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Art Blakey - Caravan Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue Miles Davis - Friday Night at the Blackhawk Grant Green - Matador Bill Frisell - Nashville Bireli Lagrene/Jaco Pastorius - Stuttgart Aria John Scofield - Up All Night Los Lobos - Mas Y Mas Disc 3

I've spun Up All Night a few times this week now, and think it's great! It's definitely in the groove camp though, so if you like your Sco straightahead (like Works for Me and Scolohofo), then this ain't it. I'll give this one 4 out of 5 stars. Personally I like this album better than überjam, which ain't too shabby either. Scofield sounds great in this setting with a rhythm guitarist, which he hasn't done too much (if any?) of in the past. His past work with other guitarists has mainly been with "costars", like Frisell, Metheny, Abercrombie, etc. I'm not sure if I'm really saying that right, since I realize even those guys take turns in the spotlight versus playing in a support mode. Highlights so far include "Watch out for Po Po", with some fun audience singalong, and "Freakin' Disco", with it's "chucka chucka" guitar (not sure what that's really called, just what I've called it for 20+ years). Also a nice cover of the R&B hit, "Whatcha See is Whatcha Get". Joe - BMG seems to sell stuff like this about 3-4 months after it is originally released. Hope you can wait that long! Also, that Live Three Ways appears to be a cd release, not a DVD/video. It's probably the music from the video. But it's listed in the "music' section of CD Universe, and lists for $11.98, with a sale price of $8.39. It's due to be released next Tuesday, 6/24. Perhaps Alan can confirm that this is a music cd?

This is kinda fun. After a few more passes through Babelfish, into Korean, Japanese, Portuguese, and a few others: "The citizen where the famous customer where is that is correct newly approximately here that factory where in order to respect, his free level of member 7 year from four points unintermitting she finishes accurately in order, wages namely the uniform clay/tone of your increase after that, your and his et cetera " " crowdedly which is always executed the lithium of this family which has these ingualmente which are seen "

I was playing around with Babelfish earlier, and decided to see how it translates some things. I took this phrase from the Gettysburg Address and converted it back & forth into French, German, and Italian. Babelfish seems to create a whole new language unto itself... Original Phrase: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth, upon this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that "all men are created equal" Babelfish Version: Four customers and are approximately seven years our family here, which the members, which, which they dedicate themselves you to the topic are, which is carried for this new unintermitting nation later in one, project in liberty and, which "all same men" arise

I'd like to see the complete "Soap" on DVD. Anyone remember that one? Billy Crystal, Robert Guillaume, Katherine Helmond... One of the funniest shows of its time. Also, while on the subject of DVDs, has anyone picked up "Once Upon A Time in America" yet? I'm on the fence on this one, but it is apparently the longer, international version, which is supposed to be more coherent. Looks like it might be good, but I wanted to get some confirmation of that first.

I've gotta post the thread I linked to. The more I read it, the more I start laughing... I don't think there's any way this could be anyone other than Aric. I can see him sitting there entranced by "Three's Company" back to back with "Perfect Strangers"...

...if anyone is wondering what happened to Aric Effron, I've got a good hunch he's posting on AAJ as "Duophonic". Check this thread out: what the hell is up w/ 1st 60 seconds of OUT TO LUNCH lp being in that commercial?!? ...and the clincher would appear to be that his profile states he is a "MOBEFAN"...

I think you'd be impressed with any of the Gabriel led albums, beginning with Nursery Crime up through Lamb Lies Down on Broadway. Also check out the two mentioned above with Collins, but before Hackett left. I think you would be pleasantly surprised at any of them. Also, Gabriel's solo stuff is well worth exploring. It's all been recently released in remastered form. If you are only judging it from "Sledgehammer" and "In Your Eyes" (both of which were overplayed to death), you're missing out on alot of good music. The first four albums are great, and the remaster of Us is fantastic! The soundtrack work he's done is also very interesting, and not as well known as his rock material, so that might be up your alley as well.

