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Oh yeah, absolutely. Somebody in some liner note somewhere made the wry observation that Percy Heath was Ron Carter before Ron Carter was. HA! Truthfully, the early 70s MJQ records on Atlantic can make for some interesting listening in terms of both Heath & Kay. Can't say that I would recommend buying them if you're not really "there" with the band already, but an hour or two of casual browsing might be more fun than you might think. Nothing is as...radical as that one Apple record, but the things hit on there by no means vanish. Sorry for the digression, but I do think that the real evolutionary interest of the MJQ came after their image had become essentially fixed. They kept the quiet surface, but the tempos and pockets got pretty damn funky. Yeah, funky! Not, like, Funk, just a really deep pocket. Same band, same basic concepts, really, just more dug in, whole body brain music, if tthat makes any sense. Anyway, back to the lists!

Yeah, Connie Kay and Percy Heath gave John Lewis a lot of options, a really big palate. Sometimes he opened then up more than other times, Kay in particular. This guy played on R&B records and handled crotales with equal ease and aplomb. He was a true percussionist, not just a great time keeping drummer. But sometimes Lewis...you know...very controlled environment. It was what it was, right?

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Yeah, I feel that way a lot of the time myself. But Side 1 of Space, their second album for Apple, it's a really, really stoned staidness! This is, like, the missing link (or links) between bebop & George Crumb, or something. Not that that's a chain everybody wants to follow, but still...who knew? And Space is, really, the only record they made like this. They'd get blurry a few times later (and a few time before), but not so overtly as on this one record.

First MJQ record was a two-sided 45 of "England's Carol"...next one was the then-new Blues On Bach. Neither of them, nor any MJQ record, would probably make any "Top 5" list of mine (although Side 1 of Space might well make a Top 5 Get High And Listen To THIS list if I made it while I myself was high, but why dwell in the past?), but I find that they all keep getting played

Charles Lloyd invested in California real estate and more or less retired to TM for a while before returning to a higher-profile schedule. Sonny Cox - high school basketball coach in Chicago, apparently high profile? Sometimes when old folks "disappear", it's for various health reasons, not that they've retired. Max Roach and his Alzheimer's come to mind.

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First Trane I heard was also on the radio. KNUS FM out of Dallas, one of the old "underground" free-form stations, picked it up in the AM while getting dressed for school, kinda faded in and out, but mostly in. It was something with Elvin, couldn't tell you exactly, they didn't back-announce, but I immediately felt what it had to be. Funny how occasionally you can hear something and just KNOW who/what it is, all the descriptions you've been hearing perfectly match up with the music you finally are hearing. It was like that. In retrospect it was something from 1965. End result, a week later I picked up Transistion, so that would have been in the first 10 or so jazz records I bought. That's one that engendered both an immediate and lasting love.

I have a long family & friends tradition of Cubbness, but also a smaller but no less real one of Indianicity. Planning on remaining neutral for the series and to simply enjoy 4-7 good games, but tell you what, John Lester did not make it easy last night, all that jawing.

Correct! Most of this is, simply, not jazz.

Maybe not on the same boat, but docking at the same port, perhaps. Still, I began "collecting" proper with they motivation of signing off with a very thorough "archive" of, not everything, but things I had a more than casual interest in. Don't want to let that fail with these two sets that are perfect examples of that.

That sounds right. It's a pro for sure, not some random thwacker.

Has it been established who the drummer was on that? Hal Blaine? That's a really schizo drum part, something different every few bars, never a chance to lock in to a steady beat, really, so the drummer's time has to be implicitly pocketized, which this drummer's time certainly was.

Dude, Ted Turner had a TV network, a baseball team, and an international athletic competition. If you're looking to market aerobics videos and become a physical fitness media powerhouse of your own , hey, the marketplace decides. I think anybody who can go from Tom Hayden to Ted Turner to wherever is looking for something. Glad I wasn't in that car, but would never try to take the keys away. Cars are made for driving, roads are made for driving, beep beep, CRASH, thanks, Liberty Mutual.

Sonny & Jimmy both looking sharp, each in their own way. Dressing well is inspirational, really. There's no one way or look, just present yourself with pride, personality, identity, and an air of distinction. Look like you're the one who belongs there, nobody else. And then, bring the music, bring it! I love it that Sonny went to India to study yoga because he figured that if he wasn't going to play any more, he'd still need to make a living, and being a yoga instructor was about the only other thing he figured he could do. Seeking both enlightenment AND a gig! Don't know where I read that, maybe some early 70s post-Return DB article?

Hey, let's play some Larry Williams records instead! One question, though - who is this Don Imocus guy he talks about?

Hell, if he never posts again, we've got present drama! Anger, counseling, support, it's like the Oprahissimo Board!

Both this and the Dial are sets which I will buy when they're about to run dry, and then for the "archive"ness. Really don't have a burning compulsion at this time to deeply engage further with most of the selections. Savoy really covered this stuff really well back in the day, and Dial, maybe not so much in America, but still... Hopefully it runs low soon, meaning that I hope a lot of people buy it quickly. Mosaic is still a worthy cause.

Ah, here's what's funny - either the guy has left for real, in which case you're all talking into the void the guy has left for now but will be back eventually, in which case you're setting the stage for more of the same the guy has no intention of leaving, is lurking right now and is taking all this in the fuel whatever fires he's got burning inside him, in which case, again, more of the same At some point, what's the use, the real-world application here? Have fun, I guess?

Ok, I have no idea, really asking for real...how do the stats break down for the series-winning % of the home team that wins Game 1 vs Road Team that wins Game !?

Yeah, Pete mentioned that album/band at the time, he enjoyed it!