jazzbo

I've been a bad boy too, really bad. . .a n d I got the email. 'Salright. I've nearly gotten all I want to at that price without going into the Classical realm. . . .

It's one of my least played Mosaics. Mainly that's because I have nearly all of it on other discs and I reach for those instead. . . !

Most that I have gotten are the same cds from any source. A few have been BMG manufactured cds. I haven't noticed any difference with those. . . .

I have all the volumes of the lps and yes, this is very interesting and moving music. I like Tapscott. . . I like him best solo, some of the trio work is exquisite, I'm pickier about his larger group sessions. Dark Tree for example. . . I've never warmed to those discs. In New York. . . I love. Some of the Pan Afrikan things I love. But give me his solo stuff and I'm nearly entranced!

I think that India and Jill are beautiful women myself (though I like India to have some HAIR . . . . I have been listening to Jill lately and she's becoming a MASTER. I haven't heard that much of India; I liked a lot of her first album, though it didn't seem to be cohesive top to bottom. . . I imagine she's grown. I like what I've heard of Joss too. . . . I don't think she has the experience on stage and the polish that Jill and India now have, but she may. Still . . . when I want to hear singers. . . . I mainly reach for Billie, Loius, Marvin, Jack T, Carmen, Helen Merrill, Tom Jobim, Paula Morelenbaum, Elis. . . . But these people have a longer history with me, I'm comfortable and actually long to hear them.

Carrie Underwood. . . Idol. . . gosh I hope not.

I feel that way about that one myself.

It's FANTASTIC!

I couldn't resist either.

Yeah. . .the Lizard. . . THE Jimmy Rowles. . . more and more he's becoming one of my very favorite jazz artists, period.

Those two European Sphere cds are available from cduniverse.com --one is 13 dollars right now, the other 16.

Since we're basically just listing anything Rouse was ever on. . . . . . let's not forget to mention his own date as a leader on OJC, Takin' Care of Business, originally on Jazzland. Good stuff!

I'm of divided mind at times about Desire. . . but I have no qualms about Ms Scarlet Rivera's contibutions!

The Monk Tribute on Landmark is very good.

I'll check those out Flurin, thanks. Taking my time as I have about 30 Dylan cds from the period before these that I've accumulated the last year or so and not really delved deeply down into, and I want to get more familiar with those first!

Cool Flurin, those look great! Thanks for the pics.

I've been listening to Bob quite a bit, directly. I've been struck by his poetic gift . . .1964 to 1966 he was just at a peak of his powers of writing, really impressive stuff AND ON TOP OF THAT the spooky delivery and the aural delight of his performances. Then there was another peak around the New Morning/Planet Waves/Blood on the Tracks years, where his storytelling took grip and he crafted little slices of life that really resonate with deep life experience. Amazing! I'm LESS interested in what followed. . . but I'm going to do a little more exploring in that direction as I know there are gems in there. In my past I just took a lot of this for granted. But from my different vantage point now I see powerful artistry.

I'm not arguing about expecting Joss not to sound like a kid. I'm not really even a Joss disliker. But 'Retha didn't sound like a kid at 18 to me at all. There is a discernible differnce to me. Not everyone IS like Aretha though. Nor should they be expected to be.

Yeah, I think Vonzell is the one to watch. She gets better and better. She nailed "People" a few weeks ago too. NAILED it.

I would recommend it. I like all the players here; this has a nice soulful vibe going. Don't pay a lot though. It will surface again as a reissue I bet . . . or a cheaper copy. This was not a Connoisseur I don't believe; it was an early label reissue, then deleted, then a Collectors' Choice series reissue of the original cd.

To me they seem about the same as the other crop of singers. And to hear a different viewpoint, my wife has told me about ten times the last two months she thinks this final twelve is the best ever! Go figure!

Actually Aretha was I think a good dollop better at 17. That gospel record she recorded even earlier was amazing. By 18 I believe she was making some pretty spectacular stuff for Columbia. She seemed to have a bit more depth and maturity at that age than Joss is showing. . . .

Now I'm going to support Vonzell.

And yes Dan, Mikalah Gordon, who was so incredibly obnoxious, did the "God Bless the Child" version. She's going to be a beautiful woman when she grows up.

Well, I'll tell you why I'm watching it: Because my wife likes it a lot. Which initially surprised me a lot the first season, how much she responded to this show. Because she really hasn't cared much at ALL about music. She likes to dance a lot, but that is the one function she sees with music, and she doesn't really understand my obsession. BUT she has been asking me a lot about music since this show came on and she has begun to really understand more about music and about what it does and means for me. So this has been a great boon really, this show, for me. It's never angered me. . . . I guess these days only politicians really get me enraged!