CJ Shearn

Me too, hope he pulls through, really.

Damn....... thanks David. Just read that thread. He looks like a totally different person in that video link there, hope he's ok.

Ethan's post is GREAT. I am skimming now. Next week I will publish the profile of Charlie I have been working on, this week for NYJW.

Antonio Sanchez posted on his Facebook yesterday good vibes for Dennis Chambers, who is apparently ill. Does anyone know the details?

I have many friends in Japan and one thing I've learned from them for my eventual visit I started the fundraising for a few months back is always bring cash.

Happy belated!

I had the Conn of "A Bluish Bag" but I traded it because although the playing is wonderful, I just found it boring.

I picked this one up a few weeks back and I don't what it is about LeDonne's organ playing on some of these tunes, but I'm not liking it as much as I have on other dates he's used the organ. It has a sound that equals "old fashioned" to my ears, like something Doc Bagby would play. Maybe someone can explain it to me. Is it the recording or am I just so used to people playing like Jimmy Smith that when I hear a different approach, it sounds off? A bit late to the party, you can't take my word for it completely because I'm just listening to soundclips on the High Note site, but I am not hearing what you are when you say old fashioned. I'm hearing the same first three drawbars+percussion registration made standard by JOS and those that followed him, and modern ideas. When I think of "old fashioned" organ playing, it brings to mind Wild Bill Davis, Bill Doggett and Milt Buckner, the full big band style playing. I am liking what they are doing to the Stevie tune a lot, and the swinging "The World is a Ghetto" because my frame of reference is Benson's version on "In Flight". Will check it out sometime.

He had tinnitus, so that's why he used the plexiglass.

Thanks everyone, saw this way late

Cool, just reading this while listening to Gotham City

I love the (to my knowledge anyway), the uncharacteristic funk playing on one track of Joe Henderson's "The Elements". Then of course the "Old Joe Clark" thing that happens in "Two Folk Songs" on Metheny's "80/81". His playing on Trane's "The Avant Garde".

RIP Charlie. this one is tough...... He could play anything, and that bass tone was gorgeous.

RIP

I'll hang on to my original Complete Warner set from 1994. I love this set. I am not sure the promos and edits are necessary at this point, but this new set may be worth checking out. They should have included for their first official release, some live recordings of this band. The live stuff goes into quite amazing territory the studio stuff hints at.

RIP, will need to check him out

They really are, which is why I included all the Blakey percussion ensemble albums on BN in my list. Been digging "Orgy" for 2 decades now. Remember, the audience of New York Jazz Workshop, which are students taking classes there may not be aware of anything other than the essentials, so for my list I decided to dig deeper into back catalog albums very familiar to our crowd, but not always casual fans or music students.

Wow........... weird commentary.

"Dialogue", "Happenings", "Components", "Stick Up" and "Live at Montreux" are my fav. Hutcherson's. After having listened to "Natural Illusions" on Rhapsody confirms those choices even more.

That was a great recollection!

I have the Rhino edition also.

Sorry about that! I haven't got around to hearing those Pullen records, I missed out on the Mosaic Select set which I wanted years ago....... I will have to find some of those on Rhapsody/Spotify and listen. Always wanted to hear the trio record with Gary Peacock and Tony.

I believe the Montreux Summit Dexter tracks are included in the Complete Columbia box. Yep, they are, and Wounded Bird released vols. 1&2 of Montreux Summit.

Very cool!

Ooh, very nice! Vu's always such an interesting player