I'm in a rather noisy environment at the moment (cube-city, low walls, idle chatter, gossip, most annoying...) - so, I reach for the headphones, and...

"Piccolo" - Ron Carter Quartet

- Wil

Well, not at this exact moment, but in my CD player the Lynne Arriale Trio Live at Montreaux is getting heavy rotation.

Telepathic, intelligent yet energetic trio work with very tasty bass lines and solos by Jay Anderson. Steve Davis on tubs.

Dave Douglas, "Soul on Soul".

It only has two songs with DB, but its Radiohead's "Amnesiac". Earlier I was listening to Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones and before that, Rev Horton Heat.

I've just been listening to a new 6-CD boxed set I got of Olivier Messiaen's Organ music played by Jennifer Bate, under the supervision of the composer.
Wonderful sound and acoustic - great reverb! I just listened to the CD that contains "The Ascension" and "The Bodies in Glory", recorded in St. Pierre de Beauvais Cathedral.

.... I'm listening to John Patitucci's (& Chick Corea's) "Baja Bajo" with Chick Corea, Dave Whitham, John Beasley, & Vinnie Colaiuta, off of John's "John Patitucci" CD (1988 GRP). Truly inspirational! The interplay between musicians is awe inspiring.

Lynne Arriale Trio, Melody. Same lineup as above, but with Scott Colley (sp?) instead of Anderson. Gorgeous stuff.

Alex Foster & Michael Wolff -- POOL OF DREAMS: Piano & sax duets. Alex is an amazing jazz player who has a day job playing in the Saturday Night Live band

Coltrane: THE ULTIMATE BLUE TRAIN

KIND OF BLUE. Yes, again. It's healing music, too.

Two nice new Criss Cross releases. "New Yourk Trio" with Dutch pianist Peter Beets, Rodney Whitaker on bass, and Willie Jones III. Great recording. "One For All Live at Smoke's" is some very nice playing as well.

I got the John Hicks tribute to Sonny Clark disc this weekend and it is really good stuff too.

Monte

Right now, it's Tom Waits Blue Valentine , Branford Marsalis Requiem, Roy Haynes Trio w/ Danilo Perez and John Pattitucci, and the Miles Davis In a Silent Way boxed set.

Andrew Hill Point Of Departure
Duke Ellington Sophisticated Lady
Lou Reed Berlin

I'm the low brow here. I have Sade "Lovers Live", Gary Moore's "Blues Alive" and "Eliane Elias Sings Jobim" on my 3-CD player beside the computer. At this very second, Sade is singing "No Ordinary Love".

My car is loaded with Carlos Vives "Dejame Entrar".

Right now I am listening to:
The Word - J. Medeski w/ North Mississippi Allstars,
Time Out - D. Brubeck
Heartland - E. Meyer, etc.
Perpetual Motion - B. Fleck & Friends
In a Silent Way (boxed set) - M. Davis

Ah, the joys of a 5 disc changer.

Eddie Gomez Trio,Live in Japan.....Stephon Karlson and Jimmy Cobb...Great,masterful and awe inspiring!
I don't think it is out on a 'label'....Got it from Eddie back in Dec. at the Blue Note gig with Chick.Man I hope they release that night in the states.
Everything I Love by Eliane Elias is also making it into the Cd player alot lately.....

Originally posted by Robert Kopec
Eddie Gomez Trio,Live in Japan.....Stephon Karlson and Jimmy Cobb...Great,masterful and awe inspiring!
I don't think it is out on a 'label'....Got it from Eddie back in Dec. at the Blue Note gig with Chick.Man I hope they release that night in the states.
Everything I Love by Eliane Elias is also making it into the Cd player alot lately..... You can't be born a dog and die a cat....

Earlier this afternoon, while rewiring my mixing desk, I got 1 1/2 times through Ed Fuqua's You Don't Know Where One Is. This disc - featuring our own FUQHORN in combination with a bevy of various matriarchal fornicationists from the Big Apple - is great fun and boasts a killer version of "Alone Together".

Not only could I not figure out where "One" was, I couldn't find a single beat until the fourth tune. Mr. PUKESPRAY has really outdone himself this time.

Well, I just got home from Trumpet's, where Vic Juris was just tearing up the place. His quartet was Mark Soskin, piano,a drummer from Italy, last name Valentino, and the astonishing Brazilian bassist, Nilson Matta. And Vic's wife, Kate Baker, is one groovy vocalist. Matta's time sense is breathtaking; if you look up 'underrated' in the dictionary, you'll see his picture.

