CJ Shearn

how about "Oh Baby!" be the first in a series of SoulStream reissues of Patton on Blue Note, with the bass so jacked up, and the treble lessened quite a bit? it'll be the opposite of what people complain about with the RVG's.

I pulled out the Select the other day and put on "Oh Baby!" and it's really a crime that outside of the box this session is not otherwise domestically available. Definitely some of the best soul jazz I have heard, and among my favorite organ records at the moment along with "Organic Vibes" "The Sermon"(permanent all time fav) and "Live at Yoshi's". All the tunes are memorable, hey "Fat Judy" is a great sidewinder clone, and since Patton does have a following, its a shame that average buyers can't purchase this session. A domestic single disc reissue is probably unlikely with the Mosaic out, unless Blue Note licenses it to Water in the future or something. Anybody else think this date should be available to the wider jazz public?

yes, these death rumors are a little much. Glad to know Griff is alright for the moment.

wishing him a speedy recovery.

good point Shawn. I've always thought for accessible artists like Pat Metheny that, radio stations could play his stuff because so much of it is melodically hooky, and thats what many like, right? Guess not, no vocals. People would be like, wait, there are, but their all in something I can't understand. Ron Goldstein's comment about jazz not being exciting, he has Kurt Rosenwinkel on his label, and "Heartcore" was a project that he was allowed to completely have creative control over I believe, I dunno how it sold, but he then cut "Deep Song" so its not like Verve dropped him after the uniqueness of "Heartcore", and besides, wouldn't the music fit in well with Verve's remixed projects or whatever? Goldstein's statement about Christian McBride is funny too, the man has a triple album coming, and his band is at the top of their game........ oh wait, to the guys in suits, McBride isn't relevant because he has funk, and a whole lot of other "not jazz" in his music. Well, that's artistic growth people. Could he have stayed a Ray Brown disciple and continued to be interesting, not broadening his palette? I don't think so.

I find myself humming "The Tackle" everywhere I go. Bobby really sounds great on this, the more I listen.

Darek O plays bass on Anna Maria Jopek/Pat Metheny: Upojenie

wow, I was thinking about the connection of avant garde sax players and R&B too the other day before this thread came up.. Certainly when I hear Trane, Sanders, Brecker, anyone do the low blatting honks I think of R&B but taken to the extreme. Michael Brecker mixes the free with R&B notions to me very clearly on "Delta City Blues" where he is setting up that ostinato figure for himself with a honk, using that as a device to jump off point where he alternates the upper register stuff, sounding out and earthy at the same time.

I burned the Honeydripper from emusic and made my own twofer with Tough Duff which I also d/l.

no problem Coleman enters with like almost a fanfare type lick. The sax solos are like a relay, the hand off is so smooth, its hard to notice the change, it took me a few listens also because I was so focused on the music, it totally bypassed me.

Booby breathes like Darth Vader, lol. He sounds like he wants to eat the vibes as he plays. Yeah, he says "ice cream", guess cuz it was a smooth take. I love that "I Thought About You", beautiful. GARussell, Blake has the first solo on "Speak Low", he has the rounder tone while George's is brighter, also Blake does the more "Traneish" (for lack of a better term) licks, like the one in the upper register when hes false fingering. When Coleman solos, he is on the right, and momentarily you hear Byron Landham drop the tempo.......... hey, its really fast!

I used to listen to CM as a little kid in addition to all the hard bop and stuff, Bellavia, Feels So Good, Land of Make Believe, my mom also played Children of Sanchez, "Lullabye" is a song that can reduce me to tears, because with the lyrics, because my father was never around much, it has a very personal, painful meaning to me.

up for air, this is going to be a triple album! price of one disc. Definitely gonna pick it up. Heres the tracklist: 1 Technicolor Nightmare 12:48 2 Say Something 6:04 3 Clerow's Flipped 6:05 4 Lejos de Usted 7:01 5 Sonic Tonic 11:44 6 Hibiscus 6:02 7 Sitting on a Cloud 6:52 8 Boogie Woogie Waltz 14:54 9 See Jam, Hear Jam, Feel Jam 29:23 10 Out Jam/Give It Up or Turnit Loose 9:35 11 Lower East Side/Rock Jam 6:26 12 Hemisphere Jam 3:36 13 Bitches Brew 4:51 14 Out Jam/Via Mwandishi 7:57 15 Mwandishi Outcome Jam 7:10 16 The Comedown (LSD Jam) 3:58 17 E Jam 33:03 18 AB Minor Jam 12:59 19 D Shuffle Jam 9:00 20 D Shuffle Jam, Pt. 2 11:32

yes, Jimmy's solos on Groovin at Smalls are staggering, when I hear JOS and Trane from this period, the similarities are evident to me.

picked this up tonight. Fantastic CD, what struck me most was the version of "I Thought About You", beautiful. Like Soulstream said, I really think that this album shows a maturity in Joey's playing away from the JOS ness of his other albums. Great stuff.

I've heard of her. If she breaks into the US, watch out, she will be championed by otaku, your over obsessed anime fan who goes crazy over anything from Japan........... but wait, the music is too good for them to notice. Other Japanese artists I hope appropriately break into the US, Utada Hikaru, her US album was kinda industrial sounding, but she has true talent, though her J-pop sides never really reflect it.

I saw the Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane at the store today. crazy how much those look like Blue Note's on the back. What is the BN font anyway? almost gives it a less than individual look now

I can't wait to pick this up when I'm able.......

I would like to see also how much these Prestige RVG's resemble the Blue Note ones also, if somebody could post a scan.

I've always found especially on soprano that Wayne plays out of tune, but that adds to the playfulness and the appeal to me.

thank you Robert H. and Clunky!

lol Another Workout with retouched cover. Looking forward to "Happenings" since "Oblique" hit. And DMP, true what you are saying, not sure if deleting and reissuing is the right thing but if its music I never heard, cool

thanks.

hello everyone, my friend just informed me that Jackie McLean died. He did not give any details but time to go play his great "Embraceable You" solo with Jimmy Smith Damn.

I am SHOCKED. I was listening to his fantastic playing on Jaco's first, about an hour ago RIP The hookup he had with Jack DeJohnette was magical, especially on a boot DVD I have of a Herbie Montreux '97 performance.