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4 hours ago, felser said:
Those Art Pepper albums are outstanding. The box set of the whole gig is essential. He was consistently inspired in that period, to me the strongest of his career. Remember reading somewhere that "he played each solo like it could be his last one". And a Cables/Mraz/Elvin rhythm section ain't too shabby.
It's a great set.
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9 hours ago, HutchFan said:
Last week's entries, one day late.
Weekly Recap - PLAYING FAVORITES: Reflections on Jazz in the 1970s
Art Pepper – Friday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1980) & Saturday Night at the Village Vanguard (Contemporary, 1979)
Elton Dean's Ninesense – Happy Daze (Ogun, 1977)
Roy Eldridge 4 – Montreux '77 (Pablo, 1977)
Shelly Manne – Essence (Galaxy, 1978)
John Scofield – Live (Enja/Inner City, 1978)
David Friedman/David Samuels – Double Image (Enja/Inner City, 1977)
Louis Hayes – The Real Thing (Muse/32 Jazz, 1978)The Eldridge is great and one I play often
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8 hours ago, danasgoodstuff said:
I was hoping maybe some one would recomend some later day recordings by Gary - I think the last I have is Just so Happens with Fill f. from '94.
Tangents and Now This his final two albums are excellent as well.
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On 8/27/2020 at 9:45 AM, JSngry said:
A few rabbits appear to have found their way to the wild, and their digital bunnies are multiplying. Find your neighborhood Farmer McGregor.
Yep, that darn Conor McGregor.
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On 8/29/2020 at 7:24 PM, jcam_44 said:
Heard from Scott they should be mailing next week.
That's what he told me as well. Good news
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My pleasure. I'm going to have to pick up the Arista set soon, I see some copies on discogs... This album is fun and I think one of my top releases for the year.
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For those who may be interested https://bit.ly/31wXk3Q
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RIP
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38 minutes ago, bresna said:
John Beasley - Positootly! (Resonance). Nice date with Beasley at the keys and a killer band - Brian Lynch on trumpet, Bennie Maupin on tenor & soprano, James Genus on bass and Jeff "Tain" Watts on drums. Very nicely recorded too at (the now closed) Bennett Studios. Very glad I picked this one up at the Resonance sale a few weeks back.
This is a nice album, I didn't like it as much as Letter to Herbie though which is fantastic
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RIP. Love the Elvin work especially
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I have digital promos of the Wilkins, Clayton, new Frisell and album by Artemis and the Blue Note: reimagined I intend to review. I listened to most of the Clayton, Logan Richardson and Marcus Gilmore make very strong contributions. After a listen, I need to really focus on the Wilkins, there is some really good playing there. I think Blue Note should keep signing new artists because thee most important thing in jazz is to be present in the here and now. Blue Note at this point as we all know is just a brand, and I don't think many artists have broken out during the Don Was era, Robert Glasper, Norah Jones and Jose James were all with them in the Lundvall era, Ambrose Akinmusire too whom I think is the biggest stand out. This current era is not that different from the George Butler/UA one honestly... most of what's being put out is product. If anything, Blue Note should sign someone like Connie Han because she could benefit from more diverse settings.
1 hour ago, Guy Berger said:I liked this one.
It is good but the sound is horrible. So compressed.
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I also think Chewy's view is a bit closed minded. My list
Pat Metheny: everything he recorded for ECM
Keith Jarrett: Sun Bear Concerts
Keith Jarrett: Arbour Zena
Bill Frisell/Thomas Morgan: Small Town
Jan Garbarek: Afric Pepperbird
Art Ensemble of Chicago: Urban Bushmen
John Abercrombie: Arcade
John Abercrombie/Marc Johnson/Peter Erskine
Keith Jarrett: Still Live
Keith Jarrett: At the Blue Note: The Complete Recordings
Jack DeJohnette: Special Edition
Jack DeJohnette: Oneness
Marcin Wasilewski Trio: Live
Anders Jormin/Lena Willemark/Karin Nakagawa: Trees of Light
John Scofield/Bill Stewart/Steve Swallow: Swallow Tales
Arild Andersen/Paolo Vinaccia/Tommy Smith: In House Science
Masabumi Kikuchi: Black Orpheus
Nana Vasconcelos: Saudades
Meredith Monk: Dolmen Music
Trio Beyond: Saudades
Terje Rypdal and the Chasers: Blue
Kit Downes: Obsidian
Eberhard Weber: The Following Morning
Rainer Bruninghaus: Freigeweht
Kenny Wheeler: Double, Double You
David Torn: Cloud About Mercury
David Torn: only sky
Wolfgang Muthspiel: Angular Blues
Steve Reich: Music For 18 Musicians
Nils Petter Molvaer: Khmer
Avishai Cohen Big Vicious
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5 hours ago, Teasing the Korean said:
Lee Morgan, Hank Mobley, and Dex LPs for starters. Next time I here it, I will note the time index.
Yes please post tunes and indexes! I am gonna put on Search For The New Land in a few minutes.
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Happy bday Mr. Burrell
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This was cool. I saw it the other day.
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16 hours ago, bertrand said:
Interesting theory about Feldman...
In my dealings with him he's been nothing but a stand up guy but the jazz business is so strange, maybe because he's received so many accolades, someone has a thing. I try to steer clear of the BS and focus on just writing about the music I like but I'll start going outside of jazz too.
