Jim Dye

I am a bit late to this thread, (In fact, I'm late to this whole AOW thing. I have been enjoying the comments, even though I have not participated yet) but this morning, I happened to find a cassette with Nefertiti on one side and Miles Smiles on the other. I popped in Nefertiti and hit the highway. I have about a 45 minute commute, so I figured I could listen to the whole album this morning. I must say, the title track still gives me goosebumps every single time I listen to it. Such a unique concept with the horns repeating the theme leaving Herbie, Ron and Tony room to stretch out. My favorite part is when the horns lay out for a verse (stanza?, round?). Everything gets quiet as Herbie lays down each chord. Then all of a sudden BA-BOMP! BA-DA-DA-DA-DAT-DA-DAT-DAT. You can hear the drums race across the studio ceiling. It's just so f***ing cool. Well, after I listened to the first track, my cassette deck started to malfunction. The right channel kept popping in and out. So, I had to take the tape out. I'll try to participate in the next one, guys. Nice choice, Big Al.

I see the board is back online! Hope y'all didn't have too many problems. How did Lansing do? Check in here with your stories from the greatest power outage in U.S. history.

Hey! I bet I burn more calories playing video games than you do reading Faulkner, Joe! Try playing 2 hours of Atari football. I'll bet you burn 200 calories an hour. Have you seen those dancing video games in the arcades today? They look like quite the workout.

I had a VIC-20 and loved it. Never made the leap to a C64. We also had an Atari 2600 growing up. I used to be able to beat anyone at Missile Command on the Atari. I would even use the joystick with my feet and still beat them. My brother and I were also very lucky growing up in the 80's. My uncle worked for and eventually became part owner of an arcade in Lansing. We would have pinball machines and video games in our house on a rotating basis. My favorie was the old black and white atari football with the huge croquet-size track balls. You would beat the shit out of your hands playing that game! Just x's and o's, but the game play was terrific. Too much fun!

Fuel, huh? I'm outta the loop labelwise. Is this the Douglas material that seems to keep popping up over and over and over again?

I also picked up the Silver Trio CD. The sound is not that different from the McMaster edition. They changed the track order, at least in how it relates to the earlier CD edition. Now, I believe the running order is equivalent to the two 10 inches, not the 12 inch LP. Also, why didn't they include the 10 inch album covers? They did with some other titles. This has always been one of my favorite sessions. The music speaks for itself. I agree with the Safari ~ Un Poco Loco similarities. Art just SWINGS his ass off. One of my favorite drum solos ever. There is nothing wrong with this reissue, just not as dramatic a difference (like the Monk RVG's) as I would have hoped for. What Late said. Bring on the Navarro and original Messengers!

Good to see you here, Ron. I have long enjoyed your postings at Jazz Corner.

Great set with one BIG reservation. They screwed up the Five Spot sessions by editing out all the extra crowd noise and warm up sounds before and after the tracks. It was a deal breaker for me. Sounds silly, I know, but I have heard these records a certain way for years. I gotta hear that cash register ring and dolphy blow a scale before the opening bars of Potsa Lotsa. That being said, it IS nice to have all the studio stuff in one place. I'll stick with the individual albums.

Just saw this thread over at AAJ. Some food for thought on both sides of the fence. http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread....20&pagenumber=1

Yeah, why can't we do both? That way, everyone is happy! everyone could send or upload their monthly song to one individual, who then distributes the compilation to everyone via mail or download. No matter what everyone decides, it's still going to be a fun project.

Well, never having downloaded an MP3, how can you call it an inferior format? If you use the right tools, an MP3 can sound as good as a CD or WAV file. Honest! There are a lot of crappy sounding MP3 files out there, but that doesn't mean that they cannot sound good or even great! Using MP3's for this project may or may not be illegal, depending on ones point of view. It looks like the RIAA is succeding with thier slash and sue tactics. Everyone is scared to death if they download a song. Its just plain nonsense. I think the Fair Use statutes in the Copyright act were meant exactly for such a non-commercial group project like this. No one here is out to steal music. It's exactly the opposite! This project will in fact promote sales. If you all take the time to look at the link I posted above, the program called KDX would be a great way to make this project work. At the very least, it could enhance the project. Everyone could either upload or send through the mail one song for inclusion in the blindfold test. Then, the person in charge for that month could distribute the blindfold compilation either through the mail, or make the songs available on the KDX server. That way, we can make everyone happy. It could be a really cool thing!

