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John B. - I hope you don't mind me quoting (in public) what you sent me in a PM, but since you said... I also saw Hill's quartet last year (with Greg Tardy on tenor, and Nasheet Waits on drums, forget the bass player). This group last night was quite a bit more 'out/free' than Hill's group. And a whole hell of a lot LOUDER. You know your family better than anyone else -- but I can't imagine if they didn't like Hill much, that they could find anything of interest in this piano-less trio from last night. I loved them, cuz they really made it work. I normally don't care much for music that is that free, though I do appreciate it on some level. But perhaps it was the venue (a bar that normally programs thrash rock bands (I think), and perhaps it was the late hour (they didn't start playing until probably 11:30pm - and played until just after 1am) -- but I really was able to connect with all that chaos last night. Leave your aunt and uncle at home, would be my advice. Your wife is your call, but at least bring earplugs for her (and for yourself). I forgot to bring them, and my ears are still ringing (very slightly) this morning -- about 9 hours later. But man - they were a hell of a group.

Thank god you're OK, Brandon. That's some scary shit - getting hit by a bus when you're on your bike.

Wow. Just got back from the show. Without amplification, they would have been the single loudest jazz group I've probably ever seen. And they were WITH amplification -- so they were REALLY god-damn loud. BUT, they were also really amazing. John B, please bring earplugs to the show -- for yourself, your wife, and your other relatives. They will NEED them. Man, what a great group. I'm not nearly as into 'free' music as I was 10 years ago, but this group really has their shit together, in spades. The drummer, in particular, was really outstanding -- but hell, all three were. They have a web-site, it turns out (http://www.soundonsurvival.com), and they're just starting a 25-date tour. Here's the dates... April 16 - Oakland, CA - 21 Grand April 17 - Salt Lake City - House of Coffee April 19 - Kansas City, MO - The Pyro Room, 1809 Grand Blvd April 20 - St. Louis, MO - Radio Cherokee April 21 - Springfield, IL - Cafe Andiamo! Charlie's Club, 204 S. 6th Street April 22, 23 - Chicago, IL - Velvet Lounge, 2128 1/2 S. Indiana Avenue April 24 - Detroit, MI - Detroit Art Space April 25 - Toronto, ON - The Music Gallery April 26 - Montreal, PQ - la sala rossa (Just the trio) April 27 - Montreal, PQ - casa obscura (with many Montreal guests, TBA) April 28 - Johnson, VT - Johnson State April 29 - Hyde Park, MA - Artists-At-Large Gallery, 37 Everett St. April 30 - Cambridge, MA - Zeitgeist gallery (special guest Eric Zinmann) (article) May 1 - Amherst, MA - Unitarian Meetinghouse, 121 North Pleasant St. (article on this series in the Valley Advocate) May 2 - Syracuse, NY - Westcott Community Center May 3 - Rochester, NY - Bop Shop May 4 - Buffalo, NY - Hallwalls May 5 - Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks May 6 - Philadelphia, PA - Slought Foundation May 9 - NYC - CBGB May 11 - NYC - Tonic May 12 - Brooklyn, NY - Overground series, the Pourhouse May 13 - Kingston, NY - Uptown Gathering Place May 14 - Middletown, CT - Buttonwood tree May 25 - San Francisco - The Hemlock Tavern If any of you have any interest at all in stuff like John Zorn, or Tim Berne, or 'out'-leaning John Gilmore and Marshall Allen --- get you ass out there and go hear this band (and take earplugs). They are well worth your time, and I'm sure it'll cost you like $5 or $10 (at most) to get in. (Hell, it was only $3 for me to hear them tonight.) I'd hate for them to be playing to empty houses too -- and lord knows Free Jazz doesn't sell for shit in this world. Take a chance, why not?? PS: They've got a couple full-length audio-clips of a couple of their tunes, on their website: http://www.soundonsurvival.com I wish they were playing down in TX, cuz Sangry -- I'm figuring you'd probably love these guys.

audio-clips at bn.com

Up for the day-shift. Thanks for the info, P.L.M -- much appreciated. Sounds like a show I'm gonna need to take my earplugs too. I've got a set of "musicians earplugs" that cut the sound-levels equally across all frequencies, so it really is just like turning the volume down a touch. Should be interesting, at the very least -- and probably more.

I've only seen just a handful of 24, maybe one or two episodes per season. But I saw last night's, and last week's -- and was pretty much on the edge of my seat. This is the kind of show I typically forget to watch, but I might just tune in next week. I don't watch much network TV - but 24 strikes me as being better than average -- at least from what little I've seen.

Joe, Eric, Paul, Chris?? -- any of you guys going to this?? (I think that's all my KC homies on this board, that I can think of.)

Little blurb from the jazz column of the Kansas City Star on Friday... I'm probably going anyway, so I guess the question is -- anybody here ever heard of these guys?? What's the 411??

Judging from the clips on his website, he sounds like maybe a 'good' player - sure, I'll grant him that. But... "some of the most technically nimble, harmonically adventurous, rhythmically combustive solo work to have been played by an under-25 jazz trumpeter in the past 40 years" ...sounds pretty damn hyperbolic to me. Lee Morgan turned 25 in 1963 (about 40 years ago), so probably this critic is trying to say that this kid is the best new young trumpet player to come on the scene since Morgan (would be my guess). But, hell, Woody Shaw turned 25 only 34 years ago (in '69). So, what, this kid's better than Woody was all through the 60's?? Yeah, right.

FYI, here's the article...

it's in the LPR series: what once was is what you get. So no restoration of solos or other missing pieces of the puzzle. Drat. Excuse my French, by why the fuck release this on CD, if you're not going to restore the edited solos??? I mean, that's the only way a release like this has any serious merit (or at least as much merit it's capable of). I sure the thing would sell better if people had the chance to hear more solos from Gilmore. But released with all those edits, I'm sure I'm just as likely to take a pass at it, as I would buy it. Release it in it's full form, and I'm seriously WAY MORE interested in hearing this thing. WTF are they thinking????

Organissimo!!

Personally, I'm MUCH more of a fan of selectively using ALL CAPS when I REALLY want to make a BIG point about something. Anything else just seems kinda SILLY if you ask me. (And - when I REALLY wanna make my point known, I use ALL CAPS PLUS BOLD -- which seems to work pretty well, all in all.)

I was gonna mention the Tolliver disc too, but Sangry beat me to it. This probably isn't what you're looking for, but for what it's worth - there was a one-off concert that Sun Ra did with strings, probably in the mid 80's or so. About a dozen string players, if I remember right. I'm pretty sure it's on Leo, and the AMG review of another (different) Sun Ra disc mentions that the Leo release "Pleiades" has about a dozen French symphony musicians on it, so I'm guessing that's the one. (No AMG review for "Pleiades" - however.) No time to check up on it now, I'll look again later tonight.

Just came into this UK two-fer (on one CD) via a trade. My first time hearing "Soul Man" with Wayne. Only listening to it for the very first time this afternoon (hence my new Avatar), but damn - what a great date. LOVE that version of Wayne's "Tom Thumb". Funkay!!! B)

Except Herbie on "Speak Like a Child" and "The Prisoner". And speaking of Herbie... ...how about Wayne for this thread?? The tunes he wrote for Miles sure are incredibly distinctive, as as nearly all of his other tunes (at least in the 60's - I'm less familiar with his tunes after about 1970). Same with Herbie, for that matter.

My mother was an audiologist by profession (and also taught audiology at the college level). I'm pretty sure this record is still down in my parents' basement somewhere.

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