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Jimmy Vass on alto sax AND flute. B)

... speaking of EMusic. I just discovered "The Lyres". A GREAT punk/garage band from the late 70's/early 80's. If you like the sound of The Seeds, ? and the Mysterians, The Standells, The Remains, etc. this band has all the chops yet updated by a decade and a half. A TOTAL "Nuggets" experience, for sure.

One of the things that I really LIKE about EMusic is that you can explore music that you wouldn't otherwise spend money on. Different artists, genres, albums are all available in "near" CD quality. In many cases there are albums that I will listen to, but not necessarily want to spend $15 for the "hard copy". Also, I can't see myself running out of things to download any time soon. As I'm pretty open to different styles, there's just too much there.

B) Yes. Great service. For $10/month, there is nothing CLOSE. Do a free trial with 50 downloads, and you will get a sense of the scope of what's available - jazz particularly.

ANOTHER live album?? I haven't picked up "Semi-Detached" yet! Bev, sounds like you saw pretty much the same show that I saw a month or so ago. I thought he even did the old stuff pretty well. Maybe it was the crowd - the Fillmore was sold out and pretty pumped up. I think he likes playing SF a lot anyway.

Let me add "Tetragon" and "The Kicker" from Joe's Milestone years. These are really first-rate sessions and WELL worth picking up. There's a 4CD Blue Note box that is now sadly OOP, but if you can find a copy it's well worth picking up. What's interesting is that it covers his whole career with BN including sideman session with LaRoca, Hutcherson, Tyner, etc. The Blue Note Years

Cool, David! If I lived anywhere FLA, I would try and catch your show. Unfortunately ... I recently heard the "Zappatistas" Live in Leeds album featuring John Ethridge of the Soft Machine. An interesting collection of FZ instrumental material, including "Eat That Question", "Big Swifty" and "Grand Wazoo".

Just picked up "Mock Tudor" and "Industry" (w/Danny Thompson). Both interesting and very different from each other.

Billy Harper has always had that "spiritual" quality to his music. And let's not forget Pharoah Sanders, either.

Just picked up a copy of "On Stage, Vol 1". Great version of "Pinocchio" - the Wayne Shorter tune. The recording quality of this tune, in particular, seems a little suspect. There aren't exactly drop-outs, but the quality sort of bounces around. Of course, the band is top-flight throughout the album. All I'm missing now is "Vol. 2" to complete the 'trifecta'.

I heard about this quite a while ago. I think her health is OK otherwise and that she is hoping to be able to play piano again someday.

... and now he's divorcing Sharon Stone! oh, wait a minute..............that's Phil Bronstein...............nevermind.....

His first album as leader - "Elvin!" - is pretty solid. It features both of his brothers, Thad and Hank, as well as Frank Wess, Frank Foster and Art Davis.

I would love to hear what you guys think of this. Let's hear some critiques when you pick it up. BTW, "Cigano" (cut 2) kills. Reminds me of the Meters' "Cissy Strut".

I dunno. I picked it up used at Amoeba. Upon further listening........it's only the first disk that's really great. The second one seems to be a lot of rambling with not much going on - for the most part.

:tup Some serious B-3 here. No doubt his best album in about 20 years. Not overproduced at all - just an organ trio with the occasional Karl Denson sax/flute thrown into the mix. Winwood's Hammond is pushed up front all the way through this thing, which is a breath of fresh air. Welcome back, Steve!

Just picked up "You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore - Vol. 2 The Helsinki Concert". This is a GREAT set. For anyone who loves the George Duke/Napolean Murphy Brock years, this is a 2 CD set of an entire concert by this band. It's got all the great tunes, too. "Inca Roads", "Pygmy Twylyte", "Cheepnis" and many others. Check it OUT!

Haven't seen the film. I'm SURE I won't be seeing it either. OTOH, I heard a review on NPR and at the end they played a short bit of the theme song by Pink featuring William Orbit - "Feel Good Time". They didn't identify it, so I had to hunt it down on the web site because I was amazed at what this tune is based on - without credit, I'm sure. It's "Fresh Garbage" by Spirit! All "techno'd" and "funk'd" out - with totally different lyrics. And I hate to say it.........but it kinda works, too. I'm just hoping that the surviving members of the band are getting some royalties from this.

Whoa! Is that Pepper Adams album as great as the lineup indicates? Looks like a can't-miss.

Joe also plays flute on Flora Purim's "Butterfly Dreams". Sonny Stitt played Bari on occasion. Specifically on the "Live at the High Hat" sets.

I grabbed it when it showed up on EMusic a few weeks back. Very enjoyable. I haven't listened to it enough times to rate it, but it's certainly interesting.

Templejazz, for some more Joe Farrell, you should check out the first two Return To Forever albums. That was where I discovered him. Also his first CTI album "Joe Farrell Quartet" is a minor classic in my view. For those who are checking out The Band, you should definitely have "Rock of Ages" - the live album. It's a great recording. The new-ish re-release has a second disk of additional music including a few tunes with Dylan. EMusic has opened up a huge world of stuff for me. It's such a great resource of music to explore without the committment of spending $15 on a CD. Some of the artists that I have been able to really get into as a result are: Booker Ervin, Sonny Criss, Eric Kloss, Curtis Counce, Phineas Newborn, Jr., Joe Henderson (the Milestone years), early Pat Martino, the great Wes Montgomery sessions on Riverside, Tadd Dameron, Jimmy Heath, Blue Mitchell..........whew.....I could go on and on.

Although, Jad, there was no shortage of power chords at that show the other night.

Any fans out there? Last night I saw her at a small club here in SF (tonight she plays The Fillmore). What a great show! She poured it on for well over 2 hours and the crowd left exhausted. I've always liked her, but this is only the third time I've seen her in concert and a great treat to see the show in a small venue. She doesn't seem to have lost a beat. The band was as tight as ever, including "lifers" Jay Dee Daugherty (who I went to high school with, actually) on drums and Lenny "LENNY!" Kaye on guitar. She performed stuff covering the full gamut of her career - from early tunes like "Free Money" and "Ask The Angels" to more recent songs like "1959" and "Summer Cannibals". A nice touch was the lead in to "Rock & Roll Nigger" which is called "Babelogue" on record, but she read "Spell" from Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" in appreciation of City Lights books.

Awesome - from the first time I heard it.