Big Al

Another nice one to get is Dream Band, Volume 5: The Big Cat, recently reissued on Fantasy. This one's my favorite Gibbs disc, as the playing is as frenetic and furious and downright FUN as it gets!!! The title track is worth the price of admission alone!

Just to add to Mike's already helpful post about Tjader Verve stuff: 1. SOUL BURST has Chick Corea on it. I've only heard clips of it from cheap-cds, but plan on getting it very soon. 2. PLAYS THE CONTEMPORARY MUSIC OF.... is nice and relaxing, but nothing too substantial. Still, for the money, it's a good buy. 3. Same goes for SOUL BIRD: WHIFFENPOOF. Nothing earth-shattering, but nice to have on in the background. 4. SOUL SAUCE, OTOH, should be played as loud as possible! 5. I owned SSOJ/BFTE once. Once.

YESSSSSSSS!!!!!

Is the rest of the album of this character and mood? Cuz I sure liked this track enough to wanna get the album!

.202 They said that was "pretty god." Wonder what I have to get to receive an "almost good?" Did this remind anyone of that episode of WKRP in Cincinnati where Johnny & Venus are taking the drunk test?

Any thoughts on the Pearson disc? It's not on the Mosaic Select. The McLean and the Byrd 1/2-Note are DEFINITE must-haves, as are the Ellingtons, as are..... B)

Heck yeah! I did that with the Grant Green RETROSPECTIVE!

Happy birthday! You & weizen are the funniest comedy team this side of Rowan and Rearick..... er, I mean Martin! (Jim R knows!)

You know it! I forgot to mention Black Orchid, as nice a cross-section of what Tjader was doing in the late 50's as you'll ever find!

Well, I guess it's safe to assume I was wrong with my guess!

So who correctly identified the guitarist on disc 2 track 5? I gotta know!!!

Isn't this the same character who tried to sue Married with Children for being tasteless?

Not a bad one in the bunch! As much as I enjoy Hutch & Gibbs, I voted for Tjader. His sound moves me like no other vibist; in addition, I like it that he doubles as a percussionist on his own sessions, which makes sense since his playing can be raucously percussive when it needs to be; sweet & mellow other times. While the Getz/Tjader CD is an outstanding choice, I would also heartily recommend Los Ritmos Calientes, a Fantasy 2-fer. A non-stop Latin groove from start to finish! Mongo Santamaria, Willie Bobo, and Jose Silva absolutely SMOKE on "Mongorama!" For the Verve stuff, you can't go wrong with Soul Sauce. If you can avoid paying full price for Soul Bird: Whiffenpoof in the Verve LPR series, scoop it up, as it is a worthy follow up to SS! Then get Cuban Fantasy to hear how baaaaad he still was in the 70's!

Yup, and Duff's career started out on the Disney Channel as well. Trend? B) Chrome, points well taken; it's one of the main reasons I refuse to get cable. Perhaps the writer just used the first name that popped into his head.

For now, but so were Britney & Christina at one time. I guarantee you she'll go through the same thing as her pre-teen pop-queen predecessors did: start out cute & family friendly, then begin the slow "metamorphosis" into young-adult pop-slut. Think it’s an accident that Duff’s latest (and I guess only at this point) CD bears that title? Also, it's no accident that Duff's album cover closely resembles that of Britney’s latest album:

Tom- My sincerest condolences as well. Peace be to you and your family at this time. Al

Boy oh boy, now that I've read everything else, I can see I've still got a LONG ways to go before I can even consider myself something of a jazz snob. And even if I'm wrong about 2-5, I still stand by my guess. I KNOW I've heard this before!

