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Check with this guy (different Tom, he's not me)...

The AMG review just says: "His debut as a leader, with Sonny Fortune (as). Find this one — it's a keeper" (and that's all it says). I think you all can tell where this review comes from... Any opinions on this one, before I pull the trigger?? Can't seem to find any on-line samples to check out for myself. If anybody else can, post 'em here. Thanks!! -- Rooster T.

Reviews (HERE) of every Mayfield-related Impressions release, and all of Mayfield's solo albums and projects -- in chronological order. Pretty sure I don't agree with all the reviews, but at least everything is layed out all in one place (on the same page). (Thought I'd bookmark it here, for future reference.)

I can't take the Byrd stuff with Mizell either (and I've tried many times, spinning used CD's in store listening stations -- but never bitten). Kofi is a great date, though. Actually, probably my favorite of the 2 or 3 early semi-electric Byrd dates that predate Mizell.

Very creepy. Kinda hard to hear the cameraman at the end. Had to turn up the volume a bit. ← Yeah, it is kind of hard to see, I had to put my nose up close to the screen. Very weird ← Definitely only mist. ← I'm not convinced. If you look again, you can first just start to see it (whatever it is) about 15-seconds in. And yeah, I'll grant you, at that point it does just look just like mist. But then by the 20-second mark - look how it almost moves with the car -- almost kind of like some sort of shadow, only white (like mist) instead of dark. It's only a few seconds long, so you have to look closely. Very spooky.

Very creepy. Kinda hard to hear the cameraman at the end. Had to turn up the volume a bit.

"Move On Up" is from his first solo album, "Curtis" (1970). And "Billy Jack" (a tune I'm not sure I'm familiar with), is from "There's No Place Like America Today" (1975).

Been there (to the sample of "Finally...") and done that - sounds good to me! This 1968-76 comp (below) looks MIGHTY good (sorry, but the early Impressions material just doesn't do it for me nearly as much). And, it does have "Finally..." Link: Indelible Impressions: The Curtom Anthology 1968-1976 (two CD's) Can anybody find this 68-76 comp available on-line?? Can't seem to find it anywhere (and Froogle can't either).

Anyone care to recomend a good Impressions comp? And one that gives the late 60's Impressions their fair shake (so, not all early stuff). Any other post-Mayfield Impressions tunes to keep an eye out for on comps?? Thanks!!

I've really been diggin' some of Curtis Mayfield's early 70's solo albums recently. I first heard the Superfly soundtrack back in college (circa late 80's - found an original LP of it in the stacks at the college radio station, complete with the deluxe die-cut gatefold cover), and I quickly fell in love with it. (Got the expanded 2-CD issue too, the very week it came out a few years ago.) Then I picked up "The Very Best of Curtis Mayfield" on CD sometime in the mid 90's, and dug it too. But almost never seeing any full Mayfield CD's in stock anywhere (or used, especially), I left it at that. (All you ever see in stores are Mayfield compilations, pretty much.) Then a few years ago, I picked up the Rhino CD issue of his first solo album, Curtis (with a ton of bonus tracks, mostly all demos plus a few backing tracks), and it's done nothing but grow and grow on me since. The demos, especially, are really great!! And just today found a used copy of the recent Rhino issue of Roots, and it should be in my mailbox early next week. So, what should I get next?? Has Rhino released any other full-length Mayfield albums besides Superfly, Curtis, Roots, and Curtis/Live! (the last of which I don't have yet)?? FYI, I'm probably more interested in his studio material, over the live discs -- and I'm leaning towards his earlier solo material (mid-70's and earlier), over his later stuff. And since I love his first solo album "Curtis" so much, is the very latest (late 60's) Impressions material worth seeking out??

OK, maybe $3 trade. Jazz CD's ain't worth all that much in this town, in terms of trade-in value. The following are typical trade-credit values (average)... $3 if it's Miles or Trane, or some other name they maybe might have heard of. $2 if it's somebody they never heard of, but it's on Blue Note, or maybe some other label they've seen a whole bunch of times. $1 if it's somebody they've never heard of, on a label they've never heard of. Remember, it's kids running most of these places, and they have no idea what's what when it comes to jazz (for the most part).

$4?? Try $2 'round these parts. Maybe $3, at best, if all the planets were lined up nice and pretty.

Another strange but true request heard at a record store (a buddy of mine worked there)... Do you have any CD's with a recording of Blue Suede Shoes, played on solo organ – and played kinda somber? It's for a funeral. What section would that be in?

