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I'm listening to these guys for the first time in a LONG time. I forgot how great their song are. On one hand they're LA Punk 80s-90s, but on the other they're talented musicians with extremely well rehearsed vocal harmonies. On top of that, their singer, Greg Gaffin has a (copied from Wikipedia): "BA Biology, BS Geology and master's in Geology at UCLA. In 2003 he went on to earn his PhD in Zoology from Cornell University" Now playing:

Amen!

Plus they actually COULD play R&B?

Well, the joke was supposed to be that "Is he gonna be playing that old shit" was meant to answer with WHICH old shit? But it turns out that the actual answer is ALL of them! And that's how it should be, he's self-validating ALL of it, so hell yeah, although I do wish he would revisit "I Thought It Was You" in some fashion.

I agree with you, never saw the set in person and never had a chance at it.

RIP, Connie. She brought her own guitarist when she toured, so I was out of work when she was appearing at the theater in NY, where I was in the house band, for the first few nights that she sang there. Then, when she was attacked at the Holiday Inn, right near the theater, they replaced her with Melba Moore, who didn't carry her own guitarist with her. I was really young when I had that gig,still in my teens, so when they asked me if I could play R&B, I said "sure", not even knowing what the hell that meant. I was completely about jazz when I had that gig, and didn't give a crap about any 'commercial' music. The guys in the house band kind of gave me a hard time, because I was getting paid a full week's salary for only working half the week (about seven bills, which was pretty good money back in the 70s), and they were getting the same amount for working a full week of shows.

Würde es Ihnen etwas ausmachen, mir ein Balogna-Sandwich zu machen?

If you haven't seen him in forever, it doesn't matter if it's the same setlist. Enjoy, Holy Ghost!

Herbie’s been mostly playing the same 6-7 tunes… mostly for nearly the last decade! Song stats (scroll down just a bit) for everything in setlist.fm for Herbie (all years)… https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html And here’s year-by-year stats (again, scroll down slightly) for each of the nearly last 10 years… https://www.setlist.fm/stats/covered/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2025 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2024 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2023 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2022 (skipping the two pandemic years) https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2019 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2018 https://www.setlist.fm/stats/herbie-hancock-3d6b557.html?year=2017

Not sure. I bought it new back when it first came out.

Is he gonna be playing that old shit?

Before I go on to the 1970's Fantasy albums, a last remark on the Verve period: While Universal never did reissue all of Tjader's 16 Verve albums as CDs - 9 were in the US, 1 only in Japan, 2 more by a UK label, 1 was on Tico 3 never made it to CD - there were plenty of compilations. It already started in the LP era: This was released in 1967 an so could not cover the last three LPs. This 1969 twofer combined the first LP, In A Latin Bag, with Several Shades of Jade and Breeze From The East, omitting one track. This 1973 twofer covered the whole Verve period. Another 1974 twofer with a different selection. The CD era brought us half a dozen compilations in the various series Universal thought up: At least they show that all the master tapes were still in existence. Eddie Palmieri, suprisingly, is the only compiler covering the album with Ogerman's strings - well, he also arranged a few tracks for el sonido nuevo. There is surprisingly little overlap. For details look at my discography or the discogs entries

Back to Baden Powell: O Som De Baden Powell (Elenco Brazil, 1968)

Jerome Sabbagh: Vintage

Ich bin beruhigt .....

I agree. Jacknife is the worst new cover in the Tone Poet series by far. Also, it’s the first TP I’ve had with issues. Loud pops in multiple spots. I need to reach out to BN customer service. One of my favourite sessions though.

$14.00 or so? Wow, that's not a bad price at all. Wasn't this set going for insane prices a year or two ago?

Mistake, that's not LA; dude was in Miami in that hi-fli Vette, wow. Grew up in Florida, I can verfify those are Florida palm trees 😎

NP:

Pharoah Sanders is my very very very favourite in music. Maybe.....Sanders, Sun Ra, Monk that´s what´s really my favourites if I had to choose three......

I always assumed this photo was taken in Florida. Nice record, regardless.

ok, war etwas grob überzeichnet, aber ich neige zu exzentrischen Formulierungen, weil ich selber eher nicht grad sehr straight bin 😄 Aber was soll´s: Okay, schöne Frauen, schicke Klamotten, Styling, shoppen, das interessiert mich AUSSER MUSIK. Sonst.......da fällt mir echt nix ein. Ich les keine Zeitungen, schau keine Nachrichten, echt. Technik interessiert mich nicht, ich kann nicht mal nen Nagel einschlagen, also Fazit: Musik und Mädels......