CJ Shearn

Vic Juris, at times he can sound very much like. Anatholi Bulkin, a swedish guy who is influenced a little to much by Pat. A local guy I've known for years, sort of a mentor to me, Larry Lolli, heavy Pat influence. And that tone of Pat's I hear just a lot in general. Brian Hughes as well is hugely influenced by Pat.

I just bought this last week and am listening to this nasty chunk o funk right now. Not sure whether to put this in the discography forum or what but since theres this new Hammond forum why not? Was "I Can't Stand It" intended to be a single? because the track fades at the end and the others don't. Did they run out of tape?

that new Mobley cover is great! though its odd they added a BN logo to The Cooker, where the original had text. I'm not going to grab this probably as I have the Mosaic and made a single CDR of the album way before the RVG was announced. The sound on the Mosaic is a little bright, but good.

I thought the hidden track on the Wynton was "Blues". Ok, I'm not crazy

where is the hidden track on "Black Codes"?

Sure. The folks who run the Metheny Archive Appreciation Project and others who excavate older PMG shows, remaster them for trading, have issued a few Pat Metheny Group Companions....... the first volume, a 3 disc set, covering the 1976-80 period (with tunes predating the PMG self titled debut) had songs that were never officially recorded in the studio, a lot of standards, a piece that would later be the main theme of "The Way Up", and live versions of tunes which did not appear on official live releases. Volume 2 released 2 weeks ago and available at http://bt.etree.org or www.dimeadozen.org is a 2 disc set covering the 1981-2 tour period which produced the "Travels" album. There are early versions of pieces such as "Better Days Ahead" "(It's Just) Talk" and "Mas Alla" which are drastically different from the final versions, and never before recorded pieces such as "Unidentified #6" (5 unidentified tunes without titles are on the first compilation) which includes Pat and Lyle both burning on a boogie woogie rhythm, which then goes into a groove section that sounds like "Benny and the Jets" before Lyle solos on the boogie woogie groove. The tune then transitions into "Au Lait", with a long bass solo from Rodby, which is gorgeous. Each tune is from a soundboard so the quality is excellent, and combined with "Travels" the Companion volume 2 provides you with every live piece the PMG played in that time. There are many straight ahead tunes, and even a cover of Keith Jarrett's "The Windup".

happy b-day Pat!

I agree, well, as a non muso. I get extremely tired of the Real Book fare when I see local cats I know play it all the time on club dates. Ok, let's do "You Don't Know What Love Is" as a funk tune for the 8 millionth time

I believe I saw that "Duo Life" album used and almost picked it up, something I will look for in any case, thanks

I thought "Reel Life" was on CD? As are virtually all of Sonny's Milestone dates, though that probably will change with Concord in charge.

Interesting Rodby story Chuck. I think something that makes Steve such a good player is he has such an intuitive feeling for the tune, which especially with Pat comes through, where often the basslines are very complicated with weird changes. Steve flavors them extremely well, and because he was a studio player in Chicago, that sense of playing things well comes through. Of course if you listen to a PMG live performance Rodby's basslines take a different shape than the studio versions for the most part. I'm always hooked on to the bass playing on those records. Sometimes when he solos, his phrasing reminds me of Eddie Gomez or Scott LaFaro, for evidence, check his solo on "How Insensitive" on the "Secret Story" DVD. Also, from what I understand, he's a helluva nice guy too. He sure beats Ron Carter in the intonation department!

most of us know Steve from his role with the Pat Metheny Group, but he truly is a fine bassist. As well as an excellent producer. From what I know he has played with many cats including Milt Jackson. One of the things that truly struck me about Rodby was while listening to him on the fan made PMG companion volume 2, Pat gave Steve lots of room to stretch out, pre the especially sequencer heavy Brazillian period, and he turns in great melodic solos on tunes like "The Turnaround" by Ornette, "Offramp", and the "untitled #6" which contains the tune "Au Lait". I think Steve has been the right bassist for PMG, his time, note choices and tone are great. I'd be interested to hear him in other contexts. Anyone else appreciate Mr. Rodby, or have recommendations for other projects he's on?

yes, you are correct. It was his first instrument, and its apparent that it helped his melodic development on the drums.

I gotta hear his duo with Frisell. I haven't played Saudades in a while which is surprising I've had it in constant rotation on the stereo and the computer since I bought it the day it came out. I think that album will be viewed as a classic in Jack's oeuvre. Imagine in 15 years when theres a new format or whatever we'll be like "when is ECM gonna reissue that great Trio Beyond album. Man, I remember when I had the CD, that was smokin"

Jack is the man indeed. Its great he released a killer new album in "Saudades" this year too.

great news!

if this shows up on dime, great! my friend would love seeing this.

at least Mel Davis has covered Johnny Guitar Watson's "A Real Mother For Ya" :

same here.

thanks for the tip Guy

wow, this sounds great! The fusion of Chinese instrumentation with a jazz group is pretty hip. I'm sure there are other musicians who have integrated such a sound, but my familiarity with it is small, only the Chinese opera type thing with Indonesian gamelan on PMG's "Imaginary Day"comes closest for me. The vocals remind me a little bit of "A New Perspective". I am definitely picking this up!

great post. I only have him on JOS' "Home Cookin" but he was a great player. Did he call Sugar, the Turrentine tune?

CHEWY, ARE YOU ON CRACK? YOU KNOW YOU CAN TONE DOWN THE CAPS a little bit please!

this Mozambique session is growing on me more and more. The grooves, and this is what I like about the Christian McBride Tonic album too, is that they don't let up. Soulive has definitely taken the influence from this kind of boogaloo material, but..... GG and company do it way better. Also, Clarence Thomas and Houston Person, as well as Ronnie Foster (to an extent) keep the one chord grooving from getting too boring. I never thought I'd dig a version of "Walk on By" as I find the Dionne Warwick version very corny, but Grant makes it work. And another point of yours Soulstream, when you were in your bad mood you said there wasn't much stretching but I think on the last 5 tunes in particular, Grant and Houston dig in particularly well. If I had another chance to see Houston again soon, and hes not getting any younger, I'd have him sign it. I wonder if he knows Blue Note has just put it out. The second time I saw him at Binghamton University, he remembered me, by name, and that was so cool.

a new KB on BN? I'm there. Please record a trio with Joey D. Kenny has always been one of my fav. guitarists, his tone, touch, phrasing and subtlety are unbelievable. Still, my fav. album of his is "Blue Lights", excellent blowing date.