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From: weaver@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Tyler Weaver)
Subject: SRV grave
Organization: TI Semiconductor Process and Design Center
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 19:58:38 GMT

I believe today (8/27) is the 2nd anniversary of Stevie Ray Vaughan's death.
Went to visit his grave in Dallas.  It seems that his grave marker has 
been stolen.  There was a generic bronze marker from the cemetary that
had STEVIE VAUGHAN spelled in temporarily attached letters.  I know this 
was the right spot, because last year there was the normal bronze marker
with a small Strat engraved on it.  This really hacks me off.  It is a
pretty sorry individual who would steal a grave marker.  I hope the real 
marker gets replaced.
There were flowers and picks and notes from other visitors from around the
world lying around the marker.  

Rest in Peace, Stevie.  You brought me much joy.

--Tyler
        weaver@spdc.ti.com

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From: deal_j@apollo.HP.COM (John Deal)
Subject: BLUES: Robbin Ford Power Trio recommendations?
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 21:09:32 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Company, Chelmsford, MA

I have been meaning to ask this for a long time so now is as good a time
as any.

I saw from SunFest 91 on the old VH1 New Visions show the Robbin Ford Trio
do a couple of real nice blues tunes (one was 'Help the Poor' but I forget
the title of the second one).  Would anybody out there have any recommendations
for Robbin Ford blues stuff?

                   Thanks alot,

			John

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From: zieg@quads.uchicago.edu (Scott Ziegler)
Subject: Howlin Wolf's Early Memphis Sessions
Reply-To: zieg@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago 
Distribution: usa
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:22:28 GMT


	While in Tower Records (in Chicago) the other day, I came
across two Howlin Wolf cd's claiming to be the sessions he recorded
for Sun Studios (1950-51 ??). It was a two volume deal called
something like _Memphis: The Early Years_. The cd's are made to look like
the old Sun records (not that I've ever seen one). They are
manufactured in West Germany. 
	Has anyone ever heard these cd's?? Are they the real thing??
How is the sound quality??
	I ask because I have _Moanin in the Moonlight_ which has two
songs from that era that are amazing (Monin' in the Moonlight and How
Many More Years). I highly recommend this album to those who haven't
heard it and like Chicago Blues.

		Thanks for the help,

				-Scott 

Xref: sparky rec.music.bluenote:6722 alt.music.progressive:2216
From: johnf@Auspex.COM (John Fereira)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote,alt.music.progressive
Subject: Re: Brand X Recommendations
Date: 1 Sep 92 23:00:50 GMT
Followup-To: rec.music.bluenote
Organization: Auspex Systems, Inc.

In article <1992Sep1.190936.11267@wilbur.coyote.trw.com> Patrick Jost <jost@wilbur.coyote.trw.com> writes:
>I really like the new Brand X album...but I've heard all sorts of mixed things
>about the old ones. Any recommendations, especially for things featuring
>Percy Jones' amazing bass?

"Unorthodox Behavior" (especially Nuclear Burn) and "Product" are my favorites.
Some don't like "Product" because of the vocals.  Percy Jones apparently has
a recent solo album as well.  I haven't seen a copy yet.  Apparently it was
available via a mail order outfit on the east coast.
-- 
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| John Fereira            "Is that all you ever think about?"                |
| johnf@auspex.com                                                           |
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From: mchenry@guvax.georgetown.edu
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Is Branford Hip?
Date: 29 Aug 92 02:45:07 -0400
Distribution: world
Organization: Georgetown University

To the question some may have posed, is Branford hip on the Tonight Show.
Tonight three of the filler numbers were

What is Hip by Tower of Power
Star on Cicely by Miles
and Mysterious Traveler by Weather Report

there is hip!

Bill McHenry                   |Those who do not hear the past works
mchenry@guvax (bitnet)         |are condemned to recompose them....
mchenry@guvax.georgetown.edu   |                 -me

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From: rstump@itchy.geog.albany.edu (Roger Stump)
Subject: Re: Info on Joe Lovano (sp ?)
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 17:55:00 GMT

In article <16854AC68.JGATOWSK@cmsa.gmr.com> JGATOWSK@cmsa.gmr.com writes:
>
>I recently heard part of a recording by an artist whose name sounded like
>Joe Lovano. I think the disk was called "From the Soul" on Bluenote.
>Unfortunately, I'm not sure I got the names of the disk and artist right
>because I've had trouble finding the CD.
>
>Could anyone out there in netland help me with the exact names and label?
>
>Thanks.
>                                      Jan Gatowski

Yes, all this info is correct.  It's a fairly new release (and got a very
good review in the last downbeat).  I haven't heard much of it, but what
I've heard is pretty good.


