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Lots of Nola Penthouse dates. . .especially Cal Massey's Candid.

MANY More happy ones!

In some ways I'd say McPherson. The man had/has that sort of underground spring bubbling up thing sometimes in a way that Bird had (more often)

That dosn't seem to be how it hits ME. Especially "Concert in the Garden" which doesn't seem conventional to me at all. "Lacking in sonic ambition?" A lot of things that are sonically ambitiious I don't necessarily enjoy, so this is not a fault for me if true. Sure there may be nothing earthshattering and groundbreaking there. But there is real, deep beauty in the sound and playing that I find very moving. It's a personal response; I can understand if another didn't have it. I wonder how the March 28 Jazz at Lincoln Center broadcast was. I'm pretty sure I'll get to hear it soon. Probably was an experience!

Thanks Agustin. Those look GREAT!

Amazing book isn't it Harold. I just this morning finished rereading The Divine Invasion. A stupendous work. . . I was especially impressed with it this time. It grows in depth as my life experience does! Now back to "Half Slave, Half Free" . . . I needed a break from it halfway through.

Yes, I ordered the Solal-Bechet and the Solal Volume 4 before my wallet screamed and ran out of the rooom. . . . Oh, they also have a new cd version of the Gitte Haenniing and Clark Boland Big Band session that I managed to get in before fiscal calamity transpired.

Well, not JUST alternates, but also material recorded live, material never released commercially live and studio, etc. FANTASTIC series of discs. Their demise is lamented still!

Hmmm. . . well to elaborate MY feelings a little. . . I like albums that step outside the norm, the formula, and some of the BN albums are so much "one thing"--hard bop, greazy soul jazz, whatever that Moncur stuff is (I won't repeat my old term for it), etc. The Hutcherson albums cited seem to be a nice blend that removes that "one thing"ness and also seem a progression of the session, that is they seem to "fit" somehow to me with the time and nature of Hutch's musical thinking and the participants all seem to be "into it." So. . . they don't bother me and they don't bother my sense of a "cohesive album"--I like the variety they introduce. Now if all of a sudden in the middle there was music a la Guiseppi Logan's ESPs or Bley's "Barrage" ESP for instance, that would be . .. surprising. .. maybe even a little pleasant, but would seem bothersome!

None of the Hutcherson stuff bother me at all.

I won't choose. I can't do wihout either of them!

Hey 7-1/2 ips tapes. . . I've heard many and they can sound really good. To my ears the difference between the earlier discs and the new ones are that the earlier ones sound beefier, a bit darker, and the new ones are thinner sounding. I prefer the former for the most serious of listening sessions. . . It's not a huge difference.

Yes, it's been remastered I think at least the credits are to McMaster for remastering and young Lundvall for the mastering.

You know I think I prefer the sound of the earlier cds to these new Select discs! But yes, I agree these are great performances, full of charm and swing and I like these. I keep a set of them at work and often pull them out. Some of my favorite later Dexter!

It IS a good record. . . Nice cover too.

Gosh. . . I'm afraid eventually they'll raise the cost of my monthly bus pass to higher than its current 10 dollar cost!

I've got a CBS cd of this group, and a Moon cd. Great band!

Just started rereading "The Divine Invasion" . . . Philip K. Dick. Time number 4 probably.

Thanks Flurin. I'll have to view "In the Mood for Love" one of these days. . . . I think the sort of Phil Dickian aspects of 2046 will satisfy me. . . .

Free For All, hey now you don't have to put your real name out there (Paul McCartney, right?) to get some respect around here! Jeff B, Africa Brass: by whatever name, I'm so thankful you're around!

Well, I got my 2 disc copy of 2046! Looks like a really interesting movie; watched a little bit of the "Making of" film on disc 2.

Wow, that looks great; I'll be looking forward to this one

It IS all about the clarinet! I think you'd dig the Gato, I listened to part of that this weekend, and the Charles Tylers are cool. . . .

No. . . But you can find most of them by looking at the offerings of the two major sellers of these. . . Missed your post in January!

OF COURSE IT DOESN"T!