Jazz Kat

I gotta turn the treble down when I listen to that album, and that is not because of Billy. He had the standard rivet setup, but for some reason it just cuts through everything else. With that along with his left hand is how he got his volume on that record. Art Blakey was louder, but completely different in style. Everything was sharp and accented. He would play something that went through the roof, volume wise, then just end it like that, and go back to what he was doing before.

I just heard Hub Tones on WBGO live radio.

I doubt that you're deaf, but yeah, you're totally wrong. And it's not often that I say that as unequivocally as I am now. Either that, or else we have completely different definitions of what a "basher" is. Allright, take back that basher thing. I wasn't referring to Billy Higgins as a Basher. I was saying he was playing really loud on some Blue Note albums and if you dont think so, you are totally wrong. Someone might be wrong to call him a basher, but they wouldn't be to say he was playing pretty loud on Gigilo and Go. His playing is beautiful on Ornette Coleman's album, and is just perfect on Sidewinder. In the last years of his life, he was playing beautifully. Billy Higgins isn't a basher. He's a great drummer with brilliant talents who happened to play really loud on some BN albums which made me not like them.

I used the term to describe his really loud playing on some songs that I have heard, and he's playing pretty loud. Or I'm just DEAF, and TOTALLY WRONG, yeah I think thats it.

In that period. He played great, (to me) in his later years.

Either Organissimo's just really GOOD, or effects all the other sites.

Organissimo seems to work under every circumstance. I remember last week I couldn't get into any sites. Organissimo was the only one that worked.

Isn't that the name of Max Roach's latest album? Stick It! In Stores this May!

He's the boss.

Seems compulsive.

Basher? Isn't it hard to see/hear anything with your head up there? Flame sent. I'm a drummer. You are not. I know a little about playing loudly. Go keep writing up your tickets.

Basher? Isn't it hard to see/hear anything with your head up there? Flame sent. Allright, you dig his intense drumming. I dont! And that's why it detracted from my enjoyment.

Why can't/shouldn't people get "carried away" if that's the way they feel about these recordings? Are you the jazz police, ready to tell people what they should value and how much they can value it? He would be the jazz cop. (one person...)

Billy Higgins usually detracts from some of the later 60's Blue Notes. I mean he was a basher! Lee Morgan's Gigilo, it almost turns into a rock piece. And on Dex's Go, it's like a one man drum show. He was allright on Royal Flush, (don Byrd), I loved his playing on Ornette's Shape Of Jazz... And you get the idea. Flame away. But back to the main subject. Let Freedom Ring men!!! edit- just my opinion.

I hope they come out with a Three Sounds Mosaic. I can ONLY hope.

Only got the last one. Just wanted him to solo more. I like the trio version of Wonder Why.

I'm gonna go change my HUB CAP!

Aren't we all?

No they didn't, I blacked it out in Photoshop! I don't know whether to laugh or cry. What is it with bars, and nowadays even restaurants, with TVs on constantly? I was playing at The Green Door with my r&b band this weekend and while I was setting up, one of the TVs had some plastic surgery show on where they were actually showing the surgery (it was a tummy tuck) and then showed the big pieces of fat they took out. Totally disgusting. Do we really need to watch that at the bar? I walked over and turned off the TV. Within five minutes, the waitress had turned it back on. Reminds me of when I was doing a gig recently. It was the night of the World Series, the last game where Boston won. It was on the tv at this club. They didn't let us do a gig because nobody noticed us. Till this day I still don't know why. Hmm, maybe I need a new bass player.

I sent you two pms about our trade, and am still waiting for a reply. It's usually customary when one recieves their part of a trade to say that it arrived safely. I did, and am still waiting for a response. On that note, thank you, and I'm loving them every minute!

I guess back then, mostly, the average time was around 30-35 minutes.

One of my FAVORITE SONGS OF ALL TIME, "18 Carrots For A Rabbit," Gerry Mulligan and Johnny Hodges. SUPERB!!!

Booker Box

Let's hope!