I grew to like Garrett quite a bit when I went through my "get everything Miles ever did" phase back in college (late 80's / early 90's for me). His playing was always good (never less than good), and his tone was always identifiable as his. I remember what a surprise it was hearing him (Garrett) play on the Miles & Quincy Jones thing (all the Gil Evans charts) -- not that I was surprised to hear him playing that kind of material. But, rather, it was such a lovely surprise how much I enjoyed hearing him (his tone, and brand of soloing) in that context. Even him just playing the heads (Boplicity in particular), was a joy (or so I remembered thinking at the time).

Wow, we set a new record at our house for numbers of kids we gave candy too. 142!! I kid you not, and we would have had more (probably 20-30 more) - if it weren't for the fact we ran completely out of candy around 8pm, and had to close up shop (turn out all the lights on the first floor, no porch light, etc...). Our neighborhood has a fair number of kids -- but I think we're also getting LOTS of kids from neighboring neighborhoods (and even some neighborhoods a good mile or two or three away), that are a little less kid-friendly. For instance, I know we had about 25% African American kids stop by tonight, and probably 30% Hispanic ---- where our neighborhood is only about 5% African American, and 10% Hispanic. But it's all good -- most of the kids were dressed up cute -- and nearly all of them were appropriate ages for trick-or-treating (probably 12 and under). We usually close up shop by 8:15pm or shortly there after, cuz when it gets that late - it's usually just teenagers who aren't really dressed up at all - or have a cheap mask on - at the very most. Lots of Ninjas this year - probably close to 20.

Looks like Sam Morrison had a release on East Wind (then reissued on Inner City a couple years later), in the mid-to-late 70's -- called "Dune". Audio clips can be found HERE on this Allmusic page. Nothing too amazing (nor too bad -- for the time), though his tenor tone on the sample from track #2 makes me want to hear more of him (on tenor, at least).

Listed on Jazzmatazz, under "2006 and beyond"... The Nels Cline Singers - TBD (Cryptogramophone) — tribute to Andrew Hill — with Bobby Bradford, Andrea Parkins, and Ben Goldberg If I remember right, Goldberg played a number of dates with hill in the late 80's.

I'm pathetic. I've bought hundreds of items on eBay, but never have sold anything. I really need to figure out how to do that one of these days.

OK, quickie searches on Miles Ahead yields the following times that Miles' 70's sax players were with him (in terms of recorded evidence)... Steve Grossman from Nov 69 to Jul 70 (live and studio) Gary Bartz from Aug 70 to Nov 71 (live and studio) Carols Garnett from Jun 72 to Dec 72 (mostly studio, couple live dates) Date Liebman from Jun 72 to Jun 74 (live and studio) John Stubblefield only one date (studio) in Sep 73 Azar Lawrence only one date (live) in Mar 74 Sonny Fortune from July 74 to Mar 75 (live and studio) Sam Morrison from May 75 to Mar 76 (live and studio - nothing released commercially) Is there anybody else I'm missing?? Edit: To fix "Gart Bartz".

Here's my favorite. Just wish somebody had recorded them in this config... April 1969: Woody Shaw-tpt; Tyrone Washington-tsx; George Cables-p; Scotty Holt-b source (scroll down)

Certainly did, but that was much later -- circa 1988-89.

Sam Morrison is the name in the list that's entirely unfamiliar to me. Doing a search on Miles Ahead, seems to indicate that he only played with Miles for a couple months in mid-1975 (right before Miles stopped playing). Only a handful of live dates, and even fewer studio ones. (None ever released, at least not legit.) Has anybody here heard any of the Miles material with Sam Morrison?? What's his story?? Any other non-Miles recordings of his worth mentioning (either as a leader, or sideman). (Damn, I gotta find that book. )

http://www.jazzitude.com/bluenote_moneyjungle.htm

Yeah, I've got it. (GREAT book!!) Just can't find it at the moment. Had it out a couple months ago to look something up, and don't know where it got to (it's around here somewhere).

70's only -- after Shorter I've been listening to some 70's Miles recently (Cellar Door, (hopefully, yet) here we come!!), and got to thinking about the sax players with Miles in the 70's (after Shorter). At one time, I used to remember almost all of them, and the order in which they came and went, and what saxes they played with Miles. (But my memory of such things went away some time ago.) Here's what I've been able to piece together, through some quickie Internet searches... Gary Bartz, Sonny Fortune, Carlos Garnett, Steve Grossman, Dave Liebman, Azar Lawrence, Sam Morrison, and John Stubblefield. (Might as well also list Bennie Maupin too, though he never did play sax with Miles - is that right??) Is there anybody else I'm forgetting?? What is the order in which they came and went in the live bands?? Which ones only played on Studio recordings, and never joined Miles' live bands?? Also, which ones played tenor with Miles?? (Particularly in the live bands.) Did anybody NOT double on soprano?? (Again, primarily a "live-band" question) Also -- who are your favorites, and least favorites?? -- and why??