mjzee Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 This month's downloads: The Peter Brotzmann Octet - The Complete Machine Gun Sessions Grant Green - Easy King Pleasure - Golden Days Stacey Kent - Let Yourself Go Hank Mobley - Messages Ray Bryant - Alone With The Blues Sun Ra - The Solar-Myth Approach, vols. 1 & 2 The Great Jazz Trio - Collaboration Sam Jones - The Soul Society George Wallington - Jazz For The Carriage Trade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 This month's downloads: Grant Green - Easy I grabbed this one this month as well... figured I only spent about $1.50 on it in total. I knew what I was getting into, but damn... So NOT worth the $1.50. There are a couple of decent moments (and I do mean only a couple) that almost make this album worthwhile... not something I can see myself listening to more than once or twice. I love Grant, but this one is strikkly shite! Cheers, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 They've just added some titles recorded at Ronnie Scott's: Al Cohn Meets the Jazz Seven Don Byas George Coleman Chico Freeman Another George Coleman (same guy, different album) Benny Golson Sonny Stitt Also: McCoy Tyner (Live at the Musicians Exchange Cafe) Chico Freeman and Arthur Blythe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 21, 2007 Report Share Posted September 21, 2007 They've just added some titles recorded at Ronnie Scott's: Al Cohn Meets the Jazz Seven Don Byas George Coleman Chico Freeman Another George Coleman (same guy, different album) Benny Golson Sonny Stitt Also: McCoy Tyner (Live at the Musicians Exchange Cafe) Chico Freeman and Arthur Blythe Hmmmmmm.......some of those look pretty interesting. How's the quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md655321 Posted September 22, 2007 Report Share Posted September 22, 2007 is the website working for you guys? I keep getting a 'problem loading page', but ONLY on emusic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 This month's downloads: Grant Green - Easy I grabbed this one this month as well... figured I only spent about $1.50 on it in total. I knew what I was getting into, but damn... So NOT worth the $1.50. There are a couple of decent moments (and I do mean only a couple) that almost make this album worthwhile... not something I can see myself listening to more than once or twice. I love Grant, but this one is strikkly shite! Cheers, Shane You are correct. I heard "Nighttime In The Switching Yard" today. So wan, so pale...not much happening there. Sounds like he was going through a bout of George Benson envy at the time. Our loss. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 FWIW, the new Joni Mitchell arrived on eMu today. Seems to have mixed review(s). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 This month's downloads: Grant Green - Easy I grabbed this one this month as well... figured I only spent about $1.50 on it in total. I knew what I was getting into, but damn... So NOT worth the $1.50. There are a couple of decent moments (and I do mean only a couple) that almost make this album worthwhile... not something I can see myself listening to more than once or twice. I love Grant, but this one is strikkly shite! Cheers, Shane You are correct. I heard "Nighttime In The Switching Yard" today. So wan, so pale...not much happening there. Sounds like he was going through a bout of George Benson envy at the time. Our loss. It's one of my favourite GG albums (Though I've got to say that "Switching yard" is less effective than the other tracks.) GG ALWAYS wanted to be as popular as George Benson. If you're looking to find music that is personal self-expression, "Easy" is very much IT from that side of Grant's character. (And the same kind of thing is true for George.) Of course, Grant and George weren't mono-faceted characters; they both had other ways of looking and feeling - in Grant's case, "Matador" and "Nigeria" are possibly the best expressions of that other side. But to say, "Oh well, I'm only interested in one side of the guy's personality" seems to me to miss quite a lot. As Michael Cuscuna said, "Grant Green was a great populariser." MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel A Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 But to say, "Oh well, I'm only interested in one side of the guy's personality" seems to me to miss quite a lot. Does this analogy hold? If my favorite spy novel author writes a cookbok - do I have to like, or even read, that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 But to say, "Oh well, I'm only interested in one side of the guy's personality" seems to me to miss quite a lot. Does this analogy hold? If my favorite spy novel author writes a cookbok - do I have to like, or even read, that? I think it depends on circs. MG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted September 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2007 a bookload of fania records releases the past month Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 Gerry Hemingway Quartet - The Whimbler Kenny Werner - Unprotected Music Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Skid Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 That new download manager sucks. I've been using the firewall workaround described in this thread to continue using the old software. Seems