O-10:
All three youtubes were very good. The Mulligan cut was let down by poor sonics, but great playing.
Peggy Lee? You don't have to say alot. She was one of the best ever.
Annie Ross? I have several of her with LH&R. The songs she sang here, I have played a zillion times. Joe Williams was an added treat. And did you notice, the Basie septet. :)
The word 'Hip' fits Ross and LH&R like a glove. Talk about 'sophisticated' Jazz. That would be Annie & Company.
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O-10:
Two of my favorites. I never thought ANYONE, could perform them better than the babes that sing with the Sergio Mendes group
Sergio who?? Makeba has made these songs her own.
She not only sang them well, if you listen closly to her tone and her phrasing on 'mas que nada' she actually made it African.
I will have to see what is avalabile on CD at Amazon. I have a lot of her on LP, but only one CD.
She was a favorite on mine back in my Joan Baez / Buffy Saint Marie, days.
Great recommendations.
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Test:
Great and Important:
Parker and Gillespie - bebop
Gillespie - Cuba
Navarro - Was a transitional figure. Could have been the best ever on trumpet. Died too soon.
All the others are important in the sense that someone has to PLAY all these innovations!! :)
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******* He quickly discovered that he needed tailor made musicians, those are the ones who could hear and play his music which was so radically different at that time. He tailor made Dannie Richmond's drums to fit his music, because a traditional time keeping drummer couldn't work with such radically quick shifting times.********
So true. Monk faced a similar situation. I think Charlie Rouse stayed with him for years. He understood Monk and his music.
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Zoot Sims seems to be good player, but I could never get past his name. I see ZOOT, and I think Vaudville. Some guy in a plaid suit. :) Silly but true. I understand that is not his birth name. He should have stuck with the birth name. Can you image a Zoot Coltrane!!
He did make a record with JUTTA HIPP. A female Jazz piano player from Germany. Eventually found her way to NYC. I have one of the few LPs she made. I think she only made three. I have her 'At The Hickory House Vol 1.
She quit Jazz because she suffered too much anxiety playing with the big boys. Horace Silver et al. She quit Jazz and became a seamtress!
I was listening to The Jazz Messengers last nigth. 'Jazz messengers at the Cafe Bohemia. With Horace Silver, Kenny Dorham and Hank Mobley. They made the set.
Cafe Bohemia must be quite a place. That's where the Mingus performance was recorded.
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If I may, a slight change of pace.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6I3QZIM7dNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPwwaoShG-A
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Are you dissing disco?
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Welcome back Frogman. The word on the street here in Texas was that you had packed all your Spike Jones LPs and headed up state New york to become a gentleman farmer. Guess the street was wrong.
Excellent and informative post on the 'pit musician,' as are all your posts.
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******For me, it's a pleasant nostalgic album*******
HERETIC: one who dissents from an accepted belief or doctrine : NONCONFORMIST
This be you!
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Great, and a little closer to Jazz.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRi6yhqmuxU
I have this on dvd and cd.
'Bill Gaither presents a Gospel Bluegrass Homecoming Vol One.
Every MUSIC lover must have it.
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Speaking of Organ. German girl. I know she is the best looking and she can play. I have her on my to buy list.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPqYZNqg15g
Jimmy smith is my main man on B-3. Followed by Jack McDuff and Jimmy McGriff.
The stuff smith recorded with blue note was his best.
I never understood why the organ and trombone were not more prevalent is Jazz. I have several by J.J. Johnson and a few by Al Grey.
A CD with Johnson and Kai Winding is very good. (sweet georgia brown alert!!)
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Mission Impossible is The greatest theme ever!!
Two themes I had to have, so I downloaded them: Mission Impossible and Peter Gunn.
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Another great song from theme music. Paris, Texas.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yF5DWFSBTY
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Nice clip O-10, But, For the real deal, try this. This is from the 'Say Amen Somebody" DVD. One of the few DVDs I can watch more than once.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW7z5ASa4W0
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Wynton Marsalis -- MARSALIS PLAYS MONK-STANDARD TIME VOL.4
I think we can all agree that no-one can play Monk like Monk could. Having said that, this is a very enjoyable outing.
