Joe G

I haven't been to a movie in I don't know how long. All you have to do is turn your computer on, listen to the radio, buy groceries, watch TV, regualr and irregular. And now, thanks to this thread you've started, log on to organissimo.

Damn, Mark's doggin' me! Tony's a great player, showman, and an all around nice guy. Gave me a big hug when I introduced myself and said he's been hearing our name more and more, and said, "I'm prayin' for you guys". We traded CDs; his new one, out next week, is a trio with Adam Nussbaum and Bruce Foreman. Haven't had a chance to listen yet, but how can you lose with those guys? Oh yeah, he also mentioned me and organissimo ("a great band") from the stage in the second set - precisely at the moment I had reached the bathroom door at the other end of the room. How did I know that would happen?

It's certainly become quite the thing on the grocery store magazine rack. I was amused to see one cover with her picture next to the words, "IT'S A BOY!", and then one row down, same thing, only, "IT'S A GIRL!". But yeah, it's all pretty lame and boring.

Yeah! It was a fun gig. Nelson turned out to be very gracious, funny, and interested in making everyone comfortable, considering that we met for the first time about half an hour before the hit. Making things mesh turned out not to be a problem; we had plenty in common musically.

definitely. I'll surf through this tonight.

Just last week I was listening to an excellent Martino album on which Sherman played. 61 is quite young.

This should be interesting - that is not a yes or no question. I've spent time with private teachers, as well as attending some classes at MSU. Also, I've spent many years learning things from books and records. So, a little of both. I can read music, but slowly. I don't have good chart writing skills.

Wow. I'm going to stop telling people that my job is stressful.

Kidding, you say? Oh. Ummm, forget what I said about your petty friends and all that. Heh, heh...

Will do.

Quite the risk-taker, that guy.

Phil's definitely one of "the Deserving Many", to quote the title of a Joshua Redman tune. Nice article!

Give in to your hatred! .... says Allen.

I know THIS ain't right!

I like Larry Goldings - a lot! - but he doesn't make me think of Larry Young in his playing very often. Young was often very visceral, and Goldings seems more cerebral to me (for lack of a better word), very controlled and precise. Very much a case of different music for different times. I'm thinking mostly of his work with the trio (w/Stewart and Bernstein), and that album he did with Brecker and Metheny. All of his albums are uniformly good, Tom. A favorite of mine, though, is Earthtones (iirc), with Peter Bernstein as the leader.

Like it! Keep 'em coming! In fact, why don't you send me something to jam on and we'll post it here: continent hopping dueling guitar madness!

I was referring to your iron resolve. I'm still doing my thing, which is qigong and walking. I'd be cross-country skiing if we had snow, but it's been a very mild winter. I see people riding bicycles around town, but that is just too hardcore for me. I'd need much better gear. As soon as spring comes, though, I'll be doing lots more riding.

YEAH baby! Ironman McKee! :rsmile:

I'm glad it's a live recording. I'll be getting this one quickly.

Highly recommended listening.

I've done 24-hour fasts in the past. I drank plenty of water, some tea, and had some almonds, which help to carry toxins out of the body. You could also do a little rice or bread. Though I don't look it, I am a bit of a glutton. At some point during the fast, I would always have strong cravings for food - I could TASTE it! And not junk food, either, like really good mediterranian or something. It can teach you a lot about yourself, even if you're not religiously inclined. There was usually a heightened awareness that went along with it. Just recently I fasted for a blood draw; went from dinner the night before through the end of the following work day. The nurse, a woman in her mid twenties, could hardly believe it. She actually asked me if I was insane! I didn't think it was that big of a deal.

It's going to come down to some experimentation on your part to see how a phrase played in different positions will lay under the fingers. Sometimes you can tell what part of the fretboard a phrase was played on by listening to the recording, as something played up the neck on the lower strings will usually sound darker than the same notes played down the neck (closer to the headstock) on the higher strings. Even though Charlie played it one particular way, it doesn't mean that it couldn't work another way, so don't worry about being "wrong". There will be one way that will feel more natural and easy, probably. Have fun!

Is "jazz" being used in the euphemistic sense here?

Context is everything, I agree.

I'll add my praise: Excellent show, David.