jodigrind

Does anyone know the personnel on Odell Brown’s 1974 self titled album on Paula Records. Man it is nice.

DRose has now missed over 25 games this year for FIVE separate injuries. What are the chances now that he will be able to play at full strength for the playoffs? As much as I love this Bulls team and the way they play, I will be surprised if they can pull it all together to get past the Heat or Celtics. Hope I'm wrong.

Sounds great--I'm off to see him downtown tonight!

Spencer's interaction with Melvin Sparks on the title track of LD's The Scorpion is unbelievable.

The Keel is surprisingly good--a keeper.

John Klemmer--Free Soul from "Blowin' Gold". Opinions may vary on Klemmer, but the dude could flat-out play, and did not hold back on this one.

1. Sonny Stitt--Just the Way it Was, Live in Baltimore 2. Lou Donaldson--The Scorpion 3. Rusty Bryant--Night Train Now! 4. Charles Earland--Black Talk! 5. Jimmy McGriff--Electric Funk 6. Stanley Turrentine--Sugar 7. Johnny Hammond (Smith)--Breakout 8. Grover Washington Jr.--Inner City Blues 9. Lou Donaldson--Alligator Boogaloo 10. Lonnie Smith--Drives Bonus--Grant Green's live albums

Dr. Lonnie Smith, Eric Alexander, Peter Bernstein, and drummer Anthony Pinciotti at Smoke. $0 cover.

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It's the first track from Volume One of The Three Sounds Live at the it Club--"Funky Pullett"

I hereby nominate Lou Donaldson's 1976 album "A Different Scene". The first track on that album (a disco-inferno take on "You are my Sunshine" complete with a modulation at the end) clinches it. All love to Lou, but this album and its follow-up "Color as a Way of Life" were comically bad.

Good call--great album all around--R. Brecker makes some nice contributions as well. I also really dig the version of Loran's Dance on Grover's Reed Seed, released a bit later. Makes for an interesting comparison.

Nice call Felser. A great album capping off a great run by Burton on Enja. I listen to these a lot. I will comment more later.

The whole thing is really messed up--I was in the subway station on 14th and 6th around 9:00 A.M. this morning (where the smell was probably at its strongest). Smelled like a bad gas leak combined with sulpher --not fun. I felt a little lightheaded throughout the morning, but am better now. I'd really like to know the true cause of this--the smell was pervasive all the way into midtown.

I have both discs--wonderfully executed arrangements from a real working group. These guys have held down the regular Tuesday night gig at Smoke for a number of years. They put a nice spin on some non-traditional standards, often re-working more modern pop classics (like Earland used to do) to nice effect. I have been to Smoke to hear these guys many times, and this is a good representation of a regular night's work. A nice vibe. The other disc from this group is the "Anniversary Quartet" recorded live at the Cellar Door in Vancouver. I don't think this is available anymore (it might not have been released with all of the musicians' permission, from what I recall), but to the extent it can be tracked down, I think it is their best recording.