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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?

The effect of drug use.....I mean, how can you tell? How did he sound without drugs?

Fred Anderson/Henry Grimes/Hamid Drake at the Velvet Lounge (forgot the date) I felt after watching that set (and still feel) that I didn't ever need to see another jazz show again. That show exceeded everything that I could ever hope to expect from live music.

Dex has been one of my favorite tenors since I've been into jazz. He's had many fine releases on Steeplechase & Columbia, though I'm unfamiliar with his Prestige stuff. But for me, his Blue Notes are the cream of the crop.....some of the finest recorded jazz I've ever heard. So wonderful that they've been all getting RVG-ed lately.

Several of my favorite new releases have already been mentioned. I'll add: Wayne Shorter - "Beyond the Sound Barrier" David Binney - "Bastion of Sanity" Fred Anderson - "Blue Winter" Jason Moran - "Same Mother" Henry Grimes - "Live at the Kerava Jazz Festival" Joe Lovano - "Joyous Encounter" Marc Johnson - "Shades of Jade" And as cliche as it may be to say by now, I must say that the big 3 discoveries of the year (Monk/Trane, Bird/Diz, Trane @ Half Note) truely made this one of the most memorable years in recent history for jazz recordings.

There was something on TV last night about that.

Have a good one!

This is the worst thread.

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=21972

Yeah I love this one too.