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A roadmap that reveals the highways, byways, ley lines and subterranean tunnels connecting rock, soul, pop, folk rock, R&B, garage, punk, funk, jazz, world music, and soundtracks from the twilight of the 1950s to the dawn of the 1970s. Larry Grogan is a DJ, writer, podcaster, collector, and the man behind Funky16Corners.

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Artist Track Album Label Year Format Approx. start time
Funky16Corners  Testify! Intro   Favoriting Best of Funky16Corners Volume One  Funky16Corners  2017  MP3   
Herbie Mann  Coming Home Baby   Favoriting Live at the Village Gate  Atlantic  1962  LP  0:01:27 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Scratch   Favoriting Our Mann Flute  Atlantic  1966  LP  0:10:07 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Our Man Flint   Favoriting Our Mann Flute  Atlantic  1966  LP  0:12:41 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Philly Dog   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1966  45  0:15:20 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Good Lovin'   Favoriting Our Mann Flute  Atlantic  1966  LP  0:17:44 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Monday Monday   Favoriting Our Mann Flute  Atlantic  1966  LP  0:20:31 (Pop-up)
 
Herbie Mann  All Blues   Favoriting New Mann at Newport  Atlantic  1966  LP  0:28:46 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann and Tamiko Jones  The Sidewinder   Favoriting A Mann and a Woman  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:36:25 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann and Tamiko Jones  Day Tripper   Favoriting A Mann and a Woman  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:38:41 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  No Matter What Shape   Favoriting The Beat Goes On  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:41:04 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  More Rice Than Peas, Please   Favoriting The Beat Goes On  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:44:27 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  The Beat Goes On   Favoriting The Beat Goes On  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:47:57 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Flute Bag   Favoriting The Wailing Dervishes  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:50:51 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  In the Medina   Favoriting The Wailing Dervishes  Atlantic  1967  LP  0:55:05 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  There Is a Mountain   Favoriting Windows Opened  Atlantic  1968  LP  1:04:43 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  If I Were a Carpenter   Favoriting Windows Opened  Atlantic  1968  LP  1:10:49 (Pop-up)
 
Herbie Mann with Little Milton, Swee-Tee and Percy  It's A Funky Thing - Right On! (Memphis Underground)(Pt. 1&2)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1969  45  1:22:29 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Flying   Favoriting Stone Flute  Embryo  1970  LP  1:28:20 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  In Tangier/Paradise Beach   Favoriting Stone Flute  Embryo  1970  LP  1:33:15 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Miss Free Spirit   Favoriting Stone Flute  Embryo  1970  LP  1:43:49 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Push Push   Favoriting Push Push  Embryo  1971  LP  1:56:27 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  What's Going On   Favoriting Push Push  Embryo  1971  LP  2:06:26 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Spirit In the Dark   Favoriting Push Push  Embryo  1971  LP  2:10:36 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Do It Again   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1973  45  2:20:01 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann  Hi-Jack   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Atlantic  1975  45  2:23:00 (Pop-up)
Herbie Mann feat Cissy Houston  Creepin'   Favoriting Surprises  Atlantic  1976  LP  2:26:22 (Pop-up)
 
Miles Davis  Spanish Key   Favoriting Bitches Brew  Columbia  1970  LP  2:37:02 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  John McLaughlin   Favoriting Bitches Brew  Columbia  1970  LP  2:54:29 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  Miles Runs the Voodoo Down   Favoriting Bitches Brew  Columbia  1970  LP  2:58:52 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  Sanctuary   Favoriting Bitches Brew  Columbia  1970  LP  3:12:55 (Pop-up)
Gil Evans  Crosstown Traffic/Little Miss Lover   Favoriting Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix  RCA  1974  LP  3:23:53 (Pop-up)
Gil Evans  Castles Made of Sand/Foxey Lady   Favoriting Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix  RCA  1974  LP  3:30:22 (Pop-up)
Gil Evans  Up From the Skies   Favoriting Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix  RCA  1974  LP  3:41:43 (Pop-up)
Gil Evans  1983 (A Merman I Should Turn To Be)   Favoriting Plays the Music of Jimi Hendrix  RCA  1974  LP  3:50:59 (Pop-up)
 