The recorded sound is a big improvement over the Monk-era sound and the players are very capable. A lot of lesser known / played Monk tunes are included.
Great arrangements by Wynton Marsalis. Where would Jazz be today without this man! 'Brilliant Corners' has never sounded as Brilliant! Nice trombone playing throughout by Wycliffe Gordon.
check it out!
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Today's Gem:
Oscar Peterson Trio with Milt jackson -- VERY TALL
The first time Oscar and Jackson recorded together. The Vibraphone and the Piano make a very good pairing. Wonderful and unique sound.
Six Tunes. All excellent. Includes 'on green dolphin street',(for some reason I love that title) 'work song', and 'john brown's body'.
Awesome interplay between Oscar and Jackson on 'work song'. I felt there was a lot of good natured 'head cutting' going on between the two throughout the entire set.
All performance were Five Star.
Jackson seems to be a different player once he is away from MJQ, or more to the point, away from John Lewis.
When the Good Lord said BOP!, Lewis thought he siad BACH!, And away he went.
Awesome set. Everyone has to have it. Case Closed!
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We will agree to disagree about the 'strings'.
Consider this, if he had been backed by a top notch be-bop crew, you would have heard a different summertime.
You won't maneuver me into being critical of Bird. :)
You do realize that Mitch Miller was in this group. I used to watch 'sing-a-long with mitch' on tv back in the day. Not your typical be-bopper!
******I could feel the intense heat of a cotton field; "Bet you don't know nothing about that".******
Having been born and raised in the 'sovereign' state of Mississippi, I have seen and been in a few. :)
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Cedar Walton -- COMPOSER
walton(piano), roy hargrove(trumpet), christian mcbride(bass), vincent herring(alto sax), ralph moore(tenor sax), victor lewis(drums)
The CD is very aptly named. This is all about the composer and his compositions. All tunes well crafted and played.
Nine tunes, all composed by Cedar Walton. This is very advanced bop. Beyond the 50s / 60s blue note era stuff, but still bop, and still JAZZ.
All solos are well executed. No blowing just to be blowing. Recorded in 1996. Great sound quality.
It is obvious these are serious Jazz players with a serious player in charge.(walton) you can always tell.
The playing shows the kind of professionalism shown on 'kind of blue'.
This is the only Cedar Walton CD I own. That is almost criminal. This man is a Jazz pianist / composer of the first rank. I will have to correct this oversight.
That's one of the best things about this thread. You find out where your music collection is lacking. Kenny Barron was another oversight.
Check this one out. You will love it. Just coherent, beautiful, and effortless playing throughout.
Git the CD!!!!
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Susana Baca -- Very nice. The bass line sort of reminds me of BVSC.
So much of this type music is so melancholic, esp from Argentina and Peru. Can't these folks swing?? Don't worry, be Happy?
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Don't ever go to a Baptist church without a hanky. You will no be allowed to leave until you cry!
This is one of the major stops along the road to Bird, Miles, Mingus, Armstrong, and all others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhSGkFwL77k&list=PL75E5DDF1FCBFC225
I think these folks are from up St Louis way.
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Film-Noir?? Some of my favorite movies are from this genre. The women were as tough or tougher than the men. For some reason I always thought of the tough guys as having survived WWII.
Quite often'film-noir' themes were Jazz... They even had Jazz plaing on the juke box in the bar scenes.
Susan Hayward was one of the toughest babes in the movies. Her only rival would have been Miss Barbara Stanwyck. I was working in the theater at the time, so I probably saw it a zillion times. Good Jazz. of course I didn't know what Jazz was at the time. :) But when I heard the music, I knew what to expect.
Ella Fitzgerald was in 'man with the golden arm'. That theme was one of the best ever. I hear it now and can see and feel the tension. That movie could only have had that theme music. No other music would have worked. Brilliant!!!!
One of the few other themes in that class is the Mission Impossible theme. Perfect, no subsitutes!
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Charles1dad:
I have two, on CD, by John Hicks. 'The Missouri Connection' with Jay McShann, and 'Two of a Kind', with Ray Drummond.
