Stefan Wood

My ignorance!

woo hoo! Can't wait!

Listened to William Russo's "Street Music" last night, conducted by Seji Ozawa and played by the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. This is fun music -- a hybrid of blues, americana, and symphony. I have the lp but I was pleased to see that it is on cd: Russo Street Music

Got the disc on Monday. The material from the cd is pulled from the same live sessions as in Footprints Live, with the emphasis on newer compositions, the exceptions being a Mendelssohn tune and Arthur Penn's "Smilin' Thru". Some might find the disc as rewarding and challenging as the previus live cd, other might not. It is definitely more cerebral -- at times the group plays like a chamber ensemble, other times exploding, playing out riffs or chords, exploring variations. What comes thru especially is how cohesive a group they are -- no soloing or harmonies in a traditional hard bop or even post bop sense. Initially I would have agreed with describing it was deconstructive, but now I don't think so -- it's definitely become more abstract. Moments of bare minimal playing, areas of color, full blown jamming. But not reinterpretation, breaking it down, and building something new. Recommended, but it won't be everyone's cup of tea. It is great, though, to see Shorter still challenging, still exploring. I heard Jason Moran filled in for Perez in recent shows -- I wonder if it is for a longer stint?

Dakota Staton - Dakota 2 lp set from Groove Merchant BTW, for those who are looking for OJC vinyl, it appears -- according to the Acoustic Sounds website -- that there is a heap of $10 reissues coming out at the end of this month. I have no idea as to the quality of the sound, but looks like Concord isn't abandoning the vinyl format.

DA BASTIDS!!!!!!

GO NATIONALS!

Well I'll be -- Take Aim! And the Pepper Adams!

The only thing I could see them doing are Selects on artists like Curtis Counce, Lem Winchester, etc., as well as a ton of Bluesville artists. But that's if, and only if Concord/Fantasy begins to delete titles.

Lots of classical: 8 Russian Revelation discs from broinc.com $3 to $6! 4 David Diamond cds on Naxos sale from Arkivmusic.com Wes Montgomery at the Half Note deluxe reissue

All of Val Lewton's movies will be reissued in October -- either as one box set for about $60, or three 2 for 1 dvd sets at $20. Can't wait!!!!!

I've been using a Goldring turntable (w/ Elektra cartridge), connected to a Parasound phono amp, connected to a Creek Audio integrated amp. Still using the Harmon Karden CDR2 recorder, which has served me well for 8 years -- was upgraded once. I would like to declick some of my recordings, however, I wish I had the time to do so. I have been very happy with the results, regardless. For Mac users, there is a program called Amadeus which is shareware ( I think $30) and is supposed to be a very good audio editor, declicker, etc.

I have no beef with anyone on the board -- the point that I have been trying to make, though not successfully, is that I have heard the music in question -- no, not the cd, but the music. And believe it or not, yes, every concert that he has been doing in the past five - six years has been documented! I wanted to call stereojack on the term noodling, which is a negative connotation -- what made the cd less interesting and why. I realize now that this conversation would have made better sense if we were talking face to face, cause the bboard is open to too many interpretations, in how one comes across. So I've deleted my posts. Better to talk about the cd in question.

Yeah, I ordered 12 of the Jazz in Paris series as well.

Happy birthday chum!

No, I think this is legit. Someone bought the Everest rights -- a previous reissue was the Tito Puente/Woody Herman, with a ton of bonus cuts.

I don't have any problems with Mosaic holding off multiple orders. Damn, people, this set has been available for several years -- if you wanted to get multiple copies, there was plenty of time to do so.

Jim, I sent my payment in. I don't know why I missed this topic, maybe because I automatically scroll down the list of topics and bypass this one all the time! Anyways, I'm supporting you and maybe you guys can make it to the East Coast!

Probably because the price has been established from the beginning -- they have raised the costs per cd over the years. But making these box sets available at a higher price has not been their function -- they aren't gougers. It's about making rare music available to the public.

Pre-ordered both. I eat these damn things like popcorn!

got mine yesterday!

Those are definitely worth checking out!

Don Ellis - At the Fillmore 2 lp Columbia There was a PARTY going on here!!!

Damn, I was hoping for a Mosaic reissue. Thanks for asking Ghost!

Cecil Taylor - self titled on New World Records