Big Al

One month later, nothing's really changed.

Happy birthday youngster!!!

You might also wanna check out this discussion of Black Market, Tale Spinnin, and Mysterious Traveller. If you like Black Market, I think you'll enjoy Mysterious Traveller. You might also wanna check out Tale Spinnin' while you're at it!

Sorry to chime in so late with something of any real relevance to the actual album. FWIW, there was a great AotW discussion about Sorceer and Nefertitiawhile back, in case anyone wants to check it out! I guess what really impresses me the most about this album is when Herbie lays out when Miles and Wayne are soloing. Even Herbie's own solos are horn-like in their single-note simplicity, and it just mesmerizes me every time. In other words, I am totally in agreement with Guy's eloquent statement above! I'm also in agreement with his statements about Tony Williams! Good grief! He comes flying outta the gate from the first track and never lets up! The highlight for me in that aspect is "Footprints:" Ron Carter's march-from-hell bass line over Tony Williams multi-arms waving & crashing, it's a wonder the soloists didn't throw their hands up in the air and say "ta hell with THIS!!!" And it is THAT level of intensity that makes me crank up this sucker every time I've got it in the car! For a jazz album, this sucker RAWKS!!!!! Damn, I wish it wasn't so late: now I wanna go crank it up AGAIN!!!

Me, too!!! This disc was my first real jazz education; up until I heard this disc, I really didn't know what the difference was between a tenor sax and an alto sax. (Only in my case, I wasn't so little! )

You guys are the best! I know I shouldn't, but I am LMAO!!!!!

Jazz folklaws n. 1) jazz folkbills that have been passed by the jazz folkcongress. 2) the appendages on the front paws of a jazztiger (ant. - jazz hindklaws) 3) a less than successful musical benefit intended to help clothe the homeless v. 1) when the bank regains possesion of a jazz musicians house. See jazz folklawsure Say goodnight, Gracie.

I play* three instruments: bass, guitar, and drums. When I play bass, I try to get that good walking feel played by Sam Jones. On the guitar (especially the acoustic), I try to get that ominous ringing tone that John Fahey played so well. When I'm playing drums at church, I try to emulate the cheerful abandon of Billy Higgins, the sensitive listening of Paul Motian, and the free-for-all ferocity of Art Blakey (sometimes all on the same song! ) Which is really just my name-dropping way of saying I don't have an original bone in my body! *Term used verrrry loosely. I mainly play for my own pleasure, as with the exception of the church gig, I don't really have much of an outlet for my musical playing. Which is probably a good thing!

Check out this thread! Those two albums you mentioned are outstanding, so I think you'll find lots of good recs in that thread.

I should also add that the whole reason I bought this CD in the first place was to hear more Bill Evans (was going through a serious Evans jones at the time). Little did I know the doors that this album would open!

Yeah, and then I remember what SGUD said in another thread, about how the collective mental health of this country seems to be incredibly low...... time to go look in the mirror again.......

I'm glad they didn't kill him; that would've been too easy and would've been just what he wanted. Shackle his ass, fuck the law that let him walk like a free man in the courthouse (which started this whole melee in the first place; actually, it was those four morons on the jury who deadlocked his first trial that started this whole melee), find him guilty, then cage him up (literally) for the rest of his life. This case has me so fucking mad, I'm not even thinking rationally anymore.

No more of this... Not even much info on the musician. NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! How can you tease us like this?!?!?! Actually, couw's comment about this song made me !!!!!

It's all good, but the track that got me hooked was "Flamenco Sketches." This is one of those rare instances where the alternative take is as interesting as the released take! Time to listen to it again!

Interesting. According to the reviewer of the show in Ft. Worth, the first song lasted a full 55 minutes, and people were actually heading for the exit during that song. He said overall the show was good; I guess those that left were expecting something else.

DRAT! I missed it! Got the "Afterglow" show going right now, which is playing something that's all kinds a sweet!

Things Are Getting Better, thanks to marcoliv who paid-it-forward with this fabulous sounding gem which I got today! Thanks again, my friend!

Once I was able to get up off the floor, I realized that this was the version I was familiar with (haven't checked to make sure, but Big Al knows his hard bop history, so I'm going along with it). Back to the floor... WAIT- did you really applaud when it was over? (hey, I'm the gullible type, okay?) Yes, I really did applaud! It wasn't too difficult, as the traffic I was in was at a stand-still, so taking my hands off the steering wheel didn't endanger anyone (unlike the times I turn my steering wheel into my own private drum set and I become the Art Blakey of I-20!).

