Milestones

Anyone with even a slight knowledge of old J.S. can hear the "borrowing."

R.I.P, Mr. Brooker. I never followed the group much, though I liked what I heard. I hadn't realized "Whiter Shade" went that far back--around the time of Sgt. Pepper.

The Hill Street Blues theme my be the finest TV theme of all time, at least for a dramatic show.

There is good and there is great, but then too it's all in the ear of the behearer.

Good albums for sure, but I personally don't find any of these "go-to" Tyner records.

Tyner from 1991 alone! Soliloquy (solo) Remembering John (trio) 44th Street Suite w. (Blythe and Murray) The Turning Point (his best big band record)

It is true that McCoy's work in the decade (80s) was rather poor. He started to come out of it late in the decade with Revelations (solo) and Uptown/Downtown (big band), but better records in nearly every format would soon follow. I find that the early 90s is the most consistent and finest period in his long career.

If John Lewis is NOT a composer, then hardly anyone in jazz is one.

Another Story is available on Apple Music.

I recommend Jim Hall's Textures and, to a lesser extent, By Arrangement. I also like the tracks of Andrew Hill with a string quartet, from the Mosaic box. J.J. Johnson's The Brass Orchestra is basically in the Third Stream vein. I would certainly call Sketches of Spain Third Stream.

How do you define that "Twilight Zone" sub-genre again? Moody and eerie? Perhaps some 60's Grachan Moncur?

If Hollywood stops making sequels and remakes, it will shut down.

Oscar nominations came out today, with a full slate of 10 nominated for Best Picture. I have not seen any of the movies (though some sound interesting), and I'm really not much into movies generally--and Oscar-winning films specifically--in recent years. The last Best Picture winner I saw was Green Book, which I thought was good--but probably not great. Interesting to see West Side Story get a nomination. It's not often that a winner is remade, and even rarer that the remake gets a nomination (Mutiny on the Bounty may be the only one previously).

Curtis Fuller needs more recognition as a GREAT jazz player.

Pretty good stuff. I was not aware of this, but no surprise given that Ornette is a major influence on Joe.

Tony Williams was sensational in his first year of recording, and he was so young. We will probably never again see the likes of this.

Yeah, Joe's 1963--thoroughly impressive. And it seems 1962 would be Hutcherson's first year, but his first real flowering in 1963 was nearly as strong as 1965. Some here have been picking any old year (not first year), and that makes for an almost infinite number of possibilities!

Ok, that was just weird. The titles were all wrong; I don't think anything matched up among the seven tracks. And I couldn't tell, since these are all obscure pieces by band members. The Coltrane thing just didn't make sense. So actually it is Trane on his two originals: tracks 3 & 7. Life in the world of downloads!

I have to look into this. My versions do NOT feature Coltrane. The YouTube version of "Nita" is quite a bit longer in running time than my version.

This is nice early record with Coltrane and Donald Byrd on some tracks. But I have been mystified by Coltrane being credited as the composer on two tracks and not playing on either one: "Nita" and "Just for the Love." Byrd offers a fine solo on the latter. Speaking of Byrd, he wrote the opener: "Omicron." How is that for being prophetic!!!!

Not enough of Lew in small groups, period.

You seem surprised by that.

Another good one is Angelica--a pianoless quartet. It's Randy Brecker or Tiger Okoshi on trumpet, Ray Drummond on bass, and Dannie Richmond on drums. Tabackin needs higher visibility/recognition.

So is it necessary for rock music to be a simple backbeat and Chuck Berry riffs?

What Meatloaf did on record and on stage was theatre, and absolutely intended to be overblown.