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Art Peppers' "Blues Rock" & "Rock Blues" (from the Omega tape sessions, on the Andoran issue) are kinda parody and pretty good, mostly 'cause you get to hear Carl Perkins play some blues. Led Zep's "D'yer Maker" is fall on the floor funny,as is the Stairway/Gilligan's Island parody of them. IMHO I get a 'your computer may be at risk' message here.

Great title!

I generally prefer almost any BN I can get that way in mono...no distracting re-positioning of instruments in the mix from the head to the solos and generally better balance and presence.

I thought the contrast in styles nice...

Sad part was that some of those defending jazz in the comments were just as clueless....but what is it with no good parody/satire being written, is it the writers or the times or what?

These's a degree of shtick that's not to my taste, but he could certainly get around the horn...

"polite", yes. Fairly often. "Meaningful", no, not really. They always (and this is not just with me, this is with anybody you feel is not seeing things your way, the"right" way, the DOLAN way) lead off with a barrage of HEY BROTHERs rapidly followed by the DEMANDS to justify myself, and dammit, then, no broader possibilities are considered, the beginning and end of the game is the Defending The Dolan Point, THE Point, End Of Game. In this case, even though over the length of this interview, sonny rollins went on at length about how sensitive and irked he was at the general vibe/attitude of the New Yorker piece in the context of how he has experienced the media in his life, and even though, yes, there's a few general statements about, well, of course you can be humorous in and about jazz, the simple math adds up to but not like this. Any fool (well, almost any fool) should be able to see this, it's not "reading between the lines", or "confirmation bias", it's basic looking at something in context and being sensitive to the speaker's history and inclinations. I myself didn't find the piece funny, but I didn't really find it offensive, either, except in the sense that not being funny with something like this is the biggest offense of all! But this is not about what I thought about any of it, it's about gauging Sonny's reaction. If you can weigh a few general, polite "acceptances" against a lot of long (perhaps even rambling, gee, the guy even goes to great pains to point out that he's not in favor of kicking dogs) irritation/agitation and not get an accurate weight of the overall tone and feeling...I've known drug dealers who measured like that... ...very easy to see what's going on, reliving/projecting previous unpleasant and no doubt intense persecutorial experiences you've experienced on to others, refusing to admit anything but, at best, "well you might have a point, BUT I'M STILL RIGHT, always with a "Brother" thrown in, and at worst, there's all these projected images of your haunted past about abusive authority figures, which, hey, that is what it is, and that's your burden to bear, Good luck, brother, I guess. Please understand - I don't want or need, much less crave the respect of people who play the game of Argue With Me Long Enough And I'll Begrudge You Some Respect, I mean, really, that's just Angry Clown bullshit right there. Amusing for a moment, but finally, disposable. I laugh at your "attacks" until I yawn. And then I go to bed, or to the piano, or someplace where there's a real imagination to play with instead of some...repeater pencil. You sir, are a repeater pencil. So tell yourself that this is all about your "defense" of the New Yorker piece. It's not. OMG, thanks.

One of his sessions with Jackie Mac maybe, but Jack DeJ is not really all that 'boppish' in any context.

Who says I can't dance to it? Maybe not well, but...

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/tresgone8 according to the notes here, yes he did.

Sadly, I think this statement probably relates to far too many of Allen's experiences as a musician. No one can deny that he is a very talented artist and a notable musicologist. What kind of rewards has he received for all of his efforts? What must it be like to repeatedly see others who are arguably less talented and less devoted to their craft reap the benefits of large-scale marketing and an audience that doesn't demand enough from the music they typically enjoy? Those of us working in education, healthcare, social services and other underpaid and unappreciated fields surely have had similar ("What the fuck?!") moments like this. In the past, I've been openly critical of Allen's bashing of a few popular artists. Although I don't agree or approve, I'm trying to be more understanding and appreciative of artists like him who strive to create and share something of value, something that can elevate and enhance our experience in life. Yes, Allen can be a smart ass at times and a pain-in-the-ass at other times, and I don't believe in necessarily giving artists a "free pass" regarding their personal behavior. Instead, I'm suggesting that one might want to pause, reflect, and try to empathize before drawing any conclusions. Well said. No, I assume that there is a difference, however poorly I might explain it.

You forget Keith Jarrett and his mumbling. If they were only mumbles it wouldn't be a hot button topic. I love Keith, and have a healthy collection of his trio, but I do at least understand those annoyed by the vocal embellishments. Yeah. Like that Eric Dolphy schtick to play as many notes as he could as quickly as he could. I'm afraid I don't follow your logic here - someone else was wrong about something else therefore I'm wrong about this? Someone else was wrong...therefore be careful about sweeping pronouncements, that I get. Dolphy didn't play near as many notes per minute or per bar as Parker, but he did like big intervals and kinda herky jerky phrasing that emphasized them, I kinda like that but others could legitimately not. Something 'bout Nora just strikes me in a very gut-level way as wrong, but then there are very few 21st century singers I have any use for at all.

As I often do, I was flipping back and forth between this forum and my facebook page yesterday when I saw that local musician Stan Wood had passed. Most famous for his playing 'vibraband' (actually a dental damn), he was one of the first local musicians I saw when I first came to Portland (OR) 40+ years ago and a heck of a nice guy as I found out when I played with him a few times early in this century. He will be much missed, 'round these parts at least.

I think the common denominator (detinator?) in all these hot-button artists is the shtick (sp?) some hear that others don't...

Finally got this from the library where I work, listened to disc one, and while I dug the main part it was the bonus/earlier material that really knocked me out - a bonus disc of that full performance might have been nice but it would have pushed the price up. I guess I feel about Chick and Keith with Miles the same way I do about McLean and Mobley (with Lee or whomever) - either one by themselves is better than the two of them together...the counter example would be Konitz and Marsh - so much more than the sum of their parts, but that's a rather special case...Not sure if I'm gonna buy this, probably but not in any great big hurry.

Totally agree with this and all the other positivity this lovely set has generated. Finally got it from my local bricks 'n motor (Music Mullennium, a great but frustratingly uneven store) just the other day. The music is well worth hearing (and rehearing for years, no doubt) and the packaging is everything that could be hoped for, an obvious labour of love.

Mr. Dunlap, thank you!

I was in Chicago once, and walked by this stripper bar called "Puss 'n Boots", peered in the door and saw a counter where they were selling "panties worn by your favorite stripper". Creeped me out and I didn't go in and I love strippers and dives, but creeped me out less than Snora and the adulation and apologetics thereof...

It's the Nude Journalism, in which they don't even pretend it's not personal shit...

Bought most of these on vinyl at the old Tower at Eastport Plaza here in Puddletown, $3-4 each, sure glad I did, lovely music!

Really really stupid crap like this harms the whole world, it just takes the general level of discourse down a notch, not getting it takes it down another. I'm somewhat leary of Sonny responding, 'cause like where do you start, but I'm sure he'll be his usual lovely intelligent self and maybe it'll all end up good...

Anyone who couldn't tell that it was (attempted) humor should just turn in their sentient being card and plant themselves where they stand. Anyone who thought it actually succeeded as humor is merely stupid and tasteless.... I guess we (and Sonny) will find out now if there truly is 'no such thing as bad publicity'.

I'm pretty used to Jimmy Garrison being buried under Elvin's magnificent burrage - wish I could hear him better, but that's not gonna stop me from getting this.

But dying isn't everything, living is.

I totally agree, poetry v. prose is a much better capture of the difference twixt he and Hawkins than the more usual horizontal v. verticle