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Although he'd never play (probably), you might try contacting Carlos Santana (somehow). Young plays on his "Love Devotion Surrender" If Santana happens to be a fan of Young's BN work, he'd probably chip in $1,000 for the tombstone, or hopefully at least $500. Just another idea...

George Braith, with Larry Young, Jr.(organ), Roy Haynes (drums) Wonder Gardens Atlantic City, New Jersey August, 1964 http://georgebraith.com/bio.html#photoz

Listened yesterday to Andrew Hill's "Dance With Death" and side one of the 2nd LP of Hill's "One For One", and I'm really finding this side of Tolliver's work to be very interesting. With Hill, Tolliver doesn't sound nearly as much like the "Charles Tolliver" I'm so drawn to in Tolliver's own recordings, or even on most of Tolliver's other sideman work.

Elvin would be, by far, the best guy to get. Great name recognition, and Jones is by a long shot the best known guy to have recorded on two Larry Young BN albums, both “Unity” and “Into Somethin”, both of which are in print, and relatively well known. Man if you could get Elvin Jones, that would probably double or triple the success of this project. Good luck!!!

Well, here's everybody on the Larry Young Mosaic box, which should be Larry's entire BN output... I took out the names I know have passed away, but there are plenty here that I have no idea about if they're still alive, let alone playing (the bottom half of the list). (still active, that I know of) George Benson - guitar Eddie Gale - trumpet Bobby Hutcherson - vibes Elvin Jones - drums Sam Rivers - tenor sax James Spaulding - alto sax, flute (unknown status) Althea Young - vocal Stacey Edwards - conga Eddie Gladden - drums Byard Lancaster- alto sax, flute Wilson Moorman III - drums Herbert Morgan - tenor sax Jerry Thomas - drums Tyron Washington - tenor sax Hank White - flugel horn Eddie Wright - guitar Plus there's two sessions with Miles, and plenty of these guys are still around... August 21, 1969: Wayne Shorter (ss); Bennie Maupin (bcl); John McLaughlin (g); Chick Corea (el-p); Josef Zawinul (el-p); Larry Young (el-p); Dave Holland (B); Harvey Brooks (el-B); Jack DeJohnette (d); Lenny White (d); Charles Don Alias (d, perc); Jumma Santos [Jim Riley] (perc) November 28, 1969: Steve Grossman (ss); Bennie Maupin (bcl); Herbie Hancock (el-p); Larry Young (org, celeste); Chick Corea (el-p); John McLaughlin (g); Khalil Balakrishna (sitar); Bihari Sharma (sitar, tamboura); Dave Holland (B); Harvey Brooks (el-B); Jack DeJohnette (d); Billy Cobham (d, perc); Airto Moreira (perc) There's also James Blood Ulmer and Larry Coryell, from his post-BN projects. Maybe Nathan Davis is still around, I think. There are some ideas to get you started...

This thread is turning into a regular "Mother Ship" love fest!!! I've always loved this date, from the first day I ever heard it. The first time I got the Larry Young box (about 2-3 years ago), the only albums of his (lead by Young) that I knew were "Into Somethin", and "Unity". When I got to that last disc in the set, the one with "Mother Ship", I was completely and totally blown away. I thought "this is Lee Morgan!!???????" - holy shit!!! I mean, I always liked Lee Morgan well enough (and my appreciation of him has only grown and grown over the years). But at that time, I pretty much thought Morgan was just a hard-bopper (although obviously a damn fine one). Still, I wasn't as into hard-bop at the time, and I was a tiny bit dismissive of Lee Morgan (really of hard-bop in general, more so than of Lee). (At the time, I hadn't yet heard Lee Morgan's "Lighthouse" material, nor his last studio album with Billy Harper.) Then, when I heard "Mother Ship", I had to change my whole concept of Lee Morgan, and what he was capable of. Then I got Andrew Hill's "Grass Roots" and especially "Lift Every Voice", and I heard more Morgan in really challenging contexts, and I was totally hooked. And, I think hearing Lee play like that gave me a deeper appreciation of his more 'inside' material too. I began to notice more of the subtle things he did all the time, on every date - like slurs, and scoops - things you can't as easily notate. And I even began to hear some of these things in the Lee Morgan 50's sessions, which I finally got (meaning the Lee Morgan BN Mosaic). All this, because of "Mother Ship". If only Lee had recorded with Sun Ra (when Ra was feeling a bit more 'inside'), or more with Andrew Hill. I think I said this in another thread, but can you imagine a series of Andrew Hill albums in the early 70's, on Strata East, some of which might have had Lee Morgan!!! I know, this really stretches the imagination a bit -- but LP #2, side one, of Hill's "One For One" double-LP (the side without the string quartet) totally has that Strata East vibe going for it (Charles Tolliver's on that side). What magic there would have been with several Hill dates with Lee Morgan, on Strata East, in the early 70's. (I know, I know, I know - lots of things would have had to have been much, much different..... But I can dream about those things, can't I???)

