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Come to think of it I need to get the one by newcomer Sonny Clake!

I voted for the Green. I like it. I like the Morgan a lot too. I almost voted for that one. They're all good actually, all of them. Nice series.

Hey, I ought to dig this out and participate. . . I'll see if I can. .. been working more and enjoying it less and have stacks of stuff to listen to! This is a domestic cd with Japanese remastering if my memory is still cooperating. . . . A great session!

I have this material on video vhs, excellent stuff! Black and Tan Fantasy. .. I love that film. Fredi Washington was one of the most beautiful woman ever!

This just in: Parker still alive, still a contender! I'm not that familiar with his work, but it's interesting! I'm an Ayler NUT.

PS: I think you'll really enjoy Colors: Live from Liepzig!

Happy Birthday JK!

Many more happy ones! Now that you can drink and vote, don't overdo EITHER!

Ummm. . . to me they no way rival the original. This is an okay tribute disc. . . . That's as far as I'll personally go!

Central Park North is coming out next month. I run hot and cold on this band. Hot on the earliest material, quite cold on the later material. One thing I grab onto on the recordings is the amazing work of Richard Davis and Roland Hanna.

I believe this thread is the figment of someone's imagination.

I have no idea how to answer this question! Porgy 'n Bess? Filles De Kilamanjaro? Miles at Fillmore? Get Up with It? Milestones? In A Silent Way? Workin'? I could give any of these as the answer any given day.

I'm afraid I DON'T like this as much as you do. A nice tribute cd, sure. . .but not something I reach for often. None of it replaces Jimi for me! The BMG tribute (In from the Storm, with Tony Williams et al) I like a little better. . . but generally I accept no substitute!

That Cannonball will be my first pick of this litter. Is that a new compilation? I don't remember seeing mention of that as an original lp.

That's true. Doesn't help someone who has given up lp playback! I don't think we'll see this happen often in the future, though it might happen now and then on cd. The one gold cd I never did pick up and should have/wanted to was the Disraeli Gears MoFi that had the stereo AND mono versions of the lp on the one cd. I grew up with the mono copy and the stereo version. . .well. . . I wish I could hear the mono!

Yes, reissue Lookout Farm ECM! One of the real standouts they're LEAVING out.

Pick one of the cds and put it in the player. Just explore this stuff in any way you feel like. I've never been a big fan of the original lp which seems to be a heretical position here, but it was the most boring of his electric stuff to me, too straigh ahead rock like; there is a Clapton jam in the Derek and the Dominoes box set that has a very similar groove. . . nothing special to me. But the Big Fun material, the takes of Willie Nelson, the material with Pascoal, and especially the versions of The Mask. . . I really enjoy those. Lots of material here to really explore. . . . I really personally don't think you have to go about it in one way or another.

I've been a Lateef (born Bill Evans) fan since the early seventies or so when I picked up a two lp "Best of the Impule years" on ABC. That led me to the Savoys and Atlantics and Riversides and. .. . I love the Savoys the best, they're just special, and I wish the remainder would hurry up and come out on cd, they deserve the treatment.

He was in it. I didn't go to see HIM. I can take him or leave him.

Me neither. I haven't been motivated to see Ferrell films.

Just did, and hell it's only 6.99!

Brad, thanks for the reminder; I had forgotten about the Shepp, which is a good one in my opinion; I'm going to add it to my order at cduniverse.

Personally I can't stand John Zorn, and I like an awful lot of the Bill Laswell I've been discovering lately. Go figure. I'd recommend a few that I keep playing over and over: Tabla Beat Science (I prefer the two disc DVD, but the two cd live is very good as well; haven't yet gotten the initial release, saving that for when I need to buy a thrill) Gigi, and especially Gigi Illuminated Audio (which is an "ambient dub translation" and doesn't really feature this Ethiopian singer much but is a fantastic production): this singer from Ethiopia singing secularized Ethiopian holy music is given great support by Laswell's production and arrangements (I think) and Herbie, Pharoah, Wayne, etc. Imaginary Cuba: this is a reworking of a lot of contemporary Cuban music that is quite successful in my opinion Jazzonia: took me a bit to warm up to but I like this hip-hop jazz fusion that has Karl Berger arrangements and performances, Byard Lancaster, Kevin Haynes, etc. . . . At first I thought it was too pop but then I realized that was the point, it wasn't aimed at me, and there's some really nice material here if you open up your mind a bit.

They say overall distortion, overdriven/too hot recording.

I haven't heard this one yet, though I am enjoying a few live NoJo boots. On the only other board I frequent (not a jazz board) regularly, they talk of distortion on "Feel Like Home"---one person says he's had three or four copies from different sources and it's not a defect of just one copy or so. Anyone else have information about distorted sound?