-- 
Roger W. Stump
University at Albany
rstump@itchy.geog.albany.edu
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From: anton@HQ.Ileaf.COM (steve norton)
Subject: Re: sax mouthpieces (not really long)
Keywords: saxophones, mouthpieces
Reply-To: anton@HQ.Ileaf.COM (steve norton)
Organization: interleaf, inc., waltham, ma, usa
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 15:00:32 GMT

i almost feel like this thread belongs elsewhere.  but who wants to
pull on the waders and slog through r.m.makers?

In some article, schabert@spieden.Stanford.EDU (Vernon Schabert) writes:

> I would also recommend Berg Larsen mouthpieces, which come both in hard
> rubber and in metal versions.

yep.  good stuff.

>                                             They have two sizing
> designations, and come in a much greater variety of sizes than do
> Meyers, Selmers, Dukoffs, etc.
> 
> The first number in the mouthpiece size refers to the chamber size.  I
> think that the numbers correspond to the diameter of the bore in mm
> times ten.  The second number, I think, refers to the facing of the
> mouthpiece; these numbers range from zero to three, with larger numbers
> referring to steeper facings.  

close, but this is backwards.  the upper number (e.g., 90) refers to
the tip opening.  i can't remember what the units are, possibly mm
*divided* by ten.  the lower number (e.g. 0) is the height of the
baffle, with 0 being highest (very bright) to 2 or 3, a low baffle
(and much darker sound).

>                                 I bought a hard rubber Berg for my alto
> about six or seven years ago, size 90 over 0, and I'm just now getting
> to the point where I need a bigger chamber (I'm thinking of moving to a
> 120 over 1 or 2).  Very versatile mouthpieces, but unfortunately for
> you, you'll probably need to experiment with different sizes and samples
> to find the best for you.

i'm playing a 110 over 2 on my alto now.  i love the basic sound, but
i want to do some experimentation sometime soon to get something which
responds a little better in certain spots in the range.  be sure you
can play lots of different ones when you go to buy.
-- 

/steve
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From: tony@ajax.Stanford.EDU (Tony Evans)
Subject: Re: Marsalis Bros. (Wynton)
Organization: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stanford University
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 20:43:04 GMT

In article <185m18INNqk8@early-bird.think.com> Paco Ojeda <Paco_Ojeda_Gonzalez@macmailgw.dfci.harvard.edu> writes:
>In article <470@muller.loria.fr> Gerald Masini, masini@loria.fr writes:
>>I've just discovered Branford Marsalis through ``Crazy People Music'' and
>>Wynton Marsalis through ``The Majesty of the Blues''. I've appreciated
>them
>>much and I would like recommandations to hear more.
>>Thanks.
>
>There is a wonderful recording of standards by Wynton and his father on
>piano. Really nice performances.
>

I'll second this.  It's called Standard Time Vol. 3:  The Resolution
of Romance.  A great collection of covers and originals.  Especially
The Seductress.  Didn't think much of the other two volumes though.



-- 
| "Here the snow is grey          | Tony Evans
|  If I were an excitable guy     | tony@chemeng.stanford.edu
|  This would upset me to no end" | 
| 	- The Suburbs             |   "There's no other possibility"
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From: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin)
Subject: Re: Hannibal
Reply-To: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 05:33:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug31.195313.22510@sarah.albany.edu>, rstump@itchy.geog.albany.edu (Roger Stump) writes:
>On the latest Andrew Cyrille record (MY FRIEND LOUIS), Hannibal Marvin
>Peterson is listed in the credits simply as Hannibal (full names are
>given for everyone else).  The two compositions he contributed are also
>credited simply to Hannibal...
>-- 
>Roger W. Stump

I believe Peterson is simply identified as Hannibal on Miles Davis' AMANDLA, 
too.

-Lynn

< R. Lynn Rardin (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)  >
< Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center >
< Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110       >
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From: ejohnso@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Eric Johnson)
Subject: Re: Old and New Dreams
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 1992 18:47:08 GMT

In <1992Aug25.160120.20363@bnr.ca> jgthomas@crchh420.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (John Thomas) writes:

>How are these other ECM recordings?  I know PLAYING was
>recorded live but what was its song selection like?

