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Very good two cd set, well worth pursuing!

I'm glad you're okay Brandon. I'm pretty darned certain that Capitol Metro will make good on the repairs. I'm a fan of Capitol Metro and 95% of their drivers. I've seen them make good on accidents before. I've been using Capitol Metro for fourteen years for my transportation to and from work, and for seven years for 95% of all my transportation that is not walking. I'm constantly endangered as a pedestrian by the cellphone yapping SUV driving population here. My wife and I have nearly been slammed a number of times the last few years when we're seemingly invisible to cars and trucks. I am growing angry with cars and drivers!

Great recommendations here. Just want to add that the Vanguard sessions have Elveen at the drum throne.

NICE cover C!

I both like. . .and dislike the book. Like the content. Dislike the "thinness" of some of the real material and the writing itself is sort of disquieting to me (just a personal writing style preferrance thang). But yes, I mean I KNEW that Dylan was literally "a self-made man" before this book, but this book really brings that home. . . .

Boy am I weak. I went to look at the link you provided Cary, and ordered the disc! Thanks.

I've had this on vinyl for some time myself, I believe you have the date right, yes.

Thanks for the input folks (both here and off the board as well). I wasn't in a hurry to get this but the fact that all of a sudden it hardly appeared anywhere got me wondering. I did see mention that only the "first 50,000" copies would have the second cd with two songs with Dylan on board, and maybe that printing has run out and they aren't printing more. . . . My MAIN Dead interest these days is the early to mid-seventies; I really liked their first few years on their own label, and saw them a number of times in that era and didn't follow them much after that. Recently I've gotten "Wake of the Flood" (my favorite), "Mars Hotel" and "Blues for Allah" and the pertinent volumes in Dick's Picks that covers this band with the Godchaux and just Kreutzman, my favorite Dead drummer (anyone else reminded of DeJohnette listening to him?) I've been reading Hadju's book on Dylan and looking at Dylan material as well (really my main interest in Dylan has been his work with The Band, a great coupling!), which was what sparked my interest in this disc. I should probably look for "Dylan and the Dead" instead. . . or as well. Cary, that "Early Dead" two cd set does look interesting, as does the other cd; the two cd set IS included in the Rhino box set, which is something I keep wondering whether I should pick up one day. . . .

Saw Volume Two yesterday. Quite a thrill ride! Ultimately I would say I liked the first one a hair more, but this had a different feel, a surprise or two, and a nice conclusion. I think Tarrantino is not someone I really admire as a person in any way, but he makes interesting films. I'm not going to pretend that I don't squirm here and there, but I'm also not going to be a snob and say he doesn't bring anything of his own to the game. Wonder what's next?

Good gosh, I'm already cringing thinking of John Stephens singing "Mandy."

I'm just very careful indeed to assign "influences" to anyone any longer. Nothing ever seems that easy to me. I personally believe that it is likely that most of Herbie's musical identity was forged quite a ways prior to "Zodiac Suite." There are other reasons why he didn't record before that Chocolate Williams date. . . . Anyway, I guess a lot of deep thinking about the nature of musicians influencing others (or should I say artists influencing others) I've done in the past few years (helped a lot by thinkers on this board and its predecessor) has taken the "fun" out of it for me and made it serious business. Enough about this from me! I'm so glad that another Mary Lou Williams has been slated for release! Here's hoping for more still (yes, I'm greedy).

Herbie was not in short pants in 1945! I've read the book too, hey, I don't hear it the same way you may, that's fine. I've been listening to both of those players for some time. I just don't hear an influence of MLW in HN. There's lots of places both players could have gotten similar pianistic habits.

Yes, it appears to be a compilation from 2002 and I don't see it at the usual places I shop. I'll widen my search.

Yeah, those are great. . . I didn't mention them because they aren't really to me like the trio albums I did mention, and it was a trio album he was wowed by and wanted something like it. . . . Nichols "clearly influenced" by Mary Lou? Hmmmm. . . not necessarily something I'd say. The opposite . . . that might seem more possible to me!

Or Bertrand Uberall.

If anyone knows of a cheap copy of this one, I'd be interested. I am surprised to find that thtis does not appear to be in print. Is it worth pursuing?

Unlike Brandon, I feel that "Zoning" is an important work and can recommend it. I also recommend highly the HighNote cd "Live at the Keyston Korner" and "At Rick's Cafe Americain" which are both nice trio recordings.

I've heard two models of Jolida amps and I don't think they are in the same league as the Decware amps. To my ears the Decware---and at the time I was listening to the Jolidas I had their very first amp without any of the three revisions they now have on the basic model---had more clarity and less grain. On the Decware board there have been several who reported that they thought Jolidas were very good til they heard Decware or good vintage tube gear. I am not sure that the Integrated from Decware can be used for biwiring. Perhaps. For several reasons you may want to check out Decware's forum and you may want to call up Steve and ask him a few questions about your speakers, etc. Don't be afraid of seven watts. Seven watts of good tube power can really achieve a lot! And my experience with audio has led me to believe that the lowest powered amps are really the best. . . . My five watt amps do all I need them to, and I really loved my two watt amp and agonized over parting with it to afford these new ones! Nothing quite like the deepdown wholeness and clarity of the sound. There is a speaker for 700 dollars made by a fellow named Dave Parker that is made specificially for the basic Zen amps that keeps getting increasingly more positive reviews from Decware users. . . the Parker Audio 95s. Their ohms and effeciency are set up to match the amps'. I'd be tempted if I didn't already have the Radial speakers, which are the best I've every heard; these speakers are just the bedrock of my listening world.

Well, I feel better, just made a date to meet Helen at our favorite Indian restaurant, The Clay Pit, where I can indulge in their MARVELOUS chai, really a treat! NOW I'm watching the clock! (Now? )

Throwing promotional money at it and putting it on Regis and Ellen and Leno and Letterman etc. couldn't HURT. I think it would help.

Fantasia and Latoya are neck to neck as the one most likely to win in the poll at the bottom of that article. I voted that I think Fantasia is the most likely to win, though I'd rather see Jennifer get it. I think that woman is an awesome singer!

It sounds really nice, better than an lp copy that I've had. I guess it depends how you feel about Shepp's contemporaneous work. I really like "Attica Blues," "For Losers," "Kwanza" and this one. . . though they are different in instrumentation and material than those that came before them. I view this one as a sort of Shepp response/reaction to Duke's "My People" show---and he does "Come Sunday" here too, which Duke had in disguise as "David Danced before the Lord" in his "My People." Joe Lee Wilson does his usual wonderful singing job on here. . . Shepp blows some really nice horn, it's funky and soulful. . . .I really like this and wish there were about 200 other sessions like it.

I can't cuz I'm at work but I'd love a mug of my favorite (and I indulge in it at home everyday) coffee: This stuff is so good I can barely drink anything else.

You're right, I'd forgotten how long those were. . . . And no lack of bass if you ask me!

My wife drives me nuts every year because she insists on doing the taxes (and for a while her stock holdings made for a good excuse for her to do so, that she does not now have) and she procrastinates and procrastinates and. . . I would have them in the mail in early February if I could, but instead. . . I mailed the return off April 13!