Uncle Skid

Happy Birthday, Tom!

Next up: Archie Shepp - Attica Blues #2: Horace Silver - Horace Silver and the Jazz Messengers

Up, 'cause I'm diggin' the hell out of this record! But, don't just take my word for it -- Kenny Weir nails it: "Do This! is one of those magic albums that forges a wonderful path between more free/outside jazz and more mainstream post-bop/hard-bop fare. The album really swing and grooves, but in a way quite different from yer typical post-bop outings." Exactly! Big Al... ya got this one yet??

Ephesians is obviously a biblical reference -- religion topics belong in the political forum!

Up, for two reasons: 1) to naively inquire if Mr. Ayers suggestion of a "Shepp-Tchicai/NY Contemporary 5 Mosaic Select" is still as unlikely as it was almost 5 months ago, and 2) to ask why, according to the liner notes of Storyville 8385 (Archie Shepp & The NYC5), "... no club in New York would, in 1963, be interested in sustaining a group like this during its formative period". The NYC5 seems (to me anyway) a logical extension of the music that Ornette (and Don Cherry) were doing a few years earlier. I realize that Ornette generated a good deal of controversy at that time (and/or a few years earlier), but he was still playing in NYC at that time, correct? Was the NYC5 still too "far out" or radical for New York in 1963?

well, then how come you're not johnmclaughlinfreak???? I see you've been a member for almost two years now... that's almost 1 post per year! Seriously, welcome to the board! Jump right in -- what's so great about McLaughlin? Favorite Album? Any recommendations?

Max Roach! "Legendary jazz drummer, Max Roach plays his own rendition of "Mr. Hi Hat", in tribute to Papa Jo Jones." More Max: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIr76FDpOjM

Well, even if you have very high expectations, you won't be disappointed. Outstanding show!

"Foreigners love us for our jazz. And they don’t hate us for our purported liberty and justice for all. They hate us now for our arrogance." Vonnegut's Blues for America

Just finished re-reading Galapagos. Cat's Cradle up next...

Also looking forward to it!

West Michigan is lucky to have two great jazz drummers in the area. Wish I could have been there, too.

Up, for further discussion, recommendations, etc. Picked up Actuality recently, and still trying to get a handle on Mr. Lacy's huge discography. Evidence, Reflections, and the duets with Mal Waldron have been my "entry point", and there's so much more to explore...

Big Bill & Last Chance?

Waldron & Lacy

Conn, hope you're feeling better real soon!

I know this is slightly (>30 years) off topic, but the biggest technological advance in the last 50 years is the integrated circuit. All of the stuff discussed in this thread would not have been possible without it -- huge ramifications of this invention, even to this day. /geek

What hard questions? I also enjoyed the book, but I'm curious about what hard questions weren't asked -- what was "glossed over"? I think Simon Weil touched on this earlier. What "edge" is this book missing?

Thanks, Greg... just saw this on YM. As always, I'm debating the compilation vs. individual disc dilema.

The Earl Hines set I found appears to have been played once, maybe twice. Pristine records, detailed book -- my gain, indeed!

Now all they need to do is add some citrus -- maybe an orange?

Thanks for posting that... I've almost purchased both the Shepp and Ayler "Impulse Story" discs (as I have very little of both artists) at regular prices. Now that I can get them for $5.99, it might make the decision easier. or not... I usually regret buying compilation CDs, as I usually end up wanting all of the individual recordings.

a trade has been made...

Thanks for all the informative responses. My first exposure to Billy Bang was on the Cecil Taylor documentary "All the Notes", and I've been interested ever since.

Japanese import, purchased from those Dusty bastards. $20 post paid in US. Or trade... particularly interested in anything by Waldron/Lacy, or anything from the "Free America" series (other than Waldron/Lacy).