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I was thinking about Orpheus last night he has not posted for a few days I hope he is ok. I am surprised no one mentioned Duke Ellington at Newport 1956 as a favorite live recording. Definitely on my list! 
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alex,I saw your favorite live list. Excellent choices. I was not even aware of the Coleman Hawkins Village Gate release. I already ordered it thanks!One of my favorites, right off the top of my head at 6am, is John Coltrane's "One Up One Down-Live... 
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pryso,Glad to hear you still dig other music genres. Although when I really dove into jazz later in life and realized what I had been missing, I occasionally find myself in the mood (actually more then occasionally) for my rock, blues, r&b, an... 
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Good afternoon mary_jo, (its 5:37am in NY). Hear is another one from Annie Lennox album "Nostalgia"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eC7IcjhYW0c 
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nsp,I forgot to mention last night its been at least 5 years since Alvin Lee passed away. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=biM7yobcI50 
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nsp,Why would you sell your SM discs?I have all of the 40th anniversary King Crimson Discs including Discipline. Each set comes with a DVD-A or SACD with the complete album in 5.1 surround mix. I also have all their latest live discs.They are rele... 
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R.I.P. Jerry GonzalezI still plan on going to the Larry Willis And The Heavy Blues Band show Friday evening October 19th at 7pm (1st show).Larry Willis was a former bandmate of Jerry Gonzalez. http://www.smokejazz.com/index.php/calendar/ 
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Thanks nsp for the ongoing updates on the Sonny Rollins VV sessions. I hope they release another disc with the complete sessions day and night.By the way, you had mentioned the group Soft Machine, I believe, a while back. I just picked up volumes ... 
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frogman, I have everything TYA ever put out and then some!Alvin Lee was heavily influenced by American jazz and blues. He covers the standard blues tune "Good Morning Little School Girl" and jazz "Woodchoppers Ball" with his blazingly fast guitar ... 
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mary_jo,I first heard Annie Lennox in the mid 1980’s with the Eurythmics. The song was "Sweet Dreams Are Made Of This" and, although at the time, I was into the music of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and the like, something in her voice stuck in my ... 
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frogman, thanks for the links on accompaniment. A perfect example of correct accompaniment would be McCoy Tyner (accompanist) and John Coltrane (soloist) in the song "My Favorite Things"Even someone with limited knowledge of sheet music, chords, m... 
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nsp and frogman thank you both for the info on the Rollins Village Vanguard shows.Pete La Roca is something of an enigma. I have his first solo disc Basra and he was no slouch behind the kit. According to Wiki he left the music business and went t... 
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 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lz7zfnYcvywhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejmRVXDCoS0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxDzD3L6JREhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mx2DsFOvXqw 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tnJrMTDgTBshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwnXGRHiqnkAnnie Lennox, in both live performances above, was over 60 at the time. Still an amazing vocalist. Just imagine if she had taken some time in her younger days to... 
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frogman, I have both those discs you posted the song links from.When I first bought the live Village Vanguard disc I almost wore it out playing it. That was way back before I put my whole music library on my laptop in FLAC format. Over the last 5 ...