Jack Wilson  Harbor Freeway   Favoriting Something Personal  Blue Note  1967  LP  4:03:42 (Pop-up)
Dexter Gordon  Tanya   Favoriting One Flight Up  Blue Note  1964  LP  4:10:43 (Pop-up)
Miles Davis  All Blues   Favoriting Kind of Blue  Columbia  1959  LP  4:28:56 (Pop-up)
Ornette Colemen  Una Muy Bonita   Favoriting Change of the Century  Atlantic  1960  LP  4:40:26 (Pop-up)
Mocean Worker  Counts Dukes and Strays   Favoriting Mixed Emotional Features  Palm Pictures  1999  CD  4:46:17 (Pop-up)
 
Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers  I Gotta Go Now (Up On the Floor)   Favoriting 45RPM Single  Like  1966  45  4:55:54 (Pop-up)

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Listener comments!

  11:59am
headcleaner:

I do attest!
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Funky16Corners:

headcleaner! welcome!
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ike p:

peace and hydration! i need to remember this is a marathon not a sprint :)
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Doug Schulkind:

Bestify!
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Funky16Corners:

Ike! Doug!
  12:02pm
Moog1 Radio:

In with the In Crowd!
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Funky16Corners:

Kurt!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Awlright ! Thx for filling in - another chance to get Testify! into a timeslot for me...
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Funky16Corners:

hey Rev!
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Funky16Corners:

Double-nass attack! Ahmed-Abdul Malik and on this solo, the man who wrote this tune, Ben Tucker!
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Funky16Corners:

BASS, not "nass" WTF...
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JR HTX:

Hey Larry! will this be a 5 hour Testify show? hope so.
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Funky16Corners:

Dig the album cover: www.discogs.com...
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ike p:

hopefully this conveys - i love how the music youse play makes me rethink; i've always hated marimbas/xylophones/etc but damn that was just a beautiful and unexpected sound in coming home baby
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Funky16Corners:

JRHTX! Testify-ing all the way to 5:00PM!
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Funky16Corners:

@ikep - I am a vibes/flute NUT, so I hope that I play some stuff that might make someone who is vibes-hesitant to dig the sound.
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Erica:

Hi Larry. I didn't forget the 5 hour show. I'm just late for the chat 🤣.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Erica!
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JR HTX:

Very cool! What a treat!
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TDK60:

Hi Larry! (I did get to see a few shows at the old Village Gate.) | I'm sticking with Suriname.
  12:14pm
Doug Schulkind:

Herbie Mann's son Geoff (a drummer) played live on my show many years ago with the Eternal Buzz Brass Band. It was a killer set.
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Funky16Corners:

TDK60! I once got to play a show at the Village Gate! I got many hallowed ground vibes!
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Funky16Corners:

@Doug - What instrument did he play?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...that Bass was the Nazz...
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Funky16Corners:

I should have played some Lord Buckley!
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Funky16Corners:

Or Todd Rundgren!
  12:18pm
Doug Schulkind:

Geoff Mann is a drummer.
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TDK60:

The more recent Le Poisson Rouge club takes up part of the Gate's old basement level. Don't think LPR has reopened yet.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...there's a bad Who's On First type routine wants to develop in the brain but I'm totally repressing it, Mann...
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Funky16Corners:

It's Herbie Mann. Who? Herbie, man? Who? HERBIE, maaaaannnnn...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

However ironic the title 'Papa' might've been ...John Phillips did write a helluva one here...
Avatar 12:29pm
TDK60:

Yeah, I hear people diss Mann. But his '60s-'70s jazz-rock-soul stuff may have turned some rockers onto jazz back then. (Like the "Memphis Underground" LP, etc.)
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Funky16Corners:

This article gets right to the point: blurtonline.com...
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TDK60:

