JSngry

There was a picture of the '76 date in the DownBeat review, which was quite enthusiastic, iirc. I do seem to remember a photo of Rollins and Mingus from the Carter White House lawn gig. That was the first indication I had that Mingus was really ill, and it was...quite upsetting to me, to put it mildly...

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They all sound good, and Handy's tenor solo is pretty damn interesting! Bluiett makes for a very strong head player, too. I would have loved to have heard him and Adams live on a club playing those heads. It's the soloing hear that has me thinking that he's on a different page than Mingus. But those heads...yeah, that works! How long was he with Mingus, ultimately?

After a listen to the full set, in the Mingus ouvre, this remains to me The Time Rahsaan Took The Kids To School (Expanded Edition). And that's fine with me? But is this the only example on record of Mingus blowing that whistle that he started wearing? Or am I totally misremembering about that?

Jon Faddis is pretty fucking irritating here. Hammier Bluiett, god, loved that guy, but in this band... it's the "out" part of Eric Dolphy minus the "in" part. And he's up way too high in the mix. None of it his fault. But listen to John Handy's alto solo to hear somebody navigate the energy architecture as well as the harmonic one. Just sayin'... Adams is still not fully arrived, but is getting there in a hurry! The trio of Pullen (beautiful, as always), Mingus, and Dannie is superb. And the front line energies are much better suited to "Big Alice" than they are to Mingus" own music, imo That means something? Or not? The jam sessions, we all know those. It is weird listening to a bunch of dead people who you got pretty well musically while they were alive. Hearing something like this...Roland Kirk schools damn near everybody on whatever it is they probably thought they were doing. The additional material amplifies that more than I would have imagined possible!

"Wynton" (in quotes) redefined what was and was not acceptable considerations and parameters for "jazz", including source materials. The rebels disregard(ed), but if you're talking about a lot of people at a "jam session" looking to display "jazz cred"...that is usually not the place to look for rebels.

Just had a look. To quote the perhaps incongrous source Jaco Pastorious, this shit is correct.

Just make the music. "Standards" is a marketing concept, not a musical one. Thinking anything else just shows the effect of marketing brainwashing programming. For that matter, these days, so is "jazz". Fuck Standards, fuck Jazz, like the man said, let MY children hear MUSIC.

I have the Pemex release of that. Apparently this one was as popular south of the border as well ans north of it!

A good composition is always welcome. A bandwagon of neo-hipness...no thanks.

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Pete Brayer (Jesus's Jackass) - Bray All Night, Pray A Little Longer (Jesus's Jackass LIVE In Biloxi)

Nice!

I'm supposed to be getting it today, should have a chance to hit it over the weekend.

Turmell Daverson - Love On Hold

My work PC is blocking it! But I know it will be spectacular, bringing a figure out of the shadows into the light. God's work.

Zevvers don't seem like a Gato type of guy.

Wilt Featherton - All The Faces In the Tree

Tyler Ray Drankerd - Fragile: Humble With Care

Oh, see, that's not at all cool. They need to talk that shit through with you on at least a basic level and let you ask questions. The deal's already happened, but they need to give you at least a veneer of transparency on it.

Are you finding these w/o too much effort? I know I used to see Edison 78s in the bins reasonably often, but never anybody like Fletcher Henderson!

Ok, I'm curious...has anybody ever had this, or something like it?

just to give both sides of the consulting thing...it's also a fact that a senior being hired as a consultant will be hired as a contractor, therefore the company pays no benefits, therfore the company saves money. Already established. The other side, though, is that as Boomers continue to age and many are not fully prepared (in any number of ways, pick one), they're going to want to continue to keep working. So...cheaper labor pool, and growing. The incentive to depress investment in younger employees, many of who ar3e struggling to "do well" already is decreased. And they too can and will be shown the door at the first viable opportunity, especially as automation continues. The country continues to run on cheap(er) labor. Especially now that the "illegal immigrants" are all but gone...who do you think is going to do all those crappy jobs for bullshit wages, Boomers? C'mon man, seriously? Our grandkid's first job may well be at McDonalds, but it may get to the point where it'll be there ONLY job. EVER!!!! Sorry Poo-Paw, I can't make your funeral, I gotta work a double on the counter today, but don't worry, Dad's gonna be there if he can get a sub at the call center. I exaggerate of course. At least I hope I do. Ultimately, though, Boomers again in the way, refuse to get out of the way. There's a reason why everybody hates us except us. Just throwing this out there for balance. If it was me (and sooner or later it will be), I'd like to find a job that doesn't yet exist, or one that is being done so piss-poorly that if it does exist, nobody will admit that it is a job (like the CC QC gig, OMFG!!!!!!) and then get some young blood in there to do it right so I can REALLY quit working!