Rooster_Ties

Major categories are... Jazz Classical Rock/Pop And, I have the Jazz split into roughly two subcategories: Jazz my wife will listen to without giving me a dirty look. Jazz my wife will surely go into a flying range over if I try to play it in her presence. The former category is limited to piano trios, solo piano dates, and piano trios with non-horn instruments (vibes, guitar, flute, etc...). My wife dislikes saxophone (and hates clarinet), and she doesn't care for anything but fairly lyrical trumpet or trombone playing. Oddly enough, she can stand ballads by Charles Tolliver, and Lee Morgan's more lyrical stuff (ballads, and his entire "Standards" album), and also sometimes ECM-ish recordings by Kenny Wheeler and/or Tomaz Stanko (at low volume levels). Anyway, there's about 40 or 50 discs I have that she's "OK" with me putting on, and sometimes it's just plain simpler to have them all split off from the rest of the herd, when I'm looking to put on something that she won't tell me to shut off. I've been thinking about splitting my classical down the middle too, into stuff she'd be OK listening to (pretty much anything composed before 1900, plus neo-romantic 20th Century works), and all the modern stuff I love that she doesn't care for. However, that would require having a "wife" classical section that was a whole lot bigger than just 40 or 50 discs. Still, I may do this sometime, just for the heck of it. I think she's tired of wading through hundreds and hundreds of classical discs she doesn't like, just to browse through the hundreds that she does like. Actually, most of the times that she's looking for discs to take to work with her, she asks me to pick out ten discs for her, so she gets some things she's not as familiar with. (I think we have about 1,500 classical CD's.) PS: Within Jazz, Classical and Rock/Pop, I typically sort by artist, and then try to file the discs chronologically. I have a small handful of discs that I don't file by the name on the spine, but rather the name of some major sideman - if it's the main and/or only reason for owning the disc.

Two pianos I'm assuming?? Or piano four-hand?? Or both?? Wow, I woulda given my right arm to hear this show. I love Hill's solo piano work, and Jason too for that matter.

Just for variety (since I hardly ever hear it), I rather like valve trombone. Have there been any significant valve trombonists in the modern era?? (Meaning recordings made roughly sometime in the last 40 years???) I know of a guy up in Chicago (Ryan Shultz) who's main axe is bass trumpet. He's probably in his 40's by now (mid to late 40’s, I’d guess). The few recordings I've heard him on (and hearing him live once) have really made me wish that more guys took up the bass trumpet... ...and I'm sure my attraction to it would be the same as for valve trombone (and for the same reasons). Any recommendations of recordings since 1960 that feature value trombone??? Much appreciated, if such animals do actually exist. My impression also is that value trombonists are rather looked down upon, since it's gotta be a WAY easier instrument to play, in terms of tuning and intonation. I’d also be curious to hear Free For All’s opinion about value trombone. Does he, by chance, happen to own one?? (And if so, under what circumstances does he have any reason to even play it??)

Hmmm.... Interesting....

Well, I guess I probably meant top-drawer, or next-to-top-drawer. I mean, at least to me, I've never heard anything he recorded in the 60's that wasn't amazingly "on" - meaning every cut of every album. But it's probably true that there are probably different degrees of "amazing" when it comes to Joe.

That's one of the reasons I always try to request interesting tunes, when I encounter what I think are real jazz musicans playing under less than ideal situations. For instance, my wife and I had dinner at the Kansas City art museum on Friday. They have an indoor courtyard with a fountain, in a big space that has quite an echo to it. They normally book just two or three instruments into that space, never with drums. (And no piano ever, either.) Usually it's just an upright bass plus guitar and/or sax and/or vibes. So the group in there on Friday is sax/guitar/bass, and they're playin' mostly Xmas carols and fairly run-of-the-mill standards. But they're not half bad either. So I ask 'em if they could either play either Nardis, or Beatrice, or Footprints. They didn't think they could manage either of the first two, but they gave Footprints their best shot - and turned in a FINE redition. Put $3 in their tip jar for it too. Doesn't help much, I realize. But at least they knew there was one guy out there who was listening.

Yeah, but where's a more recent picture of you, Berigan?? (Or are ya afraid your mug's so ugly, that it'll break the board!! )

I figured you'd have that cat on your lap...

"Funktastic!" works for me!!!! Slight modification... "Funktastic!" is good, but it needs another exclamation point. Gotta be: "Funktastic!!" - you dig!!!

If only it were " B) ". .

"Funktastic!" works for me!!!!

Veteran Funkateer

I can't stand it any longer. And the answer is....................

We haven't lost Chris, he's back to posting again. And I suspect Bev'll be back too sometime.

I really like some of Sun Ra's poetry, though I haven't read any in years. I'll have to dig some out, and post a couple of my favorites here, in this thread.

I've only got a few more posts until I hit 4,000 (with Sangry hot on my tail). Any guesses about what's after "Funkateer"???? ( Man, I spend WAY too much time on this board!!! )

Good for her!!! What the hell, a Napkin???????!!!!!!!!!!!

Just got this one relatively recently (for the very first time), and I'm lovin' it. Great date. Seems a touch "harmalodic" to my ears (just a tiny bit). Also has some pre-"M-BASE" things goin' on here and there too (at least on the title track). Very cool date!!! B)

So, back to the original thread topic... Is there any Joe on record (before January 1st, 1970), that isn't top-drawer??? (In terms of Joe's playing.)

Has this ever come out in Europe?? - meaning the new issue, with the bonus tracks??? Just wondering... -- Rooster T. Is this available everywhere on the planet now??? I'd like to see this be an Album of the Week sometime after the first of the year. How about in January??? (Is it still on e-music too??)

Any updates about the idea for a Larry Young tribute concert???

FYI, there's a relatively new thread on AAJ where Jeremy Pelt is interacting with board members there, taking questions, and such... The AAJ thread is here: Catching Up With... > Jeremy Pelt

Did Blue Mitchell ever play on any dates that were the least bit "progressive"??? (I can't think of any, offhand.) I'm sure he would have been an odd guy to have on a Hill date, but perhaps on the right kind of Hill date - Blue might have turned in some interesting results.

Catesta, do take a chance with Hill's most recent Conn, "Passing Ships" - the one that sat in the vaults until just this October. It's a very "inside" date, for Hill, with lots of things for everyone to like. (And if you buy it, and don't like it, I'm sure there'll be people here who'll trade you something for it.)

I'm very sorry to hear about your cat, BERIGAN. My wife and I adopted two wonderful adult cats back in February. I'm sure we'll both be very sad if/when something ever happens to them.