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For me it's the Moncurs. Just never have seemed as great to me as everyone else seems to find them. But then few here get excited as I do about the Hodes dates, so vive la difference!

Una Mae Carlisle. . . wish there were dozens of pictures of her available on the net! I really dig her playing and singing.

Very cool photo Chris!

I'll agree that this stuff is subversive in its way. Nice analogy. It's really very interesting stuff.

I really like these sessions. The vocals are on neither of those you mention, but on "How Insensitive." They are not like the vocals on "Life Every Voice!" But I like them. But then I'm different! The Brazilian inspired items on this (and on other Pearson sessions) I find among the best of these years of Blue Note's history. And the Xmas album is my favorite Xmas album.

course there's this one too: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...20&hl=blackhawk

Well, there's this one: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...04&hl=blackhawk

Well, there's this one: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...04&hl=blackhawk

and to and hear some similarities!

Lately I've been listening to

No, didn't make it ever to the Smiling Dog. Should have! My experience would have been fine if I had lived there from when I was knee high to a grasshopper. But I didn't, and I was a fish out of water, and I really sort of have been in some ways since I came back from Africa. I came back kicking and screaming and I left part of me there at Waterford-Kamhlaba School!

Darned if I can remember exactly. . . . I was in the area sporadically from 1970 to 1980. . . I lived most of that time in Burton, Ohio, in the final abysmal two years of highscholl, then after two years at the University of Chicago I lived most of the rest of the time til late 1980 in Burton. Ten or twelve times a year or more I'd end up at the midnight movies in a theater in the area, and record shopping.

Another lovely voiced Brazilian. . . Maucha Adnet (and band)

The lovely and beautifully voiced Gal Costa, the flower from Bahia!

Ms Jessica Williams, what a pianist!

Beauty side by side. . . .

And then there's Mary Lou. . . .

Okay, I guess I'll be the lover of beauty that starts this. Let's have a thread for visions of lovely musicians, who enrich us with their beautiful music! I'll start off with Hadda Brooks:

Points well taken about Pops, Jim. I told my wife more than a decade ago that I thought Louis Armstrong was underrated and she thought I was nuts. "EVEN I HAVE HEARD OF HIM" she let me know, which was pretty amazing at the time, really. But I still think he hasn't gotten his full due. He was just an amazing human being in so many ways!

Sal, my two cents: wait for the collection of masters. I say this for several reasons. One: the sound is likely to be the best possible for the material. Two: there's likely to be good notes. Three: you're going to have all the masters, and that's better than having one quarter of the masters! I think you'll learn to like all the material. I never thought I would want the material with strings. . . but I was wrong, I love the material with strings and have sought out the live material that he recorded with strings as well. I think there's a chance that might happen with you, and I think there's a good chance you'll like all the material in the set. . . It's BIRD!

Well, ultimately I voted for Miles, because believe it or not over the years I've come to really really dig his playing on the sides with Bird. It's honest and it's challenged and it's beautiful in Miles' own way. The differences in their sounds and approach is also a great thing that I've come to appreciate. Though to be honest, any vote here would get my defense!

The Embers I have as a four cd set, and it's excellent. It's complete up to its ending date, it has the best sound I have heard of the sessions (bests the Cool and Blue for the session with Fats as one instance.)

And so is his "Lunarchy" (spelling?)

Many happy returns Ray!

Yeah, another Austinite who is a little baffled. I'm a nonsmoker too who would prefer smokefree places, but I'm a lover of FREEDOM! Wait, does that mean I'm now considered an ultraliberal?