CJ Shearn

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.

as a leader for me its definitely "Up at Minton's" and "Sugar". "Cherry" is up there too. As a sideman, its about the records that have been with me thru my entire life: "Midnight Special" and "Back at the Chicken Shack", also the JOS "Fourmost/Fourmost Return" gig and "Off the Top" I like very much too, as well as the "Gene Harris Trio+ One" date. Stanley's smokin on "Uptown Sop"

I'll buy it to have all those tracks in official form. But now I feel even sorrier I dumped the original single CD remasters to go for the boxset which I haven't bought yet. I don't regret dumping the single disc reissues of the '65-68 stuff to get that box tho

damn, cuz theres a lot of details in PMG tracks I'd love to uncover............ or, in the case of CTI Summer Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl, hearing what Jack DeJohnette and Ron Carter really played live as opposed to the Steve Gadd/Gary King overdubs in the album mix, cuz I would really hear Jack's broken funk over "Rock Steady" and "Inner City Blues".

I'm listening to the "What's Going On?" tracks, right now Marvin's lead vocal. Also d/l' "Superstition". Is there a way to use a program to do this with CD's? it sounds like the second lead vocal for Marvin is the one mostly used on the master take of "What's Going On"? this stuff is great

its a great set. "Oh Baby" is a terrific album, that Patton-Green-Dixon rhythm section is second to none. Actually, Green and Dixon are one of my fav. organ rhythm sections of all time behind Benson and Dukes and McFadden and Bailey

damn, I just caught this today. I was JUST thinking about putting on "Introducing" and "A Blowin Session" later on, and I find out reading this, he passed . I loved that gruff R&B-ish tone of his and his fluency. I also like the jam session with Count Basie at Montreux '75, and his one off with JOS. Man, if only Alfred had tapped him for one of JOS' jams with horns! And how could I forget? I love his contribution to Wes' "Full House".

ahh ok, thanks Niko!

sorry! I didn't mean to imply Bobbi Humphrey, I meant that Hart said the affair Lee had was with a "prostitute, a hustler" (his words) rather than something with Bobbi Humphrey

what did Bobbi Humphrey do that made her a "jazz great?" those shitty Mizell Bros. produced sides? I even read, I think it was here, she didn't improvise. Anyway, Billy Hart's story about the night Lee died, makes it very obvious the other woman was not Bobbi Humphrey. He said she was "a prostitute, a hustler"

RIP, he played fine on "Interplay".

man, did Lou play Cherokee at a ridiculous tempo? I've been listening to "Here 'Tis" a lot lately.

awesome! hopefully a whole new generation of ppl my age will be exposed to this stuff

Lou Donaldson: Here Tis- fantastic organ combo recording with Grant Green and Baby Face Willette on organ. burning stuff on this album!

I bought "The Dream Team" and "McGriff's House Party" last night 'cept that XB3 on "Dream Team" is way too thin.

I was shocked to read the news at AAJ. RIP

get well Mumbles! One of my fav. things with Clark Terry is the scat duel he has with Bags on "Montreux '77"

sounds interesting but I'm not sure I like the "ghost Tatum" concept

I personally dig Ballard, check him out on the new live Mehldau trio album. He's one of those cats along with Antonio Sanchez that's being real creative on the kit. Bobby Durham has been mentioned here, you know, I cannot stand the hi hat choke on the upbeat that he always does, it gets really annoying, it gets annoying for me when Louis Hayes does it too, but Hayes is a great player.

great article, thanks! Personally I'd love to hear true 24 bit versions of the Pat Metheny Group albums, theres so much musical information on every record it'd sound incredible