Dan Gould

Not that making you cry would disturb me, but you do realize that its only jazz CDs being listened to in alphabetical order, right?

Dave Burns: Warming Up! Kenny Burrell: All Day Long Best of (BN) Sunup to Sundown Live at the Village Vanguard Midnight Blue Midnight at the Village Vanguard The Tender Gender Man at Work Then Along Came Kenny Freedom Introducing Kenny Burrell Blue Lights Volume 1 & 2 Tin Tin Deo at the Five Spot Cafe Moten Swing Lucky So and So

You want some laughs, click on the link that goes to his posted reviews. He also thinks Christopher Cross is the schitt.

Indeed!

Yeah, but imagine the relief people would feel when they found the pearl in that river of swine.

p. 47 of the July issue of Cadence, Reptet, (Monktail 2) reviewed byRobert Iannapollo: Reptet is a quartet of young musicians hailing from Seattle. This, their first release is a solid set of original compositions and a trio of astute covers (Monk's "Introspection" and Misha Mengelberg's "A Little Nervous," Gil Melle's "The Gears"). The general tenor of this date is quite different from the above date (Fred Hess, The Long and Short of It). Whereas Hess' music bristles with an edgy energy (no doubt aided by the lack of a chordal instrument), this date has a relaxed ambience but don't read that as laid-back and dull. Tobi Stone has a rich full sound on tenor, a relaxed sense of phrasing and a strong penchant for melodic improvisation. Joe Henderson might be a good comparison. Pianist Stefan Nelson favors rich, fulsome chords that provide a variety of options for Stone's solos. The rhythm section cooks in an unobtrusive manner yet they never coast. I like the funky backbeat work (aided by Nelson's wah-wahing Fender Rhodes) they bring to the Melle composition. This disc is strong, well recorded, and worth hearing. ******************** Congratulations on the review.

Happy Happy!

Why? Cadence stocks all sorts of mainstream labels, with decent prices on Criss Cross among other labels. And if you become a subscriber, you get a buck off of every title you order.

Not sure how many people have posted so far, but it does look like the discussion's slowing down a lot. Time for answers?

Ray Bryant: Slow Freight Lonesome Traveler Rusty Bryant: America's Greatest Jazz (Dot-a live date, honking R&B) America's Greatest Jazz (Dot-his first really straightahead date, with a bunch of west coast cats, highly recommended) Legends of Acid Jazz Milt Buckner: Midnight Mood Mighty High Please Mr. Organ Player

Yes, welcome, Jim!

So Claude's an ugly baby that grew up to be a frighteningly muscled female body builder?

I certainly don't care for this one: (middle name is Jay by the way)

no "Time out"?!!!!! On vinyl. These are CDs I am bringing into the office.

Great!

That or the possibility that with summer upon us, participation will decline. We know from experience that board traffic slows in the summer. Don't worry, it will probably be worse when my next turn comes, in the dog days of August.

I'm gaining some experience in this area due to a project I've taken on for a board member. But its hard to judge because the deck is hooked up to a PC rather than decent stereo speakers. But I can tell you that professional quality reels (like, for broadcast) record at 15 ips, so anything recorded at 7 or 3 3/4 isn't going to sound as good as it could. Its too bad reels for the home market had the lower speeds.

I was transferring a New Year's eve radio program from reel to CD for a board member, and when I came to a ten minute bit from Nordine, sorry, but his pseudo hip jive got to be grating in about fifteen seconds and I decided to edit it out (with permission). Maybe I should have given it a longer chance? I must say I was impressed at the end of the segment when they listed some of the man's voice over credits.

Precisely why I chose to do this. Don't tell Nessa-he wouldn't understand.

It's criminally short, about 30 minutes, but really, really good. Rushing is in fine voice, as would be expected, and Brubeck fits with him very well. I'd grab it if I were you.

Its worth it just for the Sweets/Buck Clayton date, which is quite superb.

That's a very strange balance to me Time to invest in some essential albums. I was waiting for someone to point this out! But, strange to say, I have always preferred Brownie's descendants to Brownie himself (I think you know which Brownie I'm speaking of, Brownie! Not that I count Blanchard necessarily under that heading, but Lee, Byrd, Freddie ...) And trust me, there are a few Brown/Roach titles that are filed under Max

I could actually see a good result on the JT tune. Maybe.

Well now I see that something went wrong with my first update of the workweek, so this will have to be an extra long list: Clarence Gatemouth Brown: American Music, Texas Style Sings Louis Jordan (highly recommended Black and Blue CD) Charles Brown: Blues and Other Love Songs So Goes Love Clifford Brown: Sextet in Paris Quartet in Paris Memorial Album Mel Brown: Chicken Fat The Wizard Odel Brown and the Organ-izers; Raising the Roof Mellow Yellow Ducky Ray Brown: Hot Tracks After You've Gone (both co-led by Herb Ellis) Seven Steps to Heaven Don't Get Sassy Summertime Much in Common (with Milt Jackson) Live at Starbucks Producer's Choice Live at Scullers Some of My Best Friends are The Trumpet Players Some of My Best Friends are Guitarists Some of My Best Friends are the Sax Players Don't Forget the Blues Three Dimensional Red Hot Ray Brown Trio Soular Energy Summer Wind Black Orpheus Moore Makes Four Bam Bam Bam Private Recording of one of Ray's last gigs, at the Germany Jazz Festival Tom Browne: Another Shade of Browne (interesting straightahead date by a guy who's made his living in smooth jazz but says he's always loved Morgan, et. al.) Dave Brubeck: Blues Roots (with Gerry Mulligan) Brubeck and Rushing Jimmy Bruno: Live at Birdland I - with Bobby Watson Live at Birdland II - with Scott Hamilton Bobby Bryant: Ain't Doing too B-A-D, BAD Big Band Blues Paul Bryant Burnin' Groove Time Something's Happenin' (the last two are cool dates Fantasy should put out, with Plas Johnson and Gatemouth Brown among others) 255

I can only imagine what Chris A. will have to say about this. Stefan, I didn't even know this was coming out-who else is on it and what are the tunes?