ELP - Return of the Manticore
Little Feat - The Last Record Album
Temptations - Live at the Copa
James Brown - Roots of a Revolution (anthology)
Nina Simone - The Colpix Years (another anthology)

allan

"Bitches brew" (Miles)
Thierry Robin "Gitans"
Renaud Garcia-Fons "Oriental Bass"
Sibelius Violin Concerto (Anne-Sophie Mutter)
Samuel Barber & E.Meyer Violin Concertos
(Hilary Hahn)
R. Vaughan Williams Concerto for Bass Tuba &orch.
"Café Brasil"

King Crimson-Beat
When We Were Kings Sndtrk
The Complete Ella in Berlin
Zappa-The Best Band you Never Heard in Your Life
AC/DC-Back in Black
Tim Machine
Mike Dimin-Big Droppins

Dave Brubeck's Greatest Hits

Dave Brubeck is so good !

One more from Brazil : Quinteto violado (from Recife), I guess you don't find them in the States ?

Now my dog's favourites !

This is not a joke.

The other day, I was listening to Vaughan Williams' Tuba Concerto and my dog (a one year-old boxer),
sitting in the living, wasn't paying attention.
He's very receptive to music but normally doesn't
listen the same way I do !

Then came 3d movement of the Tuba Concerto
and he started to follow intensively the music !

The following day I tryed Shostakovitch and got the same reaction from him with the Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings.

Now I'll iniciate him with Stravinsky, sure he will love it.

my current playlist includes.....

*Jim Hall & Basses
*Pat Metheny Group - First Circle
*Kurt Rosenwinkel -The Next Step
*The Arrival of Victor Feldman (w/ Scott LaFaro)
*311 - Music (had to throw something off the wall in) ;-)

Today is One For All - "Live at Smoke's".
Sheesh, Peter Washington just kills me. To be honest, his live sound is not as good (acoustic) as I would hope, but you can hear everything, and his lines are so subtle they just efficiently do the job. Eric Alexander, Jim Rotundi, David Hazeltine, et al; what's not to love?!?

Anyone in NYC know what he uses live? Sounds kind of like a Realist going direct.

Monte

I have been listening to
-The Who
-The Doors
-311
-Primus
-AC/DC

I've got:
Weather Report - 8:30
Fishbelly Black - Movin'
Bullfrog- Bullfrog
Van Morrison - Best of
Stevie Ray Vaughn - Texas Flood

in the CD spinner right now.

Originally posted by lermgalieu
It only has two songs with DB, but its Radiohead's "Amnesiac". Earlier I was listening to Bill Frisell with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones and before that, Rev Horton Heat.
Very nice, Lerm. It sounds like we're on the same page lately, listening-wise.

A few that I've recently picked up and really enjoyed:
* MMW's Uninvisible - their newest is very nice - TONS of very tasty grooves by Chris Wood.
* Clay's Electronic Cowboy - local Dallas band fronted by former David Garza and Jackopierce bassist Clay Pendergrass. Even if it wasn't packed with friends playing on it, I would still find it quite the rump-shaker. Clay Pendergrass is a freakin' amazing player - Brad Houser's prized pupils can't be that bad...
* Debussy - random piano works. I'm a sucker for his stuff.
* Prokofiev - random piano works. One of the greatest musical smarta$$es ever.

I picked up some Cuban stuff in France. I simply do not know how those guys read the charts.

In Spanish.

Wow! Quite a difference from a similar thread on a different Bass Forum from a few weeks ago.

"Skip, Hop, and Wobble" - Edgar Meyers bass

"When skies are gray..." Ron Carter (new CD for me)

"Message from Home" - Pharoah Sanders (Charbett Moffett & Steve Neil on basses)

"Round Island" - Mark Cosgrove (guitar, flat picker)
with Larry Cohen on Bass

"Motown - the classic years" and "Standing in the Showdows of Motown" for Jamerson's "I heard it through the grapevine" bass line, which I am trying to learn.

"The Harder They Come" Jimmy Cliff

Listened to Primus, The Charlie Hunter Trio, Kenny Wayne Shepard and Sauage for Les Claypool's bass on CDNOW's track samples. Not a Primus fan.

