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Looking forward to getting this one. I enjoyed "Still Evolved".

Thanks for the coupon! I think I'm gonna spring for one of the Simpsons DVD box sets. I've fallen behind on those.

His Shakti projects are by far my favorites of his work. He's a fantastic guitar player, indeed.

Click on "Community Bulletin Board" towards the bottom.

Thanks for the heads up. I also picked up the Apocalypse Now Complete Dossier, as well as Hustle & Flow.

for the Yoshi's discs!

This clearly shows you have no idea what the African heritage of percussion and ryhthm is all about, matters of taste notwithstanding. Elvin had a real deep connection to this. Besides that, I wonder what "corny congas" might be, except for the alliteration .... I'm thinking that perhaps you misunderstood my post. I have absolutely nothing against congas or any other types of percussion. I'm a drummer myself, and am a big fan of Samba, Indian classical music, and many other forms of percussion heavy musics. What I was saying is that on alot of these tracks, the addition of two and three other percussionists sounds very cluttered, muddy and messy to these ears. I think that its primarily because Elvin's style of drumming, with his tendency to so frequently accent in the most unconventional spots in the beat, along with his exceptional chops, fills so much space already, that the percusisonists just start to pile on top of each other, making it difficult to get any types of conversations going. Additional percussionists worked better with drummers like Max Roach and Art Blakey, as their styles of drumming allowed for more "space" to be filled. And then to top it off, you have the fact that the percussionists on these sessions don't really sound like they were exceptional players to begin with, hence my choice of adjective to describe the playing. So, on the contrary to what you said regarding my understanding of music, I think that it really does come down to a matter of taste. On this set, I much prefer the tracks with Elvin alone.

Everybody should just go out and get all the Andrew Hill albums. They are all good.

I'm not sure why so much of what I've read regarding "Here To Stay" has been verging on the so-so/negative side of things. This is a top notch Freddie Hubbard session. Aside from "Breaking Point" and "Ready for Freddie", I haven't been much of a fan of Freddie's Blue Note sessions as a leader, but this one has joined the ranks of his finest work IMO. Excellent batches of RVGs these past couple of months!

I can't even imagine the amount of shitty PM's or e-mails members of this board receive, but do we go posting them all for the world to see? The fact that Yanow is a jazz critic does not change anything. It shouldn't have been posted, and this thread shouldn't exist.

Finally got this disc and got through my first listen, which probably wasn't as focused as it could be, as I'm packing for a vacation. But initial impressions are that this is a fine disc. There was a track with a repeated Eastern chant that didn't work too well, and one of the tracks with the vocalist(s) seemed a bit muddy also. But these were really the only two songs that I can remember off hand that I didn't enjoy. One thing that really caught my attention is the excellent musicianship from everyone involved. Kenny G and Brian Blade were in typical excellent form, but Mulgrew Miller, Pharoah Sanders and Bob Hurst turn in some really excellent performances. Being that this album is a tribute to McCoy Tyner, I think Mulgrew really captured the mood of Tyner's music without succumbing to plain old imitation. In many ways, he's really the glue that hold this music together. And Pharoah sounds truly awesome here. Definitely one of his better recorded performances in a while.

He performed with Jason Moran at the Chicago Jazz Fest a few weeks back. An excellent performance. Am curious to hear more about the new CD.

Splendid news to start the day on ! Amen.

Best new release of 2006 in my opinion.

Da motherf*%#@!n Bears are the s#!t !!!

Nice photos Mark! When are you gonna post the ones from Joe's birthday, and the Jazz Fest ones?

Another discovery for me.....the second session on Miles Davis' "Collecters Items" with Sonny Rollins in the quintet. A gem of session. The group sounds really tight. Was this group touring together at the time? It sounds like it.

Saw the Kurt Rosenwinkel Quintet yesterday. It was a fantastic show. It was my first time seeing Kurt....what an incredible improvisor he is! He had the crowd on its feet during some of his solos, which doesn't happen often at the Jazz Showcase. Mark Turner was struggling during the first set. He kept fidgeting with his horn and was looking frustrated, but he came back very strong in the second set with some really creative and intense solos. The highlight of the evening for me was a ferocious version of "Inner Urge" that went on for about 20 minutes. Check this group out if they play near you! Kevin Hayes was on the piano, which was a nice bonus. He gets better and better every time I see him.

I wonder if it will be anything like Spike Lee's.

I was laughing nearly the whole time.....not so much at what I was watching, but because I was thinking about where/how JSngry came across this footage!

Saw him earlier in August at Comstock Park in Michigan. He was excellent, although his new band isn't as good as the one he had up until about 2 years ago or so.

I'm jealous! What a fantastic stout.

Good points Alexander. Funny you make the Outkast comparision, as I was "one of those people" who stopped liking Outkast as soon as "Aquemini" came out! However, I've been revisiting them recently after an absence of about 8 years from their music, and I've actually come to enjoy "Aquemini", "Stankonia", and yes, even the dreaded "Speakerboxx/Love Below". Sorry about the change in subject......I think "Modern Times" is a great Bob Dylan album, no matter what.

Has anyone heard this yet? I liked Branford's late 80's/early 90's offerings with the trio and quartet, but I haven't really enjoyed any of his more recent releases, particularly these newer albums that all seem to be themed. This new one seems like it might just be a return to good ol' fashioned saxophone quartet jazz. I think his band is very solid, particularly the connection between Branford and Tain.

What would be a good size to get for about 1,200 CDs?