CJ Shearn

Very interesting thought colin. I think alcohol without question contributes to liver problems, oddly I never heard that IV drug use leads to hepatitis C......... very interesting

Same here, love his solo on "Eggplant"

Thank you Chuck! Will check these out later.

Thank you for the music, Gerald

HBD Newk! Love you!!

I like some d'n'b sound ... but I've heard much, much better instrumental/acoustic emulations than that - the beats are incredibly lame and Mehldau sounds totally out of ideas to me - and mind me, I quite enjoyed "Largo" when it first appeared, I'm a 90s kid of some sorts (though mostly I grew up in my own time I guess, after all how many middle-class european 13 year olds ask their aunts and uncles to get "Bags' Groove" and "Nippon Soul" for x-mas?). Just doesn't do it for me, no matter from what angle I try and approach it (though I've not heard the album, only some live recordings such as a concert from London captured by the Beeb). Anyway, I think Mehldau is often a bit underrated/downplayed/sneered-at-too-much in circles such as this splendid forum I am a 90's kid also and that wasn't strange for a 13 year old to ask for that stuff because I was asking for stuff like that too. I think I got the old Trane Prestige Recordings big box when I was 14 for Christmas I believe Mehldau is underrated here also, and I spun a bit of "Highway Rider" the other night, the writing is wonderful. Been listening to Mark Giuliana's new album of Rhapsody, (he has two) it will take a bit to for it to settle in with me, but it is working for what it is.

Oh wow, what kind of memorabilia was there?

Very interesting list!! Though I would say "Blackbyrd" has never turned me on despite it's massive important influence in funk, R&B, hip hop and DJ circles

Definitely Jack McDuff "Screamin" and "Crash" (the twofer) George Benson, "The New Boss Guitar" which doesn't seem to get mentioned that much in comparison to "It's Uptown", "Cookbook", the A&M, CTI or Warner period. Don Patterson "Boppin and Burnin" is real nice as is Arnett Cobb, "Blow Arnett Blow",is one of the greatest two tenor records I've ever heard.. Some of the Prestige jams, like "The Cats"(technically New Jazz) I like a lot too, but that is probably the least underrated of the lot b/c it features Trane, but Kenny Burrell and Idrees Sulieman are terrific on that, too.

I have been eating vegetarian mostly for the past several months, with the occasional meat eating while out, and that is disgusting. Just another way we are killing people.

That's a great story!!

I guess it depends on whether or not you like that drum n bass/electronic sound. I like that general sound though I don't claim to have a deep knowledge of that genre. Some of the stuff in the ridiculously labeled "intelligent dance music" genre is really boring. I think only Aphex Twin and Squarepusher have done things I've heard that are intriguing for me.

I thought "Mehliana" was cool, though that opening track needs to be edited for radio. I still haven't heard the last two trio albums, but "Art of the Trio Volume 4: Back at the Vanguard" "Art of the Trio Vol. 5", "Live in Tokyo" (the 2 disc Japanese version which is the complete concert) the two albums with Metheny and "Trio Live" are among my fav. Mehldau. "Highway Rider" I need to pull out again, it's a very dense album with some terrific string writing. And he is great on that new Cobb in a more inside hard bop mode.

Just a few tunes in, but yes, you are right! her pocket is deep on this. The band played the first two tunes way up, and they are very "intense" but for some reason, it's working

This was killing!

Thanks Guy!!

This would be a great find if true. Wasn't there also some Greek Theater dates from 1967 with Albert Stinson subbing for Ron Carter?

The music on this set is some of the best of Elvin's career I think, and a small treasure of gold in the lean Butler/UA era Blue Note era. I dig the session with Morgan and Coleman a lot also

Great article! Lundvall and Was really helped turn BN around from the Butler era disaster. I feel like Was holds much closer to the original philosophy of Alfred Lion and Frank Wolff, although like I said a while back, the Blue Note of today marketing wise seems to be a redux of Blue Note Hits a New Note in a way, except the quality of the music is much better tastes notwithstanding.

Happy birthday CT! one of my favorite trumpeters ever

This set is a nice companion to that Woody Shaw Columbia (which I still don't yet have) so it is worth it for that alone.

The Winston, Blake, and Brewer releases look interesting for sure. I really dig his playing on "New Life" by Antonio Sanchez and "Live at Smalls" by Will Vinson. Listening to the Blake now on Rhapsody. Blake is killing on Lonnie Smith "In the Beginning" too.

I enjoy the set very much, the only really forgettable thing is the Stevie Wonder "Isn't She Lovely" cover, if you like that kind of thing, a fairly anonymous rhythm track with great players, you'll love this.

RIP...... I love his passionate solo on "Bags Groove" on the Newport in NY albums. Also so great with McCoy.

I am listening on Rhapsody now, really digging his tone.