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Of course, the real Young Lion in those days was Steve Coleman, but...

Rodney Kendrick - Dance, World, Dance & Last Chance for Common Sense. Neither are "perfect" by any stretch of the imagination, but that works in their favor, I think. You don't know what you're going to hear before you hear it. I always got the impression that Kendrick was somewhat of an unwilling "Young Lion". Good for him.

I think that George Clinton should take Jerry Springer's place, that's what I think. That cut cracked me up. Disc II is every bit as good as Disc I, although it's a lot more varied in terms of style. There's a rap ode to herb featuring his grandaughter Sativa that got on my nerves at first, but it grew on me. A little. But that's the only "problem" I had with it. And btw - there's a "bonus cut" at the end (also featuring Sativa) that is freakin' hilarious. Think of it as the 21st century cousin of "Take Your Dead Ass Home"

A bump for those who have had one.

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Is that the same song that Leon Redbone covered on his first album?

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Some of these criticisms of Davis are a little harsh, I think. Even on his earliest sides, he was playing, albeit not without a bit of unformed identit. And If is indeed a "commercial" effort, and not a particularly fine one, but I've certainly heard far worse from far better known players. Some y'all make it sound like he's some kind of hack. No such thing!

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Buddy Terry's a Newark saxophonist who did some sides for Prestige & Mainstream in the late 60s/early 70s. Natural Soul on Prestige, the one with Shaw & Young, is my favorite, but Pure Dynamite on Mainstream is a real out-of-left-field treat. Terry's always been a solid blues-based soul-jazz/hard bop player, but on this one he ventures into sort of a stretched out late-60s Miles bag. Not necessary a "great" side, but definitely an "interesting" one. I thought that he had sorta "disappeared", but apparently not: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/swingadelic2/from/scottp So hey - Buddy Terry lives!

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After the Cellar Door fiasco, Gregory's comments about the "estate" ring true...

Speaking of Sonny, uh, Melba Toast, sorry, LISTON, I came across a record yesterday that had two of her arrangements on it. It was the Herbie Mann/Tamiko Jones Atlantic side, and it also had three arrangements by Joe Zawinul, and it was only $1.00 (American). It's a pretty crappy record really, and the "arrangements", which I had hoped would be be big band/orchestral actually seem to be rhythm section sketches. But that led me to wonder how much of this type of "strictly for the bucks" work Melba did. Chris' story about Eddie Fisher leads me to think that maybe she did her fair share of it. You think about it, her jazz arranging credits aren't really all that extensive in number, at least not in comparison to some, yet she remained on the scene for a good long time. She had to be doing something to make some bread, no? It was a good time to be a competent (and Melba was certainly more than that!) arranger. Everything and everybody wanted/needed music for every situation and somebody had to write it. Nowadays, it's home studios and one man operations. Cat sits down at his synths and crafts whatever you want all by his lonesome. He's somposer, arranger, and performer all in one. Cost to the client for the overall job goes down, even if the one guy makes more money for himself than he used to make just doing one job. Anyway... I wonder how many TV commercials, educational films, rock records with little incidental horn parts, fashion shows, demo records, etc. were the product of writers like Melba Liston who were great jazz arrangers but took other type work to pay the bills. That's probably something we'll never know.

Be patient. God is not finished with me yet.

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