I got the first ECM recording _Old & New Dreams_ when it first came out. 
Haven't played it in a while but their version of 'Lonely Woman' is the best 
I've ever heard.  By all means worth the nickel you spend on the recording.
-- 
    Eric Johnson	         |  Commit random acts of kindness and
    ejohnso@ccu.umanitoba.ca 	 |         senseless beauty.
From: euaaen@eua.ericsson.se (Anders Engwall)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Re: What is ``Modern Blues?''
Date: 28 Aug 92 12:01:41 GMT
Organization: Ellemtel Telecom Systems Labs, Stockholm, Sweden

jpmakela@cc.helsinki.fi (jP M{kel{) writes:

>	Taj Mahal, interviewed in a Finnish magazine, told something about
>	the roots of rap. There is a game where a person puts his foot on
>	a stone and rhymes about things, putting down others and bragging
>	about him/herself. According to TM, this game is very old, probably
>	even older than the blues in the sense we know it.

I recall an early 80s interview with Kurtis Blow (I think), where he stated
that the rap scene at the time suffered from what he called "The Bo Diddley
Syndrome". The reasoning was that Bo recorded loads of songs where he
sang about being Bo Diddley, and what a great guy in general he was (you
all know that it was Bo that won the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, right?).
Which is just what the rappers did -- they all rapped about themselves,
and how much better they were than all the other rappers around.

>	Besides, have you ever noticed that trash bands sound much more
>	like Charley Patton and Son House than, say, Robert Cray or SRV do?

Yeah, and Hound Dog Taylor played punk: ultra-cheap guitar cranked up
really bloody loud -- great stuff.

--
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ELLEMTEL Utvecklings AB			Voice: +46 8 727 3893
"Alvsj"o, Sweden			Fax: +46 8 727 42 20
		"Bryna nuppa fj{ssa sp}nken" - Razor
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From: rost@rgb.dec.com (My name is Brian Rost)
Subject: Re: Jazz Album Sales (was: World Saxophone Qtt album sales)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
Date: 26 AUG 92 08:35:40    


In article <19920825210218.9.TOROSIAN@GANESH.MCC.COM>, ai.torosian@mcc.com (Dan Torosian) writes...
>I was just listening to WSQ's "Rhythm and Blues" and started wondering
>how many copies an album like this (or WSQ plays Ellington) sells.
>Anybody know?  Or, even better, is there some centralized resource
>(trade publications?) for finding out this kind of info?  The more I
>think about it, the more curious I get - how many copies of "Blues And
>The Abstract Truth" are out there in people's libraries?  Or "Sketches
>Of Spain"?  My local record store is of no help with this, so once
>again, I turn to the net.
> 
>-Dan

Jazz albums sell in appallingly low numbers compared to rock albums where
you're always hearing about million sellers, etc.  I saw a recent article on
Pat Metheny (who is a very big seller for a jazz artist) and they mentioned
numbers like 200,000 for his PMG recordings and the 50,000 range for stuff like
"Song X".

So most jazz albums probably sell in the tens of thousands at best.  Some
steady sellers like "Kind of Blue" have probably racked up lots of sales over
the years (I'd be *really* curious to know about that one!).

					Brian Rost @rgb.enet.dec.com

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From: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin)
Subject: Zorn gets own record label
Reply-To: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 19:43:47 GMT

I just read an interesting tidbit in the latest (9/92) Pulse! magazine from 
Tower.  It seems that DIW of Japan has "given" John Zorn his own record label, 
to be called Avant.  I guess that's one way to get around the problem of 
battling recording company execs. over cover art, etc.! :)  Four Zorn 
recordings will be among the first releases on Avant, along with a live date 
from 1982 by DNA and a solo outing by guitarist Buckethead with Bootsy 
Collins.  A recording by Haino Kenji, whom Pulse! describes as a "Japanese 
distortion-feedback guitarist," will also be released on Avant.

-Lynn

< R. Lynn Rardin (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)  >
< Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center >
< Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110       >
From: bweiner@ruhets.rutgers.edu (Benjamin Weiner)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: Francis Davis article on Roswell Rudd
Date: 3 Sep 92 18:16:54 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.

