Milestones

Happy birthday, Mr. Bow Tie.

The Cavs have had more than their share of weird and disappointing moments, but also some phenomenal and record-breaking moments--witness that last game, which had everything.

I was going to insert this into a thread i started on the Lovano/Liebman record (Compassion), but it makes sense to start this up new. Liebman does indeed seem busy, though always on small labels. Lovano appears to have ended his long Blue Note run. I can't seem to find much Lovano news, and his recent records have been live performances--usually quite a few years back. I'm wondering where he is going in terms of distribution (his own label perhaps?), and what projects are upcoming.

It's somewhat odd to me that this was recorded 10 years ago. There is also the recent live Lovano and Hank Jones, which was (for obvious reasons) also recorded some time ago. Is Lovano running low on ideas? Is he lacking a major label? I heard he's no longer with Blue Note after such a long run.

Anyone with news on this title, or something like it? I saw an ad somewhere, and I'm kind of intrigued. Not that playing Trane is unusual for Lovano or Liebman, but still this will surely to be worth a spin.

If we can more games like this from Kevin Love, I'll feel more confident.

I have to confess I have never heard of this guy, although I am rather knowledgeable about Bob Dylan. On what Dylan discs does he appear?

I'm not feeling too confident about the Cavs, and I'm from the Cleveland area.

I will admit the video was kind of interesting, and the guy might have made a longer one to preserve an artifact that is all but lost to history (not that's it a great loss).

My view has always been that the 8-track was the worst music format ever invented.

Happy Birthday, Herbie. Hope to see some more releases from you.

Happy birthday to this great musician, composer, leader, and man.

I know this will look like mostly a list of his best compositions, most of which are found on several recordings. But note I have a few from sideman projects as well. "Down San Diego Way" (Lenox Avenue Breakdown) "Odessa" (Lenox Avenue Breakdown) "Miss Nancy" (Illusions) "Bush Baby" (Illusions) "Dear Dessa" (Hipmotism) "Lenox Avenue Breakdown" (Spirits in the Field) "My Son Ra" (Focus) "Cottontail" (James Newton) "44th Street Suite" (McCoy Tyner) "We'll Soon Find Out" (Joey Baron)

At least Davis is making recent music with Leo Smith--not stuff that I'm very familiar with, but I will have to check it out.

I would love to hear some new music by Jay Hoggard and James Newton--separately, or better yet together.

Thanks...good stuff. It looks like he worked extensively with latter-day Gil Evans and earlier Carla Bley.

With the recent death of Arthur Blythe, I've been thinking about--and certainly listening to--the great Bob Stewart. He must have appeared on a dozen records with Blythe, and his contributions were always prominent and exciting. Stewart also played in Bowie's Brass Fantasy. These are the two best places (it seems) to hear what is almost certainly the greatest tuba man. But I'm happy to receive more recommendations.

Love that DeJohnette--probably the best record he ever made.

Those two by Joey Baron are really worthy checking out, especially the second release (the one on top in the picture).

Now playing Night Song from 1997. He put together some interesting lineups, such as using marimba and tuba.

R.I.P. Mr. Blythe. I certainly enjoyed the music you made. How strange this happened now, given that over the past few days there was a renewed discussion going on at the Arthur Blythe thread.

I' m a big Frisell fan, but the recent albums have not done a whole lot for me--good stuff on all of them, but none of them comes across as an impressive whole. Sometimes I long to hear him work in more overt jazz situations--such as playing with Joey Baron, or the late Paul Motian, or Lee Konitz.

I just did some sampling of the notorious Put Sunshine In It, which is on Spotify. Some of the tracks really aren't that bad, with sort of a David Sanborn or Grover Washington feel. It's certainly not a classic in any way, but not quite the train wreck it's often claimed to be. Or at least so it seems to me.

Blythe was known to show up in some unusual spots--such as with a group called Tibetan Dixie, with organist Jeff Palmer, and on Lester Bowie's The 5th Power. His sideman recordings are usually very good, and I think the very best of these is 44th Street Suite with Tyner (which also has David Murray).

As for Kenny Barron, I would point folks to Wanton Spirit and especially the track "Loss of a Moment."