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I'd probably pick "Accent on the Blues" too, but "Understanding" is a real gem. . . . No real reason to have to have just one (or five!)

I wholeheartedly recommend the Plugged Nickel box! Yes indeed. I also love the Blackhawk material. . . always have. . . one of my first tastes of acoustic Miles Davis after my initial drowning in electric Miles; Wynton Kelly impressed me then and still impresses me.

French Import ban? OH NO! I hope that doesn't last long! The Japanese reissue of last year or so is fantastic; the best sound I've heard yet, and complete. Doesn't have a few of the photos in the earlier Fontana release, but that is its only real fault. . . . superb sound.

Really can't be of any help. . . I"ve always liked this tune from my wornout vinyl of Directions trough all its appearances as part of live performances. . . . This was very interesting to me to hear all these takes after living with the one take previously released. . . I would say don't listen to these back to back! After the first few times through on sets like this with lots of alternates I don't listen to them back to back; I listen to one or two this time, then one or two the next time, and so on. . . . I like the "space" in this song and the structure. . . heck I just like it; I can certainly see someone not liking it.

I like to watch Criminal Intent sometimes. . . it's hilarious. Not intentionally, but I get big chuckles out of the storylines and detectives' antics. The "feel" of these shows is just too melodramatic and unreal for me to take them seriously!

I thought I had mentioned "Directions" in this or the other Organissimo thread, but I did so at AAJ instead. I have the DSD Sony two cd "Directions" and LOVE it. That said, I'm more and more glad I have this set (I was fooling myself into thinking I wasn't going to buy it some time back, yeah right) and am enjoying it more and more. The different segments of "Go Ahead John," and the different takes of "Willie Nelson" (a highlight of "Directions" for me) and "Nem um Talvez/Little Church" (always dug these on Live/Evil and I'm a huge Hermeto fan!) have been spinning a lot, and I'm warming up to a few of the unreleased jam pieces more as well. . . .

That Drevo is a great CD! I've been enjoying it for years as well.

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C, those are excellent sessions, and will probably sound very nice; not sure about their legitimate nature. . .they probably are pirated editions really.

Many many more happy ones John!

Well, "this one". . . I think that Monk's bands with Frankie Dunlop swung this hard. I do know what you mean about Rouse. I'm pretty sure that other saxophonists could have made the fit. Rollins was an amazing fit for Monk. I really like what Paul Jeffries did in the final Monk band. But Rouse had a lot of time to become that masterful with the music, a lot of time, more time than any other saxophonist. And it shows.

It's going to be great!

Anyone know what may be the next movie based on a Dick work?

Aha! Cduniverse lists the tracks on the soundtrack cd: BIG BILL BROONZY!

Good question, I didn't catch the credit either, and it was killing!

Well, I believe that the Golden Eight WAS released on Blue Note, and should not be considered a non Blue Note, though it was not a Blue Note production (it was a Gigi Campi production). It was leased, or bought, not sure which. . . bought I think, as it has been reissued by Blue Note Japan. I like it a lot! Clake-Boland Big Band and small group stuff is my meat!

That's all nicely said, but I'm not sure that was what it was all about. But no matter. It happened. Thank God. We have this music to enjoy for as long as we want to.

I'd beg to differ, strongly. It's style, but it's also something else. It is about people (especially Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown) if you ask me. Odd people. Broken people, perhaps. People though. This one is about. . . revenge. Motivation. Fantastic (in the sense of fantasy as well) drive and strength. And there is great narrative skill in the style. Just the way I see it.

Nope, don't miss my Adam's Apple TOCJ; I think both the JRVG and the RVG sound better.

But man. . . there's a part of me that wonders what that would have sounded like ever since I read about it. . . that might be a Beatles album I could really dig~!

You know the answer to that one.

Well, I saw this today. . . . It's quite a movie! Not for the faint-hearted in more ways than one. But some exciting filming, some excellent use of music, some very good acting. Over the top, way over the top, as is the whole sort of genre that it is wallowing in. I'm very glad I saw it! I'll definitely see Volume Two.

I like the VeeJay stuff fine, I actually prefer it to the Blue Notes to be honest. I think this stuff is music of high order. . . but I don't "need" it as much at all any more compared to how I used to want to listen to it in the past.

I'll admit the ballads have some emotion to them, but overall this is music that does not move my heart these days. I used to be immensely fond of Shorter's work, and I still am fond of it but my listening needs and wants seem to have changed. Just as you are now discovering some of Wayne's and Lee's Blue Note sides, I've known these for years, and they have lost the allure of discovery for me, and other items have that allure to me now! So as you say, different perspectives as well as tastes color our choices.

It boils down to personal preferences I guess. I don't feel the "heart" in Shorter's music that I feel in for example Pres' and Birds' and Duke's and Strays' and many another's music, and I begin to need to feel that heartbeat. Shorter's music more and more seems one of the mind to me, and it is great stuff, but it doesn't fulfill some listening needs, and I usually reach for others, and into the Brazilian and blues genres these days for that fulfillment. I'm not knocking his music at all, but it holds less and less interest for me. All that. . .may change!