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ok! Track 1) nice, enjoyable enough. didn't do anything for me though. not necessarily "stiff" but a little too 'clean' in the writing and some of the playing for me. nice bone and tpet solos though 3 horn front line, right? no guess... Track 2) nice idea(s). no serious guess, but maybe MMW or Bad Plus? Track 4) certainly unique. really like the saxophone player's ideas. prepared clavichord? Track 5) 1st tune so far that really made me say "yeah!" out loud. very nice. little too much busyness and 'parroting' in the drum chair but very nice track. obviously relatively modern (last 10-15 years or so...). made me think along the lines of Jeremy Pelt or Jaleel Shaw. Maybe Douglas... Track 7) "Somewhere." i like this one very much as well. VERY nice concept. excited for the reveal. early Kevin Hays? Track 8) excellent virtuostic playing. didn't do anything for me. no guess... Track 9) "Equinox." meh... Track 10) awesome. don't know it but love it. has some of that modern orchestra voicing and color of maybe a schneider or brookmeyer, or even Jason Lindner. but i don't actually think it's them. Jay Anderson on bone don't know, awesome... Track 12) beautiful. comping reminds me of Jim Hall... thanks spontaneous!

thad jones big band compositions are very distinctive/identifiable. and i know many here would scoff, but allan holdsworth is definitely one of the most immediately identifiable composers (and players) in the history of modern music. it's instantaneous. he's one of the most unique musicians i can think of...

haven't really checked into it, but i'd say if it's really free it's a good deal then again, i'm sure they're not going to give away too much...

dinah washington joe williams jon hendricks

There was a pretty good documentary about him. http://www.amazon.com/Stuart-Sutcliffe-Beatle-Rosie-McGinnity/dp/B000G1ALE8 i also really, really enjoyed the film Backbeat about the early days of the Beatles which, as i recall, had Sutcliffe (art student, right?) as the lead role in the film w/ Lennon. but it was quite a while ago now since i've seen it. very good soundtrack as well...

there's a fairly obvious answer to that of which i'm sure everyone here is aware. but i'm w/ jazzmoose - i don't get the preserving of homes. i guess it's kind of a museum (a really weird rubbernecking, peeping-tom type of museum), but why not just make an actual museum? or, in this case, just listen to the music...

nope. but i'll look it up right now pete! don't take this the wrong way, but... i love you totally works, totally free, totally user friendly. fuckin' awesome. "Put down that cocktail!" :rofl: outstanding. thank you sooooo much.

nope. but i'll look it up right now

i reviewed Pelt's Identity when it came out quite a few years back, but i haven't been able to keep up w/ his output - too busy w/ other stuff, etc etc... it was a very good recording and he's an excellent player. he's also seemingly a very nice guy as he emailed me back when i alerted him to my new review of Identity. iirc he had some quite balanced things to say about music criticism/journalism generally as well, but i could be wrong about that. the fact that JD Allen is on this new recording makes me want to simply buy it. Pelt and Allen as a frontline trumpet/tenor combo sounds too good to pass up...

hey all. i've got some videos that i need to import into iMovie. they're in "flv" format and iMovie won't acept them. i think mp4 is agreeable to iMovie. i've tried multiple free video converter downloads over the past few days but w/ no luck. a couple worked but were not free. i'm getting pretty frustrated 'cuz it seems like this should be relatively easy to find. suggestions for free, good quality desktop video converters? thanks in advance...

hey jeff i've heard that what doesn't kill you, defines you. didn't know you back in the day, but i hope you have good times on the board again from here on...

i've gotta get back into the BFT swing before i do one myself. put me in for a download please

put my vote in for closing this thread. i'm generally down for leaving threads open 'til they die on their own, but when what is supposed to be an RIP thread turns into the negative jive-ass bullshit that's on this one, much of it directed at the deceased and her/his family, i'd say it's about time to shut it down. time and place people. time and place. it's a wonder to me that it even has to be said.

i'm with you ValerieB. big time.

