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You forced me to look up the word "corruscating."

Yes, but you didn't name it Hank Mobley Corner.

Well if it was way back in the past and he was acculturized White, it's probably a moot point. Did he grow up poor? Then again, I always took the 'Jimi Hendrix was Native American' stuff with a grain of salt, until I read his people actually maintained connections to their NA family, and JImi spent a small amount of time with them on a reservation. So you never know, until you get more of the big picture. Wasn't a very 'Bluesy' guitarist was Johnny Smith, was he It looks like he did grow up poor. From the Guardian obit (also see post #14 above): Smith was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and after several family moves in search of work, grew up in Portland, Maine – the Depression having closed the Alabama foundry where his father had worked. As a boy, he listened to his father playing the banjo with friends, taught himself to play the viola and violin and practised on guitars in the local pawnshops in exchange for keeping the hocked instruments in tune. By 13, he was teaching adults the guitar, playing for money in a hillbilly band called Uncle Lem and the Mountain Boys, and learning jazz techniques by listening to the 1930s guitar stars Django Reinhardt and Charlie Christian on the radio.

Finally to be rereleased July 30. Anyone who's never heard it is in for a....uh, treat:

Should we also include Verna Gillis's Soundscape?

The little I've heard of Person, he strikes me as just a run-of-the-mill tenorist; nothing striking or really individual. I once saw him in a duet with Ron Carter, just didn't do much for me. Other than his ubiquity, what is there to recommend about his playing? It strikes me as jazz comfort food. Could you identify his playing in a blindfold test?

I once saw The Revolutionary Ensemble at Studio Rivbea. I bought this LP at the gig; it's a live recording, but doesn't mention the location:

The 1977 box just arrived - #14453. Even the shipping box is nice.

They do sound similar. It's easy to compare them using iTunes.

His playing also had emotional depth. I just listened to his rendition of Round Midnight - beautiful.

RIP. I saw him on stage once. He didn't play; it was a tribute to Barney Kessel, and Smith read a moving appreciation of him. A real mensch.

Great book. You can really tell that he wrote it.

He's probably doing it as a way to keep a connection with the muse. I recently finished Neil Young's autobiography, "Waging Heavy Peace." He talks a lot about the need to keep the muse at peace. Here's one excerpt: "This is very important. Don't spook the Horse. That is very essential to the success of any ride. The Horse will head for the barn if it is spooked, and the music will continue but not have that magic that the Horse possesses. Any ride on the Horse must not have a destination. History has shown that the best way to spook the Horse is to tell it what to do or where to go or, even worse, how to get there. You must not speak directly to the Horse or ever look the Horse in the eyes until the ride is over and the Horse is secured in the barn. It is okay to talk to the Horse directly, but care must be taken to have respect for the muse when discussing anything with the Horse. The Horse and the muse are very good friends. Disrespect for the muse will piss off the Horse, and possibly vice versa, although that is hard to prove. The Horse has met no equal, although there undoubtedly is an equal to the Horse out there somewhere. The Horse knows this well and will not tolerate anyone who is overly complimentary to the point of excluding other friends of the muse in a misguided attempt to gain the Horse's favor. That is absolutely not the thing to do, as it makes the Horse think, and that has a bad effect generally. The Horse has a voracious appetite. The songs the Horse likes to consume are always heartfelt and do not need to have anything fancy associated with them. The Horse is very suspicious of tricks. Keeping these simple guidelines in place is always a good idea when approaching the Horse for any reason."

In the Fearless Leader box, Coltrane is listed as composer.

I'm currently listening to the Soul Note box. His recordings have an interesting quality, like no other "free-ish" jazz I know. Almost a rustic, folk-like quality. He also doesn't shy away from having beautiful melodies and sonorities (on occasion). I really hear how he influenced the Jarrett "American" quartet. Does the ECM box differ from the Soul Note box, or is it more of the same? The Soul Note seems to begin when the ECM ended.

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I was interested in hearing the Tyner "Guitar" record.

The Bach Guild's (Vanguard) Schubert Box. 13 hours of music for 99 cents: Amazon

Thanks to Steve(thelil) for the impetus for starting this corner. I've been listening to a lot of Charlie Hunter lately. He's the type of musician that in an earlier era would be praised, followed and discussed. Stylistically, he's all over the place (in a good way), everything from hard electronica to reggae, funk, power-trio rock jazz, and straight-ahead jazz. As Wikipedia notes, "Hunter plays custom-made seven and eight-string guitars, on which he simultaneously plays basslines, rhythm guitar, and solos." But it never sounds gimmicky; it's always in service of the music (and maybe to save the cost of a bassist). Besides the TJ Kirk sides, here are some others I like (though the albums with Bobby Previte can get very noisy):

I've been thinking of starting a Charlie Hunter Corner, as I've been listening to a lot of his work lately. The TJ Kirk albums are excellent; they have a "mash up" approach, along with a "why the hell not" sensibility, but they make the concept work, since they all have a lot of chops. I have two others as well, and can recommend them all:

Well, he gets his fix through Netflix, so it's all over the place. Sonic Underground, Butt Butkowski (?), The Eon Kid (?), Garfield. He still likes P&F, it's just that he's seen them all by now.

My son loves that show. It's actually pretty witty. Yah. I'm sad my son's moving away from the show, because I love to watch it with him. Of course, I felt the same way about The Wonder Pets.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AyEREJP0YjI

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