Soul Stream

Went with Grant. Saw Bill Frissell yesterday and he's more than qualified to be on the list. Great players all, and not really fare (like all these polls), but still fun to vote.

Not mentioning Don in the 1st poll is like saying who's your favorite president and not including Lincoln. 'Nuff said. Don's Mellow Soul should be required listening. As "Fathead" Newman told me himself about that session...."that was a good day in the studio."

Don Patterson NEEDS to be up there. so...

I wish I had saved my post.... It was quite a doozy. Anyway, I guess Jim Dye has said it all. Anyway, I wish MusicBoy would try to hijack this board. Little does he know we thrive on that kind of shit. I think he'd be in for a big surprise. After all, he might even become a regular poster after we convert him to the "free speach" thing. So Music Boy, welcome aboard. I think we can show you a good time around here.

Just wanted to say I really had a good post for Music Boy. However, I deleted it once I read Joe G's post. I don't want our gracious hosts to recieve any backlash on their band.

I downloaded "Conflict" the other day and have to say, after all the fuss I'm a little underwhelmed. Hate to be the odd man out on this one, but I didn't care for it all that much.

Curtis Fuller's the one for me. A soulful player with a great tone and superb musicianship. He's on some of my all-time favorite recordings. Check him out on Jimmy Smith playing "Blue Room." His statement of the melody is enough to make me want to know the words to the song....

Yeah, Shirley Scott doesn't get much attention these days. However, for those who are fans of Larry Goldings and his offspring Sam Yahel, they both owe more to Shirley Scott than any other (including Larry Young IMHO.) If you don't think so, find Scott's "One For Me" LP, put it on and tell me it doesn't sound like a modern day Goldings outing. Larry told me Scott was a huge inspiration and named one of her albums (I forget which one) as being one of the handful that really influenced him. So, I'm with Lon. Whether we realize it or not, Scott's style has perhaps had a bigger influence on today's organ stylings than almost anyone else in a roundabout way. That is if you think Larry Goldings' style is today's most pervasive (which I think it is.)

I've about given up on being able to purchase the Mclean Mosaic at any thing else other than "too much." So, seeing as I've bought "Jacknife" "Right Now" "It's Time" and "Action" is coming from Japan relatively soon. All I need is High Frequency and Consequences to have all the music from the set. To my knowledge High and Cons. have never been on CD aside from the Mosaic. Is anybody willing to throw me a burn of the music? On the other hand, has anybody heard any rumors of this material otherwise becoming available on CD soon? Thanks.....

Of course I went with Patton. No surprise. However, don't underestimate the ability of Baby Face Willette. That guy was just as tremendous as the others in his own way. A phenomenal player who mastered the instrument long before most other organists had a chance to utter the name Jimmy Smith. His Blue Notes and Argo LPs still stand as some of the best organ records to ever be made IMHO. "Face To Face" is in the Organ Hall Of Fame.

To my knowledge, "Turning Point" isn't a Rare Grooves. Although it is should be. Another GREAT one that doesn't get much hype is Groove Holmes "Groovin' With Mister G." I dig his sound on this one and the whole band grooves. Matter of fact, that whole batch of Rare Grooves from last year with the Henderson, Moon Rappin', and Grooving with Mr. G....has become some of my favorites which I didn't expect at all. Thanks Blue Note! Keep 'em comin'!

That's great that Grimes is playing again. Amazing. I mentioned it to George Braith, and he said he used to have a steady working band with Grimes as the bassist. Said Henry was a real quiet guy. Not surprisingly... Got his solo ESP reissued LP and love it. What a genius that guy is.

Another vote for MOON RAPPIN'... This is some bad stuff. At first I wasn't real into it, but I kept listening all last summer riding around in the car. Finally, it dawned on me..."this is some of my favorite Mcduff. Period!" Something about Moon Rappin' is really hypmotising.

George Benson has reels and reels of tape from his home studio on him and Lonnie burning on organ trio stuff over the last 15 years or so. Organ trio music IS Benson's favorite thing to do. He sits in all the time in NYC around Showman's Lounge or whenever Lonnie is gigging ect. Maybe someday that stuff will surface, but I kind of doubt it. Believe me when Benson wants to burn it up old school he does. One of my favorite memories is of him and John Patton tearing it up together at Showman's Lounge in Harlem during a benefit for Jack McDuff a few years back. George was looking ghetto fabulous too in his full length mink coat, drinking bottles of champagne. Patton introduced me to him and he was a bad mf talkin' about all the old days with McDuff. Believe me, that's his THING, man!

