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A certain Ms. Greco was probably VERY jealous! I found this via Google Image Search, hit "Miles Davis" and it showed up on the first page! I knew it would get some "love" here.

I just bought and last night installed a "Samson" rack from Mapleshade Records. 2" maple shelves, solid threaded steel rods, brass locking nuts and brass spiked feet. It's expensive, okay it's TOO expensive, but I've loved the results of their maple platform, brass cones, Isoblocks, etc. and used the proceeds of selling an amp to buy this rack. WOW! I'd say the system sounds about 15% better somehow! This thing is so solid and so beautiful! I'm REALLY looking forward to a weekend of heavy listening.

I am CERTAIN he was!

I'll beg to differ. I love them both. I wouldn't be without Zoning, and Zoning is a straight date without spiritual trappings and voices. . . an easier item to keep in print!

I think the Genius Presenting the Fathead was available in the two cd/four lp set that 32jazz had out of four Newman Atlantics.

Yeah, this is wild, wacky stuff! It's cool but it ain't Doing the Village Gate! It ain't even filthy mcnasty!

I'm wearing on my boss's nerves.

Maybe I'm weird but I love Miles' playing on this. Even though everyone else plays EVEN BETTER.

I don't know anything about Mobile Fidelity CDRs, I know they made gold CDs and then went out of business and then came back again recently, but. . . . I have used these Mitsui cdrs when my audio burner was in better shape, less discriminating of type of cdrs, and they are very very good cdrs. Just got a few dozen for some archiving of recordings I had made myself on tape in the 'eighties. Worked flawlessly, seem beefy and even seem to maybe have a tiny bit more warmth than the normal Mitsui cds in playback. (Maybe that's just my imagining). They're quality. Got mine from www.am-dig.com.

Exactly. Though Duke and Sonny Blount were using it beforehand, and I'm sure they weren't in a vacuum, it was Zawinul's very soulful use with Cannon that really brought the use of the electric piano to a visible position in jazz, and I'll bet inspired its use in the Miles Davis Quintet (I could be wrong.) I wish that Duke had recorded more on electric piano; he carried one around with him almost everywhere on tour it seems, he was quite intimate with the keyboard! I bet he could have made some great recordings with it.

I DIG Dave Digs Disney. It's current domestic cd release really doesn't sound that bad.

Yeah, sorry about that. . . . B)

Gosh, there are so MANY! I think an early favorite was "The Wind Cried Mary." It was just so different than what I normally heard coming out of the radio from Lorenco Marques. I really do love the later song writing though, and would have to say "Power to Love" and "Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)" if you forced me to three (I'd drop "Message to Love.") Colette Mimram and Devon Wilson!

Dusty Groove also has Nostalgie Moderne/Starburst for 15.99 at the moment. Hey if Early Records can get them for less than 16 dollars each and 3 to 5 dollars postage (depending on whether you buy one or two of them) then more power to them! But this is the best deal I've ever seen on these titles.

I like the use that Zawinul and Hancock and Corea did in the second half of the 'sixties and the first year or two of the 'seventies. And Sun Ra from about 1955 or so on. . . . And Duke on Capitol! I find it interesting after playing all three briefly to try to identify whether Fender Rhodes, RMI or Wurlitzers were used. I like the Wurlitzer and the RMI a lot!

ANYTHING by Mary Lou Williams is worth hearing, but you're right this one is a damned fine and I need to dig it out and spin it again. I believe you can order this on cdr from Smithsonian Folkways.

Paris Moods is currently (or rather was this weekend) available at Dusty Groove for 16 bucks!

SCARIEST SHIT OF ALL!

If so it must have been as in "This is some damned good CRAP!" ***insert toking sounds****

I haven't watched a football game in over thirty years, so I missed this. I wouldn't have been offended. I don't have children and if I did, I probably would have had some explaining to do and would have done it. I'm with you re: the puritanical aspect. What scares me most about this nation is the dishonesty of our business leaders and our politicians.

D, I'm glad you had a great time. There is a fantastic book which I'm sure you saw in the gift shop (???) that is an excellent resource for information about the house and has amazing photographs of Pops in and out of his home. I recommend the book that is probably easy to find discounted that is "Louis Armstrong: In His Own Words." It gives a sense of athe man similar to that you get from his music and I bet his house.

Dmitry, hopefully you will find a visit to the house fascinating. I'd love to see it one day! Although I would caution you to make sweeping judgments on his life based on this house!

The man was a frikkin' genius with laser beams. He not only revolutionized one genre of music but transformed the cornet/trumpet in general use, and galvanized pop vocals. AND on top of all that he was an amazing writer, and a visual artist as well. From my study of his life I've come to the conclusion that a large portion of the outward aimed joy was REAL. He felt he was in the world to entertain and spread joy and happiness. He certainly worked towards that goal with a lot of success. He had his frustrations, but he let them pass through him, he seemed to let them out. He took the stand he needed to take for his mental health; when it was vitally important, he let his rage out. He was full of passion for music, for his family and friends and countrymen and just plain people. With his gifts he did much to improve the world. I DON'T see him as a tragic figure.

Savoy/Denon also released an excellent cd of Bright's as a leader in their early-mid nineties series of reissues ("Bright's Spot") that you should keep your eye out for; may not be too hard to find.

I guess if I want to continue to convince myself that I don't need this Select because I have copies of everything on it I had best NOT LOOK AT THIS THREAD EVER EVER AGAIN!