[Joe G]

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I picture a room created of earth tones and natural wood textures.

Good call. I wrote the chord progression to this tune while visiting my parents at their cabin in northern Michigan.

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I sense an oddly familiar intro or exit to/from a Steely Dan tune, with a little influence from Nick Drake.

I've never heard Nick Drake actually, nor a Steely Dan tune that sounded like this.

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Life Wish is comfortable and cozy. The song has the same effect on my psyche as listening to the entirety of 'Kind of Blue.' Bewitched, bothered, and bewildered. Relaxed, content... believing that the world is a good place and my life is going well.

Nice. Thanks for sharing your impressions. :)

[Jim Alfredson]

Joe G, on Jul 1 2004, 11:46 AM, said:

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I sense an oddly familiar intro or exit to/from a Steely Dan tune, with a little influence from Nick Drake.

I've never heard Nick Drake actually, nor a Steely Dan tune that sounded like this.

Great Joe, just shoot the man down.

;)

[wesbed]

Joe G, on Jul 1 2004, 08:46 AM, said:

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I sense an oddly familiar intro or exit to/from a Steely Dan tune, with a little influence from Nick Drake.

I've never heard Nick Drake actually, nor a Steely Dan tune that sounded like this.

I have 'heard' Nick Drake and plenty of Steely Dan. I can't think of a Steely tune that sounds like Life Wish either. But, the images of Steely Dan still came to mind upon hearing Life Wish.

Maybe it's because both, Life Wish and Steely Dan's music, are of a higher-than-average quality?

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[Joe G]

b3-er, on Jul 1 2004, 02:21 PM, said:

Joe G, on Jul 1 2004, 11:46 AM, said:

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I sense an oddly familiar intro or exit to/from a Steely Dan tune, with a little influence from Nick Drake.

I've never heard Nick Drake actually, nor a Steely Dan tune that sounded like this.

Great Joe, just shoot the man down.

;)

Goddam internet-speak! I hope you didn't think that, Wes!

[wesbed]

Joe G, on Jul 1 2004, 07:48 PM, said:

Goddam internet-speak! I hope you didn't think that, Wes!

No problem. No worries or concerns from me. I didn't take anything negative from what you wrote. Not in the slightest.

I'm glad that somebody actually reads my posts and takes the time to respond now and again. Any response, no response, or just knowing I can come to the Organissimo board and post my opinions, observations, and rants is good enough for me. Some people are active with the blogging thing. Not me, my blog is all over the Organissimo board. I don't need a personal blog.

[LarryCurleyMoe]

Hi fellas:

I too have snagged your dubut cd and enjoy it quite a bit! Very clear ideas & grooves - Jim has a FANTASTIC sound and touch on organ - look forward to hearing more of his great B-3 work! Joe's guitar is also clean, crisp, and direct! Also dig Randy on skins - very tasty drumming - again - no filler here! The tunes are groovy and work well as a cd "album" together - nice writing!

I took the liberty of playing "Decoder" on our local community radio staion last evening. From time to time, I am able to host a jazz/world music/blues mix program Tues. evenings from 8-10 CST and enjoy broadcasting a variety of artists....I followed up "Decoder" with "Outhipped" by Barbara Dennerlein and John Patton's "Bermuda Cay House" with Geo. Braith, et al. Made for a hip sequence to say the least. Also gave out your web address...

KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK! :g

[Jim Alfredson]

Thank you! We're working hard on our next CD... more originals and maybe a cover or two.

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for playing the CD on the radio! Every little bit helps.

:g

[marcoliv]

ok guys, i finally grabbed a copy for myself and i just loved it

congrats and i'm looking forward to get the next one when it's available!!

Marcus Oliveira

[DrJ]

Glad to hear there's a new disc in the works, just so happens I have BOOGALOO SISTERS on my stack of discs to revisit over the weekend.

[Chuck Nessa]

Is this available on vinyl? B-) :blink: :wacko: :ph34r: :g

[Jim Alfredson]

I wish. Too expensive. I'd love to release something on vinyl, though. Of course, in order to make it worthwhile, the project would have to be recorded to analog tape first instead of a computer harddrive.

Speaking of.... I'm sending you a PM, Chuck.

[Alexander]

I finally, FINALLY got the CD. I just wanted to say: Great job, guys! Fantastic disc. Great playing all around. "Jimmy Smith Goes To Washington" is my favorite track at the moment!


:tup :tup :tup

[Alexander]

Chuck Nessa, on Dec 3 2004, 09:28 PM, said:

Is this available on vinyl? B-) :blink: :wacko: :ph34r: :g

If this is available on vinyl, I'd love a copy!

[Quincy]

Up for the stragglers.

