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  1. It's a good record. Nice to see it on CD.
  2. I checked the All Music Guide but it didn't have anything except a stray Johnny Lytle date in the early 70's as anything other than the Patton dates that Cabell played on. Surely there's got to be other more homegrown stuff out there from him.
  3. Just bid 33 bucks....reserve price not met....uhhhh....
  4. Just talked to Briath....he said Marvin is in Pittsburgh he thought...but has prostate cancer and it might be fairly progressed...
  5. Why do the japanese always do everything cooler than us!!!!
  6. Where is Marvin Cabell now? ← He lives in Cleaveland or Cinncinatti, can't remember which one. Still playing on a professional level. George Braith still sees him when he's in that town on occassion. Thelma Patton also keeps in touch. Apparently, he was at Patton's funeral but I didn't know and wouldn't recognize him anyway. Would have loved to have met him and hope to one day.
  7. Good points. I've read Javier's thesus on Patton when I was at Big John's house. Very, very good. Love to see his full, unedited interviews. Remember he had talked with Marvin Cabell, Harold Alexander and others. George Briath is actually just finishing an autobiography. Can't wait to read that. Ben Dixon is another one that NEEDS to be interviewed extensively. But certainly Lou Donaldson should be top of the list, don't know if anything's been done with Lou but I hope so. I would love to see the website. Is there a way of accessing the material on the web throught the site?
  8. Slightly off topic. But can anyone explain to me the Hollywood obsession (or is it ours) with comic book super heros? Personally, I don't get it and think it's pretty repeatitive stuff.
  9. I would like to see more histrorical interviews/bios with guys who are currently living and can tell their own stories. Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Lou Donaldson, Andrew Hill....the list really goes on and on right now. But not for long. In not so distant a future those guys will be gone as well. That's a sad fact. Their stories need to be taken down now. That's what SHOULD be happening. Personally, I tried to start getting down Big John Patton's story, but he died. Like Speilberg did for the holocaust survivors. Wish there was a government project to undertake getting down the golden era of jazz's participants stories. This is a national treasure we're losing here.
  10. How much weed does the average Pink Floyd fan smoke per day? :rsly:
  11. Is there such a thing...
  12. Been listening to this a lot. Hanks Jones really shows his mastery on this one. Beautiful piano work....exceptional accompanyment.
  13. Well, I'm certainly no expert on this subject as you would be Mike. But I guess when I think about Miles saying Sonny Stitt couldn't play on So What at the time.... The idea of such unbelievable facility both vertically and horizontally, much less throwing in the idea of composing much of this material. I'm not sure who else was capable of doing this at the time. Much less simultaneously. Just my thoughts, but I don't claim to really know much about anything. Mine might seem like sophomoric meanderings of which I would be the first to admit. However, if you can spare the time, please expand on what you're saying....
  14. I can't tell if you're kidding or not...especially the piece of cake part.
  15. Glad you dug it! I'm still listening, but it just strikes me as a well done, well thought out and well played session by guys you want to hear play! Plus, love some of the arrangements like Sugar and Wave. Those two might sound a bit trite on paper, but the arrangements reform them into phenomenally interesting blowing vehicles.
  16. It's also curious to think that the Giant Steps and Kind of Blue sessions took place literally interweaving each other. I can't think of two more different styles of playing required, yet Coltrane not only managed both but set the watermark for everyone else that followed those two paths of thought.
  17. That's nice to hear FFA. Hope he continues to have fun and enjoy music. Joey Defrancesco is another who lived up to the hype.
  18. ...usually these types of things just seem like freakshows to me. Whether it be the 8 year old girl singing Whitney Houston, 14 year old blues guitar kid playing SRV faster than SRV or a young jazz prodigy. Kids are just kids who love to play, but sad to say, it's the adult circus surrounding them that turn it into something else. All the best to the youngster, but I'll check back in 10 years and hopefully it'll be something more than how fast 16 year old fingers can fly over Sweet Georgia Brown with all the adults smiling and pointing. Many times these kids burn out. Hope he withstands the pressure and has a great and enjoyable career. Roy Hargrove made it, I'm trying to think of who else was in the catagory that lived up to early expectations.
  19. ...and speaking of the Giant Steps chord progession. It's hard to understand why 26-2 was not included in the "Coltrane's Sound" LP. It's one of the best songs using this progession. The melody is much better than "Countdown," but it just goes to show what a wealth of material Trane and Atlantic had at this particular time. For 26-2 to not be released at the time is mind boggling to me because IT SWINGS LIKE A MOTHER!!!!!
  20. Trade it in for Terry Gibb's "Feelin' Good" with Eric Alexander and Joey Defrancesco. I think you'll be a lot happier.
  21. SS, your first paragraph says Eric Alexander on drums....does he play tenor as well! m- ← I fixed that. Now if we could just get Gerry Gibbs on sax it would make a complete band.
  22. Big Al, I don't think you'll be disappointed. It's a great outing that's well thought out, planned and executed by top notch musicians. Some organ sessions can be just a jam basically or others, too thought out without enough grease imho....this fits nicely between those two types of sessions. Let me know what you think.
  23. Been listening to the "Heavyweight Champion" Coltrane box set which has like 9 extra takes and false starts of Giant Steps. What's amazing is that each and EVERY take is totally different. Coltrane isn't relying on any one, two, or three different approaches to this harmonic maze. It's progression is so ingrained in him that he feels comfortable enough to try all sorts of different things here. It sounds like a bebop atom bomb. Of course by the time he gets to the final master take on the second session. The song is considerabley sped up since it's beginnings and Coltrane is just in total command. Interesting to hear the progession of this song in such a short span of time.
  24. Picked up a great new disc that's a Summer "must-have" for any organ nut. Vibist Terry Gibbs has a new CD entitled "Feelin' Good." It's SMOKING!!!! and features the respective greats Joey Defrancesco on organ and Eric Alexander on sax. Son Gerry Gibbs is great on drums and Ex-Krall sideman Dan Faehnle on guitar is super. It's also very unique in this sense....they rehearsed the studio Saturday afternoon. Then recorded that night and the following day before audience of 40-50 people on hand in the studio. It makes for great sounding live record. Oh yeah...and it's recorded by JIM ANDERSON...so you KNOW it sounds absolutely wonderful.
  25. I can actually see how many would absolutely hate this. I don't think this is much of a fence sitter movie. Either you buy into it and love it...or don't, and hate it I'd guess.
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