Big Al

Damn.... secret's out....

I agree, and yet it seems with this series you take the good with the bad: for every vintage (Terry Gibbs) there's another re-issue of another Coltrane album. I'll never understand it either, and since I can't really do anything about it, just keep buying the ones that interest me in hopes that the record company gets the message (put out more stuff that hasn't been issued previously, quit bombarding us with endless Coltrane repackages!)

Man, that's quite a list! I can see getting these: Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers - Soul Finger Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy On The French Riviera Freddie Hubbard - The Artistry Of Freddie Hubbard Stan Getz - At the Shrine (never heard of this one) Terry Gibbs - Swing is Here (or this one) Johnny Hodges - Used to be Duke

4/14 list added, thanks to this thread!

DISC ONE 1. No clue, but LOVE that groove! At first I thought it was some kinda Gene Harris thing, maybe the alto is Poppa Lou? 2. Oh crap, I have this somewhere! Wait, no I don’t. Sounds like the Adderley group with an extra bassist! Another great groove. 3. Sounds like a Joe Henderson live Milestone date. 4. Nice groove destroyed by annoying vocals and an even more annoying sax. Is this from “Attica Blues?” 5. Sounds of recent vintage. Really enjoying it, that’s for sure, even though I can’t readily identify anyone. 6. Another nice one! I’m afraid this BFT is gonna bankrupt me. 7. Wild, man. Simply wild! No clue, but it’s all kindsa freaky wild! 8. Bleah. Sounds like some kinda Grover Washington Jr. Kudu thing, without the beat. 9. Like the beat. Had to go back and listen again because it sounded like this and track 10 were all one song. Sounds like a McCoy Tyner trio. Kinda nondescript, but certainly not bad. 10. Well, this was even more nondescript than the last one. That and the fact that I generally don’t care for violin jazz. 11. Ouch!!! 12. I’m sorry man, but this one left me completely cold. DISC TWO 1. Groove is nice enough, I guess. Nothing that really jumps out at me. 2. This went by completely unnoticed. Sorry. 3. Sounds like some kind of Gabor Szabo thing or maybe a mid-70’s Pat Martino live date. Ha! Very cool how they launch into Afro-Cuban. Hey, waitasecond, I’ll bet this is Kenny Burrell at the Vanguard, that live trio date he did that ended up on 32Jazz. THIS one was worth sitting through to get to the groove! 4. Whoops! Another one that sounded like it was a continuation of the previous track. You can tell I’m not paying too close attention here, and I apologize. Maybe Freddie Hubbard from an Atlantic album? 5. Could that be Billy Higgins on drums? I always guess Smilin’ Billy on at least one track per BFT! 6. What a NICE “Wonderful World.” 7. Cool version of “Norwegian Wood.” Is this from that Herbie Hancock “New Standards” album from a few years back? 8. This reminds me of that McCoy Tyner big band track that was on a BFT a few years back. Or it could be “New Standards.” What the heck do I know? All’s I do know is that I lost interest about halfway through when the groove went out the window for some naval-gazing guitar solo. ZzZzzzzz...... 9. Oh, I’ve heard this. I think. Very familiar. Sorry my comments aren’t more verbose. This was kindofa hit-n-miss affair. Needless to say, I’ll be very interested to see what others have to say!

Yes. You won't ever see 'em that low again and you'll kick yourself later if you don't. I know: my ass is red from all the times I've kicked myself!

I absolutely love the Monk Prestige box, simply because it gathers everything in a neat and orderly fashion, saving the best for last. Oh yeah, and those EE pictures are all kindsa groovy!

I don't care what anyone says: MARDI GRAS is a vastly underrated gem. Doesn't work as a CCR album, but it stands mighty fine as a good rock & roll album. IMHO, it's best moments are the NON-Fogerty tunes: "Take it Like a Friend" and "Need Someone to Love."

Did I sell it to any of you guys? I can't find my copy, and I'm pretty sure I didn't take it to CD Source. (I'm also missing my RADIO DAYS soundtrack and I know for a fact I didn't unload that one ANYWHERE).

Because he didn't want to let his star player go unless and not a second before he absolutely had to. This is so completely out-of-character for Jones (listening to others' advice, doing the right thing, using common sense) that I'm not entirely convinced Jones was of sound mind and body when this happened, much less present at the firing. For all I know, it might've been as big a shock to him as it was to us!

Thanks gents. And y'all will get my bell-bottoms when you pry them from my cold dead legs.

Any opinions on the Getz "Dynasty" set? Stan with an organ trio; on the surface it looks interesting!

Profuse apologies for never posting any guesses. I can't say there was too much I enjoyed on this BFT (even strapping myself down with duck tape for the aptly-named Bruise track couldn't make me sit through all of that!), but there were some real gems to be had! Unfortunately, I've lost the notes I started and I think I accidentally deleted the song files off my HD. So I'll download 'em again, listen with new ears, and hopefully hear something I missed the first time. This has happened before, where a BFT made little to no impression on me until AFTER I read the answers!

Thanks!!! :party:

Thanks Conn!

Well, heck, I missed your birthday thread altogether! I hope yours was a good one! Love that baby picture in your avatar! I need to dig out your CD again, it's been too long since I was serenaded by "La Vie en Rose!"

A big hug right back atcha, mein freund! What would you do without me? I think the better question is what would I do without you? I wouldn't know about nearly the Tjader discs in my collection if you hadn't hipped me to so many of 'em! One of these days, we're coming across the pond to enjoy REAL German bier and spin records with you until we go deaf!

And a Big Thank You for you, my friend! THANKS! :party:

C'mon y'all, sing along with me. I still don't understand why my birthday party came to an abrupt end when I started singing this on the karaoke machine. (Actually, it's the first time I've ever had a karaoke machine tell me "no fucking way" when I selected this song to sing!)

If me AND Alex are both in there, then it really is a jungle!!!

Wow, that compliment means LOTS! Thank you! I don't post as often as I used to (you'd never know it by THIS thread), so what you say really means a lot (either that, or you're thanking me for staying away! ).

All's I gots is a flannel shirt, and they won't let me in wearing that, the snobs!

What he said!!!

TY Holy Ghost

swooooooooon If Bright Moments can't find that picture of Katherine Heigl, this will MORE than suffice! And she's British, too!!! She looks and sounds like Jane Seymour 30 years ago. YOW!!!!