.:.impossible

So we've ruled out toads, which leaves fairies, ghosts, and witches as our most sensible explanation.

I only know of Comme a la Radio, which is great. Not sure why I said that.

How about you? Would you consider it?

They did two albums together.

I know you said your wife and her sister were advised not to use Ouija, but have you considered asking them to attempt contact at the house?

How do you feel about SSD? If I had the money, that's what I'd do for extremely important documents, along with a multi-bay hot-swappable NAS. Synology, QNAP, Thecus or DROBO. DROBO is the most expensive solution, but seems worth the difference. Access that backup drive at a bare minimum. Keep it boxed away.

For some reason, The Bad Plus come to mind as a good late show band. Huh.

Great reading here. Did I just read that Blackwell played with Monk? And Wilbur Ware no less?

I thought Pete was leaning into itba little bit with the Stratocaster. I don't know... Nowhere near as lame as I'd expected. He was packing in some guitar parts here and there that didn't feel stock. That, along with the killer light show (I mean seriously! Did you even know something like that was possible?), the painted cymbals, and the onside kick to open the second half, I thought they did their job.

I can't find anything online about Unicorn Video... here's the information on the sleeve in case anyone is interested. spine: Live at the Village Vanguard Vol 4: Mal Waldron and Friends 96113 above upc: Unicorn Video 21119 Osborne St. Canoga Park, CA 91304 upc 733317961138 ©2003 Unicorn Video Inc. All rights reserved

I have a DVD of this quintet from Unicorn Video. I cannot remember where I got it but it is as hypnotic as you would expect. Live at the Village Vanguard Volume 4 Mal Waldron Quintet Git Go 21:05 Ali Alone (sic) 17:35 Firewaltz (sic) 19:18 Left Alone 4:55 You can tell from the track listing that not much care was taken with the packaging. The footage, though, is fantastic.

I'm getting conflicting reports. We are watching this closely because we are planning on driving up to Richmond tomorrow evening. RVA JAZZFEST is Saturday night and I do not want to pass on the opportunity to hear my brother playing with Ray Anderson. Late Friday night/Saturday has the potential for some quick accumulation, but interstates should be fine Friday and Sunday.

Due to a death in the family, Tim Berne, originally scheduled to play new compositions written specifically for the event with Richmond-based Ombak, has cancelled. As a last minute substitution, trombonist Ray Anderson will be joining the group.

Would that it were so...try Brecker, Liebman/Grossman, and, increasingly, Chis Potter & Joe Lovano. Cats still "study" Trane, but not as a role model as much as the God of the Old Testament. Off the top of my head, I don't know of any players who look at any of those guys as ground zero. I do know guys who intensely study Dolphy, Marsh, and Coltrane though. None of them are over 35.

What up Doc!

I think Binney was mentioned in this thread and I wanted to share this link, not for the saxophone, but for the DRUMS! Good lord.

Jon Stewart FTW, as they say.

Never bothered to open this thread until this evening. I've skipped it so many times because, well, Eric Alexander vs. Joshua Redman... I noticed four pages of discussion and figured I was missing some good reading. I would not have guessed that this was the title to such a large chapter. I'm always amused by these past-present-future jazz discussions... dj culture and eai. dj "culture". right there. its a lifestyle. it comes with shoes and fancy glasses. eai, on the other hand, is seemingly an amorphous target. It was my understanding five/six years ago when I took some time to gain exposure to some of the music being marked as eai that no one making the music was entirely satisfied with the fact that they were being corralled into a genre, that the term eai was insufficient, etc. i haven't spent as much time with these artists in the past five years, but imagine that folks aren't trying to remake The Hands of The Caravaggio, that the genre is exponentially wider even than it was then. to say that dj culture spawned or caused eai is just misinformed, at least from my limited exposure to both worlds. Yes, people utilized turntables and electronics in both musics. I get that. And I would not consider Keith Rowe's music in a jazz light. No need to. Nothing about AMM and the musics that have branched out of it since remind me at all of jazz, nor should they be evaluated as such, in my opinion. These discussions splinter off at this point and there is never a conclusion. Isn't that the point? Some of us here are observers. Some of us here are up to our necks in it. Some of us here are more qualified than others to say what the past was. No one here has a comprehensive view on what the present is, and trying to determine what the future for jazz music is, well that's just ridiculous. I predict that by 2015, electric saxophones and computerized pianos will revolutionize the music.

Oh man.I can't Wait to listen to this tomorrow on my morning drive! Thanks!!

Chuck enjoys seeing these guys in revealing positions.

what's your budget?

Randy... I'm happy to hear that things are beginning to look up for you. Good to have you back. You weren't forgotten!

nice!

My wife! Today I received a beautiful vinyl copy of Shades of Redd. She chose it because "it looked like classic Blue Note and it had Tina Brooks on it. I recognized the other guys but o don't think I've heard of Freddie Redd. " What?!