Tom in RI

While I've been into jazz for 30 years I haven't gotten out to see much live which makes it a little easier to pick a best. I can't remember the exact year (probably 85 or 86) but I saw the George Adams Don Pullen 4tet at the 1369 Jazz Club in Inman Square in Boston (actually Cambridge I think). The place was not very big but packed with fans. The group was just incredible. During the evening Adams sang one or two songs and Dannie Richmond contributed a vocal also, maybe more of a chant. This was a working group at the top of their game. I haven't seen a show since that was as spectacular.

Rooster Ties, I'd like to hear: Ken Schaphorst Ensemble -- When The Moon Jumps (Accurate, 1994) Will send pm as per instructions.

On the soul side of blues the Mighty Sam McClain discs on Audioquest are not to be missed. For more straight ahead, but subtle, blues, you can't go wrong with the Joe Beard titles.

Too bad its not Friday night when Mattias Lupri will be at the Gardner Museum with Donny McCaslin featured.

These Ember issues have been turning up at a local chain here (in RI) for 8-10 dollars per two cd set. I have a duplicate of vol 2 which I would offer for $8 plus shipping if anyone is interested.

Maybe I am just not seeing it but Montgomery was a sideman on a Nat Adderly session released as Work Song. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:40bsa9rgu230

What is the sound like on these? Like Boris Rose issues?

Anyone else familiar with the work of one Little Milton??? Grits Ain't Groceries Eggs Ain't Poultry And Mona Lisa Was a Man!

Just reviewed all 10 pages and didn't see Bruce Forman, his "Forman on the Job" was my intro to him and to Joe Henderson, a great disc.

The Times article mectioned home recordings of Bird from Chan Parker. I think I remember that she always wanted more money for them than any label was willing to pay. Wonder if they see distribution now.

Do you think Schaap is the collector who has the extra 6 minutes of Bird and Diz mentioned in the thread on the upcoming Town Hall Bird and Diz concert on Uptown?

Uh Joe, wouldn't that be a hard turn to the right?

While trolling through Half.com today I noticed quite a few titles on Arabesque from multiple sellers for .75 - 3.00. Is this label gone now? Is there anywhere else to check for deleted titles? Is this the right place for this thread? Well I've gone and checked their website and they still seem to be in bidness. Still, there's a lot of cheapies on half.com at the moment.

Another vote for the HHB BurnIt, I've had the 830 for about 3 years now. Easy to use.

Thanks, Jazzshrink, for posting the two Adam Rafferty discs. He's also on The New York Trio Project disc "Fifth House", a disc I keep coming back too since I got it. A couple of other guitar discs I listen to alot by lesser known artists include "Trioing" by Jonathan Kreisberg and "Meeting Standards" by Clay Moore. Both deserve wider expsoure. Can anyone reccommend any dates that showcase Allen Reuss? I only know him from the Coleman Hawkins date "Hollywood Stampede".

I agree with ztraug22 that Wes is better known because his octave and chordal solos were considered an innovation (although you can hear examples of this in Django Rheinhardt's and Charlie Christian's playing from the 40's). Interesting observation from Mike F., Grant Green was clearly past his prime. What to make of Wes Montgomery's opportunities had he lived? No doubt with a large family to care for he would have continued to record the Creed Taylor produced sound but who knows what his live gigs would have produced? Maybe Wes would have been on Freddie Hubbard's First Light instead of George Benson (they were both from Indiana, right?).

WRIU, the University of RI station, features jazz 5 days a week from 7-12 (or is it 8-12?). Different jock each day. The station has a good signal through most of the state.

Hey Jazzmoose, agreed on Metheny's work on Wish. At least 3 lives dates of this band and tour circulate and the two I have heard are pretty good.

I used to avoid Pat Metehny out of some kind of misguided bias against anything not hard bop. Lucky for me I tried Question and Answer. Since then I've enjoyed a lot of his trio efforts, still haven't warmed up to his PMG discs. As a sideman I liked his work on Marc Johnson's Sound of Summer Running alongside Bill Frisell. The date with John Scofield "I Can See Your House From Here" was a surprise for how loud andr ock influenced it is, I have it but haven't listened to it for awhile.

The auction was essentially an add for upcoming auctions. This was included in the text: SORRY NO LIST OR SHIPPING AVAILABLE FOR THIS AUCTION. THERE IS NO VIEWING. THIS IS STRICTLY AN INFORMATIONAL LISTING ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR ITEMS PICTURED IN THE AUCTION TO BE SOLD SEPERATELY. THEY WILL BE IN THE NEAR FUTURE. NO PAYPAL accepted for this auction. PAYMENT DUE IN 24 HOURS AFTER AUCTION END (YEAH RIGHT). I have seen this collection with my own two eyes, Nick is a friend of mine. Quite a bit of interesting stuff with a lot of European pressings.

I sprung for this after seeing a mention somewhere on this board. Sound is very good and I find the whole enterprise to be a success. The tunes show the benefits of some rehearsals and the musicians involved are all 1st rate. I like the pairing of Joshua Redman and Miguel Zenon. The packaging is not so hot for those, like me, who do most of their listening in the car but shouldn't be a problem for those listening at home. I hope the release is a succuess and they do it again next year.

There is an article in today's Wall Street Journal announcing that Toshiba is ready to market double sided dvd's with the new and old format to provide backwards compatibility, sorry I can't link to it. I think the jury is still out. From what I've read, the other competing dvd format has a much larger capacity. I guess one will be the Betamax of the new millenium.

JohnL, I am with you on Drift, which covers a lot of ground. I am finding myself picking up discs just because they have Matt Wilson on them. I've also picked up a couple of the Ben Allison discs which I seem to warm up to over repeated listenings. For all you Herbie Nichols Project fans, try another take on this stuff by Buell Niedlinger, Blue Chopsticks on his k2b2 records.

Jug's Christmas Song w/Tom Archia! Yeah, baby. Listening to Christmas with Houston Person on Muse at the moment. And I second the rec for the Uptown Xmas disc which I picked up from Chuck last year.

I have the Omega tape Art Pepper sides on Onyx (1st vinyl issue?) and then on the Blue Note twofer from the 70's. While I like Art Pepper alot, both of these issues have some very unpleasantly harsh moments. Were the original tape issues better? Were they considered audiophile in their day?