Jazz Kat

Yeah, it is a beautiful tune!

"The album that put Weather Report on the map!" It says that right on the cover so I guess you know how I got that impression. I might go back and check some of the stuff out, but jazz has moved on...

I stopped struggling with that shit years ago. Just after u get the wrapper off, take the case by the opening and pull until the white tape snaps off. Then slowly peel the remaining tape left on both sides. If you do it slow and careful enough, it will come off without leaving any trace that it was there.

I first got into other stuff that wasn't straight ahead two summer's ago. They were about the third group I discovered in that genre. I bought Heavy Weather and I hated it. They say its their best so I didn't bother with anything else. I'm slowly liking the album a little. But I still don't love it.

John Coltrane, Live at the Half Note Delta Entertaiment Corporation copyright 2000. 1. I Want to Talk About You 2. Brazilia 3. Song of Praise 4. One Up, One Down

I got a cheasy John Coltrane Live at the Half Note for my birthday one year. I believe it had Brazilia and Alabama on it. Poor recording quality. One of those un-known label names like Fast Track Records for example. I can't play it, the sounds just too bad.

I just discovered these two bands pretty recently. The Bad Plus on thursday and Happy Apple about 2 minutes ago. I previewed some samples of Bad Plus at the store, and Happy Apple on amazon. It sounded cool, but I haven't heard enough to make an opinion about the two. Anybody have experience listening to their stuff?

I still love all Mangione's music. The Feels So Good album is actually quite good, for me. Journey To A Raimbow has got some nice tunes on it. It's his late 80's stuff that I loathe.

A CTI discography is also on the A&M Corner website.

Yeah I am kind of getting tired of Two already. Another album that I absolutely loved when I first bought it, but now is getting boring is George Benson's Breezin'. But then ther are the albums that are kind of in the same catogory, but I never tire of. I really don't know how people are going to respond to this thing, but Chuck Mangione's Alive is probaly one of my favorite albums. I first got that album when I was eight. I really didn't like it for the same reasons I like it now. It's very fusion influenced. A bit more "dirty," "raunchy," and and funky than most his later albums. I think every musician on that album was at the top of their game. Somebody just told me they relate Chuck Mangione with Kenny G. That is fucking ridiculous! Yet on the other hand he tells me Spyro Gyra are good musicians and can read. Chuck Mangione was a great writer. Some of his songs are abosultely beautiful, and I will defend to my grave that he is not a smooth jazz musician. Back to that album, Alive. 1972 with Gerry Niewood, Tony Levin, and Steve Gadd. A kick ass version of St. Thomas, High Heel Sneekers, Chuck's awesome 12 minute suite 60 Miles Young, and his other tune Legend of The One Eyed Sailor. I don't get why he lost his rep after he went from playing with Art Blakey, to playing a more fusion influenced type of music. I guess Chuck is just special to me. I played on stage with him when I was 8, and he was one of my first musicians I actually loved and called my favorite before I got into bop and such.

What it jazz really though. but more seriously, I don't think of music as types of styles anymore. Yeah, the majority of stuff I listen to, people are calling jazz, but I wish we'd all just listen to music, and whatever we like...we like..

OK, so "jazz-funk" and not necessarily "soul-funk": There's a ton to recommend, but, for what I think may be your style: how about starting here with this series and sample the individual cuts on Amazon and then just go from there out: Blue Break Beats Some cuts will have some vocals, but they're just dressing. ← Thanks for that link! I'll surely look into it later. I'm going to bed.

He's on what? ← Fourplay was on tonight on BET Jazz.

Quick, turn on BET, Bob James is on!!

Jackie McClean. Maybe mentioned. Sorry..

Please do it then. Jazz-Funk. Instrumental, no vocals.

I just got Two. I guess I dug the funk feel to the album. (mainly the backbeats) And the melodies were nice enough.

The Lep for me has one good track. Lenore is pretty cool. The other ethnic influenced songs and vocalized tracks killed it for me.

I guess I am in my most explorative period. Sometimes can be good, but then you buy an album like Chick Corea's Leprechaun. :

wicked

In a Spyro Gyra kind of way. ← That bad?

One thing I can say is he had the coolest album covers.

This album any good?

maybe

I haven't had respect for Bob James. Mainly because he's in Fourplay. But I just picked up a Bob James album from circa 1975, called Two. I picked it up because it looked like a 1970's jazz/funk album, and because Steve Gadd appeared on it. I really like it. He is pretty good, in fact one of the songs on it is actually extremely challenging. It's one of those Creed Taylor CTI albums. Man I love those albums. 5 stars, except for a poor track with vocals...