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1 hour ago, JSngry said:
On top of the beat and ahead of the beat are two entirely different places....especially when it's not really part of a manipulation.
Can you explain how so? I'd like to learn about this... if we use Jimmy Smith as a base since he's one of my favs.. wouldn't he play on top or slightly ahead? Hank obviously plays way behind
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53 minutes ago, JSngry said:
I don't know if it's accurate to equate playing on top of the beat with "aggressive". Wynton Kelley played on top of the beat and nobody thinks of him as "aggressive"?
Later Evans, it's not a question of aggression, necessarily, it's just that the motherfucker rushes. He doesn't just play on top of the beat, the plays ahead of it. For anybody else that would be a disqualifying trait, but for whatever reason there are plenty of people who aren't bothered by it when Bill Evans does it, so...He got into that habit at some point in the 60s, then it took root and grew. I'm loathe to equate it with simple drug use, but the question of psycho-neuro changes are real enough, changes both mental and physical. And it also raises the question of whether or not that was his natural self to begin with, if maybe the reason he was so chill to begin with was peer-pressure to not play so goddamn rush-y?
But - unless any of us were there, none of us will really have any insight into the truth of what it was, and those who were...well, what's the old saying, gentlemen don't tell? And that applies to ladies as well. People.
The whole thing seems sordid to me, actually, and there's not the music to make up for it, not for me. Same thing with the whole Chet Baker thing, but at least Bill Evans at one point had a vision.
Interesting points. Yes later Evans is ahead of the beat, but I don't personally find that a problem. Maybe because I'm of a generation where it's more common? IDK.
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Personally, I like the more intense he got as the Turn Out The Stars box set shows. That's because I like really aggressive playing which has always been my taste since I was a kid, hence latching to Jimmy Smith early on, Blakey, more recently, Hiromi... etc. That said I also love more reflective playing too.
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4 minutes ago, Brad said:
The packaging is awful. The CD is packed so tight in there it’s going to be scratched. Fortunately, I have sleeve protectors that I purchased from CD Japan.
Me too. Not a ton of scratching on my end but as often happens with these mini LP packages the corner tore slightly when I removed the disc. I keep the inner CD sleeve just sticking out slightly so I can pull the disc slightly.
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1 hour ago, JSngry said:
What's up with nobody noticing the real historical significance of this release - the first Blakey BN record to be released in a very stealth Unipack throwback package, on the CD. Sly!
I totally did.
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Is there any chance knowing from all of you with past experience on back ordered sets it could arrive sooner than 6-8 weeks? I haven't bought a Mosaic in over a decade.
On 7/18/2020 at 1:19 PM, Late said:Agreed. Malcolm Addey did the mastering — were the transfers done by someone else?
It did take me a while to get used to the sound on this set, I must admit. At first I didn't like how Faraway Lands sounded (too dry), while I thought A Slice Of The Top sounded amazing (noticeable space between horns). Overall, this set sounds more "alive" to me than McMasters; close to the sound of the Japanese SHM-CD TYCJ/UCCQ series. Half of this set I previously owned only as downloads, so that made the purchase much easier for me. I think Mobley fans will be glad to own the set. The quality and consistency of the mastering is probably a tipping point. That said, if you already have all the albums ... you can probably apply funds toward new music.
Is it possible the transfers could be Bernie Grundman? When I played some of the Brownie Speaks box to hear on my Focals the transfers sounded very very bright to me. but that's also before I got my Schiit Modius DAC which does a great job of enhancing the sound stage and separation and mellowing things out
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1 hour ago, david weiss said:
I thought I'd try to clear a few things up for you....
The CD was mastered by Bernie Grundman. I thought he did a great job. I don't know when, but at some point, the master takes were chosen and an order was assembled and the CD and LP were mastered from that source but I believe the order as it was originally assembled, was changed for this release.
Also, the full session that was circulating among some of you was not from the Blue Note vaults, A second machine was run at the same time and at least in this time period, at a slower speed and in mono. These were copies made for Alfred Lion to take home and listen to. These tapes have a different home now and this one got out somehow and circulated. The sound quality is fine but it is in mono. I listened to these as well as at one point, we were contemplating adding bonus tracks to this release. I have to say that while I am a fan of mono, when I first heard the stereo masters, this record sounded a whole lot better to me, it kind of came to life. Some of this is Grundman's mastering of course. And yes, to me Lee is the star of this session, he sounds great. When I first told Cuscuna I thought the date was not bad, he said, aw, you're just a trumpet player, meaning, I assume, that I was just taken in by Lee's playing.
Thank you David! Amended my review to reflect this information, and since I just received my copy, I see it was mastered by BG.
On 7/17/2020 at 10:26 AM, Rooster_Ties said:No mention of the italicized ampersand.
(But a great and detailed review otherwise.
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Thanks. I think I put it out too fast in order to get it out while the iron is hot. I made several edits to tighten things up. More than the ampersand, shouldn't the BN logo have been red or yellow to match the color scheme?
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CD packages have been getting bad for years but I wonder sometimes it's the labels' way of saying "yes, we think the CD is dead". I didn't buy Blue World but the Both Directions At Once packaging is pretty bad.