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Who was in his band?

I only heard the "The The" collaboration fairly recently. Some good stuff there! I've always liked his approach to guitar playing and phrasing. A fairly unique sound.

Fair enough. I actually DID stream the 3rd 'disk' today. I found about half of it interesting. A number of the tracks kind of seemed like bottom of the barrel outtakes or snippets of songs. But glad I heard them. I do want to hear the mono versions. Not that I'm a great fan of "back to Mono", but the mixes are often very different from the Stereo versions. I have a Doors Mono collection and that's definitely true. Thanks for the input!

Alright! Let's GOOOOOO! Saskatchewan: 60 points

This was finally released on CD and streaming. Originally it was only a Record Store Day release, but I think they had a surge of fan interest for a wider release. So now it's out. BTW it's mostly Surf Music!

I've been hesitant about this. First because of the terrible cover. I understand the underlying artwork was by Jimi himself, but I don't think it works. And for a major reissue of Axis, why didn't they use the original cover art? There's almost TOO much extra music (if that's possible). Disk 2 is all Mono versions which are sometimes interesting. Disk 3 is a bunch of additional alt-takes. Disk 4 has more alt-takes plus live stuff from Stockholm, mostly from "Are You Experienced". Would be interested to get your impressions, Lon. Listened to his quite a bit today. A very energetic recording, and George Coleman is on FIRE!

I pick up a few Black Jazz titles every time they have one of those sales. Grabbed the Gene Russell albums this time.

He's very good. I've seen him a number of times with the SFJAZZ Collective, including this past Sunday.

That must have been a special show to see in person!

Thursday in SF!

I never listened to any of these albums until recently. I knew about Barbieri from Porcupine Tree, and have had a couple David Sylvian albums for a long time. Karn was certainly a revelation. A shame he's not with us anymore.

Definitely! Both the original album and the live "In Europe" are excellent! Jack with Ravi and Matt Garrison at Big Ears 2019. I was lucky to see this trio a few times. Unfortunately, because of where I was sitting and Jack's ride cymbals, you can't see his face here

Myra is always worth seeing Sunday: SFJAZZ Collective "Music of Wayne Shorter's 'Native Dancer'" Current lineup: Chris Potter, tenor saxophone David Sánchez, tenor saxophone Mike Rodriguez, trumpet Warren Wolf, vibraphone Edward Simon, piano Matt Brewer, bass Kendrick Scott, drums

For sure

OK - thanks! There are some videos on YouTube, too.

Nice to have these 4 albums together in one set. Not the original artwork, obviously.

Richard Barbieri/Steve Jansen - Very atmospheric, but with more energy than it seems after multiple listenings. This live album also includes Mick Karn on bass, and Steven Wilson on guitar

Very sad, for sure. And one of my favorites. He performed in so many different settings and formats, he was hard to categorize. Which made him that much more special.

Good reason! I like having his Muse stuff all together, too.

I would guess that some of the medical problems being mentioned (especially heart rate and blood pressure) might be related to SMOKING weed. I've never heard any reports along these lines about edibles, particularly if they're low dose. And if you buy them in a reputable store - not from a rando dealer.

For those of you who love Woody's Berliner Jazztage album, I hope you grabbed Mosaic's "Woody Shaw: The Complete Muse Sessions" box before it sold out.

I never quite "got" them, but they're always highly regarded. I've never seen them either, but they're coming to SF in February, so I bought a ticket. Got to see the Jeff Parker Expansion Trio about a month ago and he was stronger than I've ever seen him. Looking forward to seeing Tortoise!