I saw them at that gig at Yoshi's, and loved them -- except for Michael Wolff's bland playing, inane tunes, and incessant, irrelevant solos. I don't quite get what he was doing in the band, but they would have much better without him. On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 17:16, Dan Frank Kuehn wrote:
Anybody heard Children on the Corner, an kind-of On the Corner reunionband? They have a few lengthy samples on their site.
http://www.sonancerecords.com/COTCHome.html
"Well, five musicians who played with Miles Davis have reunited and,along with the sixth wheel, pianist Michael Wolff, bring us the firstand only new recording rekindling the Miles Spirit.
Michael Hendersonon bass Michael Wolff on keys Sonny Fortune on sax and flute Barry Finnerty on guitar Ndugu Chancler on drums Badal Roy on tablas
Appropriately titled Rebirth, this album was recordedlive on July 12, 2003 at the famed Yoshis in Oakland,California, before an overflow crowd. It featured some of the greatMiles standards from the Electric Years, as well as originalcompositions by Michael Wolff.
As Michael Henderson says: 'This ain't no smooth jazz.' So, hang on toyour seat and come along for the funk."
Dan Haiku Maui http://www.frankdan.com
PS - Just got the JJ Complete Box set. Too overwhelmed to put it onyet....