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Mal Waldron, or Cecil Taylor. I also like Stanley Cowell's playing in the '60s for this reason (partly), but haven't listened to enough recent stuff to comment.

JRR in Colorado will never cease to astound me in both what he/it has and how it's presented. I remember the first time I went it was in an old strip mall west of Denver (it has since moved) and was just a longshot. You walked in and were surrounded by comic books and a bunch of records in old wooden bins - not much to write home about, but as I was grabbing some Shepp records, Tom (Burns, the owner) said "I've got more jazz records in the back." He led me to the tucked-away part of the store and I about shit my pants... Floor-to-ceiling heavy jazz, prog, folk and avant-garde records. Have been going back every couple of years since.

Have you seen the Spanish BN of Poppin'?

And from a pretty good Dead tune...

I wonder if this film is on DVD... or is there an actual documentary on Bruce out? I'd like to learn more, but reading about him doesn't really do the guy justice.

Of course.

Yeah, I love Lee Friedlander's photos too. Though Trane himself apparently preferred Bob Thiele's shot on the cover of ALS (at least, IIRC Thiele took it). Haven't listened to "Giant Steps" in years, so I will have to jam it this weekend and come back with something either intelligent or trollish to say.

The only "US3" worth having on there is Horace Parlan!

Hey, I like it all too, though not 'every' player in 'every' genre. I think most people here are of that very same mind. Organissimo has even piqued my curiosity on matters concerning early jazz of the 20s and 30s. Banjo - I like Elmer Snowden, as well as contemporary banjo sound-artist Uncle Woody Sullender. If you're interested in banjo, those are two of hundreds of names to check out. That said, I might like Chris Potter better if he played banjo, and if Holland kept up with the cello.

Anyone got a birthdate for Bennie? I was thinking it was sometime in '43 but not sure. AMG ain't workin' here site-wise, so if anyone knows... Thanks, C PS - yeah, this is for some purpose.

I heard there were a lot of last-minute changes with the lineup, and some no-shows. I myself have lost interest in it lately because the last couple I went to were pretty much identical experiences. Though I did like Fred Van Hove and Conny Bauer... I'd imagine Brotzmann and Waits to be very good - saw that duo maybe three years ago and it was hot then.

I heard it a few years ago and remember liking it at the time, but I think it was way OOP even then. Just can't bring myself to pay $35 for a CD at this point, y'know.

Yeah, that Marge is a great record. I really like altoist Chris Woods, too, though that is the only recording of him I have. Very Dolphy-esque in a lot of ways. I wonder if anyone on the board went to see him in duet with Henry Grimes earlier this month? Wasn't able to fly to NYC for the gig...

With that in mind, maybe you should be downloadig some Stevie Nicks...

Henderson as a soloist, sure, but his dates don't always get me... even "Inner Urge" and "In 'N Out" I find a little underwhelming. But hey, that's what lists are for: everybody's got one, nobody really needs one.

I wasn't so into "Once Upon a Time," thought Wheeler a bit 'wan' for the proceedings. "TCB" is a much better date, IMO.

Patton's version of "The Turnaround" slays the Mobley original, IMO. Great, great cut.

Well, the aircraft noise means you can't pick anything too quiet... I've even found it hard to hear an Alan Silva CD on a plane ride. Hope you got good stoney-phones!

Speaking of Sonny Clark, what's the "Voodoo" tune from Leapin' and Lopin'? That should be on there, too.. what a great tune.

Yeah, it's too easy - most of those tracks are so Starbucks at this point it's not even worth it. Plus I think Blue Train kinda sucks, maybe moreso than some of the others. "Unit Structures" from Cecil Unit Structures "Refuge" from Andrew Hill's Point of Departure "Action" from Jackie Mc's Action "Hat and Beard" from Out to Lunch "Mephistopheles" from Wayne's All Seeing Eye "The Twins" from Some Other Stuff "Blues in Trinity" from Dizzy Reece Blues in Trinity (pretty sure that's the opener - that's the one I'm thinking of, anyway) and we've gotta get "The Rain" from Eddie Gale's Ghetto Music in there somehow. It's a start, anyway.

It's been a few years since Euclid put choice jazz items on their list for less than $49.99 - if they have them at all!

His solo on ALS from the live recording, first part (I think - haven't listened to it in a while) is pretty heart-stopping. Of course, when he first enters on (youknowwhat) it really shows just how harmonically advanced he was, even for that band. But then again, I'm a 'whole album' kind of guy myself, so...

Trio?!? I can hardly hear the drums on my Folkways LP!