mjzee

I don't understand why when I select 'quote' my responses post as part of what the person I responded to said. E.g. the above response to Marcello. It's confusing and frustrating Make sure where you start typing (where your cursor is) is below the tan box that contains the post you're quoting.

But prices are a lot higher without membership.

Let's invite Dookie Coleman!

He said these gigs were where Sonny got the idea for the trio format.

In the interview with Max Roach included in Ben Sidran's Talking Jazz, Max said that after Clifford and Richie Powell died, the remaining trio fulfilled some gigs that were booked before the accident; they played as a trio. Are there any recordings of these performances?

Max Kaminsky, I believe. Greil Marcus memorably used this story in his put-down review of Dylan's Self Portrait in Rolling Stone: "Kaminsky had to have that record. Would anyone say they had to have this record? No."

I loved the liner notes on this package.

I just got the Joe Henderson. These are packaged exceedingly cheaply, even by the standards of this sort of release. Flat cardboard, pretty thin paper, encased in a thin cardboard sleeve. Original front-cover art is surrounded by a white border. No original back covers. Back covers only list song titles, composers and timings, along with RVG mastering dates (these do appear to be the most recent remasters); personnel and recording dates are not mentioned! Haven't listened to one yet to check sound quality, but assume it's fine (these are EMI releases, not boots). Still, the prices are enticing.

Larry, if you're starting to check out (relatively) younger guitarists, I strongly suggest that you sample Charlie Hunter's work.

Oh, yeah. I got this in 1973, but didn't know what to make of it until a few years later:

Guitarist Alvin Lee, whose incendiary performance with the British band Ten Years After was one of the highlights of the 1969 Woodstock festival, has died. NPR

RIP, you grooveyard you.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

I think Sony made a big error in pricing it too high on release date; I think that served to dampen enthusiasm and sales (and engender resentment from those who bought at too high a price). Hopefully they'll learn from this lesson for volume 3.

This was also 1973:

I'll be at the quartet show.

I found the thread refreshing. It's instructive to compare, to prioritize...it's important to be able to say "this recording is better than that one" or "I didn't like what he did here." Why not? As long as we've paid the price of admission, we've earned the right to state an opinion.

Actually, freelancer, you seem to be injecting a note of hostility that wasn't here before. The guy made a statement; why not leave him alone?

Attending college in 1973, I was introduced to the then-current folk & trad scenes. At the various folk festivals, I heard The Boys of the Lough, Martin Bogan & Armstrong, Planxty, Honeyboy Edwards...pretty much anyone who eventually showed up on Shanachie.

It should be noted that those "Ray Brown Trios" (whoever they are) probably play a lot more enjoyable music than does Ethan Iverson. Every try chillin' out to The Bad Plus?

That's a great story. I hope they sell the t-shirts via mail order. Thanks for posting.

Math is a beautiful thing. But you gotta remember that it's math-beautiful, not woman-beautiful, or even perfect-high beautiful. Not everybody remembers, not all the time. Not that they always should. But... This is a great statement. I wish this BB had "like" buttons (like Facebook) so I could "like" this post.

The parts of SUNPYG that work best are the more composed works, that function best as stand-alone tunes: five-five-FIVE, Treacherous Cretins, Canarsie, and Ship Ahoy (perhaps my favorite). The rest are the guitar solo portions of other performances or unstructured jams that seem aimless. If you're soldiering through SUNPYG, wait till you encounter "Guitar." I don't envy you there.