Larry, I've showed off before, telling woofmooers who I saw at the Village Gate. Not sure I should again.
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Funky16Corners:

Why's that? I'd love to hear the list.
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Little Danny:

Yeah, Larry! Don't forget to hydrate!
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Little Danny:

Love Herbie Mann.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Danny! Got my caffeine free diet Pepsi lined up!
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Erica:

Hi Danny.
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Little Danny:

Hi Erica!
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TDK60:

Because people gasp. Don't wanna cause any heart attacks. OK: The Byrds during their "5th Dimension" album tour, 1966, was the top one. I was absolutely stunned, still am.
  12:34pm
Moog1 Radio:

Herbie Mann "Today!" is sorely missing from my collection. Excellent cover and superb version of The Beatles The Night Before!
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Little Danny:

Dang, TDK, that's a good one alright.
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Funky16Corners:

@Kurt - I don't have that one, either.
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Funky16Corners:

@TDK60 - Heavy, indeed!
Avatar 12:36pm
TDK60:

The rest: Bill Evans, Sonny Stitt, National Lampoon's play "Lemmings." Think that's it.
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Little Danny:

I honestly didn't even think of the Byrds as a live act outside out Los Angeles.
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Funky16Corners:

I wonder if they played that gig when they were in town to do the Ed Sullivan show?
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Little Danny:

*outside of
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TDK60:

One good live at the V.Gate LP is Hugh Masekela's album "The Americanization of Ooga Booga." A fine live set.
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ike p:

@all dumb question but i haven't been here quite a year - is it ok for anyone to talk about other shows during other shows or is it preferred that only the djs to the cross talk?
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Funky16Corners:

@TDK60 - I have that album, I didn't realize it was recorded there
  12:43pm
Marie:

Lovely tunes! Thanks, Larry @)
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zivilars:

It's Testify Time! Thanks for your show, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

Hi Marie!
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Funky16Corners:

Zivilars! Thanks for listening!
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Funky16Corners:

@ike - I think any pertinent/civil conversation is cool.
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zivilars:

this goes right into the tappin' feet
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ike p:

@larry thanks! i'd never heard of herbie mann before so i checked the archives to see who else had played 'em recently, i was surprised to see dj ursula 1000 played the sidewinder on his show sounds spectacular, which in my experience has been more a dance/disco genre type show - clearly i need to keep expanding my definitions :)
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Funky16Corners:

I'm trying to remember if I played this on my all-The Beat Goes On show...
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Funky16Corners:

@ike - I can't remember if it came out on a 45, but I could see an open minded soul/mod DJ playing that for the dance floor
  12:52pm
Marie:

Yea haw!!!!
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ike p:

my jazz baggpipe cherry is now broken, and my jaw is on the ground
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Hubig Pie:

Did that Beat Goes On show include Giant Sand's cover ?
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ike p:

i want to see the renn faire group that whips out flute bag
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Brian in UK:

Larry, anyone who makes the flute cool has got it right.
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Funky16Corners:

@Hubigpie - I did, and I also played Herbie: wfmu.org...
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Funky16Corners:

@ike - I'll have to dig out some more Rufus Harley
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Brian!
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Funky16Corners:

@Brian - I did an all-flute thing back in 2019: wfmu.org...
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Hubig Pie:

Looks like a fun show, I'm a sucker for covers
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - This track features Chick Ganimian, of Ganimian's Orientals
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TDK60:

This Dervishes LP was recorded live at the Village Theater, which became the Fillmore East.
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Funky16Corners:

i think Frank Zappa and the others had a long residence at the Village Theater at some point
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Funky16Corners:

Mothers, not others
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ike p:

@larry is this a pippa in in the medina?
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Funky16Corners:

A what now?
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ike p:

guessing at the name, chinese lute?
  1:01pm
Marie:

This album is so great (I never heard it before)
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Little Danny:

Thanks Larry, I knew Ganimian did some jazz sessions on the margins, makes sense that he was in Mann's orbit.
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Funky16Corners:

@ike - It's an oud
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Funky16Corners:

