JETman

There are other saxophonists of his generation that, while not as technically talented, are making music that is far more cutting edge and interesting to me. Let's face it, recording for labels like High Note, Criss Cross, Venus and Sharp Nine will not allow artists to take many chances. They prefer to recreate the glories of past successes.

Probably composed shortly after bidding "adieu" to a tattooed young lady as she left his hotel room.

Kramer did not PRODUCE Zeppelin. Page did.

and a freak of nature.

Eric Alexander is undoubtedly a very talented tenor saxophonist. The best thing that can be said about him is that he seems to be carving out a very nice living as a jazz musician. However, he will never be seen as being at the forefront of his generation by recording for record labels that focus on revivalism.

Takes a team to win 5 titles. A team of highly paid, easily bought baseball players.

True, but if that attitude extended to musical recommendations too there wouldn't be much activity here. Right. Notice the use of the phrase "devil's advocate" in my first post. Obviously there's more than just stats to consider here. Say you've got a great relief pitcher who regularly pitches dominantly for 2-3 innings per appearance for the first 5 years of his career. How likely is it that he will last until age 40 whatever doing this well? Maybe circumstances have played at least a small part in Rivera's dominance for so long. Much in the same way, I would argue, that the Devils' goaltender Marty Brodeur's stats were greatly boosted by the stingy, boring defensive style that the team has played for the majority of his career. There's no arguing that Brodeur is a great goalie, but it's difficult to determine exactly how great if he's only facing 15-20 shots per game.

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curious as to what that means. he was still in his 40s and playing his butt off! I haven't heard his Black Jazz recordings in a number of years, did revisit the Muse recordings recently, and they were underwhelming. I remember the Black Jazz sides being much better, but I don't remember them giving me any additional insights into Bishop - that's what I mean by late in the game - he was already pretty well-defined by his earlier recordings. By all means, if you really like Bishop's playing, go for the Black Jazz sides (indeed, every record ever released by that label has merit, and I owned every one of them at one point thanks to Third Street Jazz selling many of them as 99 cent cutouts). But they weren't landmarks the way those three Doug & Jean Carn albums were. I go under the assumption that people have a limited amount of $ to spend, and can't own every worthy album, especially at Japanese import prices. I know I can't. In case you didn't know, she was married to him!

he didn't get his ass kicked by the D-Backs, he made a bad throw on a bunt and a bloop over a drawn-in infield won the game for the D-Backs. The outcome was the same; that's all that matters. The Yankees have managed to avoid the natural order and cycle of things in baseball for far too long. Hopefully, they'll be paying for that over the next several years. They now appear even more mismatched than the Knicks, so I'm guessing that they will be sucking at least for a few years. So if a guy trips and breaks his nose it's the same as if he were in a fight and got his nose broken because the result is the same?!!! In the game that Goodspeak referred to, Rivera made a bad throw and a bloop over a drawn-in infield was the game/series winning hit. How can anyone characterize that as an 'ass-kicking'? So, Mo NEVER got his ass kicked? Just playin' devil's advocate here. It's pretty easy to say, and as obvious as obvious gets in this day and age, that he will be called the best RP of all time. I've seen him pitch often enough; I know he's good. He's probably a first ballot hall of famer. Great. But, how would he have done if his talents weren't so specialized and focused on one inning dominance? Is he as good as Goose Gossage, for instance? Just asking. I know it's difficult to make comparisons from era to era, but there's nothing that states that all later era players surpass all earlier era players.

Running up the post count? What if he pitched in the era when RP's dominated for 3 innings at a time instead of just one?

he didn't get his ass kicked by the D-Backs, he made a bad throw on a bunt and a bloop over a drawn-in infield won the game for the D-Backs. The outcome was the same; that's all that matters. The Yankees have managed to avoid the natural order and cycle of things in baseball for far too long. Hopefully, they'll be paying for that over the next several years. They now appear even more mismatched than the Knicks, so I'm guessing that they will be sucking at least for a few years.

If it were truly the case that creative jazz ceased when it stopped commanding the attention of youth living in the ghetto, jazz would've died in the 50s when the likes of Max Roach and Sonny Rollins were still young men residing in Sugar Hill.

Easy solution: Know before you buy.

No need to take it personally. It's my opinion and I stand behind it. Clearly Chick was more into the electric stuff than Keith was. To me, that dedication makes a huge difference. Overall, I'd agree that the MUSIC was great, but that doesn't mean that each individual excelled or even had to excel. That was what Miles was all about, after all.

Just read that Stern's half-sister is Kyra Sedgewick. So his stock just rose in my book

Black Beauty demanded that type of playing. Funny you should compare that to Jarrett's role in Miles' band. If you listen to Keith, he was only there because he looked up to Miles, hated playing the electric instruments and basically didn't have a clue as to what he was doing. So what you're hearing as complementing was actually cluelessness. Btw, the first two RTF records were not at all bombastic or commercial. I suggest you reach into your pocket for a different pair of pennies. Mike Stern is 10 years younger than Corea.

Say what you want about Chick. I still see him as extraordinarily vital and true to his vision. I don't get the same impression about him at age 70 that I get about all those old dudes that Granz was parading around the world in the 70s while producing all those "let me document them before they die" sessions on Pablo.

I'm guessing it's either the thought that Chick isn't "authentic" enough, or that he reads "Diabetics" too frequently.

Any album he's put out in the last 15 years has been leagues better than anything he put out in the late 70s. Who are you? Clem?

I believe this is a double-disc set each from London, Birmingham and Coventry, totalling 6 cd's. The Birmingham double is sold out, btw.

you better! I was tempted to add, not as terrible as you might think, but my "cred" is low enough as it is. At least a few people might be interested in Chick Corea and Origin in concert, which covers Thurs-Sun concerts (Friday night appears to be missing): Was in my post above. There is a separate live disc. Maybe that covers Friday.

John Coltrane - Live at the Village Vanguard 1961 - 4 cd's (Impulse) Chick Corea - A Week at the Blue Note - 6 cd's (Stretch) Bill Evans - The Last Waltz: The Final Recordings Live at the Keystone Korner September 1980 - 8 cd's (Fantasy) Bill Evans - Consecration: The Final Recordings, Part 2 Live at the Keystone Korner September 1980 - 8 cd's (Fantasy) Bill Evans - Turn Out the Stars: The Final Village Vanguard Recordings June 1980 - 6 cd's (Nonesuch) Ella Fitzgerald - The Ella Fitzgerald & Duke Ellington Cote D'Azur Concerts on Verve - 8 cd's (Verve) Ella Fitzgerald - Twelve Nights in Hollywood - 4 cd's (Hip-O/Verve Select) Stan Getz - People Time: The Complete Recordings - 7 cd's (Polygram) Jim Hall - Live! Vols. 2-4 - 3 cd's (ArtistShare) Keith Jarrett - At the Blue Note - The Complete Recordings - 6 cd's (ECM) Keith Jarrett - Sun Bear Concerts - 6 cd's (ECM) Lee Morgan - Live at the Lighthouse - 3 cd's (Blue Note) Oscar Peterson - Live at the Blue Note - 4 cd's (Telarc) Oscar Peterson - The London House Sessions - 5 cd's (Verve) Paolo Vinaccia - Very Much Alive (with Terje Rypdal) - 6 cd's (Jazzland) Ken Vandermark - The Vandermark 5: Alchemia - 12 cd's (Not Two) That should keep you busy for a while!

From what I've heard, no extra tracks.

Just out of curiosity -- why is this disc so highly sought after?