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  1. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    Spent the afternoon listening to this: Gerry Hemingway Quartet: Devils Paradise, which is on Clean Feed Records, and I was very impressed with it. Quartet consists of Hemingway, Ellery Eskelin, Ray Anderson, and Mark Dresser. The interaction between Dresser and Heminway was impressive, they seemed to know where each one was going, and drove the music in a very forcefull manner. This cd is not "wild free-jazz " by any means. All the songs are Hemingway compositions, and the front-line of Eskelin on Tenor Sax, and Anderson on Trombone kept finding nice cracks in the music to add wonderfully creatively solos. The cd has a Coleman/Cherry session aspect to it, the outside - inside feel they had to their quartet. If you see this, don't be afraid to take the plunge and buy it.
  2. Making my way through the Mosaic lp box, Miles Davis: The Complete Plugged Nickel, which has the best live sound I've ever heard. Would love to get my hands on the Mosaic Gil Evans/Miles Davis lp set, that's supposed to be fantastic.
  3. MACHINE GUN DONE BY MUZAK. HELL YEAH!!!
  4. I'm in the process of buying the pop-jazz stuff of The Crusaders. It's nice music to relax to. Plus, I just got Free as the Wind for .50 cents, which is what I'm buying most of their lps at.
  5. This week I've been listening to The Complete Verve Johnny Hodges Small Group Sessions 1956 - 61, and it has reminded me how truly great Hodges was as a player. I've come to the realization that this is the best Mosaic ever. Every other song, my jaw drops to the floor, and I say to myself in amazement: "Did you just hear what the Rabbit played!!! " There is no substandard Hodges solo here, (I don't think he ever recorded one) and the sidemen are in top form. No musical revolutions here, just music played with the highest skill possible. All I can say is that if you ever considered buying this set, do yourself a huge favor -- do it. Just had to get this off my chest.
  6. I want to save up and buy the AEC Box from Chuck Nessa. Might take me a while though, but that will force me to listen to all the unopened cds I have laying around. Darn "Funny Rat" has turned my buying habits upside down.
  7. My first listen to Cecil Taylor's In The Brewing Luminous. It was such an overwhelming experience, I didn't know what to think.
  8. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    I think I was that young once, but I can't remember. huh? That's what I meant!
  9. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    I think I was that young once, but I can't remember.
  10. I think this board is rife with Mafia informants that had to go into "Witness Protection" to save their lives.... not that there's anything wrong with that!
  11. Went to pick up some Anthony Braxton and *sigh* wound up with more. Anthony Braxton: --- The Complete Braxton 1971 (minty lp) --- Braxton / Taylor Ho Bynum: Duets (Wesleyn) 2002 --- Braxton / Georg Grawe: Duo (Amsterdam) 1991 Misha Mengelberg: Two Days in Chicago Pernice Brothers: Australia Tour EP 2002 Duran Duran: Duran Duran & Rio. I hang my head in shame.
  12. I was very happy with Roscoe Mitchell / Brus Trio: After Fallen Leaves. To my mind AMG missed the boat on a wonderful cd in their review, I've listened to this cd five time in ten days and love it. Mitchell is in fine form, and the Brus Trio has a good understanding of what Mitchell wants in his music. It's a very underrated cd and worth taking a chance on if you like Mitchell.
  13. Thanks for the update P.L.M. Looks like that flight got canceled after all. If Braxton could just lower the junk food intake though.
  14. I'm stunned!!!! Misha looks like someone who retired to a Florida traylorpark!
  15. Happy Birthday!! Enjoy it!!
  16. I hate to be a nattering nabob of negitivity, but I did not like Multiplication Table. I thought that Shipp was trying to make a Grand Statement, and failed. To my ears, the music was unfocused and too clever. I usually like remakes of standards, but I really did not like "C Jam Blues" or "Take the A Train", Shipp was trying too hard to be different. However I love what he does in the "String Trio" recordings, especially By the Law of Music, which I cannot get enough of. There's no denying Shipp's talent, I do, at times, question his musical choices.
  17. I'm thinking about taking the plunge on the box set -- any further reflections on the music?
  18. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    Oh.......Heck.......YEAH!!!! But the coolest moment of all is on Lyons' second solo, toward the end, Lyons' blowing like a mother, and Taylor starts to pound those low notes on the piano. Just waaaaaaaaaay coooooooooooooooool!!!! B) B) B)
  19. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    Oh.......Heck.......YEAH!!!!
  20. Whew! Finally finished Anthony Powell's A Dance To The Music Of Time. This was the second time for me and I was surprised, on this read, how much death figured in the novel. Seems as if everyone dies, that death is the center which everything revolves around, and you're just left with Jenkins, the narrator of the story, and Widermerpool, the main character, who dies at the end. Supposedly, the four volumes take after the four season, which I can believe. Still have may doubts about the quality of the novel, Nick Jenkins is not enough of a presence to make us interested in him; a very passive character. Seems as if Pamala Widermerpool is the moral center of the story -- yikes! Well worth the investment of time and money to get this though. I have no doubt that I'll read it again, and, most likely, have a different reaction.
  21. Today is a day for all tamale lovers. Can't wait for my first chorizo tamale!
  22. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    Think I'll be picking that one up this weekend. I find Mitchell a very interesting musician.
  23. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    Hey, Д.Д., The answer to the disappearing question is: No.
  24. Matthew

    Funny Rat

    Listening to this one again as I type, and it is really, really, good (how's that for a review ). Mitchel is just a very creative musician. The cd won't knock you flat, but it will stay with you thoughout the day.
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