A most enjoyable listen, and the usual cluelessness is proudly on display! 1. Ah, that’s gotta be Ben Webster. Sounds kinda late in his career, maybe something from Denmark. Wish I knew who that piano player was. I’d guess Jimmy Rowles, just because he truly knew how to accompany the great man! 2. I couldn’t even begin to fathom a guess, so limited is my knowledge of swing music that isn’t Basie or Benny! 3. Like I said before...... but I sure dig ‘em! I’m guessing these two tracks are the same band from the same recording, but that’s all I’d be comfortable guessing. No real soloists jump out at me. 4. Different band, same cluelessness! Sorry again, I’m drawing a blank! Plus, these tracks are so short I can barely process them! Not that it would help if they were any longer! 5. I’m gonna take a wild guess here and say Lionel Hampton with Illinois Jacquet, maybe Roy Eldridge on trumpet. Is that an electric guitar I barely hear? No clue as to who the piano player is. Nice and swingin’ though! 6. Ah hah! I know this tune! Well, the version I know is the Donald Adams/Pepper Bryd version from the Cat (Shatner) Walk. Haven’t a clue who’s doing this version though. It’s nice; kinda wish I didn’t have the Byrd/Adams version to compare it to so I could take it on its own merits. 7. Abbey Lincoln? With Blakey in the back there? I love this kind of singing, no effects, just plain simplicity! 8. This track blew me away, and I’m not ashamed to admit that I was drawn into how the accordion player was able to comp like a brass section all the while soloing with the other hand. I mean, this guy sounds like a one-man Benny Golson arrangement! Yes, I know it’s “Whisper Not,” but I just can’t get over how GOOD this sounds; how much it SWINGS! Tell me who this is NOW!!! Hell, I even applauded when it was over! 9. Sounds like a Silver-type group/groove! Man, these are going by faster than I can come up with barely-educated guesses! This disc flows smoother than a dark German bier! 10. Early Andrew Hill maybe? Even sounds like Tony Williams on the drums! No wait, I think it’s early Cecil Taylor. 11. Sounds like something from the late 60’s or early 70’s. I don’t know: Clifford Jordan and Blue Mitchell? I honestly have no clue! But I love that beat! Could be Idris Muhammad on drums! 12. Uhhhhh, thanks but no. I like the occasional drone, but this just seemed to stand still for five minutes! 13. Ehhhh, too free for me! NEXT! 14. I like this! Reminds me of Duke Pearson. 15. Hmmmm; I don’t know much about trombone players, and I can’t keep guessing J.J. every time I hear one. So I’ll guess Lawrence Brown. I mean, I’m just grabbing names outta thin air. I have no clue! But I like it. Naw, wait; this sounds too recent. That sounds like Lovano on tenor. Maybe that’s Paul Motian on drums as well, that sounds like his kind of sensitive accompaniment. No clue, but can’t wait to find out! 16. I don’t know. This BFT, while enjoyable, is wearing me out! Once again, I have no clue! Maybe the George Gruntz Big Band? 17. Sounds like Bill Frisell? 18. Duke takes us out for a break! And thank God, I need a break! My brain hurts; but in a good way! Man, I think I hit a new low in cluelessness. Now to see how everyone else is doing!

Art Blakey – Ugetsu Dave Brubeck at Carnegie Hall Benny Goodman at Carnegie Hall Terry Gibbs Dream Band, Volume 5 – The Big Cat Complete Miles at the Blackhawk and Quartet Out – Welcome to the Meat House (the only way this one would be better would have been to be there when they recorded it. Which I was!!!! YOW!!!)

How'd ya do it before?

This just in from the "I did not know that" department: Lord Almighty, if my wife ever finds out....... "Bluesy opus." Uh huh, just because a song has a du-DUH du-DUH du-DUH thudding plodding beat don't make it de blues!!!! GEEZUS!!! I nominate "Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin'" for Worst Song of All Time. Those damn "na na na's," and then there's that part where Perry says "oooo ev-ooo-ee ev-oo-ee ev-oo-e niiiiight" like he's a castrata Elmer Fudd or something. Having said that, though, I'll also readily admit that Perry's finest moment has to be his solo hit "Foolish Heart." Just something about that song, the words, the dreamy atmospheric beat, and the fact that Perry sings so restrained have made it a favorite of mine for the last 20 years. The video's pretty cool, too! B-)

What Brad said!

Yup! They sure know how to make things clear as mud......