CJ Shearn

I ordered "Metheny/Mehldau" and the new Branford quartet record "Braggtown" from them, will they come through? the free shipping seemed a plus for me as well as the price.

Blakey: the Blue Note version from 1960 is mine. I also enjoy the Basie band version from "Montreux '77" with Waymon Reed smokin it up on trumpet.

I find the RVG fine, not treble heavy thankfully.

paid by the note? Chuck!

the clips sound excellent. Got my preorder in! I really gotta check out "House on Hill" also, I heard it in Barnes and Noble and it was cookin.

I know what you mean about "Qing Wen" montg. It doesn't bother me that much, what does is the heavy compression on this disc as I noted in another thread. I enjoy this record though, "Standard of Language" for me may be KG's best record to date.

Creative Wav studio does not seem to play CD's but straight wave files. Hopfully someone knows where we can access these programs

I just popped in the new Kenny Garrett into the computer, and it sort of confirms my suspicion this record was compressed to hell and is very hot. I can see the levels peaking in Winamp on the first tune "Calling" on the left channel, but where do you guys get those programs that analyze waveforms? I would like to use such to see how compressed some of these discs are. Thanks Nonesuch for squashing the dynamics on this great new album

shit, unless I get a job soon I won't be able to buy the Elvin

wow Reid's other work is very interesting,we think of him as the Blue Note guy but he had many facets and stuff

George Butler, ugh........ won that award or whatever which is on that useless track on "Blue Note Live at the Roxy" Dr. Death, err........ Butler knew he didn't know shit about jazz, he just took the gig. I think Butler produced Joey D. "Live at the Five Spot" on Columbia and that didn't turn out bad at all.

my local Barnes and Noble has stopped carrying the new batches of RVG's entirely. Since like last year I have found nothing in the store I want

that's good to hear at least. Prayers to Josh and his family in this rough time.

did Joshua and his dad have a good relationship? from what I've gathered, no, but they made a record together right?

RIP Dewey. only thing I have him on is Pat Metheny's "80/81".

up. anyone else?

he wrote most of the tunes on "Songbook", I like the energy of this new one overall, very intense soloing. I do hear some memorable things though a lot of stuff that will be standouts live. I hope the next KG record is live Paul, your views on this record are interesting and welcome. It shows how much different ppl interpret the same music. There are many melodies that strike me on this record, but also I think the emphasis of this record is more on blowing, rather than the composition+blowing aspect of "Standard of Language". One aspect I don't like of this new album, does anyone think it was recorded too hot? it doesn't sound as god as "Standard of Language" or "Pursuance".

after a second listen, I have to disagree with Ratliff, I dig it. "Kiss to The Skies" I really like, the groove and melody, its sort of in the "Happy People" "Sing a Song of Song" vein, and "Realization" (Marching Towards the Light) I enjoy for the meditative trancelike quality, actually I want to find a translation for the chant sampled in it.

I could not find the original thread on this, but anyway I picked it up last night. I gotta listen to it deeper, but so far "Calling" track number 1 kills, Pharoah sounds great on this. I also like the title cut, great solo by Mulgrew Miller who is under the piano, beneath the piano on top of the piano I also really like "Tsunami Song" really really pretty, and of course Booby plays great anyone else hear it yet?

real late reply but true Kevin. On the domestic, theres a very annoying high hat reverb/delay thats nowhere to be found on the TOCJ, RVG sometimes had a weird reverb on the high hat, but in any event that is a great, great, record.

no prob Dan. The album really sucks. When ppl are talking about how terrible "Night of the Cookers" is in another thread, BN Live at the Roxy really doesn't cook!

my uncle made me a casette of this. In my mind, it is one of the worst Blue Note records to have been made. "T'aint Nobody's Bizness" is a Carmen McRae track, and Gene just plays a little Rhodes on the track "Blue Note '76" which is attributed to the "Blue Note All Stars". The only true all stars on that track are Bobby Hutcherson and Gene. Its not worth it.

wow Brownie, that must have been incredible! I wonder if Klook solos on that cut, but it mostly sounds like Bu soloing.

RIP Maynard. I missed my chance to see him locally a year and a half ago

yes they are fun records Marcello, nice that Dusty Groove had the double CD at a good price. I knew that "Tunisia" had more than one drummer, b/c there was some ride cymbal stuff that didn't sound like Blakey. Oddly, the double CD does not list Gana M'bow or Klook at all. I can't read French, but their names aren't in the liners either, thanks again