Getting my fix of Scotty in with :
--"This is Pat Moran" (LP)
--Hampton Hawes "For Real"

also listening to Keiko Matsui's "Deep Blue"

Originally posted by Ed Fuqua
Is that the one where Scotty's using an alias? The Moran record I mean....


yeah-- "John Doling" is listed as the bassist! According to Ralston's LaFaro website, the credits were erroneously carried over from an earlier recording on Bethlehem records. This one's on Audio Fidelity. Sounds like Scotty to me, but then, these novice ears would fail miserably on those Blindfold tests that Downbeat gives....

my favorite bass hero right now is SCOTT COLLEY. i keep his stuff as a leader, in heavy rotation allways. "SUBLIMINAL" "THE MAGIC LINE" "PORTABLE UNIVERSE" "THIS PLACE" are all great. a new one came out on palmetto just this month.
to my ears, this guy has the delibriteness and intonation of charlie haden plus great chops.
the other two discs i've been listening alot are "WORKS FOR ME" john scofield w/ christian mcbride and "JAZZ CHILD" by shiela jordan w/ dave finck on bass. i had never heard of this guy before. shows ya what i know. this guy is a heck of a player.

I FINALLY got around to buying "Whims of Chambers" after enjoying Paul Chambers as a sideman on countless recordings.

His ideas and ability to propel the ensemble are great as usual, but does anyone notice that his tone is not as pretty here as on other recordings? Seems a bit unfocused compared to his tone on a Red Garland Trio CD I played side by side. Maybe this is Van Gelder trying to bring the leader out front or something.

No DB content here!

"Travelling Through the Jungle", field recordings of Afro-American fife and drum bands from Mississippi...it actually sounds weirder in reality than it does on paper :cool:

I've been enjoying various Michel Camilo Cd's - "Thru My Eyes" and "Spain" have captured my attention for the past couple of days. Am about to put "Once More Once" into the cd player.

on Vinyl:
Duke "the unknown session"
Robert Johnson "king of the Delta Blues"
Nina Simone" 4 women weird import LP"
on CD:
John Coltrane "Heavyweight Champ " box set--(my girlfriend was cool enough to suprise me with the other day"(just load up 5 discs in the changer, and marathon it all day)
Harold Alexander--"Live @ Montreux 1971"
(Harold is a friend of mine, a mentor who was also a friend of Coltrane's --we're all 3 from North Carolina---He was one of Dolphy's students---anyway, he is one of the unsung innovators of our time---) his records are on Flying Dutchman and Blue note-----

Cachao y su Ritmo Caliente - "Monte Adentro"

Man, this stuff will get you off of your seat. I Love it! ¡¡Pá gozar!!

im listening to a cd of a bunch of different songs i burned.

Spyro Gyra
Elvis
Time Warp (Rockey Horror Picture Show
GodSmack
Various Motown artists *Jamerson Lines mostly*

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. Where's The Money?

RHCP - other side

The Original Ellington Suite, by Chico Hamilton Quintet, featuring Eric Dolphy. Nice arrangements, kind of cheesy and kitsh, but with good swinging feel. Would be a good idea to transcribe this music for DB ensemble... any volunteer?

wellspal said...

Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks. Where's The Money?

I'm a huge Dan Hicks fan. He's the only hip person there is.

Primus -Tales From the Punchbowl

Glen Moore and Nancy King- "Potato Radio". It's near the top of my office playlist.

Originally posted by Quizzo
Primus -Tales From the Punchbowl

C'mon tell us, then - why are you posting all these things in the Double Bass forum!! :confused:

Carmen Mc Rea sings Monk, w/ G. Mraz...

The last days - a lot of Carl Perkins, some desperate rock'n'roll and rockabilly stuff...

On the way back from Lexington, I listened to an old friend in the car: Chick Corea's "Three Quartets". I've always loved this disc. I don't care for Gomez' tone at all, but his playing fits what's going on perfectly. I think these compositions really hold up well after all this time.

Mal Waldron, The Quest
Gateway, Homecoming
Coltrane, My Favorite Things

Waldron's "Status Seeking" is an awesome tune. I need to get my arranging chops up so I could get my combo to play it--although, since we have a similar lineup in terms of pitch range, we could do it. (We have two altoists, a baritonist, and rhythm; the original recording has Eric Dolphy, Booker Ervin on "high" tenor, and Ron Carter on cello, plus rhythm.)

I have been listening to Dream Theater and Queensryche alot lately.

