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That is not the real Black, Brown and Beautiful though. It's a partial reissue of 3 Shades Of Blue, an FD album released under Hodges' name, filled out w/some other Nelson material. Nelson's original Black, Brown and Beautiful LP has yet to be reissued, and that is a crime.

Elmo Hope & early Randy Weston too.

Hell, most good movies last between 90 & 120 minutes, and they don't even have Elvin!

Slide by the crib and I'll make a xerox for you. They're loooooooong.

Wouldn't say that it's as good as any, but it ain't bad.

Nope. It reads "James Lyons".

In the 60s, I dunno. Which Frank are we talking about? The one who recorded with Jobim. ← Then I'd go with Claus Ogerman, playing his arrangements on piano.

That 24 minutes is going to pass anyway. Can't think of any better (or more inspired) musical ways for it to do so. 8 or so Hot Fives, 6 or so live Bird things, half a tune off of Sonny In Denmark, 2/3 of Concerto For Orchestra, a few other things would be as good. 24 minutes is 24 minutes, regardless of what happens.

That good, eh?

Wrong thread?

Two minor gems from when people had stopped buying his records: Far from essential, but satisfying nevertheless, unlike most of his mid-70s onward releases. And from as recently as 1998, there's this one, where JB's Hard Funk & Hip-Hop-style production mack it on down: Uneven, to put it mildly, but when it is good (which is often enough) it's goosebump-inducing.

So much singing! So little music! I felt bludgeoned. The chick's got impressive chops, for sure, But DAMN, lady, if you fuck like you sing a love song, forget about getting married and buy a machine instead! Nice, subtle reharm of the original changes by Herbie, though.

All love and props to Steve Coleman!

Dude, trust me - the rest of the album is nothing like that cut. You're gonna thank me some day for urging you to believe me now and go out and get that sucker asap!

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...33:y09as30la3ng

Although I certainly can relate to and deeply appreciate the life-changing powere of music, I see now that it's pointless to continue discussing the more, uh, "earthly" aspects of the business in this thread. Rigidity can save you, but it can kill you too. Depends on which way the wind is blowing.

In the world of the non-absolutists (of which there are many!), there is plenty of room between pure altruism and pure "financial opportunism". And besides, what is wanting to be, as you say, "more relevant to youth" other than a strategy to both keep in touch with the energy and vitality of youth and a good way to build a solid audience base for the future? It's no secret that "middle aged" and older folks usually end up spending less time going out to hear live music, and, the loons of the type represented in fora like this (yours truly included!) excluded, recordings. Who spends the money? Youth, mostly the under-45 age group. How old is Scofield? How old is the average fan of his fusion and straight-ahead stuff? And how old is the jam-band crowd? You can kid yourself all you want, but if Scofield didn't see a long-term gain out of this strategy, I don't think he'd be pursuing it like he is. Which is not to say that there's anything insincere or calculating about his music. Quite the contrary - I suspect that it's because he digs playing it so much that he's looking to create a viable business strategy to keep it going. If he couldn't, yeah, I think he'd keep doing it, but not as his main vehicle. Lots of cats have "labor of love" gigs that they do with the full knowledge upfront that the money ain't gonna be there. But all save the purest of the pure (god bless'em) don't do anything else but scuffle. Do you really think that he would be doing this if the future looked to be one of never showing a profit, or at least breaking even? Like you said, the man definitely has options as to what kind of music he plays (and what kind of music he can make money off of). If the choice was exclusively between cultivating the jam band scene for the next five years and going broke or playing fusion for the next five years and making a livable income, with no other choices in between, what do you think he'd do? Seriously, what do you think he would do? Fortunately, those aren't the exclusive choices, and fortunately he can pursue multiple avenues while earning a decent wage. More power to him and his multi-faceted talent, and more power to the people who put money in his pocket, now and in the years ahead!

Bugs Bunnigan.

TCB TCBs!

Something, yeah, but something only a sadist could enjoy... In the 40s, Sinatra & Nat Cole would've been grand. In fact, it was! In the 50s, Sinatra and Oscar Peterson would've probably worked well. Seriously. In the 60s, I dunno. Which Frank are we talking about? From the 70s onward (especially onward), Sinatra & Ran Blake gets my nod. They could've made the album that Watertown thought it was...

Consider yourself vouched! "Creation" was my first hearing of the 65 Half Note material, on a Moon CD. To say that it was a total mindfuck is like saying that Antartica is cold.

In The World is a great side. Found it in the early 80s and still play it regularly. My buddy Lyles West, who used to hang w/Clifford in the early 80s, tells me that Clifford said that that was his "best" record. Take that for what it's worth, but it's a damn fine side no matter how you slice it.

I for one don't think it is, not intrinsically. Not if it's part of an overall plan that willingly trades off Potential Income A for Potential Income B, and not if fans respect the plan and carry their weight when it comes to providing Income B. If that doesn't happen, and all the artist is left with is the loss of Potential Income A, then there's a problem. It's also up to "the fans" to respect the fact that some artists, for any number of reasons (personal, artistic, and/or professional), might not want to go this route, and to judge the music of such artists on its own merits, not stygmatize them because of their attitude towards taping. Any "fan" who prefers one artist to another simply because they can "get more stuff" from them is probably not a serious music fan anyway, but still... Hey - it's a relatively new system, but it's a system nevertheless. As such, there's no reason whatsoever not to find a way to work it to your advantage. And if anybody is naive enough to think that somebody like Scofield is doing what he's doing entirely for some abstract, altrusitic reason(s), I've got an autographed copy of the Bolden cylinder that you can have for a very reasonable price.

Columbia.