Joe G

The risk is not worth the reward.

This is the first I've heard of the label itself!

Well done mate!

Actually Dan, I think you are right on that, by a slim margin. But firing Stanley Crouch, now that was a stroke of genius! Now they got Stanley trying to rile everybody up!

NO!

If that were the case, that it was one critic taking only his peers to task, then it doesn't seem like everyone would have gotten so riled up feeling the need to defend their favorite musicians. Instead, they would have defended their favorite critics. Unless it was just one big misunderstanding. I did see at least one letter from a female singer (whom I hadn't even heard of) who made someone's list for over-rated. She articulated more or less the same view I gave earlier, that if she was over-rated, JT surely had something to do with that, since they had favorably reviewed her album and wrote a nice article about a concert of hers. And there was a letter from Jarrett, who, not suprisingly, gave a big I can understand the desire to deflate some of the over-reverential hero worship that sometimes occurs in this business, though. People can get carried away.

Well, for me the problem with the JazzTimes cover wasn't so much the free expression of everyone's opinions. That's fine. It was the inherant contradiction of a magazine devoted to publishing articles and reviews of the works of these musicians allowing their critics to take potshots at certain people for being "over-rated". In my view, the musicians are just doing the work to the best of their abilities. It's the critics that are doing the rating (as well as the listeners). Keith Jarret has no control over how he's rated, praised, or despised. His job is to make music. So, my issue is that the blame seemed to be falling on the players rather than the marketplace.

I didn't vote, as I don't even know anything about some of these people, so obviously to me they aren't over-praised. Wasn't there an issue of JazzTimes that tried this concept on their cover a few years ago? Just to get everybody pissed off so they'd write letters to the editor? Lame.

I'm also looking for My Goals Beyond. Haven't had much luck tracking down these CDs. Thanks.

Thanks for sharing that tribute Patricia. Sounds like your Dad lived life with gusto. And your great uncle is Gustav Holst? How cool.

Cool. I had trouble trying to get it off the other site. Any word about Rosenwinkel's next album?

Good point. And yes, Miles said in his autobiography that he "loved Satchmo".

I was waiting for that. I'll still bet on my dad!

jacman, I bet your dad knows Randy Marsh's (randissimo's) dad Arno. It's my understanding that he has played tenor on the Vegas scene since before the Rat Pack days. You should check into that.

Black Market is still the AOTW to beat. BWAAAHAAAAHAAAAHAAAA!!!

I remember a TV interview with Wynton where he acknowledged the fact that he couldn't deal with Armstrong early on. His image was of Pops as the minstrel, and Miles also said he couldn't stand all that grinning Louis used to do. So it was as much of an "uncle Tom" issue as a musical one. Most of us change as we age, sometimes pretty dramatically; Wynton's no different.

Those poor cats! Catprin-Tailor for Cats

Like CS500's Dad, my father also has that ability to get along with just about anyone, which is not something that comes naturally to me. He is artistic, intelligent, hilarious, kind, hard working, hard playing (though he's in his mid 50's and I in my early 30's, he can still kick my ass in almost any physical competition. Ask randissimo!), and generally has the qualities of what I consider to be a good human being. I especially appreciate the fact that he made a conscious effort to be a more hands-on type of dad to my sister and me than he felt his father had been to him. Happy Father's Day to my happy Pappy! p.s., Kudos to Jim Alfredson's dad. He is cool indeed!

Hi Aggie Live Three Ways is actually a video. I'm not sure where it was recorded, but it has Sco playing with three different lineups in one show. The first is an absolutely killin' trio with Don Pullen on B-3 and Marvin Smith on drums. Then there's a duet with Dr. John, and finally a quartet with Lovano, John Riley, and ... I can picture the bassist but can't remember his name. I wonder if this being re-released in dvd format or something? It's worth checking into, for the trio alone. Pullen absolutely smokes! I haven't bought Up All Night yet. I'll probably wait for it to show up in BMG's catalog so I can get it cheap. The downside is having to wait, but I've got plenty to listen to in the meantime.

Haven't heard much Roney. Another album that takes on the legacy of electric Miles, and succeeds, IMO, is this, from guitarist Dave Stryker: Shades of Miles - 1998 Stryker's themes inspired by Mile's late 60's/early 70's music performed by Billy Hart, Manolo Badrena,Terry Burns, Marc Copland, Larry Goldings, Steve Slagle, Billy Drewes, and Brian Lynch.

I was listening to The Sound of Sonny over the weekend. The interplay between Sonny and Roy Haynes had me laughing out loud a couple of times. Another fantastic album.

I'm not familiar with this album. What are the stats?

Walter has a beautiful tone indeed. My brief contact with him at MSU gave me the impression of a very gracious and gentle man. I'll pull out my copy of this cd this week and post my thoughts later on.

I wish I would have waited until today to order that Armstrong CD. I'm waiting for the newest Scofield and Shorter to show up at BMG. It could be a while.

B-3er randissimo Theo Use3-D Sica They're okay. B) p.s. Hopefully Chuck Nessa can make one of our shows sometime.