I've been listening to a CD recording of Chris Fitzgerald - that's right, our very own DURRL - playing piano (!) The title is She Dances. On hearing it, two musician friends have used the words "Bill Evans."

Stan Getz and J.J.Johnson with Ray Brown on bass is on the turntable now.

I am on the late shift and I was just listening to Bona. Amazing guy, he plays so little and yet so much.

At this very second, Nothing Else Matters (Metallica with San Fransisco Symphony).
But lately, anything from Undertow, Lateralus and Aenima by Tool

Dave Holland Big Band - "What Goes Around"
Frank Black and the Catholics - "Black Letter Days"
Brad Mehldau - "Largo"
DJ Spooky - "Modern Mantra"

In a shocking development, the Dave Holland disc has grabbed me the least so far. However, I find it pretty brainy, so it may take a while for me to really dig into it. Everything else, though, is killer stuff and highly recommended.

my boss is spinning an old 'styx' cd....

over and over and over and over....:(

Originally posted by Chris Fitzgerald
. . .an old friend: Chick Corea's "Three Quartets". I've always loved this disc. I don't care for Gomez' tone at all, but his playing fits what's going on perfectly. I think these compositions really hold up well after all this time.

Yah! I had the pleasure of seeing that group -- Chick, MBrecker, Gomez, Gadd -- perform those little ditties at Symphony Hall in Boston. For the second set, the band backed up Dizzy. It was one of those experience that makes you say, "Guess I'll play jazz 'til I stop breathing."

One of the things I love about the record is that it shows so powerfully that joy in music can overcome idiosyncratic tone and inconsistent intonation.

Right now I'm listening to radio@netscape. I'm connected to the Bop channel and they're playing Dave Brubeck, Osaka Blues. Now they've just switched to Oliver Nelson and Eric Dolphy playing Alto-itis. They've got some good selections, but the draw back is they don't tell you who the sidemen (bassists) are.

Finally got the Bromberg "Wood" album. Yow! I played it last night for my 9 year old nephew, who's just starting db and mainly listens to classical at home. He dug it.

Also new on the playlist today:

Karen Mantler's Pet Project
Soundtrack from "Diva"

Right now, Trane's version of "Body and Soul"...but lately lots of MMW and Herbie Hancock's jazzier stuff (ie: not the funk).

David Benoit, "Fuzzy Logic" from the album with the same name

Opeth, "the twilight is my robe," of their debut album. Im approximately 6 minutes into the song, if anyone really cares

In my home CD player I have
Ottmar Leibert--Luna Negro
Ottmar Leibert--Solo Para Tu
(very tasty Bassist)
Alice in Chains--Dirty (something) ( my Roomy's)
Santana -- Supernatural
Third Coast Jazz--(nashville studio musicians)

In my walkman in the truck:
Vocal Practice CD--(Anna Maria, my teacher)

the radio in the truck is usually on MTSU public radio Jazz 89, I like Bob Parlocha at night.

Monk Live at the it club
Johnson Cron. II
Sam Sherry We'll See
Coltrane Ole'
Anita O'Day sings the most

Originally posted by gruffpuppy
Monk Live at the it club
Johnson Cron. II
Sam Sherry We'll See
Coltrane Ole'
Anita O'Day sings the most


I have to say - and I'm sure Samuel would agree - that I never expected to be keeping any such company in anybody's rotation in my lifetime. You just made my day, GP. :cool:

The new chevelle.... kinda dissapointing.

I never expected to be keeping any such company in anybody's rotation in my lifetime. You just made my day, GP. :cool:

Amen! I gotta take my grins in this life whenever they come up -- whether I deserve them or not!

And as for me, I spent the evening working the checkbook and listening to Jimmy Heath's The Professor and the always-inspiring Kind of Blue.

Originally posted by gruffpuppy
Johnson Cron. II
Ho hum. Anybody can hear Chris Fitzgerald play bass.
But I have the CD of our Chris playing solo piano. Nice chart, I might add.

Originally posted by Don Higdon

Ho hum. Anybody can hear Chris Fitzgerald play bass.
But I have the CD of our Chris playing solo piano. Nice chart, I might add.


Nice chart, indeed. The chart in question is called "DONOSAUR DANCES", and it bears no resemblance whatsoever to Barney.

