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"And YO momma so fat she got to iron her pants at the AIRPORT- and she be dumb enough to DO it!"

The playing is fine on this (and the companion disc, XXL), but the sound quality kind of prevents it from being a high priority, IMO. What else do you own (just curious). Have you heard The Jumpin' Blues? I agree about The Chase- fun disc!

kinuta Posted: Feb 10 2005, 05:14 AM Member Group: Members Posts: 83 Member No.: 170 Joined: 13-March 03 Location: Tokyo Hey, uh, listen- we were just making conversation, honest! It won't happen again, Mr. Kinuta... SIR!! I promise!

"Sideman" may not be the right term here, but it's a guest appearance that seems relevant here.

I have to agree, but then you gotta love th- oh man, who put the damned sticker on there?

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Triple "Yep"! You gotta, but my match made in heaven is Jimmy and Kenny (on BN AND on Verve!)

I think I'm at 38. Young and Patton (and etc etc etc) are great, but I'm a bigger fan of Jimmy.

Flanagan is one of my favorite pianists, and I have just about every title mentioned here, but one of my favorites (if not #1) was not mentioned (unless I missed it): I also love JAZZ POET, and BEYOND THE BLUEBIRD is indeed a gem. Speaking of quartets, I love this too:

I don't know why, but I always got the impression that this material was widely overlooked. I would always talk about the AT THE ORGAN sessions on discussion boards (and I admit it was partially my sentimental attachment to Vol. 1, as mentioned above), but I always seemed to get a lot of "blank looks". They could only be had as TOCJ's for years, and I really wondered if people had checked them out! Obviously, THE SERMON sessions were star-studded and legendary, and Jimmy was prolific on BN, but this little tight little gem of a group with Lou, KB and Blakey has always deserved more props, IMO. Mosaic helped, of course. I hope a lot of people grabbed that set despite possibly already owning a lot of Jimmy.

I agree with fellow-Dexaholic Dan. I'd get both titles with Moody (The Tower Of Power, More Power). Yes, I know that makes 4 and you only wanted 2 or 3. Tough!

That's a good thought/idea, although there's a certain element of idealistic thinking there, IMO. That is, there may be more of us who are able to associate the tune with the album (and who have read about the confusion/debate) than there are who can differentiate the sounds/styles of different organists. If it were that easy to differentiate, there never would have been (much of) a debate about who the organist was. ...Come to think of it, there wasn't much of a debate, really. But there were a few people who knew Larry's sound and/or talked to people that had inside info, right?

I thought it had been pretty well established...

The first jazz record I ever owned was BLP 1551 JIMMY SMITH AT THE ORGAN VOL. 1. The whole thing knocked me out, and I have a special attachment to it. "All Day Long" always kills me. I also bought ORGAN GRINDER SWING early on, and the title track is always fun to put on. There are so many more... B-)

The very first "real" jazz LP I ever owned... Once I heard that, there was nothing to do but dive in head first. RIP

AlRIGHT! My first impressions of Disc 2: 1. Nice energy, if a little sloppy in the opening and a little mundane in terms of the melody. I like the tenor solo, but the pianist’s comping leaves me a little cold. Not too crazy about the trumpet solo (sounds a bit rushed, out of control, but I know that could be intentional). Piano solo doesn’t get me. Overall I’d have to say thumbs down. 2. Not my kind of thing from the get-go, but mostly listenable. I recognize the quality of musicianship (and I mean across the board on this), even if it’s not to my taste stylistically. 3. I have to say, I find the head on this to be very irritating. I’ve heard too many compositions like this that sound contrived to my ears. It has a certain generic “trying to be clever” quality to it, which doesn’t work for me. It does have an intricate and logical structure, but it doesn’t strike me as very musical (at least not in an appealing way, to my ears). Anyway, it’s subjective, no doubt, but that’s my opinion. On second listen, I can see how a musician would enjoy the challenge of playing this, but as a listener I just find it too schizoid. Oh well... 4. Oh man, this is too hard. How do you expect anybody to recognize something like this? A stone cold classic, one of my favorite songs from one of my favorite LP’s on one of my favorite labels by one of my favorite guitarists. It never ever ever gets old, and I’ve been listening to his recordings since... well, since before he was well known, and only a couple of years after he passed away. This is jazz for all time, no doubt about it. 5. This falls into the “I don’t love it, but I really appreciate it” category. Nice composition, very nicely exectued, fresh approach to instrumentation. It’s a little slow and depressing for my taste, but every once in awhile this would catch me in the right mood. 6. A modern take on “Memories Of You”. I think I got more out of the harmonic restructuring of it than I did from the solos, but it’s well played. 7. Nice hard bop ensemble sound... from the golden era no doubt... but the melody is only faintly familiar, and doesn’t strike me as particularly great or distinctive. 8. Wow... I feel like I should know this, for some reason. There’s something about the confident, proud feel of this that makes me think this is a big name player, but I can’t put my finger on who. The opening almost sounded like Duke tone-wise, but it’s a bit too modern. It’s got that sense of tradition flowing under a very modern mood. Roland Hanna? That’s kind of a shot in the dark. I like the contrast of the spare use of the left hand against the flowery and colorful splashes created with the right hand. It really allows you to hear the bassist very clearly, too. This is music that invites you right in to sit down and relax. If I don’t own this already, I’ll definitely be looking to hear the rest of this disc. 9. Another tasty piano trio. My first impulse (since I really don’t know) is to guess that it’s Herbie Nichols or Randy Weston... neither of whom I’ve spent enough time familiarizing myself with. This is wonderful stuff (and I probably own it ). 10. Yeah, baby. That’s Grant on guitar for sure... not sure I own this one, though. I’m not sure who the organist is. McDuff? Patterson? Great stuff, at any rate. I like this better than the slower, greasier, funkier kind of organ trio material. 11. This reminds me of some of the weaker playing I’ve heard by Freddie Hubbard. I’m not wild about the tune, don’t care much for the trumpet solo... I liked the vibes solo better, but can’t say I enjoy this too much overall. 12. “Samba de orfeu” (or “orpheus”). Our man GG again. This is from the Cobblestone/Muse LP, yes? I let go of that one and never picked it up again. That was the album where the organist was mis-identified for many years (it’s Larry Young, not John Patton), IIRC. Also, most sources say this was recorded in ‘67, but I’m trying to remember if this was also in error... 13. I’m having a hard time examining this, because every time I play it (just spun it for the third time in a row), my mind gradually drifts away from thoughts about what the musicians are doing, to that quiet place where your mind goes when you’re just groovin’ to the music. I really like this. I’ve never heard it before, don’t know who it is yet... I’ll have to keep trying in terms of examination...

Aren't we all in enough financial trouble already?

It'll never happen.

I had thought of this album last night, but I had forgotten that it was a live recording (have never played it much). It's track 2 from this CD: http://www.mmguide.musicmatch.com/album/al...?ALBUMID=398765

IMO, a test leader ought to feel free to include what they want. If I'm ever going to learn to accurately identify more funky organists, I'll need to hear more of this type of stuff. B-)

Uh... not on my Mac... ===== Track 15 is definitely NOT Dexter Gordon, although there are stylistic similarities.

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I agree, I thought a good deal of it was lip synched, and that he had a live mic for adding a few comments/exclamations/etc on top. I haven't been a real fan since the 60's, but I would rather listen to that than most of the halftime shows I've seen/heard about in recent years.

No, that's this one:

I'm afraid I haven't, at least not yet.