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FAVES:
1. True Blue - I like this even better than Open Sesame, and OS is my favorite Freddie Hubbard album!
2. Judgement - My favorite Andrew Hill album anyway!
3. Hootin' and Tootin' (Fred Jackson) - Greeeeeeaze out the wazoo! Even more so cuz it's packed with a second session, just as greeeazy!
4. Et Cetera - beautiful album with especially fantastic bass playing by Cecil McBee.
5. Solid - lives up to its title!
NON-FAVES:
1. Out of the Blue
2. Some Other Stuff (yes, I know it's a classic; still does nothing for me)
3. Jutta Hipp w/Zoot Sims (zzzzzzzzzz)
4. Blowin' in from Chicago
5. My Conception
Great thread, BTW! :rsmile:
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I have to respectfully disagree. I've seen him many times in concert, and he is more up for the task.
Absolutely!!! And he's been doing it throughout his career. From "My Funny Valentine" back in '79 to Painted From Memory recently, not to mention "Almost Blue" and "Shipbuilding" in between, Costello has shown an uncanny knack for being able to meld his voice to his muse.
Don't get me wrong, Blood & Chocolate is a fantastic album; side one by itself is as angry, dark, and powerful as any of his first four albums. Side two kinda falls apart after a while (although I must confess to not listening to side two NEARLY as much as side one), in addition to breaking a long-standing rule I've always felt performers should adhere to: no spouses on a performer's record!!!
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Thanks to Johnny E (who sold me a copy) and everyone else who helped me look. Glad I was able to snag one before it became TOO difficult to find!
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Still, I'd rather have Krall singing backup on a Costello record than O'Riordan. Her backups on Blood and Chocolate killed an otherwise ferocious album.
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I'm glad Ole won as well. Trane's Atlantic period is my favorite of his career, and while this particular album isn't my VERY favorite of the bunch (Coltrane's Sound gets my nod), this is still a beautiful album and I can't wait for this discussion to start!
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Great choice indeed! Unfortunately, finances are dictating that I sit this one out and simply read and enjoy (assuming I don't run into a used copy between now and Sunday!) Looking forward to reading about this one, though!
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I tell ya, any one of these gets picked and I'll get it! They all look fantastic (the three that I don't already have, that is!)
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Anyone else get that?
Yup! In fact, I retract what I said earlier about not wanting any other WR albums. I'm with you, Joe, about wanting to check out the other albums mentioned in the notes for Black Market. Jim's comments were even more of a nudge to check 'em out as well.
And I have to agree with whoever said they preferred Alphonso Johnson's work better than Jaco's on this album. Count me in the minority of folks who think that Jaco is way overrated. Sure he can play the hell out of the bass, but who is he serving when he plays? When Johnson plays, he sounds as if he's part of the band, making his acrobatics work within the framework of the song without overwhelming it. Jaco, OTOH, does just the opposite. Johnsons playing never loses the funk, while Jaco has a tendency to succumb to the temptation to go overboard with the fretboard fireworks, leaving the rest of the band (not to mention the song) behind. A lot of people dig that; I 'm one of the few who don't.
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I voted for OLE, simply because it's the only one in the list I already have; but having the Sonny or the Ornette would be fun also!
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Big Al, what say you? :rsmile:
Wellllll....... I just don't know!!! Really, I've listened to this album at least ten times by now, read this thread a few times (and really, this has been one of the best AotW threads; all the posts (and Sangrey's in particular) have been particularly enlightening), checked out that link (which was also very helpful, BTW); I've listened to this album in a variety of settings: once in the kitchen while making dinner (and really got down with the groove of "Black Market"); once while falling asleep; all day at work on Monday; today in the car at lunch (not driving, just parked under a tree on Division Street, waiting for a train to go by). Every listening experience has been different: at one point, I really got into the beat. Another time, the synthesizers were just too overbearing. Another time, I started hearing subtle nuances that I'd missed in previous listenings. (Hence the reason it's taken so long to post: every time I think I've got a post completed, I listen to it again and think, "Drat! Gotta re-write it AGAIN!!!" In fact, I'll probably change my mind again after I post THIS!!!)
All this to say, it's hard to judge an album that sounds brand new and different every time I put it on. And I guess I really can't think of a better compliment for it than that!
I did want to comment on something the great Sangrey said, about "you had to be there:" Having grown up in the over-synthesized 80's, hearing a record full of them is akin to putting on a Genesis record (not that that's a bad thing: at least Collins & Co. had the good sense to hire Chester Thompson to be their road drummer, and anyone who's heard Seconds Out knows the powerful funk he brings to an otherwise above-average art rock band, IMHO). Hearing this record for the first time in 2003, it really is hard to imagine what this sounded like when it first came out in the 70s. I mean, it sounds like it could've come out yesterday, and even after 20+ years, still sounds fresher than a lot of the music coming out today.
Having said that, though, this will probably be the only WR record I ever get. I've heard Heavy Weather before, and to me, there's something very mechanical about that record, like the communication between virtuosos broke down somewhere. I could be wrong, though (I don't spend too much time trying to figure out why I don't like a particular album), and maybe it'll hit me later. But the lineup on Black Market, which seems to have only lasted for this one album, is the one that does it for me!