You have provoked me into 'reviewing' them. :)
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I did leave off one of the toughest babes of all. That would be Miss Betty Davis. Remember the scene of her strolling down the staircase putting six slugs in that poor guy. One of the most famous sequences in all of moviedom!!
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you ain't one of them fusion and third stream folks, is ya?
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Aster Aweke - I have her CD titled KABU. Love it.
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The Frogman:
I didn't realize you had posted this clip before. You know I would have commented. I would not have known what to say or how to say it, but that has never stopped me in the past.
Most often after you make your comments on your postings, there is really little anyone can add. It's like Einstein giving a talk on relativity to freshmen college students, and when finished asking, 'any comments?'. :)
You nailed it on this clip. I listened to it three times. Tried to find it on Amazon but could not, other than MP3.
I have noticed that great Jazz is getting harder to find except at exhorbiant prices from 'these sellers'. Get it while you can.
The playing on the clip was great, but the icing on the cake was that you could SEE the magic being created. Live sound is the best, but it's the visual part that makes it special. The closeup of the reed players was priceless. Pros at work.
The reeds brought Ellington to mind. I have several by Hanna, but all are solo efforts. He was Julliard trained and taught college and even wrote a ballet. I guess he was a genuis.
Nice shout-out to 'us' guys in the brass section. :)
Thanks for the clip. One of the best on this thread so far.
I think this was done in Europe. Does the audience affect the playing of the musicians?
Nothing worst that an unappreciative audience. The greatest(worst) example being, Ahmad Jamal at the Pershing, playing 'poinciana'.
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Today my local PBS station played:
Duke Ellington and his Orch with HERB JEFFERIES singing 'FLAMINGO'.
WOW!
I didn't recognize the performers when I heard it, but it only took a few minutes to find it online.
I understand he is still alive.
Youtube is just toooooooooo much. An abundance of magic. Where would we be without it! Hell, how could we live without the internet period! Thanks Al Gore. :)
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Gabor Szabo -- THE SORCERER
This made a much bigger impression on me back when I started my Jazz journey, than it does now. I have a lot of his stuff on LP. How our taste evolve.
Pleasant lightweight 'european' guitar. Good background music.
No Blues!! This could be the problem.
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O-10,
Charlie Parker with Strings: The Master Takes
Verve 314 523 984-2
The liner notes on this CD are much more interesting than the music. Read them. Good insight on the cultural war that raged within Jazz.
Does not sound like one of the the creators of Be-Bop. As the notes imply, he needed someone to push him. This is what happens when non-musicians try to 'direct' or 'improve' genuis. How do you 'improve' Bird?
Norman Granz was the 'Typhoid Mary' of Jazz.
Of all the great players that I have on CD, Bird is the most disappointing / frustrating. Either he is playing a toy sax, or the recording is technically bad, or some stuff like this (with strings!!) Really!
I seldom play Bird, and never this one.
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O-10:
I thought you might like to hear 'Summertime' for real. I found myself wiping my brow from the heat!! :)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDOEsQL7lA
Other listens today:
Horace Silver -- SONG FOR MY FATHER
Horace Silver -- BLOWIN' THE BLUES AWAY
We are all very familiar with them. I was neither asleep nor fully awake. WOW!! I love to be in that place when listening to great music.
Clark Terry -- COLOR CHANGES
featuring Yusef Lateef on tenor, flute, english horn and oboe!!
There is also a guy on French Horn and trombone. What a line-up.
7 tunes. 'Nahstye Blues' is my favorite. All are very good.
I do not believe this man, Clark Terry, has ever done anything less than a stellar recorded performance. Try ANYTHING by Clark Terry, you cannot go wrong!
Recorded NYC 1960
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et tu, Frogman? :)
I listened again and I will agree it's beautiful music. And great sax playing. Must have been the reason I purchased it. I just think there are many(several?) competent professional reedmen, like the Frogman perhaps, who could have played Bird's part.
It's a great CD, just not what I expected. I will say, that from a technical standpoint, it's the best recorded music I have of Bird. It's just not on my 'goto' list when I want to hear Jazz.
