Uncle Skid

Bringing this thread back up again... I got here searching for "Braxton for Lovers". Any new developments on this front?

I have one recording ("A Long Road Home") that is certainly enjoyable and melodic, but most of it has never really "hit" me enough to cause repeated listenings. I should probably give it a few more spins to see if my initial impressions change at all. I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned Steve Davis (drums) yet... a very interesting and sometimes flamboyant player. I've seen him play live a few times (without Lynn), and was always impressed.

To this day, I can't use my charcoal grill without saying that. (and if I have ice cream, and the kids ask for some... well, you know what happens! )

Dates, man, post yer dates!! Vertigo Music Corner Record Shop

I think Chuck might say something about "context"... in my case, I didn't understand or enjoy late period Trane until I "eased in to it", listening and absorbing some of the music (both w/Trane and other musicians) that led up it, if that makes any sense. For instance, it was the 1961 Village Vanguard Sessions that really helped me come to eventually appreciate the later stuff, followed by the "Classic Quartet" Impulse box set.

Didn't hear about it until just recently, but Delirious is now available on DVD. Looks like it has been out for at least a few months now. This used to be very difficult to find or rent on VHS, but some clips did end up on youtube. I gotta watch it just to see if I still have all of it memorized.

Very nice 2-CD set... anything with Lacy/Rudd has become an automatic purchase... as with Lacy/Waldron. From the Cuneiform Records site:

I guess I'll just have a beer with lunch instead! :rsmile:

My green lawn-loving, chemical spreadin' neighbor likes to fire up his gas-powered blower on Sunday mornings. Just a lawn mower wouldn't be so bad in comparison -- it's the constant revving of the blower that makes me want to strangle him. Most of the time he's just blowing his driveway!

Found a couple of OJC's for 8 bucks at "4-Star Jazz" sale at Bull Moose Music in Windham, Maine: Johnny Griffin Sextet and Jaki Byard - Out Front!. Probably shoulda bought more. Also picked up the Bluebird edition of Desmond/Mulligan "Two of a Mind".

I'm gonna totally kick his ass for dissin' TRIUMPH. "Allied Forces" of rock'n'roll: it don't get much better than that, in Canada or anywhere else. I have three or four Matthew Sweet records, and that seems to be a pretty spot on assessment.

This was briefly mentioned way back on page 2: Mal Waldron - "The Seagulls of Kristiansund" (Soul Note) Woody's solo on "Snake Out" is astounding... the Penguin guys call it "one of his most unfettered solos".

Bringing this one up again... this is a tremendously good record. .:.impossible's OP sums it up nicely. Indeed a good starting point for anybody unfamiliar with Anderson's work. Listening to this record has me eagerly revisiting some of his earlier recordings. The Missing Link in particular has revealed some of its previously hidden treasures. The two basses really work for me (vaguely reminiscent of Ornette's Sound Grammar), and Parker's guitar adds some interesting and sometimes unexpected colors. I don't hear "persistent overplaying" from Drake, but then I haven't really focused in that yet -- I've been too busy enjoying what I hear to be a very focused "group" effort. Fred Anderson on "big tenor"!

Very glad to hear that you're doing well... and enjoying lots of great music!

I don't think you could go wrong with any one of the above four posts.

Black Gipsy (part of the "Free America" series) is still available on CD, here. (it's in my "save for later" queue... so please don't buy the last one! )

Thanks to dova for locating a cheap source for this series! I really hate the idea of buying stuff from them, but I've been looking for more of this series for quite a while now. Received Rudd, Wright, Burrell, and Thornton earlier this week. Already had Waldron/Lacy. I'm thinking I probably should have pulled the trigger on some more. I still can't believe most (if not all) of these were in stock at $14.88.

"Alfredson's pulsating organ"?

Both look interesting... especially the Waldron/Lacy duo. If you haven't already seen it, there's lots of good discussion on that topic here. My recent purchases: Dave Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds (ECM) Billy Bang Quintet Featuring Frank Lowe - Above and Beyond: An Evening in Grand Rapids (Justin Time) Four from the "Free America" series: Roswell Rudd Dave Burrell - After Love Clifford Thornton - The Panther and the Lash Frank Wright - Uhuru Na Umoja And lastly, from EMusic: Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From the River to the Ocean. It's be an outstanding week for new music at my house!

60 minutes until what? draining the lizard? wanting another one?

Hmmm... 26-hour van ride, alone with three "middle-aged midwestern women", "Jazz" CDs... You really need only one: Play this at your own risk!

Fred Anderson & Hamid Drake - From the River to the Ocean

Good advice from Dan. I can't imagine subjecting my wife & kids to that much road trip jazz, let alone co-workers. That said, I've noticed that anything by Frank Sinatra is usually welcomed ("Swinging Lovers, for instance). If you have it, "Harry "Sweets" Edison and his Orchestra" might be worth a try as well.