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  1. It's hard to pick just one Louis Armstrong set. This is a good one..... The Essential Louis Armstrong -- 2 CD Set Louis Armstrong 2004 Columbia Legacy Pops-- The king of jazz trumpet, March 1, 2007 By Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME) This review is from: Essential Louis Armstrong (Audio CD) THE ESSENTIAL LOUIS ARMSTRONG is a sweeping overview of THE most influential jazz musician of the 20th Century. Disc one contains Armstrong's New Orleans-styled electrical recordings of the late '20's (note that he had made some acoustic horn stuff prior), while the second CD continues the early sides until midway through, and then offers brief glimpses of Satchmo's career from 1938 to '67. To mention a single outstanding example, Armstrong's early beautiful tone is clearly evident on his trumpet intro to 1928's "West End Blues," as is his fine scat voice. Beyond that track, all of disc one is certain to be a revelation to those only familiar with Louis' "Hello Dolly" pop-type tunes. Mastering of the antique 78s in particular is remarkable-- they all sound great! THE ESSENTIAL LOUIS ARMSTRONG is a set that belongs in everyone's collection, not just jazz afficionados. Buy with confidence! TOTAL RUNNING TIMES -- DISC ONE -- 57:53 DISC TWO -- 63:33 Track listing DISC 1: 1. Sugar Foot Stomp 2. Cake Walking Babies (From Home) 3. Pickin' on Your Baby 4. Heebie Jeebies 5. Willie the Weeper 6. Potato Head Blues 7. West End Blues 8. Basin Street Blues 9. Beau Koo Jack 10. St. James Infirmary 11. Tight Like This 12. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 13. Ain't Misbehavin' 14. Black and Blue 15. That Rhythm Man 16. St. Louis Blues 17. Bessie Couldn't Help It 18. I'm Confessin' DISC 2: 1. Memories of You 2. Shine 3. Walkin' My Baby Back Home 4. Blue Again 5. You Rascal You 6. When It's Sleepy Time Down South 7. Lazy River 8. Stardust 9. Georgia on My Mind 10. Shadrack 11. On the Sunny Side of the Street 12. When the Saints Go Marching In 13. Rockin' Chair 14. Blueberry Hill 15. Mack the Knife 16. Aunt Hagar's Blues 17. Honeysuckle Rose 18. Fine Romance, A 19. What a Wonderful World I also recommend this set from the "Ken Burns" Documentary (which is fantastic... )... Ken Burns Jazz -- CD Louis Armstrong 2000 Columbia Legacy Amazon.com For much of his life, Louis Armstrong was the embodiment of jazz for millions of people, both a great creative artist and a beloved popular entertainer. Whether playing trumpet or singing, adding his own definitive touch to a ballad or spearheading a hot New Orleans-style band, Armstrong was a uniquely compelling figure. It's hard to compress such a career into a single CD, but this one includes many of the milestones, reaching back to 1923 for "Chime Blues" with Armstrong playing in the band of his mentor, King Oliver. At the opposite end of Armstrong's life is 1967's "What a Wonderful World," which only became famous decades after it was recorded. In between are the creative peaks, including a good sampling of Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven bands from the late 1920s--the most influential of his recordings--and a superb small-group version of "Old Rockin' Chair" from 1947. Armstrong's 1931 version of Hoagy Carmichael's "Stardust" retains its special luster seven decades later, and there's also a good selection of trademark hits from his later career, like "Mack the Knife" and "Hello, Dolly!" --Stuart Broomer Track Listing 1. Chimes Blues 2. Cake Walking Babies (from Home) 3. Heebie Jeebies 4. Potato Head Blues 5. West End Blues 6. Tight Like This 7. Mahogany Hall Stomp 8. Ain't Misbehavin' 9. Black and Blue 10. St. Louis Blues 11. When It's Sleepy Time Down South 12. Blue Again 13. Lazy River 14. Chinatown, My Chinatown 15. Stardust 16. Shadrack 17. I Double Dare You 18. When the Saints Go Marching In 19. Marie 20. Rockin' Chair 21. Blueberry Hill 22. Mack the Knife 23. Fine Romance, A 24. Hello, Dolly! 