Guy Berger

The way Trane is marketed in general gives me the heebie jeebies. He's always presented as this "spiritual" musician (even for pre-ALS Trane), but in a very kitschy, superficial and new-age way. Guy

Sorry to laugh at your misfortune, Jim, but that story was fun to read. I wish I was two years old again! Guy

The Site-Which-Must-Not-Be-Named has a show from the most recent Vanguard engagement. September 12, early set: Light Blue Good Morning Heartache Yahllah Body and Soul Mumbo Jumbo It Should've Happened a Long Time Ago Drum Music

I actually think the Atlantic title is somehow fitting. But the Prestige is ridiculous. Guy

Black Fire maybe, but Judgment is very explosive in an explicitly avant way. The lack of horns on the latter session obscures the already oblique group textures and complicated compositions/forms. Among the more striking elements of the album is the sheer metrical complexity created by the ensemble interactions (we're talking Hill, early Hutch, Richard Davis and Elvin freakin Jones, for cryin out loud)--It's dizzying, dizzying stuff, and perfectly suited to Andrew's darker, denser side. Maybe, but the playing on Pax is more outside. Guy

I think this nails it. I must say I disagree with Ornette on this point. Guy

PM II, not PM I. Guy

Are she and Judy Garland the same person? Guy

I don't think you will be so lucky. Guy

No. Black Fire and Judgment are both more accessible, as are several Andrew albums from the late 60s. Guy

Yup, it's a very good one. For the average person, probably his third or fourth best date after Point of Departure, Black Fire and (maybe) Passing Ships. I tend to like saxophones, so I rate it a little lower than most. Guy

I like Andrew!!! quite a bit. I don't put it quite on the level of Black Fire or Point of Departure, however. As for Pax -- I've listened to it a few times. If you want to hear great Joe H, then you will find plenty of it here. The album as a whole hasn't bowled me over yet; I don't think it is as good as the three albums mentioned above. Maybe I will change my mind in time. Guy

In general I think the early Beatles albums are overlooked. They're not uniformly great, but neither is the White Album. Also, some of their best tracks appear on the Past Masters compilations. Guy

My collection is pretty small, but here are my ten favorite jazz albums recorded in the 70s: Miles Davis, It's About That Time: Live at the Fillmore East Weather Report, Live in Tokyo Mahavishnu Orchestra, The Inner Mounting Flame Herbie Hancock, Sextant Paul Motian, Tribute Dave Holland, Conference of the Birds Chick Corea, Return to Forever Abercrombie/Holland/DeJohnette, Gateway Keith Jarrett, Fort Yawuh Joe Henderson, In Japan

Some of my personal favorites: "She Said She Said" "And Your Bird Can Sing" "I Want to Tell You" "Dr. Robert" "I'm Only Sleeping" "Taxman" "For No One" (Revolver is chock-full of great semi-obscure Beatles songs) "I'm Looking Through You" "If I Needed Someone" "Wait" "You Won't See Me" "I've Just Seen a Face" "The Night Before" "I Should Have Known Better" "Any Time At All" "I'll Be Back" "You Can't Do That" "I'll Follow the Sun" "Every Litting Thing" "It Won't Be Long" "All I've Got to Do" "I Saw Her Standing There" "She's a Woman" "I Feel Fine" "I'll Get You" "I'm Down" also, some of their covers from the earlier albums are classics ("Money", "Anna", "Dizzy Miss Lizzie", "Long Tall Sally", "Twist and Shout", etc)

I am currently finishing up season 2 of Star Trek: The Next Generation. I also just started watching Rome, the HBO series. Seems promising! Guy

Good weather in the winter. Oranges. Dan Gould and MartyJazz. Guy ahem Sorry, I'm still bitter about the Heat winning the championship. Guy

Good weather in the winter. Oranges. Dan Gould and MartyJazz. Guy

I went through a phase of really liking this band back in high school and picked up some of their CDs. I think they were in an uncomfortable zone between "singles band" and "album band" -- most of their albums had several good songs, but none were good the whole way through. The Time Traveller box is a pretty good collection of their material, focusing primarily on the '67-'72 material. (The later stuff is generally pretty bad with a few exceptions -- it makes 80s Genesis sound good by comparison.) Their hits were generally pretty good -- "Ride My See Saw", "Question", "The Story in Your Eyes", etc ("Isn't Life Strange" is awful, though) -- but I also like some of the album material like "The Actor", , "Legend of a Mind", "Never Comes the Day", "Voices in the Sky", "Watching and Waiting" (beautiful tune), and the experimental "The Voyage". I think Mike Pinder's mellotron and left-field tendencies made the band much more interesting than they otherwise would have been. Guy

I can't believe nobody's commented about this!!! I really want to go, but I'll be sending out my job packets out around the same time. Hopefully I will find some free time... Guy

It did take guts, and was on target much of the time, but it wasn't that funny. Guy

Happy b-day, Ron! Guy

I don't think these are what the original poster is looking for... Guy

Yup, I have the Blue Notes and Prestiges. I also have 5 of the Riversides, which probably isn't enough. Guy

I'm going through a pretty big Monk swing right now, and am wondering about these two 2CD live sets (that are now OOP in the US). Are they essential? How do they compare to Live at the It Club? Should I get the studio Columbia albums first (I have only Monk's Dream, which I like but is somewhat low on my favorite Monk list)? How do they compare in importance to the Riverside live sets w/Johnny Griffin, or the Town Hall big band set (which I am a little wary of)? Guy