Love the Oliver Nelson records. Very underrated. You should listen to Delfeayo Marsalis, too. He's the family trombone player and has a couple of very good records out ther.e
I saw him at the Green Mill a couple of years ago. He's one of the only notable male jazz vocalists going right now, and his band is always top-notch. He's been nominated for several Grammys, too.
I've noticed that Jazz vocals have been somewhat overlooked here and there is so much incredible stuff out there. The big ones: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan. The wonderful Nina Simone. Bobby McFerrin. Johnny Hartman. Karrin Allyson (her most recent album of Coltrane ballads is excellent.)
Out to Lunch! - Eric Dolphy
A brilliant multi-insrumentalist who died way too young. Cut his teeth playing with Mingus and Coltrane then ventured out on his own. The great trumpeter Freddie Hubbard also plays on this album.
Out to Lunch! is very Monk-inspired in places but ventures far beyond.
Mingus, Ah um - Charles Mingus
My favorite Mingus album and one of the first where he had full control of the music and the band. "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" and "Fables of Faubus" are two of the best.
My Favorite Things - John Coltrane
This is the album where Coltrane left be-bop behind and started experimenting with modes. It also introduced his classic quartet of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison and featured his first usage of the soprano sax. A good place to start with Coltrane because it is the bridge from his more traditional playing to his more free-form compositions. His solo on the title track is brilliant.
Change of the Century - Ornette Coleman
This album isn't as noticed because it's sandwiched between The Shape of Jazz to Come and Free Jazz but I think it's brilliant in its own right. He uses a smaller group, his classic quartet of Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins, but still makes big music. It's very free-form improvisational but the way the musicians on this record feel each other keeps it from getting too dissonant.
A Love Supreme - John Coltrane
This is probably the only album that gives me a feeling of spirituality. You can feel the spirit coming from Coltrane and his group on this record. Words really can't do it justice.
A Kind of Blue - Miles Davis
This is where Miles began to experiment with the modal jazz that Coltrane would expand upon on My Favorite Things. This album is worth the price just for the band. It features Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Bill Evans. "So What" is probably one of the most recognized melodies in jazz.
Supersonic Jazz - Sun Ra
Sun Ra is probably the single most fascinating character in jazz history. Born on Saturn and sent to earth to save humanity, he produced a huge amount of work with a variety of bands, but this album is probably his classic. His brilliant arrangements and nothing-less-than-perfect attitude are best exemplified with this record.
Ask The Ages - Sonny Sharrock
You've probably heard Sonny as the musician behind the "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" theme and if you liked the sound of that guitar, this album will blow you away. He plays with Coltrane alumni Pharaoh Sanders and Elvin Jones on this album. "Who Does She Hope to Be" is probably one of the most heart-breaking instrumental ballads ever recorded. The trade-off between Sonny's guitar and Sanders' honking sax on the upbeat tracks are purely visceral.
Birds of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra
My favorite "fusion" album, Birds of Fire, is a guitar masterpiece. John McLauglin (guitar),Jan Hammer (keyboards, yes the "Miami Vice Theme" guy), and Jerry Goodman (guitar) soar above the thundering bass and rapid-fire almost heavy metal drumming of Billy Cobham. Besides, fusing jazz and rock, this record also features a very heavy Eastern influence. A must have for guitar geeks.
Ascension - John Coltrane
Not for the faint of heart, or faint of hearing, Ascension was Coltrane's most out record. It features a 10-piece band that improvises between solos. It's a mad cacophony of wonderful and scary sounds. I sometimes listen to both versions at the same time (they did two 40-minute takes). It's a lot of fun and you always discover somthing new.
and the French navy kept Cornwallis' army from retreating, forcing his surrender. You are aware the French fought on the colonists' side in the US Revolutionary War, aren't you? Hardly "their own pointless war".
I don't know about trying to eliminate all used book sales. I know that used books do drive people to purchase new books by the same or similar authors from personal experience (myself, friends, family). It would be interesting to find out if there are any publishing houses behind this in some way because that's what drove Garth.
The RIAA pushed Garth to be their mouthpiece in a campaign to bully independent music retailers into not selling used CD's by withholding co-op money (basically a subsidy for advertising and promotion that allowed the smaller stores to somewhat compete with BestBuy and the like on certain titles). I worked at a small music store at the time and there was no way we were going to stop selling used CD's. The profit margin on a new CD was as thin as Paulie's sliced garlic and markup on used was %100-125. Finally, enough independent retailers and Tower banded together and told the RIAA to shove it and they backed down, and I'm pretty sure Garth still made millions off his CD's.
