Chic, Stan and Lenny BUT NO AL!!!

[pas]

I saw the RTF reunion as well as the Corea, Clarke & White trio - enjoyed both.  The trio played a gorgeous rendition of the Bill Evans tune Waltz for Debby...very unexpected.
 
Al Dimeola: very gifted guitarist, but frankly never moved me.  I've seen him with his electric band - opening for Santana in 1980; saw him twice with Stanley and Jean Luc Ponty.  I then saw Stanley and Jean Luc with Bela Fleck and that was a much more enjoyable...Al has just never moved me.    
 
Conversely, John McLaughlin on acoustic gut string guitar...oh my, what beauty!

[bkbass]

stuck on a desert island for eternity which RTF would you most likely pick? I would choose Hymm of the 7th Galaxy. I believe it's the only one with Bill Conners in the band. Bill continued his solo career came out with a acoustic album after RTF. I liked Bill Conners playing much better than Al's. What Bill said in one note Al couldn't match with one of his 1000 note arpeggios. Al's a gifted,talented, smoking player. I just haven't heard a conversation I like from him.

[edwin]

I saw Bill Connors at the Telluride Jazz Festival in 2005 and it was just a wonderful set. Very straight ahead jazz. Since I was playing at the festival and had a photo pass, I got to be a fly on the wall backstage for some great meetings between the musicians and it was interesting to hear Bill and Steve Swallow catching up after years and years. Also got to witness and photograph the reunion of Ron Carter and Dave Holland, two generations of Miles' bass players!
 
Sorry to go off on a tangent, it just brought back a wonderful weekend of music.
 

[pauldo]

Ron Carter is cool.

[sonicus]

That is a great picture Edwin.  
 I went to see & hear Ron Carter  play His Piccolo  Bass backed up by his band of EIGHT _ yes 8 Double Bass's !  it was was awesome and very unique . I went up  talked to him later when he announced that he would be willing to meet his public( he is a teacher) and he autographed the show prospectus for me, I asked him about the pickup on my Double Bass and his thoughts were that I should get a different one  because he felt that the mounting system  with clips on the top of the bridge was robing my Bass of its natural resonance.
 
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[edwin]

I've got so many great pictures from that weekend, from Scofield (with Steve Swallow) to Charlie Hunter to Lizz Wright, etc. etc.
 
I saw Betram Turetzky at the New England Conservatory doing a bass octet set up as a gamelan orchestra. He then performed with an electronic tape he made. After the set break Max Roach came out and did a solo show. All for free on a thursday afternoon!