Buzz, whoever, I"m just very happy with the iMac, iBook, MacBook and iPod in my household. . . . I only wish I didn't have to use a PC at work! Decidedly inferior as far as "feel" and dependability.