@Marie - Yes, very cool jazz/Arab fusion
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ike p:

oh - not even close, but just as blown away. i had no idea of the "multiculturism"? that jazz incorporated - this is definitely a mind expander
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TDK60:

Funky, I don't know. Frank & Mothers, in summer '67, had a long residence at the Garrick Theater on Bleecker, which was run by the Cafe Au Go Go and adjacent.
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Little Danny:

Mann's Impressions of the Middle East LP is an East-West jazz standout, too.
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Funky16Corners:

@TDK60 - I think that was it.
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zivilars:

what a great version of this song
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TDK60:

This is a great set for this steamy summer day in NYC, Larry. Groovy.
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Funky16Corners:

Yes indeed! Roy Ayers tearing it up!
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Funky16Corners:

@TDK60 - Glad you're digging it!
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TDK60:

Cool how Herbie picked up on the jazziness of that Donovan tune.
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Little Danny:

Beautiful. Love how airy this is.
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TDK60:

And, from wherever Mann was gigging in the Village some nights, he could walk a few steps and see Tim Hardin playing.
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Funky16Corners:

@TDK60 - There's a great clip out there somewhere (I think from the Andy Williams Show) of Donovan playing it with Sergio Mendes and Brasil 66
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - Yeah, they kind of take it to a different place
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Handy Haversack:

Been listening to this extravaganza in the car and out on the stoop. Extravanganzic! Hey, Larry and all!
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Little Danny:

Yeah Ayers's delicate comping on the vibraphone really makes everything floaty!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Handy!
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Erica:

The flute in this version of if I were a carpenter is crazy.
  1:16pm
Marie:

Thanks for this soul bath of Herbie Mann and compadres
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Brian in UK:

Watched Jazz on a Summers Day a year or two back. The pacing is just right in a jazz style.
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Brian in UK:

There has been a quantity of Donovan played recently here. Must be the Summer sounds.
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TDK60:

Hiya Brian in UK. You mean the Drummer corridor, by here?
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Funky16Corners:

@Brian - My summer rituals are to re-watch Jazz On a Summer's Day, and the to re-read Dandelion Wine, and I have et to do either this year. I must take care of that.
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mauri:

This a funky thang. Hi!
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Funky16Corners:

hey mauri!
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Little Danny:

Any idea of the guitarist here Larry? I've never heard/seen this version before.
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Funky16Corners:

I think it might be Sonny Sharrock.
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dutchtheo:

hey, Larry, testifiers and funky herbies!
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Jeff Golick:

Oh mann, I love this "Flying" -- such a vibe.
  1:29pm
Moog1 Radio:

The Lennon-McCartney-Harrison-Starkey song!!
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Funky16Corners:

Theo! Jeff!
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - It seems to have been recorded outside of the Memphis Underground sessions
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Funky16Corners:

I'm pretty sure everyone involved with this session was 100% high.
  1:32pm
Marie:

I love this--so mysterious
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Erica:

Haha Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

This is such a great album. I can imagine a lot of rock fans digging this one when it came out.
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Funky16Corners:

This was the first release on Herbie's custom label, Embryo. Owned by him, distributed by Atlantic
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TDK60:

The Wikipedia page for this album doesn't mention the pianist. I recall seeing the album cover back then, but never heard it before.
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Funky16Corners:

I was just looking to see if I could find a credit. The pianist isn't listed anywhere. I wonder if it's the arranger, William Fischer?
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TDK60:

Gotta add this to my space age bachelor pad chill room late night stack.
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doctorjazz:

Hi just able to connect (Verizon problem), glad I could make it!
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Funky16Corners:

I found a forum where they suggest that it's Herbie Hancock, who isn't credited for contractual reasons
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Doc!
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Funky16Corners:

This album reminds me at times of In a Silent Way by Miles
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dreamyandseedy:

greetings! here for my jazz education
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Jeff Golick:

Miles vibes for sure.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey dreamy!
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Jeff Golick:

Only someone with a custom label could've released this with the cover photo it bears...
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Funky16Corners:

In which the hair from Herbie's head has migrated to his torso, glued there by a bucket of melted margarine.
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Funky16Corners:

Not to mention the picture of two people having sex inside the gatefold
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Erica:

Entering hour 3 already.
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Funky16Corners:

I'm still feeling fresh and ready for the next three hours!
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TDK60:

I think there may have been a lotta nudity and sex back then. So I heard.
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Funky16Corners:

Herbie appears to have arrived for the album cover shoot right after (or during) an orgy... www.discogs.com...
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Erica:

Dang Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Indeed.
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Funky16Corners:

"Helloooooo ladies. I brought my...flute."
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Jeff Golick:

It's never not disquieting to see that.
  2:07pm
Moog1 Radio:

This one is on my list for the Chicago Record Show on Sunday! I will proudly hold it above my head in conquest if I locate it in the dollar bin!
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Funky16Corners:

Can you imagine the discussions? "Herbie...are you SURE??"
  2:07pm
captain mike:

Herbie does a great version of Walk on the Wild Side-Lou Reed’s rip off from the Funky Chicken by Willie Henderson
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Funky16Corners:

@Kurt - It ought to be easy to find. It sold a ton of copies, in spite of the cover.
  2:08pm
Marie:

I always marvel at the sound of the harp.
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Funky16Corners:

@captain mike - I'll have to look or that.
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Funky16Corners:

@marie - It's always nice to hear it used in settings outside of classical music
  2:10pm
captain mike:

As Alfred E.Neuman used to say “It’s a Gas!”
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WR:

Hello Larry and testifying folks.
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Funky16Corners:

Hey WR!
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Erica:

Hi WR. Welcome.
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WR:

Larry, I forgot about you doing double shift today. I've been trying to forget how I reviled Herbie Mann for "going commercial" back in the day. Mea culpa.

Lack of perspective on my part. Plus so many great recordings by other artists were made on his sub labels or production deals.
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Funky16Corners:

He often pushed for deals for his sidemen, produced for them or had them on his own label
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Funky16Corners:

We're nearly done with the Herbie portion of the show.
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Erica:

Ah yes a Steely Dan cover.
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Funky16Corners:

Sorry about that....miscue
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dreamyandseedy:

aw, i was just getting into Herbie, that's what i get for arriving late. will catch up w/the archive later
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

I'm here... one of these days I'll remember that I am not on the east coast ;)
  2:32pm
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Hi Larry. I've had my nose to the grindstone at work for the last couple of hours but my ears have been taking in the sweet sounds of Herbie Mann.
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listener Rey:

? is me
  2:34pm
Marie:

I love that description of his body hair
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Vincent! Settling in to the new digs?
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Rey!
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

Kind of, Larry... I can't file my records yet because I broke a bunch of dowel pins on my shelves. I've got a pack of 50 coming in the mail, lord knows when they'll get here :(
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Funky16Corners:

Was it an Ikea shelf? I've had similar problems in the past.
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

Yeah, Kallax.
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

I might be able to put one together, so I can get some boxes out of the guest room... I hope to be able to, be cause Leslie still has stuff to put away in there. The rest of the rooms are pretty well done though.
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Funky16Corners:

Cool! Is it super hot down there?
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

YES! Today wasn't so bad though...
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Funky16Corners:

It's been brutally humid up here, but I'm not going out much. Hiding inside with the a/c
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...got my little brain distracted... listening on one level or the other !! ...this important profound polarizing deep roiling electric album BitchesBrew...
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Funky16Corners:

If you go to Wikipedia they break down who's playing in what channel. Three electric pianos, two drummers
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Funky16Corners:

Which reninds me, I have a 45 somewhere with Spanish Key and Miles Runs the Voodoo Down 45 edits. Very strange indeed.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I imagine a lot o people were effected by this album like I was - starting with the Klarwien cover - which decades ago when young I found both fascinating & a little spooky... recorded I think days after Woodstock - roiling & strung out in its way...
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Funky16Corners:

