well i just perused this whole list of faves and feel the urge to add to it and comment on some of it. lets start with the self titled "osamu" perhaps best described as japanese jazz fusion with not so much emphasis on the fusion. i have a few american copies and 1 japanese which is th best of the lot. i buy them when i see them, just in case. one of the tunes has a female vocalising in a very ehtereal way. i had the disc for years before i read the liner notes and found that it was minnie ripperton! if you see it, BUY IT! yes, shirley horn is wonderful, 'you wont forget me' is the first i heard and at first thought it was a new miles davis record until her sultry voice began with the title phrase. i have msot of her recent things and some of the old. ying tan had vinyl when he was running pacific vinyl with michael hobson, pre classic record days. thats where i picked up 'amused to death' on vinyl for 25. >>>>>>>>back to shirley horn...im rerallyh pissed. i saw her live at the cinegrill in LA after 7kyrs of anticipation. it was the 2nd set and when her band members had to help her onto stage, i thought that ist ws due to some physical infirmity. it wasnt, she was stoned on something, alcohol or other. she spent half of the time in a daze, not realizing even that she was on stage. i love her recordings, which ive had a hard time llistening to since,but sheel never get another penny form me in performance. what a disappointment. her video 'heres to life' is realy something, and the cd got a grammy. talk about piano players! brubecks got nothing on shirley. just listen to her albums, some of it is just awesome and especially in view of the fact that she sings while playing this good. the recordings are good quality also. onward,,,,,miles--TUTU. oh yeah, this is a great one. SIESTA, movie music that has a distinctly sketches flavor. and lets not forget the mosaic LP set of the gil evans sessions. i bought this one early, $171 delivered. check the prices now..... bela fleck:'flight of the cosmic hippo' first heard at a sterephile show on avalon ascents,inergetics subs + equip, with all xlo cables, demoed by roger skoff. very fine stuff for evalluating the transition from your sats to your subs. great fun as music also. didnt recognize 'star spangled banner' untio my daughter pointed it out to me. live recordings--direr straits 'on the night'. the instant i heard the crowd noise, i knew it was going to be a great one. patricia barber 'companion',, good new fem voc. her previous stuff is good too. heard it first on KLON (check this station out onm the web @klon.org! superb jazz station. kurt elling 'the messenger' and alson his new live one. great scat, intelligent music, keeps you interested. it came as no surprise to me when HP declared mehta's planets to be great. for the uninformed-holst:the planets suite with the LA phil. the musicians were having fun playing familiar and loved music while the recording team was nearly perfect in capturing the event. been listening to it since the 70s. i saw it at a stereophile show used pile for $75, got it in canyon country, ca in an easy listenig pile for $3! its now avail on cd coupled with also sprach zarathustra, and star wars (upc#28945.29102 4) pictures at an exhibition on telarc with lorin maazel and the cleveland orch-----difinitive performance, powerful recording and FINALE. for the definitive performance in my opinion (who asked for it?)is..................TOMITA. man, you can just about see the dance of the unborn chicks. pictures indeed. wellll, that just about does it for now. this was fun, and with no interrupting cows. later, ill be back.
