Big John: accent on the blues

[Soul Stream]

Much like his collaboration with Grachan Moncur III.

What session/album is this?

Soul Connection. It's an album he made in the 80's on the Nilva label. It's just been reissued on CD.

[andybleaden]

and it is bloody fab and about time too!

Really worth hunting down a copy in my humble opinion

[Parkertown]

Thanks gents. D'oh! I already downloaded that one but don't think I've spun it yet...

[JSngry]

I TALKED WITH MARVIN CABELL TODAY!!!!

Man, just got off the phone with Mr. Lite Hit himself!!! A super nice and humble man to be sure. Going to be talking again with him in the next few days for an interview I'm going to post on Patton's MySpace site. If there's any questions you'd like to ask him, let me know and I'll try and remember....!

Please convey my warmest regards and highest fondness to Mr. Cabell!

What's he up to these days?

[AndrewHill]

Yeah, totally! Is he (has) recording anything as of late? Club dates? Man, I don't even know what he looks like! Pics?

Nice avatar SS. AOTB was an album that took time to grow on me (a last minute decision buy for $6!!!) and now it ranks as one my favorite BJP.

[Soul Stream]

Hey everybody.... I'm going to talk to Marvin again soon. I've been writing down questions I want to ask, and now am just waiting for a good time for me to call. I'll let you know what he has to say, and I'll tell him how much support he has on the board!

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

so when i do it, its mocked, but when jsngry does it, is praised- oh well, well ask him how he met big john, and what big john told him about what he wanted from the music, and if they played any live shows, and what it was like making music with big john, and his whole expierence dealing with the great BJP

[JSngry]

Dude, it ain't me who's doing it.

And fwiw, I dug you calling Lou like that.

[Soul Stream]

so when i do it, its mocked, but when jsngry does it, is praised- oh well, well ask him how he met big john, and what big john told him about what he wanted from the music, and if they played any live shows, and what it was like making music with big john, and his whole expierence dealing with the great BJP

I'll ask him those things. I do know he, John and LeRoy Williams were together as a band for something like 5 or 6 years more or less. So they did travel and play live shows constantly. I did ask Marvin if he had any live recordings of that band, and he regretted to say he didn't.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh yea, i meant soul stream, sorry Jsngry. although im sure you called some crazy jazz musican in your day too!

[JSngry]

Hey, me and some buddies followed/tailed Red Garland home after a gig one night to see where/how he lived.

So I can relate.

[Niko]

one track from Marvin Cabell's Dream Images is on youtube now:

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Ho! Very nice! Thanks for that Niko.

MG

[JSngry]

Hope that album is becoming a crate-digger's delight & that that leads toa proper reissues. It's really quite nice.