I think it reveals its complexities the more closely you listen to it. I can imagine hippies dancing to parts of it, but then putting on headphones and having their head rattled a little but by how much is going on.
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βrian:

Miles, please save me from the Giant Man!
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Funky16Corners:

The who now?
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Handy Haversack:

Thanks, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

My pleasure! Two more hours to go!
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βrian:

Larry, is the Staminator!
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Jeff Golick:

dangerousminds.net...
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Funky16Corners:

Mid-afternoon is the perfect time to do a five hour stretch. Any later and I might start fading.
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Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - "Please advise. Teo..."
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Jeff Golick:

One of my favorite memos.
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Funky16Corners:

I want to see the note he got back from the suits.
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Funky16Corners:

Teo Macero was really like an uncredited member of the band, being largely responsible for the tape edits/manipulations.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...that I think we've always heard ...but I don't know the 1s thing about the man ! Or - if I heard it, I forgot it...
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Funky16Corners:

I think there was a documentary about him some years back. He shows up in Thelonious Monk: Straight No Chaser kidding around with Monk.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

wigkey :
en.wikipedia.org...
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KevinfromBayRidge:

Hi Larry and all. Now that I'm finished being castigated by Pseu, I'm here!
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Kevin!
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Hubig Pie:

Miles sounds a little tight at the end of Feio
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Vincent The Soul Chef:

TUNE!
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Erica:

Agreed Vincent. Wild tune!
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Funky16Corners:

That trombone player is the same guy from the Blues Brothers, Tom Malone.
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TDK60:

Never heard this Gil Evans LP before.
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Funky16Corners:

Great session
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Btw - heard about this Gil Evans doing Hendrix forever - but never actually herd it ! ! So Thx.
It's worth it - but it's an empty spotlight up front of course... no way of knowing what they would've done in an actual collaboration...
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Funky16Corners:

Might have been cool. I would have loved to see Gil, Miles and Jimi go into the studio together
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...but mt impression is - it's better than what I've heard individuals say about it ! & I'm sadder than before about the lost opportunites...
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dreamyandseedy:

this is wild
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Funky16Corners:

If you're talking about this album, I think it's a very sympathetic/sympatico treatment of the material, that I imagine Jimi would have dug, in that it's not corny or overly academic. like Gil wasn't trying to straighten out/improve on the source material
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TDK60:

Yeah, I don't know music structure but he takes a what is it? oblique look at the tunes.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Damn yes - Miles & Hendrix.
Yeah I think Hendrix wanted to expand into somehting like this & would've been enthused.
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Funky16Corners:

The "what ifs" of Hendrix are so filled with possibility. He clearly had big ideas, and liked to play in the studio and I can only imagine where he might have gone with a jazz arranger who understood his sound.
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Erica:

If only Hendrix was alive to hear Gil Evans' take on his music.
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TDK60:

It makes sense he did Up From The Skies, one of Jimi's jazzy-feel tunes.
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Funky16Corners:

Here's the whole line-up: www.discogs.com...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

After TheWho's 'Tommy' - & Prog like KingCrimson & everything else - I imagine Jimi doing something Narrative. Have read about a project he called 'Back Gold' about a black cat from outer space - but haven't heard any more about it !! Maybe because - more never happened...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

*BLack Gold. Having a typing impaired day...
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Funky16Corners:

He def had an interest in science fiction. Maybe he would have gone where no Hendrix had gone before? Or into Middle Earth?
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

I don't see him lacking any abilities in Composing or Imagination.
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dreamyandseedy:

1983 is one of my favorite jimi songs! really enjoying hearing Gil's take on this music
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

1983 was *already* Orchestral & complex & modestly Narrative - Jimi & Eddie Kramer.
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Phillippe Bastille:

howdy. The last remnants of my working brain (after hours of web meetings) is now dedicated to listening to great music. The pressure's on, Larry!
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Funky16Corners:

This is such a great album, but I don't think it's currently in print
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Phillippe!
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Funky16Corners:

Discothech Underground coming up after Testify! at 5:00PM! wfmu.org...
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Erica:

