Guy Berger

Didn’t know this - are the Cookers a successor band? And if so… why are the Cookers’ reputation more positive?

He’s the David Murray of his generation! I think the criticism of “he records too much” becomes less salient once the overhype fades into distant memory and you no longer feel obligated to keep up with every single release

HOT DAMN I can’t wait to hear this

I recently head The Window for the first time (w/Avenel and Jackson) and it's really good. TBH, I've struggled with some of Lacy's more abstract or vocal-oriented outings, but I enjoy him in relatively straight ahead settings like this one, the collaborations w/Waldron, and the solo saxophone Monk albums.

Yes, that one or Midnight Blue (which is my mental benchmark vs Blue Hour, given mood, presence of ST, and recording of "Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You").

Finally got around to hearing this for the first time a few months ago, via the Mosaic box - it’s exceptionally good. More straight ahead than I expected.

I think Wild Man Dance is great! (Also, a really great concert at the Temple of Dendur in NYC back in 2014 or 2015 - I’ve found Lloyd to be hit or miss live but he was great at that concert.) Passin’ Thru is really good too - imho it’s at the same level as Rabo de Nube on ECM. That said I’ve given most of the BN work beyond those 2 a cursory listen and spend a lot more time with the ECMs. I might pick up those trios or I might not. Over time, the albums I listen to the most are the 5 w/Bobo Stenson (esp Canto and Notes from Big Sur), The Water Is Wide, and Lift Every Voice.

I like this album, but it’s not my fave Turrentine nor is it my fave “late night low key” BN album. I’d give it a B- No offense intended toward the folks on this board who I respect a lot but really love this album.

Yes! Coltrane tributes are a crowded space but this one is excellent.

I was at that engagement too. A unique and innovative musical mind who contributed to some classic albums. RIP GM3!

I’d rather listen to Norah Jones than Phil Woods

Murray was also on another recent Intakt release by David Gisler.

It is indeed wonderful music, but Schulze doesn’t appear on it - the only TD album he plays on is their excellent debut, Electronic Meditation

I recently discovered Charlie Haden’s Ballad of the Fallen, which is a really great album, and Dewey has an excellent feature on “La Pasionaria”.

100%

On the Corner is for me the most successful of the 3 post-Jack Johnson studio albums - it feels like less of a mishmash than Big Fun or Get Up With It - a unified, intense musical vision. I agree it's a great tune (and there are great solos too), too bad it runs way too long. It's a worthwhile book to read. I have some quibbles with what he considers to be a successful recordings (he's way too negative on "Pharaoh's Dance" and "Mademoiselle Mabry" which IMHO on masterpieces) and the focus on zen stuff is distracting and unnecessary, but it's better than Carr or Chambers for sure. (I haven't read Szwed.)

His duets with David Murray (the album Silence) are sooooo good.

This is going to be our life for the foreseeable future and your gradual change in mindset strikes me as pretty normal. Going forward, vaccinated adults (and kids) will mostly experience COVID as a nuisance similar to other respiratory illnesses we periodically get from time to time, whereas unvaccinated adults will be rolling the dice with a potentially very serious illness.

IMHO the other 3 Fillmore West April 1970 shows are better than this one, though I like this one too.

Maybe it’s more a personal taste thing than any objective assessment of quality, but IMHO Columbia’s post Bitches Brew issuance decisions were poorly prioritized.

Probably On the Corner?

Enjoying this. No particular thoughts yet, it has a similar vibe to Turner’s prior ECM quartet album.

Probably not, given the typical ALS prognosis?

How much of this is due to Mingus’s roots as a third stream composer? FWIW in the liner notes to Mingus Dynasty he makes derogatory comments about film music but also implies that “Far Wells, Mill Valley” is inspired by it.

I like Notorious Byrd Brothers a lot, but IMHO Younger than Yesterday is a better album (and the best Byrds album I’ve heard). I don’t really get the fascination w/Gene Clark (though “I’ll Probably Feel a Whole Lot Better” and “She Don’t Care About Time” are masterpieces)