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Interesting. Does he talk about how he got in with the Albert Grossman/Bearsville crowd? I really liked him on Taj Mahal's "The Real Thing." And don't forget:

He's also on this, which I picked up not too long ago from an Organissimo member: And he's on this, which may not be your cup of tea if you don't like vocalists:

Did you read the article? Ad hominem snarky comments don't help.

Appears the Reuters article is fake news. See: https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/03/16/reuters-stealth-edits-debunked-story-claiming-trump-sought-monopoly-on-covid-19-vaccine/

Just noticed this listing at Dusty Groove. I don't know the recording date. A really cooking little session from tenorist Mickey Fields – recorded live as one of the legendary Left Bank sessions in Baltimore! Mickey's got some great company on the date – including Groove Holmes on Hammond, plus George Freeman on guitar and Billy Jackson on drums – a lineup that is featured on most of the record, save for two numbers that change to include Calvin Vaughn on organ and Don Bowie on drums. The album features one very long jam session number titled "Left Bank Cook Out" – and long takes on "Straight No Chaser" and "Lover Man – plus cool takes on "Light My Fire" and "Little Green Apples" https://www.dustygroove.com/item/474557?format=lp&new_status=used&sort_order=date_added&page=1

https://archive.org/details/Let_It_Be_1970_film

And not just rock. This Month's BBC Music Magazine has a column on the subject. Excerpt: "It's just as well copyright law didn't exist in the 18th and 19th centuries, because composers often cannibalised each other's tunes. Without Mozart remodeling Handel (in his Requiem), Brahms recomposing Bach and Schubert, Wagner rewriting Berlioz and Liszt (in Tristan and Isolde), classical music wouldn't be as fruitful. Thankfully, the repertoire was enriched by these creative reworking - rather than the pockets of musical lawyers."

For fans of early Sco, there's a Near Mint- copy of Bill Goodwin's "Solar Energy" currently available on Dusty Groove for 99 cents. Excellent, pretty rare album. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/933085?format=lp&new_status=used&sort_order=date_added&page=2

Led Zeppelin scored a major win on Monday in the copyright battle over “Stairway to Heaven,” as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a jury verdict finding the song did not infringe on the 1968 song “Taurus.” https://nypost.com/2020/03/09/led-zeppelin-wins-stairway-to-heaven-copyright-case/

I'd jump on "Blues For The Fisherman" if you have any interest in Art Pepper: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/artpepper13 This one caused a stir a few years ago: Walter Namuth Quintet: Left Bank '66 (Featuring Mickey Fields): https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/walternamuthquintetfeatm Their site's layout is terrible. You can't even get an alphabetical list of all jazz artists.

The problem with Record Store Day is there's no guaranteed way to buy what you want. Your local record dealer might not have ordered the titles you want, or been able to get them, or might have only gotten one or two...it's a system designed to benefit insiders.

Not only a great pianist, but his personal sound and technique became the preeminent piano comping sound in jazz, displacing Bud Powell's. I remember seeing Pat Martino around 2006, and whoever he had as a pianist played nothing but Tyner's dense block, swirling chords. RIP.

I use it when I'm playing pool with a friend, and the pool hall is blasting some truly awful hip-hop thing (or whatever they call it these days). I find it amusing that these snippets of awfulness, with their sludgy beats, booming bass, and lack of tunefulness actually have song names and artists, especially since they mostly sound the same.

This looks like an interesting release for Record Store Day: https://recordstoreday.com/SpecialRelease/12081

Thanks, Shrdlu. The pic was used on the back of the RVG release of Volume II, but cropped to just above Sonny's head and to the left of the speaker.

This album is GREAT! Could've been released on Prestige in 1969. Adam Nussbaum, Brian Charette, Ed Cherry...pure pleasure.

Great news! They do amazing things these days.

Good wishes to your wife, and may she have a quick recovery.

So sorry to hear of your loss. Their birthdays were so close! And the way they passed so close together, they must have truly loved each other.

I thought the interviewer was too combative and challenging. I enjoyed spending time with Sonny, even if it was just through print. Question about the picture posted from the Volume II session. Sonny's sitting, to the right there's a speaker, and on top of that there's a case showing a horn. Is that J.J.'s trombone? There was no trumpet on the date.

What do you like about this turntable? It is beautiful.

Thanks. I already do this. I am considering the kit, although I'm not adept at this sort of thing (all thumbs), and for steps 3 & 4 there are no pictures.

Generally, no; I notice it more towards the end of the side. Of course, there are better pressings and worse pressings. 1.75, which is the recommended force from the Pro-Ject manual (the cartridge came with the turntable). It seems high to me, but whatever. No, which is why I wonder whether the belt has something to do with it. I will say that it seems that ECMs show very little rumble.

Correct, only on the record. Actually, mostly notable at the leadout groove, and sometimes in the space between the next-to-last song and the last song (i.e., towards the inside of the record). So while this was my first audiophile turntable (albeit at the low end of the audiophile scale), I do wonder whether this experience is truly superior to a good standard consumer turntable from Sony, Panasonic, or the like. I don't recall encountering this sort of rumble from one of those. Does a low-end audiophile turntable truly "sound" better?

This really looks great, and just might address my needs. Thanks, bresna and Brad! I recently replaced the belt, and that helped for a little while, but the intermittent rumble has returned. I've been playing a lot of my old 45's recently, and moving the belt from the 45 position to the 33 might have exacerbated it. I know they make a box to switch speeds electronically, but thought it was more for convenience; now I wonder.