What Tony said. I dig Baker too, but if you think Cream rocked harder than the Who circa 1970-1973, you're nuts. I like Baker with Fela. Talk about groove!

No Quadrophenia? Blasphemy!

Rather than FTP, why not set up a dedicated KDX server? Then we could all login and chat with each other. It's fun! Check it out: http://www.haxial.com/products/kdx/index2.html

I really like this idea. I have not participated in the AOW as of yet. I haven't had a whole lot of free time at home. But I'd really like to participate in this. Sounds like a lot of fun I would be more than happy to send off CD-r's, encode MP3's or help in any way I can. I just got my turntable hooked up to my computer yesterday so I am already considering the possibilities :) Count me in!

They even have a Lebowskifest Forum. http://www.lebowskifest.com/forum/default.asp

I dunno who, but as for the WHY? Tha almighty dollar. Celebriducks = CelebriBUCKS! B)

I have a James Brown Celebriduck!

I just spit out my coffee when I read that! LOL

Nice post, Joe.

How about a different take on this. What ONE recording would you choose for inclusion on NASA's Voyager probe? Remember that gold record that was sent out into the far reaches of the universe? What would you have included? http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/goldenrec.html Music On Voyager Record * Bach, Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F. First Movement, Munich Bach Orchestra, Karl Richter, conductor. 4:40 * Java, court gamelan, "Kinds of Flowers," recorded by Robert Brown. 4:43 * Senegal, percussion, recorded by Charles Duvelle. 2:08 * Zaire, Pygmy girls' initiation song, recorded by Colin Turnbull. 0:56 * Australia, Aborigine songs, "Morning Star" and "Devil Bird," recorded by Sandra LeBrun Holmes. 1:26 * Mexico, "El Cascabel," performed by Lorenzo Barcelata and the Mariachi México. 3:14 * "Johnny B. Goode," written and performed by Chuck Berry. 2:38 * New Guinea, men's house song, recorded by Robert MacLennan. 1:20 * Japan, shakuhachi, "Tsuru No Sugomori" ("Crane's Nest,") performed by Goro Yamaguchi. 4:51 * Bach, "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3 in E major for Violin, performed by Arthur Grumiaux. 2:55 * Mozart, The Magic Flute, Queen of the Night aria, no. 14. Edda Moser, soprano. Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch, conductor. 2:55 * Georgian S.S.R., chorus, "Tchakrulo," collected by Radio Moscow. 2:18 * Peru, panpipes and drum, collected by Casa de la Cultura, Lima. 0:52 * "Melancholy Blues," performed by Louis Armstrong and his Hot Seven. 3:05 * Azerbaijan S.S.R., bagpipes, recorded by Radio Moscow. 2:30 * Stravinsky, Rite of Spring, Sacrificial Dance, Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Igor Stravinsky, conductor. 4:35 * Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, Prelude and Fugue in C, No.1. Glenn Gould, piano. 4:48 * Beethoven, Fifth Symphony, First Movement, the Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, conductor. 7:20 * Bulgaria, "Izlel je Delyo Hagdutin," sung by Valya Balkanska. 4:59 * Navajo Indians, Night Chant, recorded by Willard Rhodes. 0:57 * Holborne, Paueans, Galliards, Almains and Other Short Aeirs, "The Fairie Round," performed by David Munrow and the Early Music Consort of London. 1:17 * Solomon Islands, panpipes, collected by the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service. 1:12 * Peru, wedding song, recorded by John Cohen. 0:38 * China, ch'in, "Flowing Streams," performed by Kuan P'ing-hu. 7:37 * India, raga, "Jaat Kahan Ho," sung by Surshri Kesar Bai Kerkar. 3:30 * "Dark Was the Night," written and performed by Blind Willie Johnson. 3:15 * Beethoven, String Quartet No. 13 in B flat, Opus 130, Cavatina, performed by Budapest String Quartet. 6:37 Sorry if this constitutes thread hijacking, Rooster!

