Stefan Wood

Look, if you guys don't come to DC, I'm gonna have to dump you guys and go with the Bad Plus forum......

Look, I love Wayne Shorter, and I do agree that his compositions on those lps are overlooked -- I listened to Phantom Navigator recently, and the tunes are great, but the 80's synthesizer and electric bass kills it for me for repeated listening. I can't filter it out. I don't usually have a bias towards particular instruments used in certain periods of music, but this is an exception. Perhaps it also has to do with recording for CBS, as I have heard live recordings which make for more interesting listening.

This is probably a match made in hell. Wong Kar Wai's films take a looooooong time to produce, and he changes directions in the middle of filming, which would drive the Hollywood suits nuts. And why Lady from Shanghai????

I had the original pressing, which I used in the test. This is a smoking session all the way!

Sorry for the delay, but now there's a snowstorm outside I have time to relax a bit and finish giving the answers. Here are those for disc 2: 1 - Inward Fire - Clifford Jordan (Inward Fire - Muse) Dizzy Reese - t, Pat Patrick - sax, Howard Johnson, Muhal Richard Abrams -p, Richard Davis - b, Louis Hayes - d 2 - Rising Daystar - Malachi Thompson (Rising Dayster - Delamrk) with Gary Bartz, Fred Hopkins, Dana Hall 3 - Hominy Grits - JFK Quintet (New Jazz Frontiers from Washington - Riverside) w/ Ray Codrington - t, Andy White - alto, HArry Killgo - p, Walter Booker Jr. - b, Carl Newman - d 4 - Still Life - The Jazz Five (The Five of Us - Jasmine) Vic Ash - tenor/clarinet, Harry Klein - baritone, Grian Dee - p, Malcolm Cecil - b, Tony Mann - d 5 - Convulsions- The Awakening (Hear, Sense, and Feel - Black Jazz) Ken Chaney - p, Frank Gordon - t, Richard Brown - tenor, Arlington Davis - d, Steve Galloway - trombone, Reggie Willis -b 6 - Gypsy Blue - James Spaulding (Blues Nexus - Muse) Dan Faulk - tenor sax, Ronnie Matthews - p, Ray Drummond - b, and Louis Hayes - d 7 - Charles McPherson - Explorations (McPherson's Mood - Prestige) Barry Harris - p, Buster Williams - b, Roy Brooks -d 8 - Eighth Wonder - Dick Griffin (The Eighth Wonder and More - Konnex) Sam Rivers - sax, Ron Burton - p, Cecil McBee - b, Freddie Waits - d, Warren Smith - vibes, Leo Smith - perc 9 - Quicksand - Ted Curson (The Trio - Interplay) Ray Drummond - b, Roy Haynes - d 10- Get Out of Town - Frank Strozier (Remember Me - Steeplechase) Danny Moore - flugelhorn, Howard Johnson - tuba, Harold Mabern - p, Lisle Atkinson -b, Michael Carvin - d 11 - Fun Time - Paul Horn (Profile of a Jazz Musician - Columbia) E,il Richards - vibes, Paul Moer - p, Victor Gaskin - b, Milt Turner - d 12 - The Groover - Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers (Best of Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers - OJC) 13 - Conquistador - Chico Hamilton (El Chico - Impulse!) Sadao Watanabe - alto, Gabor Szabo -g, Al Stinson - b, Jimmy Cheatham -trombone, Willie Bobo and Victor Pant - percussion

Weren't we discussing what Mosaic was going to do next? This is very good news indeed.

It's taking the best known works from that show, and adding different things as well. I heard that one at Pomidou was HUGE!!!!

