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I went for a non-vote as I set up several of the polls. Not cool for me to vote under those circumstances.

Thanks Africabrass for setting up this poll. And what a tough decision it is. I went for Reuben Wilson, LOVE BUG with honorable mention going to Blue Mitchell, DOWN WITH IT. Looks like I'm alone on these selections: well that's typical!

I went for Big Ike. Great idea to run this poll, David.

Well, you know what I would say? I vote "yes!" Well, wait a minute, this is not a poll; calm down Conn500. Calm down!

Alright, who wants to now start a Favorite Rare Grooves poll? This is what we would call simultaneous thinking. See the new thread I just posted

Idea for someone else to set up: Rooster? Africabrass? Create similar polls for Rare Groove Series. I believe there is a complete list of them in one of the threads in the DISCOGRAPHY section. I don't have the energy to create any more polls right now. Rooster? Africabrass? Soulstation? Noj?

19 votes in so far here as well. And this one is also tight. Big Ben says, what? Why "Vote!" Of course!

As it stands now, there would have to be a tiebreak poll to break the third place tie here, but there are still lots of people who haven't voted yet. Big Ben says "VOTE!"

19 votes in so far and it is an interesting race. Big Ben says VOTE!!

Actually, mine is the Conn, but it shouldn't matter. Are some listening to True Blue TOJC?

Wow, maybe this wasn't so easy. This bracket is the Blue Note version of the AFC Eastern Division in the NFL: every opponent is tough! Competition is rough here.

This one was easy for me: my all time favorite: BASRA Keep it going guys; it's an interesting battle in all polls.

My vote here is: Bennie Green, SOUL STIRRIN' and so far I've been the only one I must be weird. This is one of my favorites to be sure. :rsly:

I thought I would be the first to vote!! Not so. Tons of votes in already. I can reveal my selection: ...drum roll..... ....drum roll.... ...drum roll... Jackie Mclean, DESTINATION OUT!

Hmm, this one is tough! I'm voting now but will reveal my selection later (though the vote will be in.)

My pleasure, Jeff. Make sure you vote!! Uncle Sam wants you all to VOTE NOW!!

Appreciate your participation. Don't forget that there are two other polls as well, and the winners advance. Top four will advance from this bracket. So your "fav" only has to be in the top four to move on. One strategy may be to vote for one you like but you think doesn't have much chance to advance, while not voting for one you like but you know is likely to advance anyway. Have fun!

Ooops! Knew I would make a mistake somewhere. Rooster is right. We are asking for favorite Conn here, not Grant Green.

After discussing things with Rooster Ties, we decided that I should just form the three polls. This has now been accomplished. Feel free to vote everyone!

Top three vote-getters to advance to final poll playoff. Apologies in advance for leaving out other selections from these three polls; if there is a great enough outcry then we can add a fourth poll of ten that were "left out." Thanks for participating.

Top three advance to the next poll. One other poll to follow.

Yes, Kevin, you are completely correct here. We are fortunate in that way. Through ebay and elsewhere, I've been able to pick up many of the older issues. I've got 78/99 Conns right now and do not feel an overwhelming urge to complete the series. Combined with other Blue Notes and other labels I've got enough to listen to. I think I'm done as a collector. I'll only buy the new Conns as they come out.

This is the first of three polls with the idea of determining Organissimo members' favorite Conn. Vote for your favorite Conn from the list provided. Remember that there will be two more polls with 20 further choices. (We can only list ten at one time) The top four selections here will advance to a "playoff poll" with three other selections each from the other two polls. Then we will be able to pinpoint the best Conn by popular vote! I culled these selections from the above-mentioned thread. One cannot rule out favoritism but I tried to list cds which were frequently mentioned by board members as being amonst their favorite Conns. It is important that other members create the other two polls as my own favorites will inevitably creep into the picture. Actually, four of the cds in this poll were named as my personal top five, so you see, biasness is always there. Can't help it, I guess. I nominate Rooster Ties to create a second poll, and hope that another member will take it upon himself to create the third. Please refer to the "5 Favorite Conn" thread to select the remaining 20, as we endeavor to nominate those titles which were named by more than one contributor as being amongst their favorites. Thanks in advance for contributing.

I love it: one man's non-fave is another's fave. That's what makes the world go round. Come on Rooster: let's get a poll made. Since there are so many Conns and we can list only ten in a poll, how about a couple of polls or three of them; then we move the top three winners of each bracket to a final poll to determine the best Conn! That means we will have to come up with 30 Conn candidates to start the polls. Any ideas anyone? I vote for Tina Brooks, TRUE BLUE; Andrew Hill, JUDGMENT, SMOKESTACK; Larry Young, INTO SOMETHING; Pete LaRocca, BASRA; Grant Green, SOLID; Wayne Shorter, ETCETERA, SCHIZOPHRENIA; Booker Ervin, IN-BETWEEN; Byrd, Watkins, TRANSITION SESSIONS. There's ten for poll one. I selected them as some of the Conns which were repeat mentions on this thread. Now we need another twenty for polls two and three. Then we will take the top four of this poll to advance to the next round. Six more winners will come from the next two polls. I will set up this initial poll (or will try to do so.) Good idea everyone?

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