randissimo

Well, Brad, perhaps another thread will be started. I have to admit that the sheer volume of this one was amazing. A new poster would have to set time aside to read it and get up to speed, if that was really possible. A FRESH START, by our thread originator would be interesting, but I suspect, like the rest of us, he has a life which demands his occasional attention. A life which is replete with many autos and willing oriental chickies. Long may he squirt. It was Deep while it lasted,,,, and sometimes cold too!

I know this bass player.. I've met him several times over the years in different shapes, sizes, situations, and colors.. The bass players who drive me mad are the ones who play time like a "runaway train"..

That's very cool! I think we got played for 22 weeks in a row last year..

Ah Randy. Always pushin'.

Eric, I'm glad you like the Cd.. It was a unique experience for me doing that session. Dave Chown comes more out of a Classical piano background than Jazz and doesn't very often work with a rhythm section. Knowing this, Jack and I played the session with a different approach. We wanted to get Chown's music into a relaxed, playful, and spontaneous zone. Apparently it worked! See you on saturday..

Hey Eric, I have been enjoying all of the exchanges on this thread.. Very provocative indeed! By the way, we should put our heads together and figure out a way to get Organissimo a gig in TC. I'll be at 310 this Saturday playing for Dave Chown's CD release party.. Stop by if you get a minute...

I'm going to be in Chicago the weekend of Feb 13th & 14th.. It's not only the Valentine's Day weekend, it's my girlfriend Margaret's 50th Birthday celebration (which actually happens on Feb 12th) and she wishes to party in Chicago! So it's my task to find THE HAPPENIN' JAZZ CLUB FOR SATURDAY NIGHT.... Any suggestions? Links to Live Chicago Jazz Sites?

Please. Bush is a puppet, at best. I am of this belief as well... IMO Cheney is the one runnin' the show...

Groper? ,, Isn't that a fish??

The 100K post is quickly approaching.. Who will be the lucky poster making Organissimo history!??

Me too, Mike. My first exposure to John was on Rural Still Life #26 with Tom Scott, many years ago, and he was superb. RIP, John Guerin~ ...that was a great album!

I feel fortunate to have played and recorded with Jimmy Forrest.. He was truly a great tenor sax man and a warm human being..

I watched an outstanding DVD entitled, "Caliente 54" .. I was particularly impressed with the Fort Apache Band.. I have since listened to 3 CDs on the Enja label. What a great mix of Afro-Cuban tradition and hard swingin' Jazz!

Word... A tastelessly corny stunt...

B) Is that Terry Bozzio's kit?

I first became aware of his creative approach to drums upon purchasing and listening to the Frank Zappa/ Jon Luc Ponty album "Music For Electric Violin & Low Budget Orchestra". Then I heard him on a couple of Joni Mitchell albums. In the late 70's I saw him at Fountain Street Church, Grand Rapids, Mi with Stan Getz. Great drummer! How old was he when he passed away?

We don't have the snow down here in Toledo, Randy, but it is frigging cold. Not fit for man nor beast. Radissimo, What is a "lake effect"? TEN DEGREES!!! I'll see that and raise you TWENTY-TWO DEGREES BELOW ZERO, not to mention the wind-chill factor, as it's so whimsically called around these parts. Not a lot of snow, but that's not what makes it cold. I walked to work this morning, as usual and it was bracing, to say the least. It doesn't matter how many warm clothes you wear, it is still cold. The diabolical thing about Calgary is that it can be thirty degrees warmer tomorrow and later the same day drop again. Something about the Chinook breezes. But, what happens is that the snow on the streets melts into slush, then, when the temps drop again, they are skating rinks. Weird. "Lake Effect" occurs when the water temperature of the Great Lakes is warmer than the air. This causes lots of heavy and drifting snow and often white outs along west Michigan's coastal areas, sometimes moving 50 miles or more inland. Lake effect can sometimes last for days or occasionally a week or two.. I'm about 45 minutes from Lake Michigan and it's kickin' over here!

yo Deep, how's the weather in your neighborhood? Michigan weather right now blows! There's a real strong "lake effect" that has set up in west Michigan.. As luck would have it, we're starting a steady Tuesday gig tonight in a brew pub in Grand Rapids and the hi temp right now is about 10 with strong wind gusts and way too much snow coming down! ,, Lot's of white out action & snow drifting across the highways & freeways.. Problem is B3er & Joe G live in Lansing, an hour's drive from GR,, and with the wind gusts, the plows can't keep the salt on the roads and the snow just keeps drifting, along with the white outs... This time of the year sure can suck!

Just wondering what ya'll are thinkin' about the new year.. Will it be better? worse? the same?

Thanks Larry! As you know, we'll be playin' Founders every Tuesday thru January. February is contingent on how we do this month.. We need to get people out!

... I'm just waiting for "Modern Country" to merge with "Rap/Hip Hop".... B) Damm. Yngwie Malmsteem beat me to Classical Metal and now you've exposed my latest top secret project: New Country Hip Hop. Back to the drawing board! Yo 1-2-3-3-4-1-2-3. That's nutty!

... I'm just waiting for "Modern Country" to merge with "Rap/Hip Hop".... B)

That dude needs to be punched in the face. Hard. From a physical standpoint he's a rather large package. Maybe we can see what Lennox Lewis is up to. I'm missing something here.... Who is Toby Keith?? He sings that song, "I Love This Bar." He is all over the television. He is a mammoth. Here he is playing Pro U.S.A.-style guitar. He is an innovator in this particular style. Thanks for hipping me me to who toby Keith is... Though I like some Country (and probably because of it's kinship to blues & blue grass), I am admittedly out of the loop with this genre of music.. Especially with the superficial "Cutesy Pop Image" so called "Modern Country" I tend to associate it with GMC pickup trucks and road rage, mullets, people who can't complete a sentence without a double negative, flag waving jingoism, and too many discarded Marlboro cigarette wrappers & Bud Lite beer cans thoughtlessly strewn along the nation's roadways....

That dude needs to be punched in the face. Hard. From a physical standpoint he's a rather large package. Maybe we can see what Lennox Lewis is up to. I'm missing something here.... Who is Toby Keith??