All right, let's get down to business. Here are the answers to disc one of the blindfold test: Track One: Not Enough Mama - Horace Silver (Jazz.... Has a Sense of Humor - Verve/GRP 1999) with Ryan Kisor - t; Jimmy Greene - tenor and soprano sax; John Webber - b; Willie Jones - d. I wanted to put one of the tracks from this very overlooked cd in the BFT. I think it is as fine a session that Silver has had in his post- Blue Note era. This is a tight group with fine all around playing and Silver's compositions are recognizable. This is out of print, but you can still nab it for $3 at Amazon. Track Two: We're Going Up - Eric Kloss (We're Goin Up - Prestige) with Jimmy Owens - t; Kenny Barron - p; Bob Cranshaw - b; Alan Dawson - d Mid-60's hard bop. Track Three: Bohemia After Dark - Eddy Louiss (Bohemia After Dark - Antilles Jazz in Paris series) with Jimmy Gourley - g; Guy Pederson - double bass; Kenny Clarke -d Recorded in late 1972. Track Four: Multiphone Blues - Dick Griffin (The Eighth Wonder & More - Konnex) with Clifford Jordan - tenor sax; Bill Saxton - Tenor Sax; Don Smith - f & p; Billy Hart - d; Freddie Waits - d; Calvin Hill - b; Lawrence Killian - conga; Hubert Eves - p Track Five: Motherless Child - Luis Gasca (The Little Giant - Atlantic) with Joe Henderson - tenor sax; Mark Levine - p; Dave Herscher - b; Mongo Santamaria - congas; Jullito Caollazo - bata; Steve Berrios - timbales; Marty Sheller - cowbell Recorded in 1969, a nice latin jazz tune from Gasca, who recorded very little, but what I have managed to find I like. There is a session on Blue Thumb, also with Joe Henderson that is a bit more trippy but still jazz oriented. This can be found on Collectables with Ira Sullivan's "Horizons." Track Six: Soul Proptietor - Ralph Bowen (Soul Proprietor - Criss Cross) with Sam Yahel -o; Peter Bernstein - g; Brian Blade - d, John Swana - t Track Seven: Three Little Words - Joe Farrell/Louis Hayes (Vim n Vigor - Timeless) This is the cd that has that funny cover of a female body builder striking a pose. I like Joe Farrell, from his playing in the Elvin Jones trio on Blue Note, and even his CTI material, which is as funky as it gets. Solid playing. Track Eight: The Awakening - Michael Thomas (The Awakening - Jazhead) with Zach Graddy; Darius Scott; Kent Miller; Frank Williams Everyone hated this one. Michael is a DC musician; been around for some time, plays Blue Note derivative hard bop, and is great to see live. Sometimes I catch his group playing up the street at a local church. Track Nine: 5-4 Thing - Eastern Rebellion (Eastern Rebellion - Bellaphon) with Cedar Walton - p; Sam Jones - b; George Coleman - tenor sax; Billy Higgins - d 1975 session. Terriffic! Track Ten: A Little Twist - New Jazz Composers Octet (Walkin the Line - Fresh Sounds New Talent) with David Weiss -t; Xavier Davis - p; Myron Walden - alto sax; Nasheet Waits -d; Dwayne Burno - b; Steve Davis - trombone; guests - Jimmy Greene, Andrew Williams, Chris Karlic, Craig Handy and Joe Chambers Track Eleven: The Coaster - John Patton/Grachan Moncur (Soul Connection - Nilva) with Grant Reed - tenor sax; Melvin Soarks - g; Alvin Queen - d This is a fantastic album that deserves to be reissued. Disc two later......

I work at the National Gallery of Art in DC, so there are plenty of good exhibitions that I have worked on and seen! We recently finished a Cezanne in Provence show and now are busy on DADA, which is a big show (400+ works) and an event in the art world this year. No hype.

In the mail for you guys!

PM'd you guys. I will delay the answers for one week to accomodate. Sorry for the mailing screw up. My bad.

I'll post them on February 1 (Wednesday).

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I have a copy of this floating around, and I remember it being really cheesy as well. Not very memorable, especially in light of his other albums.

I can understand the Billie Holiday and the various Blue Notes. But Diana Krall????? Has there been a crying need to have this on vinyl?

Yes, please! Thank you.

I KNOW I mailed them to you guys. Can someone in Europe who has received it help me out?

We all know.

Geez, I thought these were happy tunes! They are for me at least!

Apparently there is an unreleased session done after Ego. with Bruce but minus Larry Young, and add a bunch of other musicians. Don't know any thing else about it, though....

in the mail.

Sorry about that. Will send another one off to you ASAP.

Still accepting last minute requests. Don't be shy!