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Agreed. I expect a little more from Salon as well. Even a little dose of cynicism would be welcome in that article but I think all you need to know you can get from their little blurb about the writer. He's a VB developer who's writing.NET books. Of course he's going to gush about it. If people don't buy it, he sells fewer books and maybe doesn't get to write additional ones.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...could be. Note that I said, "at first glance". If an engine explodes and a plane crashes, that usually indicates mechanical failure. There hasn't been anything to indicate otherwise...yet.
They're now saying that it had just taken off from JFK headed for the Dominican. It was only in the air for two minutes or so. This, at first glance, looks more like an accident than a terrorist attack.
And the cost of the CD's (what is it now? Like $20) along with the $3 or so to ship each one more than makes up for the few freebies they end up giving away, I'll bet.
The RIAA tried unsuccessfully to strong-arm independent music retailers into not selling used CD's back in 1992 or 1993. They threatened to pull all co-op advertising money if the smaller stores continued which kind of stuck the retailers between a rock and a hard place.
They had to sell used CD's in order to make SOME profit since places like Best Buy sold new CD's below cost and they certainly didn't want to give up the ad money. Finally enough of the independent stores, through NARM (National Association of Record Merchanisers) told the RIAA to shove it...and they did.
The best part was how the RIAA was using Garth Brooks as their point man on the deal. You should have heard him whine about not getting a second royalty on the used CD. It would have made Metallica proud.
In this case, a royalty has already been paid. Imagine if someone had to pay the estate of James Joyce a royalty everytime a fifty cent copy of "A Portrait of the Artist..." is sold at a campus used bookstore.
The RIAA is hot and bothered not about the sharer, but the person downloading all the tunes who may not have purchased a copy of the original recording. Problem is, it's easier to try and shut down the sharer then nail every single person who downloads the new Strokes album off of Kazaa.
I used to go down to our Public Library and check out Applied Cryptography every couple of months or so just to see how much more of it I could get. It recently turned up missing. Funny, the library staff claims it was stolen. I'll bet the FBI/NSA/SS stopped in and removed it.
Come on, now. There are plenty of good Scottish whiskeys out there younger than 16 years. In fact, the price/quality trade-off is so great that I'd rather drink something like a Macallan Doublewood 12-year than a really old whiskey.
And don't forget the vodka. Stoli, Grey Goose and Vox come to mind as being necessary. Keep out the Absolut Crap. A few good gins, too. Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth, T-10. Clear liquors are the best to hack by, IMHO.
Of course, I don't know how many times I've been drunk late at night and then woke up the next day to find a bunch of mysterious files I've downloaded and had no idea what they were. Maybe everyone should leave their computers at home.
OTOH, writing is best done with brown liquors and Belgian beer or at least beer from the New Belgium Brewing Company if you don't want to plop down the big $$$.
Live bands are a bad idea in a bar meant for socializing unless they're in a separate room.
You know, I'm really getting tired of the whole Napster, etc. argument but I'm even more tired of people acting like they know how the music industry works when they don't.
I've had more than one friend sign a record deal with a major label only to regret it later. Even after they've read Steve Albini's various screeds, even after they're heard the sad story of the Mekons and their dealings with major labels, they still did it.
99% of artists finish a record deal owing their label money. The label will insist that they make some stupid video that won't ever get shown and the band will owe the label for that. Then the label will cut them loose from their contract and write off the loss. That's what most artists are, tax write-offs.
Several years ago the RIAA tried to extort music stores to stop selling used CD's because the artist wasn't making any money off that sale. That quickly fell by the wayside because music retailers told them to go to hell. A member of Mercy Rule, then signed to Relativity (then a subsidiary of Sony Music) told me to buy their CD used because they wouldn't make any money off it anyway.
Besides, how many of the so-called artists being "stolen" from are actual artists. The songwriters and producers make most of the money off of people like Britney. They developed a product and they sold it.
Now take a look at a band like Fugazi. During the 80's and 90's major labels offered them millions of dollars to sign with them but they never did. Instead, they produced their own albums and sold their own product through distributors, catalogs and at shows. For $8 when most CD's cost 14.99. And you know what, they sold millions of albums and there are a lot of other artists out there doing the same thing. I'm looking forward to the day when more artists ditch the labels and sell their product over the internet. It's happening for some and hopefully more real artists will follow suit.
Oh, and by the way, Metallica would have been all over Napster back when they were anti-establishment and putting out records on Metal Blade. Their sellout is one of the saddest and most complete I've ever seen.
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With his current band. Great show. The assholes here didn't appreciate it so the band berated the audience for talking during the solos.
Love the Oliver Nelson records. Very underrated. You should listen to Delfeayo Marsalis, too. He's the family trombone player and has a couple of very good records out ther.e
I saw him at the Green Mill a couple of years ago. He's one of the only notable male jazz vocalists going right now, and his band is always top-notch. He's been nominated for several Grammys, too.
