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Keep Jim supplied with stimulants and he'll never be bested!

Jimmy McPartland on repeat mode? PRICELESS!

I've never heard the lp, but the Koch cd Bill mentions doesn't sound THAT bad. Probably a rare case of the cd bettering an lp!

This is a wonderful collection of great music, with excellent sound from the late Davies, and killer liner notes. I preordered it when it was coming out. . . !

I'm with you Ray.

Cary, I'm sure you won't be disappointed. Me. . . I'm not the biggest Wayne fan these days, the "forensic" nature of his playing and concept just gets colder and colder for me. There are some great passages in these discs, and some that don't move me at all. Herbie plays wonderfullly at times, for me he's the star here. Overall it's great stuff, but perhaps for ME overkill. BUT I think YOU and quite a few others here will really dig them!

Deus, very nice, reminiscent of some European labels . . . ! I have some stuff I've done, about 130 covers for Hendrix bootleg material, a few hundred covers for live jazz material from collectors. . . Not nearly as nice as yours, done in a very basic photograph based word document for maxislims mostly. . . .Mine DEFINITELY look homemade, that was the style I was going for, sort of "scrapbook" as a house style. Yours look PRO!

Juke Box Ella two cd set is a great one to have, as well as her collaborations with Ellington: the Songbook albums, the Ella at Duke's Place, and all the Juan-les-Pins stuff . . . ! I also really like the two cd set on GRP/Decca "The War Years."

I've had the Forensic discs about three weeks or so. . . great stuff. I'll try to see if I can find out what happened; I'm in the same town with one of the two principals and sometimes share a lunch with him. . . .

PS: Marty: you haven't answered a few emails. . . tha's cool. Got the envelope you last sent me and trust you got yours.

I guess it depends on how you feel about solo piano. . . . I think in some ways the happiest times I ever spent with my clothes on were spent in front of a piano in a practice room, or in a living room, just exploring the musical universe on those 88s. So I respond to noodling piano players with a lot more enthusiasm than the average bear I guess!

His two cds on Solo Art (a George H. Buck Jr. label): Eye Opener, and Aligator Crawl

I am growing fond of that one. For me it's aging well. . . .

I know what you were referring to. Structure can be good. . . and lack of structure can be good. My feelings.

I love that Sutton cd as well. Jazz Arbors is a great label!

Damn. I haven't heard this. Recently pulled out the Dragon cd. WHAT A GEM!

Hmm. . . I enjoy both styles of performance. . . . When I was in bands I enjoyed the wandering more than the "let's do it once more just like that." Oy. That killed my love of playing at times! Jim, have you heard the Osby that was possibly (seems sort of obvious to me sometimes) inspired by this session? Symbols of Light, a Solution? My favorite Osby!

I agree about the mix on Illusion. I love that string session. Those players deserve gold medals and red carpets. They really pulled it off!

Man, that Patton set sure isn't selling!

Andrew has a denser sound on the soprano than say the Coltrane-school sound. (It's a curved soprano too, which may be pertinent or not). Also he's playing less rapidly and fluidly here than the other soprano players on this set. It's obviously not his primary axe. I've listened to the first two discs. I love them. I've always been a fan of what was released on "One on One" and the remainder of that material is fantastic here. I don't find the aimlessness at all, it's to me just the way Hill is and how his music segues from theme to theme, place to place. I've really enjoyed hearing the trio material as well, I love Hill in trio, and adding in the organ and that one outburst of soprano, just adds a new level of fascination. Robinson on drums adds interest for me as well as he has a differnt approach than the other drummers on Hill sessions and I like the approach and the very fact of difference. Sound is wonderful. Addey's mastering seems to really allow the instruments to speak. McMaster's seems to add a sheen that homogenizes a little bit (and thins out the sound to my ears, more "digitally" sounding, I'm trying not to trash his work, but I'm always disappointed when he's the digital engineer). Addey's mastering here is a definite PLUS! Natural, full sound. I've had to take a break before going back to this set. Truly powerful music.

PS: I am very very surprised that the set arrived today!

Got mine too, #0314 in da house! Going to listen in the morning. . . way early in the morning. Just got home from a wonderful Indian food dinner and my wife has other plans for me. . . . They're good plans so Andrew will have to wait.

Thanks for the notice, I need to get this. I think Ms Parks was going by Mary Maria at that time!