CJ Shearn

I have none of the Brownie stuff inexplicably except for the Blakey/Birdland RVG's. I had Miles vol. 1 &2 as RVG's but there was a time I had so much space I downsized some discs, regrettably. We're not the target audience but this is always good for some of us if there if we want a different mastering choice or want to fill in the gaps. There's so much other music out there, I've given up on upgrading most of the BN's unless I really hated the sound (RVG's of Empyrean Isles, Out to Lunch) because it's money I don't have to do for the large quantity of classic Blue Notes I already own. I'd spring for the SHM versions of long OOP stuff like "Blue John" and the other Pattons in the SHM batch I don't have before something like these.

That's just........... man.

Some of the nicest musicians I've met and chatted with for sure: Ingrid Jensen, Steve Davis, Jim Rotondi, Pat Metheny, Ben Williams, Antonio Sanchez (he is hilarious too), Carl Allen, Vincent Herring, Marc Mommaas, Houston Person, Jack DeJohnette.

Glad I kept my Mobley Mosaic

Sad........

Agreed on McFadden, but its not like the casual jazz or new jazz fans the article caters to will know who he is. He's such a guitarist's guitarist. For McFadden with JOS I'd pick "Indiana" (from Groovin at Smalls) "Zing Went the Strings of my Heart" or "First Night Blues" from the February 1957 Mosaic. Perhaps the writer wasn't aware of Grant's "It Ain't Necessarily So" solo. How about Donald Byrd's great solo on "Places and Spaces"? just kidding! Sorry, an acquaintance of mine loves anything Mizell and the mid 70's BN catalog. We've argued about that stuf, I said there's great to very good stuff in that era of BN, you just have to find it. He of course he comes from a much different listening background from straight ahead, so it's understandable.

Me too. Great stuff, thanks

If a set combining his BN/Impulse/Pablo sides ever materialized from Universal, if they included the "comeback" BN's too, "Times Are Changing" is one of the WORST Freddie albums I've heard. Even cheesier than some of the Columbia stuff. The Youtube comments regarding that one are hilarious, one person ranks "Times are Changing" on the same level as "First Light"! Different tastes are so interesting sometimes, I feel sorry that "Times Are Changing" are some people's only exposure to Hubbard, it shows not much of what made him great at all.

From what I've heard, it's great stuff. Looking forward to picking it up in the future!

Very interested in checking this out after just reacquainting myself with Giuffre (I grew up with "The River" on a Columbia Jazz Masterpieces sampler), discussing "Spasmodic" for the blog."Free Fall" is one of the essential small group recordings on the list

I'm interested in hearing this one too

I missed it, watching now, great to see him share with our future in the music

Thanks!

Agreed. Haven't seen that shot before. I didn't think to compare it to the Mosaic. That doesn't have "Jazz Corner", either, since it's a studio-only set. Not true. The box contains: Big Beat Night in Tunisia Like Someone in Love Meet You at the Jazz Corner of the World, Vols. 1 & 2 Freedom Rider Roots & Herbs Witch Doctor I have all of those sans "Big Beat" as single disc reissues (RVG or otherwise). When the Mosaic was around (which I wanted so badly in high school, I chose the Jimmy Smith over it, glad for that decision) more than half that material wasn't available domestically IIRC. "Like Someone in Love" was briefly repressed in the Collector's Choice series, and "Big Beat" and "Night in Tunisia" were the only catalog mainstays. I got "Freedom Rider" right when it was reissued in '98.

Great thread, Chris, your post makes me want to check Lehman out. The name is familiar, I just never heard him.

These are the kind of sets that it's hard to steer non jazz savvy people away from. Rhapsody, I went to listen to "Testifyin'" by Larry Young (since I don't own it), and a whole bunch of repackaged bootleg Prestige/New Jazz titles show up, and a horrible needle drop of "Unity" among the legit releases.

Another Andorran job?

RIP......... a great mind and article.

7/4, the recent Blu Ray "Invitation to Illumination" of Carlos' with McLaughlin is worth it too. John revisits "Vashkar" and "Vuelta Abajo" in a quartet with Benny Rietveld, David K. Matthews on organ, and Cindy Blackman, and it's smoking. They pretty much cover the entire "Love, Devotion, Surrender" album too. It's the first concert I've seen on video, where Santana hasn't been cut to ribbons by another guitarist, like Buddy Guy, or McLaughlin himself on the "Hymns for Peace" video.

Whoa........... "Matador" caught my attention too, and I'm one of those who don't find the McMaster too bad. I don't really feel like doubling up on "Oblique" b/c the RVG has always sounded fine to me, so maybe I'll grab "Matador" and "Blue John" for, but since that batch drops after my birthday, the Herbie Columbia box is still a priority for me.

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RIP, such a great player, familiar with him thru Santana, gotta check out the other stuff

RIP...... just reported this on the my NYJW blog twitter

I would have loved to hear everything in that conversation!