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Nah, Russell's best work was way way earlier, though I like the stuff with Brown. Russell is one of my favorites. He was amazing and exciting in the 'twenties through the 'forties and just more consolidated and concentrated beyond. I can hear a bit of Russell in Webster, I hear also a sort of Trumbauer/Young thing too (maybe from Lester's Dad as a teaching influence), and later Webster a sort of Hodges/Bechet thing. Components that are woven into the tapestry. The man came up and through great times and absorbed and assimilated so much. What a player!

I keep returning to this one of late, find it very interesting. Soothing and a bit facile on the surface, but plenty of meat beneath. Great song choices, a "nova banda" feel to the arrangements.

Many many happy returns!

I received the two Monks, the two Shorters, and the Adderley. I confess they sound really good. However not that amazing that I'm going to order many more.

Isn't this in the original poset a bootleg we shouldn't be linking to?

Many happy happy returns John!

I wish I had a knucklehead (too). But I'm happy with my 96 cu. in. Harley motor. Hope it was a great day for everyone. Other than my Mom's full-tilt boogie dementia wreaking havoc, it was a good day here.

Holland 1958 has been circulated for some time. I don't think this year's recording has.

Many happy happy returns Brooks!

On the flip side, I got a catalog and haven't looked at it. I've been preordering sets for five years or so and reading the website and catalogs mean little to me and I used to pore over them years ago. But that is also a reflection of the current state of my life.

Damn.

Chris Albertson, Dan Morgenstern and Michael Cuscuna are probably my favorites.

Cassandra Wilson for me. Love that woman and her singing. And if she sang (more, there's a smidgeon) jazz: Paula Morelenbaum.

As I noted earlier about the same price at deepdiscount, and they have a photo of the set.

Django's?

Many happy happy returns!

Hope it's a great one Don, and many happy returns!

It's many-splendored, we all know that.

I think I remember reading that in "Cats of Any Color," as something Wynton said on TV.

AWESOME!

Right. Next time Joni infers Bob steals lyrics I'd like to point these out to her. I really don't get into Court and Hissing any longer, used to, but they don't grab me now. Maybe one day. For me the trilogy is Hejira, Don and Mingus.

Bet our outer boxes looked similar. Mastering on this set is really good (at least so far, I bet it is throughout).

I take it you do not like Don Juan's Reckless Daughter... which I am now considering. That one is . . .worth considering. Had I known I would have thrown it on when you were here, if I could find it in the chaos of my collection on either cd or lp, I have both. It has some really interesting, sort of gimmicky, Jaco. Still interesting all these years later, still gimmicky too. And it has an orchestrated piece that I sometimes like and sometimes just skip. More of the confessional tattle taling of "Hejira," and it has one song that I will never forget and will always love, "The Silky Veils of Ardor." That is just a song I loved at first hearing and will never not be moved by. Lyrics don't look like much on paper, but they really work with this melody, the atmospheric recording, and her delivery. I am a poor wayfaring stranger Traveling through all these highs and lows I heard there was no sickness And no toil or danger Just mercy and plenty Where peaceful waters flow Where peaceful waters flow Come all you fair and tender school girls Be careful now when you court young men They are like the stars On a summer morning They sparkle up the night And they're gone again Daybreak gone again If I'd only seen through the silky veils of ardor What a killing crime this love can be I would have locked up my heart In a golden sheath of armor And kept its crazy beating Under strictest secrecy High security I wish I had the wings Of Noah's pretty little white dove So I could fly this raging river To reach the one I love But I have no wings And the water is so wide We'll have to row a little harder It's just in dreams we fly In my dreams we fly!

"Mingus" is one that grows on me more and more through the years. When first released it just seemed an odd duck to me, not really jazz and not really Joni. But over the years my listening has really expanded my sense of what is jazz and what is Joni, and I hear it all as much more cohesive and sincere than I ever did before. Love the lyrics of "Goodbye Pork Pie Hat." Really works for me. Over the years the truth of these lines (that seemed sort of glib and shallow to me on first listenings) have revealed themselves: Love is never easy It's short of the hope we have for happiness Bright and sweet Love is never easy street!

My DVR didn't pick it up for some inexplicable reason and I only managed to see the last five minutes when I got home from Mom and Dad's. Have to wait til it comes on Demand. Sigh.