Guy Berger

Do In'n'Out or Five Guys count?

I picked up this box for the three albums I didn't own (Home, Fast Life, Hope Scope), and recently listened to Home for the first time. A really great record - I'd put it above Ming and Murray's Steps, I think.

My ranking of these albums in descending order: #1, #3, #2.

I recently picked up Distant Hills and Winter Light, and am glad I did, these are wonderful albums. Highly recommended.

:tup He makes Sanders look like a schoolboy in short trousers, he's so much better, truly worlds apart! VV Again is one of those Trane albums I took a longtime first to buy (I've had the LP borrowed from a highschool teacher once and gave it some spins, made me a K7 copy of it, but didn't return to it often) and then took a while to appreciate. I enjoy Garrison in general, less so Sanders, but the whole album is still very, very good in my book - and Trane is great on it! I think I have a more positive opinion of Sanders's solo on "Naima" than either of you, but no disagreement, and frankly, I wish that on most of the 1966-67 recordings Coltrane had been more "selfish" with solo space with regards to Pharoah.

I love this album, and have heard this extra music on some discs that were circulating (along with various leftovers from the Ballads and Coltrane sessions). Some of it is worth hearing, but the large number of breakdowns is not. I'll probably pass on this, too much other music I haven't heard it.

Compared to all the other stuff that I imagine is going into those burgers, we should be relieved that at least some of it is meat of a determinate source.

I love his playing, and I'd say his biggest strength as a drummer is his versatility. On the Miles stuff alone, he could do straight ahead swing, free playing, and hard-hitting funky grooves. (I don't think you get a full appreciation of his work with Miles unless you hear a variety of live stuff from 1969-1970 - "What I Say" !!!!) His appearance on an album will, on the margin, make me more interested in hearing it. I also like his compositions (I've heard 3 of the ECM Special Edition albums), and he obviously has good taste in selecting front-line partners.

Unsolicited, my ratings of the Lloyd albums I've heard: Discovery (A) Of Course, Of Course (A) Nirvana ( C ) Dream Weaver (A) Forest Flower (B) The Flowering (A) In Europe (B) Love In (B) Journey Within ( C - I know I said good stuff about this in the past, since re-evaluated downward) In the Soviet Union ( C ) Soundtrack ( C ) Fish Out of Water (B) Notes from Big Sur (A) Acoustic Masters I (A) The Call (B, maybe C) All My Relations (B, maybe A) Canto (A) Voice in the Night (A) The Water Is Wide (A) Hyperion with Higgins (B) Lift Every Voice (B, maybe A) Jumping the Creek (B) Sangam (B, maybe A) Rabo de Nube (A)

Assuming "meditative" is the #1 goal, Fish Out of Water, Notes from Big Sur, The Call, Canto and The Water Is Wide all fit the bill. Maybe Sangam too.

Well, I think that having a patchwork of performances from different concerts (rather than complete concerts) gives an inferior sense of what WR was like as a band. I also think that they weren't nearly as good live after 1977 so the set would have been better with less of the later material. Live in Tokyo is the best official live released by the band and there are dozens of amazing unofficial live recordings I would rank above Live and Unreleased.

I don't think you can entirely discount skills gaps as driving SOME unemployment at any given point in time, but it is probably playing only a small role in today's elevated unemployment rate. (In the medium run it would certainly play a big role in pay/compensation, but not the level of employment.) I think these kinds of explanations ("people are unemployed because they lack skills") are popular because they have bipartisan appeal and buy room for some limited government intervention (or passivity, depending on your perspective).

Just saw a reference to this - Lloyd and Moran covering Ellington, Monk, Brian Wilson, Billie Holiday, and some originals. I am pretty excited about this - I hope they play some concerts

Anybody else think the Diz'n'Getz session is mildly disappointing?

Waltz's performance is the only reason I can think of that IB is worth watching. (OK, Melanie Laurent, but we have Beginners for that.

I only watched the Letterman and Zep segments (I caught the broadcast by accident while flipping through channels). Heart and Kravitz were outstanding (after Kravitz I thought, no one can top that - I was wrong). Foo Fighters and Kid Rock, not as good.

I may see it when it comes out on dvd. But Inglorious Basterds left a really bad taste in my mouth.

He plays flute on Ole, Africa/Brass (I think) and live recordings of My Favorite Things from this period. I like his contributions but the Coltrane group got better after he left. I would also say that while I like a fair amount of ED's 1960-61 work, his best stuff was mostly in 1963-64.

Out to Lunch was one of the first jazz albums I ever acquired - loved it immediately. He opened the door to Monk for me.

Love the Redman/Blackwell duets album.

I don't think this is an appropriate analogy. Unless we are talking about a creative writing class, the purpose of writing papers is to communicate clearly to the reader. There is no such clear-cut purpose to making music. I am surprised that Ornette and Ayler's legitimacy as musicians is still questioned today.

Yeah, I'd agree its brilliant. But not in the way you think. The psychologist and the principal died because they tried to tackle an armed intruder. If they were armed - and trained to use a weapon - would anyone have died? Would as many have died? They were hopeless, trying to stop him. Maybe they wouldn't have been quite so hopeless. Yes. If only Nancy Lanza had some guns around when her son Adam tried to murder her, maybe she wouldn't have been so hopeless. Oh wait, she did. Dan, I don't remember how old your kids are, but how comfortable would you be if there were a few dozen guns laying around (for protection purposes of course) at their school?

Alas, the BN is also OOP and there is no digital version

Alas, the Verve box is OOP and used copies are dementedly expensive. I could go digital. Unfortunately I would still be stuck without the Roost. It looks like another good option is the Jazz Factory set. Any thoughts on that vs Proper?

Hey guys, I am looking to filling a gap in my collection - Bud Powell's early non-BN recordings as a leader. I guess I need the 1/10/47 session, the early 1949 sessions for Norgran with Ray Brown and Max Roach, the Feb. 1950 sessions for Norgran with Max and Curley Russell, the July 1950 session with Ray Brown and Buddy Rich, and the Feb 1951 solo piano session. It looks like the Proper box set "Tempus Fugue-It" is my best option (though it omits the 1951 solo session). Any other suggestions I am overlooking?