Guy Berger

I'm probably not going to get around to listening until later in the week. But one thing I remember is that Dewey Redman is terrific on this album, particularly on #3. I wish he appeared on more tracks. "Petals Danse" is a beautiful tune as well. Guy

Henry Threadgill, Everybody's Mouth a Book (Pi) Max Roach, Percussion Bitter Sweet (Impulse!)

coming out August 8, 2006 Musicians Trio 2000 + One Paul Motian [drums] Chris Potter [saxophone] Larry Grenadier [bass] + Rebecca Martin [vocals] Masabumi Kikuchi [piano] 1. The last Dance [Van Heusen/Cahn] 2. Tea for Two [Youmans/Caesar] 3. In a Shanty in old Shanty Town [Little, Siras/J. Young] 4. Never let me Go [Livingston/Evans] 5. Never let me Go 6. Folks who live on the Hill [Kern/Hammerstein II] 7. Everything happens to me [Adair/Dennis] 8. Last Night when we were young [Arlen/Harburg] 9. Born to be Blue [Wells/Torme] 10. Brother can you spare a Dime [Gorney/Harburg] 11. I loves you Porgy [G./I. Gershwin] 12. You're getting to be a habit with me [Warren/Dubin] 13. How long has this been going on [G./I. Gershwin] total time: 66:10

It was a disastrous system when my dad and I went to see Oscar Peterson. I'd been to Yoshi's a few times before but never on a packed night. We barely found seats! Guy

I don't see a google checkout icon... where should it be? Guy It should be just below the button that says "Complete Your Order" Alright, I succeeded once I entered my CC info into google checkout. It looks like you need to do that first before you go to cd universe. Guy

I don't see a google checkout icon... where should it be? Guy

I don't see the google checkout option at CDU. Guy

I think he plays, or has played, with Henry Threadgill. Guy

I don't understand why Couw feels the need to defend this guy. He cheated another board member. To me, that calls for virtual banishment in itself, not to mention all the other offensive tactics. I'd be livid if I got cheated by a board member; and would remind others of this fact. Trust is everything on this board, and I buy and sell a lot of stuff here. Well, to be honest, it gets a little annoying. Guy

It was good. It turned out to be 3 guitars/2 basses rather than 4 guitars/1 bass. (Jerome Harris played acoustic bass guitar.) The two saxophonists were excellent. I was less crazy about the guitars -- there was a lot of "passing the baton". The material included a lot of Motian originals ("Mumbo Jumbo", "Desert Dream"), Monk, some bebop, and a standard or two. I like the trio with Motian and Frisell better, though. More interplay. Guy ps I forgot to add that someone was recording the first set. It didn't look sophisticated enough to be ECM or another record label, but it was a real microphone setup. I imagine it will be released eventually?

I started watching this on DVD -- it's really good! I'm 5 episodes into it. The only thing it's missing are some battles, but I guess they were on a tight budget. Guy

I avoided Which Way Is East for the same reasons and haven't picked it up. "Play every instrument" sessions make me wary of new-age noodlefests. Guy

Anybody else going to this gig? I'll be there tomorrow (Thursday). Guy

Happy birthday

What about Mingus at Monterey? Guy

There's some incredible Hodges on the Ellington disc ...And His Mother Called Him Bill. Guy

I'd say it's on the same level as the best of his BN days. This is a really good album. Guy

I'm not a subscriber but the first paragraph didn't seem too promising. Guy

Any thoughts about the recent album? I've been somewhat hesitant to pick it up because of the instrumentation. Not sure I want to hear Lloyd's piano playing. Guy

It's good but not great, IMHO. On the plus side there's a track where Lloyd takes a long inside-outside solo -- some of the best 60s playing I've heard from him. Guy

This is a very nice album! I like the tunes featuring the Very Very Circus best. I will have to check out more HT. Guy

The Soft Bulletin is GREAT, I need to load it up to the ipod. I never bought, but have heard, the follow up. (Yoshimi Battles the Giant Pink Robots or something like that.) It sounded like more of the same and I didn't bother picking it up. Guy

I've started watching Star Trek: the Next Generation on DVD. I was briefly into the show in high school, at least enough to watch a season or so. It's not great so far but not bad either. I was shocked to discover that Data got laid in the 2nd episode!!! Guy