Jeffro

I seem to recall e-mailing the publisher six months or so ago and never getting a reply re: a 5th edition.

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What a lame assed attempt at credibility. "Hey, let's put on a show! We can play earlier music AND be praised for knowing it is worthwhile! Just like the classical guys did with music before there were recordings of the originators. I bet we can make more money than the real artists." ← Well, obviously there are lots of things that call themselves "Love Supreme" (some good, most probably not-so-good). But after listening to Branford Marsalis' CD and watching the first half hour of live concert footage of the two-hour DVD, I'd have to say that Marsalis, "Tain" Watts, and pianist Joey Calderazzo deserve kudos for their work. I can't say I worship or even "get" a lot of Coltrane's work, and I'm not overly fond of everything Marsalis, but I don't write off what Branford has done as unworthy of praise or lacking in credibility.

I hope you'll pardon my ignorance and my lateness in getting involved in this thread, but...how much of the J.J. Johnson set is otherwise unavailable on CD and how much is otherwise readily available?? Thanks!

Dare I ask what you folks think of Branford Marsalis' DVD/CD combo of this same title ("Coltrane's a Love Supreme")?

Yep--Jazzbo's right, I'm pretty sure.. Check out the soundtrack to the film "New Orleans." Clips at http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=music&n=507846 . In fact, you can buy a poster from the movie that shows Satchmo and Billie performing together.

I hear he's not really a doctor, and the turban is just for show. Can anyone confirm or deny this?

I just saw Joshua last night with the San Francisco Jazz Cooperative. I had seen him a couple times previously and really like most of his music. There was one near-religious experience where I caught him at the Monterey Jazz Festival a few years ago. As the leader of SF Jazz, he let the other musicians (and some damn fine musicians they are--N. Payton, R. Rosnes,...!) take most of the solos. They did about half Coltrane & half originals. I liked some of the tunes but certainly not all.

I saw Benny a couple years ago in Carmel, CA, and echo the sentiments about his performances being long & very entertaining (including the stories). The show I was at included a presentation to Golson of some kind of Congressional award/honor. Clifford Brown's widow and son were in the audience & got up to speak briefly. What do you folks think about his "Terminal 1" CD? I was a little disappointed in my first listen. I just got done with a weekend-long Dixieland jazz festival in Monterey. There was some damn good music there--too bad most of the jazz community under 60 years of age doesn't seem to support these kinds of events.

Yeah--he's still pretty good! I made a special effort to attend one of his performances last June at NY City's Iridium, with group leader Joe Lovano, George Mraz, and Paul Motian, even though I find Lovano's choice of material to be frequently dull. It was worth it to see Jones. Too bad that Elvin couldn't be here, too. (I was lucky enough to see him & his Drum Machine band about four years ago--you talk about an older guy who was still near the top of his game!)

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I love both jazz & folk. It's all "roots" music. To paraphrase Louis Armstrong: All music is folk music. Horses don't sing.

I've been to *lots* of outstanding jazz & rock concerts, with Springsteen, the Who, Neil Young, and Dave Brubeck being among the best. But none of them could match the performance by Michelle Shocked and her band at the Rio Theater in Santa Cruz, CA in August, 2002. The combination of instrumentation, stage presence, songs I recxognized and could have sung along with, surprises, length of show, and effort expended by the performers were top notch.

A few weeks ago, I played "Dreamland" for the first time in years. Pretty damn impressive!

Well, the Cannonball/Evans "Know What I Mean" album has got to be up there in the worst/most bizarre category.