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Rouse always sounds to me like he's playing a trumpet, but on a tenor. Those individual notes, with the tiny spaces in-between.

I saw GregK's mention of Google Music on the Braxton thread, and followed it to check out the scene there. Found some great bargains: Braxton/Hemingway: Old Dogs - $3.99 Art Tatum: Storyville Box - $9.49 Ben Webster: Storyville Box - $9.49 I couldn't post any of the album images; Google's using a type that this BB won't recognize.

I always thought Rouse was told to take long solos, followed by the bassist and drummer doing likewise, in order to give Monk a break. Not sure Rouse really wanted to solo that long, or that he had a say in it. As for Monk selecting Rouse, and Rouse being with him for 10 years, it reminds me of what Frank Zappa said about musicians. To have someone on a tour, you want to select the best musicians you can, but you also need musicians with "portability" - someone who doesn't mind touring for months on end, years on end. Rouse fit the bill with Monk much like Tommy Flanagan fit the bill with Ella (and George Duke fit the bill with Zappa).

I downloaded some things tonight. I needed to first download the new version of Download Manager, but then it worked fine. I agree that aspects of the site, including search, are buggier than usual.

Saw him once at a Manhattan club in the '80's (Slugs? Five Spot?) with Ed Blackwell on drums.

Listening now to the Cleveland 4/21/72 show - amazing! This was from that NPR site that someone here posted a link to a few months ago. This is the thread: Crooks & Liars

i know i can always count on getting the most up to date info on Woody Allen by coming to the Mahavishnu Orchestra thread but seriously, thanks for posting this. i assume this is a new documentary? Woody is getting on and the more attention paid the better afaic; no matter my, or anyone else's, opinion on his later output, scandals, etc... i'll see if i can get my folks to dvr this so i can watch it at a later date. thanks mjzee... This is from The Week: American Masters: Seriously Funny - The Comic Art of Woody Allen Though notoriously private about his creative process, Woody Allen allowed cameras onto the set of 2010's You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger for this two-part portrait of his life and career. The filmmakers also follow Allen to his childhood home in Brooklyn and to the 2011 Cannes premiere of Midnight in Paris, Allen's highest-grossing film yet. Diane Keaton, Martin Scorsese, Sean Penn, and Mira Sorvino are among the many friends and collaborators interviewed. Sunday-Monday, Nov. 20-21, at 9 p.m., PBS; check local listings. Guess they never got around to interviewing Billy Cobham or Rick Laird!

I once saw Flo & Eddie play at the 46th St theatre in Boro Park, underneath the El!

There's going to be a documentary on Woody Allen shown on PBS next week, and it takes him to his childhood home.

I'm going to grab it from eMusic once my monthly refresh happens.

Thanks, Marcel, for the speedy reply.

The last track on this record is "What Is This Thing Called Love?" It appears Miles does not play on this track. Does anyone know the details (personnel, date, etc)?

I grew up on Ocean Ave between K & L. Saw some movies at the movie theatre around the corner from you, on Coney Island Ave.

I grew up in Midwood too! Not too far from Midwood High/Brooklyn College. Took the subway to see Mahavishnu.

Too easy: So I'll answer myself:

Wings!

Has anyone heard this album? Bob's on it, so I'm curious, but the reviews on Amazon are also intriguing: Sly & Robbie - Language Barrier

Per the Blue Note discography, the same date (12/21-22/96) produced both albums. It states "Year was incorrectly listed as 1997 on CD 4-98222-2" (Another Shade of Blue).

Let me know if you can open this link: WSJ

Wow! Great photos!

Was there a previous thread about this title?

The liner notes are wonderful. They're reprinted in the Savoy/Dial CD reissue box.

So the box includes More Blues and the Abstract Truth but does not include Blues and the Abstract Truth?!?

Dial. Although I became aware of the Dials and the Savoys around the same time - was it 1978 when Warner Bros released the Dial material and Savoy released the complete boxed set? - the Dials were the first ones I owned, in the form of the 6 Spotlite releases. The liner notes were great, and really helped to explain what I was listening to. There's also the drama of the Lover Man session, the comeback of the Relaxin' At Camarillo session, and the variety of sidemen such as Erroll Garner. It may be unfair, but I remember the Savoy box more for the false starts and studio chatter, such as the 12 takes of Marmaduke.

Formica table!