I thought after the demise of the BNBB, it would be a good chance for me to take a break from the cyber jazz bb thing. After all, nothing could match up with the BNBB really...right? Well, only time could tell for me and it has. I love the OrgBB as much as I did the BNBB and that's the truth of the matter. If I didn't think so, I just wouldn't be sticking around. It's not that I don't have other things to do. But there's too much good info, discussion and just plain good comraderie around here to stay away for too long. I like checking in when I have a few minutes here and there. As for Chuck's comment about the 55-65 thing. I think that's true and I'm as guilty as anyone. However, I think anyone who is enthusiastic about anything newer or older has many open ears on this forum. I for one have been turned on to a little Weather Report recently thanks to some others around here. If someone brought up an enthusiastic comment about something done in 88 or 2003, I think we'd all love to share in it and perhaps be turned onto something outside of our normal listening. Learning new things is a big part of the attraction for me. Anyway, thanks to everyone that makes this a fun place to hang.

Mine comes from the George Braith Blue Note LP "Soul Stream." Not super original or anything obviously. But at the time I picked it, I put about 2 seconds of thought into it. Just a favorite album of mine. Of course, I didn't think I would post more than a few times since I had never been on any sort of computer based chat board thing before....

Got "Boogaloo to Beck" the other day. There's no way I can believe that this was Lonnie's idea for an album. His playing seems totally uninspired. The material isn't strong enough to do anything with. Even Lonnie, who could hang on a "I" chord all day long and have fun with it, just can't get much going on any of the cuts. Lonnie's ALWAYS fun to listen to. He's such a master. Why can't someone just let Lonnie do his thing on an album of material of his own choosing? Unless Lonnie's just trying to connect to younger "groove" audience, I don't see any motivation for this outside of the fact that someone came up with the idea, paid him nicely to do it, and then proceeded. Having bashed the concept, I have to admit I DO like the album...why...? BECAUSE LONNIE SMITH IS PLAYING AN ORGAN ON IT!!!!! 'nuff said. p.s...fathead's barely on this thing, and when he is, it's like he's about to take a nap with lonnie while they dream of playing a charlie parker song. B)

...just another "this just in" about IRON CITY. I talked to George Braith a week or so ago. He was saying he was driving back from Milwaukee and had heard a Grant Green record with Larry Young on the radio. I quized him further about what it might have been. Turns out it was a cut from "Iron City." Braith thought it was weird because at the end of the tune they said it was Patton on organ. George KNEW it was Larry Young and thought they had mis-spoken. As George put it..."John didn't know those chords!"

I think it's time for me to backtrack on my original "anit-Weather Report" position. Note I still haven't heard any of the albums, but I happened to pick up the "Jaco" biography and am truely amazed by what I'm reading. I've GOT to hear some Jaco and WR Now! Sorry for my previous super-close-mindedness, but isn't that what these boards are good for? Changing your previously held beliefs that aren't based in fact. Cheers once again to AOTW. For making me even THINK about RETHINKING!

Another one that you don't hear much about but is really cool is "Jimmy McGriff's Electric Funk." It's a big band funk affair and things don't get much funkier, freakier or just plain greasier than this stuff.

I guess my topic is a bit inflamatory. I'm not trying to knock AAJ. The adm. did a great job and really make a nice setup for everyone vacating the BNBB. My point would have been better made without using the Wingy example. My thoughts were basically that originally this board would end up with too few members and thus wouldn't be as viable place as other larger boards. I've found it quite the opposite. All the pluses of a "big" board (ie insightful jazz discussion), without a lot of the baggage that goes with holding together a forum for so many. Like one member stated in an earlier post, trying to find some enthusiasm over some recent reissues found me only finding one place to go...here.

I never thought bringing knowledge to the table at the expense of others was all that noble of excuse. Just my opinion. There's always one or two of those "types" around. It really drags a board down. It's a circular argument. Some will say that putting up with it is worth it for their extensive knowledge. Give me Jim Sangry or Lon, ect. anyday....the knowledge without the bitter aftertaste. ...anyway, I'm really off my point which is to say I like the tone of this board and I'm glad everyone hung in there long enough to see it working. The Album of the Week is a monumental undertaking IMHO. One that never could get started even at the old BNBB.

I hadn't been to the AAJ site in a few weeks, so I popped over for a second. Hit the "view new topics" selection and immediately latched onto a thread where Chuck is being called out and harrassed for what seemed to be "kicks." It made me realize how much I like it over here. Maybe a little less crowded. But much, much nicer none-the-less. If it wasn't for the Organissimo site, I doubt I would still be in cyber-jazz-land at all. So, thanks again Jim and Co. for providing a safe haven. I think the cozy atmosphere over here turns away people more inclined to attack without provication.

I've listened to quite a bit of Ayler over the last 4 years or so. Bought many available CDs of his (imports, domestics) and then sold them all but one....."Spritual Unity." For me, that album says it all and dwarfs the others with it's sheer impact. I don't know what it is about "Spiritual Unity" but it is one BAAAAADDDDD recording.

I'd love to see the show. Perhaps a pay-per-view event can be arranged! Sounds like you're making a lot of headway B3-er. Great job.