Since I'm here, I might as well add that I've spent the last couple of evenings practicing along with Lynne Arriale's "Melody" CD, which has been once of my favorites since it came out. I use my mixing board EQ to remove Scott Colley (only so I don't pale by comparison) and try to soak up the vibe of filling the space he filled on that record. That is one of the most elegant recordings I've ever heard. More so with Scott's playing than with mine, of course....:rolleyes:

Been doin' some record shoppin'...

Joe Henderson - Double Rainbow
Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Bill Evans - The Bill Evans Album
Herbie Hancock - Inventions and Dimensions
Blackalicious - Blazing Arrow

drum and bass

tangerine dream - zeit. damn, i love it.
jaco - honestly live. you know.
tomahawk - tomahawk. patton is serious. patton is a cynical bastard. he should die. i love him
front line assembly - borrowed a complete cd set:)

Megadeth - Rude Awakening
Enrique Bunbury - Flamingos

Tito Nieves on T.V.

My sundays are pretty standard.
Get up put on the CD player, start cooking lunch and breakfast for the week.
A nice group of disks make the job nicer.

To make you two feel ever better, I yours disks have been in for about a month.

I took out Somethin' Else by Cannonball Adderly form Sams.
and Minguses The Clown for Fitz.

Wow what a kiss arse.
:eek:

At this very moment...

David Binney "Balance" - Track 2 "Marvin Gaye"


! exceptional !



Grahame

____________________
p.s. bass - Tim Lefebvre

Remember folks, this is the DOUBLE BASS forum. If enough people start mentioning Heavy Metal records, the locals are gonna get restless, and I won't be held accountable for what they do after that. Just a friendly FYI.

Mingus

That's better.

michel camilo : triangulo
chick corea: children songs
pat metheny: speaking of now
mozart: requiem
peter gabriel: up

chris h
Are you near Frankfurt? I toured Germany with a sextet years ago, had a ball playing at Jazzkeller, met some wonderful players there from all over Europe.

well, not really. it takes about two hours by car
to get there. i live near cologne, where near is about 30-45 minutes.

sometimes it's a real problem for me to get out and see some new musicians and meet other players to widen my horizons.

but since i am young i still have my chance.

chris h
Watch for appearances in Koln by Bob Brookmeyer. He comes there alot; it's the base for a large orchestra that he writes for. He also works in Gemany with Mads Vinding, bass, Alex Riel, drums, and Thomas Clausen, piano, all superb musicians

don:

yes, he worked with wdr big band of cologne to record his album "electricity". i believe he also taught "composition" at the musikhochschule, though i am not really sure.
i haven't heard much of his work but i can already say that while he might be a great composer/arrangeur i like to hear him in more "intimate" settings as opposed to the orchestral big band.

to stay on topic:

shakti: remember shakti
michael nyman: the piano

"THRU MY EYES"
Michel Camilo
GREAT MUSIC & MUSICIANS....
Patitucci , Larry Goines & Anthony Jackson....
Best album I've purchased since "WOOD".
Cheers,
Mick;)

At this very moment, a bootleg of Major Holley's "Major Step".



Oh. My. God.

anyone know anything about the personnel on this recording?

Virtual Insanity- Jamiroquai
to be followed by Naveed- Our Lady Peace

I hope you guys won't forget: any Paul Bley album with Gary Peacock, and if you like Gary "Bill Evans trio 64" is a must, also the Peter Erskine trio albums with John Taylor and Palle Danielson.

and pleae check out any Vince Mendoza album, but especially the one called "Epiphany", with Peter Erskine, Marc Johnson, John Taylor, Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, John Abercrombie and the London Simphony Orchestra,even if you don'y buy nothing else yo need to get Epiphany.

Mile Davis Live At Carnegie Hall, May 15, 1961 featuring the Gil Evans Orchestra.

This was the very record I ever bought, musta been 1972-73. Hank Mobley takes no prisoners -- I've never heard him play better than on this record. PC, on the other hand is "on pins and needles" if ya catch my drift. It took me years to realize that instead of playing deep abstract chordal explorations, he was really lost on a Bb blues.

Sonny Rollins - St.Thomas

Yo Yo Ma, "Soul of the Tango", the music of Astor Piazolla. Very cool.

