CJ Shearn

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.

I have the K-2's of Cookin/Relaxin/Steamin and the XRCD of Workin. Is this set really worth it if I have those? I don't have "The New Miles Davis Quintet" in any form, BTW.

the clips of Organic Vibes sound great. Man, I wish I owned JOS's B-3. Joey still sounds like himself so that's great.

DMP, while this batch may have been out before, for people like me, where buying boxsets and imports regularly is not an option, this is welcome news.

nice batch. Though I already have the Morgan's in the Mosaic, I made a CDR of "The Cooker" for easy access because its one of my favorite sessions, so I will probably buy the RVG. Looking forward to the Hutcherson too, since they released Oblique, this will make a nice companion.

lol so Pat Metheny (Charlie's best friend) and Jack probably know each other. That's funny!

I'd be interested in this too. While I owned and listened to "Vertical Vision" several times, it had too much of a Weather Report vibe for me, not a really identifiable CMB sound, but I've heard that has changed.

johnagrandy, I agree. I have the California Concert CD which I've had for maybe 12 years or so. Though my favorite is "CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl" I am soooo lucky to have been able to buy that in the CD version jlhoots mentioned earlier in the thread. If Sony wanted to they could reissue the California Concert on a 2 disc set, recovering the omitted Leaving West(which could have fit on the original CD) and adding the remaining cuts that are unissued. I'd like to know if there are any unissued tapes from other performances of the '72 CTI All Stars sans the overdubs that are on the "Hollywood Bowl" albums.

well I really enjoy Hutch, gotta get some of his albums, his phrasing is unbelievable, and that tone. I vote for Milt Jackson simply because he is the first vibraphonist I ever heard, when I was little (even saw him with the MJQ when I was 6!) and all the albums I have of his are wonderfully consistent. Note I mostly have the Pablo stuff, I really like "Montreux '77" a whole lot!

most people don't know how to take care of stuff or don't care.

I hacked my cheap $150 (I love it) Coby DVD player to play Japanese Pat Metheny DVD's by using the remote. It now plays all regions.

I'm perfectly happy with the Connoiseur of this title so I'm not upgrading. I was listening to this the other day, its one of the last sessions when Jimmy is heavy into that weirdo swirling sheets of sound thing he experimented with between 57-8. Donald Bailey's playing on "Someone to Watch Over Me" is amazing.. perfect in that context.

after "The Sermon" see if you can grab "Houseparty" its companion and "Cool Blues" a live jam with similar personnel recorded a few months later. the albums "At the Organ" from 1957 will blow your mind as well, theres a lot of amazing organ playing there John, as there is on "The Sounds of Jimmy Smith" which is readily available as an RVG. I have the Mosaic box, so I skipped the "Sounds of" RVG.

interesting theory Greg. Would you care to expound on what the third party of influence might be? I believe around '56-7 Trane was studying the Slonimsky book of scales, perhaps JOS had studied that as well? Certainly, to my ear the modal influences in Jimmy's playing is made explicitly clear in tunes like "Greensleeves"(made 4 years after Trane's version) "Refractions", "The Boss", "Fingers" and even some of the funky stuff from "Root Down". And of course the title track of "Legacy" with Joey D. finds Jimmy mining modal territory as well.

I love "On the Road" I grew up with the red vinyl version too! This probably is not one of the Basie classics, but because I grew up on the album, it has a real special place for me.... I really also love the mid-late 70's band with Eric Dixon, Jimmy Forrest and Al Grey. Smokin "Jumpin at the Woodside" on the "Montreux '77" album, also available on DVD that features Eric and Jimmy battling on tenor.

oh yeah, a live BBC thing.... but it's true it is interesting when you hear the kind of shapes Jimmy's lines had back then, it proves he was not just a soul jazz and blues player like a lot of people think. I know many who are not even aware of the mid 50's JOS that shows all that incredible playing.

oh man, Soul Stream, right on......... I said that to a friend the other night. Especially if you listen to "Groovin at Smalls Paradise" the parallels are uncanny....... even the stop choice Jimmy uses on that is Traneish. I'd love to see more discussion on this topic, come on everybody

very interesting. I have only the Miles Plugged Nickel and Blackhawk boxes, singles for everything else, but I think especially with live material boxes are very important for the differing approaches to tunes. Even so we probably all have our favorite sets from live boxes, that we pull more often than others.

Keith would probably barf at that notion, lol. playing 'lectric keys again.

John, I mentioned Wynton's playing.