mikeweil

She' only a trifle better than Michael, acts like a real Jackson. Enacts herself. I still don't believe the "wardrobe malfunction" story.

Look ma, no hands .... oops Bet you wish you would have been the "assistant". Is it known who was, BTW?

My first concerts were jazz - I think I started a thread on this but can't find it. Anyway, it was the Oscar Peterson Trio with sam Jones and Bobby Durham. Second was the Herbie Mann group with Steve Marcus, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous and Bruno Carr. Didn't go to rock or pop concerts too often. Gentle Giant may have been the first.

Same here !

Same here with German jazz magazines: Jazz Podium, Jazz Thing - haven't read a copy of Jazzthetik in quite a while. It is no coincidence that a feature article always corresponds to a new CD release and a tour. On the other hand, I can understand a magazine has to sell some, and depends on the public that goes for current events. As long as there is both the trendy and the classic and the undeground, it's alright with me. But that reaction to Phil Woods was plain stupid.

Didn't I say this Cat Shatner was going to be a pest?

Interstellar Space and Conqustador while driving!? I'd be hittin' the next tree in an minute or drive up some wall!

With all respect, I find Milt Jackson's vocals unbearable. Wide vibrato and doubtful intonation. Not a trained voice. I'd really like to hear Kenny Burrell's vocal album; I once saw a Japanese pressing, but way too expensive for me. Has anybody mentioned Kenny Dorham's Riverside album with vocals, This Is The Moment?

Not quite this view ....

I'm with you - please accept my sincerest condolences. My mother's passing last November still lingers in my mind, take good care of yourselves.

I wish my old Teleton receiver would still function: it had a blend knob enabling continuous sliding from mono to stereo ... a feature that is included in any mixing board, but almost never in hifi equipment - for jazz fans listening to early stereo recordings it works fine. Have any of you tried to use the mono switch, if there is one?

Listened to the "One for One" version of "Cascade" again today a couple times (still don't know for sure what it's called on "One for One" - see my post a couple above this one, for a full report). The interesting thing that struck me about both versions, is how the "Passing Ships" version sounds (more than any other tune from that session) like a 19-piece band. Very full sound, much greater than a 9-piece band. And the verison from "One for One" also sounds like a larger group than it really is. There's only a three-horn front-line on the "One for One" version, but it easily sounds like more horns than that (maybe 6 or 8?? - or at least 4 or 5). Very interesting. I would think that somebody else here has the 2nd LP of "One for One" handy, or at least a burn of it. If so, would someone (who has both "Passing Ships" and the "One for One" LP's) please lemme know what the name of the tune is, if you wouldn't mind?? - and I'd really appreciate any other observations anyone would have about the two different verisons of what are (in fact) really the same tune!!! B) Oh, there it is - didn't take the time to read through the whole thread, didn't make too much sense except for mouth watering as long as I didn't have the CD ... Yes, the writing makes both ensembles sound much larger! I'd like to have all of these sextet sessions!!!

Do you have One For One? Haven't yet had the time to cross-check, but there's is a track among the three sextet sides with Tolliver, Patrick a,d Maupin that is also on Passing Ships. Wonder why the titles are different.

"The Comedy" also has different takes for the first two tracks on side two on the mono and stereo releases. I only noticed after I had sold my LPs ... Rhino usually is pretty carefull with its reissues, so I wonder why they didn't take care of this.

Wish they'd release his other three (?) Cadet LPs as Verve LPR's, I heard some of it on AFN and SWR radio back then and was thrilled, but the LPs were almost impossible to get here.

Besides some of the discs mentioned before - Coltrane with Ali is really essential - John Klemmer's Nexus always held a special place in my heart, some of his most inspired playing ever.

Duke Ellington Thelonious Monk John Coltrane Wes Montgomery Cal Tjader Hank Mobley Herbie Hancock Geoff Keezer Mongo Santamaria Tito Puente Modern Jazz Quartet & John Lewis

I upgrade only if the sound of the new edition is noticeably superior - which is the case with all the Columbia Legacy reissues. I'm not so picky about the Blue Notes, do not like the sound of most RVG's. I'm one of those who prefer to buy new material. And I always sell the older duplicates.

Yeah, the Savoy sides are beautiful. Would be nice to have them all together on one CD. He's one of the few musicians that I do not get tired of when listening to several alternates in a row.

Anyone heard Adam Rogers' CDs on Criss Cross and can recommend 'em?

George Benson is a bad mofo of a scatter. There is a Jon Hendricks CD on Telarc where Hendricks, Benson, and Al Jarreau do scat exchanges on Rhythm-A-Ning, and Benson comes out the winner, IMHO.

Red Mitchell scatting with a Swedish accent - hilarious!!! Helen has a hard time to keep from laughing.

... could have been me ... Besides that, as far as avatars are concerned, Cat Shatner might become a pest.

This is another favourite Stitt CD of mine: It has two LPs, the meeting with Paul Gonsalves and a quartet LP, both with excellent sympathetic rhythm sections and Stitt in fine form, he raises clearly above the level of his many blowing dates, and sound is very good.

Thanks y'all, I'll order them from the US. tjobbe, I have that Tjader - it was unreleased at the time of recording, and Hoffmann's release was its first appearance. There are better Tjader sessions and bands, musically ...