CJ Shearn

Pat Metheny: New Chatauqua: bass, and fretless bass Pat Metheny: Secret Story: keyboards, percussion, electronic percussion, bass, Synclavier does Steve Reich playing organ on "4 Organs" or any other pieces count? Chick Corea: drums "Confirmation" (duet with Mike Brecker) Bobby Hutcherson: drums (the last tune on "Oblique")ditto Joe Chambers marimba and vibes Keith Jarrett: guitar (Restoration Ruin) Kenny Garrett: piano (title track, "Beyond the Wall) Wayne Shorter: piano (on "Black Market" from "Weather Report:Live at Montreux 1976" DVD) Woody Shaw: "Stepping Stones" cornet Freddie Hubbard: "Empyrean Isles"- cornet Johnny Hammond: electric piano "CTI All Stars: California Concert" Thad Jones: french horn (section playing on Grover Washington Jr's "Inner City Blues") Tony Williams: vocals ("Emergency", "Turn it Over") Ok, so not full sessions BUT................. except for the Jarrett (which I don't have) these are all cases in my collection where musicians switch off

added the "Introducing" to my wish list as well!. What sorta tone did Leon Henderson have, was it a lot like Joe's?

as far as the Tony Tokyo Live stuff, MC told me once they don't have the rights to the additional material, nor was it mixed.

thanks David, I just sent an updated email about Freddie's condition to my musician friends one of which is a huge Hub fan. It's a shame when false RIP rumors go around.

Damn...... one of my fav. trumpeters. thanks for the GREAT music. RIP Freddie.

that is very true John L. A trait some of the worst professors I had in college shared, b/c they had all gone to high level institutions, had the work published and had inflated senses of self importance. It sounds like Wynton was projecting his issue onto Allen.

Outside of Allen's trouble with the man, I found the interview very interesting and found Wynton let his guard down a tiny bit. The analysis of "Knozzsmoeking" was great, and I have heard several musicians talk about how difficult the stuff was that the Roberts/Wynton/Tain unit plays but its much more understandable. I was only 2 or 3 when "Black Codes" came out, and first heard the vinyl when I was about 7 or 8, I remember everything after the title track not making a whole lot of sense to me. Now it does, especially since I have listened extensively for years to the Hancock/Carter/Williams rhythm section, which I really think the Kirkland (or) Roberts/Hurst (or Moffett)/Watts section tried to emulate, and for that generation of players became the equivalent. It's interesting, listening to the track, and Wynton's analysis it really does sound odd that Tain chose to play against the time of what Wynton/Marcus and Bob were doing, considering as W said he hardly did that except for that performance there. It puts me in mind that yesterday I was listening to disc 1 of Herbie's "VSOP" and Ron is playing against Herbie's time, Tony's playing with a samba feel (think it's "Maiden Voyage") and it sounds great because they were in sync. As a contrast, what Tain was doing on Wynton's track felt very out of place with that half time thing. I think Iverson is on to something when he says that the odd meter things in an otherwise 4/4 "Young Lion" 80's thing is more connected with fusion than say hard bop. Certainly the kinetic approach of Watts is very much fusiony.

Just received my copy of "Live at Montreux", as mgraham333 described with the Gil Melle set, very nice job. Nothing wrong with the sound, its not an MP3 transfer, and the label on the disc is very nice. Great music too. If Blue Note is licensing OOP titles to Amazon, they are onto something here with this on demand CDR service.

Joe, I think a lot of the "horrible inaccuracies" Pat is talking about are due to use of drugs related to his mental illness.

"Viva La Vida" is one of the WORST mastered albums I've ever heard. It sounds identical to the streaming MP3's. Anyway, yeah Satriani probably has a case, but I wonder what the bridge of his tune sounds like.

that seems to be the only time where he uses the C3 vibrato plus Leslie on slow. Tho I do have a liveshow from 2003 where he uses it, yes he had the C3 vibrato on.

happy b-day McCoy

kingubu, he means "ridiculous" as in good. It's an American colloquialism, like how "sick" is used to describe something that's very good or someone with amazing skills.

