>BTW, Jazz.fm will be running a documentary on the jazz of 1959. That's the year of "Kind of Blue". It'll be on Sunday at 4:00pm EST.
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>Also, you might already know, but yesterday, Ed Thigpen died.
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>Hi, Alan, thanks for the tip....I'll mute the football game while I listen to the documentary :)
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>As for Thigpen....you may want to hit me, but I've never been an Oscar Peterson fan. Tried listening to him in my 20's, 30's, and 40's....and he does nothing for me. The only Oscar Peterson album I like is one where Prez (Lester Young) plays - smooth but has some pep.
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>I have some of Thigpen's work with Billy Taylor on my MP3 player, since it's a bit more lively.

He also did some really nice work with Sonny Rollins. That is, if you like Rolllins. If you don't then his work with Rollins was horrible. ;)

I do have to admit to being a Peterson fan. I especially like his work after The Trio when he was joined by Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, who, imho, may just have been the finest bassist ever to walk the planet (may he rest in peace).

Anyway, regarding the documentary, you might give this a listen as prep - it's from a few months ago.

http://www.jazz.fm/content/view/2043/58/