And lastly, my mama didn't raise no fools. When I am opposed by The Frogman, a pro, and O-10, a man who has seen Trane himself, it's time to throw in the towel. :)
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****The recording shows Bird playing with a warmer, less aggressive tone in deference to the musical setting*****
Exactly. Now the question becomes, how much aggression can you take away, and how much can he defer, and still be Bird?
I guess that was what I was trying to say. I knew that if I read your post enough times, you would state my point better than I could.
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Today's Listen
The Three Sounds -- EIGHT CLASSIC ALBUMS
Gene Harris(piano), Andrew Simpkins(bass), Bill Dowdy(drums) Nat Adderley and Stanley Turrentine appear on some of the CDs.
Four Cds containing eight albums. One of the great bargins in Jazz. Great sound quality, flat piano on one track notwithstanding.
Check it out. I think I paid 10 dollars on Amazon.
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Why does a lot of Horace Silver's music have an 'Eastern" tinge to it. Or am I 'hearing' something that is not there.
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Today's Listen:
Hampton Hawes -- THIS IS HAMPTON HAWES VOL.2 THE TRIO
hawes(piano), Red Mitchell(bass), Chuck Thompson(drums)
Hawes is one of my favorite Jazz pianist. According to the liner notes, he says he was most influenced by Charlie Parker. Good guy to be influenced by.
Hawes' fingers are like Fred Astaire's feet, fast and light.
9 tunes. Mostly standards, but, because he puts his own unique spin on them, you are not aware you have heard the tunes before.
Excellent sound quality. In a word, this performance is 'delightful'. Recorded 1955/56.
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To Jazz and Music lovers everywhere:
Merry Christmas to all, and to all, a Good Night!!
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If this is Thursday, it must be change of pace night. Enjoy! You know you like them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0oFadjx-is
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFIOu2sYxoc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCTN0cmFTQo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XMn0U9b2Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9RVPTpDyA
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Todays's Dose:
Carmen McRae & Betty Carter -- THE CARMEN MCRAE - BETTY CARTER DUETS
Recorded before a live audience in San Franciso. Very enjoyable set. A lot of 'carryin' on' between Carmen and Betty. The audience loves it.
9 tracks. All very good. My favorites were the Ellington tunes 'Sophisticated Lady' and It don't mean a Thing'. Also, 'But Beautiful' and 'Sometimes I'm Happy. Great scatting duel on the latter.
Great recording. DDD. No tape hiss!! Thank the Lord for Digital.
Everyone had a good time on this one, and it showed. Wish I had been there.
Try it. I guarantee you will love it..
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The Frogman:
RE: Miss Nancy Wilson: The Very Thought Of You - 1964
Awesome! Perfection? Now that's the Nancy I remember from back in the day.
Great Clip.
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O-10:
When you were cruising thru Mississippi, back in the day, in your 'deuce and a quarter', you may have heard this on your philco radio.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQLdztuMd1g
The baddest dude in Blues.
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Acman3:
White, black, lettering, Capitol Jazz.
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Acman3:
Very poignant performance. The shot of Getz sitting on the stool with chin in hand watching Barron play, PRICELESS.
I have him with Gilberto and with Oscar peterson. A great player.
Thanks for the clip.
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Dissing an artist because of her age!?!?!?!
As 'Fats' Waller might say
"Why, I never heard of such a thing!!" hahahahahha
I was so upset I had to reach for Wynton and Clapton and a little 'layla' and some 'a closer walk with thee' to regain my composure.
sine you be the OP, I guess we can't fire you! hahahhaah
How about some prime Nancy Wilson? Coming up.
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O-10:
The Television series "Anthony Dourdain:Parts Unknown" is about a guy traveling the world exploring different foods. Christmas night, the show was about Mississippi and a second episode was about The Bronx, NYC.
I mention this because music was a major theme in both shows. He traveled to the black business area of Jackson. Also visited Oxford and the Delta. I discovered that Ellington, Basie and Calloway had all performed in the black area of Jackson back in the day. I had no idea.
The area is mostly deserted now. Ain't 'progress' grand? The main drag consists of a Church a Funeral home and one cafe. He also went to a few Juke Joints. That was a great thing to see. They are struggling to maintain the blues, but still jamming to the real thing.
