Van Morrison: Astral Weeks
Santana: Moonflower
Gentle Giant: In a Glass House, The Power & The Glory

I entered jazz through the fusion-cum-prog door, so electric instruments were much favored with me. But now, while I still love that stuff, I most often want to hear acoustic jazz. Someone like Pat Metheny, I really love his playing but when he whips out the synthaxe it tends to leave me cold. And a...

Perfect - Charo Sofia
Perfect Angel - Minnie Riperton
Perfect Mystery - Gong
Perfect Day - Harry Nilsson
Perfect Day - Lou Reed
Three Of A Perfect Pair - King Crimson
Perfectly Still - Gin Blossoms
Perfect Strangers - Deep Purple

My folks almost never played music in the house; we were always a TV family. But we used to have a junk closet, walk-in size, and when I was a kid I would forage for treasures in there. One day I came upon a stack of LPs: Sammy Davis, Jr., Bill Cosby, Jim Nabors, and Frank Sinatra among them. I made...

Learned a lot from her and Billy Taylor on various TV and radio shows.

Cedar Walton died just after 3am this morning at his home in Brooklyn. He was 79.

Haven't found much more yet.

sozamora wrote:Oh, it's kind of funny. And I obviously don't think CH is a murderous sociopathic criminal.

I dunno. A little exposure to surf music and he's liable to do anything.

Good, bad, or ugly... the Beach Boys are not in the same Universe of influence, or importance as the Beatles. Seriously, when you have Count Basie and Sinatra covering you. Even taking into account Coltrane....just how many people would even know who Ravi Shankar was without the Beatles? And that's...

I tend to see a movie in my head when I hear music, usually just shapes moving to the rhythm or sometimes a silver rope dancing the lead lines.

I haven't been on the board the last day or two as I've been enjoying my new girlfriend, which means that not even a complete and utter douchebag such as Blue Train can bring me down. Though friended and then unfriended on Facebook, we now share the same sandbox here. So be it. But that doesn't mean...

Exactly, Ron. Eric Dolphy primarily got his sound and approach from Charlie Parker. Does that somehow diminish his output? Brian Wilson moved light years beyond "that beach shit" starting with Pet Sounds. Many would argue it was 1965's Today! ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys_...

When it comes to solos, I usually consider whether what I'm seeing is primarily athletic or musical. Speed and dexterity are impressive and fun to watch but at some point I still want to hear melodic ideas more than see gymnastic feats. My favorite players, on any instrument, can craft a solo that i...

I liked his playing a lot but own nothing of him as a leader. I guess I love him best in his Zappa years, as that was my favorite Zappa era and band. But he was such a prolific sideman and partner with fusion masters, especially Billy Cobham and Stanley Clarke, his prodigious skills were often in my...

Jazz keyboardist George Duke dies at 67 Aug. 6, 2013, 11:52 AM EST By MESFIN FEKADU, AP Music Writer NEW YORK (AP) — George Duke, the Grammy-winning jazz keyboardist and producer whose sound infused acoustic jazz, electronic jazz, funk, R&B and soul in a 40-year-plus career, has died. He was 67...

Thanks for that, jaka. My favorite Zappa band was him, Ponty, the Underwoods, the Fowlers, and Ralph Humphrey.

Duke Ellington - Far East Suite

Stray George Duke tracks, I don't own an album of his as leader.

Scott Dolan wrote:I love it when Hoppy stands out on his lawns and yells at us goddamn kids.

Dagnabbit!

A. Kingstone wrote:

Gentle Giant wrote:My problem with Jarrett is that he seems like a complete asshole. But as long as he's playing, I'm listening.

How many musicians (or entertainers) could we say that about?

Valid point, as is the comment about James Carter above.

Jeff Beck touring with Brian Wilson - not two separate acts, together! "I needed musical help around 1966, and Pet Sounds was dressing on a wound for me with all its amazing melodies," says Beck. "I was floored by it. So were The Beatles. It was outrageously adventurous stuff for the ...

Tom Petty's real name is Tom Skeevy.

steve(thelil) wrote:It took me all this time to finally figure out that the three title means it's a Zappa thread.

Way to build that post count, Steve!

My problem with Jarrett is that he seems like a complete asshole. But as long as he's playing, I'm listening.

jaka wrote:John Belushi is the samurai, right?

Yup