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looks dark ,tastes pale?

My bottle of that ran dry last night. Trying a Black Hawk Stout tonight. now digging into my 6'er of bell's expedition stout...........

there is this sibelius symphony which begins with a haunting heavenly melody through most of the first movement and is so beautiful that other movements can not possibly maintain the same level. this melody is such that one carries it around for days. which sibelius might this be? 4?, 7?

Ditto! The stuff is delicious and I try to have a 6 of it in the fridge at all times. I tried the Black Butte Porter at a bar a few weeks back--I'm generally not a huge fan of the darker beers, but this is a damn good one too. http://www.ratebeer.com/Beer/deschutes-mir...-pale-ale/2126/

samuel smith oatmeal stout chased by palm of soul,kidd jordan, hamid drake, william parker.

wow-love the haarlem and the bolling and the konitz-marsh. what an incredible haul! this mr. joy is consummate!

"I picked up my Liebman/Beirach from the delivery depot." ..........lost my copy and cant find it..damn!

santana(with john), on love, devotion, surrender............

kidd jordan, hamid drake, william parker-------PALM OF SOUL---------AUM music that is at once unsettling and calming.

braxton's desmond homage in take five(at least to me) is absolutely mindbending.

More and more classical singers are jumping on the crossover bandwagon, or at least taking it for a test drive. Jessye Norman, of course, is no stranger to pop or jazz oriented projects. This time, however, she makes a wholehearted effort to internalize the stylistic fingerprints and passionate syntax that define Michel Legrand's wistful, bittersweet ballads. The verdict, folks, is thumbs up, with a smile. But When La Jessye wraps her gold-chested pipes around Le Grand, she is not a diva but a storyteller. Granted, there are a few telltale diva signs, such as a few overpronounced words, or affectedly softened consonants (the word "to" often sounds like "do"). And her phrasing, gorgeously pliable as it is, can sound studied: when she clips "must" the first two times the word appears in "You Must Believe In Spring", you can bet your portfolio she'll do it again, and she does. Interestingly, the singer doesn't bring these mannerisms to the songs in French, a language this American soprano sings more idiomatically than English. And one wishes she wouldn't approach slides and embellishments so gingerly. But what Jessye Norman has that's lacking in many classical singers who attempt jazz is an innate sense of jazz time, for phrasing behind the beat. Legrand's rich accompaniments can hardly contain their rhapsodic excitement, although the anchoring rhythm section consisting of Ron Carter and Grady Tate provides ample derailment insurance. If you've pondered how the voices of Jessye Norman and Sarah Vaughn could be morphed, here's the answer. --Jed Distler

no timelines

gotta look that one up. thanks!

a few examples come to mind: leontyne price, with ray brown, andre previn, and grady tate, i think-right as the rain. tchaikovsky---mozartiana rachmaninoff-all night vigil-seems so different than anything else he did. metallica with symphony orchestra procol harum with the edmonton orchestra

Definitely the 11th sure

On the listening list for later in the day. Now I can't wait! LJ been diggin it for 40 years. ever heard a 'bone like that????????????????/

this was the 'slovak'?

yeah. it hit really hard. i thought i knew shosty, but damn!

'life ending stuff' indeed. thanks!

while listening to a french speaking classical station from brussels, there was this shostakovich symphony, and near the end this devastatingly beautiful ending came from nowhere. rarely in recent years have i been so moved. anyone got a clue about which symphony(not 5)?

WATCH MLB AND NFL AND NASCAR, WITH THE SOUND OFF. THAT'S IT. TV NOW NOT WORTH WATCHING. CAN TV COMPETE WITH A FINE LIBRARY OR MY OLD 33'S? NO WAY JOSE.

Some of the old original Wills boys are still at it, swinging for the fences. I have had the honor and pleasure to play with a few of them many times over the years in a western swing band based locally. Leon Rausch is still singing great at near 80 years old. Tenor player Billy Briggs (80+) swings his ass off (using bari reeds on an old Martin Tenor that he bought used 60 odd years ago!). Bobby Boatright (violin), Maurice Anderson is a bitch on pedal steel, playing bebop like nobody's bizness. Great fun, even though I have to wear boots on the gig. wow! that's exciting. hoping somebody is capturing those priceless moments in sound.

cooley in spades?

great news. to here him picassoing away on slow numbers is one of life's great pleasures.

while we're in texas: looking forward to a western swing show. i am sure you could mine the archives for some mid 30's and later roberto wills. this old square considers him pretty funky.