Rooster_Ties

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This is such a fun record. I’d forgotten that Reggie Lucas actually gets in one full-fledged legitimate solo! — and a fairly long one at that, starting about 1:25 or 1:30 into the track (Track 4)… Plus later in the track, there’s some sort of collective improve of Lucas, Stamm, and Eddie Bert (trombone). Stamm and Bert get some space on the last (5th) track too. I really dig this whole album, top to bottom.

Larry, I know Kind of Blue wasn’t ‘unpopular’ when first released — but didn’t its notoriety grow more (but steadily) over a number of years? (Meaning, I don’t think(?) it had any truly extraordinary sales right from the git go.) For instance, wasn’t “Take Five” (and Time Out) a legitimate ‘hit’ in its first year or two? — whereas I thought KOB took a few to several years to gather steam. Maybe Evans’ role on KOB helped elevate him — but I’m not totally sure (or else maybe more over time?).

How have I gone like 6 years or so, and I never noticed that Mal Waldron(!) plays on Teddy Charles' brilliant Tentet album?? -- which I just noticed for the very first time yesterday! I think I actually do know why... here's the back of my 1988-issued CD of Tentet -- which includes 3 bonus tracks from Word from Bird. Because the players are different on each session (several, anyway) -- look -- they've ALPHABATIZED the different players listed on each instrument. So on piano, Hall Overton is listed FIRST (on top), even though he only plays on the last three bonus tracks. So at a glance, I assumed Overton was the main piano guy on Tentet. And from having owned Word from Bird first, I already knew Overton played on that album. So if I ever even noticed Mal's name or not (and I don't know that I ever did, or else I instantly forgot it) -- either way, I naturally just assumed Overton was the guy on both dates. (More accurately, I'd never heard heard of Overton before -- couldn't tell you a thing about him to this day -- and I just never really took note of who was on piano, except that it was somebody I didn't know.)

Supersonic Jazz (1956), Sun Song (1957), and Sound Of Joy (1957) New Steps (1978) and Other Voices, Other Blues (1978) — the two rare quartet dates with Michael Ray, and John Gilmore. Lanquidity (1978), Strange Celestial Road (1979), On Jupiter (1979), and Sleeping Beauty (1979) — Ra grooves (kinda). God Is More Than Love Can Ever Be (1979) — Ra’s only(?) piano-trio album. Live at Pit-Inn, Tokyo, Japan (1988), Blue Delight (1988), Purple Night (1989), Somewhere Else (1988-89), Mayan Temples (1990) — late-period (and well recorded). OK, I know that’s 15 — and, yeah, I left out a bunch of really important stuff… But off the top of my head, those are the Ra dates I’ve returned to the most over the last almost 35 years (out of about 60+ Ra albums I’ve owned over the years).

Channeling my inner Chuck, to say… ”Sigh…”

Might make for a HUGE set, unless constrained somehow. Somethin Else is an entire ‘sister-label’ to Blue Note in Japan. Many, many titles here… https://www.discogs.com/label/73732-Somethin-Else

Yeah, I have that concern too. Heck, how many users — to say nothing of lurkers — don’t even know the board is back? Yes, a Google search on “Organissimo forum” does get you here — but if anyone just searches on “Organissmo” only, it looks like we’ve gone the way of the dodo.

Now the YouTube app on my phone must be suggesting things based on my having played this. Like for instance…

Now up for pre-order, via The Bastards™ https://www.dustygroove.com/item/142903/Jim-Alfredson:Family-Business

Benedetti / Parker wasn’t a limited edition. Mosaic owned that music, far as I’m recalling, and weren’t contractually l limited in the number of sets they could sell — iirc.

My wife and I were always fans, as were my parents — especially my mom, who also loved Tom Lehrer (and she had all Lehrer’s albums). Anyway, Mark Russel’s PBS specials were nearly always appointment viewing (or we sure tried not to miss them whenever we stumbled across them on the schedule). His brand and style of political wit seems to be in ever shorter supply with every passing year for about the last couple decades, give or take… Sharp (well, often) and funny (sometimes very) — but the kind of ‘funny’ that brings a broad smile (and often) rather than much genuine LOL laughter. RIP political funny-man. You’ll be missed. https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/03/30/mark-russell-satirist-pianist-dead https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/30/arts/mark-russell-piano-playing-political-satirist-dies-at-90.html https://www.pbs.org/newshour/amp/show/political-satirist-and-comedian-mark-russell-dies-at-90 https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/mark-russell-r-i-p/

We both feel a fair bit better today -- not quite half better, but close. And we got a bunch of Altoids, mint gums, and spicy hot candy (Hot Tamales) in our order from the store last night — so that metallic taste is now pretty well in check.