I wish I had been into Yes when Tales & Relayer first came out (got into Yes music in 1979 or so, at age 14). I can imagine the anticipation of hearing Moraz in Wakeman's place. (or Wakeman replacing Kaye earlier, for that matter). I still think Gates compares to anything off of Tales, though, and is a powerful epic. And I also think "Awaken" off of GFTO is quite impressive as well, and I don't hear it as a "cobbled together" or disjointed piece. I'm expecting it will get played next Friday night when they play Stuttgart. I can see if synths in general turned you off during this period, that you might have a problem with Wakeman over Kaye though. I thought Kaye was a great Hammond player, and his creative peak was on "The Yes Album". I'm not sure Yes would've produced Fragile, CTTE, or the subsequent albums with Kaye still in the fold. Or at the very least they sure wouldn't have sounded like they do. It also seems that after Kaye rejoined the band in the '80s, that most of the keyboard work was done by Trevor Rabin. I saw them a couple of times with that lineup, and Kaye didn't add much live, to either the newer material or the 70s stuff. In fact Talk is probably more of a Rabin solo album, with Anderson singing, than a true Yes album.

If I look at this album with my jazz hat on, then I see it like alot of others in this thread do. It's nice, just nice. Most of the songs sound very similar to one another. Nice, pleasant cocktail party music, but not much to challenge my ears. But without that hat on, I compare the album to it's real competition, the rest of contemporary pop music. Then I start thinking that this is a fantastic album, and a debut no less. I like Norah's voice, and think she's got a ton of potential. The album is fairly mature for someone her age, and doesn't have that generic Britney/Christina/Pink/Timberlake/next teen pop star sound. It's not jazz, but if it helps elevate the quality of pop music just a little, then that's not a bad thing.

Sonny Clark - Sonny's Crib Bill Frisell - Gone, Just Like a Train Keith Jarrett - The Melody at Night, With You Bud Powell - Bud! Terje Rypdal - Waves Stanley Turrentine & Three Sounds - Blue Hour John Zorn - Spillane Neil Young - Decade

Jumping off from this as a tangent point - alot of people say they prefer the Gabriel era to the Collins era of Genesis. I believe most people who say this really are saying they prefer the "prog" Genesis to the "pop" Genesis. The reason I make this differentiation is due to the two post-Gabriel studio albums that they put out, Trick of the Tail and Wind & Wuthering. These albums, though Collins sang on them, were every bit as prog as what came before, and IMO as good as the Gabriel-led stuff. The change that occurred to set them off down the "pop" path was the departure of Steve Hackett at this point. The group was then down to it's pop lineup of Collins/Banks/Rutherford. "Follow You Follow Me" became the blueprint for all of what came after - shorter, poppier songs with fewer instrumental passages. There were a couple of good moments on Duke and Abacab, but still not like what came before. I still haven't heard the album they did without Collins, Calling All Stations, so I don't know if it's more prog or pop. But for me the delineation for Genesis is Hackett/post-Hackett, instead of Gabriel/Collins.

I've purchased a number of these ZYX boxes recently at my local zweitausendeins outlet. Two of them came without slipcases or booklets - the Evans Riverside and the Monk Riverside. The jewel cases were just banded together. When I asked whether they had the rest of the stuff in the back, they stated that they had received them that way from wherever they get them. And the clerk also commented something about "for that price, how can you complain?" I guess I have to agree with him, but it would've been nice to have the slipcase/booklet. Either way, couw's booklets are fantastic, and do the trick for me. -Erik

"cute and hamburger-y"??

I'd love to have seen League of Crafty Guitarists! Bet that was quite a show. I've been enjoying the California Guitar Trio quite a bit over the last few years - still on the lookout for their first, Yamanashi Blues though. Have you seen KC on their current tour? I would've liked to have seen the double-trio, but if the album is any indication, then this version of KC should put on quite a show too. Hey Mny - The next round of Yes remasters is supposedly coming up in the fall, and according to what I've read goes through Big Generator. Could be some really interesting bonus tracks on some of the classic stuff. Oh, and I think there was also a DVD-A of Fragile that was released, if you're interested. I think Kevin Bresnahan has it, IIRC.

