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Cassandra Wilson - Blue Skies w/ Mulgrew Miller, Lonnie P. & Terri Lyne C.

Have I mentioned that I was pleasantly surprised by how well Abercrombie fit L. Smith's Hendrix tributes?

Wade Mainer, not exactly jass but how many now living played for, or even met, FDR?

When i was writing 'bout musics and therefore still on the free goods gravytrain 20 years ago, Torkanowsky was all over everything from New Orleans, jazz, blues, whatever.

Charlie's not 'Trane or Sonny R, but he's not Claude Bartee either...he's as close to Lucky Thompson as Monk could get to show up for gigs for 10 years running. Groundbreaking performances are great, but do we really want that every time out? I think not.

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Nice one dan. Bill used to play here in the UK regularly a few years, I used to watch and listen in awe. Glad you liked it. Dana

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yeah, it is all that but I'll take straight audio - the visual is distracting to me.

At least nobody on this thread is whining 'bout him playing outta tune, oops...

Dude, that's a little too real-but I'll take it over KJ's vocals any day.

But did he "sound like a girl saying 'yes'"?

You want a slight, Don Covay was nominated to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in the nonperformer catagory, as was Graham goldman, both have substantial performing careers as well as being fine songwriters. Bright Miss features Ribot on acoustic only so that alone takes it to a different place.

No deleted post, just having fun with language, specifically with the comma changing the sence of the sentence (or, apparently, not). Yes, I did like it. Very much, in a not quite what I was expecting kinda way, hence the thread fishing for commentary from others. for those not familar with the full scope of his accomplishments, I saw a 2 CD package the other day covering 'solo' work and production work by allen T from back in the day, can't 'member the name right now.

I got mine at the local bricks 'n mortor, but had to special order and don't know where they sourced it from. $19.99 and worth every pennie!

up, yours....

Wow, I'm surprised someone actually knew who this was. I go back to the early '70's when it comes to Bradley. We used to see him at the old White Eagle when he was fronting Steve Bradley & The Rhythm Tones. Then later at places like Frankenstein's or the Rock Creek Tavern when he was with The Sleazy Pieces. That was a great bar band. I used to see Mesi with Brown Sugar, a group that included two other local legends, Lloyd Jones and Paul DeLay. Never saw the surf show. I stopped going to clubs many years ago when the smoking was out of hand, so I missed a lot of local musicians and bands over the years. Now that smoking is banned in all public places in Oregon, I'm starting to get out a little more. Mesi is a monster on guitar. Crazy good. I know Mesi better than Steve, thought the film about them captured their personalities well - Mesi is definitely the more tightly wound of the two. Too bad you missed the surf gig, it was several years running Th at Clydes Prime Rib - top of the hill on Sandy Blvd just before the light on 57th. Brown Sugar were indeed a great band, you have the picture sleeve EP where they all look like babies? I need to get out and see Jimi somewhere, as well as Dover @ Duff's on Tues, and maybe some new bands I'm not personally acquainted with...

Cool that you're taking lessons from Steve Bradley, did you ever catch his 'Chamber music of the New Surf' (my term) gigs with Jim Mesi? I play C-melody sax, not as well as Trambauer, or the guy who lived in my apartment bldg 30 years ago....

I have an LP on Miles (with Sonny Stitt) live in Europe on '60 that says "Miles was not boned by convention"! Yes, but what was he boned by?

Totally agree on the excellence of BB's Louis Jordan trib (w/hank crawford horn arrangements IIRC) and the worthlessness of Mom's Maybe's pointless posertude.

Have we discussed this fine album I just heard for the first time recently. Ribot plays acoustic, Payton and Byron are on it too - old tunes, Ellington, Monk and older. Nice relaxed feel. Any thoughts?

I'm sure it bugged the drummer if it fucked up the bass plaer's time, which it probably did, although I do get Stitt's thinking here - that's why i play C-melody, I wonder if ornette's ever played one? The notion that being even a smidge less than the greatest genius of whatever ever is somehow a crime is the worst excuse for an idea ever...

My favorite tenor saxophone taxonomy: DAVE PELL Nino Tempo arthur rollini ziggy vines You have to guess who this is. You've got me. Who? (Anyway, nice to see Ziggy there, although for what obscure reason I don't know ... but he could play!) Q Sorry -- just an attempt on my part to construct an impossibly incongrous imaginary player. Maybe I should have stuck with my first thought: FRANK TRUMBAUER Big Jay McNeely Hey, that's me!

Pete Brown can also be heard on Champion Jack Dupree's Blues From the Gutter, IIRC!

Where can I find that duet with Cootie Williams?