Rooster_Ties

at 11:30pm (CST), on Sat., March 15th..... (And in no particular order) Andrew Hill Jason Moran Herbie Hancock Stanley Cowell not sure about number 5, maybe Sun Ra??? Ask me a different time, and my list'll probably be a little different, although I'm sure Hill and Hancock will always be on my top-5 list.

One of the Hicks sideman discs I do already own is David Murray's "Ballads for Bass Clarinet", which really is both ballads and some mid-tempo tunes. (It's not nearly as sedate as it's title might indicate.) So, yes, I will have to check out some other Murray discs with Hicks.

Hi Bev. Also glad to see you again. I'm kinda lurking on AAJ, but feel right at home here.

Well, truth be told, in the music department as well... And definitely in the vehicle department!!! B)

There's also an hour of live material on Jason's website, with just his trio.

I don't think we'll ever see "Natural Essence" as an RVG. Not a chance in hell. If we do ever see it in the U.S., it'd have to be as a Conn. But, given Tyrone's obscurity, and the fact that the market is partially stururated from the TOCJ release, I suspect it would be a very low priority to release in the U.S., unfortunately.

I've seen Osby with Moran about 4 times total. Every time has been nothing short of incredible. Another reason to be glad to catch them now is that Moran is getting pretty busy, and isn't always available to play in Greg's group. I understand from Osby (talking with him after the show), that he's been working with one or two other piano players lately, since he knows that Moran is going to be available less and less. Osby's new album is due out in a couple months, and I understand from Jason that it's all standards - and it doesn't have Moran on it. Hey Ed, did you know that there's about 6 hours of 'live' Greg Osby to be downloaded from Osby's own website?? 6 different shows, and Jason's on all but 1 of them. Greg said he was considering putting a bunch of other live material out there too, and I suggested that he included one of the slightly rarer "duo" shows that he and Jason have done. Would love to hear what just the two of them sound like.

Done made it my Avatar - at least until I get tired of it, and wanna change it to someone even more obscure.

Thanks Saint!! Hey, here's another Tyrone album cover you don't see everyday... And I sure hope to hear the "Trainwreck" some day too...

Thanks, but don't go to to any extra trouble or anything. (It's not like I really need it for anything.) Just thought it might be nice to have, so I could include it in various posts, since it's such a great album, and not everyone knows about it. (I've got the TOCJ, so it's not a matter of me not having the cover at all - physically speaking.) Meanwhile, here's one from eBay, although there's no telling how long the image site will continue hosting it...

I'm looking for John Hicks recomendations, either as a leader - or as a sideman. I'm a bit ashamed to admit that although I have about 6 or 8 releases with Hicks as a sideman, alas - somehow I don't have any with him as a leader. I had the good forture to hear Hicks perform live, here in Kansas City last fall, with Bobby Watson -- and I was totally blown away. I knew he was good, but the details in his comping, along with the two or three solo-piano tunes he played - was enough to made me think he might be one of the all-time best jazz piano-players alive today. How's his first Strata East date, from 1978 ("Hell's Bells")?? I see it has been released on CD, and I'm a *BIG* fan of most of the Strata East records I've ever heard. Also, any solo-piano Hicks to recomend??

As most of you know, it's called "Natural Essence". Thanks!!! ========= PS: That reminds me - remember that incredibly LONG thread on the BNBB, with links to literally 100 cool BN album covers, dozens of which I had never seen before. I used to eagerly check that thread out at work (where there was a ton of bandwidth), just to see what cool covers were "new" to me each day.

Have to admit that I had a blast searching for "Rooster" images last night, with the Google image search. Actually, I wanted to find some images of some cool "Rooster Ties", but alas - I couldn't find any (at least not with Google). ( The labels on the back of them Rooster Ties had a cute little rooster logo, but it's the ties (as in neckties) themselves that I'm into. ) I don't think most people know what Rooster brand neckties were, so most just remember the "Rooster" part of my handle... I've used that same handle on several boards now (I think I'm up to 4 or 5), just cuz it'd be a pain to try to remember who I was where!!! ===== And then, just tonight, I go and change it. For the record, it used to be... Mostly so I can find it again later, if/when I want to change it back...

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I used to be "Rooster Ties" on the BNBB, but now I'm "Rooster_Ties" here. And yes, I totally agree, this is a very subtle distinction, especially since our user-names are underlined most of the time on this board, making the "_" distinction all the less distinct!!

Yup, I lost everything too. I had a few critical things backed up, but all the "fun" stuff was lost. Small silver lining, my harddrive was still under warranty (by a few months), so I got a brand new one at no cost. Still, it was a pain to have to reinstall everthing from scratch, and hell - I can't even think of 80% of the stuff I lost. Then again, if I can't remember it - I guess I shouldn't be too sorry to have lost it.

Just goofin' around...

Once upon a time, there was this great web site with a couple dozen live Miles Davis "streaming audio" links, all of live shows from 1967 through probably about 1975, mostly all previously unreleased. The site also had a ton of MMW "streams" too, if I recall right. I did a search, and came up with http://darkfunk.com But now, it only seems to have links for about 5 items, two of which are Miles related (a full show from 1969, and one tune from a B.B. King concert supposedly in 1973, where Miles joins B.B. for a couple choruses of one tune). The look and feel of "darkfunk.com" sure looks like the one I remember, but damn - there was a ton of stuff there that I wanted to listen to, especially now that I've got a cable-modem, and can download stuff like that with no problem. Was "darkfunk" the place, or was it somewhere else??? ===== By the way, I've been lurking here for a few days, but only just signed up tonight. Sure looks and feels like the old BNBB to me. Nice to be "home" again, so to speak.