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I wonder if they couldn't get a skylark to balance on the microphone. And just gave up.

I wish Billy Joel had of stayed a homeperson. Or at best spent his career playing in the piano bar he sings about, with people putting bread in his jar

So this is what he was up to before he left Aretha at the deep fry. Damn that's good. Where is this trio playing?

ummmm.....some Music Matters revisionism. Must be time to start expanding. Remastering must be limiting. What does Chewy think? Are they going to start getting their mitts into the 'unreleased stuff' now perhaps? Next up....The Trainwreck - 'What was Alfred Lion thinking'?

What's a wrongly ascribed 'high horn player' or two, between friends.

My funny bone hurts

Well you know what they say. Elbow come. Elbow go.

Lonely Woman, Horace Silver. it is quite beautiful. Guitar tuned down I think.

Well originally it was Gawd, I wish I had all of it on vinyl.

Actually I never listen to that synth track. It's special to me because I got it at around the time of its release. i was young, so it became a kind of formative LP for me. And I was obsessed with looking for guitarists who were connected to Ornette in some way. Either directly or playing his songs. I think the band had some issues with Manfred Eicher and Metheny bore some resentment for the way the album came out. But yeah critically speaking you are right I would agree.

Holy crap, I've got some cd's that might be collectible then And now that I'm becoming a vinyl snob... Don't tell me all the corners I cut financially to get those DIW's back in the day might be unbeknowst some kind of retirement plan Just try prying Recording NYC. 1986, from my cold dead hands.

Without even hearing it, I think fans of his more accessible PMG material will love it. This one isn't gonna sound like Painkiller. I was just talking to *my* friend with a Tzadik connection and he says he first heard about this three years ago, so it's been in the works for a while. I'm a bit out of touch with what's going on sound wise lately with either of these guys actually. But I have to say, CJ's infectious enthusiasm for all things Metheny has me contemplating one of my ten yearly re-investigations of the PMG material But I'll probably just return to the arms of my beloved copy of Rejoicing. That's the one Metheny himself doesn't even like

mmmm, got out of South Africa early. Every time I used to hear this guys name years ago I thought he must have been one of The Ramones.

Here is some comment on Grant Green. "Grant Green played some of the most beautiful and moving guitar music ever committed to vinyl". Me.

I thought immediately of Benson after reading CJ's post as well. But I also don't think Metheny has the same kind of dilemma as Benson. At least not in the way Benson did in the 70's 80's. The difference between a smash hit Pop Chart No 1 and a Quartet blowing session being a fairly significant dichotomy. Benson got around this by regular guest spots on pure Jazz albums ie., Freddie Hubbard, Dexter Gordon, Jimmy Smith and numerous others. What is interesting with regard to this kind of question re-Metheny is... basically Metheny has three modes of playing or dialect as CJ put it earlier, The Latin Smooth Jazz type PMG band stuff, his 'blowing dates' on his own compositions or those from the Jazz repertoire, or his 'noise-sonic' improvs. I doubt Metheny really suffers too much 'fan' disillusionment' as by now, word of mouth - and/or auditioning - will alert the fan base to what he's up to on a specific project, ie., 'oh...it's one of 'these' type of records...or...'oh he's doing one of these ones again'. In fact, compared to the very soft and smooth sound of the PMG group type stuff, wouldn't the intense 'blowing' albums be just as problematic and of disinterest to his 'mainstream' audience as a Zorn inspired project such as this one? And was there ever a time he was really able to integrate all three of his approaches into a unified artistic vision or album. That's something that tends to be a question mark over these eclectic guys like Metheny, Corea etc? 80-81 maybe?

Horace Parlan - Up And Down has the world record for that.

Original vinyl pressings of BN Baby Face Willette. Grants First Stand Here Tis Face To Face and Stop And Listen will all cost a 'lot' of money. Especially if you get into a bidding war with a collector with 'deep pockets'