The final hour already?
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TDK60:

I felt Brew did catch a certain feel of the time, street life, night life, new encounters in social life, changes from the counterculture. Etc. Just an impression.
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Funky16Corners:

Yes!
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Funky16Corners:

@TDK60 - I think you're right, sounding more like 1969/70 than a lot of the hippie stuff we're led to believe captured the zeitgeist, much like the sound of the Stooges did the same. The echoes of riots in the streets and burning cities
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Funky16Corners:

Speaking of pre-Herbie Roy Ayers, he's playing on this session
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TDK60:

That and the fun too. Lots of black and whites intermixing for the first time. Reminds me of some wild nights in the Village back then.
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Little Danny:

Gorgeous.
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Discotech Underground:

Good afternoon, Larry!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Have observed that the better Hendrix Covers are somewhat ironically not by Rawkers... Gil's another instance of this. Treated with simpatico I'd say - he gets it.
Indeed Bitches Brew was recorded in the three days after Woodstock. & Woodstock is iconic of some halcyon epiphany - but I think if you watch it - it's muddy & string out & political... & I think Miles was always the Cool surface with the roiling undercurrent...
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Funky16Corners:

Hey Kip!
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - Jack Wilson did some great albums in the mid-60s. I have one on Vault with Ayers, and they do Ornette Coleman covers on both albums
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Funky16Corners:

Ramblin' on the Vault LP and The Sphinx on this one
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Like Fun House by Stooges - & most of Free Jazz : some stuff just had to *come out*... I think if you take enuff acid, for example, that's one of the stations along the way that you reach...
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Discotech Underground:

I once heard "free jazz" described as "when John Coltrane stopped playing music"...a lot of people like it, though.
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Discotech Underground:

Dexter! Love this cut!
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Little Danny:

Those two Vault LPs are great! Wilson's later '70s album on Discovery is very good as well.
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Funky16Corners:

@Kip - I think there are a couple of different styles of free/out that tread the border between control and anarchy in different ways. Ornette Coleman's quartet and Archie Shepp and the NY Contemporary Five are records I love, but some of Trane's out stuff is too much for me
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Funky16Corners:

There's a great vocal version of this by Kurt Elling. I ought to dig out the CD and play it sometime
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Funky16Corners:

@Danny - I'm not familiar with Wilson's later stuff. I should seek it out
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Jeff Golick:

The production on "Tanya" is kinda weird esp. for mid-60s Blue Note? Drums really forward, and Dexter sounds a bit far off.
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Discotech Underground:

@Larry-Many years ago I bought a record collection that had about thirty ESP/Disk titles by people I had never heard of. I went through and played many of them and they were just mostly noise. I can handle a little Cecil Taylor but only in small amounts.
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TDK60:

Have to run errands. I like the relaxed look into artists, DJ Larry. Dug the singers show on Jul.1, esp. Patrick Sky. Gracias..
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Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - This is the 1989 Blue Note CD reissue. Not sure if it differs from other pressings
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Discotech Underground:

Jeff Golick-I notice that also. It's like we are only getting one side of a stereo mix and the horns are all in the other channel with only a slight bleed over.
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Funky16Corners:

Take it easy TDK60!
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Jeff Golick:

Yeah, exactly, Kip.
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Funky16Corners:

@Jeff - One other thing, this was recorded in Paris, not at Van Gelder's like so much of the Blue Note stuff from around the same time
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Jeff Golick:

That's probably the crucial detail, @Larry. Didn't know that. Is RVG even there?
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Funky16Corners:

Not listed in the credits at all. I think Michael Cuscuna did the reissue
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Funky16Corners:

It's also Art Taylor, a pretty heavy drummer for such a mellow groove
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Discotech Underground:

It sounds like a mastering defect on the CD.Somehow one channel got lost in the mastering.
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Funky16Corners:

Sound OK in the headphones, and the stereo signal seems to be going out ok
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Discotech Underground:

Eh, who knows...I am enjoying it none the less!
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Little Danny:

Nice "All Blues" callback, Larry.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Danny!
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ike p:

