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I saw Match Point this past weekend and it was excellent. Probably one of my favorites of the Allen films I've seen. Anyone see this one yet?

LWayne, were you there for the first set on Thursday? I was there too! A co-worker and I were sitting over on the couch-like seats off to the right. Hope to meet you next time. Great review of the show. I echo your sentiments. I've always liked Potter and knew he was going to evolve into an excellent player, but he is really exceeding everything I ever thought he'd become. There were moments on Thursday night where I was simply awestruck. His playing is becoming so exciting, and incredibly rhythmic as well. His solos were some of the most intense and far reaching I've ever heard in a live setting. He is becoming a master storyteller on the horn. Plus, his tone, which has been to die for as long as I've known of him, just keeps getting stronger and prettier. I noticed that he and Nate Smith seem to have formulated a very strong musical relationship. I've heard Potter play with Bill Stewart, Billy Kilson, Gene Jackson, and Clarence Penn, but none of them seem to lock in with Potter like Nate Smith does. Perhaps this is one of the reasons Potter sounds so inspired? Anyways, like LWayne said, this was an excellent show. The group, its concept, and the songs were all really cool, but its Potter's tremendous playing that really sealed the deal for me. I am truly excited that he is still relatively young and hopefully has a long career ahead of him. He has the potential to achieve great things.

Has anyone gotten the chance to hear a band called "Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!" ? A buddy of mine who is really into indie rock played it for me and they sounded really good.

impossible, unfortunately I don't own this CD and don't currently have any access to it (my ex-girlfriend was the one who had it), so I have not gotten the chance to give it a listen. Would really like to though....I live by a good used CD store. I'll look for it on my next visit.

She's never been in a movie that I liked....but she is hot.

Like most others here, I like this album, but there is very little coming from the Jazz Composers Collective that I don't like. This album is very interesting from a composititional standpoint, and I think that the Kimbrough/Allison/Wilson trio can make anyone sound good.

This is a very fine CD....one of last year's best.

I'm enjoying Volume 2 very much.....just as much as Volume 1. These are some fine documents and I love the way Sonny plays on these. Can't wait for volume 3.

Its no suprise anymore that when someone starts a thread seeking any type of recommendation or advice, or if they are promoting a piece of work or a live show that they feel is special, that more than half the time you will eventually chime in your negative opinion, even when nowhere in the thread title is your opinion being asked for. It would just be nice if you could save your negativity for the opinion threads, rather than pissing in every punch bowl that you possibly can.

Reading this post comes as no surprise.

Ditto. Tony Malaby kills on these.

Dammit, I wish I hadn't known about this!!!

I'm not sure why people are recommending the Coltrane CD to him. If he doesn't like "out" jazz, and the VV box is too "out" for him, then there is no way in hell he'll like One Down, One Up.

The music started off magnificantly. Fred played a set with his quartet that included Jeff Parker and a young rhythm section who I had never seen before. They played with alot of fire and really kept the music going strong while Fred and Jeff soloed. The time Fred and Jeff have played together really shows, as they have great chemistry on stage. They got into some call/response stuff that was really cool. It was an excellent set. The rest of the night was average to me. Greg Ward played for a LONG set, and then after that they just had a jam session. There were definitely some nice moments in these sets, but after seeing the set with Fred, it was hard act to follow. But regardless, it was a really good evening, even if blake and sheldonm forced me to spend money I don't have at the Jazz Record Mart. It was cool to meet you, Greg! And as always, great pics Mark.

I think this board could be used as very strong evidence that re-issues (excluding undisovered material) absolutely cut into the market of new jazz artists. I mean, when a (insert number here) re-issue of Blue Train or Kind of Blue generates more positive discussion than the new release from (insert name of a living, breathing talented jazz musician), there is absolutely an issue there. There is nothing wrong with having a preference for older jazz over newer jazz, but there are ALOT of very talented cats out there putting out important material, but they'll never get the discussion time that Hank Mobley does.

I agree with this statement 100%.

There is a Blue Note store in Amsterdam. I don't remember exactly where it is. Then again, I don't remember a whole lot about my trip to Amsterdam........

Hello all - My cousin and I have been talking seriously for a while now about starting a small business sometime in the next 3 to 4 years. It just so happens that his wife has a natural talent for brewing some of the BEST beer I've ever tasted and we'd like to open a small brewery/drinking establishment. The problem is that I know nothing about how to get started and I was hoping to find some good reading material that might point me in the right direction. Can anyone, small business owner or not, recommend a good book that they found useful on opening a small business? Any help, as always, would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

This is one of my favorite movies, and Criterion truely gave it the royal treatment. Enjoy!!

Just out of curiosity....what other movies are Syriana the "same" as?

His other MaxJazz release "The Sequel" is very nice as well. And of course, the two Yoshi's dates are very nice.

I can vouch for the Eraserhead DVD, as I have the version that was only availiable on Lynch's website. From what I understand, this is an exact dupliate of that version, with less packaging. The transfer is very nice.

This box set is incredible!!!

Just out of curiousity, SS....why don't you want your JJ set?

Getting back to the drug thing.....you can't say that drugs do nothing but pose limitations on jazz musicians. Just look at Bird. Would he have changed the world if it wasn't for his smack habit? And weren't Coltrane's latter day excursions heavily influenced by the LSD he was taking with Alice? Who knows. And personally, I've seen quite a few big name jazz musicians (although mostly younger ones) who I'm almost 100% positive were on coke. Never hurt the performance that much, either. I'm not saying that Dexter's life wasn't impeded in any way by drugs.....we all know his story. But I just can't comprehend listening to Dex and thinking to myself "wow, I can only imagine how much better he'd be if he weren't on drugs right now". If you think he's not a good player, fine. But I still can't understand how one can "hear the drugs" in his music. I ask again, what did he sound like sober?