Just noticed this on alankin's list: John Scofield - Live Three Ways (Blue Note) - June 24 - 1990 Anybody have any information on this release? The link to CD Universe doesn't provide much info, neither does the BN site. I'll make the obvious observation that it's a 1990 live recording. At any rate, that's three Scofield albums in the span of 5 months! Don't know if too many artists are being released at that pace these days... I picked up Up All Night last weekend, but it's still in the on-deck circle. Will post my impressions hopefully soon. Anybody else grabbed it yet?

The autograph comment was tongue-in-cheek, 7/4. It's seems to be fairly well known that Fripp frowns upon them, just as he does people taking photographs at KC concerts. Shows are brought to a grinding halt when flashes go off (witness Heavy ConstruKction), and fans admonished. What is it about Relayer you don't care for, Bev? I think Gates is a fantastic epic, as good as anything off of Tales. I thought Moraz brought some new sounds into the Yes-fold, and it would've been interesting to see where they might have gone, had he stayed in the band longer. I'm not as fond of Sound Chaser, though to be honest. I enjoy all of Yes' music up through Drama, with the exception of Tormato, though that one even has some redeeming moments on it. Past that though, it's slim pickings. From the Yes-west lineup, I think Talk came the closest in spirit to the classic material. It might be worth a spin to see what you think. After that, the studio material from the two Keys to Ascension albums is well worth a listen, IMO. It's from the Anderson/Howe/Wakeman/Squire/White lineup. The easiest way to get this without purchasing both double disc sets (that also include live material) is to pick up Keystudio, which is a budget release with pretty shoddy artwork. But the material is VERY good, for this late in the band's career. The other nugget from late era Yes is Magnification which I mentioned above. It's the four-piece lineup, meaning no keyboard player. But this role was replaced by a symphony orchestra, and the music was written with that in mind, not "tacked on" or embellished afterwards. The music is great, and worth a look also for anyone wanting to check out later Yes. Alot of the rest of the later Yes material is not very good, to be honest.

Not sure there's a thread devoted to progressive rock around here, so I thought it might be worth starting. Any new (or reissued) prog-related purchases you've really enjoyed, want to point others toward, etc.? Or seen any concerts worth sharing? Or anything else prog related? My take - the latest King Crimson album, The Power to Believe is fantastic! I've been playing it quite a bit lately, and think it's one of their better recent recordings. It's the four-piece lineup, with Fripp, Belew, Gunn & Mastelotto. There are some loud, industrial moments on there, as well as some moments of real beauty. KC is coming to Stuttgart next month, so I may finally get a chance to see them live. I'll have to be sure and ask Fripp for an autograph I've already got tickets for the Yes concert on June 20th. Rick Wakeman has returned to the fold (Aric would be ecstatic, I'm sure), so it's the "classic" lineup that produced Tales from Topographic Oceans and Going for the One. Of course this lineup also gave us Tormato, so there are no guarantees. I've recently seen them with both their six-man Ladder lineup, as well as with the symphony orchestra last year. But this'll be my first time seeing Wakeman play the classic stuff, so that should be interesting. I'll still put out a big recommendation for Yes' last album, Magnification, which is as good as their 70's output, IMO. Most of their other more recent recordings haven't aged as well for me.

"One Day" Sale: 60% Off with no Shipping/Handling Promotion Code: R3P2 ...not much new at BMG lately

Andrew Hill - Point of Departure Charles Mingus - Black Saint and the Sinner Lady Lee Morgan - Caramba John Patitucci - Communion John Scofield - Flat Out Peter Gabriel - Birdy Radiohead - OK Computer Richard Thompson - Mock Tudor

Got my replacement Evans disc 8 yesterday from Herr Luening, after mailing him the defective one on Friday. Big kudos to zweitausendeins for such great customer service!