There is a good article by Francis Davis in the most recent
(September) issue of _The Atlantic_ magazine; it's about the wonderful
trombonist Roswell Rudd.  Rudd is now working in a Dixieland band in a
Catskills resort, where Davis tracks him down: Davis describes hearing
the band while approaching, playing some hoary classic, and in the
break suddenly there's a smeared-out honk from the trombone followed
by three blasts in the Rudd style - and it's incongruous, even though
he was expecting it.

It's a nice article, although it is sad; Rudd seems to be relatively
happy there but would obviously like to be getting opportunities to
play his own music.  It's a pity that such a giant of "new jazz"
should be the last-hired first-fired member of a Catskills dixieland
band.
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From: ujwb@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jeff Beer)
Subject: Re: McCoy Tyner Trio at Kimball's East w/ Bobby Hutcherson 8/26/92
Keywords: review, tyner, hutcherson
Organization: Educational Computing Network
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 1992 01:42:18 GMT

In article <1992Sep3.235707.11738@leland.Stanford.EDU> schabert@spieden.Stanford.EDU (Vernon Schabert) writes:
>The third piece was a Freddie Hubbard tune called "[something] Spring."
>It was an easy waltz that temporarily evolved into a hard driven blues

Up Jumped Spring.


Jeff
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
From: favre@medsun.unige.ch (favre)
Subject: Looking for great bluesmen
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 11:55:56 GMT

Hello net !

I'm quite new to the blues. I know Buddy Guy, BB King, Albert King,
Stevie Ray Vaughn, Robert Cray, and some others, but I'll be happy to 
know some other great bluesmen.
Can you please give me some CD titles ?

			Eric

P.S. : Sorry if it's a FAQ but it's the first time I post in
       this group.
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From: kanpm@marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au (Philip Kan)
Subject: Re: Robert Johnson
Organization: Curtin University of Technology
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 00:37:20 GMT

labiche@crchh561.BNR.CA (Maurice LaBiche) writes:

>The movie 'Crossroads' was not about the life of Robert Johnson,
>it was about some white kid, Ralph Machhio-the Karate Kid, shifting
>his musical tastes towards blues and Robert Johnson's music specifically.
>He finds an alleged friend of Robert Johnson's in a nursing home who was
>the fabled 'Willie Brown' mentioned in RJ's Crossroads tune.  Ry Cooder
>played some great slide for the soundtrack.  But I didn't feel that the
>movie gave much history/background about Blues or Robert Johnson

Ok. I remember now. thanx. 

Is Willie Brown so "fabled"?   Do any of his recordings exist? 
Did he record? What about other influences of RJ?
Most impotantly - are these available ?!?

Thanx in advance.
Phil - Still not up on the blues, but trying real hard....

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From: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu (R. Lynn Rardin)
Subject: Re: Miles with John McLaughlin (was Elliott New...)
Reply-To: rardin@binah.cc.brandeis.edu
Organization: Brandeis University
Date: Thu, 27 Aug 1992 16:46:19 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.181528.8060@sarah.albany.edu>, rstump@itchy.geog.albany.edu (Roger Stump) writes:
>In article <1992Aug26.155852.13842@wam.umd.edu> peugh@wam.umd.edu (Arthur Dent) writes:
>>  Can anyone recommend a good Miles Davis album, with John Mcglauchlin(?) on
>>guitar? ...
>
>If you are a fan of J McL's electric stuff (Mahavishnu Orch, etc.), I would
>recommend TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON, especially side one, "Right Off."  This
>was recently reissued on CD, and should be easy to get.  It's stupendous, IMHO.
>Also LIVE EVIL and BITCHES BREW would be good bets (I know that the latter is
>available on CD, but I don't know about the former)...

LIVE EVIL is currently only available as a 2 CD Japanese Sony import.  The 
Boston and Cambridge (MA) Towers seem to get it in every now and then.

-Lynn

< R. Lynn Rardin (rardin@auriga.rose.brandeis.edu)  >
< Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center >
< Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02254-9110       >
From: sam4z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Scott Anderson Middlebrooks)
Newsgroups: rec.music.bluenote
Subject: RE: SRV Fan
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:06:43 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: University of Virginia
Originator: sam4z@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU



>In article <1992Aug26.061210.9865@news.duc.auburn.edu>, laurecr@eng.auburn.edu (Chase R. Laurendine) writes:
>>
>>Hello SRV fans,
>>
>>	I just had to write and tell you about my newest addition
>>to my SRV disk collection.  Its title is _STEVIE RAY VAUGHN, MEGA 
>>TRAX V. I_  on LOBSTER RECORDS label, it is a 3 disk collection of 
>>live recordings from '83 to '90 with just under 4 hours with 42 
>>songs (some repeats).  The recording quality is as good or better 
>>than the LIVE, ALIVE album.  I assume it is black market since I have 
>>never seen or heard of it anywhere.  The cover and insert are very 
>>simple with a silouet of SRV and a list of songs for each CD and where 
>>they were recorded.
>>
>> [CD listing deleted to save net.bandwidth]
>>
>>     Well I had to tell somebody about it, it's got me pretty excited.
>>Has anybody else out there run across this collection or any other 
>>unofficial SRV releases, I'd like to hear about it.
>>
>howdy!

