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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2006
    Nice to see someone who knows real advice when he sees/hears it. You, are welcome.
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  • sda2mike
    sda2mike Posts: 3,131
    edited May 2006
    i saw a dvd from netflix with miles davis at the isle of wight (i think). cool hippy vibe. non-stop, assault style performance. might of caused some bad trips, man!:eek:
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  • Tour2ma
    Tour2ma Posts: 10,177
    edited May 2006
    Eric,
    How 'bout a "Birds of Fire" update?
    More later,
    Tour...
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  • szhleppy
    szhleppy Posts: 320
    edited May 2006
    I just picked up the Word of Mouth Revisited CD (Jaco Pastorius Big Band). It's a tribute album, which would typically mean that somebody took one of my favorites and effed it up...but this one is really good. Especially if it's electric bass and drums that you are looking for.
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  • Billm57
    Billm57 Posts: 689
    edited May 2006
    sda2mike wrote:
    i saw a dvd from netflix with miles davis at the isle of wight (i think). cool hippy vibe. non-stop, assault style performance. might of caused some bad trips, man!:eek:
    **** brew era Miles...
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  • EricT43
    EricT43 Posts: 130
    edited May 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Eric,
    How 'bout a "Birds of Fire" update?

    Honestly, Birds of Fire hasn't been getting a lot of play lately. I like the RTF disc a lot more at this point, and between that and the new Tool CD I haven't been listening to much else. I've spun BoF and my Cobham disc a couple of times, but they don't immediately grab my interest like the RTF disc does. I think it will take more time for them to grow on me...which usually means I can listen to them for much longer before losing interest.

    In the meantime I'm jamming to Chick's distortion-laden solo on "Theme to the Mothership".
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2006
    Told ya you'd love it.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited May 2006
    Tour2ma wrote:
    Nice... It is sad when "artists" opt for success. Bonnie Raitt is my case in point.

    While everyone was going on and on about "Luck of the Draw", the real Bonnie was disappearing before my very ears with each successive track...

    I'm one of those "on and on" guys....IMO "Luck of the Draw" IS her best work. And my preferred Benson discs are all post "Breezin'" and "In Flight".

    I'm not much of a jazz fan. Other than some early Spyro Gyra, Stanley Jordan, Stanley Clark, Flim and the BBs and some Benson I don't have much jazz in my music library. There may be some Retun to Forever, Weather Report, Yellowjackets and Mahavishnu Orchestra (not really jazz...?) scattered in but not much. Given that, I've not much to add so I'll bow out.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2006
    He was too famous by then. Try "Bad Benson" on CTI.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,737
    edited May 2006
    Ah, Little Feat! Now that was some damn GREAT music.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2006
    Trivia. Name of the first Little Feat album?

    Edited to say.... Without googling to find it pilgrims.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,737
    edited May 2006
    S/T Little Feat
    Political Correctness'.........defined

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2006
    Give that man a Marlboro.

    Zappa threw Lowell out of the early Mothers cause he was always grogged up. The bass player, Roy Estrada, was one of the original Mothers. He also did a lot of good work for Captain Beefheart.
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,737
    edited May 2006
    Now, that's something I didn't know.

    I waved at ya as I passed exit 5 last night, sorry I couldn't stop in, but I wasn't driving.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited May 2006
    Northbound or southbound?
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  • F1nut
    F1nut Posts: 50,737
    edited May 2006
    Northbound on Monday, southbound last night. We stopped at one of the rest stops to get some Cinnabon's at 8:15pm, they were effing closed! Really pissed me off.
    Political Correctness'.........defined

    "A doctrine fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t-u-r-d by the clean end."

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  • BeardsOfCanada
    BeardsOfCanada Posts: 21
    edited May 2006
    Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers.
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  • capecodder
    capecodder Posts: 613
    edited May 2006
    shack wrote:
    And my preferred Benson discs are all post "Breezin'" and "In Flight".

    As I posted earlier, I HIGHLY recommend Benson's White Rabbit as a great pre-Breezin album although I admit I wore the grooves out of both Breezin and In Flight during college. I have played all three to my 21 yr old and he likes White Rabbit hands down.

    As usual, however I also agree with George Grand on Bad Benson, very good album although I never bought it (may have to reconsider now though :rolleyes: ).
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,197
    edited July 2008
    I was chatting with TNRabbit today before I went to Manifest on my weekly CD/SACD run and he had recommended to check out the Yellowjackets. I am listening to "The Best of the Yellowjackets" right now. Cool stuff.

    I haven't made it to "Clair's song" yet, which is the song that he specifically wanted me to check out, but so far it's been real smooth, tight jazz. The first song, "New Rochelle" is/was an instant liking by me and pretty much set the mood for the rest of the album. Well recorded to boot. Sweet.
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 19,197
    edited July 2008
    Listened to it again at concert/live levels and Damn! At exactly 54 seconds into song # 3, the hit is so strong that the slam would make you think that your speakers are going to blow. Then the song continues on....

    Nice recording...
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited July 2008
    I would also say if you like incredible bass playing, check out Victor Wooten on the Bela Fleck & the Flecktones "Flight of the Cosmic Hippo"....stupendous bassmanship! Victor is a bass GOD.
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  • Norm Apter
    Norm Apter Posts: 1,036
    edited July 2008
    Also check out Soulive.

    In particular, two of their albums rock:

    Turn it Out
    Doin Something
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  • mule
    mule Posts: 282
    edited July 2008
    I have some Soulive around and it is good.

    Greyboy is solid...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6HlAYvmgKA&feature=related
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  • Erik Tracy
    Erik Tracy Posts: 4,673
    edited July 2008
    I was listening to my cable jazz channel on TWC - and my ears perked up and my foot did an uncontrollable tap to:
    Jeff Golub's "Wanna Funk" from Out of the Blue

    I'm gonna pick this up myself.

    H9: If you don't trust what you are hearing, then maybe you need to be less invested in a hobby which all the pleasure comes from listening to music.
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