Guy Berger

Last night was really good. It's nice that they've brought Heller back into this, he's a good character. Guy

Trane mentioned Gilmore's influence in the context of "Chasin' the Trane". There's also a story about Trane attending a NY jam session and being floored by Gilmore's playing. Hmmm, I've never heard this before (and am skeptical). Trane DID take lessons from Ornette. Guy

How many games do you think Cleveland and LA would have won without their respective stars? Of course you can. Guy You don't get it, that is exactly what I said, they score a ton, they would be nowhere without them, but Kobe and Lebron do not make their teams better, they just score and win for them.... and.. There are guys on the really bad teams that score a lot, so why not advocate for them to be Most Valuable also. Because Lebron and Kobe are not under consideration for scoring a lot -- they are under consideration for making their teams a lot better. Do you really think that Cleveland would win 49-50 games without Lebron? In case you mean that they don't make the other players on their team play better, why should that be relevant except insofar as it helps the team wins more games? This isn't the "best team player" award. Given Boris Diaw's performance in Nash's absence, I withdraw my support for the guy. It's Kobe or LeBron. Guy

How many games do you think Cleveland and LA would have won without their respective stars? Of course you can. On the other hand, I don't think Billups deserves serious consideration -- the rest of his team would be pretty good without him. Guy

Why? The award is "most valuable player", not "most valuable player who plays defense". Guy

Diaw got a triple double last night with 16 (!!!) assists. (Nash sat the game out.) Guy

Kobe, Nash or LeBron. Guy

I think mine's a cutout as well. Guy

In an interview (Kofsky?), Trane was talking about "Chasin' the Trane" and mentioned that he'd been listening to Gilmore at the time. Guy

I finally listened to Last from Lennie's this week. I think I like it a little better than the other volume (Quartet Live!) -- I don't really like Farrell's drumming. Anyway, nice disc. This is a classic album. Guy

Probably not, given that it's being adopted. Guy

Well done!

I only have two Palmetto discs -- Andrew Hill's Dusk and Ben Allison's Riding the Nuclear Tiger. I like both very much. Guy

I think it's interesting that after leaving Coltrane's band, Pharoah* (the guy who was probably considered the most radical member of that group, at least at the time) went in a more conservative direction. Leon Thomas joined Santana a few years later. I will dig this one out. Guy

My next pick is Marc Johnson's Shades of Jade, followed by Dave Holland and Barre Phillips's Music for 2 Basses. Guy

Isn't calling Eddie Henderson a "true original" a bit over the top? Guy

Impressive win by the Mavs. Hopefully this is indicative of a competitive 2nd round matchup. Guy

This is where he lost me. Guy

Woah woah woah. I did not intend "out of tune" as a negative characteristic but rather as a description. Jackie and Charles are two of my favorite saxophonists. Guy

Jackie McLean's passing made me think of this topic. Some guys who tended to play out of tune: Jackie McLean Charles Lloyd

reviews from the May 2004 Jackie-Grachan-Hutch reunion I saw Jackie twice, in May of 2003 and May of 2004. I liked the 2004 gig a little better. Jackie was a nice guy, I got autographs from him both times (though he made fun of my name a little). Guy

This is a great version. "Footprints" by the Miles Davis quintet is an obvious one. Guy

What a pointless article. Guy

I think neither team has much of a chance to beat Detroit in a 7 game series, barring an injury to one of the Pistons' starters. Guy

Nets will win #14 tonight. If Miami also loses as well, the gap between these two teams shrinks to 2.5 games. Both teams have really easy schedules after tonight's games. Guy