Excellent disc! :tup

I think the best thing to say about this is if I didn't know y'all from the board I would still love this disc. (Which hasn't always been the case when an indie friend or 2 make a record, and I'm forced to make stuff up. ;) I'm also happy there isn't some sort of lo-fi jazz craze, as this is beautifully recorded - the better to hear the fine musicianship.

I can hear your influences but you make it your own thing. I've only had 2 spins with it, but there will be many more as it smokes. Well, not just smokes though, as there are some gorgeous guitar lines by Joe G. But you all sound so good together - it's obvious you listen to each other.

Sorry I'm a blatherin' idiot at reviewing discs, but I guarantee you I will be buying the next one much more quickly. Thanks for a terrific disc!

[Jim Alfredson]

Thank you, Eric! I'm glad you enjoy the record!

I'm gettin' ansy to start recording the next one...

[RDK]

Count me among those arriving very late to this party - and it's entirely my loss, my only excuse being a huge backlog of yet-to-be-heard CDs and increasingly less time to listen.

Jim sent me "Boogaloo Sisters" a few weeks back, I managed to listen to it once, then promptly misplaced it along with the Maria Schneider disc. :rolleyes: Took me an hour of searching the house last night before finding them again. -_-

Anyhow, I've been listening to this all morning and digging it more and more. The playing by all the guys is top-notch, but I'm almost more impressed by the tunes. Some really nice songs here, and a mighty fine mix of organ trio rave-ups and ballads. "Pre-Dawn Rain" is playing right now and it's such a lovely tune - it could/should be a standard, Joe! "Young's Dream" and "Decoder" have become fast favorites as well. But honestly, there's not a "clunker" here - and I'm one of those guys who usually prefers a cover or two to help me get my bearings. ;)

More later, but to anyone who hasn't ordered this one yet get off your sorry ass and do it now! I promise I won't wait so long to get the next one... B-)

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[RDK]

Just need to add that "Jimmy Smith Goes to Washington" is a great title. Very clever play on words combining one of my favorite films with one of the greatest organists of all time. :tup

[Jim Alfredson]

Thanks for the kind words, Ray! I'm glad you like the music.

... again, I'm anxious to get started on the next one!

:excited:

[Rooster_Ties]

If you don't mind me asking, any idea how many copies of Boogaloo Sisters you've sold, Jim??

I realize that might be harder to tell than it seems, with all the promos/freebies you probably have to send to various festivals and to radio, etc.

[Jim Alfredson]

Tom, it's hard to say. I wish I had been keeping track, but I honestly can't say that I have.

If I were to guess, I would say anywhere from 600-700. I think. Maybe it's more. Maybe less. It's hard to know since we sell a lot at shows and we sell them online and we've sold them direct to people on the board. We have given a TON away for promotional purposes and to family and close friends.

I think 600-700 is a reasonable estimate. We're only into the first third of our second run of 1,000.

[WD45]

I finally got my mitts on this album. I did the iTunes thing, and downloaded it. Love it!

It is on the MP3 player and I burned a disc for car use.

Love it! :rhappy:

[Jim Alfredson]

Great, Clinton! I saw that in the breakdown of my last check from CDBaby that someone bought the record via iTunes! I guess that was you! Very cool! :)

Remember, if you wanna signed copy of the real thing, you can get one here...

:)

[bertrand]

Dumb technical question: can I download the X-mas mp3's and put them on my iPod, or is there some incompatibility?

Thanks,

Bertrand.

[Jim Alfredson]

bertrand, on Feb 26 2005, 06:53 PM, said:

Dumb technical question: can I download the X-mas mp3's and put them on my iPod, or is there some incompatibility?

Thanks,

Bertrand.

I have no idea. I don't see why it wouldn't work.

[bertrand]

Well, there was an article in the Washington Post a few weeks ago that inventoried all the types of mp3 players and files, and it seemed to say that the iPod format was incompatible with other mp3 formats. But I haven't tried it yet, I guess this would be a good test.

I know, I know: don't believe anything you read in the Washington Post :P

Bertrand.

[tonym]

:) Hi Bertrand, I've downloaded all of the tunes that Jim has made available and after storing them in my iTunes folder, they've gone straight to the iPod without any problem.
Best of luck.

[James]

Getting on the bandwagon a bit late here, but I'm *very* much anticipating the arrival of the group's disc. From all indications this is one that is going to sound GREAT in the car, with the subwoofer *pumping.* :excited:

[jazzclinic]

The CD has been at the top of our charts since we got it a few weeks ago. Respekt, Jim.

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b3-er, on Feb 17 2005, 07:49 PM, said:

Tom, it's hard to say. I wish I had been keeping track, but I honestly can't say that I have.

If I were to guess, I would say anywhere from 600-700.

That's in thousands, right? ;)

[tonym]

Sorry, but this is a big thread, when's the next one due?