Not having read ANYTHING in this thread, I humbly present my guesses: DISC ONE Track 1: Sounds like Illinois Jacquet to these ears! Wild and raucous! I love it! Track 2: Haven’t a clue. I’ll probably kick myself for not knowing this one, but I can’t say I’ve ever heard it before. Track 3: This album convinced me to shell out the cash for the Sam Rivers Mosaic, as well as further investigate the catalog of Andrew Hill. An inspired choice! Track 4: I almost gave up too soon on this one. Then the sax solo kicked in. I think I’ve heard this one: is this Ken Vandemark? Don’t know who the drummer is, but I’m pretty sure I heard this on KNTU a few years back, and e-mailed them about it. Track 5: Something wild going on here! Can’t wait to find out who it is, cuz I don’t have a clue! Hey, can I trademark the following for “haven’t a clue:” HAFC™. I will say this, though: these cats have stamina to burn! Almost puts me in mind of Cecil Taylor! Of course, I say that without having heard anything of his beyond Unit Structures! Track 6: “The Water is Wide?” Rosemary Clooney? Just guessing, of course. Sure is nice, though. Oops. The male singer just started. HAFC™, then! I gave up around the 4:30 mark. Track 7: I’ll guess something by Eric Dolphy, with Ron Carter on cello, from that New Jazz album Dolphy did. Out There, or something like that? Track 8: HAFC™, again! Track 9: No one, but NO ONE, has as distinctive a sound as Johnny Hodges! You don’t even have to know the song (as I don’t) to know….. Er, ahhhhh, hang on, I’ve heard that chord before!!! I’ve heard that chorus!!! Wait, wait, I KNOW THIS!!!! AAAARGHHH!!! I’m gonna KICK myself for forgetting this one!!! Oh wait, I remember now: a very Shakespearean tune! There! Now I don’t feel so dumb! Except that I forgot the title of the song. Oh well, I’ll go back and listen to the album once I’m done typing up all this! Track 10: A classic track from probably my favorite period of this man’s career, and very definitely my favorite album of his anyway! Truth be told, the first time I heard this album, I had to do a double-take: I thought it was Dexter Gordon, and had I not already known who this was, that would’ve been my guess! Track 11: HAFC™, but it’s so FUNKAY!!!! DISC TWO Track 1: Sounds like Elvin at the drums, but beyond that, it’s HAFC™ time again! Another one I can’t wait to find out about! Track 2: Seems like I’ve heard this tune before; I guess this is some kinda vocalese thing. NMCOT™. Track 3: NMCOT™. I’m only about a minute into this, and I’m not much for vocal music to being with, so I think I’ll skip the rest of this track. But the arrangement sounds like Claus Ogerman. Track 4: Sure sounds like Bobby Hutcherson to me. Perhaps that one track from Tony Williams LIFETIME? Cuz that sure sounds like TW. But then, I had that LIFETIME, and I remember that track being a lot longer. So I guess it’s from another Hutch album. Track 5: This sounds like Phil Keaggy, who is my favorite guitar player. If it isn’t, then maybe it’s Michael Manring, one of PK’s influences. But this sounds like something from Keaggy’s 220 album, or maybe his On the Fly album, or heck even the Premium Jams CD. Who knows? It‘s been so long since he‘s put out a decent vocal album; but then, when you‘re as good a guitar player as PK is, who needs vocals? Track 6: HAFC™, but verrrry interesting indeed! Perhaps the Headhunters without Herbie Hancock? Cuz that sure sounds like Bennie Mauppin on bass clarinet! Actually, the more I listen to this, I wanna say CTI-era George Benson. Just has that CTI sounds: Ron Carter bass, Airto percussion. Track 7: AAAAAARGH!!! I know I’ve heard this before!!!! But where?!?!?!? Herbie Mann maybe? I gave up around the 8-minute mark. More because I can’t wait to read the “guesses” thread than not liking the song (which I do like; I’ll finish listening another time. This tune would be good for one of those long drives down a country rode or thru the Hill Country. It has that kinda groove!). Track 8: HAFC™, again! Nice, though. Track 9: Sounds like something from Ornette on Tenor. Another one I haven’t listened to in ages. Track 10: WTF?!?!?!?!? NEXT!!!! Track 11: Sounds like Johnny Griffin on the tenor, Art Taylor on drums, something from the 80’s I guess. Has a nice sound to it! And it's "A" Train, of course! Now to read everyone else's guesses and see if I've come even close on any of these!

Speaking of that.....

NFL and CBS claimed they had no idea that an MTV-produced halftime special would turn out the way it did. What rock do THEY live under?

I was expecting something more like THIS... Or this....

At least this brings the vote down a bit...

Maybe John Lennon was wrong after all....

If past comps that I've gotten from the Man are any indication, this oughta be a helluva disc!!!

Groovy! Thanks for the info, Jim! I wonder if the title of the reissue was tongue-in-cheek, given how roundly Monk’s Blues was panned?