Greg Osby--Public

[montg]

Osby's new one is a live recording with Nicholas Payton. Looks as though they'll be playing some stuff from the st Louis Shoes CD (which I really like). Joan Osborne appears on one cut--can't quite place her, but isn't she the one who had a pop song about God a few years ago?

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[Jazzmoose]

All I know of Joan Osborne is her work on the DVD Standing in the Shadows of Motown, which was pretty good, I thought. (Her work, I mean; overall, the DVD was damned good!)

[randyhersom]

The hit single was nowhere near the best song on Joan Osborne - Relish, which I highly recommend. Later releases have struck me as less inspired.

[Rooster_Ties]

I'm looking forward to Osby's new one, quite a bit - since I have also been that way with everything he's recorded since about 1998 or so.

BUT, I only "liked" St. Louis Shoes (and I didn't "love" it). By way of comparision, I was TOTALLY blown away by Invisble Circle and Symbols of Light, and nearly blown away by Zero and Invisible Hand.

St. Louis Shoes is a very good album, but honestly -- after Osby's previous four albums, I was expecting something better than just "very good" - if you know what I mean.

That said, I have only moderate hopes for his new one being anything better than an 8 on a 10 scale. It'll be real good, maybe even really good. But I have my doubts about in being "great!!!!" - if you know what I mean.

[Chrome]

Not to turn this into the Joan Osborne thread, but her cover CD ("How sweet it is") is absolutely fantastic.

[Jazzdog]

I like Joan Osborne a lot..shes WAY beyond that God song...which was written by one of the members of the Hooters. Enough said.

Everything else on Relish and her other cd, Righteous Love is well..righteous!!

[DrJ]

Another big thumbs up for RELISH, a pretty audacious debut. Have been very nervous about picking up any albums since then because I don't want to be disappointed! "St. Theresa," "Ladder," "Pensacola," all amazing tunes. The "God" single was pretty good too actually, despite being written by a Hooter - just overplayed. Clever, funny, catchy, hell even Prince covered it live.

Anyway, the new Osby sounds VERY promising, nice line up.

Edited April 8, 2004 by DrJ

[Aggie87]

Cover image, courtesy of ol' Tomato Blue's website:

PS - I saw no mention that this was a live recording. Are you sure about that, montg?

Edited May 13, 2004 by Aggie87

[montg]

Aggie, I was just going off of info from his publicist's cite (the link is in the original message). It states, in part, :

" his first live album in six years with Public, recorded live at New York's Jazz Standard in January 2004."

Edited May 13, 2004 by montg

[Aggie87]

montg - I missed the link earlier, sorry! Funny that the BN site doesn't make mention that it's a live date...

Looking forward to this release either way - hope it has the energy of Banned in New York!!

[Rooster_Ties]

Link: Listen to three tunes (in full) from Obsy's "Public"

FYI, the tune with Joan Osborne is one of the three tracks (track #7).

[HWright]

I listened to the samples and thought they were pretty good. The playing has a lot of energy and in fact the versions on the studio album seem limp in comparison at times.