Sounds like my kinda film! Also sounds like some women I know. touche!

was reminded of this thread when i saw this today: Click this for full interview w/ Robin Kelley on the BDS movement, solidarity, etc... excerpts: I am a professor of American history at UCLA, and for the last 25 years really, my work has focused on social movements, the African diaspora, radical change, and--it’s sort of a side issue--but I’ve also written about music. The point I’m trying to make is, the issue of Palestinian self-determination is not a new one. It always sort of rebirths (laughs), but it’s not a new one. And so for people of my generation, the Israel-South Africa nexus, dispossession of Palestinians--even back in the days when people talked seriously about the two-state solution, whatever that is--these were the key questions for anyone politically active in the 1980s. We went to Hebron, and visited and talked to Palestinian merchants, and witnessed a level of racist violence that I hadn’t even seen growing up as a black person here in the States (laughs), I have to say, and I’ve been beat by the cops. The level of racist violence from the settlers is kind of astounding. So we’re supporting that movement, and recognizing that what’s happening there is not exceptional, but rather part of a larger global process of late colonialism and neoliberalism, and that what happens in Palestine is going to have an impact on the rest of the world. I’m very proud to be part of this movement, and very proud to have made the connections I’ve made with a group of Palestinian scholars and intellectuals who I think are just some of the greatest minds on the globe right now. These are people who I think the world of, and I would do anything to support the struggle.

Malick is, of course, one of the greats. if you go to imdb you can see he's got some upcoming projects that should be interesting. we discussed Tree Of Life a bit over at the return of the film corner thread. my post from june last year: i just got back to my apartment from seeing malick's new movie. i agree that malick may be an acquired taste (he's genius in my mind) and that if folks have enjoyed his work in the past they may like this film... but from where i stand, nothing could really prepare any filmgoer for this. it's like saying if someone had seen anderson's Boogie Nights they'd be prepared for Magnolia. and then if they'd seen Magnolia they'd be prepared for Punch-Drunk Love. or if someone had seen vontrier's Breaking The Waves, they'd be prepared for Antichrist. nothing prepares a viewer for The Tree Of Life aside from seeing The Tree Of Life. masterpiece, admirable failure, mish-mash junk, whatever you think of this film imo it's maybe the most ambitious film ever made. and i mean that literally. malick went all out. completely unrestricted in many ways. but that's not to say that it's bombastic or over-the-top. it actually feels restrained in a way, while still being BIGGER in so many ways than maybe any other film i've ever seen. it's an easy film to praise, and it's an easy film to slight. but that goes for almost any uncompromising art. i will be seeing it again as there's simply way too much to absorb in one viewing. at the moment i'm mystified and amazed in the best way. and van basten - re: the newagish tones. i can understand your feeling that way. for me, when any film, book, song tries to deal w/ spiritual/religious issues or ideas it's very difficult to strike the right chord/tone and is easy to come off kinda new age. but i thought he/they did a good job of being somewhat 'humanist,' unpretentious and realistic - or maybe universal in their 'interactions,' 'conversations,' or questioning of existence/G*d/life/death. this stands in stark contrast to herzog's new film i saw last night which i found generally boring, repetitive, and philisophically pretentous and cloying. which was quite surprising because i've loved all the previous herzog flms i've seen before (4-5 of them...). oh well. interesting weekend at the movies for me...

damn. that's a fuckin' beautiful thing right there. thanks

what a huge drag. i was never a real fan of her's per se, but for whatever reason i always LOVED her version of "I'm Every Woman": Whitney's I'm Every Woman some may think it's cheesy, but i love everything about her version of this song. and of course she gives the shout out to Chaka toward the end. perfect. RIP Whitney...

i use the Bose in ear buds at the gym: they work really well for me. the newer plastic tip design is comfortable and surprisingly stable. i couldn't use "buds" before this new design. they would all just fall out. these sound nice as well. but honestly, i haven't tried too many others... also, the one pictured here have extra in-line controls for volume, track skipping, and a built-in microphone for cell phone calls. the music controls used to work only for certain apple products, but i believe now there is a free app that allows you to use those functions w/ other phones like droids, etc...

i've recently gotten a new (small) flat screen tv and a digital tuner. i get only a handful of stations ('bout 5-6) but after being totally without any tv for the last 5 years, it's retty cool. 30 Rock is fucking hilarious

i'd love to do one jeff. PM coming...

damn. big, big loss. from cassavettes, to Roadhouse (he was in that, right? ), to Buffalo 66, he was always great to watch. RIP...

Yeah, that sounds good, and no evidence of the dreaded ECM "ambience" either. I like the sound of Noriega's clarinet and bass clarinet in the mix. I'll be picking this one up. x2. wow that sounds good. thanks mjazzg. certainly will be buying that record...

when i lived in nyc he was very open to giving lessons. he had a regular gig at Smoke and you could just walk up and ask him. he is, of course, very busy, but he seemed like a very personable fellow. you should ask him for lessons. my opinion: he's one of the best jazz guitar players alive. he's not necessarily an innovative game-changer on his instrument like, say, frisell, davis, metheny, hendrix, tyner, etc... but for straight-ahead jazz blues, in the pocket standards, "tasty" interpretations of great tunes, he's basically 2nd to none in my mind. amazing player w/ a BEAUTIFUL tone.