danasgoodstuff

Maybe they woulda/coulda/shoulda got Mitch Mitchel?

JSngry, The hype I have doesn't answer your question, unless "a set of intimate reflections on the resilience of the human spirit" implies small group...

According to cd Universe, Purcell's out and Bruce Williams, Craig Harris and Matthew Garrison are in...

This isn't out til April 27, but already there's hype to had at Borders--little hand out flyers all about her cowriting tunes with Elvis C.--looks like it's gonna get the BIG push from Verve.

I know I shouldn't judge, and I really do like tribute albums as much as anyone, but something gives me a bad feeling 'bout this one. According to Jazzmatazz/CD Universe it's out March 9, 2004 and Murray is the only original member left. Maybe they could get Mitch Mitchel to guest? Not as bad an idea as Aerosmith plays da blues (out about the same time), but that might be bad in a fun way. Nor as obvious as Eric C. plays R. Johnson, also out soon. Whatcha think? P.S. I really did like Nigel Kennedy's Hendrix thing when I saw him live, but I don't listen to the album much, so "Who Knows"?

I have only the original Westbrook Blake on LP, which I like a lot due mostly to the poetry being so much better than the usual 'jazz 'n poetry' thing...but the music's OK too.

I just added a post to the Young/Hendrix thread, and it 'took' but I got an email error message nonetheless, don't know what that means but just thought you'd like to know.

Just to (hopefully) clarify: 9 to the Universe has one track ("Young/Hendrix") with Larry, the rest is misc. other instrumental jams. Good in a low key kinda way. I believe there has been some rethink on whether Larry is on any of the Experience box cuts.

I have a Jap copy of Davis Cup, I'll have to check to see which series it's from. May take awhile.

did anyone here hear this the other day? thinking particularly of a certain poster from Texas who has previously expressed his admiration for this fine tunesmith. He was even nice to Terri after she'd goaded him into explaining/defending the lyrics to "MacArthur Park" Ooops! Wrong forum, how do I move it (or do I have to delete and retype?)?

I voted for Oliver 'Mod Squad' Nelson, and not just because he weren t getting no respect from y'all. If you weigh the A side heavier I'd go for Gil, if it's the C side I'd say Tadd. And while Duke's average, esp'ly if limited to work for BN, is higher, I'd prefer to judge Oliver by his best work not his hack work. Gotta dig someone who could get the Basie band to play Ayler and Sanders!

I was thrilled when I found an import of this a few years ago, and nearly as thrilled when I finally heard it...but I haven't played it much since then. I think that pretty much sums it up.

Ralphie Boy, Not to be disagreeable, obviously you like what you like, but I find it ironical that you should way you don't dig da fiddle when your avatar is an album that features one track ("Directly From My Heart to You"0 with Don 'Sugarcane' Harris playing the shit outta one...just a thought for your ponderation.

I've got nothing 'gainst the guy personally, but I was surprised that his Grammy award the other night didn't raise howls of prostest from his many detractors.

According to jazzmatazz, these three LPs will be out as a 2cd set in the fall.

Sure, just like her EXCEPT Carol had already been a successful songwriter for a decade or more when she made it as a singer, that and she's a better songwriter.

Rooster, All my best thoughts are with you....

Hey Man, Sorry to not reply to your Group of Seven question sooner, but I wanted to check and make sure I got all their names right. "Around 1912 a loosely knit group of artists began to paint Canada as they saw it...Despit the death of mentor Thom Thompson in 1917, these painters banded together as the Group of Seven in 1920 to forge a new Canadian expression." (from the CBC archives online, a yahoo or google search "group of seven" should get you there, sorry I don't know how to do links) The original seven: J.E.H. McDonald, Arthur Lismer, Fredrick Varley, Frank Johnson, Franklin Carmichael, A.Y. Jackson and Lawren S Harris. Later members: A.J. Casson, Edwin Holgate and Lionel LeMoine Fitzgerald. Other Canadian painters were working along similar lines but were not part of the group per se, e.g. Emily Carr. They were and are a big deal in Canada, so much so that later generations of painters felt compelled to 'break away' from their influence, etc. I love their work, and proclaiming themselves as a "group" no doubt helped spread their fame, but lumping them together tends to obscure the very real differences amongst them... see alos, www.mcmichael.com/group.htm

Ed, Tom(my) Thompson, Group of Seven precursor, right? I love the group of Seven, eight or nine...Don't think I've seen that orangy one before though.

Hank, Thanx, but no thanx. I think I've got all those tracks elsewhere.

I'm so disappointed...I thought this was going to show me a new way to keep my tool from overheating!

Hank, What are the bonus tracks on the Little Walter? Thanx muchly, Dana

I have a 1CD (75 min) version of this, I believe there is a 2CD version with one extra tune. It's been a while but I do like it, different but not that different from the way they played together 5-6 years earlier.

I think that Jsngrey had a good idea a while back that kinda got passed over: Let's see if we can genrate some light and reduce the heat by discussing the relative merits of various items of late 'Trane. Interstellar Space has already been mentioned as an "Oh that's what this stuff's about" moment for lots of folks. I would like to draw attention to the, IMHO, equally revelatory (sp?) Stellar Regions. The relatively short tunes and quartet format put the focus squarely on the sorts of techniques Jim was talking about, in nice digestable chunks but without being in any way watered down. Any thoughts on these specific performances?

I'm fer it!