Frogman, I will most certainly drink to both of those.
Enjoy the music.
Jazz for aficionados
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Fact 1. Blue Note had so many "junky musicians" that Horace Silver quit working at Blue Note. Now it's time for a question; why did Blue Note have so many junky musicians?***** I have read that about Silver, so I assume it's true. Why so many Junkies at Blue Note? Jazz was lousy with Junkies at one time. It was part of the life style. Blue Note was the most prominent Jazz label, so, where else would you expect to find them? At Deutsche Grammophon? Some folks who are real Geniuses in one endeavor, can be total jerks, even child-like, in other areas. Even Coltrane was affected by that stuff. A better question would be, "why didn't more players follow the lead of Horace Silver". Wno, btw, played for many years. Long after the weak minded had passed from this earth. Cheers |
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Fact 2. Grant Greens best records were not released in his life time. While that has been asserted by others; you're an "aficionado", meaning if you were to evaluate the records, you would know whether or not they were inferior. If you don't feel you are capable of that, then you're on the wrong thread.***** I have never read anything from the folks at Blue Note stating why the sessions were not released. I do know that all artist record stuff that is delayed or even never released. We are talking about this now in regards to Prince, and I think he controlled his own stuff. Ran his own studio. The Beatles had stuff that was not released. Some movies are made and never released. Some sub par music and movies are released and they often kill the careers of many budding actors and artists. When you consider how these people were paid. I don't get any sense of what could have been the motivation for Blue Note to hold back the release. These were not Rock recordings. There wasn't that much money at stake. It's not like famous painters whose work increases in value after they die. If you own a Monet, it is unique, the only one he painted. The probably made thousand of copies of 'Matador' in one day. And, they have not sold them all yet. Cheers |
Just because he was from St Louis and had a rough life does not make his music any more than what it is. 'Live at the Lighthouse' commits the cardinal sin or being BORING. You know they are going to play before they play it. I could not stay focused long enough to listen to it. BTW, I see where the AMG liked it. Just proves there is no accounting for taste. Cheers |
It's raining in Texas, and I'm sitting on the Patio, coffee in hand, jamming to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JeFE3ZrI_A Cheers |