{"id":558,"date":"2006-07-14T01:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-07-14T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/wp\/?p=558"},"modified":"2006-07-14T01:05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-07-14T08:05:00","slug":"readers_choices_part_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/rifftides\/2006\/07\/readers_choices_part_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Readers&#8217; Choices, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Entries are still arriving in the worldwide <em>Rifftides<\/em> listeners&#8217; sweepstakes (no losers, no prizes). It is not too late to join. All civil responses will be published. Simply <a href=\"mailto:daramsey@charter.net\"target=\"_blank\">send an e-mail message<\/a> telling us your current listening choice. Please include your name and where you live. Here is the second installment.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000000XEY%2Fqid%3D1152827424%2Fsr%3D2-3%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_3%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Witherspoon featuring Ben Webster<\/a>. And for the past week, it was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00005USHJ%2Fqid%3D1152828231%2Fsr%3D1-4%2Fref%3Dsr_1_4%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Charlie Byrd\/Herb Ellis<\/a>. Must have played that record twenty times.<br \/>\nSean Cannon<br \/>\nGlenshaw, Pennsylvania, USA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7Stan Kenton: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000005GY4%2Fqid%3D1152828758%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3Fn%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>West Side Story<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nOscar Peterson: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB0000069N9%2Fqid%3D1152828864%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>West Side Story<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nAndre Previn &#038; His Pals: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000000YNF%2Fqid%3D1152828963%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>West Side Story<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nCarl Abernathy<br \/>\nWest Lafayette, Indiana, USA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/cahlsjukejoint.blogspot.com\"target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/cahlsjukejoint.blogspot.com<\/a>\/<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7<a href=\"http:\/\/www.482music.com\/albums\/482-1046.html\"target=\"_blank\">The Rempis Percussion Quartet<\/a> (482 Music)<br \/>\nJeff Albert<br \/>\nMandeville, Louisiana, USA<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scratchmybrain.com\"target=\"_blank\">www.scratchmybrain.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7Pat Metheny, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000000OSS%2Fqid%3D1152829611%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Secret Story<\/em><\/a><br \/>\n&#8230; because I woke up in a sentimental mood this morning<br \/>\nDeborah Hendrick<br \/>\nSan Leon, Texas, USA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7Over the last few days I&#8217;ve been giving very careful attention to Bob<br \/>\nBrookmeyer with the Ed Partyka Jazz Orchestra: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00005BASY%2Fqid%3D1152829769%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3Fn%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Madly Loving You<\/em><\/a>(Challenge Records, recorded in September 1999 and mixed in May of 2000). Not only is this CD revelatory with respect to BB and his playing but the composers of the 8 tunes are quite a mix: Bill Holman, Marka Lackner, Maria Schneider, Manny Albam, Jim McNeely, Frank<br \/>\nPeinshagen, Ed Partyka and John Hollenbeck. The concept, the compositions and the playing are all extraordinary.<br \/>\nAnd from the sublime to something a little less sublime, The Ed Palermo Big Band: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000F5WN5U%2Fqid%3D1152829915%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Take Your Clothes Off When you Dance<\/em><\/a> (Cuneiform Records, 2006). This is the second Palermo collection of Frank Zappa compositions and, like the first CD, this one continues to enthrall. It&#8217;s fun and serious at the same time. Arrangements are superb and the band seems to get tighter as the CD deveops (8 tracks).<br \/>\nAnd then I&#8217;m listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00022LZW8%3Fv%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Lorraine Hunt-Leiberson<\/a>, Sibelius and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00001W09B%3Fv%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Louise Talma<\/a>.<br \/>\nPeter Kountz, Ph.D<br \/>\nPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, USA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7Frank Sinatra Jr.&#8217;s new album, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000EU1KUA%2Fqid%3D1152830697%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3Fn%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">That Face<\/a><\/em>. Great charts and to my ears damned good singing from this fine musician.<br \/>\nPat Goodhope<br \/>\nMiddletown, Delaware, USA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7Frank Kimbrough: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000F9T6L0%2Fqid%3D1152830955%2Fsr%3D1-1%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Play<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nMatthew Shipp\/William Parker\/Guillermo Brown: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzos.com\/0SR_detail0.php?prod=H862\"target=\"_blank\"><em>Trio Plays Ware<\/em><\/a><br \/>\nChris Harriott<br \/>\nHoboken, New Jersey, USA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;\u00b7I&#8217;m now listening to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwoz.org\/listen.php\"target=\"_blank\">WWOZ, 90.7-FM<\/a>, online from New Orleans. In my CD changer I have a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00009EIQE\/qid=1152832668\/sr=2-1\/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1\/103-4935902-9559806?s=music&#038;v=glance&#038;n=5174\"target=\"_blank\">Buddy Guy acoustic<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00000JHBM%2Fqid%3D1152832784%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Gatemouth Brown<\/a>, the most recent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000FBHCQO%2Fqid%3D1152833112%2Fsr%3D2-2%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_2%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\">Monk\/Trane<\/a>, Bill Frisell&#8217;s<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB000005J4A%2Fqid%3D1152833197%2Fsr%3D11-1%2Fref%3Dsr_11_1%3Fn%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em> Nashville<\/em><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?link_code=ur2&#038;tag=rifftidougram-20&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=9325&#038;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fgp%2Fproduct%2FB00004X0QJ%2Fqid%3D1152833300%2Fsr%3D2-1%2Fref%3Dpd_bbs_b_2_1%3Fs%3Dmusic%26v%3Dglance%26n%3D5174\"target=\"_blank\"><em>No Room for Squares<\/em><\/a>, Hank Mobley.  (I&#8217;ve been a fan of your writing since I first began listening to great American Music when I was at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitman.edu\/content\/\"target=\"_blank\">Whitman College<\/a>.  I&#8217;m a frequent attendee at <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/pstrosahl\/iWeb\/The%20SEASONS%20Music%20Festival\/SEASONS%20Welcome.html\"target=\"_blank\">The Seasons<\/a>, where your introductions are greatly appreciated. I&#8217;ve also enjoyed your descriptions of cycling in the Yakima Valley. I&#8217;m an avid cyclist myself and just wanted you to know you are not alone.)<br \/>\nBarry K. Schmidt<br \/>\nYakima, Washington, USA<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I was wondering about that. See you on a hill somewhere.<br \/>\nMore choices next time. What an interesting group you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Entries are still arriving in the worldwide Rifftides listeners&#8217; sweepstakes (no losers, no prizes). It is not too late to join. 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