25. What a Wonderful World ....and this is essential (IMHO), not for the trumpet playing but for the Sweet sound of Ella and the Gravelly sound of Satchmo's voice. It is one of my desert island picks..... Ella & Louis -- Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong 1956/ 1989 Verve Records Ella and Louis, February 9, 2011 By Nikica Gilic - See all my reviews This review is from: Ella & Louis (Audio CD) Now this one is a no-brainer: EVERYBODY knows by now how great idea was teaming Ella (at her peak) and Louis (close enough to his peak) on this album, with a killer back-up group lead by Oscar Peterson at his rhythmiest (yes, I know it's not a real word). I'm writing about the original CD from the early 2000s I bought, not about SACD (where the review will apparently, also end up), so I can't talk about the technological finesse of this edition... I'm just claiming this is a beautiful jazz album, happily matched only by Ella and Louis Again, another masterpiece. Groveling expressiveness of Louis' voice is matched beautifully with the melodic brilliance of Ella's jubilant voice and the rest is history. Side One: "Can't We Be Friends?" (Paul James, Kay Swift) – 3:45 "Isn't This a Lovely Day?" (Irving Berlin) – 6:14 "Moonlight in Vermont" (John Blackburn, Karl Suessdorf) – 3:40 "They Can't Take That Away from Me" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) – 4:36 "Under a Blanket of Blue" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 4:16 "Tenderly" (Walter Gross, Jack Lawrence) - 5:05 Side Two: "A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) – 4:31 "Stars Fell on Alabama" (Mitchell Parish, Frank Perkins) – 3:32 "Cheek to Cheek" (Berlin) – 5:52 "The Nearness of You" (Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington) – 5:40 "April in Paris" (Vernon Duke, Yip Harburg) – 6:39 I was fortunate to find an original "Mono" copy..... I hope this helps, Dennie
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  2. I don't even know if we have football fans here, never seen much said about it, but what do yall think. I think its time for the SEC to go down, the NCAA money machine who seems to be above any attention by the infractions committee needs to be taken down a notch. It is just sick the way they turn the other way when its an sec team involved, the Cam Newton case, the Johnny Football thing, hell when Nevin Shapiro got busted he came out and said not even he could compete with the money the sec was throwing to recruits, and he went through nearly a billion dollars, ncaa never even looked into it. So here`s to Florida State and famous Jamous, I`m sick of the sec getting to outright cheat and get away with it, no wonder their heads above everyone else, not a level playing field. A lot of folks think FSU coach Jimbo Fisher will coach this game and go get that 10 million a year Texas is offering up, 10 M per for a dang football coach, insane money. I got FSU 28 AU 21 Roost
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  3. Should be a good game. I know Texans are serious about their football teams. Amazing talents...
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  4. I`ve said for two years Art Briles is the man, came up the high school ranks in Texas, won multiple state championships, knows every hs coach in the state(recruiting) and can coach circles around Mack Brown with 2 and 3 star players. Imagine what he would do with Texas money and all those 5 stars, it would be Bama and Texas every other year. Baylor faithful around here say well he just signed a new contract he ours till 2020, well that contract is chumpchange when Texas comes calling, I think he has a real good shot and why would he stay at Baylor when he can go to Texas
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  5. Since my friend is a gator fan. And since I live 20 miles from the campus, going to go with FSU. They have rebuilt and may be on a roll again.
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  6. I have an extra functioning kidney, blood type O Positive. Are you interested in a trade?
