CJ Shearn

I still need this album. Will get one soon!

well, I returned to the radio tonight at my alma mater apprencting under another DJ, I hope to soon pass the test and become a certified DJ myself. Shook the rust off tonight, had to get familiar with the board again, but I played three tunes: brought the new Kenny Garrett, Branford and Mulgrew Miller Live at Yoshi's volume 1 which I didn't get to. I did play the lead off cut from Jason Kao Hwang's latest which had recently come in. So, the show starts at 7 PM, but expect me to be on between 7:30 and 8. I will be sure to bring "This is the Place" in 2 weeks (regular programming will be preempted next week for alumni homecoming) and play that. Hey Jim, can you give me the ok to play some of the stuff recorded live at Baker's? and if you want to send your records to the station shoot me a PM. www.whrwfm.org

my mom d/l the preview on AOL and I heard it. It does sound good but the way they did it, I don't know.

as much as we've talked about JOS other abilities, I gotta say he is my fav. comper on organ, BJP and Johnny Hammond also fit the bill, however ever since I first heard Jimmy even though at that very young age I didn't necessarily know what I was hearing, I always paid attention to his comping. You always know where the form is and I love when he'd throw in some odd and dissonant stuff too, example: during Jackie McLean's solo on "Plain Talk" the kind of Monkish stuff he throws in. He played a lot of interesting stuff while comping.

they shipped today, I also ordered Live at the Kennedy center using a wherehouse.com coupon.

I unabashedly admit I like a lot of j-pop. My friend got me this bizarre Japanese punk CD at the Knitting Factory when she went to a show.

really looking forward to these then

so am I Dan. For a more complete picture, waiting for them to put out Volume 2. I like the cover style for those MaxJazz piano series albums, the whole two volume thing reminds me of BN too.

interesting...... I can drive myself crazy with it but I listen to clips of Reich often on CDuniverse and such.

thanks for the tips y'all. Now, what about the Yoshi's albums I ordered? how do you like them? They seem to get high praise all over

well, I just ordered both Yoshi's albums because I've been consistently impressed with his playing. Where to go next? BTW, what is the sound quality of MaxJazz releases in general?

sorry, the album title made me chuckle

I hope I can get this set soon

maybe I'll grab the Blakey when I get the new PMG DVD soon.

wow are those European BN comp covers? those are great!

interesting thread, I'm laying back. As far as I known, isn't there distortion on the "Workin" tracks? when I had the XRCD I certainly heard distortion particularly on Philly Joe's kit, now that I have the Concord Quintet box, the Joe Tarantino mastering, almost like the SH "Full House" job (again major props to someone on this thread for hooking me up , it sounds a lot smoother, and nice and round to my ear. I don't notice the distortion as much on the tracks that make up "Workin" on the 4 CD box. As far as Prestige RVG's I have Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane and nothing is really wrong with that to me. As long as the treble isn't jacked to the point where cymbals cause fatigue I'm cool. I don't use the treble knob very often on my system's amp, usually it stays in the default setting.

interesting Robert. I thought his DCC Gold work on Wes' "Full House" was good, nothing really to make it stand out but clear and good. I don't like the SH board either, it caters to the type of audiophile where their personal insecurities are thrust way out in the open in the form of my cock is bigger than yours like our own banned Greg Maltz. I can't stand that.

yeah. Lonnie on the pedals!

let me post some more thoughts actually, just wrote this today to a teacher I had in HS who got me onto Pat years ago. He's a good guitarist himself. I wrote: Metheny Mehldau is a great record. Its so nice to hear a Pat record with pure melodies again, as much as I love "The Way Up" its cool to have something a bit more simplistic. I do some of my best listening at like 1 or 2 in the morning when I make connections I otherwise don't, and that zone I mentioned, Brad's zone harmonically is not that different than Pat's, they both get off on the same sorta thing like the next to last tune on the record "Annie's Bittersweet Cake". Written by Mehldau, that could easily have been on an early Group record like "American Garage", its not far from Pat's zone at all, he really gets off on the changes in his solo. Then I think its bars 10-11 of the "A" of Pat's "Bachelors III" which I think is an ABA tune, he cops a line straight out of "Three Views of a Secret" which is sooooooooooo hip.

they didn't play "Black Elk Speaks" huh? that's a shame. I wonder if the yelling goes on live too. Well, I consider "Braggtown" to be a live record, as everyone is in the same room in a concert hall, just no audience obviously.

today's a beautiful day to die!!!!!!!!!

This collaboration definitely works. As for a quieter Metheny release I enjoy it a lot more than "One Quiet Night" which was beautiful I just got a little bored at times. I think Brad adds a darker edge to his playing and compositions here that blend with Pat nicely. I dig the crescendo of "Legend" and like the almost poppish melody of "Annie's Bittersweet Cake". The quartet tracks are outstanding, "Ring of Life" is the money tune, I like that drum and bass/funky groove from Ballard and Pat and Brad just kill the sucker, I wish Steve Rodby was the bassist on this cut though, its special the sort of rock solid thing to Metheny tunes of this type. It may be possible that the second album will be a live album from the Metheny/Mehldau quartet performances beginning next year. Ok, calling Joe Gloss

I like this one a lot after one listening......... actually, the burnout tunes crack me up........... but did anyone hear the bass solo on "Black Elk Speaks"? Damn.

well they had difficulty getting both discs so I just cancelled and picked them up at a brick and mortar tonight.

well, Metheny/Mehldau is "in stock" while Braggtown "usually ships within 10 days" so I hope that'll come.