Big Al

Thanks Jim! This BFT was one of the more enjoyable ones I've had the pleasure of listening to! And HEAP big thanks to Vint for directing me to another sale thread here to help me score a copy of the Jack Wilson disc!

Oh, and completely agree about Dave Matthews. About as overrated as they come. The darling of self-involved teens who think they're too cool for Creed.

Wish I could do that! Hearing the G-man strangle a sax is akin to hearing a dentist drill. Actually, it’s much MUCH worse: one doesn’t expect to hear a dentist drill in a shopping center!

Ain't it the truth. After posting earlier, I checked the FW Library website; turns out they have the JSP box called The Classic Early Recordings, which I'm gonna get this weekend! Tell ya what, though; in the middle of posting this, I went over to the JSP website...... I gotta stay away from there; I could go broke VERY easily over there!

I dunno. G’s music is the only one that has ever made me angry. The Hallmark store I was in at Christmas-time played “Songbird” over the muzak; that one song emphasizes everything that’s wrong with his “music:” the soulless new-age accompaniment, the nasal-whine of G’s sax, and the endless repetition of the theme with absolutely NO improvisation. The fact that clueless people refer to this shit as jazz literally infuriates me.

“Jazzbo” played a few cuts for me sometime back when I visited him. It was my first exposure to Django, and I was mesmerized. Sadly, though, I haven’t followed up on that. I’ll hear him on the radio occasionally and think, “Oh wow, I need to pick up something by him,” and then go and forget. I imagine that, when I do eventually get into his music, I’ll kick myself for waiting so long! Any comments on the disc Djangology on Bluebird?

Just sent an e-mail re: Something Personal. Al

Well I loved this track! Can anyone point me in the direction of a copy of this album? Sure wish the folks at Mosaic would give this guy the Select treatment!

I was just wondering what all was out there and how it stacks up to his Blue Note albums. So far, the only ones I've heard are Jazz Messengers (Columbia) and with Theonious Monk (Atlantic) and I enjoy both of them tremendously. But you can definitely tell there's a different "sound." I also just picked up A Night in Tunisia (Bluebird) after hearing the title track on the Sudden Thoughts radio show a couple weeks back! Finally, I really wanna pick up the album the Messengers did on Impulse. Heard some clips today and they smoked! Any thoughts from youse all?

A toss-up between the Quartet album and the All-Stars album (which is just the Quartet w/Milt Jackson). Mobley, Silver, Blakey; how can you go wrong?

Soul Station all the way. Pretty much how jazz is defined for me! :tup

You got that right! The first time I heard it, years ago, I did a double-take because it sounded like he was playing alongside a tenor sax. Haunting indeed!

Side two of Sticky Fingers is about as haunting a suite of music as you'll ever hear. I remember spending a lot of nights as a senior in high school commisserating (sp?) to this album. Rooster, I don't know if it was ever issued on CD, but there was a comp called Sucking in the Seventies, which was aptly titled, according to some. And also totally agree about "Emotional Rescue" being a true guilty pleasure. I LOVE that song!!!

I've enjoyed the first two seasons of M*A*S*H, simply because you can turn off that annoying laugh track. Taking that out turns it into a whole new show.

Beggar's Banquet. No contest. "Stray Cat Blues," "Jigsaw Puzzle," "Salt of the Earth," all the great acoustic stuff, and, oh yeah, "Sympathy for the Devil" AND "Street Fighting Man." What an album!

"Meanwhile, people are standing around the cross saying, 'It's a shame he has to die;' and Jesus is up there going 'WELL MAYBE I WOULDN'T HAVE TO IF SOMEBODY'D GET A LADDER AND A PAIR OF PLIERS!' 'But the Bible says you have to die;' 'OH BY THE BOOK! BY THE BOOK'" Always loved that bit!

Schuler's up there reminds me of Borders down here (same ownership?). Hopefully, the RVGs will be on sale down here as well!

While I respectfully disagree--I think the power that Elvin brings to the session is actually a plus--I can certainly see where you're coming from. Man, I sure hope I can find a copy of UR. Elvin on brushes is a treat too often neglected. Anyone have a copy I can borrow for a week?

Where are you guys ordering your copies from? I can't seem to find it anywhere! Have any of you heard the Great Jazz Trio's Autumn Leaves, which came out last year? Hank & Elvin, along with Richard Davis! Does a lineup get any more stellar than this?

Yeah, that move to Warne Bros. kinda mellowed 'em out. I liked WAREHOUSE at one time, but now it just seems kinda forced, overblown. Still, any band that can close it's career with a tune as earth-shattering as "You Can Live at Home" is still one that can claim one helluva legacy.

The middle one of course; how else could you drive? THAT is the truth!

Maybe they mistook it for the sequel.

NO kidding; that was cool! I have the version from the Miles/Coltrane box, and my favorite track is "Flamenco Sketches."

Oh wow, I didn't know that! But it's still a great album nonetheless!

Another vote for Roy & Diz!!! The excitement on that disc is audible and contagious! And another vote for the Howard McGhee & Fats Navarro date. I can't wait for the Reece Mosaic Select to come out, just to hear Blues in Trinity.