Dave Grusin's "MOUNTAIN DANCE".....
My Trio has decided to do it! Great Tune....
What Time is this in???
Can anybody tell me .... it's not 4/4.(I don't think?):confused:

I was looking through my collection, and came across "Before I Close My Eyes" (Jon Raney Trio) - long time since I played this one - I'd almost forgotten about this one - nice recording! I particularly like "My Heart Stood Still" and "'Round Midnight"

- Wil

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

Charles Lloyd - Voice in the Night

Buddy Merrill - The Exciting Guitars of Buddy Merrill

Santi Debriano Artistic license,he was born in panama and now live in new york.He was whit a greet band whit a lot of energy.

Chick Corea - Rendezvous in New York. Earlier I was listening to Ray Brown - From New York to Tokyo.

Both are recent finds on Emusic.com (http://www.emusic.com/).

Wulf

TV rip of a Jan Garbarek concert w/ Eberhard Weber. Very relaxing. But not for every day.

Originally posted by wulf
Chick Corea - Rendezvous in New York. Earlier I was listening to Ray Brown - From New York to Tokyo.

Both are recent finds on Emusic.com (http://www.emusic.com/).

Wulf

Wulf, isn't Gene's playing on "Have you Met Miss Jones?" absolutely PERFECT?

I got two new "must haves" today after hearing them both last night.

First is a reissue of the 80's jazz collective "Great Friends", led by drummer Billy Hart, originally issued on the small French label Black & Blue, and now reissued on Evidence. The band also includes Sonny Fortune (alto sax), Billy Harper (tenor sax), Stanley Cowell (piano), and Reggie Workman (bass). This is some inspired stuff, and some of the best sounding Reggie Workman I have. He is WAAYY up front in the music, and really drives the band.

The other is a new release from my favorite jazz label, Criss Cross. It is a Peter Beets piano trio, called "New York Trio - Page Two." The bass is Larry Grenadier, and back from the previous New York Trio record is drummer Willie Jones III. Peter Beets plays some really swinging modern piano, and gives a great Bill Evans type rendition of "Without a Song". The Ahmad Jamal tune "Night Mist Blues" is a nearly verbatim arrangement of the tune as recorded by the Monte Alexander Trio (w/ Jeff Hamilton and John Clayton) Live in Montreaux '76. The doubletime section is worth the price of the cd alone.

Monte

Mozart, Mahler, Dvorak, Beethoven, Ysaye, Saint-Sans, Mingus, Peterson, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, Miles Davis, Wagner, Strauss, Bach, Mike Stern ........ And a whole lot more depending on my moods at the time, but that's most of what I have on my main playlist. I'm also addicted to my BG teacher's CD, it's pretty catchy latin jazz type stuff with some really nice bass lines.

Please note that the above is what I listen to on an almost daily basis for inspiration and musical advancement... Not the junk I listen to when I feel like letting loose (although a lot of the above would make its way onto that list too).

Buddha Bar
Coldplay "A rush of blood to the head"
Richard Bona "Reverence"
Joe Henry "Scar"
Portishead "Dummy"

Originally posted by Pacman
Wulf, isn't Gene's playing on "Have you Met Miss Jones?" absolutely PERFECT? Actually, it was "Love Me Tender" that really caught my ear - it made me think "I wonder what Elvis number we could do with the band (uh-huh-huh)" ;)

Wulf

Ron Carter "Eight Plus" which reminded me of:

Richard Davis/Eric Dolphy "Out To Lunch" (has a beautiful duet w/ Dolphy and Richard Davis playing arco), which led me back to:

"Astral Weeks" one of my alltime favorites w/ Van Morrison and Richard Davis.

I Woke Up This Morning by BB King & Muddy Waters....

Currently in my Walkman is Herb Ellis & Red Mitchell "Doggin' Around," one from the stack of $4 Concord blowouts I picked up at Barnes & Noble a couple months ago.

Recorded live, some jaw-dropping moments from both musicians, a funny vocal by Red and hilarious cover art by Gary Larson.

Thanks Mike,
Just 6 weeks ago I bought "Doggin Around on CD after having WORN out my Vinyl version from over-play.I paid $35.00 Aussie...and you picked it up for $4.00 US....good buy!
Anyway,while typing this I have on Gonzalo Rubalcaba " Images" Live at Mt.Fuji. Nice Stuff!:D

Another one I've been spinning frequently is trombonists Steve Davis' "Vibe Up!" on Criss Cross, with the venerable Mr. Peter Washington on bass.

P-Wash delivers a beautiful lyrical solo on the Thad Jones ballad "The Summary" that is tops on my to-transcribe list.

John Frusciante.

me