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Good point. And to the extent that a musician is an interesting thinker, the listener might actually be able to hear that better if the musician is playing a recognizable tune. In that way, the listener would have some "signposts" to better understand what the musician is doing.

We should start a thread listing all discographical resources. jazzdisco.org is a great place to start, though they seem to concentrate on bebop & afterwards: http://www.jazzdisco.org/ Here's a great Duke Ellington discography: http://www.depanorama.net/ Sidney Bechet: http://www.sidneybechet.org/sbr.html Monk: http://www.howardm.net/tsmonk/tsmonk2.php

Here's the goduko image. Which is closer to the original?

Jeff, I highly recommend you pick up The Complete Blue Note Recordings. It's available on Amazon as a BN-authorized CD-R.

Jim Hall & Bill Frisell - Hemispheres David Fathead Newman - The Blessing Jimmy Raney - Wisteria Bud Powell - Bud In Paris (Xanadu) Sarah Vaughan - Duke Ellington Songbook vol 1 Big Joe Turner - Have No Fear Air - Air Mail The Bad Plus - For All I Care Benny Golson Quartet (LRC) Milford Graves - Percussion Ensemble

Swede, where did you get that Lou album cover from? It's really clear and bright.

It's corrected now. Thanks, Jim. It bothered me in some subterranean, but profound, way.

As a sucker for liner notes, discographical info and artwork, I absolutely agree with you, ubu! I think they're "nice to haves," but honestly, I rarely dig out my CD covers and read them. Even when I bought Blue Note LPs, I found I usually just skimmed the liner notes. I do like discographical info, but can often find it on the Net (jazzdisco.org and the like). Similar for artwork.

Technology entrepreneur Pierre Schwob thinks Bach and Beethoven haven't been given their due in the digital age. Classical Archives, a new digital store focused exclusively on classical music, is Mr. Schwob's answer to mass-market digital retailers with "a complete lack of understanding of how classical music should be offered," down to the way they often categorize recordings. "It's basically a lack of respect when you say Bach is an 'artist,' not a composer," Mr. Schwob says. For example, when online shoppers type "Beethoven" into iTunes, the top results they get back include a rock medley by the Trans-Siberian Orchestra, an uncredited recording of "Für Elise" and individual movements culled from greatest hits collections. It's not that the music seller is skimping on the composer -- customers can find complete works by browsing deeper in the iTunes classical section -- it's just that his oeuvre doesn't fit neatly on the virtual shelves with that of Miley Cyrus and the Black Eyed Peas. More here: WSJ

This just dropped: Jim Hall & Bill Frisell

I'm thinking of downloading the complete Bessie Smith. I think it's 7 CDs, so that would be $42 on Amazon. Pretty good deal, I'm-a thinkin'.

Tim Buckley on Manifesto (they currently carry The Dream Belongs To Me and Dream Letter):

Has anyone else noticed that the time listed for posts is incorrect, and has been since the weekend? I just posted something at 6:30 PM on the East Coast, and it says it posted at 1:29 PM. ???

Amazon is now carrying many Dick's Picks titles. A seller there is offering a new copy of RT Vol. 2 #1 for $20.00.

Didn't Pearson's Blue Note trio LPs come out in the late 50s? So this wouldn't be "pre-BN" but "Blue Note interregnum", right? Duke Pearson - Profile (Gene Taylor, bass, Lex Humphries, drums), recorded 10/25/59 Duke Pearson - Tender Feelin's (Taylor, Humphries), recorded 12/16/59 One trio track (Israel Crosby, bass, Vernel Fournier, drums), recorded 6/26/60, appeared on The Lost Sessions

That can't be the original cover, though - it looks too late-'60s. Unless that's when it was first issued.

In honor of the recent Keith Jarrett thread (in which we fought back and won!), this thread is to detail other famous, beloved pianists who do a lot of grunting as they pound, tickle, or caress the ivories. I'm listening now to "Shiny Stockings" by Earl Hines, from Live In Orange. Some mighty impressive grunting here, as well as much singing along with the notes and assents ("Uh huh!"). A lot of fun. Anybody else have favorites?

John McLaughlin - Devotion (they carry My Goals Beyond and many other Douglas titles).

Bags Groove, which was last seen on Black Lion...what was its original issue? And was it available as mono? The stereo separation is too strict; Pearson's piano is only on the right channel.

I really enjoyed the Mosaic box, and can recommend it. I think I liked the sessions more for the sidemen than for Parlan, though - he just seems to have a few basic variations of his style. So I'd also look at BNs where he's a sideman, such as the Stanley Turrentines. Sometimes a person doesn't have to be a leader to add a certain something.

I have had a fatal hard drive error on my iPod. I exchanged it (luckily it was still under warranty), connected it to my computer, and everything sync'd to the new iPod. Now if you lost your computer hard drive...but that's why you back up regularly, right?

Thanks for the tip about Amazon. I downloaded the McKinney's Cotton Pickers disk. As for which is more/less expensive: If you're on the 100 download for $25 plan at eMusic, and each CC has 20 - 25 tracks, they're roughly the same in price. The difference is that eMusic only allows you the 100 downloads, so you couldn't download other titles. From that perspective, it's better to download via Amazon, tho costlier, since your only limit is your self-restraint. This then leaves the 100 eMusic downloads for other uses.

I haven't had a chance to listen to it yet - maybe this weekend. I got the "deluxe" version, which includes a Theme Time Radio Hour disc, as well as (I love this detail) a sticker and a poster of the album cover - just like the '70's!

I've always liked this Eric Alexander with Mel Rhyne: I had a friend who loved this one:

I can't speak to your iPhone apps, but, assuming your music is on your computer, they would transfer to a new iPod.