CJ Shearn

Glad I have the 4 CD "Live in Japan" set because since those are the complete performances I don't plan on upgrading. I would imagine "Live in Seattle" doesn't contain the previously unissued tracks as the 2 CD version tho "Afro Blue" is incomplete.

Last night I saw the SF Jazz Collective at Binghamton University (great concert) and I spoke with Eric Harland after the gig. I asked him how Bobby's doing as he was a member until 2007, he said he is doing much better though he gets so out of breath when he plays. Said how Hutch always was joking around and telling funny stories, Harland is a really cool guy to be around. We talked a bit about Charles Lloyd too.

I remember reading stuff years ago, maybe at JC, or one of the drum newsgroups where there were claims Tony Williams was gay. Crazy, none of these claims changes the fact all were great musicians.

Every Geffen era album has been issued except Zero Tolerance For Silence, which is probably Pat's decision.

Happy b-day to one of my heroes!

I've had that favorited for a long time!

I love "Into the Dream" on this

Damn, RIP Frank

Saving all my money to visit Japan next year and returning to school to study Japanese, but I will allow myself this set.

KB Groovington= Kenny Burrell Yu Gno Whu= Pat Metheny (on Paul Wertico's "The Yin and the Yout")

RIP Ruth Lion. We will miss you

thx. I hit it. 3 0

Maybe they'll auto tune it.

I agree Justin, he plays on "Orgy in Rhythm" quite well. Ray is also marvelous on Benny Carter's elegant "Montreux '77". RIP

Hmm, Canada only Don?

If it isn't too terrible, let me know I think more than anything old OJC's still sound very good, as I've been listening to a lot of the Montreux'77 titles on Pablo, the thing wrong with those as I notice with a lot of recordings made by Montreux's sound engineers is the balance is off and shifts a lot. Like on the "Pablo All Stars Jam" theres a lot of shifting in the stereo image, especially at one point Oscar Peterson sounds like he was recorded at RVG's........ VERY strange

Ooh, when was this issued? I really love that album, had it on vinyl as a kid. Might be worth investigating to try to get, I wonder if it was a crapshoot on which version you'll get Lon? A newly packaged reprint that looks like a remastered version but is really the blue border version, or a truly fresh remixed, remastered Legacy version. edit: Well, I read the back cover from the supposed "Legacy" version and the mastering credits Larry Keyes and digital engineering by Vlado Meller, which points to this is probably an inferior sounding 80's Columbia CD, which were really harsh sounding. For example the original CBS Associated release of the "California Concert" by the CTI All Stars mastered by Meller sounds horrible and lifeless, even weirder was that applause was looped and inserted from Freddie Hubbard/Stanley Turrentine "In Concert" on that one.

It was in print a good 13 years or so. I have a copy that I got a while ago but I still see "Black Beauty", "At Fillmore East" (traded it cuz the complete shows sans edits are somewhere) "In Concert" frequently at my local CD shop around here.

Same.

Damn, RIP. A great, influential figure, if more rappers took his approach, all the "mainstream" stuff we'd hear be so much better.

I know a music educator friend of mine really likes Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band, but I see on their latest album there are guests such as Dave Koz which makes me want to run the other way! Personally I really like the SF Jazz Collective although that's an octet but the writing is very expansive like big band writing. I also like the little I've heard of Bob Mintzer's big band, Jaco's Word of Mouth Band and when Mike Brecker had the Quindectet, that was nice also.

Nice! I will check it out later

Oh!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry about that! I would think mini LP size sleeves that fit gatefolds would work.

The link won't load for me Peter, but I just try to pull the discs out very carefully with minimal damage

If they reissue the Montreux '77 series that will be just kind of............ been acquiring the titles I didn't have. Those sound ok for 1989 transfers but I'm not sure if a 24 bit job can improve them as the balance and mix on some of them is out of wack.