CJ Shearn

LOL! Herbie's Handcocked

well, with my limited collection of GG as a leader I have to say "Talkin About" and "Grantstand" are my favorites, as is his playing on Stan the Man's "Up at Minton's" which is due for another spin in my player.

I saw Carl Allen a few months ago, it was great! Very nice guy too. Closest thing to having a Blakey experience for me.

my "Japanese For Dummies" book states that in Japanese culture it is very disrespect to say your mom is hot. Very interesting.

yeah, I gotta grab that album sometime.

thanks Lon! when Jack explodes it has a completely musical purpose, not a chops fest. Also I really love the way he plays the bass drum, it really adds an implied funk quality in a lot of what he does I feel. Ex: check his classic what I like to call "broken funk" rhythm on Charlie Haden's portion of "Two Folk Songs" also on "80/81". Ditto for "The Turnaround", his loose swing makes Pat exclaim at the song's end "wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Jack DeJohnette man!" or Lee Morgan's "Jack, Jack, Jack! Jack be nimble, Jack be quick!" at the end of that absolutely burning, vicious, torrid "Speedball" on "Live at the Lighthouse". His playing on that brings everybody to a whole 'nother level, especially Lee and Bennie Maupin when they each trade 12's with him.

clinthopson, DeJohnette, not subtle? ::pulls out a red penalty flag:: listen to his work on the ballads from Jarrett's "Whisper Not", "The Bat" from Pat Metheny's "80/81", Michael Brecker's "Beau Rivage", now thats subtlety at its finest. Jack paints ballads in wonderful warm, dark cymbal colors, totally musically appropriate. IMO. Joe G, back me up cuz Jack's one of my favs.!

Clifford, Frank Butler, really? I have only heard his work on "Seven Steps to Heaven" and I find it pleasing but not particularly stunning, sounds like hes trying too hard to fill the hole left by Jimmy Cobb at times.

Art Blakey, Philly Joe, Tony, Elvin, Jimmy Cobb, Donald Bailey, Steve Gadd. As for cats more active on today's scene, Jack DeJohnette, Teri Lyne Carrington, Brian Blade, Tain, Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez and Antonio Sanchez, Bill Stewart are some of my favorites. Sanchez is a major young talent on the skins. He has chops and the musicality to back it up.

I gotta grab myself another copy of "Roll" as I needed money one time during school and sold it. I have listened to Patton's basslines in depth on relatively simple stuff like "Along Came John" and "Congo Chant" and the way in which he handles them is marvelous. In particular, "Along" has a hump that I really like in that descending bassline that predominates thru the head and John's solo. I also really like that modal trio tune on "That Certain Feeling" as well. It's a shame these wonderful records compiled in the Select aren't available to a wider audience b/c your general casual jazz fan, its not like they'd know about such albums, outside of all of us. Those who think they know organ from groups like MMW and Soulive should hear this stuff. In college, when I was a teaching assistant in the jazz course, the day the set arrived for me I brought it to class and the teacher who gigs all around locally and knows a good chunk of stuff looked at it and said "Who's this? I don't know this guy".

I'll be dropping a line on his site. Its been the last few years I've deeply got into his music, but I saw him with his brother at the Hollywood Bowl when I was 7.

oh yeah "Latona" has a groove. Soul Stream, John had a very unique approch to soloing as his lines were always fluid and interesting. JK, love the avatar!

thats a great pic, shows the intensity. Isn't that from the Along Came John pics where theres one that looks like his eye is swollen shut? did Grant get too many right hands in that day?

I'll do some "Understanding" when I get up tomm. I was listening to "Along Came John" the other day.

wow, that number tops the infamous 20,000+ '89 gig in Montreal I believe.

If Sony/Legacy are taking this attitude towards this Brookmeyer releases why are they not having the same attitude towards the upcoming reissues of the Blakey, Silver, Woody Shaw and Gerry Mulligan material? Names like Shaw and Mulligan I am not sure if casual fans would know their names outside of hardcore fans like ourselves. Just a thought. Also Sony reissued single discs of Miles in Europe, Berlin and Tokyo which in my mind are albums more for seasoned veterans, than casual fans, but I guess b/c its Miles, it will sell.

Earl Klugh "Living Inside Your Love" is a guilty pleasure for me b/c I grew up on it as a kid.

I believe this is the same mastering as the '01 reissue, it sounds the same from what I remember before I gave the single disc to a friend. As far as disc 1, it says the mastering is 24 bit super bit mapped (just an indicator this one sounds good to me, I'm not an audiophile equipment wise) by Mark Wilder, Sony studios, NY

go for it

I love the second disc. I bought the new set for my birthday. Great packaging too

I sort of agree Allen, b/c the electric Miles was stuff he was doing that piqued his ear from other cats, just putting his signature on it.

I saw the program last month on our local PBS affiliate. I'm just glad jazz is on TV, I thought it was entertaining. Hendricks had the spirit, but man is his voice shot now.

Teo Resolution, Pursuance (Live) Oleo (Jazz At the Plaza) Ah Leu Cha (Miles @ Newport '58) Round About Midnight

I would think MC and Blue Note would snap up this opportunity to record Hill b/c he has had an incredible legacy with the label. I also see with Jason Moran on the label a sort of master(Hill) and disciple deal.

Bertrand, Death Row? you have to be kidding me right?