like lots of people are angry about the forced "upgrade"... anybody else unhappy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 That new download manager sucks. I've been using the firewall workaround described in this thread to continue using the old software. Seems like lots of people are angry about the forced "upgrade"... anybody else unhappy? I had trouble with it at first, but when I finally figured out how to configure it properly it now works fine. I mostly objected to them taking away the choice of which version to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFrank Posted September 30, 2007 Report Share Posted September 30, 2007 No problem for me. Lotta people complaining on the eMu message board, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 No problem with the eMusic Remote here either (so far). What's REALLY pissing me off is the news that Epitaph/Hellcat/Fat Possum/Anti Records has left eMusic... apparently Epitaph thought that eMusic was not "charging enough" for their downloads. I lost a few albums (they have disappeared from the "My Downloads" section, I don't have them on my hard drive at the moment), so there's a few bucks gone out of my pocket. What's worse... I've lost quite a bit of respect for Epitaph. Their decision to leave eMusic (in favor of iTunes) has cost them some $$$ from me... I certainly won't be buying anything of theirs in the future unless/until they come back to eMusic. I'm sorry, but there's just no fucking way I'm spending 99 cents for a 2 minute punk song at iTunes. Ah well... I'm spending all of my downloads on OJC stuff anyways... I hope that all doesn't someday just disappear as well. Cheers, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 Aw hell... I just double-checked, and I lost at least 15 albums when Epitaph et al. decided to pull the plug... including three Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros albums. This just pisses me off! Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted October 1, 2007 Report Share Posted October 1, 2007 a bookload of fania records releases the past month I keep coming across Fanias though that aren't available for download in my country (USA) including a Chalie Palmieri and a Roberto Roena. What's up with that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDK Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Aw hell... I just double-checked, and I lost at least 15 albums when Epitaph et al. decided to pull the plug... including three Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros albums. This just pisses me off! Shane What do you mean by "lost?" Were these in your Saved For Later list or had you downloaded them before but deleted them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I think he means they're no longer available for him to download again from eMusic because the label pulled the seed files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I think he means they're no longer available for him to download again from eMusic because the label pulled the seed files. You're right on the money, Lon. I lost my "original" downloads in a hard drive crash, and hadn't gone back to the "My Downloads" section to resave all of them to my new hard drive... I guess I figured they would always be there waiting to be downloaded. I'm not making that mistake again! Cheers, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indestructible! Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 I just noticed that Ayler Records has pulled all but a couple of their albums off of eMusic. I figured this would happen someday, as Ayler now sell their albums as downloads directly... It's a shame, though, as I enjoyed several of their releases via eMusic (William Parker's - ...And William Danced is a damn fine album). In light of me noticing that some labels have disappeared from eMusic recently (Epitaph, Ayler), I have a question for eMusic users: Is there a place on the eMusic site that informs their customers that labels will be leaving at xxx date? I've searched the site but can't find any relevant information about labels leaving (their "Press Release" section leaves A LOT to be desired). I guess it would be similar to Mosaic's "Last Chance" section of their website. Surely eMusic knows when their deals with labels "expire"... it would be nice if they passed that information on to the customer! Any thoughts on where I should be looking for this info? Cheers, Shane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted October 8, 2007 Report Share Posted October 8, 2007 There is never an advance warning about as specific label, but I think the conditions of membership make it clear this can happen without notice. The labels would generally prefer not to provoke a downloading frenzy if they are departing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulstation1 Posted October 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2007 http://www.emusic.com/album/Donald-Byrd-Se...d/11073192.html me really likezzzzzz....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjzee Posted October 11, 2007 Report Share Posted October 11, 2007 http://www.emusic.com/album/Donald-Byrd-Se...d/11073192.html me really likezzzzzz....... What was the original album? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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