Guy Berger

If this guy merits such a comment, I'd hate to read what you wrote after Miles Davis passed away... Guy

I knew some people in college that had been NFTY members. IIRC it's affiliated with the Reform Movement. Guy

What stakes did you play at? Guy

My understanding is that Hamilton gave as good as he got. Didn't he undermine Adams's Presidency via the Hamilton-loyalist cabinet members? edit: I chuckled at this little bit from wikipedia: Guy

Same here. I feel the same way about Davis Cup. I'm with you here. I've always found Davis Cup to be an amazing listen. I'm very much looking forward to the Baby Face and Thad Jones. On another note, I just stumbled across this site and I look forward to talking jazz with all of you Glad to have you on board, Mo! Guy

I'm not much of a wine drinker, but maybe I should go to some beer tastings... link

Better than The Sidewinder. Guy

Perhaps, but there is a ton of currently OOP stuff that I'd like to see reissued first. Guy

Did Cornbread recently go out of print? edit: Nope, it's still widely available. Guy

The Colosseum is quite impressive, IMHO. Guy

link "Big Bottom" (with about 20 guest bassists) starts around 3:45 or 3:50. Guy ps Judging by the ad, Sarah Silverman is apparently quite popular in Turkey. Can't think of a better ambassador from my people to the Muslim world.

Personally, I'm of the opinion that Jim intentionally sabotaged the board in order to get rid of you, MG.

Barak, yom huledet sameach. :party: Guy

Yes, welcome.

I should explain what I meant by this statement: while there are probably lots of "first time" responses to Monk in the jazz press from the 40s and 50s, there probably aren't many reviews by people listening to his Columbia and Prestige/Blue Note without knowledge of the historical context. Guy

This seems to be the consensus... Haven't heard it myself. Guy Get it while it's cheap. I paid $11.99. It'll be even cheaper on BMG in a few months. Guy

This seems to be the consensus... Haven't heard it myself. Guy

OTOH Monk was already 30 the first time he set foot inside a studio for a leader date... the Blue Note/Prestige/Riverside period captures him in his thirties and early 40s. Exactly. The music WAS fresh (in the historical sense) on the Blue Note and Prestige recordings. On the Riverside recordings, not so much. Whether it was fresh (in the musical sense) is obviously up to debate. I really wonder how much of our attitude on the relative "freshness" of Monk's music is a function of our knowledge of history. I wonder how someone without that knowledge would assess the music. Guy

You're kidding? The Olatunji stuff is SO badly recorded it is virtually unlistenable. Too bad, it's smoking hot stuff, but really - how many times will anyone listen to it? Well, personally, I've listened to it a bunch of times. I know I'm not the only one. And yet six years after the release of the Olatunji concert, Verve continues to reissue Coltrane material unimpeded. Guy

What about the '65 Juan Les Pins performance? You're kidding? Guy

I hope Ed Rhodes doesn't mind that I dug this piece out of the Coltrane-L archives, but I thought it was fascinating. Lots to chew on:

No need to take such a nasty tone. The '61 Newport performance was in fact recorded, supposedly with excellent sound: setlist: My Favorite Things/Naima/Impressions (announced as "So What") personnel: John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Reggie Workman, Art Davis, and Elvin Jones According to David Wild and Ashley Kahn, the 1961 Newport performance was NOT recorded by Impulse, to whom Coltrane was under contract to at the time, so as I said earlier, it is NOT reasonable to expect Impulse to be able to issue it. OK, I'll take that as an implicit concession that the 1961 was in fact recorded. Verve has released Coltrane material not recorded by Impulse several times in the past few years, so I guess this comes down to a definition of "reasonable expectations". Not sure what you mean by "privately held" -- wasn't it seeded on one of the torrent sites a while back? There are definitely multiple copies circulating. Guy

There is an intro by Coltrane previously edited out as well as Tyner's solo. At the beginning there is an intro of the band causing the first track to be longer now. Instrumental intro, or a verbal introduction of the tune/band? Thanks for the info, Robert. Guy