JSngry

I've had the LP set since back in the day, thanks. I'm old, remember?

Well, that's got fully nothing to do with his tone being a gimmick, does it now. Whole 'nother issue, that one. I will say this, though - I don't know where "up there" is (or who puts people there), but there's very few players whose...purposefulness I've admired over the years more than Jackie McLean's.

Ok, maybe I'm getting a little...aggressive on this. Don't want to get uncivil and/or impestuous (sic). But...tone is so very personal, and to accuse an obviously serious musician of "gimmickry" in something so fundamental to their expression just strikes me as waaaaaayyyyyy off the wall. Not liking it is one thing, but geez...

Besides, his tone did evolve over the years, as did his intonation. But it always kept its basic character. "all the time and for no particular reason"...are you serious?

They were essentially a "record club", weren't they?

I think I do know what you mean, and if I'm right, it's one of the more silly ( or clueless, maybe?) things I've ever heard anybody say about anything! Or is this just David Ayers "making a David Ayers noise" here?

Hmmm...at what point does somebody's voice become a gimmick? I'd not even say that about Arnold Stang or Don Messick (although the latter's wheezy dog-laugh, yeah, that's a gimmick. but it's not his voice). Now those rotating bow ties that the Spike Jones band wore, that was a gimmick (and a nifty one, at that...). Jackie McLean's tone...that's just another way to play the alto. Blow an alto like a tenor and that's where it starts going. Refine it to where you hear it, and there it is. Time, place, people, intent, all that factors into it. "Gimmick" seems to me a bit dismissive of all of that. I've know alto players over the years who really, really don't like McLean, but it's always because of something like "he blows the alto like a tenor". To which I say, hey, too bad. It's a horn, period. Blow it like you feel it. Same thing with the poeple who bitched about Warne MArsh sounding like an alto instead of a tenor (yeah, if that sounds like an alto to you...please don't drive while blind, I don't trust your hearing);. But that comes down to esthetics, and the various prissy finickries therein (damn alto players...). This is the very first time I've ever heard him accused of gimmickry.

There's a lot to be said for taking advantage of those moments of clarity when they appear.

The Ultrasonic stuff is GREAT. For those so interested, there is an incendiary Herbie/Headhunters date from that same series: PERSONNEL Herbie Hancock: keyboards Bennie Maupin: reeds Paul Jackson: bass Mike Clark: drums TRACKS 01. Actual Proof (9.37) 02. Butterfly (12.47) 03. Sly (17.48) 04. Chameleon (15.41) Once again, the interanet is your friend.

Ok, as a subjective reaction, I can give you "annoying" (and let you keep it! ) but gimmick? How does that work, exactly?

Nostalgia time... Stuff was excellent fun back then. Excellent, serious fun.

Ok, here we go...sure seems like a marketing tool, yes, but apparently one with a tie-in to action in the film itself: http://zvbxrpl.blogspot.com/2007/08/first-movie-with-licensed-recordings.html

(Doctor Jazz, round, with hole in middle of both sides) For chronological completeness, yeah, sets like this have been superseded any number of times. But as a simple listening experience, this is pretty darn nifty.

Maybe it was a marketing item, like it's 1942 again, or something.

...City!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNEsRwNc2zI

A true veteran who lived the music he played. R.I.P.

Duke Ellington/Fletcher Henderson/Horace Henderson Big Bands -- 1933 Andy Kirk Instrumentally Speaking 1936 to 1942 Ramsey Lewis Dancing In The Street Ramsey Lewis Them Changes Modern Jazz Quartet Legendary Profile Modern Jazz Quartet Plastic Dreams Mike Nichols & Elaine May Retrospect Buddy Rich Speak No Evil

The post-segregation version:

HA! Bryce Harper Has His First Major League Hit, Possibly Because Dodgers Fans Were Mooning Their Own Pitcher http://deadspin.com/5906055/bryce-harper-has-his-first-major-league-hit-possibly-because-dodgers-fans-were-mooning-their-own-pitcher

This.

Went to the Rangers-Rays game tonight..Joe Maddon intentionally walked Josh Hamilton with two outs and one on to pitch to Adrian Beltre...Beltre gave a little butt shake before stepping into the box that looked to me like he was a little...peeved about being perceived as less of a threat than his immediate predecessor in the order... and then promptly hit an opposite-field 3 rub blast into the jet stream and over the fence. 7-2 final, Rangers. Hell, it was Adrian Beltre Bobblehead Night. Who in their right mind would walk Josh Hamilton to pitch to Adrian Beltre on Adrian Beltre Bobblehead night?