From: mcmahon@owlnet.rice.edu (Michael G. McMahon)
Subject: Cadence order is nigh - opinions please!
Keywords: LONG (sorry)
Organization: Rice University
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 21:42:38 GMT


Well, as the title says, I'd like any opinions on the following CDs &
LPs.  I have to cut the list down somehow!

Either Orchestra: "Calculus of Pleasure", Accurate 3252
  I've been wanting some modern large band music, and this seems to get
raves from all directions.  Is it necessarily their best to date?  Also,
how do the earlier ones compare?

Spencer Barefield: "Xonogenesis 2000", CAC 2
  Advertising works.  What's the deal with this disc, and why do I want
to buy it?  I think it's Spence's penetrating stare.

Sun Ra: "Mayan Temples", Black Saint 120121
  I want _something_ of post-60's Sun Ra.  Let me know if I'm doing
right or wrong with this one.  

Yusef Lateef and Art Farmer: "Autophysiopsychic" CTI 7082
  Is this as "in touch with its inner self" as the title would suggest?

Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy with the AEC: Live 2/14/90  DIW 842
  I've heard this isn't as good as thier others.  What's the deal?

Lester's BF: "My Way" DIW 835
  Never heard anything about it.

Michel Camilo Trio: "Suntan"  Evidence 22030
  Just wondering how Michel comes across in a trio format.  Is this a
very early album?  Also, who are the other 2?  That could make a great
deal of difference.  

Louis Jordan: "I Believe In Music"  Evidence 26006
  I don't have any Louis Jordan, and I like the label.  Is there a
better intro disc to Jordan?

Cindy Blackman-Debriano Trio w/G. Osby and J. Gonzalez  Freelance 15
  Sounded like an interesting match-up.  Does it work?  I'm really not
familiar with Cindy - what kind of music is this likely to be?

Orange Then Blue - one of the three   GM 301*
  More modern big-band.  Which of the three (if any) should I pick up?

Maynard Ferguson - "High Voltage" and/or "Bip Bop Nouveau"  Intima 733**
  Haven't heard any of his squeals in a while.  At four bucks a pop, are
either of these LPs worth a Big Mac and a small coke?

Women In Jazz     Jass 9/10
  Is this of any use whatsoever?  What I _don't_ want is lame music and
sound quality scraped together to fill 2 CDs.  What I'd LOVE is some fun
early jazz from some no-doubt over-looked talent.  I'm not sure $20 is
worth the risk.

Chuck and Bob Findley- "Relaxin'" Mirasound 9047
  Reviewed in Oct. by Paul Matthews.  What is his taste usually like?
He likes it, but I don't know anything about the brothers.

Cab Calloway / Scatman Crothers    Pickwick 16005
  Sounds like fun.  Any ideas what the sound quality will be like?  Not
thatI expect digital recordings of Cab, but I'd hate to toss away 7 $.

Charlie Mingus - "Final Work"  11/77 w/ W. Shaw, Jeru   Who'sWho 72204
  Is this a boot?  Why only seven dollars?  Was Roland Kirk with him
around this time, and how strong WAS Mingus' group in the years near his
death?  

Coltrane 2/63, Mingus 10/62 @ Birdland  Yadeon 501
Miles - Rare broadcasts w/ Trane, Rollins, 52-57  Yadeon 502
  Any information on the label or recordings would be great.

Cat Anderson and Ellington All-Stars: "Ellingtonia" ALA 611
  What year is this, and were was Duke?  By all-stars do they mean
whatever studio musicians could join Cat that day?

Don Burrows: "Brasillian Parrot" MIM 9031
  I could use some Brasilian grooves.  Even the raw vinyl is prob. worth
two bucks.  Has Don ever done anything worth mentioning?

  Also, you can't make me not buy the Ellington "Fargo Concert" on VJC :)

  Thanks for any replies.  I didn't intend the list to go on for so long!
  -mike

-- 
There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist:
  the fashionable non-conformist.   -ayn rand