Guy Berger

Yoshi's is the best (and most expensive) spot, though they occasionally have some smooth crap there. Pearl's used to be great, but I haven't been there since the renovation. (Might still be great.) Bruno's in SF is worth checking out. Too bad SS, you are arriving just as I'm leaving. Man I love California! Guy

When I first encountered this dude's name I thought it was "Todd". I listened to a few tracks from this CD today @ Tower Records. Wasn't spurred to buy it, but if you like this sort of thing -- a melodic piano trio with a slightly funky touch and the spacious ECM sound -- then you will probably like it a lot. Guy

Or BOB BROOKMEYER! Guy

Is this a "quit the band 12 times, get the 13th free" kind of deal? Guy

Can I have another log in ID? ← If you get one, it should be 4/7 Guy

I'm going to hijack this thread, but I always it would be cool if we trained board members as counter-trolls. Kind of like counter-espionage. Guy

I want to pick this up, but I think ECM deleted it in the US. Guy

Thanks a lot folks! Guy

I actually agree with Chuck's point - better to get to know the recordings you do have (official or otherwise) than to constantly accumulate a steady stream of recordings that end up being played once and are then tossed to the bottom of the bin. But this applies to all music, not just the "unauthorized" kind. Guy

"Freddie Freeloader" has overdubbed vocals in Chinese... Guy

If anybody wants, I'm selling CD-Rs of Kind of Blue for $60 a pop. I am including my own original cover art. Guy

You could put this thread in the dictionary under "troll". Guy

I'm sure within a few months Yourmusic.com will have this for 11.98. Don't be angry, be patient... Guy

From the Pink Floyd thread: What else would you call this? I would call it asking for a recommendation, much like one would ask for a recommendation about the latest RVGs or a particular artist. Guy

Who was Miles following on Agharta and Pangaea? Guy

Well, I should have expressed myself more clearly - the last point you're making is exactly what I meant. ← There's no horse-trading going on in the Pink Floyd thread -- that's why I was surprised when Kevin mentioned it in this context. Guy

Could it be because it's about boots, i.e. illegal recordings? ← Are we going to ban discussion of illegal recordings? BTW, at least some of these recordings aren't illegal -- they're BBC broadcasts from the 70s. Guy ← So BBC broadcasts can magically become legal recordings for sale? Interesting what you learn in Grad School. ← The guy said "illegal recordings", I assumed he was talking about a dude in the audience surreptitiously recording the music. Not sure where the "sale" part is coming in -- nobody is selling anything. Guy

Speaking for myself, I've discussed plenty of unofficial recordings on this board -- the Miles Davis Lost Quintet stuff, the Miles from 1967 and 1971, the Coltrane Half Note music, the Coltrane 11/4/63 Stuttgart gig, etc. The recent Wayne Shorter thread discussed recordings from that tour, most of which are unofficial. I think it's a real shame (and a little strange) if we say that this music is off-limits for discussion. Guy

Could it be because it's about boots, i.e. illegal recordings? ← Are we going to ban discussion of illegal recordings? BTW, at least some of these recordings aren't illegal -- they're BBC broadcasts from the 70s. Guy

The discussion in the Floyd thread is completely innocuous -- I asked for recommendations on the best unofficial Floyd recordings and other people responded. There's no trading going on, at least as far as I know. I have no idea why Kevin B thinks it's relevant to this thread. Guy

I agree if we're talking about his work as a leader. I'd put Our Thing in 2nd place, and Jim Sangrey's assessments of MFJ and Page One seem on target to me. I've never gone crazy over In'n'Out (unless we're talking about the burgers) -- it's very good, something about that session sounds a little weird to me, as if the musicians aren't all on the same page. BUT... overall I think Joe's best work on BN was as a sideman. Guy

It's gonna rock... I can't wait until the John McDonough review. Guy

Oh sorry, you're illegally downloading boots... that makes it all right then. I forgot that any music downloaded is automatically perfectly legal. ← yaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwn Floyd releases this material officially, I buy it. Until then, this is a victimless crime. Unrelated, but (re: earlier comment) the Floyd bootleg I was listening to earlier has EXCELLENT sound. A terrific version of "Echoes", and two different performances of the unreleased "Embryo". Guy

Clandy -- I didn't mean to offend. My issue is with that one line by McDonough, which to me, conveyed his conservative spin (I mean, this dude makes Crouch and Wynton seem open-minded) -- that we can ignore Miles's recordings between 196x-1975 (I didn't even think of BoTC or the Prestige records, but same comment for those). Guy

Sometimes the "real stuff" doesn't exist for the music in question -- live Floyd from the early 70s, for example. Guy