CJ Shearn

Front album cover photos in the booklet, but not on the sleeves for the CD's, which are plain white cardboard with album title printed. Missed opportunity there. It's a neverending conundrum to be sure. When the consumers get prices they like, they're often reluctant to understand that those lower prices come at a cost. Record companies are not charitable organizations. Printing color covers on the sleeves would have meant higher prices for the sets. Then we'd be complaining about the higher prices instead of the lack of "proper" cover art. ECM obviously decided that its customer base prefers economic integrity over aesthetic beauty. I personally have no problem with that, and wish that more record companies saw it the same way. I've never paid less than near $20 for a single ECM CD and close to $40 for doubles ("Travels", "80/81", "Sleeper") so the Jarrett set, the only box I have in that series was a good price, the packaging of those reminds me of classical boxsets. I got a mint copy of "La Scala" used for $8 tho, so thats the cheapest ECM CD I've ever bought.

Got it but haven't watched it yet, definitely will!

Ok, sorry about that post then, but I agree on Toussaint.

"Walter L." is something Pat Metheny said he paid tribute to on the "Quartet Live" version of the same tune on the 2009 release.

Agreed Jeff, asd I've been diving into New Orleans music courtesy of a good friend, Touissant is very important, I often just ignore Mr. Lowe's comments on this forum.

Water Babies is terrific. By then, the band was as one, and my friend and I were talking over dinner about just how dynamic Tony was then.

This originally was going to be a live recording at a Brooklyn warehouse, recorded to analog and with a horn section, and Tain Watts as drummer. Tain told me that he had to unfortunately leave the project, which was funded on Kickstarter. Tain has a growing family also, I was looking forward to hearing Lonnie and Tain.

Damn, hope he's ok

The Miles title is great. I had asked Jason Olaine on FB about the series once, never got a response.

That would be a shame if they did, in lieu of official releases. Maybe the series did not sell well?

I just have a few of these, listened to the excellent Monterey Quartet disc a few days, but what happened? There were supposed to be releases by Joe Henderson and Grover Washington Jr a few years ago I thought? It was a great label.

Roy is a boss!

Yes, that was me Epistrophy but I don't remember that thread in particular. I'm not well versed in EFI like others here but I certainly know the sound. I think players like Bobby must have been listening to more out 20th century classical and avant garde, Stockhausen, Varese, etc and the influence was synthesized out of that.

The passage about why Chambers isn't more well regarded, is exactly my thinking. Those tunes on the second half of the album, plus portions of "Dialogue", Moncur's "Some Other Stuff" ("Gnostic" especially), the free tunes on "Happenings" and "Oblique" all seem to me to be a precursor to the European improv scene, the ECM sound, etc......

I've only heard "Birdboy" from this, a rather strange vibe, reminded me of something from "Tutu" but something makes me want to hear that often. Edit: wrong album, that's Multikulti

6 bonus tracks according to Amazon, Ken. The live date features a young Larry Grenadier and Donald Bailey.

Wynton appearing with Santana on a well circulated 1981 Live Under the Sky show (Wynton with electric keyboards!) Pat Metheny with Steely Dan at a club in NY in the 90's....... not unusual but unexpected in that Pat played with them Chick Corea with the Foo Fighters Paul Dunmall in Johnny Guitar Watson's horn section

Jetman, you mean Seventh Avenue South? They had a club before that? I remember Michael saying in an interview once he'd learn not to run a club again after that experience.

That stuff is very of the time. I don't think the Brecker Brothers comeback albums from the 90's have worn well either, thats just the programming used though. I still love the EWI on Mike's first two records, the first one is such a masterpiece, those tunes. "Pilgrimage" is his best IMO, and a great bookend to that self titled disc.

Very young, and tragic to have had throat cancer at that age. I agree Allen's remark is classless.

Have my pre-order in on BOC already, the other box I'm thinking about getting is the Brecker Brothers, though I'm not enamored with the way the albums were produced, if I remember how they sounded when they came out. I will also breakdown one day and get the Woody Shaw. The Brecker Brothers set is the only place I think you can obtain "Blue Montreux" which I think was issued in a condensed form on CD in the US.

Seems very odd.

Wouldn't you feel strange too if some random person/fan whatever came up to you? You've mentioned this encounter with Jack more than once and it seems it really bothers you. I've met Jack and he was wonderful though very tired from 2+ hours of playing. He even brought my CD's to Pat Metheny and Larry Grenadier to sign. I've also interacted with him on FB, no problems. From all accounts Jack's a pretty private person, and he's also had tons of fans probably come up to him through the years with inane stuff, so it's not surprising he might give some strange looks.

Michel, you make an excellent point. I think on "Organic Vibes", "Live, the Authorized Bootleg" and "Live at the 5 Spot" he was pushed and inspired by the players, and on "Organic Vibes" hes got great tunes like "Little B's Poem" and "I Thought About You".

I like Joey very much as an in the tradition player, but I think his records have been inconsistent lately. If I wanna go outside his realm listen to Dr. Lonnie, Larry Young or Larry Goldings. I got my dad into Joey recently as we've always loved Jimmy Smith. JohnS, is that a legit DVD? I have the live album of that group, very good disc.