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I thought they mentioned Marcus by name in a scene or two but I don't know for sure. I thought it was a pretty decent job. Managed to show the womanizing and drugs as bad though I think they could have shown these to be even more gritty and grizzly than they did. Fox did a pretty good job at portraying Charles; you forget pretty quickly you're not looking at the Genius himself. Music was fantastic!

The Gordian knot? NO. The taming of the horse? YES.

I disagree that the Monk and Rouse relationship became stale, but not about these sessions. Excellent stuff, the solo stuff being the stuff I most spin. Wish more of the live material from Monk's last five years or so would be released on cd!

Anyone see this movie? I'm of divided minds about it. I either really liked it or I liked it. . . but. . . . The manly love was not overdone and not inappropriate for the period. I feel cheated though that they didn't include Egypt and the announcement by the oracle. . . . What a heartbeat for the film that would have made, and I nearly fell out of my chair when they went right from training in Macedonia to the battle against Darius! Anyway, beautiful filming, some good action, and wow. . . Babylon! Something makes me think Stone may have been spinning a message for our times. . . . G. W. carrying out the war his father didn't . . . just like Alexander and Philip. . . . G. W. on his quest to bring democracy to the "east" just like Alexander wanted to bring the "Greek" Freedom and culture. . . . G. W. not knowing when to stop. . . Alexander keeping on the march to the end of the world that never arrives. . . ?

I've some of his stuff from earlier decades than the final one. Nice stuff, traditional, not ground breaking, fun. Not sure you NEEDS ta Jim, but you might dig his playing.

Yes his books are truly insightful comedy works if you ask me. And I find that I really like his nightclub acts as preserved on United Artist lps (and several import cds). . . . REALLY FUNNY STUFF.

Lots of great trombonists left off, nature of the beast. Teagarden for me. . . there are so many choices but he still is the one that speaks to me the most. I know WHY J. J. gets so many votes, but his sound and the "feel" of his playing and music doesn't really move me . . .he'd be much further down the list for me.

The real honest answer is that I'm a Teagarden FANATIC and I want to have everything so that everything on this set that isn't on the Mosaic I want. I have a lot of other early material that is not on this set. . . because I love early stuff more and more as time goes by and I love early Tea. For one I enjoy the Jimmy McHugh and Whoopie Makers and Jack Pettis and Goody and his Gooders etc. sides that open the Epic set. I have a lot of other Teagarden from the twenties and early thirties that I really like. . . just really fun stuff. I think I have him complete up to the forties. . . or I hope I don't because I'd love to find more!

I recommend grabbing it as well at that price. Sounds better than the cd version from Collectors Classics (or at least different), has some stuff not in the Mosaic I would not want to be without, and is fun to spin!

The main reason I love this: It's got that slow burn to it that I really enjoyed playing within when I was playing back in the late eighties and the beginning of the nineties. I gues I respond to that and the very deep sort of sharing that happens in there like microsecond by microsecond when you're in that sort of a groove. Rare sort of stuff!

The TOCJs sound okay, but I like the sound of the lps and some of the domestic PJ reissues better. . . . It's just personal opinion AND, I BELIEVE (that is in my opinion) dependent on the character of your system, as to what one might like. I used to really like the TOCJ sound, but now with my system it's a little on the unexciting side. But that's me and my system. . . I know that others prefer this sound.

They are indeed pretty cool cds. . . ! They have that homogenized smoothed over TOCJ sound though. . . .

Okaay. . . NOW YOU'VE DONE IT! I totally disagree with your assessment of Cannonball! But it does eerily mirror the way I feel about . . . Lee Morgan!

I'm not going to buy this SACD. . . I haven't enough desire to hear this album (more and more Hartman annoys me and I'd rather have these ballads without him!) This could be a mastering plant problem too not necessarily to be lain at RVG's feet.

Mike, I'm a fan too. I wouldn't want to be without this one.

His classical disc is really something. . . the pianist is extraordinary (not Joel) and the sound is phenomenal.

I voted for Seger Ellis.

I feel so sad for Sonny!

Kevin, plod is probably too strong and poorly chosen, but I do find that bass and drum team to often be just. . . perfunctory or "getting the job done" and I think Cannon and Bill both SHINE when they have more than that beneath them. I don't think either Bill or Cannon really shine on that date! "Am I Blue" is meant to be on the downlow. . . I don't think there's a real comparison for me. . . one succedes (Am I Blue) and one doesn't (Know What I Mean) at meeting their possible goals. Jim: I have all the Landmark cds by Cannon and love them. I upgraded to ONE (Pollwinners) and then not any of the others because I didn't think that one was really a significant upgrade; the Landmarks sound pretty good.

I couldn't disagree more! I think that Cannon really came into his own, there was hardly a better alto saxophonist alive until he was no longer alive, and that he pursued his course as an artist, an entertainer and a teacher with steadfast progress from his appearance on the national scene to the close.

I'm with you Evan. I keep listening to Wayne around this time trying to har all the things that some people hear. . . and I don't. Nor do I hear much after his comeback. I'm just sort of tired of his "serpentine fire" to borrow a phrase from Maurice White's group. . . . After falling in love with his work in the seventies and listening away up through the nineties I just find that I am disenchanted now in the new millenium; other music speaks louder to me and I've set Wayne's aside.

Sensitive is one thing Al. . . I find Kay and Heath really boring here. And I find Evans quite himself, but not "sparked" by a rhythm section that just plods. . . Cannon too is not as inspired as I think he could be. But that's just me!

My favorites ARE trio or solo. . . I guess I'll say something off the wall to answer your question that probably others won't. . .well Shrdlu might. . . the sessions with Gary McFarland. AND I really love Evans' contributions to Mingus and Russell albums!

Not me. . . Heath and Kay just make Know What I Mean a bore for me. I much prefer many ohter dates to that, even stuff like "To the Ivy League from Nat" and "Jump for Joy" or "Great Love Themes"! And Somethin' Else just isn't in the top five for me either. . . not sure why. I just listened to "Accent on Africa" and "74 Miles Away"--those are amazing albums!

I'm not sure why Fat Cat Records are not on cd, but I wish they were. Those twelve volumes of Bechet in Boston, a number of other great lps. . . would be wonderful to have them on cd!