He also ate at a place called "Doe's Steak house" in Greenville, Ms. It's right across the street from my Aunt's house. I have eaten there a few times. It has a certain amount of Fame. Was once mentioned on the 'Tonight Show'. The steaks are several inches thick and you can bring your own bottle. No veggies allowed!! Hot tamales were good also.
He also commented on the emptiness of the rural delta. He's right. Everyone has gone!
The Bronx:
Met the guy that started hip-hop 'music'. He is apparently a free man. I would have thought he would be in Rikers. He should be. Ate a lot of exotic food from the various immigrant communities.
Very depressing to my sensibilities. Gives a whole new meaning to phrase "The Bronx Zoo"!! The apartment complexes look like something out of the Eastern Block. Give me a shotgun shack in the delta anyday.
Anyway, they were both very interesting programs. Quite a contrast between the music scenes. If you get a chance, look for them.
After watching the Bronx program, I think I know what happened to Jazz. It was murdered by "Diversity".
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When I clicked on the 'midnight sun' by Carmen, off to the side were links to the same song performed by Ella and Nancy.
I listened to all three, with the intention of ranking them. I gave up.
I'm just thankful we have these treasures to treasure!
If someone said I had to choose, or all my Kenny G CDs would be confiscated, It's Ella in a squeaker!
Great singing by all.
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Speaking of singing. This is one of my all time favorites. Second only to to Ella herself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SdFyGy6YDw
No one need ever sing this song again. She closed the book on it!
What genre does she sing?? You name it.
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Today's Pick:
Randy Weston / Melba Liston -- VOLCANO BLUES
Randy Weston is a Jazz pianist who has had a long collaboration with Trombonist and Jazz Arranger, Melba Liston. She (Liston) arranged all the tunes on this set.
Weston is very much into African and Caribbean music. He has tried to merge that music with Jazz / Blues. Of all the atempts of this sort of thing, Weston actually gets it right.
This entire CD is just great. Even Johnny Copeland appears to sing a little Blues. He is also into merging african rhythms with American Blues.
Weston gets the mix correct. Jazz and Blues fans will be happy as well as unapologetic 'progressive internationalists', like O-10 and The Frogman.
If you don't have this CD, better get it now! Some of his stuff is offered for $100 from 'these sellers'.
for you youtubies: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjg9S1BUNkw
A Must Have!
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Today's Gem
Sonny Rollins -- +3
tracks 3 & 5:
Rollins(tenor sax), Stephen Scott(piano), Bob Crenshaw(electric bass) YIKES!!! WTF!! Jack DeJohnette(drums)
all other tracks:
Tommy Flanagan(piano), Cranshaw(electric bass), Al Foster(drums).
7 Tunes. Mostly standards, but two by Rollins, 'H.S.', a tribute to Horace Silver, and 'BiJi'. I liked the Rollins tunes the best.
This is the most enjoyable sax playing I have heard in a long time. It's as if he knew every note he would play, on every tune, before the session ever started. When it did start, he just played!
Why the electric bass? I don't know, but, if Rollins wants an electric bass, who am I to disagree. I didn't hear where it added anything to the perforance.
The playing? Fluid, no stops and starts, and 'what next' moments. Sound quality is top notch. Both groups give excellent suppot.
I think we need The Frogman or O-10 to weigh in on this one. I don't think I can do it justice.
Wanna know what a Jazz tenor sax player is supposed to look like? Check out the pics of Rollins on the front and back of the CD cover. Esp the back. The coolest and most distinguished looking player in Jazz. The pic on the back is classic / priceless.
I cannot understand why any Jazz aficionado would not already have this one, but if you ain't got it, git it!!
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The Frogman:
Nice article on the electric bass. Sometimes it seems as if the audience / fans, consider themselves more of a purist than the creators themselves. :) I am guilty.
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Too good not to share.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzvlivbptXk
One of my all time favorites. I remember where I was when I first heard it. I wonder how many awesome performances have been wasted on European and Asian audiences?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50mSSca1xnQ
The most exspensive single CD I have ever purchased. Japanese CD, but I had to have it.
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