JSngry

Mine came Saturday. It is opened but not yet listened to.

What i don't dig is somebody who really has nothing more than a "concept" who then depends/expect the surrounding players to bring ALL the elevation. That's a ginormous drag. Other than that, hell, if somebody has something to say and is without a doubt trying to say it specifically, let them say it. Nobody has everything, and nobody can be everybody. There will always be hype, but just...don't believe it. And don't believe the rebuttalists either, be your own damn decider. What's funny is that Brookemeyer and Clark Terry were in so many different trenches together for so many years, yet they came out of them with completely different dispositions. Pieces of the puzzle.

Page turner? SHE DON'T NEED NO STINKING PAGE TURNER.

I like cranky people and I like happy people. I like studied people and I like intuitive people What can I say, I'm a people person!

I remember this record, along with Charles Lloyd's Forrest Flower, it was a bit of a "crossover" hit, an effect that still lingered on into the 70s, which is when I found it. Interesting that both were live albums that featured extended pieces that were really good for "grooving" to, in whatever condition you found yourself in at any given moment. I like this record well enough, it's good stuff with a really unique band, unhackneyed voices, if you will. One of those "moments in time" things, for sure, when the right band is in the right place at the right time and the tape is rolling. Handy's Roulette sides should not be overlooked. The impulse! sides, otoh, are strictly of sociological intrest, imo, and this coming from somebody who is not automatically opposed to "that type of thing". But geez, "Hard Work", the song, was a HUGE R&B hit, good lord, that thing was everywhere on Black Radio. the Frat Party Band I was in at the time...I had a feature where I'd start out doing "Mister Magic" on tenor, then there would be a break where I'd play tenor and alto simultaneously, riff a while, and then hit the "Hard Work" lick on both horns to bring the band back in and we'd keep going with me on alto now. Community Show Business Music Showtime at it's...uh....well, the crowd went wild, whatever that means. But apart from those two, anything with John Handy on it is something I will want to listen to at least once, even that silk album, that one was not really hearty, but, as they say, I kinda dug what they were trying to do. And this Monterrey album, maybe a bit of catching lightening in a bottle, but if that's a problem, I've yet to figure out what it might be.

http://hoorayforroygbiv.bandcamp.com/ To be found within?

Figaro Samuel Barber Paul Klipsch

RIP. Without knowing him personally, I still instinctively felt that he represented the ability to simultaneously possess both a wicked wit and a gentle spirit. How he spoke of Gilda up until the end...that always seemed to be coming from a deep place. Gonna miss him.

Does 12 have a close-ish Bill Laswell connection?

Pole Dancer Czech Mate Huckleberry Finn

Two words - Clifford Brown.

There's a drummer?

I was just about to call that Konitz/Russo thing. I find it headed in a good direction, but ultimately stifled and mannered. Still, a good ride along the way.

How many stings are these?

A different producer and/or a different front line might have made this a better record. Certainly nothing wrong with the core group or the material.

And in so many places there is no such thing as silence (or even quiet), so why not exert some choice over what noise you get bombarded with? Granted, that runs the risk of turning into a myopia of environmental entitlement but life is not without risk.

That's the one. I do like Mann as a melodist.

These could be any songs, but this could be only one assemblage of voices.

Luther Burbank America The Beautiful Petulia Clark

King Of The XR20!!!

Steve Potts