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I'm marginally interested in the Sandoval concert, but not at $35/ticket.

I'm pretty sure that 3 album set was my first Mingus purchase. Great music.

Holy crap!

I hear you brother!

If the TMT site had a dot race, which dot would win?

Can I come live with your family?

You have a box of unopened CDs???

Might have to use it for another album from pianist David Haney. I downloaded his Conspiracy a Go Go the other day and liked it.

Thanks!

Nice! The man...

I don't think that photo is even necessary for her target market. Have her look attractive? Yes. Dress her up like Pretty Baby? No.

When Ornette opened the Caravan of Dreams, I was going through a relatively brief period where I only listened to punk/new wave, so I missed it. It kills me now to think about it, but at least I've acquired all the albums surrounding the event.

I was hoping to meet you somehow last night. My wife and I were on the stools right in front of the mixing board.

An appreciative crowd of around 90-100 saw Ronald Shannon Jackson fight through an atrocious sound mix to bring the noise Saturday night in Dallas. Appearing at the historic Kessler Theatre, Jackson unveiled a new version of his Decoding Society, with only Melvin Gibbs a holdover from previous incarnations. The night opened with some intense verses from national poetry slam champion Janean Livingston, speaking truth to power to those who could embrace the storms she unleashed. To those suckas who couldn't, better go find your momma. This new Society began their set with Wayne Shorter's Deluge, off the JuJu album. This was as straight-ahead as things got, as remaining compositions were by Jackson and his band, veering between atmospheric, almost meditative pieces and those with his brand of harmolodics. Jackson has always had a pronounced rock feel to his playing, and this was on full display. At 72, the man can still play the hell out of the drums. The standout among his band was trumpeter John Wier, who combined great articulation with the ability to generate forward momentum, even on tunes with relatively static backdrops. The biggest disappointment for me was someone I thought would be the biggest asset, at least on paper, and that was Melvin Gibbs. His bass was way too high in the mix, which wasn't his fault, but he turned on a fuzz device for his solos which flattened everything in its path. I know he was playing notes, because I could see his fingers move, but only noise was produced. Still, the crowd seemed to dig what he was doing. The band played Gibb's Howard Beach Memoirs, originally done by Power Tools with Bill Frisell on their Strange Meeting album, and finished with a bang with Jackson's Bloodlife. All said, it was a solid performance by the band, who with a little tightening could prove to be a worthy addition to the lineage of The Decoding Society. P.S. As an added bonus I was finally able to meet Mr. Dennis Gonzalez, who was there with his sons.

I'm rediscovering Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker, and trying to increase my appreciation of Bill Evans, whose work has never "grabbed" me the way I feel that it should.

I like a number of Laswell's projects, and I love the Miles source material, but the album doesn't really work for me. I'm more interested in "Ode to Katie Holmes" by Religious Cult Scandal... Scientology mix! Regarding Panthalassia, from what I remember, Laswell trashed Teo Macero in interviews at the time it came out but didn't really do much new with the material, which in the end is a tribute to the choices Miles and Teo made.

Hmmm, may have to check out "Ode to Katy Perry" by Celebrity Sex Scandal... I see they've got New Bottle Old Wine by Gil Evans. I was just listening to that this morning (on the Blue Note reissue 2fer), excellent album.

Thanks, got Harris eisenstadt's Canada Day II with it.

Nice article. I didn't know his wife heads up ECM in America.

I was afraid it would come to "you need the whole set"

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Thanks John, that's helpful.

Thanks KH. If I told you I generally like more uptempo pieces, would that change your list?

I'd like recommendations on 8-10 tracks that I should download from Bill Evans' Turn Out The Stars set. I know there was an Artist's Choice single CD, but I can't tell which version of each song was selected for that. Also, the various versions of Nardis aren't available as individual downloads. If those posting can include track times so I can tell which version, it will be much appreciated!

I'll try that. Previously the flacs worked fine from them.