Guy Berger

Yes. One question about the radiation issue - how substantive is this scientifically? How does it compare to the radiation you incur flying around on an airplane? Guy

I think the whining about this is silly/stupid and find it ironic that of all the changes in our lives post-9/11, this is the one that has generated the most outrage.

To follow up on Mark's point - there are lots of other Joe H recordings from this period circulating in "unofficial" format. How do they compare? He sounds relatively restrained compared to his 60s/70s recordings, but was that just him getting older? Guy

Set 1: This/Agitation/No Blues/Paraphernalia Set 2: Gingerbread Boy/Paraphernalia/Miles Runs the Voodoo Down/Masqualero/Walkin' It's a shame that there aren't more club dates from late 1969 - I think Miles kept playing the older repertoire until pretty late and this is not really reflected in the (phenomenal) European recordings from the fall.

I never owned the original 2 CD set, but I did pick up the 7 CD box last year and have been gradually wending my way through it since the summer. I'm 5 CDs in and this is really magical music. I've heard Getz music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s and, while I like it, none of it comes close to matching the depth of this stuff. Guy

As far as Eicher stockpiling sessions, it is fairly common for him to release stuff that's several years old. I don't know how much studio stuff he sits on for a long time (though they've issued live occasions "well after the fact"). Haven't some of the recent boxes included material not originally released?

Thanks for the rec, Clem. Will check it out. Guy

I'm pretty skinny and a cardio-freak so I don't have any serious issues, but I have reached the age where I can't eat anything I want anymore. One thing I've found for those with a sweet tooth like myself is to replace candy or soda with fruit. Those still have the sugar (and tartness for those like me who like that), but are at least much better for you. Guy

Keith Jarrett's trio performed "Chelsea Bridge" - you can hear it on the album Whisper Not. The first version I heard of this lovely tune.

Charles Lloyd also has a great version. Earlier Lacy played Johnny Come Lately with Cecil Taylor at Newport. When I saw Lacy live in duet with Danilo Perez, he played "Morning Glory", with much feeling. Can't say that I see any sense in anybody else trying to play this one, not really, not as long as that recording can be heard. Except that Stan Getz did a great version on his 1987 live album "Anniversary" (with Kenny Barron).

I'm sure just like most recordings put out by these labels, this is a download off one of the torrent sites - and if purchasers are lucky, a version that one of the torrent contributors remasters and speed-corrected. Anyway, the music is terrific - just like everything else this unit did.

I'm surprised to see Lee Morgan mentioned so frequently on this thread.

I know these are boring answers, but Coltrane and Dolphy are the top two on my list. Herbie Nichols, too.

Haden is commanding on the first two Paul Motian albums, playing in a free-ish mode.

The first version of RiR I ever heard was Weather Report's.

When did Ellington drop this tune from his setlist? Guy

Let's do it. My one suggestion is that we do it like the BFT - otherwise the single thread will get too ungainly?

During the summer, there was a FLOOD of AEoC recordings washing over the site-which-cannot-be-named. (Probably 150 recordings.) I downloaded everything through 1985 - some amazing stuff. Guy

How so? When I listen to the 1966 Don Ellis, I hear plenty of interesting musical ideas mixed in with some relentlessly over-the-top and (to my ears) corny brass playing.

For what it's worth, the transcripts of many (all?) interviews are (were?) available on the PBS website, and they confirm that Burns was very selective in favor of quotes that furthered his thesis. I agree with Ted Storer. A generally enjoyable viewing experience, but a very poor history lesson. Guy

I guess "you had to be there". Though I enjoy some of Chicago and BST's early music, as a younger listener I find the in-your-face brassiness of these bands to be generally irritating. I'm no expert on the history of this music, but would guess they inherited the idea from the in-your-face brassiness of college-oriented jazz big bands, which I also have mixed feelings about.

I like his playing, haven't heard enough of it. I agree, he's great on Rava's New York Days.

There's a very goofy story about McIntyre in Paul Tingen's book about the Miles Davis electric period.

The site-which-must-not-be-named had two or three of these shows up. I haven't listened to them yet.

Congrats, Chuck. Guy