CJ Shearn

Jim, Joe, Randy, got my copy today what a great disc. The writing and chemistry has improved tremendously, "Greaze Monkey" and its 6/8 bridge/interlude thing had me hollering out it felt so good to hear there. The 6/8 again towards the end had the feeling of the transition to third section of PMG's "Third Wind" to my ear, very nice. "Smoking Section", OUCH!! may cause fires if unattended! I gotta get some of the local musicians I know to hear that one. "Stomp Yo Feets" well, that tune is sooo funky that Soulive couldn't even pull a tune out their ass like that if they wanted to You guys are bringing da organ funky fizzle fo rizzle. "Tenderly" just beautiful, Randy I dug your Gadd like groove there The Zappa tune, can't say I am a fan of FZ but you guys sure made it interesting. Thanks for making an organ record that doesn't necessarily conform to the typical idea of what an organ record *should* be. And you guys gotta play my area sometime. Unfortunately I graduated so can't really help with the Harpur Jazz Project, and to be honest with the exception of the advisor, my former teacher, I have zero faith in the new membership of the HJP. None of them have jazz as a huge big thing in their life like I do However some new joints have opened in the area recently, so if you want info Jim, drop me a PM if you'd like.

yes, it is. What was more touching was when his management personally replied to my email, saying he had read it. I shared a story from my personal life in there.

nope SS1, the tunes on the RVG are from 6/17-18/56, not 2/11-13/57 like the Mosaic set.

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I listened to soundclips of the RVG vol. 3, sounded too trebly to me compared to the original US reissue, I'm not upping this one, too much other stuff I'd like to hear.

I played "Slightly Monkish" for a friend once and got a weird look. His comping behind Thornel Schwartz on that is hilarious. boo boo be boo boo boo be boo boo ::changes stops:: BAH!

I haven't heard him outside "Serenade for a Soul Sister" but the set looks tempting.

waiting for my copy ^.^ preordered back in June.

Yes, SS1 that set is well worth searching for, if only to hear the second album that produced "The Champ."Me being the huge JOS fan I am, never listened to his first album as much as his second and third.

I have the Mosaic too thankfully. "The Duel" sounds to me as if it predates free jazz in a way, does this track indeed go "out", Jim, Soulstream, anybody?

those are GREAT essential Jimmy Smith albums. However, those vols, do not correspond with "Jimmy Smith At the Organ, Volume 3." Volume 3 is a follow up to "A New Sound, A New Star, Jimmy Smith At the Organ" volumes 1&2 which were Blue Note 1512 and 1514

shame, I love his work on "Walkin" by Miles.

AT THE ORGAN are actually BLP 1551 AND 1552.

SS1 you burn CD's of the stuff you d/l from emusic? I used to do that cuz its less than the cost of buying an album from Fantasy's list price.

anyway, anyone receive the RVG vol. 3 yet? I don't want to replace my copy from the 2 disc set, is the sound a huge leap? I thought it was decent on the 2 disc set. I never replaced by "Home Cookin" either for the RVG. Didn't need to.

I made myself burned copies of JOS at the Organ vols 1&2 from the Mosaic so I don't have to keep diggin it out just for those albums. But I goofed on Vol. 2 by putting the alternate Plum Nellie instead of the master while everything else is ok.

yes, Tjazz when Jimmy's first 3 albums (including the above shown vol. 3) were reissued in a 2 CD set a few years ago.

"Don't Get Too Hip" now, thats the stuff............ what a great opener

oh yeah, good show, this is from the Speaking of Now tour in 2002, I have it on tape.

I heard this news on the yahoo Pat Metheny list. I will call my local red cross blood center monday to inquire about getting a local blooddrive set up for Michael/getting the blood to him in NY for the transplant. I fwd the email to several musicians on the local jazz scene here.

I'm up for buying it

so Jim, mine will be comin next week or somethin right? yay it will be signed! And this time by people I sorta know personally!

yeah Joe, me too.......... sometimes the humor makes me go lol

Raul Midon is incredibly talented, but that song And I thought "Rockit" for worst Herbie song couldn't be topped (tho the recent live versions are a lot better)

I notice quite a bit of Harold Vick in Grover Washington's tone on tenor, anybody else catch this?