CJ Shearn

really jazzhound? the Trio Beyond record has some of the finest DeJohnette playing I've heard in years and IMO is probably my favorite playing of his, its fiery, sensitive and creative. I brought the "Setting Standards" box to work today, and since its my first time through that material I had to laugh out loud listening to his solo on "Flying Part 2", how he begins soloing while playing in and around the pulse, and then how the intensity just boils over. Other Jarrett performances I really like are "Autumn Leaves" on "Still Live", Jack just kills on that, "Poinciana" from "Whisper Not" and "Straight no Chaser" from the recent album. I also really love his playing on "One Night With Blue Note Preserved Vol. 2" especially "Appointment in Ghana" (ouch! he really spurs on Jackie Mac and Woody in a big way) and "Broadside" with Bennie Wallace. I definitely agree Randy about Jack, and one criticism I never understood is the complaint he over plays, he is a busy drummer sure, but he plays melodic ideas across the kit and plays with amazing sensitivity on ballads, take "When I Fall in Love" by Jarrett for example. Its not like Jack overplays on the level as say Dave Weckl used to in the past. Plus Jack always expands his scope, I like the way he uses loops on "Camp Meeting" by Bruce Hornsby for example. Allen, what was this "encounter"? was he buying music you didn't expect? he's rather eclectic and also seems to be one of the coolest cats around. I asked Larry Coryell between sets a few weeks ago, how its like playing with Jack, and he said "it's like riding a wild horse, it's fantastic!"

anytime Lon I dunno why but I really love the sound of Jack's cymbals

yesterday, but I ordered the Hutch and Tyner Selects, and all 4 SF Jazz Collective sets, I really liked what I heard on the Nonesuch compilation of the 2004 season

actually Lon, those are Sabian's he started using the prototype of his model when "Michael Brecker" was recorded.

Paris Blues is a nice album, I can't listen to it much though because the treble is jacked so high. I bought it from emusic a few years ago

just wondering, b/c his overall basic drum sound hasn't change all the much, nice thick snare sound with some resonance, dry cymbals etc........ In the inside liner photo to Freddie Hubbard's "In Concert" Volume 1 it looks like a Sonor logo on the kick, did he start using Sonor's in the early 70's?

saw these guys last night, 2 spirited sets. Larry is one of the nicest cats out there, we were talking between sets and he was like "you are like an encyclopedia". He had George Brooks with him on sax, who I noticed played on California bassist Edo Castro's record which I saw at CD Baby and plan to buy soon, I mentioned that and George got this priceless "wow how did you know?" look, great stuff. Listening to Charles Lloyd's "Sangam" which I picked up the other night prepared me very well for this evening of music. One of the highlights tho was Larry's burning blues in 5/4 "Stoppin Short", (he had the audience clap in 3, my poor friend couldn't keep time!) and the encore in 17 "Scotland". I bought the Bombay Jazz disc "Live in London", got it all signed by the band and George Brooks gave me his disc "Summit" for free! cool stuff.

all I can say is I have "Standards vol. 1" in right now from the Setting Standards box, magnificent stuff.

my name is Sachiko and I'm really from Japan.

is this an official release or boot? this was on DVD as "Woodstock Jazz Festival 1981"

awesome guys.

I was talking about this subject with my friend who admittedly is NOT a music fan a few weeks ago. He thinks that it's good that the eventual discontinuing of CD's is a good think because everyone downloads. I basically said no way because most MP3 files suffer from horrible compression artifacts and music lovers aren't into that. He basically said "maybe for you but MP3's are fine" he likes some classical pieces, I said that MP3's of classical is bad b/c it crushes dynamic range, he then said "I only listen to the melody". So people who aren't into good sound thibk we're crazy, it's sad. I have a modest system (upgraded to an Onkyo amp) but something like Pat Metheny's "The Way Up" sounded far better on my ok Technics speakers than the Bose system at Circuit City they were demoing the album on recently. It was "Part 3" and there was so much mid range and bass that the guitars, cymbals and keyboards could not be heard and so much distortion as well. Circuit City is full of clowns that suck in unsuspecting buyers, I started talking about how bad the album sounded on their system and they had no idea what I was talking about, no surprise there.

I got this on release day, I really like the ragtime cuts and the version of "Straight No Chaser".

I just bought all 4 volumes on CD to supplement the music not on the DVD (and well its easier to play the CD rather than get the DVD out to hear the smoking "Appointment in Ghana" with Jackie Mac and Woody), and according to jazzdisco.org there are numerous rejected takes including 4 from the all star Messenger group, 1 by JOS and Turrentine among a few others. The liners to Volume 1 clearly state why "Maiden Voyage" was not included, however anyone with an in with Michael know why these tracks were rejected? it makes me wonder why all this additional material including the tracks from the original 4 LP's wasn't included on the DVD considering how historic the concert was. As a side note despite them being early digital I prefer the mixes on the CD as opposed to the DVD.

just downloaded. I also like the trio album as well.

awesome thread and vid

a couple Phil Collins tracks some early 90's Eurodance like Snap! Ayumi Hamasaki Alan Parsons Project: Tales of Mystery and Imagination David Blamires Group (cuz here that is probably considered smooth but its very PMG ish)

I would think the two Woody Shaw Elektra Musician LP's would be fair game for reissue on Wounded Bird, as they have gotten titles out by JOS and Stanley Turrentine, as well as John McLaughlin (Belo Horizonte I think)

ooh, looks good!

Thanks. But did the original stereo LPs have the same dodgy bass placement as these? Again, I have most of these in mono. It's surprising to me that by the mid-60s Columbia wasn't centering the bass, as they did with previous Miles LPs, Brubeck, etc. I dunno, I never have heard the original LP's. I had a tape of "ESP" when I was little but I don't remember any weird bass placement, of course I was really young.

they are all remixed from the original three track tapes for the box and subsequent single CD reissues.

happy birthday Clark!

looking forward to the "Here Tis" definitely. I will skip the JOS Baby Grand RVG's b/c I have the TOCJ's, and well if no additional material exists, theres no point. I would like to check out "Here Comes Louis Smith" also.

I'm definitely intrigued by these expanded Marvin Gaye discs Growing up I only had "What's Going On" and "Live at the London Palladium" on LP

nope its not. theres some drum n bass and electronica rhythms going on too, theres a lot of that going on in the second set jam discs of Christian McBride's "Live At Tonic" from last year. This is the sorta thing I'm hoping guys like Kenny Garrett and Pat Metheny get into, as their work has shown flashes of it.