jazzbo

Two tracks not on the GRP? A R G H !

Lee Wiley. I just didn't hear what was "great" about her. Dr. J tried to enlighten me. . . and eventually did. Thanks Tony! Andrew Hill. I kept trying to like "Point of Departure." Never happened. Branched out to the other dates; "Black Fire" and "Smoke Stack" hooked me, made me get his work. STILL don't like POD. . . .

Well, I'm not going to play point/counterpoint to your need to dis Weir/Barlow whenever . . . All I'll say is I don't feel Bob is a stiff singer at all and he's an important component of the Dead that I like. This Keystone Pure Jerry is great!

Ya got me. Except. . . well this has happened before on the Mingus "Experimentations" session. I think it has to do with the lease of Period material to Bethlehem and then subsequent sale to Fantasy of the entire Period label (in the nineties?)

Thanks Jim! Thanks Brownie. No I actually meant the Bethlehem, not remembering that the OJC was the same album plus a couple of extra tracks (the extra tracks made a memorable impression on me!) I like the Urania . . . but I like the sessions with Cary and McPartland and Baudac better on the Beth/OJC.

I agree those Notos are great!

Have you seen me championing those turkey albums Clem? I'm a huge fan of Weir with the Dead. "Ace" basically IS a Dead album. I don't own those others, and I WON'T. But "Weather Report Suite" I feel is a sort of small masterpiece. I love his singing when he's not shouting and he's "on." And I think he's a helluva guitarist; listening to his chord choices and his comping support is always pleasing. No argument from me on the other stuff. I don't own any Kingfish or "Heaven Help the Fool" and Ratdog, what's that? B-)

Well, the new Pure Jerry arrived yesterday and I've heard the whole set and have to say. . . WOW! This is a great sounding three cd set with killer performances! There's even a mystery trumpeter on one track who is really doing a great job! Exceded my expectations!

Not really so as far as I can tell. He DID have a different technique than many another trombonist . . . he learned to play when his arms weren't long enough to extend the slide fully and he simply figured out different tonguings etc. to make the notes. I wonder if this remark about him not playing the full range of the horn had to do with a misreading of his arm positioning.

Chris, this is it. Crap, Chuck, like Clem I can't find the name. I'd laud him if I could. I dig the Roulette sound of almost every session I've heard. At least Addey lets the original sound shine through, unlike some other remasterers (in my opinion, and I don't think it's audio snobbery to want to hear good sound).

It's quite good in my opinion Brad, nice selection. Same great sound. Lots of jazz people. A few things not on cd elsewhere I think.

The Martians are coming is a Burnt Sienna Alert.

Next year, courtesy of Spielberg with Tom Cruise.

Me too, I just love every second of Monk on this one! Timeless stuff, every minute and all contributions from all participants.

Good call Bluesnik; I gave that as a gift recently and bowled the recipient over!

All those Roulette sessions had great sound (and Addey does them real justice with his remastering). This is a good choice for a centennial reissue, and its companion two cd compilation set, "Basie and Friends, 100th Birthday Bash" is a great one too. How I wish they had reissued "Stringing Along with Basie"! **Edited for spelling and to add title of "companion reissue". . .

Yes, I had a long reply prepared and then my computer crashed! Anyway, Jack is someone I've been listening to a lot over the last decade and I reallyl see his work as a whole, and there aren't many "just start here" moments. The album(s) with Hackett ARE a good place to start and they are on cd from Collectables, and a good recommendation! I also really like "Misery and the Blues" which was finally reissued on Verve in the LP By Request series. It's darker than some of his efforts and yet I really consider it one of his best "official" albums. Also worth sampling are the releases on the Vernon Records label; live mateiral from various periods and great notes and engineering. "Meet Me Where they Play the Blues" is also a nice cd from OJC, and another good cd to pick up is the Bethlehem cd. . . . Jack was not always consistently great, and there are some recordings that have dull moments. I've actually learned to like the big band recordings but it does take time. And I love a lot of sideman appearances in the early thirties. . . . I like his work with Goodman and with Ben Pollack and you can find a lot of these on cds, but it would depend on your tolernace level/like of hot dance and thirties pop music. . . ! If you do like this sort of music, the Classics may be a good route to explore those released under his own name. Tea is one of my very favorite artists. I'm glad you have become interested in him! There are some similar threads on the board too you may wish to seek out.

I only know the man from the SRO disc myself. Looks like a great cd! There is always something out there to find. Life is good!

Great next step! I can also heartily recommend the new Columbia reissue "Piano in the Foreground." This is one of my favorite Ellington releases. . . some beautiful tunes on there hardly ever given the treatment they deserve.

Joe (Milazzo) right here on this board was the first to let me know about this and I'll be getting the dvd for many reasons, but this is definitely an added one!

Yes. Both the Bakers in the series are excellent. The Roach isn't my favorite from that band, but for the price is a bargain!

Yes, this is the stuff. . . I love to hear these cds. .. !

Some gin and wine should be breathed genly into jazz horns every day. . . .

Way COOL. Two wonderful people. . . a nice pairing.

Oh no! Computer screen splatter again!