Aggie87

Aw, c'mon - it's not THAT bad! "In the Evening", "All My Love", "Fool in the Rain", and - admit it, you know you have to - how can you resist the fun that is "Hot Dog"? Granted, it doesn't hold a candle to II, or the others, but it ain't bad, especially compared to most of it's competition in 1979 (PF The Wall excepted perhaps). And the LP had that cool packaging - brown paper wrapping, and the "paintable" inner sleeve...

I placed my order on Thursday last week, and apparently the titles I purchased (Up & Down, Basra, Poppin', & True Blue) were Fedexed overnight to me, as Fedex tried to deliver them Friday afternoon. Unfortunately I wasn't available to sign for them until today, so they sat on the truck until this morning. At any rate, that's pretty quick delivery - though my shipping fees were €11. All four titles have TOCJ numbers on them. And three of them are copyright 1993 from Capitol Records, while the other (Poppin') is copyrighted 1996. All four have a "published" date of 1998 from Time Life Barcelona though. It's kinda funny though, I guess the Blue Note quality control travelled with the material to Spain. Poppin' was recorded at the "Van Gewlder" studio, and Joe Anderson apparently played on Basra. Also, two of the cover photos were taken by Francis Wolf, while the other two were by the slightly more reknowned Francis Wolff.

Twist ending? Are we talking "Crying Game" or "Sixth Sense" here? You mean this isn't actually a Miles date but Kenny Dorham or something??

ubu: Thanks for the warning! I purchased the Evans Riverside box from my local 2001 store recently, but haven't had a chance to start listening to it yet. I have the same problem - my disc 8 is labeled as an Evans disc (w/13 tracks), but actually plays something else, with only 10 tracks. I'm going to e-mail Herr Luening and see what can be done here also. I hope this doesn't happen on any of the other boxes that 2001 was selling so cheaply...

I'd like to offer couw a big thanks for putting these alternative "booklets" together. It offers all of the relevant information you need from the Fantasy booklets, in a concise, easy to read manner. Even if you have the original booklets, these are quick and easy reference that will probably get used much more than the originals in my case. couw: THANKS! (<----- "big thanks")

Gotta hand it to you, RT... There are some fall-out-of-your-chair funny threads in there. "Raccoon him make the restful under table. Immediate, FCats go ape dew dew, LL oblige to grab FCats by rearmost legs and fling into house for safe. Then LL fling self from behind alsos."

Purple....definitely purple.

Sonny Clark - Sonny Clark Trio Chick Corea - corea.concerto Bill Frisell - Before We Were Born Bobby Hutcherson - Components Jay Jay Johnson - The Eminent, Vol I Stevie Ray Vaughan - Couldn't Stand the Weather King Crimson - The Power to Believe (really diggin' this newest KC disc!)

tonym, your mother dresses you funny. And you have BIG EARS! Seriously, I'd agree with Joe's recommendations. Stylistically Frisell is difficult to pin down to any one thing. I guess lately he's been in his Americana bag more than the others, but if you want to try something relatively recent not so much in that vein, I'd also second ghost's choice - the one he did with Holland & Elvin.

Anybody have "Up All Night" yet? I'd love to hear some reviews/opinions...

I think this has been asked before, but are these official, legitimate BNs? And other than the color differences, do the booklets include all of the normal liner notes etc. of their counterparts?

Count me in on the Frisell bandwagon! I was just listening to "Before We Were Born" this morning on the way to work. Has a really nice, varied mix of styles, as do many of his recordings. Alot of folks will be quick to say he's "not jazz", but I'm not too concerned about that. I think he's a great player and creative talent, and I haven't found a bad recording of his yet. I like alot of the "Americana" style music that he's been releasing, and have most of his later stuff (except for "The Intercontinentals - haven't grabbed that one yet). I also like what I've heard of his work with Paul Motian, and want to start exploring the John Zorn stuff pretty soon. I'll strongly second Joe's recommendation of the Bass Desires albums as well! Great matchup with Scofield on those.

Too many great ones on the list. Since we're picking favorites, I'll go with Scofield. But there are too many different eras of guitar players on this list to really make a valid "pick" from the list. edit: Strange - I picked Sco from the list, but my vote isn't showing up on the poll. Nor am I able to go back and pick again, since I'm being told I already voted in this poll.

Kenny Burrell - Blue Lights, Vol I & II Donald Byrd - Byrd in Paris Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch Bill Evans/Jim Hall - Undercurrent Charles Mingus - Mingus at Antibes Wayne Shorter - High Life Eberhard Weber - Chorus Peter Gabriel - Passion

Just one shared-jazz b-day, but two other musical ones: 1905 Tommy Benford jazz drummer 1935 Dudley Moore London England, actor (10, Arthur, Bedazzled, 6 Weeks) 1944 Bernard Worrell US keyboardist (Funkadelic-Cosmic Slop) More shared b-days: 1903 Eliot Ness - (just try to forget Kevin Costner in that role though) 1922 Erich Hartmann German WWII pilot (downed 352 Russian aircrafts) - 352! 1933 Jayne Mansfield - oh yeah! 1968 Ashley Taylor Judd - oh YEAH! Historical Events: 1775 Battle of Lexington & Concord-American Revolution (the "Shot Heard Round the World") 1909 Joan of Arc, declared a saint 1967 Beatles sign a contract to stay together for 10 years (they don't) 1971 Charles Manson sentenced to life (Sharon Tate murder) 1991 - Michael Bolton released "Time, Love and Tenderness." 1993 Branch Dividians/FBI 51 day standoff in Waco TX ends with the deaths of 4 FBI Agents and numerous deaths from suicide of the cult members 1995 Truck bomb outside Alfred P Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, kills 168 & injures 500