Whew! I'll bet that was longer than Sangrey's!
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Got my copy yesterday, and man oh man, tomorrow can't come soon enough!!! This was a wonderful surprise!
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I like what Rooster Ties is doing here: putting out a list of potential nominees, and letting everyone vote on what they'd like to discuss. If I ever get nominated, this is the approach I'm gonna use.
Great idea, Rooster Ties. (And yes, I'll likely participate if the McLean gets chosen. I mean, I did hear it once. Once.
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I love it when cheap-0 discs are nominated! This oughta be fun!
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I voted for the Hancock, simply because it's the only one I have, but I'd be willing to get either Hill or Booker. I had the McLean and didn't care for it, so if that album gets the nod, I'll follow that thread with great interest (see if there's something I missed the first time around; wouldn't be the first time).
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Well, it's my own fault. I saw it used last summer, but didn't pick it up because I was going thru a serious Sam Rivers jones, having managed to score the Mosaic, and I was at this store getting Hutcherson's DIALOGUE (which I don't regret for a second, BTW; I only had enough $$$ for one, and I went with the one I was in the mood for). If I knew then what I know now.......
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If anyone has a copy they'd like to sell or trade, or knows where they can get one, I'll gladly buy it.
Also, if anyone lives near the Tower in Atlanta, I would gladly pay for that (and Lou Donaldson's GOOD GRACIOUS). I saw a copy when I was there a couple weeks ago, but stupidly did not pick it up.
Thanks.
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Is it possible to go overboard on the greeeaze? All I've listened to for the past few days are discs with the Wholly Greeeazy Trinity--BIG John Patton, Grant Green, and Ben Dixon--on 'em. And in one of those rare moments of completist nonsense, I'm almost finished getting my hands on everything recorded by them. So far, the only one that's giving me fits (in terms of trying to find) is BLUES FOR LOU. I saw it at Tower in Atlanta a couple weeks ago, but didn't get it (when am I gonna learn?) cuz I figured I'd just get it at the Tower in Dallas. Well, neither Texas Tower has it, CD Source didn't have it, Waterloo didn't have it. GEEEZZZZ!!!!
(Hey, if anyone has a copy they'd like to trade or sell, or if anyone lives near the Atlanta Tower and wouldn't mind picking up that copy (and Lou Donaldson's GOOD GRACIOUS if they have that, too!), I would happily and quickly reciprocate.)
Anyway, I can't get enough of these guys and can't say enough good things about 'em. Sure, there's other more popular organ combos out there, but in my mind, these guys were wholly unified in their sound. These guys hit a groove hard and stuck to it like glue! Plus, these guys wrote so many of their own songs (which, naturally, belong in a Greeeeaze Hall of Fame): stuff like "Funky Mama," "Fat Judy," and "The Silver Meter" keep the funk flowin'.
Finally, no group puts a smile on my face like these guys. How can you not smile and move to The Natural Soul? Brightens my day (and greeeazes it up) every time I listen to it!
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I actually made a homemade comp of Sorcerer, Nefertiti and Water Babies. It all flows so well! Nefertiti was the one that made me get the box!
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That credit list is about as long as the full-page spread the FW Star Telegram devoted to her yesterday. Free publicity at it's finest, yet it amounted to nothing more than a teen-zine type review (shtuff like Kelly's Top Faves or something like that was included).
So I guess if that's all it takes to get free publicity (be from Texas, be cute (damn, that counts me out), round up about 452,975 producers, musicians, hair stylists, etc to make a record), SIGN ME UP!
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Oh I LOVE Speak Like a Child; in fact, it was my first exposure to Herbie's BN output and made me want to get the whole box.
I think that the extended solo piano is an alternate of "Goodbye to Childhood" and you're right, it is beautiful!
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Both are well worth the cash. I believe you can still get both of these directly from Chuck.
Oh yeah...... (I could really use a "dunce-cap" smilie right now......)
Chuck, any order form I need to fill out or anything? Thanks.
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So I went to AMG after seeing Chuck Nessa's avatar of Von Freeman's Have No Fear, and of course there's no information. But there is information about Serenade and Blues at AMG.
Are either of these in print and available anywhere? Thanks.
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Had to flip a coin between Etc. and Speak No Evil, but Speak gets the nod because it moves me in the same way that Maiden Voyage does, with "Dance Cadaverous" being the one that gets me every time.
Man, these polls are a lot of fun!
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Not a bad one in the lot, and each one has it's magical moments; but very few albums move me like Maiden Voyage. "Little One" and "Dolphin Dance" get me every time.
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DOWN HOME STYLE by many miles! Even the cover is greeeazy enough to give ya a heart attack!
Now, if BLUE MODE had been on there instead of LOVE BUG, I'd still be trying to decide.
Plus, I've never heard BOOGALOO, but I gotta figure it's good & greeeazy simply because it's BIG John!
Great poll!!!