CJ Shearn

I guess cuz McGriff was an endorser he continued to play a XB-3 even tho it sucked? honestly the Diversi sounds world's better than an XB-3, my guess is b/c Joey had them clone his B-3 or maybe even Jimmy's, that he used on Organic Vibes

I was 10 when Miles died and it hit me hard, one of my fav. albums always was "Someday My Prince Will Come"

I ordered it along with the new Kenny Garrett and KOB 50th anniversary

I find the "It Club" set to be full of exceptional and vibrant playing.

wow, good stuff. Yes I can see the resemblance to Michiru here

I'll be sure to order "Groovadelphia" soon!

since this thread went dead in the Hammond organ forum, I picked this up yesterday. Pretty good disc, trio with Jerry Weldon and Byron Landham. I guess this is the first record where Joey plays the Diversi, and I gotta say it sounds very close if not exact from Joey's B-3 all the details like percussion and Leslie break, etc. I guess this functions as a Diversi demo record as such as the liners rather stupidly make a big deal about it and act as if the timbres Joey's using are different than usual. The real surprise is "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" which escapes cheesiness with a hip modal vamp. I don't think this album is as strong as "The Official Bootleg" or "Organic Vibes", but Joey's playing is superb and continues to move away from JOS cliches and such.

I'll usually have on stuff I made on an MP3 disc at work, Miles, Trane, Stravinsky, Steve Reich, Pat Metheny but sometimes I'll bring other discs too. Joe, whats worse is I've listened to PMG, and I'll have headphones and I'll be quietly singing along and coworkers think its off pitch. I mean that stuff has to be full volume to truly get the best effect, but lol thats funny.

damn I'd love to see the good Doctor. He did a Stevie Wonder impression? LOL

I heard this barf inducing panflute stuff in the office today, at first I thought it was my coworker Jack who likes a lot of questionable easy listening material, but it was my other coworker Kelly listening to some CD (it wasn't Zamfir lol) with painful renditions of "My Heart Will Go On" and "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" blasting on the otherside of the room. And ppl complain about what comes from my computer? LOL. I would love to blast "Ascension", the more out moments of "The Elephant Sleeps but Still Remembers", or "Song X" hehe.

I wish George would cut a record with Lonnie and Ronnie Cuber

lol on the shirt Scott. Pat actually was wearing a really cool black long dress casual long sleeve shirt (with the sleeves rolled up) with a hood during the gig. Only thing is you can see my tooth needs to be capped as its shorter than my other front tooth, it was bonded but it got broken off last year and it was rebonded. I love Jack in tht pic, we look like old buds. He added me to his myspace afterwards, I sent the request, I know he checks it so I sent him a heartfelt message of thanks.

Bringin It Home has Benson blowing his ass off, especially on "Summertime".

pics finally!

Joe, the sort of out stuff Pat was playing was like, the crazy shit on the last chorus of 12's with Bill Stewart on "Soul Cowboy" on "Trio Live". After the gig we talked about youtube a bit, Pat said youtube is a "troubling phenomenon in our society" apparently someone shot a vid of him dropping his kids off at school, really strange and kind of creepy. I can understand it too with all the low quality camera phone shot vids from gigs and such

what an amazing show, I just got back home after much bus travel this AM. Pat played the best I've ever heard, my friend and I were in the front row, I was right in front of Pat's GR300 synth console and his Digitech pedal board. The interplay with Pat and Jack was on another level, they played a searing "I'll Remember April", where Pat started playing 8 bar exchanges with Jack for several choruses, Pat got real outside, and Jack responded with volcanic playing of his own, at tunes end Pat went over to Jack, slapped him five, then Jack slapped Larry five and they all laughed. Q&A of course was great, Pat went into some heavy shredding a la live versions of "Offramp", and he even did some filter sweeping which was very cool. The last tune of the night, "Broadway Blues" was a blast. Pat was rhythmically displacing the melody, engaging everyone in some free improv, and hilarious false endings, doing some real C&W finger style picking omn the fretless 12 string, at one point referencing loosely "The Star Spangled Banner" before going right back into the head. After the gig, after I asked the crew if the guys were coming out also b/c as some ppl here may know from my mentioning in passing the wheelchair access is real tough back stage. Larry came first to pack his bass, what a great guy, he signed Mehldau's "Trio Live" and loved my Pablo records tshirt. Jack came out, I met him, got a few pics, and he signed "Saudades" and "Pilgrimage" for me, he was very tired but soo hip, and I finally after 5 years met Pat! Jack graciously brought the discs I wanted signed to Pat. At first he was carrying around my Mehldau disc by accident, I said "Jack, you got the wrong disc, the Mehldau, not the Brecker" and he was like "oh!!!!!!!!!!!! let me see here" it was really funny. Pat came out, brought the discs to me, I introduced myself, thanked him and told him how I saw him on the SoN tour in Purchase and how I had an email interview with him, he remembered! we were talking a few mins, what a great generous human being, totally genuine. He was totally interested and not looking at someone in a wheelchair as many people are apt to do. Pics coming soon, what a great night, met some ppl from the "American Garage" board too, and we were all talking with Pat. I need to nap now hardly got much sleep!

I remember hearing one of my teachers talk about the tune "Guernica" before I even heard the album, back in HS. Its a hip tune.

wow, and I've always thought of ECM as being refined in presentation, looks like I'll have to buy more slim jewel cases. I think "Saudades" is the album I would use to show someone why Jack is one of the greatest drummers in the world, and I think when this decade is up it will be among one of the best jazz albums this decade.

thats dissapointing to hear these aren't remastered and in thin crappy packaging. I'm going to see Jack DeJohnette/Pat Metheny/Larry Grenadier friday night in Woodstock, maybe I'll have Jack just sign "Saudades" by Trio Beyond instead, thats one of my favs.

cool, thanks. Most live Freddie I've heard from the 80's is a can't miss. Of course the opportunity to hear some Joe Henderson I've never heard is great too.

I ordered DeJohnette's "Special Edition" which I've never heard/owned in any format.

I ordered both the original which I recently had heard as an LP burn, and 2nd live volume as Wounded Bird just reissued them. I know its nothing earth shattering, just good solid post bop on the studio side, but how is the double live album? I see it has a very long version of "Guernica" which for me is the highlight of the first volume.

it appears to be a new recording from May this year with a trio of Jerry Weldon on tenor and Byron Landham. Joey's playing the Diversi as you can see on the back insert. on High Note. http://www.amazon.com/Joey-D-DeFrancesco/d...4599&sr=1-1

I have all the Metheny's they all sound ok except First Circle but the music there I love so much so I don't know.