Kevin Bresnahan

How many covers does this date have??

My daughter's always like Miles' "So What" as well, but it may have been because I used to sing "So what" with the opening riff. My youngest really liked Herbie's "Chameleon" from "Head Hunters".

One of the last times I saw Jackie McLean was at the Aaron Davis Hall in NYC during a "Jazz Corner Hang" on June 9, 2000. Several Jazz Corner forum members went while another group went to the Knitting Factory. The line-up was killer: Jackie with Bobby Hutcherson, Andrew Hill, Scott Colley & Billy Higgins. For some reason, I remember it as being "off". It might have been the odd "Star Spangled Banner", that I seem to remember being done as a march, or just the fact that they didn't play like a "band" but more like a collection of players. The very last time I saw Jackie was at the Regattabar and he didn't play very well. In between songs, his hands shook a lot. He seemed to be very weak. I figured he was sick. It was still a memorable show - after all - he toured with a great band.

True. Terrible disease. Unfortunately, Seaver also contracted COVID-19, which moved up his date of death. I remember going to see him pitch in his last season with the Red Sox. It may even have been opening day. I still wonder if the Red Sox might have beaten the Mets in that World Series if Seaver's knee had recovered. He seemed to rise to the occasion.

I finally broke down and ordered another CD copy of the Jazz Messenger's "At the Cafe Bohemia Vol. 2". No, this isn't going to be the first time I've heard this. Somehow, I managed to lose this disc along the way. It's been many years since I've spun it and I wanted to hear it again (with the release of "Just Coolin'") so it is time to reacquire this date. I think I let someone borrow it and that person never gave it back. I only realized that I didn't have it when I saw that it wasn't in my music library on my PC.

I was lucky to see Jackie McLean perform several times in the years just before his death and they were some of the best live Jazz shows I've seen. In fact, the show he put on at the Village Vanguard in 1999, with Cedar Walton on piano, David Williams on bass and Billy Higgins on drums (on the "Nature Boy" tour), was probably the best live show I ever saw.

Just a note - you have to be a Costco member to get that price.

Michael Weiss - Power Station (DIW). After finishing up Weiss's latest offering, an LP cut of 2003's "Soul Journey", I thought that I hadn't spun this CD in a while. Weiss again with Joe Farnsworth on drums but with the added advantage of having some great work by Eric Alexander and John Webber. Such a great band. I really dig this date. It's too bad it's only ever been available as an expensive import. It's interesting to listen to these two dates back to back since there is some overlap in the tune selection, with 'Atlantis', 'Orient Express' & 'Soul Journey' appearing on both.

Michael Weiss - Soul Journey (Sintra 2003LP). Pressing #44. Michael Weiss on piano, Ryan Kisor on Trumper, Steve Davis on Trombone, Steve Wilson on Alto, Paul Gill on Bass, Joe Farnsworth on Drums & Daniel Sadownick on percussion. This is such a fun recording. There's a bouncy feel to much of the playing... a lot due to the rhythm section. I am very partial to Joe Farnsworth's drumming and to me, he is the glue here. But the band... wow. The ensembles are tight and the solos have a variety that keeps me listening. My first few times seeing Michael Weiss on the bandstand was during his annual appearances with Johnny Griffin at the Regattabar. It got to the point where I was looking forward to Johnny's rhythm section as much as I was himself. I do hope that I get more chances to see Michael play. But Michael, do bring Joe. That mofo swings like hell.

Alan Simon - Rainsplash (Cadence Jazz Records). Ralph Lalama on tenor.

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As noted earlier in this thread, this recording is technically in the public domain in the UK, which may be the only reason it's available there right now. I wouldn't wait for the US copyright to run out in 2057. I doubt I'll live to see that calendar date and even if I am still around, I doubt that this Monk release will matter a whole lot to me.

I just don't see how a full digital recording can sound better on vinyl than CD, which is why i haven't bought these Tone Poet LPs. The CDs certainly have a "you are there" quality to them.

I was able to get a copy of the Ron Carter double LP set, "Foursight: Stockholm".

Vangelis - China (Polydor). Sometimes I just want to veg out to some sounds. This works.

Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins (Impulse!). I really love this album. The opener, "Limbo Jazz", always gets me moving.

I'll wait for the CD version in December. Resonance's LPs are expensive. The 3 LP Grant Green "Funk In France" set was selling for $70 and it didn't even include a download card.

I ordered one too. We'll see if this one "ships" as in really ships and not just give me a shipping notice.

I have great memories of seeing Roy Haynes live many times. Those memories will be with me forever.... but... I stopped going to Roy's shows a few years ago. At the last show I saw, he was acting like someone who was not "all there" and I was a bit sad to see him that way. Sure, when he played, he was great, but the long, odd diatribes between songs just didn't sit well with me and the vocal numbers he sang were not very good.

What's funny is that his last major label release by the time 1967 rolled around was with Impulse! Wouldn't it be a riot if they dig up an old contract and find out that they can PaloAlto this?

I would've thought that you were spinning it in honor of the recently-departed Charli Persip.

This isn't supposed to be released until Friday (8/28).

Chris Washburne & The S.Y.O.T.O.S. Band - Fields Of Moons (Jazzheads). A more mellow CD from the usual barn-burning S.Y.O.T.O.S. (See You On The Other Side) band. Really enjoy the soft Latin rhythms. Many of these tunes give you the feeling that you should be dancing. I'm a little disappointed that Washburne hasn't been able to record with this band in a while. His last S.Y.O.T.O.S. CD, "Low Ridin'", was recorded and released in 2015, so they're overdue.