Milestones

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.

I find the the album above (recorded in LA) to be one of Peterson's very best. I especially like the "Bach Suite" and "If You Only Knew."

I'm interested.

A handful of great songs. I wish there had been a few more great ones, but he's got his place in Rock history. R.I.P., Meat!

Interesting thought. I know both pieces well and never made that connection, but even without listening now I can hear some pretty serious similarities. But I don't think it's quite the thievery that Steely Dan did of "Song for my Father."

It took me awhile to come around on Brecker, but I now find a large amount of stuff that I continue to listen to. This includes Metheny's 80/81 (an absolutely ferocious solo on "Two Folk Songs"), the record with Tyner, Time is of the Essence (IMO the best of the solo records). Actually the solo records on the whole are quite good, if not consistently first-rate. Also the Abercrombie record Night and the "Directions" live record. And he is no disgrace on Gathering of Spirits with Lovano and Liebman. I have no trouble regarding him as a major jazz figure.

In 4 decades of being a jazz lover, I have never really explored The Three Sounds. I've had the feeling that they were too light--the usual accusation, it would seem. Like most, I am attracted to music with more fire and originality. But I have done some listening this morning, and I find there is nice grooving and joyous feel to the music. Plus they sometimes recorded Randy Weston pieces.

In 4 decades of being a jazz lover, I have never really explored The Three Sounds. I've had the feeling that they were too light--the usual accusation, it would seem. Like most, I am attracted to music with more fire and originality. But I have done some listening this morning, and I find there is a nice grooving and joyous feel to the music. Plus they recorded some Randy Weston pieces.

The ethereal sound on the recent ECMs is really nothing like his ballad style. I regard Lovano as the greatest ballads player of the past 3 or 4 decades.

Those ECM trio records are just too ethereal and lacking pulse. But I will say that the ECM with the Polish trio is better than the others.

We differ there. He seems to be falling off with the ECM albums, but before that I'd say he was my favorite tenor.