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Had that Tribute to M & B thing and gave it to a musician who I thought might better appreciate than I, not my cuppa but I totally admire the ambition.

"totally skilled" I don't think so (weak sound and not well controlled either, Konitz's sound may not be to my taste but I have no doubt it's intentional), reasonably/passably/moderately skilled sure....Sonny Stitt was totally skilled and still boring half the time, other half he kicked ass - all the detractors here are calling for is a sense of perspective: In a world in which Charlie Parker and Johnny Hodges exist, she's not all that, in a world in which Darius Jones and Rudy M and (insert your favorite here) are currently playing I'm not sure why we're even talking about her. And I don't think it has much to do with the current political climate, tortuously PC use of language, women's very real struggles throughout history, or any thing else beyond that they all exist in the same world at the same time.

Editing was certainly not unknown prior to '69, but In a Silent Way and Bitches took it to another level.

You and a whole army of straw men just missed all the points, wow.

love this, you've heard the even more intense alt take of the title tune right? groove meets outward bound and they dance! How is this? I've never heard any Dewey that even got near what he did live....

No doubt, but still this pretty much what I'm talking about - those battles done been fought, same for bop v. swing, fusin' v. cruzin', etc. I hope Ms. kelly does well for herself and inspires a bunch of kids to take up sax and maybe on of 'em will come up with a Prez or Bird level response to the future here and now but that won't sound anything like Prez or Bird on any obvious level and I don't see/hear her doing that, but I could be wrong. Other dude whose video was posted in resonse - at least he's got his sax tech skills to fall back on!

Of course it wasn't, but some people think it was....and is.

"if we were from another planet" first pressing Blue Notes would be expensive there too - it's a universal constant.

I found a clip of Grace Kelly where she was wiggling pretty good, and much less self-consciously than dulfer or her ilk which made it way better for me. Again, seeing her at your favorite den of iniquity could be fun, but in the history of Adolphe Sax's great invention she's barely a footnote.

I did and loved it, but I was obviously much younger then. They even let me read my Hank Mobley poem at a gig and I have it on tape and treasure it but it's not like I think the world needs to hear that. Maybe if I or they got famous for something else then that old tape would be significant.

There's a lot of people 'on the left' who seem bound and determined to refight the Spanish Civil War or some other past battle where it's easy to pick the 'good guys'...not just a lefty thing, but particularly WTF there.

When I lived in the Twin Cities nearly 30 years ago, I got to know a tenor player named Scot Fultz who was in a Hank Mobley inspired band called Straight No Filter (among his many ongoing projects) who I'd see often and hype shamelessly in City Pages. I kinda feel the same way about Jacknife (who probably aren't quite as good) as I did about them, I'm glad the're doing it and I'd be happy to see them in a local bar but to think the're of national significance, no. I enjoy comfort food as much as the next guy, but it loses its comforting effect for me if it's all I have, YMMV. But then I just ate a PB & honey sandwich for breakfast, something I do several times a week, make of that what you will.

Darius Jones, that guy's got a SOUND, like Arthur Blythe cloned himself and the're both playing in unison. Grace Kelly, not so much.

Speaking of quirky horn parts, what's happening here?

So is this the Meters plus horns, or some variant thereof? Oh, that gets weird towards the end when it slows down, don't it?

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I have Applause CDs of Always Something There and Look of Love, I really don't think the're that f'ing bad. Criminally, these and Grant's Visions have never been out on revived BN CDs. But then there's still unissued BN (not 'rejected') that's never been out anywhere.

I've probably said this before but I saw/heard the american quartet in Edmonton, AL and thought it was far better than any of their albums...most of Keith's other stuff doesn't do that much for me either. Strangely enuff, my favorite KJ on record might be his playing on Miles @ the Cellar Door which is v. atypical. Don't hear a big similarity to Bley who I'm also kinda luke warm on, FWIW.

My dad saw Miles once, I like to think it was the edition with Rocky Boyd.

'Course, he'd probably tell you he was incredible right from the day he was born!

Eddie Shaw with Wolf or Magic Sam, that's what sax in a blues band should be. RIP.

Hoe Cookin' was recorded in '59, released in '60 an JOS was dubbed 'the Incredible' from his third for BN in '56.

Interesting article, didn't know his dad was an opera singer!

Just play "Take Five" in four and see if they notice, or 9 or ___?