My Dad bought stuff from them for years, I still have the vinyl in my collection.
Oakhurst is a dinky little town between Long Branch and Asbury Park. New Jersey is full of tiny towns I've never heard of, even though I've lived here all my life.
The Stone is all about some obsessed fans. When the Knit was still on Leonard St, there was an article in the Voice about how they were bad for business because they didn't drink.
I just heard Victor play with Steve Turre a few nights ago. Killer show too, tribute to JJ Johnson.
New AAJ interview - Victor Lewis: The Drummer's Spirit
Seriously? I've never gotten that impression over the decades, either from print or conversations.
I think his Blue Notes, Mwandishi are influential...people haven't quite forgotten Rockit yet.
sk, It's my attitude that I will scarf up any 4-CD pre-retirement Miles box of previously unreleased live material if it is reasonably priced.
Sometimes it's not in my budget, but that's another matter!
Same here.
I love it, at the time I was more interested in SAWII. But I kept checking his music out as it came out and got stranger and stranger. Now, I really dig how he makes use of all the flutering, echo and reverb...those little production details.