JSngry

O.K., this might sound totally wack. It might BE totally wack, probably is. BUT.... Has anybody besides me noticed the similarity in the interval used in "Witchcraft" where the title is sung (a 4th, if you're keeping score at home), and the opening phrase of Wayne's "E.S.P."? The lyrics to "Witchcraft" could be loosely said to be about ESP, and Wayne is sorta notorious for his ultra-dry sense of humor, so is it TOO far fetched to consider the possibility that Wayne heard Sinatra's version of "Witchcraft" back in the day (could he have missed it?), was beguiled by that one intervallic ploy, carried it around inside for a while, used it as the basis for "E.S.P.", and used the title as a sly reference to his inspiration? I'll admit to being a latecomer to Sinatra in general, and that song in particular. I first knowingly heard it about 5 years ago. But I'll be DAMNED if the first reaction I had when I heard that 4th was "WHOA!!! "E.S.P." just waiting to happen!!!" Everybody I tell this to thinks it's a totally loony idea, but I'm not so sure.... Off topic, but only sorta, so what the hell...

NOTHING at all like Grant's date, but this is another 'jazz interpretations of spirituals' album, and one that led to Max Roach's blacklisting by American record companies at that!

May I recommend ? Although it's Bill Barron's date, this is some of the finest Booker Ervin on record, as is

Does he ever? :rsmile:

LOVE the Book!

Diteaux!

Can't comment on this CD since I don't have it, but re:Pepper - I agree that his vocabulary is familar and predictable (to a point), but, not unlike Joe Henderson. his rhythms and the way he displaces that vocabulary is not, at least not to me. It's the unpredictability of the phrasing that I dig more than the vocaulary itself. When he phrases straight, I can take it or leave it (love his tone, though, no matter what), but when he gets a bit "sly", I dig it much.

Alan, sent you an e-mail thru the Organissimo button.

God, if I'd have known that there was money in being drunk and horny, I'd have gottten an agent a LOOOOONG time ago...

Ironic, isn't it, that Hunter's last BN album marked the BN debut of Norah Jones. But Atlantic? I thiought that their jazz thing was kaput. Maybe this isn't going to be marketed as "jazz"? And maybe that means more promo $$$? And maybe that appealed to Hunter? Maybe he saw a chance at that "next level" of popularity? I'm just constucting a scenario in my mind. I have no idea whatsoever, and it's news to me as well.

And I may say to myself, "THIS IS NOT MY HOUSE! THIS IS NOT MY WIFE! But this IS my six-pack." Seriously man, I saw a head and a tenor in the tree, angling up and out. Guess I'm hallucinating, huh? MABEL!

To get to the other side? Sorry....

Is that a tenor player (Yusef? Mohawk-era Sonny?) I see up in the tree in the upper RH corner?

Thank you, sir!

Alan, I forget - is Charles Lloyd on that one? My mind says "yes", but my body says "no".

Well, come aboard!

Haven't they recently re-released that entire series? I honestly don't know about the ENTIRE Explorer series, that was a pretty large catalog (or at least it seemed to be to a neophyte back then). I know they just reissued some of the African stuff (one with Charles Earland playing tenor!), but the Explorer Series covered a lot more than African musics, LOTS more. And good luck finding 'em for a fin!

Dude, if you only knew...

Indeed - I've got the RCA, and it has some relatively "straight" Arabic material on it which for me comes of much better than the attempts at fusing the jazz with the other. Back in the day, you could go down to a decent metro record store and drop a fin on a Nonsuch Explorer Series LP and be well on your way towards a bit of basic knowledge. Not these days... It is a beautiful instrument.

Told ya'....

Not Daahoud, but...

Probably not, but once you have kids of your own it makes a lot more sense. That cut got radio play around here back in the day, and I used to wonder what the hell was up w/that weird-ass singing. Now, it's just Cal's kid, if you know what I mean.

We all want AGE OF STEAM to be reissued, don't we? GREAT record, that one is.

Damn straight we can!

So what was the deal with the pickup cover?