mrjazzman

Can someone tell me on what cd/lp Mccoy Tyner recorded for the firt time him tune "You Taught My Heart To Sing" Thanks..........

You've got to be kidding, Jackie McLean, one of the greatest Parker inspired blues infused alto sax players of all time, what an insult...........

This is what I call a DUMB thread. You "know them well" by either listening or buying so if you don't like them, don't listen and don't buy............

This probably has already been discussed but, of the 25 Philology discs, which are the best or contain material that can be found nowhere else.......

I don't like clones, Jon Faddis is a straight up clone of Diz, Wallace Roney is a miles davis clone, Grant Stewart is a Sonny Rollins clone, etc. etc. etc.........

Of the 36 Jackie McLean titles I own, Bluesnik hands down is my favorite............

Did anyone see The Jazz Crusaders at Yoshi's in Oakland, CA last night who can critique their performance. Wayne Henderson, Wilton Felder and Joe Sample are 70ish now. I was thinking about catching their show tonight..........

Can anyone tell me on which sessions/Lp's/CD's can I find trumpet battles between Howard McGhee and Fats Navarro. Thanks.........

I've told this story before, so I won't go into details, but I had the pleasure of meeting Miles and his super sexy wife Francis in 1965 when he appeared at Basin Street West in San Francisco. The experience left an everlasting impression on me...........

Will the Sony Japan double LP "Gleam" ever show up on CD???????

Wow, I'm the original poster and I could not have said it better, I agree with you 100 per cent. I never said I didn't like Joshua, I own Wish and Joshua Redman and like both titles........

I'm not really interested in the argument, but I do think it's a little silly to judge the quality of anybody's music by how "in" or "out" of "the tradition" (or any tradition) they are. I also think the initiator of this thread might have been trolling. No troll here, just interested in others opinions when they differ from mine.........

IMHO, Grant Stewart as of yet, has not made enough of a seperation between his sound and the sound of Sonny Rollins. He's definitely heading in that direction but has not quite made it. In a sense, it's like Paul Quinechette and Prez, Jon Fadis and Diz, Wallace Roney and Miles, Vincent Herring and Cannonball although he has found his own voice completely etc. etc.

Then why are you here on Organissimo's web forum? After all, they are a "traditional" organ trio. Hadn't realized that being a fan of "hard bop (or any) traditionalism" was a requirement for membership here. Did you like Matthew's self-proclaimed "threadcrap"? My reply was to point out that if a traditional playing style bugs him that much, he might be better off hanging out at a website run by a band that plays in a less traditional style. Would Matthew come into a thread about Organissimo's "Groovadelphia" and bitch that it's "organ trio tradition" is now on the level of the Jamie Cullum Jazz Band? I think not. No, I would not. I happen to enjoy the Organissimo cd, of which I have them all. In fact, a lot of the jazz cds I own are "in the tradition." What I'm objecting to is that now jazz has become so solidified and attached to a certain sound, that everything else is judged but "that traditional sound." It just grates my nerves at times. We all can agree that jazz is bigger than that hardbop sound, and let it go at that. I apologize to the original poster -- sometimes emotional reactions get the better of common sense. No apologies necessary, we're just disagreeing about something we all love, it's all good.......

There is/was a 4th disc from this date issued on Jazz Colours. Great stuff. And what would be the title of that set........

I never liked that there had to be winners either. However, it was instrumental in getting new players into the public's eye and in my book, that's a good thing. By the time Joshua Redman won in 1991, winning equated with a recording contract with Warner Brothers Records, which is also a good thing. BTW, Chris Potter tied for 3rd with Tim Warfield, another favorite of mine. A complete list of Monk Competition winners is here: http://www.monkinstitute.org/competition.php?Page=COMP-PW. Check out some of the winners and losers. It's a who's who of today's Jazz stars. If this competition made them into the players they are today, it has to be a good thing, right? thanks for that link, it introduced me to a couple of artists......

Then why are you here on Organissimo's web forum? After all, they are a "traditional" organ trio. Hadn't realized that being a fan of "hard bop (or any) traditionalism" was a requirement for membership here. Did you like Matthew's self-proclaimed "threadcrap"? My reply was to point out that if a traditional playing style bugs him that much, he might be better off hanging out at a website run by a band that plays in a less traditional style. Would Matthew come into a thread about Organissimo's "Groovadelphia" and bitch that it's "organ trio tradition" is now on the level of the Jamie Cullum Jazz Band? I think not. No, I would not. I happen to enjoy the Organissimo cd, of which I have them all. In fact, a lot of the jazz cds I own are "in the tradition." What I'm objecting to is that now jazz has become so solidified and attached to a certain sound, that everything else is judged but "that traditional sound." It just grates my nerves at times. We all can agree that jazz is bigger than that hardbop sound, and let it go at that. I apologize to the original poster -- sometimes emotional reactions get the better of common sense. no apologies necessary my friend, the most important thing is that we all love and support jazz by buying lp's/cd's and attending live events...........

have to disagree with you on potter, he could cure my insomnia.......

It's unbelievalbe that Eric came in second to Joshua in the Thelonious Monk competition a few years ago. IMO there's no comparison between the two. I can't hear Redman's music at all. Eric more than any of the other tenorists today plays "in the tradition". Redman's recorded output pales in comparison. Alexander as a leader and sideman appears on approx. 180 recordings and sounds good to great on all of them. Very nice guy to talk to between sets also. If like me you NEVER tire of the traditional sound of Hubbard, Gordon, Blakey, Rollins, Silver etc. then Alexander and the group One For All(Alexander, Jim Rotondi, Steve Davis, Joe Farnsworth, Jon Webber, David Hazeltine) is the group out there today who best represent that sound. Also, Joshua may have gotten extra attention because he is the son of Dewey Redman.........

Just purchased this cd last night, haven't finished listening to it. First cut sounds very nice

J.J. Johnson was the greatest trombone player EVER, accessible, consumer friendly music. If you want out of the ordinary, play some Grachan Moncur.........

The greatest alive, ok, I'll give you that one, but, the greatest ever. Mr. Johnson hasn't been dead that long has he????????

What is the best or your favorite BOWED bass solo. In general I don't like the bass as a solo instrument bowed or otherwise and have not heard a lot of them. I like Major Holley because his humming gave a voice to the instrument. Having said that, my entry would be Jimmy Garrison on Mr. P.C. from the cd "The Paris Concert" Pablo/ojccd.........

SONNY STITT................