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A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed.

Noooooooooooo........... That GOOD.

You should hear Ray Charles sing it.

Come and listen to my story 'bout a man named Jed.

That seems like an objective appraisal right there, and a good enough reason for me to pick it up. It won't tell me everything I want to know, but it might prove to be one piece of a very large puzzle.

Wasn't the St. Germain stuff going to be done under the table, at least until the band found out about it?

Once again, Oh Great One, you have shined on us your great sun of enlightenment and my soul basks in its warmth as a beagle in a field of black-eyed Susans. Wait a sec... You're saying that my posts make you feel like a dog with a fever in a shelter for battered women? I'm humbled, but more than a little terrified.

Inside joke. But not THAT inside...

To me, Grant Green was to the guitar what Stanley Turrentine was to the tenor.

youmustbe is not a troll. He's somebody who's been active as player/producer/prometer/label owner for many years, which is why I would really like for him to expound on that comment. Not saying I'd necessarily agree with his conclusion, but I'd like to hear his POV anyway, just to get his perspective.

I'd like to hear some elaboration about Wayne being "border line mentally ill". Seriously.

Ben Sidran? I rest my case!

http://www.georgebraith.com/ Hey Soul Stream - you know if the "store" is still active off of this site?

Who was it by? I usually hate that "I'm so hip I know all the names" type stuff myself. Almost always it's done by the lamest mfs out there. BLECH!

Stay safe, stay sane, and don't freak out if a c-section is eventually called for. They do them now where bikinis and vaginal births are both still an option afterwards. Best wishes to all.

I only know Vince Mendoza from Joni Mitchell's BOTH SIDES NOW album, but I enjoyed his work therein. Sort of a fsuion between Nelson Riddle & Gordon Jenkins, which although not especially "original" in and of itself, is still quite skillful (and perhaps even evolutionarily necessary) in reconciling the opposite tendencies of those two men in the creation of a kind of "collective memory sound" of two of the most prolific/influential arrangers of the era.

Not sure what the question is. But doing what he does creates a kind of "poly-harmonic-rhythm" (admittedly a homemade term) where the harmonic rhythm of the bass moves in a different rhythm than that of the chords themselves. It's another layer of tension that resolves. From a strictly harmonic standpoint, I guess you could look at it like this - shifting the bass from Eb to E to A like that implies a harmonic movement of Eb13 Alt to E Dim to A13 Alt (#11), which of course then goes home to the Dm. If you think in terms of chord/scale relationships, the Eb7 Alt & the E Dim chords in this context, as well as the A7 (b9 #11), all imply the same scale - Eb half-whole diminished, starting on a different scale degree to match the particular chord. Check it out (enharmonic spellings included so as to appease any and all factions): Eb-E-F#/Gb-G-A-A#/Bb-C-C#/Db-Eb See? You got all three of those chords in there. And if you wanted to go nuts and get all theoryheaded at the possible/probable expense of the music, you could construct a whole little mini-cycle to play before you came home to the Dm. Although I don't know how much I'd enjoy hearing such a cycle fully outlined in the bass/left hand (too dense/cumbersome to really swing, perhaps) using such a construct in the right hand (i.e. solo line) would/could be pretty nifty. Trane did shit like that all the time, playing lines based on extrapolated/extended changes. It's crazy, baby!

Jazz needs more people like George Braith.

Just keep away from donkeys and enchilladas, ok?

I've played more than a few gigs in "men's clubs", and believe me, the exploitation works both ways. TOTALLY non-erotic when viewed "from the outside". The name of the game IS exploitation - the owners exploit the women, and the women exploit the customers. It's all consenting adults, with the consent being mutual, so hey, let it be. Needs are being met. But personally, I find it to be an atmosphere that is ultimately depressing in it's compression of the human spirit. What happens naturally is one thing, but what happens strictly in the interest of commerce is something else entirely. Not unlike music. And no, my hands aren't clean in either regard (now there's a disgusting metaphor for you. ).

That's what I'm saying. If I EVER find out who it is, I'll....... have'em over for dinner.

3 was pretty horrid, but 4 was very nice. After that, all bets are off.

Is Richard Davis on those?

Across the street from the jail would be a good place to put it...