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I was interested in hearing the Tyner "Guitar" record.

The Bach Guild's (Vanguard) Schubert Box. 13 hours of music for 99 cents: Amazon

Thanks to Steve(thelil) for the impetus for starting this corner. I've been listening to a lot of Charlie Hunter lately. He's the type of musician that in an earlier era would be praised, followed and discussed. Stylistically, he's all over the place (in a good way), everything from hard electronica to reggae, funk, power-trio rock jazz, and straight-ahead jazz. As Wikipedia notes, "Hunter plays custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he simultaneously plays basslines, rhythm guitar, and solos." But it never sounds gimmicky; it's always in service of the music (and maybe to save the cost of a bassist). Besides the TJ Kirk sides, here are some others I like (though the albums with Bobby Previte can get very noisy):

I've been thinking of starting a Charlie Hunter Corner, as I've been listening to a lot of his work lately. The TJ Kirk albums are excellent; they have a "mash up" approach, along with a "why the hell not" sensibility, but they make the concept work, since they all have a lot of chops. I have two others as well, and can recommend them all:

Well, he gets his fix through Netflix, so it's all over the place. Sonic Underground, Butt Butkowski (?), The Eon Kid (?), Garfield. He still likes P&F, it's just that he's seen them all by now.

My son loves that show. It's actually pretty witty. Yah. I'm sad my son's moving away from the show, because I love to watch it with him. Of course, I felt the same way about The Wonder Pets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyEREJP0YjI

Click in the reply box, so you now see icons. On the top row of icons, click the third one from the left ("Special BBCode"). In the "Please Select" drop-down box, choose "Media." Then paste the YouTube URL in the "Media URL" box. Click OK.

Windows 8 Continues to Fail - ZDNet

eMusic downloads usually wind up duplicated in two places: where you instructed it to go (in my case, to let iTunes catalog it), and to a separate eMusic folder as a safety (in my case, on my desktop).

I'm in. Thanks for maintaining the board, Jim.

Release date June 4: Amazon

Release date June 25:

Or some similar advice: try rebooting it.

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Does anyone have a discography for the CD "The Kansas City Sessions"? I ordered the CD from Amazon thinking I'd get the Verve version; instead, I got one on "Folio," evidently licensed from GRP but containing no discographical info. Any help would be appreciated.

Is this one of them: http://www.allmusic.com/album/ira-sullivan-1977-mw0000868543? Any idea when they will be released? How did this wind up on Flying Fish?

Hey guys, calm down and start commenting on the music; you'll find you're more than welcome here.

Every place has its own vibe. You're not in JazzCorner Kansas anymore.

I do think that's a shame. Reprise never let it go out of print and it was widely available, which meant people could be exposed to it (witness all the befuddled reviews on Amazon). Now, who's gonna know to go to the ZFT website?

Well worth it. And with the money you save, you can get this:

Sorry for muddying the waters. Seeing your mention of Hat made me think of Comin' On, also on Hat Art. That was the "kettle" I was speaking about. Thanks. I don't want to get in the way of commerce, either; I hope JLH sells all he can press of Flight For Four. I guess my general befuddlement is about what people hear that eludes me; that's why I keep grappling with Ornette every so often, even though I haven't changed my mind about him in decades.

Trout Mask arrived today from the ZFT. I compared one track (Moonlight On Vermont) to the Reprise CD, and the new release sounds much more vivid and punchy. On another, Ella Guru, the bass just whacks you upside the head! Listening now to Hair Pie: Bake 1, and the clarity is stunning. The packaging is very similar to the Reprise CD. Gail added a note: "The years in storage in Warners were not kind to Trout Mask Replica. The masters seriously suffer from oxide loss, primarily at the head of each of the four master reels. Fortunately, FZ had Dick Kunc make "safeties." These actually sound better than the Originals and are in excellent condition but alas, incomplete. This edition of Trout Mask Replica is from the ZFT Vault protection copies, transferred at 96K 24B, except for Frownland and Hair Pie: Bake 2 which are from the original damaged master tapes transferred to direct stream digital at UMRK." That must mean ZFT is in possession of the Reprise tapes, clearly resolving any question of copyright ownership. On the intriguing side, the new release clocks in at 78:54, while the Reprise CD totaled 79:05; why the difference? Finally, the ZFT disc wouldn't play in my Marantz CD deck; I had to make a disc copy using Toast. I hope Gail doesn't sue me for making a copy! (edited to correct typo)

Are any other board members color blind? I have red-green color blindness.

Now wait a minute, wait a minute!