Guy Berger

Nah, McDonald is just a watered-down Soulive. Guy

What if new masterings were given some sort of shorter protection (10 yrs) ? That way companies might have incentive to maintain archive material for their own releases, but older versions would be public domain. Guy

Maybe there are ways of protecting source material without preventing stuff from becoming public domain. Guy

I saw Andrew Cyrille live last night in a duo w/Odean Pope and he was quite amazing. However, he's poorly represented in my collection: the two Cecil BNs, Dickerson's To My Queen, Tapscott's Aiie the Phantom and The Dark Tree. So I'd like some recommendations. I'd especially like recs besides his leader dates on BS/SN, because I already know I need to pick those up. Guy

I am probably going to catch the Odean Pope - Andrew Cyrille duo. post-mortem: I've seen Andrew in concert 3 times, and each time I'm more convinced that he's one of the greats. He was awesome tonight. Odean Pope was good too, but I was expecting him to be a little more "outside". Guy

These are good recommendations. Some other stuff you will probably like: Miles Davis: Milestones, Miles Smiles, In a Silent Way John Coltrane: My Favorite Things, Giant Steps, Crescent, Live at Birdland Charles Mingus: Mingus Ah Um Thelonious Monk: Monk's Music, Brilliant Corners Herbie Hancock: Maiden Voyage Grant Green: Idle Moments There are plenty of others. One suggestion: look at which musicians play on a certain album. Then get other albums featuring those musicians. Look at the AMG to see which ones are highly rated. Guy

I've been going through my meager Floyd ROIO collection. This is indeed a good one. I'm not crazy about (but also not offended by) the brass-free Atom Heart Mother, but the last three songs are really the pinnacle of '69-'71 Floyd. I can only wonder what kind of music these guys would have made had they been more technically assured and imaginative as improvisers. I'd love to get recommendations for more '70-'71 Floyd recordings -- ones that have good sound and great performances. Guy

Do you expect reviewers of Ellington records to be bandleaders, pianists, composer and arrangers? It should be about MUSIC, not the specifics of an instrument. If it works (or fails) as "music", the instrument should be of no concern. I'm with Chuck on this one. That said, I don't have a problem with Soul Stream saying, "Scott, I think your review covered the music in too superficial a manner." That's legit. Guy

Chuck, It seems that a lot of people disagree with your assessment of the label. (On the sound, not on the legality.) Reviews I've read suggest this set has better sound than the Savoy/Dial set. I will probably pick this up over the next few weeks and offer my comments. Guy

I recommend reading the comments in this linked thread, they're illuminating. Guy

Congrats, CJ. Guy

I'm listening to Keith Jarrett's version of Jaki Byard's "Chandra", from At the Deer Head Inn. It's not a standard (only one other recorded version besides Byard and Jarrett, according to AMG) -- how did Keith come to perform it? Is he a closet Byard fan? Did Keith encounter Jaki while he studied in Boston? Early Keith shared Jaki's predilection for stride-type tunes. I wonder if that's another link. Guy

Many post in the past but no response. It is very important when one encounters music and how that is folded into one's personal taste. So, Mr. Psychoanalyst -- what does it mean that I got into electric miles at age 20? Guy

I think so. Guy

Freddie Hubbard on 'Red Clay' and some of the other CTI's (the sell out came on Columbia). Stanley Turrentine on 'Sugar' (the sell out came on Fantasy). Felser -- what makes you think that either of these guys went "electric in arguably substantive ways that partially transformed their musical vision" on these albums? Sugar and Red Clay are basically "jazz with a few electric instruments", not so different from what was done before. Maybe we just disagree on the meaning of "substantive" or "transformed". Guy

I've only heard two "electric" Joe H albums (In Japan and Power to the People) and I wouldn't call them "substantively" electric. They sound like post-bop albums with electric piano and electric bass. The Miles Davis sidemen -- especially Wayne Shorter, Joe Zawinul, Herbie Hancock, and Chick Corea -- are obvious choices. Guy

This is a really nice album! Guy

It was a pleasure chatting with you guys on Saturday night. I now know more than I need to know about the Israeli health care system. Guy

I'll be in. Why not do a fantasy league on yahoo sports? Guy

Market segmentation. Guy

I think it's akin to producing the tastiest vomit. Guy

It seems to me that two biggies you are missing are Monk's Music and Brilliant Corners. These are "consensus classics". After that, I would recommend the Prestige recordings in the following order: The Thelonious Monk Trio, Thelonious Monk & Sonny Rollins, MONK. Guy

Since we are talking about sideman dates after all, Ward is excellent on Paul Motian's Tribute. (But only appears on 2 tracks.) Guy

Late -- no, I don't, but you've piqued my curiosity. Mike Weil had a great overview post of the greater Mwandishi family. Guy