Comments on: Two Teams Enter, One Team Wins

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:26:56 +0000

[462] enjoy your avant-garde lunch! i’m debating whether or not to go back and prak, or just stay here and read baseball w/ my jazz collection…

LET’S GO YAN-KEES !! !!!

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:22:28 +0000

[[461] er…that made no sense..obviously a Roy Ayers album has vibes..forget that comment, i need some grub to ge the mind straight!

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:18:43 +0000

[460] Ridiculous..

man, I got this Roy Ayers playing now with Sonny Sharrock on guitar, they’re playing “Unchain My Heart”, with vibes as well..odd but great!

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:11:56 +0000

Joe Mauer finished with a .444 OBP !!!

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:09:05 +0000

[458] yeah man, i don’t have a lot of Fats, either. in fact, i don’t have a ton of this “early” stuff. that’s why i’m picking up the Blue Note releases now. they’re all really swingin’ !!!

still, i like the later hard bop and post-bop stuff better…

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:03:06 +0000

[456] Ya know, I actually have only Fats Navarro a couple of times..he’s another legendary trumpeter who left too early (in his case I think it was the horse but can’t remember..)

about noon now, maybe time for an early lunch.. Then back to read all the ALDS previews! (and maybe fit some work in in between..but probably not. playoffs obviously more important than any job..)

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:58:23 +0000

[456] HA! i left out the most recognizable name of all – Miles Davis.

D’OH!!!

[455] yup, that’s him!!! exactly.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:56:48 +0000

[453] we’ve had crappy weather here again, too. i’m listening to Fats Navarro & Tadd Dameron. it’s their 2cd Blue Note set that is a compilation of all their BN & Captiol recording sessions, from 1947-1949.

lotsa recognizable early jazz cats as sideguys here: charlie rouse, shadow wilson, curly russell, kenny clarke, kai winding, sahib shihab, dexter gordon, jj johnson, milt jackson, sonny rollins, bud powell, benny goodman and others.

can’t go wrong! i got the disc in the mail today : )

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:55:46 +0000

[454] Now that you mentoned Andrew Hill, I remember reading an interview with him last year. He seemed like a deep thinker who took his composing very seriously. I know he wrote a lot of my favorite Bobby Hutcherson tunes..

If we don’t sweep the Twins I will be very dissapointed..

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:53:22 +0000

[453] yeah, in other words: Tony Williams is “okay” at the drums and Steve Gadd is slightly better than “eh”; neither come close to Mitch Mitchell. I KEED, I KEED!!! ; )

Gadd is incredibly versatile. great tap dancer, too! named his son Duke. he’s from Rochester. he’s the guy on Paul Simon’s old hits “50 Ways To Leave Your Lover” and “Late In The Evening”

oh, from the earlier jazz thread, i wanted to mention the last Andrew Hill disc I listed, is from the late 80’s, after the label re-formed. i think he recorded 2 or 3 for the label around that time, i just have that 1…

i imagine we’ll be taking Marte instead of Guzman for all the Twins’ lefties…

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:47:39 +0000

[451] Eddie Money! The ultimate “meat&potatoes rocker” and former NYPD beat-cop!

[450] That makes perfect sense, thanks!
Yeah, Steve Gadd is often mentioned as one of the most versatile drummers..first heard him on Steely Dan’s “Aja”.

Dark and omnious skies here with the coming typhoon..got some Mal Waldron on right now which fits the mood..got to get ready for tomorrow morning Game One! Think we’ll make 1000 comments?

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:45:00 +0000

[451] for Pavano, that’d be right down the hall from the locker room – sign outside says “Trainer” !!!

By: Just Fair

Just Fair — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:42:59 +0000

FWIW. During a Twins locker room interview I heard Eddie Money’s “Take me Home Tonight.” lol.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:37:05 +0000

[449] yeah Tony = Ride Cymbal. it was “his” instrument. his specific ride cymbal was dark as hell and really difficult to play. you had to have incredible technique to get it to do what he did. other drummers would play on and NOT sound like Tony!

btw, 5 years before Roy Haynes was inventing the “Flat Ride” (no bell), heard on Chick Corea’s Blue Note album Now He Sings, Now He Sobs, he was playing on the first coupla Andrew Hill albums!

Steve Gadd = there’s a reason his last name sounds like “GOD”!!! Gadd is one of my absolute biggest heroes and deepest inspirations. he is a major hero of mine. Gadd, Billy Cobham, Tony, Bill Bruford – i sound like a cheap imitation of them in a blender! i made my way to Gadd, then Tony, from the generation between us, that they influenced. Guys like Steve Smith, Vinnie Colaiuta, Dave Weckl. those are/were ‘my guys’ and then i went backwards, sideways and forward from them, to all kindsa different players…

in short…GADD RULES!!!!

and what a wonderful man/person/human being. he is a living treasure and brilliant musician!!!

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:28:40 +0000

[448] tee-hee..knew you would take that bait..

[447] Yes! “Ride cymbal” was what i was looking for..he got so much “sound” out of that! Like on “In A Slent Way” or “Water Babies”…and Lifetime were just unreal.

What you think of Steve Gadd?

By: monkeypants

monkeypants — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:24:16 +0000

[446] Positively unnatural…

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:23:43 +0000

[444] Tony Williams = the BEST!!!

how’d i do? still not layman enough? okay, try: NONE BETTER!!!

it says a lot that you recognize him immediately, but not everything. i can tell some crappy players right away, haha!

Tony turned the drumming world upside down. his technique was unmatched. his ride cymbal playing was completely revolutionary. he’d practice just the ride cymbal for 11 HOURS!!! his vision was unparalleled. he charted rhythmic waters that never even had a ripple of a wave on them. he took everyone before him and put it in some freakish blender that had only his blood in it. his dynamics, technique, sound, rhythm, musicality and fire are of unimaginable genius.

he was also a terrific composer and eternal student. he was still learning and practicing when his life ended too damn early.

as much as i love him, he’s NOT my favorite drummer (Steve Smith is), but Tony is the bomb and became a big influence on me when i became a pro. i didn’t “get” him growing up. it took me awhile to really be able to “hear” him and understand what he was playing and about.

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:19:07 +0000

[443] He’ll be the unanimous MVP.
btw, see Joe Pozanski’s “modern triple crown” article? Really cool..still hard to get my heard round Barry Bonds having a .610OBP one year..

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:17:25 +0000

[443] he missed a good chunk of time at the beginning of the season, right? my guess is that if played more – still, not everyday, as a catcher – his avg. would be a slightly less insane .350, or so… : )

By: Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO

Mr. OK Jazz TOKYO — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:16:40 +0000

[434] Wow..all-star lineup ahoy!! Btw, Tony Williams..can you explain in laymans terms how he generally played? I immediately know him when I hear him but..don’t have the vocab to explain why..

amazingly, NO NY Pizza here..you can get most everything else but that..even good bagels..