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http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:uxtxlfwejcqy Review by Eugene Chadbourne A live recording from 1966, this seems to be a typical type of gig Paul Bley was doing with his trio during this time. The versions of tunes are extended, meaning there is only room for two on an LP, one per side. As for the quality of the playing, fans of the pianist would want to hope this is not typical, as this date comes off as kind of uninspired. Of the two pieces, "Blood" is the more aggressive, and Bley seems to lack energy here. Barry Altschul tries mightily, then tries too hard on the flip side, a rhythmically bumbling version of "Mister Joy," in this case credited to Bley rather than Annette Peacock — and not really sounding much like this tune as recorded on the later Bley and Peacock albums with synthesizer. The pianist starts off in a grandiose manner, piling up ringing chords as if hoarding wood for an oncoming snowstorm, even throwing in the sustaining high note flourishes that tend to be one of his acts of desperation. Then he's off the scene, before much of anything has happened, leaving the floor to bassist Mark Levinson, who is quite a boring soloist. The drummer also has a dull, extended solo on the first side — this is nothing like the type of inventive sound effects Altschul would later develop, so the listener will have to make do with a lot of paradiddles and obscure tom-tom messages. Levinson sometimes seems to be pushing at the pianist, but Bley's reaction throughout these performances is to back out of situations. There are a few good bits later in the first side where the pianist seems to be manipulating and muting the sound of the strings by hand, but even alert listeners might have gotten worn out by then. Perhaps Bley is just frustrated that his bassist seems to have no clue when to quit, at one point taking over the proceedings with what sounds like a bumblebee having an encounter with a plate of ravioli.

I've got a Japanese CD issue of that with this cover: But the OBI shows the Fontana cover posted above. Go figure. IIRC, this albm was also 1/2 of the Arista/Freedom 2-fer LP Copenhagen and Haarlem. ← That's the cover of the original vinyl issue on International Polydor. No credit given for the designer. A shame! The black blood spills all the way to the bottom of the back cover! ← Great cover. If it was a comic book, I'd say the artist was Steranko.

For those who like this sort of thing, this... http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&t...10:16msa9igq23h is at least performed with a great sense of kitshy humor.

So, has Anka ever recorded with Buddy Rich? That would be something!

Sure to be a future "classic" thread...

What does everyone think of Giddons' doc on Pops that's been making the PBS rounds the past few weeks?

Two words: kids. Meaning much less time than before. But it is so sweet and encouraging when, while driving them to school in the morning, my daughter requests that I play some Dinah Washington.

Agreed. Irwin is one of the top guys in the biz. Though he's mostly known as a "mastering engineer" rather than a guy who does remixes. I wonder if CMB is confusing the two terms. For what it's worth, unless absolutely necessary, I'd prefer hearing the original mixes rather than a new remix. None of that, of course, excuses the fuck up at Verve that Christian rants about - though (as CMB himself suggests) it's a pretty minor f.u. in the overall schene of things. The music, after all, did come out...

Couldn't be more appropriate.... http://www.milkandcookies.com/links/34116/

Finger lickin' good?

Working fine for me now as well. I don't know what the problem was, but it's only been slow for me for the last week or two (and only at work).

If you guys shut down every stupid thread on this board... I'd get a hell of a lot more work done...

Actually, you posted it before I signed on for the day. -or- I was afraid that Chuck might yell at me. Take your pick...

weird... http://www.izpitera.ru/lj/tetka.swf

Read that this morning.

Wow, you're a genuine idiot! Read the topic, moron, and go troll somewhere else! Meanwhile, anyone have the latest numbers on copies left of J. J. Johnson?? ← Gotta say, SS1 has taken this well, but to be honest I'm offended that someone with as few posts as you would be so disrespectful to such a veteran poster and valuable forum member as Soulstation1.

Odd thing is, the board runs fine for me at home, but at work (for only the last week or so) it's been slower than i've ever seen it - almost unusuable.

When I was growing up in the early 70s - long before I got "into" jazz - there were really only a couple of jazz musicians whose names I heard bandied about on a regular basis. Once you got past the nostalgic big band leaders - Glen Miller, Dorsey, etc. - there was Chuck Mangione, who was something of a legend in my hometown of Rochester, and Buddy Rich, who everyone (and I mean "guy on the street" rather than jazz afficianado, of whom I knew none) considered a drumming legend. Now I know this is somewhat akin to some ordinary guy thinking that Kenny G is a swell jazz musician, but still... Rich was, to me, a jazz legend before I ever really knew what a jazz legend was. I have no doubt that this set will sell...

Congrats on this getting an "A" review in the new Entertainment Weekly!

btw, I didn't mean for that to sound sexist or anything... just that Jen has a habit of falling in love with her co-stars and leaving her current significant others for them...

I'm actually not that familiar with Rich - though my drum teacher, back when i was ten, adored him - and I haven't been knocked out by what I have heard, but I do know that he was a significant and renowned jazz drummer. I know it doesn't count for much, but if you ask the average guy on the street to name the jazz drummer, more people would tell you Rich than Blakey.

If I were Ben, I wouldn't ever let her make another movie or TV show again...

No one expects this to be "good," but it'll be #1 this weekend.

There's a jazzy (well, Ethiopian jazz, iirc) score in the new Jim Jarmush-Bill Murray film Broken Flowers.

Happy birthday, Lon! A small gift...