Matthew

Sonny Rollins plays Kim. Dig the Converse High Tops.

I'm still trying the internet to find out the order, no luck though, but thanks to all for looking. No big deal if it's not out there, it's a great album as is and Mr. Sangrey has a great post on the sequencing of the lp. It's one of those session that would have been great to put out as a whole, kind of like what Verve was doing a couple of years back. It's one of the few sessions that I would be interested in hearing the whole tape; the musicians working things out, etc. Just a side note, but I also think a mono mix would improve things a bit, it just seems that the music is a little too spread out.

As always nowadays, YOU TUBE have a lot of these on their site. Enjoy the dirty old man!

I've been listening to Way Out West a lot recently, and I was wondering in what order the songs were recorded during this early morning session. Looked at the usual sources but can't seem to find anything. Here's the session: Sonny Rollins Trio Sonny Rollins (ts) Ray Brown (b) Shelly Manne (d) Los Angeles, CA, March 7, 1957 I'm an Old Cowhand Contemporary C 3530 Solitude - Come, Gone - Wagon Wheels - There Is No Greater Love - Way Out West - I'm an Old Cowhand (alt. take) Contemporary C 7651; Fantasy OJCCD 337-2 Way Out West (alt. take) - Come, Gone (alt. take) Anyone have a listing for this? Thanks for any help.

Camano Island Coffee. It's a new company that's local to where I live, not too bad. I make strong and drink it black (sugar and cream is for wimps!).

Man, that's pretty twisted. What? You guys never read The Grapes of Wrath?

Hey MG: We're still waiting on you to buy that record store -- then give us big discounts!

** Pulling pants up to arm pits** I really miss the days of free-form fm radio.

Rod: YOU'RE THE MAN! (excuse the caps ) That is what I was looking for -- unbelievable. I have been racking my brain for months on this question, even asking people I knew from San Diego if they remember this series. Is it as good as I remember? The website looks great, I'm going have to buy this.

This question goes back to my teen-age years in San Diego. Does anyone remember a radio series that was on FM radio in the late 60s early 70s that centered around a castle and had wizards, time travel, all the usual hippy, sci-fi, fantasy stuff. I really enjoyed it and I want to find if it's possible to track down a recording of the series. I know it's not too much to go on -- if it's any help for old-time San Diegans, if my memory is correct, the series ran on KPRI on a Saturday/Sunday evening. PS: Just to be explicit, I'm looking for the title...

Could you imagine being behind the board at the studio with Buckethead & Axel Rose?

I'm one of those who never "got" Buckethead at all. Just some guy wanking away on the guitar *yawn*.

Can I borrow that as my new signature for the MLB thread? Dan: It works great in all areas of life.

From the track listing for Fearless Leader on the site, it seems as if the cds are in chronological order, not lp order. Which, for Coltrane during these years, is the way to go.

These are, flat-out, with-out-a-doubt, freakin' weird times we live in.

Excuse the language: What kind of bullshit media does this country have, when I click on CNN, supposedly one of the main sources of news in the country, and this banner headline is on the main page? Plane carrying JonBenet Ramsey slaying suspect John Mark Karr from California lands in Boulder, Colorado. And it's a "news alert" at that!!??!! This is such a disgrace it's not even funny anymore.

How can 2nd graders make papier-mâché of fifeteen planets, they won't fit in the car. For the kids sake, keep it nine!

Shows how music strikes people differently. The JJ Mosaic renewed my enthusiasm for jazz after two years of not really enjoying jazz all that much.

I could swear I read some where the the Montgomery set is OOP. At the very least, I think Concord might not order aonther pressing of the big box sets while they take stock of what they want to do in the future.

Maybe #8? There was an interesting review of various performances of #8 in The Gramophone recently. That ends very quietly and beautifully.

Because I'm too damn cheap!

Well, the jazz-gods did smile upon me after all. Received word the Coltrane box is shipping today.

Amazing, a friend is selling me his extra copy of this Metal Monster, and he's letting me pay by installments Bill Evans: Complete Verve Recordings.

Must be something about the water up there, seems as if the Blue Jays have always had weird managers. Wasn't it Buck Johnson, a Blue Jay's manager, who said he was in Viet Nam, and never was? The Jay's have always been a strange franchise...

To speak of the music for a bit: What I find interesting about this final phase is Evans' use of time. I've been thinking and listening a lot about time since reading Jim's & Larry Kart's comment regarding this aspect in the Coltrane at the Half Note thread. There is a different use of time here compared to Evans' first VV sessions, especially in his playing; the common phrase for late Evans is: hurried. I don't think it's that. What I hear is Evans' has deepened his approach toward the piano, toward time, it strikes my as more sax based than trumpet based, with the use of time being much more complex. Maybe an example of what I mean is better. In Waltz For Debby, when I listen to Detour Ahead, it sounds like a Miles Davis solo, I can close my eyes, change the instrument from piano to trumpet, and Miles appears. With this last trio, his playing is, for me at least, fuller, with very different way to approach, a different fell for time in each cut. Even the role of the bass has changed here. I'm finding the later years of Evans' very interesting. Don't know if this is making any sense, probably need more time to listen and think about these areas in Evans' playing -- so ask me again in a year and I might know something of what I'm trying to say, if even then.