Bright Moments Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 seems no one dares to discuss this one here, however..... it's a damn good cd! flame on! Quote
JSngry Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 Has it been blogged yet? Seriously, I'm sure that it is "good", or even "damn good". At this point, I just don't care. About either of them. That's just me. Quote
Soul Stream Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 I got the record and have dug it. Just what you'd think it'd be. They hit a pretty damn impressive old time new orleans second line groove on My Bucket's Got A Hole In It. I need to listen to this record more..., just haven't had time. Whatever you think of Wynton (hey, I don't have any of his cds, so...), the backing they give Willie is pretty spot on to my ears. They keep it very traditional, but throw in some pretty wild stuff that sounds like Mingus on occassion. Nice recording, but I'm a Willie fan that appreciates this setting for him. Nice to see him with some jazzmen that are hip to his trip. Quote
Van Basten II Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 Maybe there's a genuine interest for each other, but those odd pairing that they often do with old guys tend to bug me you know like the Sinatra duets. Willie has done a little bit too much of those kind of projects lately. Then again, maybe it's actually good, it's just that i find the starting premiss a little dubious. Quote
Christiern Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 I haven't heard the album, but they performed one number on the Jay Leno show--a week, or so, ago--and it was awful. Quote
marcello Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 I heard Basin Street Blues the other day on the radio and was not impressed. But hey, that's just me. I hate retro New Orleans music. Quote
Dave James Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 I'm sure Blue Note threw all of its resources behind this, and I'm sure for what it is, and if this is your cup of tea, it's fine. I just can't get around the thought that this isn't as much about music as it is about marketing. Up over and out. Quote
Aggie87 Posted July 27, 2008 Report Posted July 27, 2008 I haven't heard the album, but they performed one number on the Jay Leno show--a week, or so, ago--and it was awful. I saw that and had pretty much the same reaction. It didn't click for me at all. Quote
JSngry Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 Who are these people? The chafing of jazz to come. Quote
Soul Stream Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 Outside of a couple of people seeing it on T.V., seems like nobody has actually heard the album except for one who heard a cut on the radio. I understand it's not going to be a lot of people's cup of tea. In the past, I wouldn't have even given this album a listen or chance. But these are all good musicians who made, or tried to make, some good down home kind of music. It came across to me, and so I enjoyed it. I don't have any particular "I hate Wynton" baggage that would preclude me from liking it. Perhaps Willie should have gotten Dave Douglas and a Fender Rhodes player.... Quote
Larry Kart Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 seems no one dares to discuss this one here, however..... it's a damn good cd! flame on! Weird, but on the album cover, it looks like Wynton's body and head don't belong to the same person. Wait a minute... Quote
bluesbro Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 They were playing it at Borders this weekend. I liked it. Im a Willie Nelson fan, btw. I hope yourmusic adds this one soon. Quote
7/4 Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 Weird, but on the album cover, it looks like Wynton's body and head don't belong to the same person. Wait a minute... Funny you should mention that... Quote
felser Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 (edited) I'm sure Blue Note threw all of its resources behind this, and I'm sure for what it is, and if this is your cup of tea, it's fine. I just can't get around the thought that this isn't as much about music as it is about marketing. Up over and out. Nelson did some cuts with Jack Walrath on the Blue Note album 'Master of Suspense' in the 80's. They also had Dr. John recording on a Bennie Wallace album, 'Bordertown', so this has been going on with the "new" Blue Note for a few decades now. Amazing and disappointing how lacklustre the last 25 years of releases have been overall (I know there are some exceptions, my favorite would be James Newton) on that label since the 80's restart. Edited July 28, 2008 by felser Quote
paul secor Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 Willie looks natural in either photo. Wynton just looks odd in both. Quote
JSngry Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 As a fellow middle-aged man with an only partially age-appropriate body mass, I gotta give props to Wynton for dressing in such a way as to make that extra heft look "dignified". Seriously. Quote
paul secor Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 Wynton definitely falls into what a former co-worker of mine used to call the short little fat guy category. Quote
Christiern Posted July 28, 2008 Report Posted July 28, 2008 He wears expensive clothes, because he can afford it, but I am not impressed with his taste and I guess we have different takes on what is a "dignified" look. I am not saying that because I think he is a highly over-rated performer and an atrocious composer--people who really now how to look sharp can often do so with off-the-rack, reasonably priced clothes. I have on more than one occasion seen a friend of mine take a few dollars worth of clothing from a Salvation Army type of place and make his wife look ready to face Vogue's cameras. Of course, she is a strikingly beautiful woman, but I'm talking about esthetics and creativity. Wynton, IMO, does not have those qualities when it comes to clothes. Not trying to go the contrarian route with you, Jim (though it might appear otherwise), just find it interesting how people have contrasting esthetic sense. That's a good thing for people who like card-playing dogs on black velvet, great for manufacturers of lava lamps, faux leopard skin bras, plastic furniture coverings, bejeweled eyeglass frames, and such things....including my own tasteless disco-thumping attire of the Seventies. And, here, from 1973, is embarrassing proof that I have no right to criticize Wynton's or anyone else's esthetic sense. Quote
JSngry Posted July 29, 2008 Report Posted July 29, 2008 Chris, note that the word was "dignified", not dignified. Quote
Bright Moments Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Posted July 29, 2008 chris i hope you gave up the ciggies when you turned in your platform shoes! Quote
Christiern Posted July 29, 2008 Report Posted July 29, 2008 chris i hope you gave up the ciggies when you turned in your platform shoes! I gave up smoking later that year (1973). Also hung up my platform shoes, love beads and tasseled vests, threw away my 1974 Rod McKuen calendar gave my slim volume of Kahlil Gilbran to a friend, removed my Studio54, Xenon and Electric Circus membership cards from my wallet, burned my last stick of "Soul Nirvana" incense, etc. Quote
Bright Moments Posted July 29, 2008 Author Report Posted July 29, 2008 chris i hope you gave up the ciggies when you turned in your platform shoes! I gave up smoking later that year (1973). Also hung up my platform shoes, love beads and tasseled vests, threw away my 1974 Rod McKuen calendar gave my slim volume of Kahlil Gilbran to a friend, removed my Studio54, Xenon and Electric Circus membership cards from my wallet, burned my last stick of "Soul Nirvana" incense, etc. lol ah the 70's! i still have my copy of the prophet and return to it every so often! Quote
Christiern Posted July 29, 2008 Report Posted July 29, 2008 (edited) It occurs to me that I have the wrong year, I was doing my disco thing well into the Seventies, Don't recall when Studio54 opened, but I was there that night and many nights thereafter. Xenon was also fun, but it was always more of an alternative spot. The original Electric Circus was more lowdown, but they had good music and a good light show--remember light shows? (Joshua?). I took my niece to the EC one night, when she was visiting from Denmark. When we left there (it was on St. Mark's Place), we wandered west, into the heart of the Village. Enormous crowds who seemed quite agitated and were chanting something. A big guy stood next to us, with his arm around his girl and when I asked what was going on, he turned to me and said: "It's the gays, man....they're revolting!" It was the infamous Stonewall night. Quite an experience for my teenage niece! Edited July 29, 2008 by Christiern Quote
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