RIP JOS, my all time favorite musician. Wherever you are I know you are playing your ass off up there. I have been listening to the man since I was 2 years old, wish I had a scanner to show everyone me playing I think "Midnight Special" on a Fisher Price record player when I was 3 or 4, yeah that didn't help much probably, but I played it on a proper player too. Think I'll spin my copies I burned of "At the Organ" from the Mosaic which is still packed somewhere.

Dorham had such a gorgeous tone and great ideas, really perfect on his "Round About Midnight at the Cafe Bohemia" set and of course, the JM Bohemia sets. As a side note how long was Kenny Burrell with the Jazz Prophets, was that a steady gig or just a 1 off for that recording?

happy birthday DB, my goodness 88! I will listen to some stuff from The For All Time Box and maybe a bit of "Live at Carnegie Hall". The first Brubeck LP I ever heard as a kid was "Jazz Goes to College", it might have been close to an original pressing on thick, heavy vinyl. I never understood why Sony hasn't remastered that and put it out in a new edition w/ bonus tracks if possible.

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Pat uses the Roland GR300 for most of his guitar synth work. It a purely analog synth from 1979, its used on such tracks as "Are You Going With Me?" the live "Question and Answer", and "The Red One" among others. Pat told me one of the reasons he sticks with the GR300 is b/c no other guitar synth has the same tracking ability that responds to every "guitaristic gesture", and really IMO, it has such a cool, fat, sound

found the link on the Yahoo Metheny list. http://www.pollstar.com/news/viewnews.pl?NewsID=12087 Pat 'One Man Band' Metheny Friday, Dec 5, 2008 2:04PM Jazz guitarist and composer Pat Metheny is gearing up to tour next fall, showcasing modern technology that will allow him to perform complex compositions onstage all by himself. Expanding on his trailblazing use of guitar synthesizers and modern computer technology, the 17-time Grammy-winning musician has created a new Orchestrion, an ensemble of mechanical instruments that will be controlled by his guitar and pen. He will show off all original compositions using the new instruments that combine conventional acoustic sound and robotic technology. Dates are being booked for the North American leg of "An Evening with Pat Metheny Tour," which will kick off in fall 2009. In early 2010 he will head to Europe and then it's on to the Far East and Pacific Rim. During the tour Metheny will share tunes from his new album, set for release in the fall of 2009. There is already debate on the Pat Yahoo mailing list as to how this will turn out, but I don't think this is that unusual. It's not that much different then when he used to use the Synclavier, and remember that the various indie film soundtracks he did were all him using the Synclav. Also remember that "Secret Story" was originally all Pat in the rough mixes of the album as Synclavier completed versions of those tunes existed back in 1988. "Still Life (Talking)" and "Letter From Home" have sections that were originally all Pat. Remember how the inside liner to "Letter From Home" says "all basic Synclavier parts played by Pat"? I don't imagine how Pat leading an electronic ensemble is all that dissimilar. Yeah purists will balk, but I don't think this is intended as a "straight ahead" project, as I had heard he was looking to compositionally expand on "The Way Up." How the PMG fits into all this remains to be seen as their quartet tour of Japan begins December 30th. Joe, this concept doesn't sound all that strange to you knowing Pat right?

J-pop, 90's Eurodance, Enigma, horrendous B martial arts films, ok, that isn't really a guilty pleasure

the Wii has a lot of NES games that can be downloaded. Not sure about PS3 (I want one for Street Fighter IV) but on PS2 and Xbox360 there are ways to emulate NES games, SNES games and Genesis games too.

nice man!

Kenny G. and almost any other smooth idiot like that, when Wynton pulls out his Louie bag, not annoying but I find Dewey Johnson's tone on "Ascension" amusing, the tone of anyone using bass direct, especially Ron Carter's thin rubbery mid 70's tone.

get well Freddie, love ya man.

RIP. I think she had played around here not that long ago. Many condolensces to her family.