danasgoodstuff

I guess it depends how you count generations, Sam Lay and Jerome Arnold were, I believe, just 7 & 6 years older than Butterfield...

How many met the 'real Miles', probably zero?

Shoulda called it "See what you can do with that Teo"

That trio with RD & RH is sterling, whether you like 'sterling' is another matter...I do, at least in this instance. Also dig Midnight Blue, "Why Was I Born" duo w/Coltrance (typo, I swear, but a good one), and some of his more unusual sideman appearances, like distorted all to hell with Sammy Price and King Curtis. Almost forgot, Have Yerself a Souldfull Little Xmas, love that!

And how could BN's marketing dept miss the opportunity during all the Oh Brother buzz?

Jeff Buckley's Grace and Elvis C's My Aim is True, all I heard at first was the derivativeness - took me a long time to hear what else they had going on (a lot, IMHO).

FWIW, I saw Tal in MN 20+ years ago, was inspired to stay for a second set but then ready to leave half way through that. So, 'subtle & swinging' sure, sometimes.

After having thought about it for decades, finally picked up da bastards reissue of this on CD. And I'm way glad I did, it's odd that it came out on BNBback in the day but he and Eddie Gomez (who I gohot & cold on) and Don Alias are in a zone here. And I'm not generally big on flute either but he makes it do whatever he needs it to do here. Any thoughts on this or his other work?

Certainly, there's potential there but it could go any number of ways - time will tell, said the old man.

Went and listened to some online video: nice voice, nice live band dynamics, but no less an affectation than...well whatever, just a more pleasant one to these old ears, but they got aways to go to get to Etta or Eddie Hinton with the Muscle Shoals guys. IMHO, etc.

Are you thinking of specific titles that have never been reissued? No, I was thinking 'bout how little is currently available, but I see I was (at least partially) mistaken - I find their revamped website confusing.

http://www.bluenote....eter-dies-at-8 finally, maybe now they'll reissue more.

Wouldn't somebody fact check? Not in todays world. My theory, he knocked his notes over and got them scrambled. Or you just forgot. Seems a little pretentious for you.

That's always been my theory. The guy was a notorious workaholic, especially after he moved to L.A. and started getting TV assignments. There's plenty other things he did where it was obvious that he was turning in competent but not really inspiring work in return for a competent but inspiring-enough paycheck. But hey, such is life, no? And when he was inspired, whoa. Ironical then that he did a better job for Pee Wee than for Monk, no?

Have we mentioned them all yet? Damn near everything he did is fine, or at least intereting. Except that record with T Monk, what the heel happened there? Just didn't spend enuff time on it or what?

Gettin' horizontal is better than any albums, or even drugs!

I've already heard a big chunk of this so, nice as I know it is, that makes it a lower priority. #1 priority is getting my spare horn back from Walleys in Oregon City so my daughter can start playing it. Still haven't played the DVD from the '67 box, for what that's worth.

He and Pepper Addams certainly had a thing going on musically, an effective study in contrasts is just the beginning of it, and I always assumed they were close friends too.

"even 'pure improvisors' have comfort zones" True dat, and not necessarily a bad thing.

Any number of label owners too, Eli Toscano and George goldner amongst them.

Lee Morgan had a THING goin' on, and if you like that thing he did it in all kinda different contexts. I do, moreso than Freddie or donald or Blue or any other trumpet player save maybe Miles and brownie and Louis. Sometimes I think of him as a modernist Cootie Williams, but that's probably unfair to Lee and Cootie (and bubber Miley). Lee + Hank + Billy Higgins is groovalicious, but I'm glad there are other flavours too. Had his good and bad days, but who don't?

This may well be the best/worst visual pun ever!

If you want more adventuresome Lee Morgan, there's Grachan Monchur's Evolution, Larry Young's Mother Ship, and his own two last albums.

Hittin' the Note has it for pre-order @$99, i believe.

http://www.amazon.co...ef=zg_bsnr_31_6 Has this been discussed yet? I think it has pretty much all the session work and pre-ABB stuff plus some new live with ABB & the Dead.