I've noticed that Jazz vocals have been somewhat overlooked here and there is so much incredible stuff out there. The big ones: Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan. The wonderful Nina Simone. Bobby McFerrin. Johnny Hartman. Karrin Allyson (her most recent album of Coltrane ballads is excellent.)
A brilliant multi-insrumentalist who died way too young. Cut his teeth playing with Mingus and Coltrane then ventured out on his own. The great trumpeter Freddie Hubbard also plays on this album. Out to Lunch! is very Monk-inspired in places but ventures far beyond.
My favorite Mingus album and one of the first where he had full control of the music and the band. "Goodbye Porkpie Hat" and "Fables of Faubus" are two of the best.
This is the album where Coltrane left be-bop behind and started experimenting with modes. It also introduced his classic quartet of McCoy Tyner, Elvin Jones and Jimmy Garrison and featured his first usage of the soprano sax. A good place to start with Coltrane because it is the bridge from his more traditional playing to his more free-form compositions. His solo on the title track is brilliant.
This album isn't as noticed because it's sandwiched between The Shape of Jazz to Come and Free Jazz but I think it's brilliant in its own right. He uses a smaller group, his classic quartet of Don Cherry, Charlie Haden and Billy Higgins, but still makes big music. It's very free-form improvisational but the way the musicians on this record feel each other keeps it from getting too dissonant.
This is probably the only album that gives me a feeling of spirituality. You can feel the spirit coming from Coltrane and his group on this record. Words really can't do it justice.
This is where Miles began to experiment with the modal jazz that Coltrane would expand upon on My Favorite Things. This album is worth the price just for the band. It features Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Bill Evans. "So What" is probably one of the most recognized melodies in jazz.
Sun Ra is probably the single most fascinating character in jazz history. Born on Saturn and sent to earth to save humanity, he produced a huge amount of work with a variety of bands, but this album is probably his classic. His brilliant arrangements and nothing-less-than-perfect attitude are best exemplified with this record.
You've probably heard Sonny as the musician behind the "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" theme and if you liked the sound of that guitar, this album will blow you away. He plays with Coltrane alumni Pharaoh Sanders and Elvin Jones on this album. "Who Does She Hope to Be" is probably one of the most heart-breaking instrumental ballads ever recorded. The trade-off between Sonny's guitar and Sanders' honking sax on the upbeat tracks are purely visceral.
My favorite "fusion" album, Birds of Fire, is a guitar masterpiece. John McLauglin (guitar),Jan Hammer (keyboards, yes the "Miami Vice Theme" guy), and Jerry Goodman (guitar) soar above the thundering bass and rapid-fire almost heavy metal drumming of Billy Cobham. Besides, fusing jazz and rock, this record also features a very heavy Eastern influence. A must have for guitar geeks.
Not for the faint of heart, or faint of hearing, Ascension was Coltrane's most out record. It features a 10-piece band that improvises between solos. It's a mad cacophony of wonderful and scary sounds. I sometimes listen to both versions at the same time (they did two 40-minute takes). It's a lot of fun and you always discover somthing new.
and the French navy kept Cornwallis' army from retreating, forcing his surrender. You are aware the French fought on the colonists' side in the US Revolutionary War, aren't you? Hardly "their own pointless war".
Does Rush have a crew of slashdotters with mod points ready just for situations like this?
We by Yevgeny Zamyatin - considered the first real dystopian novel of the 20th century.
Means after World War II in literature. Words mean different things in different contexts. Relax already.
Except the judge that wrote for the majority was a Nixon appointee. Hardly a leftist.
No, just soak some towels in ether and put them on the floorboards.
Doesn't Debian have a longer production cycle than most movies?
YES! Or go back and listen to all the old Uncle Tupelo records.
I don't know about trying to eliminate all used book sales. I know that used books do drive people to purchase new books by the same or similar authors from personal experience (myself, friends, family). It would be interesting to find out if there are any publishing houses behind this in some way because that's what drove Garth.
The RIAA pushed Garth to be their mouthpiece in a campaign to bully independent music retailers into not selling used CD's by withholding co-op money (basically a subsidy for advertising and promotion that allowed the smaller stores to somewhat compete with BestBuy and the like on certain titles). I worked at a small music store at the time and there was no way we were going to stop selling used CD's. The profit margin on a new CD was as thin as Paulie's sliced garlic and markup on used was %100-125. Finally, enough independent retailers and Tower banded together and told the RIAA to shove it and they backed down, and I'm pretty sure Garth still made millions off his CD's.
