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"The Old Kit Bag" is now available on EMusic for anyone interested. I just downloaded it tonight. Can't wait to give it a "spin".

Alert! - Richard Thompson's "The Old Kit Bag" is now available - the WHOLE album! +++ I'm VERY impressed with the new MP3's. A huge improvement for the Fantasy stuff, especially. The files are about 50% larger, but well worth it. The downside is re-downloading everything.

According to The Website, it's due out on June 10th. You can download the new single for a buck fifty, too. I think I'll wait...

The liner notes say that the interviews were made for "Danmarks Radio". The interview was recorded in Dexter's back yark in the Copenhagen suburb of Valby on 6/18/1973.

I agree. I think the "sans" horns tracks are interesting on their own.

I was just listening to the French, Frith, Kaiser and Thompson album "Live Love Larf & Loaf" and there are a couple of tunes that could easily fit on any Magic Band album. Of course, it doesn't hurt that "Drumbo" is drumming.

OK, Johnny - we disagree on this topic, then. ... not on "W", though ... B)

There's a 2CD set that has just recently been issued on Blue Note called "Wayne Shorter- The Classic Blue Note Recordings". It might be a good set for you in that it includes work he did both with Blakey and as a solo artist.

I have "Conjure", but haven't listened to it much, actually. As Jim mentioned, it is on American Clave, which is Kip Hanrahan's label. There are only 2 cuts with Reed. The sub-title of the album is "Music for the Texts of Ishmael Reed" and it's got a great lineup of musicians, which is not unusual for a Hanrahan project.

And, I'd rather have Krall singing backup on a Costello record, than Costello singing backup on a Krall record. As much as I admire Elvis' attempts at expanding his style, for the most part I've found those CDs difficult to listen to. I just don't think he has the voice to sing anything but rock & roll.

I couldn't not select "Idle Moments". It just has too many good performances on it.

Hmmmmm. Or maybe it's like Caribbean-French - something like Haiti.

They were a great band in their day. I saw them a couple of times although not at their peak when they were playing week-long gigs at "The Boarding House" in SF and getting rave reviews for their outrageous show. I probably saw them around their 2nd or 3rd albums. They still put on quite a performance. I don't think their albums quite do justice to the live event, but then again that's always the case. What Do You Want From Life??!?

I recently picked up an Electric Flag collection called "Old Glory" which has some pretty good vintage 60's stuff on it. I always thought that Nick Gravenites had a pretty good voice.

Thanks, kdd! For some reason, I don't have Capra Black and didn't realize that it was a Strata-East album. How 'bout: - Ricky Ford - David Murray - Max Roach

This has nothing to do with "One Flight Up" but I didn't want to start a new thread just for this question. +++ "Ca' Purange" - What language is it? What does it mean? How do you pronounce it? A French friend told me that it's not French. It's a great album, BTW.

Chico Freeman Billy Harper Gary Bartz George Adams and/or Don Pullen Archie Shepp Larry Young

Exac-ta-mundo!

He does some nice work on Teddy Edwards/Howard McGhee's "Together Again" album. It's a great album anyway.

Billy Cobham is also on the Santana/McLaughlin album.

They recently added Gary Bartz' "I've Known Rivers" live set. Definitely worth picking up. I've seen a 2 album set of "Yo Miles!" by Henry Kaiser and Wadada Leo Smith, too.

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WHOA! Pretty whack! Thanks for the link.

Now, there's one group I NEVER liked.

I was thinking of doing a Buddy Bolden discography. But seriously, folks .... You know, Charles isn't all that prolific. We could probably put together a pretty good discography right here. Rooster, you could start with what you already have and let the rest of us fill in the blanks.