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This is one of those labels that is not likely to "correct" anything, right? Still, somebody should have gotten all this stuff under one roof a long time ago. How hard could it have been?

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This Josh Timmers guy is the least emo Cubs fan I think I've ever ran accross. If the organization has this same mindset, it is indeed a new day at Wrigley, look forward brightly! http://www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2015/10/21/9590994/rapid-recap-national-league-championship-series-game-4-mets-8-cubs-3-mlb-scores Now, let's get the Series in place - Go Mets! Go Royals!

Charles Davis is still misidentified as Ricky Ford, and the question of how you can't tell one player's most-distinctive tone and phrasing from another's goes completely unaddressed (I mean, ok, Pepper Adams is your hero, and you can't even tell that it's him speaking? How do you kids today hear your music, all notes and no voice?), But hey, that's a neat trick transcribing a solo on a plane, flashy! If you can't dazzle them with brilliance... He should just withdraw the review out of self-respect, redo it with some intelligence, and come back when he's got something worth printing,

Still haven't wrapped my head around the concept of living in a world where wearing a tie was something you did without thinking about it...

Really glad to hear that Herbert had at least one friend in life...the noise that followed in the wake of his death did not paint him as being at all likeable, or even tolerable. But you know how that goes...sometimes people take to the dead to get the revenge that they dare not attempt against the living. Besides, the road is a dark place, if not always, then eventually. All I know is that the guy seemed to set a pretty high bar for himself, and sometimes people do that in a way that is not at all warm and fuzzy. But what are you gonna do about that, right?

Hey Baseball - Bartolo Colon, explain that, please.

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Yeah, mend well!

I had a college buddy, cat from DC named Otrie Barrett, who really heard Gregory Herbert. I mean this guy, he would buy Woody Herman records just to hear Herbert. I was like, Tree, jesus, what is it with you and Gregory Herbert? He was man, he's working on his own thing, I dig where he's going. And I was like, ok, Tree, you got that, then. And then that Chet Baker album came out with Harold Danko & Herbert, and I began thinking, oh wow, Otrie was not wrong, if I was to buy that record, it would be for Gregory Herbert. And then next thing I hear, Gregory Herbert has OD'ed in the water with Blood, Sweat, & Tears, and the vibes behind all that were just really, really ugly from all sides. What I hear here is a guy who's trying to not play anything cheap, and no matter what else, you gotta love a guy who makes a concerted effort to not go for the okie-doke when he plays his instrument. Drugs not your friend, but playing cheap shit when you know better, hey, you die either way, right? Sal Nistico Intersection! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW9g8ZASaDM

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Yeah, Mr. Met definitely be trippin with those diamond pupils, unlike Jerry Cologna here who is probably just cokebuzzed, yuck, nothing is a badder scene than a coked up baseballhead...or a coked up anything, mailman, brain surgeon, lab monkey, anything. Say NO! to coke and YES to baseball, beautiful, beautiful baseball. You go, Mister Met, stay beautiful!

I like how his pupils are baseball diamonds, that's psychedelic!

Really, all the complaints about players not keeping up, bad bass sound, sloppy heads, all of that, this guy blames the players for that, like they're somehow lesser/local/whatever. Why not call that bullshit on the producer instead? Ultimately, the producer makes those calls, why you gonna project all this "lesson" bullshit on to it, like Clifford Jordan is using a record date with people he's known for years to teach school, that's just wrong.

If it was, the Charles Davis thing would have been addressed? Seriously? Writing a review and playing are not the same thing. Writing a review from a player's perspective and getting it this wrong is unfortunate, but hell, it's not the same thing at all as making a gig, not even close.

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Looks like he's explicitly allowing that he got it wrong: http://dothemath.typepad.com/ Not sure who that source is, but I wish that they'd let him know that he is still calling Charles Davis Ricky Ford.

Yeah, well, if he wants to be a credible person of his visibility and assumed position, he should do some more math. Or less. I don't know. No rule says you have to like Von Freeman, but if you can't come out and say that you don't, don't play the "I must not have heard the right Von" card. If you haven't...there's really no excuse for that. If you're a civilian, sure, but if you're a player writing as a player and keep on contemplating the whole "authenticity" thing then, no, there's no excuse. And if you have and really don't like it, then say so. You'll still be wrong, but at least you'll have full and proper ownership of your wrongness. But, that's just the tip of the iceberg. I get all types of "New York Attitude" from that review, and, you know, later for all that. No, I take that back, EARLIER for all that.

Also, listening to hear where Smith actually loses his place twice and am not hearing it...is it in his solo where this happens? I mean, the guy is scrambling, for sure, but his cadences all land in the right places, or at least he takes back up from them in the right place...I don't really know this record, haven't lived with it so...I don't know. I'm halfass YouTubin it to hear what's going on. Kevin, you are probably the only guy who has ever referred to Roy Haynes as "that poor drummer"! Seriously, though, the reaction towards what Iverson perceives to be Adams but is in fact Brignola suggest that maybe he's listening with his names instead of his ears, and when he hears "greatness" he just assumes that its his pre-existing hero. We've a;; been there, we've all had to "reluctantly accept" that, well, ok, maybe I've not been gving so-and-so adequate props after all, but in the context of this snidefest "review", hey, one more scoop of bullshit, this one on the house.

And let it also be noted that it was not the music I didn't enjoy, it was the performance. Hell, I now how five copies of the Schubert Octet to roll when I get to it, and I figure that at least one of them will lite me up. At least one. As for Mozart, I'll get to it someday, maybe. And if not, it's not like he's Joe Zawinul or somebody who is still being processed as to what was really happening there and was it worthwhile, and if so, hmmm...need some time to ponder on that. No, Mozart's done been pondered on, and if new conclusions are still being reached (as it appears they are), well, excellent, love it when that happens. Music as lifestyle reinforcement is all well and good, but the line between that and a self-satisfied complacency is what differences and challenges are all about, and nobody's exempt, really, not forever anyway. The more that time goes by, the more there is to ponder..perhaps the quality of the pondering is more to the point than what it is that is being pondered? Me myself, I have no interest in liking everything that might be good (or actually is good), that's just impossible. But I like to stay open to new things when they come along, not just as novelty, but...I already have a "point of view", ok? I know what I like, why I like it, where it came from, what it has meant to others as well as myself..comfortable in my own skin, musically, as they say. So, anything new that comes along (be it old or new) that speaks to that POV, either to broaden it or to challenge it in a meaningful way, for me, that's fun. Anything that comes along that doesn't is not fun. I'm all about the fun, y'all, all about the fun. The next time that happens, please report it. It's not a "moderatable offense" per se, but if it becomes a pattern from any one poster, it's at least worth keeping an eye on.

I mean, I hear time issues, and they seem to be on Holland. Call me crazy, but isn't it Brignola playing the second bari solo? The one that "rescues us from total chaos thanks to his impeccable authority"? #1 - I think that's Brignola, and #2 - this hangup on "prime time" and "schooling" seems to me to be (unintentionally?) saying more about where Iverson's head is at about himself than it does anything actually happening on the records.

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Meant to get the Nelson during the last sale, got distracted, well hell.

You were probably smart to buy when you did...you got it newer and had control, of the wear and tear for all that time. 20-25 years is a long time for a record to beliong to somebody else.