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Charles, very good observation about he collective aspect! Mike, glad you made it to the show. I don't quite agree about the influence on Jackie, and especially about the influence on Miles (Don Cherry, yes, Ornette on trumpet, no) but I'll think it through more. . . . It was definitely a night to remember!

Oregon chai? That's like American beer! (That is like making love in a canoe . . . fucking close to water!)

The second bassist was Tony Falanaga. It was amazing. We had excellent seats, right of center, fifth row from the stage, and the sound was great with exception of the baffling around Denardo which was a bit too extreme; I know why they did it (so as not to overpower the sound of the two bassists, and Denardo is not the subtlest of drummers), but wished they had had a shade less baffling; it immasculated the lower end and midrange sound of the drums. Ornette thankfully only did two short violin solos (I'm not really a fan of his left-handed bowing!) and did some very nice trumpet and predominantly played alto (I couldn't tell if that was a Grafton plastic alto or a white enameled brass alto. . . couldn't get a good enough look at the right side where the differences in the key and pad mechanism are visible). He played wonderfully, with a full and warm sound. Both bassists were played exceptionally well. We were on Greg Cohen's side so we heard his bass so fully. Tony's bass was a little less audible presence-wise but we could see and hear him okay. His arco lines are really something, mirroring Ornette's melodic statements with an almost telephathic manner! I'm not disappointed it wasn't Charnette at all. . . . What surprised me was how calm and collected and humble Ornette was. I had expected him to be a little edgier. Much of the music he played was very "deep blue" for the most part, a lot of very plaintive and reflective material, a few uptempo items that he seemed to choose to use to soar with floating melancholy between the two basses and the ride cymbals. . . quite emotional and quite moving music. My friend Dave Laczko, former Tower Austin jazz buyer, was thanked by the introducer of the concert (forget his name, he works for the Gov's Commission on Music and Film) for helping to make this happen; he has been bugging the UT jazz productions booker to keep trying to get Ornette ever since Tower opened in 1991apparently, and knows this woman well; Dave was sitting right next to me and was totally unaware he was going to be thanked---it made his year! I'm sure nearly every die-hard jazz fan in Austin was there; quite a lot of these knew who he was. A great moment! I was hoping to also connect up with Joe Milazzo from Dallas but his cell phone number he gave me never did answer and I didn't see him in the crowd (there WAS a crowd, a good thing). . . . That was my one disappointment of the evening.

Or to my thinking the truth of the matter may be . . . it doesn't really matter!

Aric, Jim is playing around with the name "Bill Evans." The Bill Evans that Liebman recommended to Miles is a sax player who played in a later band. And Yusef Lateef ("Gentle Joseph") was given the birth name of William (Bill?) Evans.

Just found this thread too, and have nothing to add except that I'll be thinking about all of you, and hoping for the best, and I counsel as much patience as possible. My wife was ill for several years before there was a proper diagnosis and treatment; I know that there is little comparison between her case and your wife's, your wife's condition is going to be found and treated much earlier, but I do know the value of patience.

From my COLD DEAD HAND!

Tuberific!

Alright! I love that Early Ellington, and I'm glad you picked it up and are enjoying it! Today I lucked out on a rare used cd excursion and found all six of the Charlie Haden "Montreal Tapes" on Verve cheap!

Finally got my package! I listened to a lot of the first disc of the soundtarack and am now watching the bonus songs on disc two of the dvd set. . . . HELL YEAH!

Bev gives really good advice. I keep listening to music that I've listened to for decades and finding a ndew approach to the material. And I'm now enjoying things that I distinctly didn't enjoy before, and couldn't be bothered to listen to items that used to excite me in the past. The "K2" versions mentioned above. . . K2 is a mastering process developed by JVC and used on both Japanese and some American cds. There are Japanese versions of all the Miles Davis Prestige titles available in K2 versions, and some of these have been released in K2 versions in America by Fantasy/OJC. Also K2 is an integral part of the XRCD process and many of the Prestige Davis titles have been available in XRCD.

Still no order yet. . . but I guess Monday. Now Playing: Jams 7 and 8 from the Granz set. BUT right before that I had the disc of alternates and addenda for the Garcia studio box set spinning.

Me too Guy. Sketches was ruined for me for a long time by a roommate who used to totter home, put it on a reverb laden Motorola console stereo he had in the living room, crank it up, put whatever side was on on repeat, and then crash out on the couch snoring for hours. . . . Took a long time to get over that. When I finally COULD listen to that album years and years later in the cd age I found I really love it. The voicings of the ensembles that Evans does, the texture that he creates in an ebb and flow, and the sometimes whack (to me) way that Miles responds with his statements (with wild tones for the times!) . . . . I think it deserves to stand as a masterpiece. But man, please, NO REVERB.

Whuzzzupwiththat? I haven't gotten my order yet. . . probably today!

Ask her to "pour" or "serve"

"love" or "make love" is in the vocabulary. . . .

I have a Capitol LP that has some of these. . . nice stuff. I think that there may be enough to make a short Select. . . but it would hardly be likely to be worth the licensing trouble. . . .

The five cd set . . . www.gdstore.com has it and it WAS in the soundtrack section of cduniverse a few days ago but I don't see it now! Looks to me as if at the moment only Grateful Dead sites have it listed. . . ?

I bet she waved a finger at you, naughty boy!

Call her, okay? 555 BEER

try some variation of bosom. . . .

rub spin kick boogie and lap are the same as dance shake

"kiss me" works too. . . or so I've been told. . . .

I can't comment on this because I don't have it. I have most of the Taylor leading up to this date and I'm still digesting it, but enjoy it. I have some Taylor from later decades and I still can't make heads nor tails of it, enjoymentwise. There's a limboland in between I haven't traveled. . . .

Yes it's exciting but unless they're a saving it for a second JATP box, I don't think even Verve has it so it may never surface. . . .