>man oh man!  this collection sounds impressive!  where did you get it?
>or, if you can't really mention that, how can *I* get it?  you can
>e-mail, if you prefer.

>peace,
>-purna


DITTO!!!!!!!!!!

Scott Middlebrooks
sam4z@kelvin.seas.virginia.edu
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From: malcolm@wrs.com (Malcolm Humes)
Subject: Re: McLaughlin's broken hand and Florianapolis
Organization: Wind River Systems, Inc.
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 15:50:16 GMT

anderson@phage.cshl.org (John Anderson) writes:

>1. A while back, someone posted (I think to r.m.b) that John McLaughlin
>broke his hand in 1990.  

Probably me, when I mentioned seeing him 4 times in the last 5 years, and
how I would have seen him in 1990 if he hadn't cancelled. But I think I'd
heard originally he'd broken a finger, then someone else told me it was 
his hand. Either one sounds like one of the worst things that could 
happen to a guitarist. All I really know for sure is that tour dates
in San Francisco (well, Yoshi's in Oakland) and in Dallas were cancelled,
and probably others. 

>2. When I saw the JM Trio last May, he said in introducing
>'Florianapolis' something to the effect that Florianapolis, Brazil is
>a nice town but the jail is not so nice.

>I wonder, is there a connection between 1 and 2?

Interesting idea. Somehow I doubt there's a connection, but it'd be 
interesting to know more about what happened to his hand and about
why he made those comments. Anyone got more details?

- malcolm@wrs.com  
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From: Boyd <BOYD@UNB.CA>
Subject: Information sought: Stan Strickland Group
Organization: The University of New Brunswick
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 16:45:23 GMT

Just got off the phone with a buddy of mine who went to Berklee a couple
of years ago.  He raved about a group he had done some roadie work with,
said they might be working as "The Stan Strickland Group".  The
keyboardist at least is a Berklee instructor. He said that he heard that
this group might have recently pressed a CD.  Anyone have any
information or even recognize anything familiar in all this?  E-mail is
fine, this is a pretty narrow topic.  Thanks in advance.

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From: gretsky@sonia.math.ucla.edu (Neil Edward Gretsky)
Subject: Re: Looking for Hollywood Fats
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 92 01:33:25 GMT

I believe that Hollywood Fats also played with the Blasters,
which was the Dave & Phil Alvin rock/blues/bar band. (I think
Lee Allen was also in this outfit.)

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From: rstump@itchy.geog.albany.edu (Roger Stump)
Subject: Re: Miles with John McLaughlin (was Elliott New...)
Organization: Syracuse University
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 18:15:28 GMT

In article <1992Aug26.155852.13842@wam.umd.edu> peugh@wam.umd.edu (Arthur Dent) writes:
>  Can anyone recommend a good Miles Davis album, with John Mcglauchlin(?) on
>guitar?  I've got a couple of John's albums, and i love 'em, and i would like
>to get into Miles Davis' work.

If you are a fan of J McL's electric stuff (Mahavishnu Orch, etc.), I would
recommend TRIBUTE TO JACK JOHNSON, especially side one, "Right Off."  This
was recently reissued on CD, and should be easy to get.  It's stupendous, IMHO.
Also LIVE EVIL and BITCHES BREW would be good bets (I know that the latter is
available on CD, but I don't know about the former).  On LIVE EVIL McL solos
in the rapid-fire, distortion-heavy style typical of early Mahavishnu
Orchestra; his playing on BITCHES BREW is more pre-Mahavishnu in style.
His playing on JACK JOHNSON is also somewhat similar to his Mahavishnu style,
except that most of the time he is comping rather than soloing.  What
comping, though!  And his solo at the end of "Right Off" is wild.
-- 
Roger W. Stump
University at Albany
rstump@itchy.geog.albany.edu