Guy Berger

your point is very well taken. thanks for keeping us straight. (one wonders what a duke, born and raised in vienna or paris or milan, would have given the world). I'm glad he was born exactly where he was. Chuck, I couldn't have said it better than you did. Guy

Tomasz Stanko, like Tolliver and Rava, is another active older trumpeter. Also, I don't think anyone has mentioned Dave Douglas. Guy

I like Go a lot, but haven't heard the other album. Guy

I'm involved in an argument about Pat Metheny's influence. In particular I would like to respond to the following statement: I don't listen to guitar players that much so I'm at a loss to answer. Who has Metheny influenced? Guy

Very sad. RIP.

I've never had this problem with any other CD. Guy

Zawinul claimed credit for "It's About That Time". Not sure how convincing that is. Guy

I just started watching them on DVD. It's irritating that (A) there are only 4 episodes per DVD when they could fit 7 or 8 and (B) that they aren't in broadcast order. Last night I watched two of the best ones I've seen yet: "Two" (with Charles Bronson in a post-apocalypse world) and "The Four of Us Are Dying". Guy

I like On the Corner, though it's not my favorite electric Miles. Guy

Yes. This is a problem with the K2 -- I noticed it on my ipod. Guy

kh, thanks mucho for posting that article! Guy

Next up: Gerry Mulligan at the Village Vanguard after that: Bobby Hutcherson, Oblique

Just 2. I find them overrated. Guy

Judging by the limited number of players involved, I'm guessing this "quiz" didn't have a very sophisticated system. It's not surprising that their answers are ridiculous. Well, aside from JSngry being a turtlehead.* It'd be interested if basketball-reference.com did something similar. Guy *Actually I have never seen Jim.

Yes. Brian Priestley's "Chasin' the Bird," page 59: "... the 'Indiana'-based 'Donna Lee' was an original line put together by Miles, whose authorship ws contradicted by the record-label credit 'Parker' but confirmed by Gil Evans and many other observers." Also this, from Priestley's earlier, briefer "Charlie Parker": "Parker also uses a melodic 'macro-syncopation' of the length of phrases (a lack of which easily identifies tunes attributed to but not written by Parker, such as 'Ornithology' and 'Donna Lee')." In Priestley's book good? I really enjoyed his Mingus biography. Guy

Just looked it up there: "Bird prepared three of his finest and most sophisticated compositions - Chasin' the Bird, Donna Lee (named for Curly Russell's daughter) and Cheryl (named for Miles' daughter). His fourth original, Buzzy (named for Lubinsky's son), is a simple, but attractive riff blues." (from James Patrick's article on "The 1947-1948 Sessions" in said 5LP "Complete Savoy Studio Sessions" from 1978) Wasn't "Donna Lee" composed by Miles? Guy

link Maybe Barak, Bentsi or Alon can comment.

I guess they waited until the day you were out of the office. Guy

I don't know, but I assume they are on the trading circuit. I got it at the site-which-must-not-be-named. Guy

I'm also Raja Bell, apparently. I also made lots of "mediocre" choices. Guy

Holy crap! Guy

I listened to this. Good stuff. I really like Cannonball's playing during this period, when it opened up and became more adventurous. I also enjoy Charles Lloyd's playing as a sideman. Too bad the sound quality isn't better, though it isn't terrible. Guy

Has anyone listened to this? I will have my hands on it in a few minutes. Looks very tasty.

The ones I really hate are the strips on Black Saint/Soul Note releases. Those things are designed to be a pain in the ass. Guy