I knew that criticism of Green would cause some dissention here. Well, he didn't say that Green ONLY played stock licks and one note choruses. But you must admit, that is a part of Green's bag of tricks. Don't get me wrong. I dig Grant Green's playing on most everything. Everything except Airegin w/ Sonny Clark. That absolutely drives me NUTS! BUT, I can see Larry's point as well. Cuscuna reissue revisionism kind of gets in the way of objectivity when discussing all things Blue Note these days. It's great to give some props to the underappreciated (Tina, Hank, Wilkerson, Braith, Baby Face, etc...) , but there is a reason these guys were under the radar for such a long time. Anyway, I think the sentence does take a bit away from an otherwise lovely write up. Hey, what good are jazz bbs's without some controversy anyway?

Nice write up guys! My friend Larry did a nice job. http://www.lansingcitypulse.com/030730/mus...sic/index2.html Organissimo brings variety of styles up its sleeve By LAWRENCE COSENTINO Show me what the boy is pounding on and I’ll show you what the man will be pounding on. One score and no years ago, a gloriously square, unwieldy, growling Hammond B-3 organ served as monkey bars, bullroarer and play telephone for 6-year-old Jim Alfredson, now the frontman for Lansing’s ultra-funky Organissimo jazz combo. “It belonged to my father,” says Alfredson. “I pounded around on it, pulled out the draw bars, and had a lot of fun on it as a kid.” Twenty years later, it seems as if only Alfredson’s pants have changed. Along with drummer Randy Marsh and guitarist Joe Gloss, he’s still pounding away and pulling out the stops, this time in his own swinging organ trio, steeped in the tradition of B-3 heroes like Jimmy Smith and Larry Young. They come to the Lansing JazzFest on the heels of their first CD release, “Waiting For the Boogaloo Sisters,” an energetic, eclectic mix of burners, ballads and boppers. Alfredson and Gloss, both from Lansing, met while taking classes at Michigan State University in 1996. Marsh, a veteran drummer from Grand Rapids, was added to the group soon after. The variety of approaches Organissimo has up its sleeve reflects the different musical styles of its members. Gloss’ guitar style has a twinkly, diffuse quality, as if each note were a point of light shimmering through the atmospheric haze kicked up by Alfredson’s B-3. Gloss’ light and sweet touch on ballads gives the trio a romantic dimension rare in organ-led combos. Many jazz fans think of Grant Green as the definitive organ-trio guitarist, but Gloss actually puts Green to shame by avoiding the stock licks and one-note choruses that bedeviled the over-rated Blue Note legend. Marsh, by contrast, is a nail-on-the-head, Philly Joe Jones-style drummer who keeps things squarely on the beat and avoids the murk of shifting accents and polyrhythms. That makes Alfredson the man in the middle, constantly steering between Marsh’s beer-and-pretzel yang and Gloss’ wine-and-cheese yin. To this end, he draws freely from cerebral players like Larry Young, soul men like Big John Patton, and razzle-dazzlers like Don Patterson. The favorite of his four B-3’s, a glorious 1958 model, serves him well in this endeavor. It punches, wails, preaches, and caresses with a suppleness belied by its age and bulk. “The B-3’s changed subtly over the years,” says Alfredson. “The ones from the late ’50s – there’s just something about them.” Alfredson is well aware that there aren’t a lot of top-notch B-3 players around anymore, especially as the older ones pass on. He singles out Larry Goldings and Don Wall as two players he admires but agrees that the instrument occupies a fairly snug niche. “It’s kind of a secret society,” he says. “There are things organ players do that nobody else can do.” The man at the console indeed has vast power at his disposal, and can turn his surroundings into the cathedral of Notre Dame, Comiskey Park or the old chicken shack with a flick of the wrist. With great power, somebody once said, comes great responsibility. Although the trio can be heard each Tuesday night at Billy’s in Grand Rapids, kicking it out for the baseball-cap-and-buffalo-wings crowd, Alfredson is looking forward keenly to the JazzFest gig. “Sometimes it gets bombastic [at Billy’s], although we have a good time. But it’s nice to play a ballad, it’s nice to focus on our original compositions. The Jazzfest audience will come to listen.” Don’t disappoint the man, or he’ll pull out the Frankenstein stop and have you looking over your shoulder all the way home.

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