I bought my first set in 1995, and very steadily right after that — a couple a year, on average fairly quickly — starting at age 26. That was 28 years ago — where does the time go???!!!!!!

Knock on wood, food still tastes right (and kind of surprising ok, even almost good) to me — my wife too — so far at least. The metallic taste from the Paxlovid seems to ‘only’ happen all the time — whenever I’m not eating (or drinking) — but thank goodness food actually tastes good.

So I know it’s been discussed a little in the prior/lost thread — but I would pre-order day #1 anything by or having any Billy Harper. A number of his own leader dates are super hard to find (especially on CD) and/or a few(?) have never been issued on CD at all. And of course there’s at least 3-4 hours of the Max Roach Quartet with Billy Harper from 1977-78 — none(?) of which has ever been on CD at all, far as I know (or else it’s rare as hen’s teeth). But it’s spread across four (4) different labels — including Horo, which is impossibly difficult to reissue. (Sidenote: Has there ever been ANY reissue of ANYTHING on Horo that was ever done legitimately? Certainly not on CD, far as I know — though I know of at least one really nice ILlegit-reissue of one of the Sun Ra Horos (or is the plural ‘Hori’?) on CD, with fab liners and everything, and on a silver disc to boot! — pun intended.) Anyway, even if you leave out the Horo Max Roach Quartet with Billy, there’s still — what? — four(?) single albums, probably barely 3 hrs of music. But maybe there’s some unreleased stuff too? But, yeah, even without the Horo, it’s across 3 other labels. All that said, Billy Harper would seem like exactly the sort of artist deserving of the Mosaic treatment in some way.

My wife just tested positive this morning after her first symptoms came on all day yesterday — and she’s already had her first dose of Plaxlovid about an hour ago. Yeah, this constant taste of nickels is getting really old fast (my last dose will be Monday morning, and my wife’s will be Tuesday night)… BUT, I’m incredibly thankful there are medicines to treat Covid now — and this awful taste is nothing compared with facing this thing unvaxxed or without any treatment. The OTC Tylenol Cold & Flu meds seem to be keeping all the other symptoms halfway in check too. So I’d say I keep going back and forth between being “half” or about “one-quarter miserable” at worst — and that’s really not all that bad, all things considered. Still, interestingly(?), my symptoms have gotten moderately worse every day since I first felt anything on Monday night (3+1/2 days ago). Which is to say there seems to definitely be an ‘arc’ to how this thing progresses. Not especially worried about it — just my observations.

Just drank some hot chai, and I’m happy to report it actually tasted like chai (and not a mouthful of nickels). So maybe(?) that plaxlovid-induced metallic taste is just what ‘nothing’ tastes like between meals?

Man, barely 90 minutes after my first dose of the plaxlovid, and I’m already getting that metallic taste in my mouth. Damn glad I ate when I did!

Just took my first dose of Plaxovid. And knowing that it may f-up my tastebuds for the better part of a week — I quickly had dinner… the last of some homemade chili from a couple days ago, over a BIG piece of cornbread. AND, when I make chili, half the time (this time) I use Ethiopian Berbere spice (instead of chili powder). The DC/DMV area is home to a quarter of million(!) Ethiopians — and 40 or maybe even 50(?) different Ethiopian restaurants. And in our neighborhood alone (Columbia Heights), there are 2 or 3 different corner market stores that sell Berbere spice in bulk (an Ethiopian chili spice blend). Figure it might be my last really good meal until 5-7 days from now!

Absolutely, I was fully vaccinated and fully boosted. My first vaccine was the “one-and-done” shot J&J (that’s what I could get first, and back then they said get whatever you can get, don’t be choosy. So I’ve only had 4 shots total (just one initial vaccine, and 3 later boosters) — where most other fully-vaxxed people have had 5 shots.

I’m getting Paxlovid literally within the hour — probably already at the pharmacy, or will be shortly.

Just tested positive myself this morning, symptoms started Monday night (sore throat, chills, body-aches — all moderate). First time either me or my wife have ever gotten Covid — she hasn’t had any symptoms yet, and she was already gone for work when I took my test this morning (the test I took Monday was negative). We live in a 630 sq-ft 1BR shoebox, so the real trick will be keeping her from getting it. It’s crunch time for her at work for the next month, so I said I’d take the couch the next 4-5 nights (a 2-seat loveseat, so maybe I’ll take the floor). And we’ll both mask up 100% at home, stay away from each other, and hope for the best. I’ve had plenty of head-colds worse than this, and the chills I got from both my Shingrix shingles vaccine shots a year ago were a lot worse than the chills I had last night. Just gotta wait it out.

I set up an eBay auto-search, that emails me whenever a new particular match is listed — so if happen to notice the next email (in a month, or 3 months, or who-knows-when), I’ll try and post it here.