Looking forward to this topic, as I don't think I've ever heard any Weston either, or at least not any that I can think of. ( I won't be springing for the Weston mini-Mosaic when it first comes out, but I absolutely intend to get it within the first year it's available. )

Does it still look like that? It has looked fine for me anytime I see it.... Yup, still looks like the "triopod" thing... You might try saving the image on your hard-drive first, and then upload it to the "Avatar setting" page on the board. At least that's what I've done with a few static images. No idea if this would work with an animated picture?? Good luck!!

I answered your same topic at AAJ, but let me add that I loved "The Infinite", and think it is one of Douglas' finest records, among many. "The Infinite" has a definite "Miles in 1968" feel to it. Unless the concert is quite far away, or quite expensive --- I'd definitely go...

I noticed that only after I had already created and submitted the poll, and there's no way to go back and edit. I looked at the Lee Morgan on-line discography, and worked backwards from the Earland. Then when I started hitting the people Lee recorded with really often, like Jackie McLean, and Hank Mobley, I thought... "well, that's it". Oh well, the poll/subject does say "late 60's", and his Moncur work was early 60's.

Hmmm.... What interview? Did he mention anything specific about the "Mother Ship" session?? (How did it come up?) And, you know -- I have definitely noticed similarities between "Mother Ship" and "Bitches Brew" before. And, "Mother Ship" was recorded in February 1969, and "Bitches Brew" in August 1969. And Larry Young was on one of the "Bitches Brew" sessions of Aug. 19-21, 1969, although he's only on the Aug. 21st date (on "Spanish Key" and "Pharaoh's Dance"). There are aspects of Lee's playing that certainly remind me a whole bunch of Miles in 1969 and beyond. (Can't cite specfic licks off the top of my head, but I'll give "Mother Ship" a spin this week and see which ones pop out at me.) Also, I think Eddie Gladden has some 'mad fills', particularly the ones that are almost "machine gun"-like, that remind me of DeJohnette. Gladden is not as controlled player as Dejohnette, but I think there are some other similarities between the two. Who's influencing whom, here, would certainly be an interesting topic to pursue. B)

It was a hard choice between Larry Young, and Andrew Hill. Went with Larry Young, cuz there's almost twice as much Lee Morgan with Hill available. And there's nothing I've ever heard, quite like Lee's playing on "Mother Ship".

I'm sure you must mean "Blackjack". (I think I've jumbled those two titles a time or two myself.)

Please answer the poll, and say why you chose what you did, and if you have any strong liking for any of the other titles. Also, as a side note - I'm particularly interested in hearing about these 5 dates (below), which I'm not at all familiar with... Charles Earland: "Intensity" Bobbi Humphrey: "Flute In" Harold Mabern: "Greasy Kid Stuff" Lonnie Smith: "Turning Point" Jack Wilson: "Easterly Winds" As a question separate from the poll, which of these five dates are "must have" recordings, for fans of Lee Morgan's later work??? Which one(s) should I buy first?? Thanks!!! PS: Here's a link (below) to what is probably a pretty darn complete Lee Morgan discography/sessionography, with sidemen and all the particulars for each of these albums, listed in the poll above... Disco: http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~lee/lee/leedisco.htm Main page: http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~lee/lee/leemorgn.htm

Not sure if these qualify, strictly speaking, but two "slow" Coltrane tunes that get me every time are... Naima (of course), and the slow intro/outro to "Alabama" - the latter almost being like a prayer.

BLOG?? I thought you said BLOCKHEAD!!!

I'd be curious to hear the reason(s) why jury duty was so stressful for you, Chris. I don't ask to make any kind of judgement about your reasons - they're your reasons, and I won't second-guess them one bit. I'm just wondering if there was something specific about your experiences that I hadn't ever thought of in conjunction with serving on a jury. Genuine interest is my only reason for asking. ("No comment" is a perfectly valid answer, however, if you'd rather not go into it.)

( Maybe I should clarify that "Joel and the cats" was just a found image, when I keyed "Birthday" into the Google Image search engine. That ain't me in the picture.... )

I agree completely. That's why I really wanted to pick it, but it didn't sound like very many people owned it yet. But it'll still be very high on my list of choices for the next time I get to pick the "Album of the Week" (if I'm ever so lucky).

Thanks to all for the suggestions!!! Thanks also, Johnny, for mentioning the Indian restaurant. I completely forgot that Indian is one of our newest "ethnic food" interests. We only just had Indian food for the first time, on our Honeymoon, about 2 years ago - in London and Glasgow. Supposedly Glasgow, Scottland is "The Curry Capital of Europe" Who'da thunk that!!! Thanks again for all the great suggestions!!!!!!

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Weight Watchers recipe cards from 1974

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