jazzbo

There have been several discussions of this set. . . here's one. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...wtopic=20352&hl

I just don't see Cannon jumping tracks to play the funky music of the late sixties and seventies. . . . It seems to me to be just a continuation of the music he had always been playing in many ways. To me it seemed he'd always sort of been dipping toes nto the many differnt pools of music that his black audience would soak in, and he continued to do that in the Capitol period. Seems to me as Jim says above the variety was there seeping in from the beginning of the leader dates and the tendency just flowered. On my desert island I'd like to have say . . .as many of the Savoy sides as I could squeeze in, especially perhaps the Kenny Clarke led ones. . .. Cannonball's Sharp Shooters. . . Them Dirty Blues. . . Live in New York. . . Live at the Club . . .Plays Zawinul (really, this is a great compilation). . .Money in the Pocket (ditto). . . Black Messiah. . . . maybe even Lovers. . .. Man it's hard to limit myself, I just rotate all my Cannonball quite often. He's always both stimulating and soothing for me.

I just don't find anything Cannon has done "boring." There's lots of music that bores me, but his work isn't amongst them. It's a personal thing I guess!

Listenin' to the "Tex Book Tenor" release right now. Been so long since I heard that half of the double lp "Back from the Gig." This is a really good date in my opinion, one of my favorite Bookers with excellent Woody and Kenny Barron. If I toe out my speakers enough the McMaster sound doesn't overwhelm me! Still don't like the title though. Sheesh.

I have heard the sermon and it resonates within. Up with people! I love Cannon.

Yeah, I think Duke did great things in this band. Shoot, I even remember some of the "Dukey-Stick" stuff fondly!

That easy to find old stuff? Try "MOTOWN"

How about Nat Cole backed by the Oscar Peterson Trio and Coleman Hawkins!

I really love the Capitol stuff from the last three years or so especially. As Jim says, "total presentation," there's a bit of it all in these stews. . . . But man, Cannon plays some shit that just floors me: ideas, swing, groove, penetration of the psyche. . . it's all there. There are moments on them that are hardly surpassed by any other sax player (just for me, my tastes and bent).

There is a very nice (if badly synched) Elis Regina vidoe of "Aquas de Mars" (mistitled I think). Hottie Airlines is fun.

You might want to contact Audio Advisor about that player as I believe they feature the Cambridge Audio line. . . . www.audioadvisor.com

A few nice Grateful Dead videos. . . including the Playboy after Dark. There are some other Playboy after Dark videos on there too that I haven't checked out yet.

Yeah. . .it's the same stuff. I want to compare the sound and the notes. For 12 dollars from yourmusic.com I decided to do that. Who knows. . .might even sell my Mosaic one day soon.

Yes. . . I do.

I think you're right that Cannon was influenced by Trane during his tenure in the band. . .. I don't agree that this is the most exciting playing from him EVER. I've been equally excited by his playing before and after Miles. . . . But yeah, this was a band (or two or three, there were some different players in there during its run) for the AGES.

I got my notice that the Quebec shipped yesterday!

Yeah. . .apples and oranges. Though I prefer to bite into the Live/Evil apple a bit more than I do segments of the Jack Johnson orange myself. Gary Bartz. .. well this is my favorite Bartz stuff, and I really do like him as a player.

Mine has the sticker as well. . . . I think they "all" do.

I acctually think Joyride is a great date, and am glad to see it getting "the treatment." My RVG wish list would include the Art Hodes material. This is great stuff that I would love to hear in RVG remastering. Likewise I would like to see the Urbie Green and the Lou Mecca be RVG'd.

It was a NYC club. Yes, I consider the sound quality quite good.

"Speaking in Tongues" is the one I gravitate towards most. Just "chock full"!

Agreed. I think this release will be the same mastering, on two cds.

More videos, same site: http://www.youtube.com/results.php?search=...l%20Dead&page=1

I was delighted to see that little Martin guitar. You most often see and hear the dreadnaughts. I had one of those. . .great guitar. . . but those smaller Martins just have such a mellow warm sound.