CJ Shearn

IDK, every video I've pulled up of him he plays pretty inside within the mainstream tradition. If you can suggest something more outside, that'd be wonderful. He's a strong player from the vids I watched.

Looks good

Dale Oehler according to wikipedia. I think he did work on some of the Bobby Hutcherson albums in the Select.

I used to have the Chambers set but didn't love it ironically , the Tyner set I love, especially the session with Wayne on clarinet, and the "Asante" stuff.

Did the Alzheimer's really set in from the late 90's till his death? He was still very sharp on the "Blue Note a Story of Modern Jazz Documentary". It's also sad how Horace Silver has been ravaged by Alzheimer's.

Yes, it is amazing because it sheds light on a part of history and the will of people to survive and thrive. Also the way it draws on different spiritual traditions and showing the unity that can exist is great, I feel. Only person I think could come up with a record in this manner would be Terence Blanchard. I haven't heard magnetic but "Choices" was unique also.

Listening now and this debut album from drummer Jaimeo Brown is stunning. Using sampled spirituals from the Gee Bend Alabama Quilters, Indian drones and vocals and electronics it creates a unique sonic world. Sometimes it happens in the course of the same tune but creating a oneness of seemingly disparate elements. If you don't like samples, electronics and ambient influences pass this album by, but for those with an open mind, check it out. One of the best I've heard this year along with "Tap", the Jarrett and Ed Simon discs.

She is the lead trumpet I think in the horn section for "Street Dreams" by Lyle Mays.

I find projects like Hemophiliac very interesting for the sound colors. Naked City for the mashups, and of course I love "Tap". I haven't heard a lot of Zorn, but enough to where certain projects really pique my interest.

I love how hard he swung, when it was on, theres nothing like it, like on "Workout". Happy birthday Philly Joe. I also love the meeting of Bu, Philly and Roy on "Drums Around the Corner".

Feel better Ed!

He is so tough for hanging in there so sick. One of the greatest civil rights figures ever in history, Happy b-day mr. Mandela.

I haven't heard the previous 2 Larry, but there are extended versions of a few tunes from those records.

It's a great record, the rhythm section is so in tune (of course they would be since Pattitucci and Blade have been with Wayne for years) with each other and they really go wherever Simon takes the music.

JOS really struggled, and I read one story where one jazz journalist found him indulging in cocaine in the bathroom at some point in the mid 90's. When he was hanging with Joey D. around the time they cut "Legacy", he seemed happy and healthy. Joey's companionship after Lola died really helped him.

Just got this, and it's definitely going to make my top of 2013 list. Great record!

I saw JOS when I was 17, which was the thrill of my life at the time on a double bill with Jack McDuff at the Blue Note. JOS was complaining to my uncle about the cabs, I was so sky high seeing my hero that, the fact his playing was standard and his attitude very poor didn't bother me.

The trio is still darn great to me.

Wow!

Trust me, you can see flashes when your eyes are closed.

Jack DeJohnette on his FB had an open dialogue with the fans on this subject, and I have to say I'm with Keith and Jack on this one. Fans have such a sense of entitlement when they go to a concert, and the main attitudes the effect the LCD of culture at concerts has been involved in jazz a bit too much. When I go to a gig, I enjoy in the moment, I know it is not my right to encroach on the performers with my personal needs to have a personal "souvenir". Jack explained when you are in the moment with your eyes closed putting your best into the music and you see the flash how distracting it gets, and I appreciated that perspective from a musician I admire so much. Needless to say some fans clearly don't get it and feel the need to treat the gigs as social events rather than take in the music at that moment.

I remember when Bret had that Bird Lives site, he wrote a fictional parody of this interview. JOS was so bitter about a lot, seems he didn't start his career that way.