StarThrower

I just bought the Miles Davis Quintet 1965-1968 for 19 dollars! Same price for the Miles/Gil Evans, and Miles/Coltrane boxes. That's right! 6 CD sets for 19 bucks!!!! http://www.grooves-inc.com/davis-miles-1965-1968-col-cd-album-pZZa1-1896336418.html

I still haven't picked up his trio album Celebration. Sounds great from the samples.

Nice photos! I didn't realize he was only 52 when he died. I was thinking 62. I was really into Don Pullen when he got sick and died in the mid 90s. Terrible loss. I really liked his African Brazilian connection with Carlos Ward. Ward doesn't seem to get much attention, but I think he's a great player. He made some fine music with Abdullah Ibrahim, and Don Cherry. Never could find a copy of his Music For Two Don's.

I've never become a big fan of his orchestral works, but I do like some of his chamber music including this set. http://www.amazon.com/Shostakovich-Complete-Trios-Sonatas-Dmitry/dp/B000OCXMOK/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1

Breakthrough and Song Everlasting are on the Select. Out of print.

No Pullen/Adams on Mosaic. The Black Saint box is Pullen albums. I did find a couple of albums at Grooves, Inc. Melodic Excursions, and City Gates.

That is a nice gift for a friend. Uncle Meat being an amazing album! The added movie dialog notwithstanding.

Hmm? Lovano has always sounded like a composite of modern influences to my ear including Adams, Redman, Joe Henderson, and Coltrane. He definitely has a more abstract and cool approach to some of his lines compared to Adams who is visceral and highly emotional. I'm gonna grab the live album with Scofield. I like his old chorus heavy sound, and he plays his butt off from what I've heard. I suppose Adams can be a bit over the top, but it sounds like it's coming from the heart. He always sounded great with Pullen. He's no Wayne Shorter or Sonny Rollins, but I still like him a lot. And his style went well with Mingus, who was quite extroverted. And Mingus most likely pushed him to play better than he might on his own.

According to this link, it's the same as the Ryko version. http://www.gandsmusic.com/ZappaCD1.htm

I was enjoying some of Adams' fiery and soulful playing on YouTube last night. Seems like most of the Pullen/Adams albums are out of print. I found a live album with John Scofield playing some impassioned solos. Anyone familiar with that album? It's called Live In Montmartre. A guy like Joe Lovano certainly got a lot of inspiration from Adams. You can really hear it his playing, along with the Dewey Redman influence.

Did they fix that horrible sounding Transylvania Boogie on Chunga's Revenge? The Ryko version sounds like the band recorded in a locker room.

All the best to Mr. Joseph Jarman!

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ I recommend the Live At Pep's volumes 1&2 on Impulse. I also like The Centaur & The Phoenix, and The Three Faces Of Yusef Lateef. The 2-CD Savoy Sessions is another good set, but it might be deleted.

I'll have to give Long Night a listen sometime. I picked it up from Dusty Groove a while back.

Yeah! I like Passing Ships, and Dance With Death. He played some great stuff on Chick Corea's Friends. Flute and tenor sax.

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You're missing out. Moon Germs is a great album. Soprano sax played by any of the great jazz musicians never bothered me. It's the later fusion and generic players that I can't tolerate. But Shorter, Lacy, Farrell, and even Zoot Sims is great to listen to on soprano.

The Andrew Hill group sessions is the only one I've heard. I like it a lot, but don't own a copy. My library has one.

But calling the motives of Eicher pernicious is going overboard. He's the producer, and he hears things a certain way. If it's not to someone's taste that's fine, but seeing it as pernicious is a pretty mean spirited criticism.

That's a shame, but not surprising. There's virtually no jazz scene here.

I forgot about this one with Freddie Hubbard.

The people who expect to find anything but mediocre bullshit on American television. At this point it's irrelevant. You can find anything you want on YouTube. Check out the Cecil Taylor documentary. It's a lot more fun and interesting than Ken Burns. As far as trying to lead the general public to water via TV, it's a waste of time.

The ranting against the Burns documentary by jazz snobs was as predictable as the shortcomings of the film. Everybody was well aware that Burns knew nothing about jazz going into this project. With people like Marsalis for consultants, the focus on pre-1960s jazz should have been obvious.

I picked up this one recently. Three fine works excellently performed and recorded.