Picked up a couple of interesting twofers the other day, with Jaco Pastorius and Bireli Lagrene. These are on the Jazzpoint Records label, a local Stuttgart label. The first one pairs "Heavy'N Jazz", which is a live recording from Dec '86, with "Stuttgart Aria", a studio date from March of the same year. The other set pairs "Live in Italy" which is a March '86 live date, with "Honestly", which appears to be a complete disc of Jaco solo improvisations. Probably more late-period Jaco that I need, but I somehow doubt I'd find this stuff too easily later on, so didn't want to risk it. Haven't listened to either yet, but at €12 per set, too good to pass up. Oh, I also came home that day with the TOCJ of Booker Ervin's "The In-Between" from the same used cd store.

Just a hunch, but I'll bet that they'll release a few of the "better" concerts from this box as individual releases, sometime soon. Similar to how they release the other Miles boxes, and then re-release the individual albums from the box shortly thereafter. So I wouldn't go and cave in to get the box just yet, unless you gotta have it all!

Is a 24-bit remaster of this album available? I've only seen the older cd version, which I've been told doesn't have the greatest sound.

Jim Hall - Live! Bireli Lagrene - Gypsy Project Jackie McLean - Jackie's Bag Joe Pass - Joy Spring Chris Potter - Traveling Mercies Bud Powell - The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol II John Hiatt - Slow Turning Tom Petty - Wildflowers

Donald Byrd - Blackjack Kenny Drew - Undercurrent Keith Jarrett - Ft. Yawuh Lee Konitz - 3 Guys Joe Lovano - Landmarks Steve Swallow - Swallow Larry Young - Groove Street Yes - Relayer

How about dispensing with the blindfold test altogether, Dan? That would certainly alleviate Higgin's concerns about appearing foolish for not recognizing something. In it's place you could simply play him some tunes from musicians that he has played with/recorded with, tell him who it is in advance, and just let him discuss the music/his experiences with those musicians. This will allow him to share his wealth of knowledge in a relaxed atmosphere, and not be so concerned with identifying who you're spinning.

That wouldn't surprise me about Haden's hearing problems, based on the other night. Not sure about a sequel to Missouri Sky, but I asked the "sound guy" after the show if they were going to put a live album out from this tour, and he said they'd been recording all of the shows so far, so it was possible. I also asked Pat this question later, and he said maybe. So I'll keep my fingers crossed. I like the Trio albums (studio & live) that recently came out, so if there's a studio album with McBride/Sanchez coming out, I'd be looking forward to that alot as well! -Erik

Caught this show on Friday night, here in Stuttgart. It was FANTASTIC. If you like the Missouri Sky album, you'll love this show! Although I thought it was a little expensive (€45 for just average seating), I really enjoyed their performance, which lasted a little over two hours. The audience appeared to be something of a mix of traditional jazz fans, as well as younger guitar fans. Pat Metheny came out first, and played three solo numbers, which were quite nice. One was a cover of Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why", which was very well done - not straightahead, but very subdued. Then he broke out his 42-string "Picasso" guitar (weird looking contraption!), and played a nice oriental-textured tune. I wish I had a setlist so I could tell you which tunes were played. After this, Pat left the stage and Charlie Haden came on and did a solo tune, which was also mellow but elegant. I wish his bass had been mixed just a tiny bit higher for the evening, but it still sounded great. Then Pat came back out, and the rest of the show was pretty much devoted to music from the Missouri Sky album, as far as I could tell. The one song they annouced was "Blues for Pat", which Haden wrote for Pat, and which originally came out on Metheny's '83 ECM album Rejoicing. At any rate, it was a SOLID performance, with both playing beautifully and very "together". Pat & Charlie came out for two encores, both due to standing ovations from the audience (probably about 2000-2500 people). After the show I waited around and was able to meet Metheny, who signed a couple of my cds for me. He was very friendly, and answered questions from some of the fans. He's going to be doing a trio thing with Christian McBride (didn't catch the drummer's name) shortly. Charlie Haden didn't come out afterward, so I was a bit disappointed in that. I wanted to get him to sign my copy of the Trane/Cherry Avant Garde album. Maybe next time. I have his autograph from a couple years back anyway, but would've like it on the 'Trane album. All in all a fine show, and well worth it if they come to your neck of the woods.

Sonny Clark - My Conception John Coltrane/Don Cherry - The Avant-Garde Jim Hall - Panorama Live at the V. V. Andrew Hill - Eternal Spirit Medeski Martin & Wood - The Dropper Pat Metheny - Trio 99->00 Wayne Shorter - Adam's Apple

I'll have to let you know later (probably Monday) - concert doesn't start for another 4 hours... B) I'm hoping to meet Pat & Charlie after the show - are they pretty accommodating with fans?