Courtesy of poster "Gentle Giant" over on Jazz Corner: His name was Barry, he had a big nose But that was just a day ago And now it ain't that big no mo' He felt a stirring, within his bladder And so he went to find the john But then the wall came on too strong You should have heard the thud His nose was dripping blood He was lying semi-conscious when he drained his pud At the Copa, Copacabana His nose no longer looks like a banana At the Copa, Copacabana A cup by the bedside would've have kept his poor head dried At the Copa, he broke his nose.

*insert joke here*... Not from the Onion, but CNN: LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- Veteran singer-songwriter Barry Manilow, recently waking up disoriented in the middle of the night, walked into a wall and broke his nose, knocking himself unconscious, the entertainer disclosed on Tuesday. The accident occurred at his home in the desert resort of Palm Springs, California, just after Manilow had returned from a two-week stay in the seaside town of Malibu, where he was producing an upcoming album for his old boss, Bette Midler. Roused from a sound sleep thinking he was still in Malibu, Manilow got up and "veered to the left instead of the right and slammed right into the wall," he said in a statement released by his management company, Stiletto Entertainment. He passed out for four hours, and though he was not seriously hurt, the 56-year-old performer said the mishap left his nose quite swollen. His sense of humor remained intact, however. "I may have to have my nose fixed, and with this nose, it's going to require major surgery," he said, referring to his famously prominent profile. The statement did not make clear exactly when the accident occurred. Manilow said he intends to finish work on the Midler album -- a tribute to the late Rosemary Clooney -- as well as on his own two-disc live collection, "Two Nights Live." He also is going ahead with plans to begin rehearsals for an original stage musical with Bruce Sussman, "Harmony," scheduled to open in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, this fall, with a possible Broadway debut early next year. Starting out as a pianist, arranger and musical director for Midler in the early 1970s, Manilow became a solo sensation with a string of hits later that decade, including "Mandy," "I Write the Songs," "This One's For You," "Can't Smile Without You" and "Copacabana."

One of the problems with exploding socks is the resulting burning feet. INTRODUCTION TO BURNING FEET Burning feet is a common foot complaint among many groups, most commonly in the older group over 50 years of age. There are many different causes of this condition, one of which is exploding socks. Diabetics are often affected with burning feet due to impaired neuropathy (nerves). APPEARANCE OF BURNING FEET May have redness and swelling. However, often there is no physical sign of this condition. SYMPTOMS OF BURNING FEET Burning hot sensation on the sole of the foot or on the top of the foot. CAUSES OF BURNING FEET Dampness, together with friction, leads to the sensation of burning, so its important to buy shoes that let perspiration evaporate. Inappropriate socks. Natural fibers, like cotton and wool, absorb moisture from your feet but don’t let it evaporate. Athletes foot can sometimes spread to cause burning sensation on the sole of the foot. Allergic reaction to shoe material or socks. Alcohol is also contributing factor. Long term use can affect the nervous activity of the feet. Diabetes Smoking Neuroma. A trapped nerve can lead to a hot burning sensation. Gout can cause a burning sensation on the side of the foot. Exploding Socks. WHAT YOU CAN DO Buy shoes and socks that have adequate ventilation. If you are suffering from athletes foot then treat this condition. Reduce alcohol and smoking consumption. Herbal products that increase the circulation may help. Certain creams can help cure burning feet. Don't wear exploding socks.

I was just browsing through an Oct 99 issue of Down Beat, and noticed a letter to the editor from our very own Dan Gould, responding to their most recent critics awards: I enjoyed this quote, as it takes a valid jab at the DB critics, in classic Dan style. (actually I'm assuming there isn't another jazz fan named Dan Gould from Florida, and that this is actually the Gene Harris Fanatic himself). Anyone else here had published letters (or articles) in any of the jazz mags, or elsewhere? I'm not really thinking of the industry-types, like Chuck or Chris A. (though they're welcome to play along as well), but just us regular folk.