JSngry

I think I'm gonna go Zen on my next BFT and send out 100 discs of silence. That way, if you don't like what you hear, it's YOUR fault.

Al, reread the thread, if you have the time. It's in there. I, for one, would have never guessed it!

No comment on my 2-discer, obviously, but I really enjoyed Randy's. But then again, I knew most of the material, and have known most of it for a while, some of it for many years. It was quite "easy" listening for me, and totally pleasurable. I'd think it would be fair to say that that if you like most of what's included, two discs go down smoother than if you don't. Fair enough? As far as the "jazz-related" thing, good luck! We all have different conceptions of where that goes. Leave it to the compiler, I say, and express personal displeasure as needed. So far, there's been nothing on any of the tests that falls outside my personal concept. Bottom line, really - if you don't like it, you can always ask for a refund!

A friend in New York (state, not city) sent me some unmarked samplings off those two discs and asked me to give it a listen. Frankly, I was blown away. Not profoundly so, but enough to make me use profanity spontaneously and joyfully while listening, and more than once, if you get my drift. I LOVE it when that happens!

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A0nz1z8oa4yv8 and http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Aaxfqxqwald0e Excellent. QUITE excellent.

Thank you. It was honest. really, I don't think that this album is going to change anybody's mind about Wynton's music one way or the other. Those hoping for a big breakthrough or some such won't find it here, although the first part of title tune, w/it's Bill Dixon-esque moments, caught my attention briefly. But then...nothing happened. Sadly, that's been the way most all of Wynton's work (and, truthfully, his career) has struck me - anticipations never rewarded, expectations never fulfilled.

I remember Jonas Kullhammer from the BNBB (Sorry if I botched the spelling). Maybe he lurks here and/or posts under a different name. Well, if he does, I just discovered his work, and am REALLY digging it.

I think it's exactly the diversity of the programming here that appeals to me so much about this one. That, and the straight-ahead playing captures Eddie letting loose to a degree that I don't think the studio sides do, even the best ones. It's like, if you met somebody who had never heard of Eddie Harris and they asked you, "Hey Waldo! What was this Eddie Harris cat all about anyway?" You could either hand the cat a big stack of stuff and say, "Go through this big pile of stuff, sort out the Wheaties from the Shaft, and then you'll know". OR.... You could hand them THIS CD, and say, "Check this out, lemme know what you like, and we can take it from there, ok?" Sure, there's better individual cuts on some albums than what you get here, but here you get it all, and none of it exactly sucks. Besides, the cut with the fantasy about being a big star, what with Eddie singing all the "sweetening" parts is about as simultaneously sidesplitting and poignant as anything there is!

I cheated and looked at an on-\line discography. Still haven't recovered from the Michael Howell affair! Are we talking Gary Peacock here?

Sorry, I don't eat Wheaties. Those Bob Richards commercials from the 50s creeped me out for some reason, and I've never been able to get past that. That guy was WEIRD!

Well, ok, if 2-4 is what I guessed, that album was released with all 3 players recieving equal billing, if I remember correctly.

Just in case you don't know, that's a cover of a Lee Dorsey hit, one of those Allan Toussaint-produced things w/The Meters on board. If you like Lou's version, check out the original. ULTRA funky!

I listened to all available samples last week or so, and was neither impressed nor offended. Nothing exciting or blatanly sucky. I wrote a review on the BN site under the name "Hardest Bop" (couldn't resist...) & gave it 3 stars (or ovals, as the case may be). An honest assessment of the evidence at hand, and it has not been tampered with.

Are you referring to THIS ONE? The session in question was originally released on Flying Dutchman and was co-billed as being by the trumpeter & the reed player.

I've gotten a lot of lps out of used bins, and they vary in condition from excellent to plowed. So I'll always considering a cd duplicate if my lp is in bad enough condition, and/or if the cd is found at a good price. But it's not automatic, not by a long shot. I'd just as soon spend the same $$ on something I don't have in ANY format. Bonus cuts, worthy annotation, and other "extras" make it a whole 'nother ballgame however. That's not really a "duplicate", as much as it is an "enhancement" of the original issue. As far as buying lps if I already have the cd, yeah, sure, but not for no big bucks, and only if the esthetic appeal of the larger package is on at least a par with that of the music. Or if it tickles my inner geek.

I've always wondered - was Chain the last name of Jesus & Mary both, you know, "Jesus Chain" and "Mary Chain", or was it like "Jesus" and "Mary Chain", or was it like "The Jesus" , you know, like "The Fonz", and "Mary Chain", or just what was it anyway.

I'm bringing it in from the mailbox at this very moment. Preordered it from CDU thru Mr. Lankin's site for $8.39. 3 bonus cuts!

Pursuit ... threw alot of people off? Oh, I remember a fair number of "complaints" about electric bass, Michael Brecker, vibes, etc. That was when it first came out as an RVG last year(?). None lately. Maybe they've gotten over it by now.

"Recorded" is a bit misleading. "Captured" is more like it. It's a radio broadcast that somebody recorded off the air. Extreme variance in quality comes with the territory. These aren't "recordings", they're archeological artifacts. We're lucky to have any of them, much less as many as we do. For that we can thank Boris Rose and others.

One of the most beautiful women I've ever know, and a great singer. She made one album for Enja (w/Fathead!), a thing or two w/her cousin Hannibal, and then became a background singer w/John Mellancamp, a gig she still holds, afaik.

Where did all that THIN go?

Not playing together, if there is. Ok. Sorry. I remember seing this entry when I was looking for recordings with Henry Franklin some time ago: Dennis González - John Purcell 8tet DG (tp, pckt tp, flgh, tabla) / Rob Blakeslee (tp, fl) / John Purcell (ss, as, ts, fl, oboe) / Bob Ackerman (bs, as, picc) / Jim Sangrey (ts) / Henry Franklin ( b ) / W. A. Richardson (d) / Pat Peterson (vcl) · Hymn for Rivers · Little Toot · Hear Our Prayer {traditional, arr. by DG, Peterson} · Dos Cosas {traditional, arr. by DG} Dallas, TX: 1985 March 8 Sunofabitch, you'e right! I had forgotten that Henry was on that record. He made the session, but not the rehearsals, at least not the same ones I did. Wow, that was a long time ago... Here's the album:

Not playing together, if there is.

Oh, never mind. I see a link has been posted! Oh well, the closet excursions never fail to yield unexpected delights. This time it was a Michael Cuscuna profile of Randy Newman & a Leonard Maltin review of a Bu Pleasant album.

Michael Howell I came up with while going through the DBs, what I know of his playing fits. He never impressed me much. The DB profile of him mentions he's a San Franciscan, and that he'd been recording for Milestone. I remember those albums. sorta, and again, wasn't too impressed with them at the time. They're not in AMG either. I'm up to April 1975. Lemme go see if I can find a review of the exact album.