@larry thank you for a beautiful show. peace to you and everyone here. until next time, no idea how verbose i'll be but i'm lurking somewhere virtually :)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Actually - I thot I noticed that with John McLaughlin on - John McLaughlin too ...seemed a bit low in the mix on my headphones...
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks ike!
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Jeff Golick:

Comment found under the RVG remaster of "One Flight Up" at Discogs: "This release (and a few others) made me think that RVG must have been a jerk when it came to working with master tapes from other engineers. Either that or he was given a very BAD 2nd copy master tape to work with?" (Sorry to geek out so extensively.)
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

& Cannonball here sounds quite far off...
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Jeff Golick:

Adderley always had this quality on this recording.
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Funky16Corners:

@Rev - Not sure what's up. Cannonball is way up in the mix on my right side, and my phones are patched in with the signal that's going out. I'll relisten later on.
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Discotech Underground:

Yeah, I am noticing that also, Revolution Rabbit. Kinda faint like he's way away from the microphone.
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Discotech Underground:

Jeff Golick-That comment makes me want to seek out an original mono pressing of One Flight Up and see if there is any difference. The mono Blue Notes are quite desirable because they often sound worlds better than the stereos.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

One time Little Danny was having one channel (of Left - Right) going out on both channels... Wonder if this is something the DrummerStream is prone to... Don't think that's quite the case here but not sure... Bill Evans now is back there w/ Cannonball...
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Jeff Golick:

Yeah yeah, @DU. And some of those early CD transfers (c. mid-90s) were...not great.
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

BlueNote Mono. Wow. & one associates BlueNote with a kind of Zen magic of simple recording being perfection...
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Jeff Golick:

Takes nothing away from the pleasure of listening to your show today, @Larry!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

- which should be said.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Jeff!
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Discotech Underground:

Be sure to stick around for the Discotech Underground "Birthday Bash" following Testify! Today is my birthday and I will be spending part of it cranking out the 60's and 70's jams next!!

wfmu.org...
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Funky16Corners:

Happy Birthday Kip!
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Discotech Underground:

Thanks, Larry! Can't think of a better way to spend a couple of hours of it than on the "radio!"
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Erica:

One more time...
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Joyeux ♋︎Cancerian Solar Return Kip !

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Vincent The Soul Chef:

There's a name I haven't heard in years, Mocean Worker... well done, Larry ;)
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Vincent!
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Erica:

What is that sampled from? I heard it on a big band jazz song I don't know the name of as well as Gloria Estefan's version of Let it Snow from one of her Christmas albums.
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Funky16Corners:

I'm not sure, the samples aren't listed
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Jeff Golick:

Could be Duke Ellington...

Happy birthday, Kip!
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Erica:

Wow! We did it! We made it through 5 hours.
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Discotech Underground:

Thanks, Jeff!
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WR:

Thank you Larry, great episode. Will be listening from the beginning someday soon to return to the Herbie Mann tracks I missed.
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Marie:

Really enjoyed your show Larry (busy working). Thanks! I never heard all of Bitches Brew before--amazing.
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks WR! Marie!
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Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Duke & Basie did a tune together called One More Once - but I can't scan it now for Duke saying that...
TY Larry ! ! Wonderful.
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Funky16Corners:

@Erica - Thanks for sticking around for the whole thing!
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Alex In Illinois:

Wow 5 hours!
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Funky16Corners:

Thanks Rev!
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Alex In Illinois:

Great show
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Funky16Corners:

@Alex - Only did this once before. Nice to stretch out every once in a while. Thanks!
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Alex In Illinois:

I would be noticeably fatigued after 5 hours
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Erica:

@Larry No problem.
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Alex In Illinois:

So treat yourself to some ice cream or Whiskey
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Funky16Corners:

@Alex, I am, somewhat, but this is fun
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Funky16Corners:

Maybe both?
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Erica:

Have a great week guys!
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Funky16Corners:

You too, Erica!
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bigplanetnoise:

Hey Hey from the road!
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