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Chick Corea with the Foo Fighters at the Grammys, although it wasn't particularly impressive.

Amazingly, no one seems to have mentioned Alice Coltrane -- even in the posts that list a bunch of musicians. In any case, she is my favorite, with "Isis and Osiris" (from JOURNEY IN SATCHIDANANDA) in particular being one of my all-time favorite tracks.

I saw Chick Corea and Gary Burton at a classical musical festival recently in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It was almost the polar opposite of the venue where I saw him in March 2006.

The early 70s recordings with Mulligan represent my favorite period of Brubeck. You must get WE'RE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN FOR THE FIRST TIME (it also features Desmond). Highlights include free-ish solos on "Truth" and a beautiful version of "Koto Song."

Does anyone know whether or not it would be possible to obtain either of these titles on CD without buying the Mosaic? Is there a source like Downtown Music Gallery (which does not have them) or a place where they can be downloaded on MP3?

Currently obsessed with the show Oz and have Seasons One-Three on DVD. There has been no mention of Oz in this thread.

Don't forget Bobby Hutcherson's Components.

Is there a mailing list for Grachan Moncur or was this a personal email? I tried to add him on MySpace, but he never responded.

Thanks, John. Anything that sounds like Sonny Sharrock is what I am looking for... And the reason I list "jazz" and "noise" (as in the classification that people give to Merzbow) is because I am interested in finding an area where they overlap. But more specifically, I am wondering if there is a specifically "Japanese" subgenre of avant-garde/free jazz, something unique to that nation and its culture. Japan seems to have a much stronger avant-garde tradition than any other Asian country, perhaps more akin to Europe.

Can anyone recommend some Japanese musicians who operate on the more experimental or avant-garde side of the spectrum? I am only aware of Merzbow and the percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani, but I feel like I a missing out on an entire world of stuff that I would like, particularly in the more jazz-based realm. What inspired me to ask was the thread about the Gary Peacock album with Japanese sidemen that were totally unfamiliar to me.

Does the Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington cover count? It's one of my favorite 50s covers (and albums).

Any fans of the Chick Corea/Herbie Hancock duets from 78?

LOL

It's amazing that this was ever broadcast on network television, and interesting how Allen adopted a much more socially conservative stance on free speech and censorship in light of his disappointment with the way things turned out.

AND notice how the people in the Chan films who mock him and make racist comments toward him are portrayed as the ignorant ones, as he ultimately proves by way of his own patience and intelligence. I watched Charlie Chan in Paris recently, and the guy who makes fun of his accent is clearly supposed to be a jack-ass. As for Number One Son, I can remember at least one -- Charlie Chan in Rio -- where a white woman talks about how he is cute and wants to get with him, and this is actually shown in a positive light. This seems like a big deal to me, although it is never mentioned. All of the sons and daughters speak like first-generation Americans, and the reason they are less patient or intelligent is because they are Americanized (although there are rare occasions when one of the sons actually figures something out and helps with a clue). I think there is a lot of truth in this and have never viewed the sons or Number One Daughter as being particularly negative.