Eric

Great call on Jimmy Smith! I am going to suggest Coltrane - Giant Steps. No great metaphor, there, I just think of it as bold, cocky and more than ready for a new beginning!

OK dude ... it was a major sporting disappointment. Sorry; I didn't mean it as the "I'm more worldly than you" snide type comment it came across as, I just mean I wasn't that disappointed. I haven't had any emotion vested in Olympic basketball since we pulled a hissy fit and demanded that pros be allowed to compete. Well, so much for that excuse; our pros can't win either... By the way, guys, I don't think it should be discounted that the international game is not the "natural" game for NBA players; I mean it must take something away from you to have to play by rules that you otherwise don't see. It seems to me that we'd be better off with college players in the Olympics anyway, just to deal with the zone. Sorry, didn't mean to not give you the benefit of the doubt ... feeling quite surly at the time. Yeah, I tend to agree with you ... I could really have cared less ... it seems that some of the "mitigating factors" - while valid individually, still added up to a US team that did not play up to their potential. College hoop rules though ...

OK dude ... it was a major sporting disappointment.

Or stop thinking that "NBA = USA" ??? 2004 non-USA NBA Olympians: ARGENTINA: Carlos Delfino, Detroit Pistons Emanuel Ginobili, San Antonio Spurs Andres Nocioni, Chicago Bulls CHINA: Yao Ming, Houston Rockets LITHUANIA: Darius Songaila, Sacramento Kings NEW ZEALAND: Sean Marks, San Antonio Spurs PUERTO RICO: Carlos Arroyo, Utah Jazz Peter John Ramos, Washington Wizards Daniel Santiago, Milwaukee Bucks SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Peja Drobnjak, Charlotte Bobcats Nenad Krstic, New Jersey Nets Aleksandar Pavlovic, Cleveland Cavaliers Vladimir Radmanovic, Seattle Sonics SPAIN: Pau Gasol, Memphis Grizzlies Yes, but we have the other ~ 500 players to fill out our team plus cream of the crop collegians if we choose. Face it folks, no matter how you slice it, this was an all-around disaster.

Congrats, Take 5!!! This is one of my favorite Mosaics. The liner notes by Cuscuna are also quite informative and at times, touching. Enjoy!!! Now we just need the live Columbia stuff, as hinted it in the booklet. Although, as speculated elsewhere, the relatively slow sales of the studio sides may have tempered Mosaic's enthusiam for such a set ...

Four tracks recorded at the Half Note in 1965 on February 12th with Mabern, Arthur Harper and Jimmy Lovelace. Four tracks recroded in Germany on April 30th with Martial Solal, Michel Gaudry and Ronnie Stephenson (and Johnny Griffin on one track). As far as I know, all previously unreleased, although I feel more certain that is the case for the US date. Good sound, great playing by Wes. I have this - a very strong buy

He was one of the original "Parker Brothers"

family trumps all - move home

Wow - that was pretty damn descriptive. I can only imagine ...

The contrast in the descriptions is a scream ... one could start a new thread on the topic (i.e. The Bastards vs AMG) ...

Rooster/Tom, I am not aware of any electric stuff he has done recently. Good thread - I actually prefer Henderson's stuff of this era to Herbie's - not by a wide margin, but I do think it is a little nastier B-)

Only thing I might add from a potential buyer's perspective, is that most of this is now out on CD - so you can pick and choose. BTW, when I say most, I am taking into consideration that the complete Woody Shaw live stuff will be out in the next month. http://www.fantasyjazz.com/catalog/henders..._cat.html#47104

read it last night - I agree with the above comments I wish jazz criticism was as candid

Economist a bunch of (groan) trade publications

I would think any self-respecting artist (black or otherwise) would appreciate being left off that shitty list ...

Not sure if this is the correct Jack Johnson thread , but I wanted to add my two cents. I got this a couple of weeks ago and have been listening to it off and on. I think this is great music. The only thing that holds me back at all is the not always funky funk themes, but I can get over that easy enough. Some of them are actually pretty decent, although the bass/drums playing is a little rigid for my tastes (my personal complaint for most 70s era Miles). But ... the trumpet and guitar playing is very, very strong. Both Miles and McLaughlin sound charged - this is really their album IMHO (the Sharrock bits are very cool as well). Wish I had the time to go into more detail, but I have been very pleased with this set!

a-ha ... must be Junior Cook?

Who is on the cover ...? (of the real calendar )

So has this been postponed? I don't see anything on it at borders.com or cduniverse It is no longer on the release schedule at Verve's web site ...

Interesting that "Remain in Light" is top 4 on both lists. No disagreement here. I bought it when it came out in 80 or so and played the hell out of it in college. You know it is going to be special 5 seconds into the opening cut ("Born Under Punches"). For those that don't know it (and think of the Heads as punk rock or "new wave"), it is hardly either of those. It is a mind-blowing mix of rock, funk and African influences (not to mention an occasional pre-techno blip and rap). I would imagine many open-minded jazzheads would enjoy it too. Brian Eno was all over this one, although it is nothing like Roxy Music. You also get Adrian Belew's whacked out guitar snaking all over the place. There is nothing like it on either the RS or the Pitchfork list, and while traces of "Remain" find their way on to "Speaking Tongues" (the "Burning Down the House" album), the Heads never created anything this wonderous before or after.

Good call ... love those guys too.

To my ears, London Calling is one of the great rock 'n' roll albums of any decade. The Clash's openly, insistently leftist politics probably wouldn't appeal to a Bush supporter. Hey, I am a Bush supporter and I love the Clash Even though I don't agree with all their politics, I respect them and they rock like mothers. The best rock is about passion and spirit and they have truckloads of that

On my list, I delete 13 and add 3 - otherwise I am in violent agreement B-) There is some excess on London Calling, but for me, I have no problem putting it at no. 1. Some of the then-topical politics aside, it still resonates loudly with me. In any event, it beats the crap out of Exile on Main Street (now THAT is a boring album )

Of course all his solo albums from this era are out-of-print ...

Yeah, I got into 80s King Crimson because of Belew's involvement with the Heads I got this yesterday and it really is great stuff. Really a perfect introduction to "classic Heads". You get to hear a full side of the early "quartet Heads" band and a full side of the "Afro-funk blow-out Heads". I would have loved to have seen the 2nd band live in their prime with Belew wailing away