Every now and then... - Democratic Underground

Zomby Woof

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:33 PM
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Every now and then...

You just have to go back to "Kind Of Blue".

I love all kinds of music, and all kinds of jazz, from all eras...

But if you are hard-pressed to verbalize a definition of jazz for a neophyte, just hand them a CD of this classic (or better yet, a record, if they have a turntable), and let them figure it out for themselves.

After 20 years since my discovery of this flawless gem, it never, ever gets old.

Sometimes, you just have to get back to it.

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tuvor

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:38 PM
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1. Funny, I was looking at a reissue CD and was thinking about purchasing it.

It's one of those classics I've never gotten around to listening to. Might have to wait until next payday.

On the back of the CD it said that one reason for the reissue was that the original pressings bumped the whole album up by a seminote or something like that.

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Zomby Woof

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:40 PM
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2. I have heard that too

Either way, it works! LOL.

Hope you get it soon, and post here when you have given it a spin!

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Skink

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:46 PM
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4. even if you don't have it...

I guarentee you've heard it. I hate to say over played, as great as it is, but after make sure to check out everything else from the 50's especially Miles from early in that decade.:wow:

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Zomby Woof

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:48 PM
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5. I am talking genetic code here

But I will qualify this by adding that my personal favorite from Miles is "Sketches of Spain", for deeply personal reasons.

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progmom

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:50 PM
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6. Also a wonderful record.

If you like Miles with Gil Evans (and it sounds like you do!) you should make sure you have Miles Ahead.

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Zomby Woof

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:54 PM
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7. I have the fancy Miles/Gil Evans set

That one with the brass binding, that compiles all of their collaborations! But I keep a separate copy (re-mastered of course) copy of 'Spain;' for portability/completist reasons.

Your recommendation is duly appreciated and very welcome!

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progmom

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:57 PM
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8. Oooh - very nice. Those are now out of print.

They reissued them without the fancy brass binding...for half the price (tha bastards!)

So do you have Oliver Nelson "Blues and the Abstract Truth"?
and Gil Evans "Into The Hot"? Just trying to think of other arranged albums that evoke the same kind of feeling as the Miles-Gil collaborations.

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Zomby Woof

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Sun Jan-30-05 11:00 PM
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9. I have neither

But! A jazz junkie friend of mine back in Seattle has the latter. I enjoyed it the one sitting I listened to it. Haven't heard the former. :-(

He's a Milt Jackson fanatic, by the way, whom I also enjoy. My CD changer has his collaboration with Wes Montgomery in it as we speak...

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progmom

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Sun Jan-30-05 10:42 PM
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3. It's $11.99

Often on sale for under $10.
Buy it tomorrow.
I promise you that you will not be sorry.
It's beeoooteeful.

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mitchum

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Sun Jan-30-05 11:10 PM
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10. True, Columbia always recorded sessions with two machines...

as a safety measure. For some inexplicable reason, KOB was issued with the recording from the malfunctioning machine. The reissue is from the machine with the correct pitch.
Steely Dan would intentionally subtly vary the tape speed on some of their recordings. Those Bard College smartypants :)

"Kind of Blue" is a great work.

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