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  7. That will be a nice room, I wish I had a dedicated room to use like that. It sounds like the bar plans were really close already, good planing. What I built is outdoors in what will be a garden, it's a 16' x 24' long pole structure with a bar at one end so I had to think about the weather. Like the bar, top is finished in marine spar varnish, the wood is 2 x 12's cut on angles to form the shape and sanded to make it smooth. I wanted it this shape to get as much seating for the space I had, the top of the bar is 28" deep and around the outside 16'. It's not normal except for the height, the back of the bar is a little different also. Since it's outside and the kids play out there no alcohol will be stored there so it could be a little different. The front is finished in diy bamboo, it came out better than I expected, the top is now very shiny and easy to clean, like almost plastic coated but completely weatherproof. I don't want to clog up your thread but just wanted to show you want I was talking about. During construction before any finishing.
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  8. 4 letter network reports Texas had narrowed down to 4: FSU, Baylor, Vanderbilt & Louisville Head Coaches.
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  9. I've stumbled out of a few but never into one.
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  10. Gus has done a helluva job for sure, you know they did not win one conference game last year, now playin for it all, Texas should give him a serious look, notice how quite its been in Austin ? whoever their after is obviously playing in a bowl yet to be played, hmm
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  11. Not certain...but yeah for sure.
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  12. all great! Love the Ken Burns Jazz series a must for any Louis A fan. That is one nice Ella & Louis, great record!
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  13. Dennie, once again you make excellent selections! I think I got some of these because of you! I would add Louis Armstrong & Duke Ellington - "The Great Summit." "The Making of the Great Summit" is fun too! Some of the older recordings on the Ken Burns JAZZ CD sound pretty old but it is a nice collection. The "Definitive Collection" is OK but my favorites (and decent sound) so far are "Ella and Louis" and the "Great Summit"
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  14. Myself, I'd keep the front L/C/R all KL-6504. Lucky fella... I was thinking about this. They will work fine for the L and R, but the center may take some doing. The cutout dimension for the 6504 is 27.25 wide if mounted sideways. Even the smaller 6502 speaker is over 16" wide, wider than the space between suds, especially on the first floor. The wall does not look like a load bearing wall because it it a pop out for the fireplace. It looks like a cross cut of the studs and a vertical header will be needed to mount the center in the wall. Easy stuff if you know how to do it and have a good circular saw and sawsall (and know it is not load bearing), but it can be a big deal if you do not know how to do this sort of thing. if the wall is load bearing, the mouting depth is under 4" so a decorative box can be built to be surface mounted. Something to think about.
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  15. My wife found a vintage LP a decade or so ago that is beyond belief. Downright scary. Louis is in the room on K'horns. I don't have any digital Louis. Dave
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  16. I would go for the bigger drivers and horn all around and the LCR THX for the center. I notice bigger sound from bigger drivers but thats my personal pref.
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  17. If you would of had it listed a month ago, I would of been game. I live in mason city so not to far away. I just bought a SVS sub so a amp wont be in the budget until I find out about tax refund. Still very tempting, if you don't sell it let me know.
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  18. I didn't have it for years and technically don't have it now either. Anthem has a proprietary room correction system (ARC). If I was buying new however, room correction would be high on my list though. I think Derrick was goofing because he has Pioneer's proprietary room correction MCCAC and not Audyssey. Bill
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  19. FWIW - Sherbourn is owned by Emotiva now. Emotiva is phasing out the Sherbourn brand as far as I understand. That is why the prices are smoking hot for what they have left. And when they're gone, they're gone. I have a 7 channel power amp from them I picked up when they were blowing them out. For me noise floor is very important and I am not impressed with this amp in that respect. It is OK for movies and TV stuff but critical music listening, nope too noisy (with Klipsch high efficiency speakers of course). That being said I know nothing about this Pre/pro, it maybe the cat's pajamas. but babadono
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  21. I'm not sure. I think Mrs. Klipsch Attny feels like she has rights to the property due to the amount of $$ she put into refurbishing the building. I guess when it was donated to the city it was in shambles.
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  22. are they trying to invoke eminent domain?
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  23. I remember that one, and should still have the artwork. WOW, that's a lot. I need to get to the printer, asap. []
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  24. Holy crap 500.00, I can almost get a actual pair of Lascalas for that.
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  25. My wife told me I had to get rid of my Klipschorns... I had no choice so I got rid of the wife, and bought a second set...
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