Eric

Waylon Jennings ...

Lessee ... Graduated in 1984 from the U of Kansas with a degree in accounting. Worked for Ernst & Young for 11 years, then 5 with a large investment manager in KC, and am currently CFO for a small public company here in KC. I lived all over the US as a kid and travel quite a bit today - mostly to NY, SF and Boston. Thanks to the job(s), I have hit most of the neat jazz clubs and record stores in the US. The job has also taken me to London, Paris and India, so no complaints there either. Picked up the jazz jones from a jazz appreciation class at KU (aside from punk rock, I was pretty sick of rock in the early 80s). The instructor, Dick Wright, was something of a local legend on the jazz scene. One of our assignments was to go see Phil Woods in KC (Tom Harrell had just joined) ... and after that I was hooked. Eric

Coltrane, Wes Montgomery and Bird Eric

This should be helpful: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A10d4vwvya9rk Funny, I was eyeing this myself after re-discovering Dolphy on the Trane Villiage Vanguard set. Think I will grab this! Eric

ever heard "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road"? I am pretty much a jazz guy but this one knocked me out. Great tunes, great variety of guitar playing and I love her vocals - breathy and perfectly suited to her lyrics. Anyone else know her music care to share a recommendation? Eric

Lessee ... Woody Shaw Art Blakey Joe Henderson T Blanchard George Coleman w/ Harold Mabern McCoy Don Braden George Cables Wallace Roney Phil Woods Tom Harrell I am probably forgetting half of them - been to the Village Vanguard a bunch and just cannot remember. My favorite - Woody Shaw. God, he was intense in a very interesting way. My least favorite - Wallace Roney - very intense but to my ears, in a very boring way. Coleman/Mabern was another favorite as was Tom Harrell. Eric Ahh yes - thanks Rooster - Bobby Watson a bunch of times, before and after his return to KC.

OK, this is one that I constantly debate with myself. Have to say that I don't own the Prestige or Miles boxes, but have most of the individual CDs. I really love all of Coltrane's stuff, including the very final recordings. To me, nobody else embodies the passion of jazz like Trane. Perhaps I am biased because I have this set on vacation with me, but I am voting for the Village Vanguard set. Tough call between it and the Atlantic/Impulse studio sets. I love both of those, but something about live Trane turns it up a notch for me. I remember hearing Chasin' the Trane for the first time about 15 years ago and thinking "so what?" Now I can sit there transfixed for the entire (15?) minutes. The VV stuff has a very wide variety of emotion, albeit most of it on the more serious side. But I do hear great fun in Chasin' and Impressions too. Not a lot of variety tune-wise, but the mix of instrumentation more than makes up for it. So vote on, fellow O-ers and tell me what you think! Eric

Went with Trane - a no-brainer for me. I happen to be on vacation and brought Live at the VV - Complete with me. Amazing - still so fresh sounding. For me, Coltrane had the passion and drive like no other - plus I love his tone. Eric

Love this one ...

Hey Rooster, Sorry, wish I could join you, but I snagged this a couple of months ago You are still welcome to come over for a beer and some tunes though! Eric

This does sound awesome. I remember reading somewhere that there was a lot of music left off the orignal LPs/CDs. Hopefully some of it will make it to the DVD ... Eric

Plus the Parker Verve Master takes ...

http://www.allaboutjazz.com/news/ft/200307...__November.html http://www.allaboutjazz.com/news/ft/200307...edule_July.html Good to see Verve has pegged a date for the Charlie Parker master takes (Oct. 21st). Eric

It is included on the OOP Blakey Mosaic set. Eric

Thanks Greg - where do you buy your Japanese SACDs? Thanks

Yeah Greg, I was really stunned. I have a decent set-up, Rotel amp/pre-amp and Energy speakers, and it has never sounded so good. I know this album inside and out and it was like hearing it for the first time. And I am usually pretty skeptical. Any other Miles SACDs worth checking out? Eric

Just snagged a combo SACD player for $200. Bought Live-Evil, a long-time favorite of mine. Amazing ... you are in the club, front row ... Eric

Hey Rooster and Free for All, I live in KC and must admit that I have not seen live jazz here in a couple of years. Frankly, I am not even sure where to go anymore. I used to go to Jardines quite a bit and sometime the jazz club at Plaza III. I do hear live music - at the Levee (typcially funk bands) and BBs (blues of course). It is rather sad, there just does not seem to be much action here. I do hear live jazz, but typically when I travel to NY. I would love to hook up with you guys some time and check out the scene. Eric

Wycliffe Gordon - Dig It (Criss Cross 1238) Sept 23 Ryan Kisor - Awakening (Criss Cross 1239) Sept 23 Ralph Peterson - Test of Time (Criss Cross 1240) Sept 23 Adam Rogers Quintet - Allegory (Criss Cross 1242) Sept 23 John Swana - On Target (Criss Cross 1241) Sept 23 Eric

Andrew Hill - Andrew. Probably the best non-CD (anywhere) Blue Note title left, IMHO of course :-) Eric

I think Jim has nailed it. For my taste, a three and a half stars kind of CD. I could really go for a complete program of tunes like the first and last, which just ooze with that perfect KB guitar sound/tone. I lose a bit of interest on the vocals, however nice they are and some of the softer stuff. I think I will burn a CD of the best of this one and his last one on Concord ... Eric

up for Chuck ...

I picked up a used TOCJ a few years ago and have really enjoyed it ever since. It definitely sounds of the era, but really doesn't sound that dated to me. It is very unique in McDuff's catalog and quite frankly, is probably my favorite of his. To me, there is more burn or intensity in his playing here than on his pure funk stuff. Great pick! Eric

Chuck, Is it still possible to pre-order the Eager and Rouse CDs? Thanks, Eric

Ha - of course - for a small fee. Does anybody have any comment on the Sonny Clark or the Hawkins? Thanks Eric