Comments on: Far From Satisfied

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:44:08 +0000

[13] sweet and very well written!

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:18:17 +0000

12) Nice.

Friend of mine who is a jazzhead wrote an e-mail to me today: “One of my best live musical experiences was Sonny R. at the Beacon Theater circa ’80 or ’81 after he appeared on the Stones Tatoo You album. He took a nascent Wynton to school that night. His sound PLAYING ALONE easily filled the Beacon. Awesome doesn’t describe it. He stood on the edge of the stage and played an encyclopedia of the tenor saxophone, showtunes, nursery rhymes, it was all fair game and all in his lexicon.”

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:01:45 +0000

[11] just in the spontaneity and interplay within the improvisation. also, the 23+ minute shorter composition with 5-person wind ensemble. and some of the new works and choices of older and cover tunes. it’s a terrific group and fantastic album.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:52:53 +0000

6) What is daring about the record? I haven’t heard it just curious.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:49:00 +0000

[8] not odd. i can totally see why you’d think of sonny as the generation before. i think a better word would be “decade” : )

[9] most interesting, indeed!

matt – i believe you’re an Allman Bros fan. i was a guest of the Trucks family last night at their concert in Atlanta. wonderful to see them, per usual!

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:38:45 +0000

Interestingly, both Rollins and Shorter have appeared on Rolling Stones albums.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:38:05 +0000

[4] Good point about Shorter, but even though he’s close to Sonny’s age, I never think of them being in the same generation, oddly, since Sonny’s career took off earlier.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:29:10 +0000

btw, Wayne Shorter recently celebrated his 80th birthday.

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:27:47 +0000

[5] oh my god, YES!!!

and he just returned to Blue Note Records…triumphantly, with a dark, brooding, daring and beautiful live record called Without A Net. It features his longtime quartet of Danilo Perez (piano), John Patitucci (bass) and Brian Blade (drums).

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 17:19:47 +0000

Does Shorter still play?

By: thelarmis

thelarmis — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:41:20 +0000

Sonny is amazing.

Wayne Shorter is still around and he is a titan/giant/legend.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 16:17:33 +0000

Tramps was a tremendous venue. The sight lines weren’t great, but the consistently smart, eclectic and excellent bookings were.

By: Alex Belth

Alex Belth — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:50:54 +0000

Tramps. Damn, I’m not a concert goer but I went to that spot a few times. So sad about Ronstadt, too.

But the Jacobson article was inspiring.

By: Matt Blankman

Matt Blankman — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 14:31:36 +0000

Sonny is the last of the titans. I saw him play at the late, lamented Tramps in 1997 (I believe). Great night.