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frogman,In regards to my new Charlie Parker and co. JATP 1949 disc I agree it has already become one of my favorites and will get plenty of listens here.Did you really pick up by listening that Parker's reed was faulty?Your quote "history lesson" ... 
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acman, I agree with rok about Close Your Eyes by Carolyn Lee Jones. I was not aware of her either and the trio behind her is awesome as well as her voice. 
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Schubert, this video:“Language, Creativity, and the Limits of Understanding” by Professor Noam Chomsky "Is 1:26 minutes long. When I have more time I will watch it.What did you think of my short summary of the post WWII debriefing on the German of... 
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Schubert,I listened to General Butler's commentary in full yesterday and my question on if he was a jazz aficionado was an attempt at putting some joy on an otherwise very real and apocalyptic subject. The subject has been talked about ad nauseum ... 
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The Charlie Parker JATP 1949 disc was in the mail box when I got home yesterday. This is the one with Parker and Lester Young playing together. I listened to it last night and every song is good.The personnel:Charlie Parker, Lester Young, Flip Phi... 
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"This is for rok only on a subject I know is important to him by the greatest soldier of our time" Schubert,Just curious why, in your opinion, is he the greatest soldier of our time?  Is he a jazz aficionado? 
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rokI have Hancock's Gershwin's World (Verve label) and his other 2 albums on the Verve label 1998 -2007 which are "Directions In Music - Live at Massy Hall" (2003) and "River - The Joanie Letters" (2007).All 3 are good albums but my favorite of th... 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4_rFmqaEV4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXkF2qaXODUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DFjKuF0Bv80https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F06ULPVfKughttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ977ZVeq5M 
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Here we go again SMH...………….   
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Wow! been searching around You Tube all morning and just found this gem with Charlie Parker and Lester Young playing a beautiful rendition of Embraceable You:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9cZF2dOZPMAnd the best part is I found the CD of the com... 
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I have been listening to my Kenny Wheeler collection a lot lately. Especially his ECM sessions. Great music. Great engineering at the ECM studio = great sonics.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p096UTjQgeI&t=87shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mC... 
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acman,I have listened to JC's "Out Of Nowhere" the "full album" at least a hundred times. I own all of his recordings and that's one of my favorites.I'm partial to Gene Ammons' version of "Angel Eyes" but Sonny Stitt's rendition is excellent as we... 
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Thanks mary__jo I am going to use that toothpaste from now on! 
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We are on the third straight page of a lyrics or no lyrics debate quickly headed for a fourth. SMH..... 
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pryso,Great link to the xmass tune.Chicago, IMHO, was way ahead of the "simpleton" rock bands of the 70's. After Terry Kath's death they did "sell out" a little with the top ten FM tunes sung by Peter Cetera. especially in the 80's. But man they s...