Guy Berger

I don't think it was only, or even primarily, a "descent to madness" - it was actually a conscious strategic choice to rule by fear, to strike fear into her enemies and possible rivals by showing she was willing to use extreme means. "Hama Rules".

Fwiw, I don’t think the all star tribute is that good 🤷‍♂️

What Dan said... I think this is probably one of those stereotypes that are superficially positive but often belittling/insulting in practice

Younger men tend to be more violent than other demographic groups. And my guess is this is amplified by economic insecurity. So it's not surprising that there are so many stories (not all true, but...)

But mixing aside, he is functioning in these situations as a jazz soloist, much like Miles, Wayne, John McLaughlin... the bass clarinet solo on "Pharaoh's Dance" is particularly outstanding.

Awesome.

There's a decent amount of Maupin soloing on Bitches Brew, and IMHO it's great

This is truly terrible. Should moderators block these kinds of posts going forward until they are verified as legit? While I appreciate the opportunity to support musicians in need, we shouldn’t undermine the cause by unwittingly promoting fraud/theft

(Though the totally unrelated OJC Town Hall Concert from two years later is obviously much better)

This is quite good! I picked this up on CD during one of Blue Note’s periodic catalogue culpa but didn’t get around to spinning it until recently... I know it was a logistical disaster and maybe execution was short of perfect, but we’re talking about Mingus in his creative prime. and Eric Dolphy sounds great!

The listing on the Yoshi's website seems pretty transparent that this is an ensemble with a DJ, seems like you got exactly what was advertised. (Unless your intent was to hate-watch for $40, which is not the biggest price tag someone has paid for such a hobby)

I love David Murray’s cameos in the 3rd disc (CURVES OF LIFE) - he’d like the post-1980 Mobley, makes good music as soon as he shows up

I thought the album with Bill Evans wad quite boring

This one is also quite good

listened to Memphis Underground for the first time. Not sure if it’s a guilty pleasure or just regular enjoyment but Sonny Sharrock, hot damn

Because I think someone older than ~60% of Americans might not be a great authority on what is dated/non-dated

Per what @Brad and @Larry Kart said, the legacy is simultaneously more nuanced and more ugly than merely going along. The Vichy gov't had its own policy priorities and had some leeway to defy and/or supplement German initiatives when it wished to do so. They (or at least many of them) viewed murdering of Jews as a feature, not a bug, of Nazi domination - hence much of the subsequent revulsion and shame. Also, the early Furst books *are* highly recommended if you like high quality fiction.

This album is quite good.

ECM is apparently issuing a late 1990s gig of the Bley/Peacock/Motian trio. Woohoo!

To circle back to the original post, Branford Marsalis’s comment re Miles was dumb as f—-

Exactly, having a cardboard cutout of John Coltrane in your living room doesn't mean John Coltrane is actually standing in your living room

Not only that, he aggressively edited their compositions.

Perfectly written. The marketing pitched the guy as some sort of demigod but the boring truth was that he was just really, really, really good. BTW one weird thing with Branford’s assertion is that the albums Wayne, Herbie and Tony recorded during that period without Miles are out there, they’re public record! Miles’s albums sound quite different. (And FWIW, more adventurous than Wayne and Herbie’s.) Regardless of whether you think the Miles or sidemen album are better, it’s pretty clear he wasn’t just coasting on their contributions.

I think this is a case of BM taking a genuine fact the Miles mystique sometimes downplays (that after 1955 he had the luxury of hiring THE best talent), and twisting it into something 100,000,000 times more ridiculous than the mystique.

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