CJ Shearn

Cuong Vu uses delay and all sorts of weird effects, on his own and with the Pat Metheny Group.

Earl Van Dyke? played organ on Fred Jackson's "Hootin and Tootin" (haven't heard the record tho)

hey, I love the logo.

LOL!

is there a site that features the original LP art for Pablo albums? I have d/l and burned several Pablos, and have found a few of the original covers. But I really do not like the OJC redesigned covers for Pablo albums.

I've heard the whole thing courtesy of the Amazon stream..... can't wait till the CD comes out, but this is truly the best thing they've ever made. B-)

lets talk about "Live!" by McDuff for a second. Great record, but what a cheesy fake live recording. I d/l "Brother Jack Meets the Boss" on emusic and burned it but haven't listened to it yet.

buh buh buh buh buh ba buh buh ba buh ((chik-chik-chik-chik)) comeon Joe, whip out your virtual guitar synthesizer!

Jim, I only have "The Sermon" in addition to about 30 other Smith albums, Unity, McDuff's Live, Screamin' and the Patton Mosaic set. am I banned?

wow.... great news

how can anyone not love "Are You Going With Me?"

My mom got me a CD/DVD combo burner, my best friend got me some anime, I also got "Cherokee" by Jimmy Smith, and I joined a d/l albums on emusic by Basie, McDuff, Hubbard, Benson and Tyner

Jim, great comments about Jimmy Smith. I talked a bit about Jimmy when I was TA'ing the jazz course and played some of his music. The first time around, for whatever reason his sound got some laughs and ppl whispering to each other like, "what is this"? We also used the Burns doc, mainly for historical insight, we never considered it a comprehensive history by any means. Oh yeah, regarding the text we used for the class the Concise Guide to Jazz, by Mark Gridley, he only mentions Jimmy as selling a high number of records, stupid isn't it?

actually the "trumpet" sound of the guitar synth is the Roland guitar synth, the GR300 not the Synclavier. Despite the Synclavier being put into a Roland guitar, Pat uses a saxophone sample on it. still does occassionally, but with a different device. I agree with Joe, Pat is a highly accessible guitarist, I do not like shredders like Dimeola, Holdsworth, Frank Zappa, etc.......

Bev, I respect your opinions, but if you limit yourself to the guitar choices of Pat's, you are missing a whole bunch of great music, the guitars are merely additional colors.

Jeff "Tain" Watts latest "Detained at the Blue Note" has a Bjork tune "107 Steps" as the album opener.

can't name five, but I'll second the Potter releas e

exactly about Joe, count 6 for the 1985 set........... but I'd argue Jimmy Smith's mid 50's early 60's output was pretty damn consistent.

thanks, I'll keep that in mind next time I pull it out. Q&A is almost like a session where we are just listening to musicians playing for themselves, like we're flies on the wall of a very intimate session. "Trio 99-00" was made in a similar manner (not intended for release, three guys just sorta jamming on things) but its more warm, like they want to invite you in more. But with all that said, musically, "Q&A" is great, just really challenging.

oh, and Joe, I almost find "Question and Answer" too difficulta listen at times. The playing by Metheny/Holland/Haynes on that album is absolutely brilliant, but I feel theres almost too much information packed into each tune, the playing is at such a high level that there are so many inner dialogues going on at once. I prefer "Trio 99-00" and "Trio Live". Just a matter of personal taste I guess. If you have any tips on how to approach listening to Q&A, that would be cool.

really? how so?

I advise everyone to check the new Group disc next month, and the DeJohnette/Hancock/Holland/Metheny in Concert DVD or tape. Very good stuff. How come no talk of "80/81" or "As Falls Wichita"? great albums.

yep, Pat takes a quarter to half of a space on my shelf followed by Miles.

so Joe, whaddaya think of that full excerpt of a section of part 1?

I'm a biased Metheny fan. Noewadays as I've become more critical of his output, I prefer the PMG albums, then the recent trio projects and not as much of the really out stuff, although it can be fine in moderation (e.g. albums with one or two out cuts)