Agreed. I expect a little more from Salon as well. Even a little dose of cynicism would be welcome in that article but I think all you need to know you can get from their little blurb about the writer. He's a VB developer who's writing .NET books. Of course he's going to gush about it. If people don't buy it, he sells fewer books and maybe doesn't get to write additional ones.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...could be. Note that I said, "at first glance". If an engine explodes and a plane crashes, that usually indicates mechanical failure. There hasn't been anything to indicate otherwise...yet.
They're now saying that it had just taken off from JFK headed for the Dominican. It was only in the air for two minutes or so. This, at first glance, looks more like an accident than a terrorist attack.
And the cost of the CD's (what is it now? Like $20) along with the $3 or so to ship each one more than makes up for the few freebies they end up giving away, I'll bet.
The RIAA tried unsuccessfully to strong-arm independent music retailers into not selling used CD's back in 1992 or 1993. They threatened to pull all co-op advertising money if the smaller stores continued which kind of stuck the retailers between a rock and a hard place.
They had to sell used CD's in order to make SOME profit since places like Best Buy sold new CD's below cost and they certainly didn't want to give up the ad money. Finally enough of the independent stores, through NARM (National Association of Record Merchanisers) told the RIAA to shove it...and they did.
The best part was how the RIAA was using Garth Brooks as their point man on the deal. You should have heard him whine about not getting a second royalty on the used CD. It would have made Metallica proud.
In this case, a royalty has already been paid. Imagine if someone had to pay the estate of James Joyce a royalty everytime a fifty cent copy of "A Portrait of the Artist..." is sold at a campus used bookstore.
The RIAA is hot and bothered not about the sharer, but the person downloading all the tunes who may not have purchased a copy of the original recording. Problem is, it's easier to try and shut down the sharer then nail every single person who downloads the new Strokes album off of Kazaa.
Many shubs and zools knew what it was to roast in the depths of the Sloar on that day I can tell you!
Video is working too.
Since when was Java a Slashdot Approved Technology? Java has always seemed like the KDE to C's GNOME around here.
I used to go down to our Public Library and check out Applied Cryptography every couple of months or so just to see how much more of it I could get. It recently turned up missing. Funny, the library staff claims it was stolen. I'll bet the FBI/NSA/SS stopped in and removed it.
please forgive me for I have drunk lots of righteous spanish wine tonight, but, what kind of fucko would beat off in a public place?
Come on, now. There are plenty of good Scottish whiskeys out there younger than 16 years. In fact, the price/quality trade-off is so great that I'd rather drink something like a Macallan Doublewood 12-year than a really old whiskey.
And don't forget the vodka. Stoli, Grey Goose and Vox come to mind as being necessary. Keep out the Absolut Crap. A few good gins, too. Bombay Sapphire, Plymouth, T-10. Clear liquors are the best to hack by, IMHO.
Of course, I don't know how many times I've been drunk late at night and then woke up the next day to find a bunch of mysterious files I've downloaded and had no idea what they were. Maybe everyone should leave their computers at home.
OTOH, writing is best done with brown liquors and Belgian beer or at least beer from the New Belgium Brewing Company if you don't want to plop down the big $$$.
Live bands are a bad idea in a bar meant for socializing unless they're in a separate room.
You know, I'm really getting tired of the whole Napster, etc. argument but I'm even more tired of people acting like they know how the music industry works when they don't.
I've had more than one friend sign a record deal with a major label only to regret it later. Even after they've read Steve Albini's various screeds, even after they're heard the sad story of the Mekons and their dealings with major labels, they still did it.
99% of artists finish a record deal owing their label money. The label will insist that they make some stupid video that won't ever get shown and the band will owe the label for that. Then the label will cut them loose from their contract and write off the loss. That's what most artists are, tax write-offs.
Several years ago the RIAA tried to extort music stores to stop selling used CD's because the artist wasn't making any money off that sale. That quickly fell by the wayside because music retailers told them to go to hell. A member of Mercy Rule, then signed to Relativity (then a subsidiary of Sony Music) told me to buy their CD used because they wouldn't make any money off it anyway.
Besides, how many of the so-called artists being "stolen" from are actual artists. The songwriters and producers make most of the money off of people like Britney. They developed a product and they sold it.
Now take a look at a band like Fugazi. During the 80's and 90's major labels offered them millions of dollars to sign with them but they never did. Instead, they produced their own albums and sold their own product through distributors, catalogs and at shows. For $8 when most CD's cost 14.99. And you know what, they sold millions of albums and there are a lot of other artists out there doing the same thing. I'm looking forward to the day when more artists ditch the labels and sell their product over the internet. It's happening for some and hopefully more real artists will follow suit.
Oh, and by the way, Metallica would have been all over Napster back when they were anti-establishment and putting out records on Metal Blade. Their sellout is one of the saddest and most complete I've ever seen.