JSngry

You will after it's too late.

Ah, but what seems like waste to the outsider may be very well be self-preservation to the possessor. It's no secret that what the public wants out of an artist and what an artist wants out of (and for) themselves are often at odds. As long as Sonny Rollins is going around playing the way he wants to play, I feel quite confident that his talent is being anything but wasted, even if he's doing it in such a way that leaves very little residual evidence other than in the memories of the people who heard him/it in the moment. Or do you have a problem with greatness not being "documented". I don't, not at all, not if it's by choice. "Documentation" is a relatively recent concept, and not without its own set of conflicts, not the least of which is the games it plays with the egos of those wishing to be documented, and often, by extension, their art. I speak from personal experience, and I'm sure you know what I mean. When we get the notion that the measure of the music is to be found entirely in the documentation, well, that's a pretty subtle yet profound shift in how we view the whole ballgame right there, and I don't buy into it. But that's just me.

I've just gotten ahold of it. I'll let you know after I check it out.

Wonder who Bock's choice for pianist was?

Of course, 'Structurally Sound' was recorded out on the West Coast by Pacific Jazz so some of that 'vibe' may be a factor. I don't think so. The original LP had a "harsher" sound than did the BNs of the era. I chalk it up to different engineering/mixing/whatever styles. The tunes were shorter and less stretched-out on, though, and that I think you can put down to production choices.

I was tempted to send a get-well card myself!

An early 70s Prestige date, Sparkplug. Now available as on of those Legends of Acid Jazz things, I'm told.

I gotcher rocket right here, bub.

Bobby Few's on more than a few (sorry...) latter-day Steve Lacy sides.

About 3 hours. A little less if you drive fast.

Can I say that "Gentle On My Mind" was written by John Hartford?

"Bobby" Pierce made a side for Cobblestone called Introducing Bobby Pierce that was pretty nice. I forget who was on it, though,

Finally got a chance today, and I'm of two minds - LOVE the music. Good GOD! But the sound...sounds like it was dubbed from a well-worn cassette, at best. Surely this is not a "legit" reissue. Or if it is, it's a shoddy one. Surely somebody could have done better. I seldom bitch about poor sound, but in this case, I do. But the playing itself, HELL yeah! Them Freemans is NUTZ!

Insanitized for your protection, no doubt.

Jock-a-mo fin-na-nay!

ya!

I'd still like confirmation that Sony said "no more metal spines" last year, for old or new sets. This is the kind of thing that drives me bonkers...

You have no idea of how hard it was to ask that in a serious fashion, what with Joni being on the list...

HAd to vote for Roscoe, but where's Whitey?

Looks like the Homeboy is makeing the Hometour! Could you have seen Sparkplug playing A&M as little as 10 years ago? No way. Aggies are still Aggies, but at least they're becoming....DIVERSE. Which may prove to be a blessing or a curse. Still workin' on that one...

JB really pimped out Hank Ballard, using him for one of the most blatantly bullshit "tribute speeches" ever heard on record. I forget exactly where it can be found (maybe on the Get On The Good Foot album, but Ballard's going on and on about what a freakin' messiah JB is, and you're sitting there thinking, "Damn, Hank must've hit on some REALY hard times". It's sad... Doggett, otoh, was with King long before JB, and had a good career after leaving the Brown orbit. Good for him! Don't get me wrong, I idolize JB's music as much as anybody, but not at the expense of realizing what a, uh... "user of people" he could be.

Just picked up a vinyl reissue of this, and was curious if there was any discographical documentation of the personnel. Partially produced by James Brown (and you may or may not need to take that with a grain of salt), it's nothing "heavy" (although it's a definite change of pace from Doggett's usual fare), but whoever the bass player is is mixed really hot, and they're playing really well in the style. Not sure when this was made, wondering if it might be Bootsy? And there's a sax player who doesn't sound like a JB. Anyway, as always, thanks in advance

If that's the case, then the Mel Torme cover of "The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde" (another Liberty release, IIRC) is gonna be a HUGE smash, what with the sound of a rotary dial telephone replacing the gunfire of Georgie Fame's original...

I could've sworn that Sony announced last year, in conjuction w/the repackagings of the older sets, that the metal spine format was being terminated for future Miles sets as well. Am I crazy, or was this what they said back then? I really don't need this set, got almost all the material already (maybe all?), but that metal spine thing is a whole 'nother matter...