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  1. Michael Cuscuna has died at 75

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    18 hours ago, mjzee said:

    He was all over the place.  At that Mosaic open house, he pulled out a copy of "Buddy and the Juniors" on Blue Thumb: Buddy Guy, Junior Wells and Junior Mance.  He told me the backstory of the album (see https://www.allmusic.com/album/buddy-and-the-juniors-mw0000276271); he seemed pretty proud of it.  Over on the Hoffman boards, someone praised Cuscuna's production of Bonnie Raitt's "Give It Up."

    He should be as Buddy and the Juniors is an excellent recording.

  8. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by kh1958

    9 minutes ago, mjazzg said:

     

    I have tickets for Shabaka in London in a few weeks but the Barbican venue doesn't have boxes so Andre 3000 will have to slum it with the rest of us in the unlikelihood he turns up 😀

    Yes, Andre 3000 stole my seat. But seriously, the Shabaka concert at Big Ears was a great concert, one of the very best I heard at the Festival.

  9. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    9 hours ago, mjazzg said:

    And Andre is on the Shabaka album, one track

    At the Shabaka Big Ears concert, my preferred seating at the Bijou Theater (a balcony above the right side of the stage) was blocked off and reserved for some "VIPs." So I went to the Balcony on the other side. I assume it was for Andre 3000 and his entourage, who also was performing at the Festival. The theater was kept very dark throughout the concert, so you could not see who it was, and at the end of the concert when the lights came up, the VIPs had been safely escorted away (whew!).

    Up with Donald Byrd (Verve)

    Lou Donaldson, Musty Rusty (Cadet)

    Don Byas, MIdnight at Minton's (Onyx)image.jpeg.72497cdca8b445f33dd735aae0c1528e.jpegimage.jpeg.f0c3357c98c03ef18a6b686140c36bc2.jpegimage.jpeg.37a7ef67a65dcbfb3a19962f575f8bd2.jpeg

  13. Newport Jazz Festival 70th Anniversary

    in Live Shows & Festivals

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    9 hours ago, GA Russell said:

    I went to the second weekend of the New Orleans Jazzfest in both '90 and '91.  Jazz fans were objecting to the non-jazz acts even then.

    However, there was one stage that was 100% modern jazz.  If you had no interest in anything else, you could at any time listen to the real deal.

    The Festival has not fundamentally changed.  There  is still the Jazz Tent, which is all Modern Jazz, with ten to twelve National/International headliners spread out over the course of the festival (this year including Kenny Barron, Charles Lloyd, Lakecia Benjamin, Terence Blanchard, Nicholas Payton,  Samara Joy, Stephon Harris, Legacy of Wayne Shorter, and Amina Figarova). There is also Economy Hall, which is all New Orleans traditional jazz. There is a Blues stage, a Gospel stage, a World music stage (this year they have three African bands and twenty (!) bands from Columbia), a stage that is mostly modern brass bands, a stage that is mostly zydeco, an interview stage (some jazz artists), a diverse obscure music stage including some jazz (Lagniappe Stage). Then three large stages that feature (though not exclusively) pop bands.  The latter three are very easy to ignore, as I do. (The exception is the egomaniacal Rolling Stones, who this year are appearing and requiring all other stages to shut down when they perform.) You only need one stage at a time.

  15. Josey Records just got an incredible audiophile collection with a buncha Mosaics

    in Offering and Looking For...

    Posted

    5 hours ago, JSngry said:

    Have ever had them mail anything to you? That seems to be the wrinkle here. I placed the order last night, and at 3 PM today, they had no idea what I was talking about about. 15+ minutes on hold before they even began to figure it out. But my card has already been charged!

    Ok, orders come in overnight. Pull them first thing in the AM. You don't have to pack and mail right away, just get them off the damn shelf. You've gotten paid, so that should be the least you can do.

    Maybe they have their act more together than they present. I certainly hope so, because "we'll get to it when we get to it and if somebody else beats you to it, sorry, we'll get you a refund - when we get to it. In the meantime, we've got your money but we can't guarantee that you'll get your product" is not a good customer-facing look for any business.

    Mail order is not for everybody, business and consumer. I think that in the case of me and Josey Records, that's the case for both of us.

    I thought about doing it mail order, but then I decided to check the pick up myself box, as I've been on a post office losing streak lately.

  20. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by kh1958

    1 hour ago, HutchFan said:

     

    I'm jealous of you guys.   

    I saw Hutcherson a few times, but I never had an opportunity to see the Timeless All Stars.

     

    The other notables for that weekend were a version of George Wein's Newport All Stars which featured Buddy Tate and Norris Turney (a rare opportunity to hear an Ellingtonian hero live) and a trip to Snug Harbor for Mose Allison.

    On the other hand, I made the "wrong" choice in selecting the Donald Harrison/Terence Blanchard in the Jazz Tent (the band was good but...) over Jay McShann (at the same time in Economy Hall), who I never had another opportunity to see.

  22. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    6 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

    The strange thing is that when I was at the jazz festival Wiesen in 1983 the Timeless All Stars were scheduled and to my astonishment and delightment it was Jackie McLean, Bobby Hutcherson, Herbie Lewis and Billy Higgins. One of the best bands of acoustic jazz I ever heard. So it was "only" Hutch and Higgins from the "All Stars". Of course I heard the others separately, those artists were touring Europe pretty much in that period. Heard Harold Land with Diz the same year in autumn too. I saw also Max Roach very often, he was one of my first idols on drums and on music in general. 

    I saw the Timeless All Stars in 1987 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. It was the same band as on the recordings, and the only time I got to see Harold Land in concert.

  25. So, What Are You Listening To NOW?

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted

    8 hours ago, Gheorghe said:

    Looks like a Dreamband, as if it would have been formed for my pleasure ! I see Joe Henderson and Freddie Hubbard, but never have heared about that record. who are the else ? 

    It is the McCoy Tyner Trio from 1986 (Avery Sharpe on bass, Louis Hayes on drums); there is one trio track; one quartet track with Joe Henderson added; one quartet track with Freddie Hubbard added; and finally, the closing track with both Freddie Hubbard and Joe Henderson.

    11 hours ago, soulpope said:

    Freddie Hubbard in good shape ....

    Yes, it's the awesome Freddie Hubbard I remember from concerts during the 1980s.

    Lakecia Benjamin, Phoenix (Whirlwind Recordings)image.jpeg.dbc84ebb36e755dade5a05211f290441.jpeg

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