CJ Shearn

I'm pretty sure that however good the Miles movie is it will be the final straw that brings about the jazz-internet-osphere apocalypse. I understand, I think, that that movie is going to be set in the early 70s, Miles in full-blown bug-eye sunglasses coke splendor and there's going to be a series of flashbacks that make up the "autobiography". If they do it right, it could be all kinds of weird/great, but if not, I'm still hoping for a good Don Cheadle movie. I like Don Cheadle on principle. His innate fuquitousness pleases me. It's supposed to take place around 1979-81 a sort of fantasy about when he wasn't playing, to when the comeback started, that's what I heard.

I would choose: Russian Lullaby Blue Train Bahia Focus on Insanity Syeeda's Song Flute Harmonique India (Complete VV disc 4) Lonnie's Lament (Afro Blue Impressions) The Drum Thing (such a great track, IMO) Peace on Earth (Live in Japan), disc 1-neither version is as out as the other stuff on the set for a new listener, a lot of melodic playing

I have to think about it, tough choice if I choose from the over 50 Trane albums in my collection.

RIP Orrin, thank you for your contributions with Monk, Wes, Sonny, Joe Henderson, Blue Mitchell, and so many more.

Lloyd on Blue Note (again) looking forward to that. I only have and have heard "Sangam" and "Rabo de Nube" as far as ECM discs from him but they are excellent. Was always interrested in that "Athens Concert" Maybe a possible reason Lloyd left ECM is because maybe Blue Note/ECM are under the Universal umbrella now?

That's awesome! I love the Hello Kitty addition.

Always wanted to check out more Louiss anyway, so good to know

I liked some of the Chuck Mangione stuff as a kid too. "Pressure Sensitive", ha! You have to admit on "Blue Note Live at the Roxy" the version of "Captain Midnight" is worth it because Ronnie's solo goes into unsafe territory. Shared that with an old teacher of mine who is a sax player and he couldn't believe Ronnie was going so out in the solo.

Looking forward to this even if it's just Larry on piano.

Earl's "Living Inside Your Love" does for me, the only album of his I ever liked, that I grew up with, of course there was the "real" stuff too like the Jimmy Smith records in our house my mom gave me, but I did like that Klugh album. I used to own it on CD when it was reissued for the 2nd time domestically 10 years back? But after listening a few times I got rid of it, there's not enough stuff there to keep me interested in my life now. For a lot of the hip hop fans though, they have a higher opinion of these albums than we do, it's all about the grooves.

Chris, I definitely share your feelings re: Bob. For me, liking only a few tracks doesn't justify me buying an album, I just skip it altogether, if I don't enjoy listening to it. Now, there are some albums that are intentionally bad "Blue Note Live at the Roxy", and "Blue Note Meets the L.A. Philharmonic" I just have to represent the bad years of BN. I have a good friend who loves Bob James' CTI albums and some others I think, and for me, I don't feel the James CTI discs hold up. "Touchdown" was a record we had when I was a child, and I never liked it then, and don't like it now. I recently went back to YT to hear a bit and I really didn't dig it. As far as the CTI stuff theres only a handful of albums after 1974 that I really dig, though I do think James contributed great arrangements to "Inner City Blues" and "Soul Box". "Explosions" is a cool record.

Yeah, that! Killing

RIP. First time I heard him as a kid was on "Ellington at Newport", then the album that really made an impression was when I bought "Montreux '77" by Milt Jackson/Ray Brown. Think I'll spin "The Trumpet Kings at Montreux" in his memory. That tone, with, a plunger muted sound will live forever.

Carl Burnette works with Freddie Hubbard well, on "Gleam", IMO.

I really like what Derrick Hodge does on "Live Today" and also Mark Giuliana's "My Time Is Now" crafts hip hop influences in an interesting way.

Heartily seconded. I don't think I could live without "Monk's Dream", "Tokyo" and "Big Band and Quartet" albums especially.

This guy's videos are unbelievable.....

It wasn't a bad book necessarily, but Paul Tingen made some really weird statements in "Miles Electric", which I read 10 or 11 years ago, the first one was that people who couldn't appreciate "Bitches Brew" were because they had inferior stereo systems (WTF?) and he discussed Miles' alleged crossdressing (who cares?). I've heard apparently the George Benson autobio lacks substantial detail, certainly not to the level of his Smithsonian interview, which is great!

I have to agree also with John Kelman when we spent time chatting after my interview with him a few months back, the "ECM Sound" is more an approach more than anything, a specific vision. We can take or leave the things we don't like (I still have trouble with Jan Garbarek's tone, but he's great on Jarrett's "Sleeper") I haven't felt the need to upgrade any of my ECM CD's they all sound fine to me. Turn the volume up on some, it's all good. "Changeless" and "Rejoicing" are musts, I haven't heard Llyria, but the funk on the two Nik Bartsch Ronin discs I have created thru the Reich-ish minimalism grooves deep, it's fantastic for getting locked into a groove.

What's interesting to me is John Kelman has told me the Japanese ECM discs are actually not signed off on by Manfred at all, remastering of ECM titles is done purely on a case by case basis.

I first knew Niki's work through her association with the Eurodance group Snap, remember them? I was liking the samples of "Alley Cats" too Dan, but thank you for your assessment. I am liking the GH and Philip Morris All Stars Live disc, I need to listen a bit closer, only ran thru it once but it really doesn't seem like much of a Gene Harris date as much as Gene in an all star jam session JATP-ish style presentation.

Is the Enlightenment label Fresh Sound/Lonehill also? Saw some Bill Evans 1956-62 set with his first (12?) albums that looked weird on Amazon.

Yes he is!!!

I have "Live" Gene Harris and the Philip Morris allstars on the way to me, and a real CD copy of "Plus 1", I want to retire the CDR I made from the emusic download ten years ago.

Like I said, I have +1 Smokin indeed. What about the "Big Band Soul" twofer?