CJ Shearn

picked this up tonight. Fantastic CD, what struck me most was the version of "I Thought About You", beautiful. Like Soulstream said, I really think that this album shows a maturity in Joey's playing away from the JOS ness of his other albums. Great stuff.

I've heard of her. If she breaks into the US, watch out, she will be championed by otaku, your over obsessed anime fan who goes crazy over anything from Japan........... but wait, the music is too good for them to notice. Other Japanese artists I hope appropriately break into the US, Utada Hikaru, her US album was kinda industrial sounding, but she has true talent, though her J-pop sides never really reflect it.

I saw the Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane at the store today. crazy how much those look like Blue Note's on the back. What is the BN font anyway? almost gives it a less than individual look now

I can't wait to pick this up when I'm able.......

I would like to see also how much these Prestige RVG's resemble the Blue Note ones also, if somebody could post a scan.

I've always found especially on soprano that Wayne plays out of tune, but that adds to the playfulness and the appeal to me.

thank you Robert H. and Clunky!

lol Another Workout with retouched cover. Looking forward to "Happenings" since "Oblique" hit. And DMP, true what you are saying, not sure if deleting and reissuing is the right thing but if its music I never heard, cool

thanks.

hello everyone, my friend just informed me that Jackie McLean died. He did not give any details but time to go play his great "Embraceable You" solo with Jimmy Smith Damn.

I am SHOCKED. I was listening to his fantastic playing on Jaco's first, about an hour ago RIP The hookup he had with Jack DeJohnette was magical, especially on a boot DVD I have of a Herbie Montreux '97 performance.

I have the K-2's of Cookin/Relaxin/Steamin and the XRCD of Workin. Is this set really worth it if I have those? I don't have "The New Miles Davis Quintet" in any form, BTW.

the clips of Organic Vibes sound great. Man, I wish I owned JOS's B-3. Joey still sounds like himself so that's great.

DMP, while this batch may have been out before, for people like me, where buying boxsets and imports regularly is not an option, this is welcome news.

nice batch. Though I already have the Morgan's in the Mosaic, I made a CDR of "The Cooker" for easy access because its one of my favorite sessions, so I will probably buy the RVG. Looking forward to the Hutcherson too, since they released Oblique, this will make a nice companion.

lol so Pat Metheny (Charlie's best friend) and Jack probably know each other. That's funny!

I'd be interested in this too. While I owned and listened to "Vertical Vision" several times, it had too much of a Weather Report vibe for me, not a really identifiable CMB sound, but I've heard that has changed.

johnagrandy, I agree. I have the California Concert CD which I've had for maybe 12 years or so. Though my favorite is "CTI Summer Jazz At The Hollywood Bowl" I am soooo lucky to have been able to buy that in the CD version jlhoots mentioned earlier in the thread. If Sony wanted to they could reissue the California Concert on a 2 disc set, recovering the omitted Leaving West(which could have fit on the original CD) and adding the remaining cuts that are unissued. I'd like to know if there are any unissued tapes from other performances of the '72 CTI All Stars sans the overdubs that are on the "Hollywood Bowl" albums.

well I really enjoy Hutch, gotta get some of his albums, his phrasing is unbelievable, and that tone. I vote for Milt Jackson simply because he is the first vibraphonist I ever heard, when I was little (even saw him with the MJQ when I was 6!) and all the albums I have of his are wonderfully consistent. Note I mostly have the Pablo stuff, I really like "Montreux '77" a whole lot!

most people don't know how to take care of stuff or don't care.

I hacked my cheap $150 (I love it) Coby DVD player to play Japanese Pat Metheny DVD's by using the remote. It now plays all regions.

I'm perfectly happy with the Connoiseur of this title so I'm not upgrading. I was listening to this the other day, its one of the last sessions when Jimmy is heavy into that weirdo swirling sheets of sound thing he experimented with between 57-8. Donald Bailey's playing on "Someone to Watch Over Me" is amazing.. perfect in that context.

after "The Sermon" see if you can grab "Houseparty" its companion and "Cool Blues" a live jam with similar personnel recorded a few months later. the albums "At the Organ" from 1957 will blow your mind as well, theres a lot of amazing organ playing there John, as there is on "The Sounds of Jimmy Smith" which is readily available as an RVG. I have the Mosaic box, so I skipped the "Sounds of" RVG.

interesting theory Greg. Would you care to expound on what the third party of influence might be? I believe around '56-7 Trane was studying the Slonimsky book of scales, perhaps JOS had studied that as well? Certainly, to my ear the modal influences in Jimmy's playing is made explicitly clear in tunes like "Greensleeves"(made 4 years after Trane's version) "Refractions", "The Boss", "Fingers" and even some of the funky stuff from "Root Down". And of course the title track of "Legacy" with Joey D. finds Jimmy mining modal territory as well.

I love "On the Road" I grew up with the red vinyl version too! This probably is not one of the Basie classics, but because I grew up on the album, it has a real special place for me.... I really also love the mid-late 70's band with Eric Dixon, Jimmy Forrest and Al Grey. Smokin "Jumpin at the Woodside" on the "Montreux '77" album, also available on DVD that features Eric and Jimmy battling on tenor.