CJ Shearn

Jetman, you mean Seventh Avenue South? They had a club before that? I remember Michael saying in an interview once he'd learn not to run a club again after that experience.

That stuff is very of the time. I don't think the Brecker Brothers comeback albums from the 90's have worn well either, thats just the programming used though. I still love the EWI on Mike's first two records, the first one is such a masterpiece, those tunes. "Pilgrimage" is his best IMO, and a great bookend to that self titled disc.

Very young, and tragic to have had throat cancer at that age. I agree Allen's remark is classless.

Have my pre-order in on BOC already, the other box I'm thinking about getting is the Brecker Brothers, though I'm not enamored with the way the albums were produced, if I remember how they sounded when they came out. I will also breakdown one day and get the Woody Shaw. The Brecker Brothers set is the only place I think you can obtain "Blue Montreux" which I think was issued in a condensed form on CD in the US.

Seems very odd.

Wouldn't you feel strange too if some random person/fan whatever came up to you? You've mentioned this encounter with Jack more than once and it seems it really bothers you. I've met Jack and he was wonderful though very tired from 2+ hours of playing. He even brought my CD's to Pat Metheny and Larry Grenadier to sign. I've also interacted with him on FB, no problems. From all accounts Jack's a pretty private person, and he's also had tons of fans probably come up to him through the years with inane stuff, so it's not surprising he might give some strange looks.

Michel, you make an excellent point. I think on "Organic Vibes", "Live, the Authorized Bootleg" and "Live at the 5 Spot" he was pushed and inspired by the players, and on "Organic Vibes" hes got great tunes like "Little B's Poem" and "I Thought About You".

I like Joey very much as an in the tradition player, but I think his records have been inconsistent lately. If I wanna go outside his realm listen to Dr. Lonnie, Larry Young or Larry Goldings. I got my dad into Joey recently as we've always loved Jimmy Smith. JohnS, is that a legit DVD? I have the live album of that group, very good disc.

These are all 16 bit digital recordings from the late 80's early 90's they won't get much better than that.

Aging Jimmy Cobb? we know he's up there, but his playing was fine, right? I dig Joey, but I don't think he's had a really great record since "Organic Vibes" and "Live: The Authorized Bootleg". On the former, he was taking more chances, but since then he's kind of staying in a comfortable place within the tradition, nothing wrong with that, but "Organic Vibes" showcased him moving on from the heavy JOS bag. This doesn't matter to me, but the fact that Joey's been using clonewheel organs has put him in hot water as far as a lot of the jazz organ community is concerned, but Joey has ALWAYS played B-3 clones in addition to the real thing on albums like "Reboppin" (the XB-2 on one track) the XB-3 (Live at the Five Spot) now he plays and endorses the Key B Duo organ, he was playing Diversi and Numa for a while too. Because of the history with clonewheels, there were automatic bad reviews of "Wonderful Wonderful!" which I haven't heard yet but it was recorded at RVG's, so Joey most likely played Rudy's C-3.

Blade can sing too, one of my fav. drummers definitely.

Lyle Mays' "Street Dreams", on the track "Before You Go", Vickie Randle is on percussion and vocorder.

Yeah, that's true, thinking back to the Baraka thread. African rhythms in jazz have always been pretty scaled down, though there have been attempts (Blakey, Weston) to bring authenticity on it's own terms, but still.

I wouldn't be too sure if Herbie said that saying there's no such thing as Czech jazz myself. A lot of the ECM stuff from the Norwegian contingent doesn't have what we consider hallmarks of American jazz, but it swings in its own way, and thats why jazz is beautiful because we can add those things and its still jazz. If Herbie made that comment it's strange because wouldn't Mwandishi be very African influenced? It may not be African jazz in the township sense of the word but its definitely African influenced, that music.

I don't know Jim, but it seems with the new leadership, and Don Was that catalog items, deep catalog items which the RVG and Conn series had are no longer of interest to the new Blue Note, only the same titles that attract casual fans over and over. I doubt we'll see 24/96 issues of "Lee Morgan's "Live at the Lighthouse" boxset or John Patton's titles, Tina Brooks etc. It'd be great to see what was issued on CD in the new HD tracks series but I doubt it. I know so many dislike RVG's but I'm lucky that I have so many titles

I have the 1997 Verve CD issue, where "One Word" is a bonus track as well. Both that and "Emergency" were recorded pretty low fi, but "Turn It Over" sounds better.

LOL. Oh man, thats brutal. Well, January is good, more time to save.

Correct, Colin. I wonder how a piano trio would have been for Jimmy, if that unique identity would have crossed over or if he would have sounded anonymously like Bud Powell, Horace Silver and Monk. That said, Cha cha J reveals a unique conception, almost like steel drums, and the solo on "Keep on Comin" reminds me of Cecil Taylor in its percussiveness. He does solo on piano on "Paid in Full" also.

LOL that's great stuff. Or she was listening to Evan Parker or Brotzmann.

ECM has maximized their CD's a bit but theres still dynamic range on it. I like "Sleeper" also and will play disc 1 again before moving onto disc 2.

Thanks everyone. I've been looking at "Afric Pepperbird" for a while, tried to buy back "Dresden" where I sold it at a local shop but it wasn't there. They do have "I Took up The Runes" used, which like Bev said I would need to sample with caution.

where to start?

Listening now, on the second track of the first disc. From the little Garbarek I've heard ("Dresden" and a few things like "12 Moons") I wish he played more often like this album. It's easy to hear where he may have influenced Michael Brecker though.

Allyson Felix winning gold last night was great as was May-Treanor/Jennings Walsh winning a 3rd straight gold in beach volleyball, the match with China was tough. I have been disheartened being a boxing fan with the Olympic boxing yet again. These international officials come from places where there's not a lot of pro stuff around (Cuba obviously, and others) and they don't get pro styles, effective aggression, body shots. The scoring has to go and be replaced by a 10 point must, there have been so many garbage calls this Olympics, such as Shimizu vs. the Azerbaijan fighter, which thankfully was overturned in favor of the Japanese fighter.

GREAT album..... living with that one since 8 years old. Yes, I'm really enjoying it. Very nearly pristine, after a bit of buffing with a Parostatik. Very glad I got it. MG One of the few Pablo's worth keeping. That whole Montreux '77 series pretty much, (I have 9 of them) is solid. The Bags/Ray Brown session has 2 additional tracks: "Thats The Way It Is" issued on the OJC CD of the album, and "Red Top" issued on the "Jam Sessions: Montreux '77" so unless you have those, MG you may wanna be on the look out for. "Oscar Peterson Jam: Montreux '77" I recommend also.