March-24th-2005, 10:02 PM
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J Geils Plays Jazz
The J. Geils Band recently played a sizzling gig at the Cam Neely/Denis Leary/Michael J. Fox-helmed charity benefit at the Charles Hotel, but unless you are very well heeled, you probably missed that $2,500-a-pop bash. Guitarist Jay Geils (same guy, different spelling of the first name) has a more humble gig tonight: He and his jazz group are playing the grand-opening party for the Waltham restaurant Tempo, which also coincides with the release of a CD called ''Jay Geils Plays Jazz." Geils got into jazz when his father introduced him to it as a kid. ''I saw Louis Armstrong at 10, I saw Miles Davis in Greenwich Village," he says. But Geils, who played trumpet briefly as a young boy, made his name playing blues, R&B, and rock with the J. Geils Band during the '70s and '80s. To get back into jazz, he says, ''I had to get myself in the woodshed to get my chops up. I made this jazz CD over the period of the last few years." He adds, ''We're not playing groundbreaking stuff -- it's classic jazz from the '40s and '50s." Geils will be joined by guitarist Gerry Beaudoin, bassist John Turner, drummer Les Harris Jr., and saxophonist Fred Lipsius (originally with Blood, Sweat & Tears).
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March-24th-2005, 10:15 PM
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Anybody hear him. I loved the J Geils Band, but this is different... wasn't he married to Faye Dunaway
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March-24th-2005, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Lois Gilbert
Anybody hear him. I loved the J Geils Band, but this is different... wasn't he married to Faye Dunaway
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I saw them in the '70s in London - cool and hard-rocking. Before that, I remember almost driving off the road when I heard their live take on Where Did Our Love Go; may not stack up that well today, but in Dunedin, NZ, circa 1976, it was blitzin'! (Suck on THAT, Phil Collins ...) Haven't heard the semi-reunion album or two that came out a few years back.
Faye Dunaway? I think that was the singer, Peter Wolf.
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Kenny no longer on the radio. Seeking radio station that isn't so pigeonhole-bound that it can't handle an approach that takes in Louis Armstrong, Sun Ra, the Grateful Dead and Bob Wills.
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March-25th-2005, 09:24 AM
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Columnated ruins domino
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Peter Wolf was indeed Dunaway's flame once.
A year or two ago, I heard Jay Geils with Gerry Beaudoin and Duke Robillard. I have to say, as a longtime Geils fan (going to jr. high and high school in a Boston suburb from mid/late 70s to the early 80, hometown favorites Geils, Boston, Cars, and Aerosmith ruled) I was very impressed with Jay's chops. He wasn't a particularly flashy guitar hero when he was playing rock, but he can swing in a jazz setting. Cool that Fred Lipsius (now a Berklee teacher) is playing with him.
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March-26th-2005, 10:02 PM
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I just got the new Jay Geils Plays Jazz. What a great CD. He plays everything from Duke Ellington to Bill Doggett.
http://www.cduniverse.com/productinf...cart=237852791
Last edited by Mike P; March-27th-2005 at 12:05 AM.
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March-27th-2005, 07:17 AM
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Jay Geils Plays Jazz
Jay Geils
Release Date: Mar 8, 2005
Original release year: 2005
Label: Stony Plain (Canada)
Guest Artists: Scott Hamilton
Stereo: Stereo
Studio/Live: Studio
Pieces in Set: 1
Catalog #: 1306
Desc: Performer
Track Listings:
Title
1. Wholly Cats
2. There Will Never Be Another You
3. I Don't Know Enough About You
4. I Hear You Talkin' To Me
5. It's The Talk Of The Town
6. Honey Boy
7. Mission To Moscow
8. L.B. Blues
9. Solitude
10. Blues Walk
11. Hot Ginger
12. Funk Underneath
Personnel: Scott Hamilton (tenor saxophone); Crispin Cioe, Greg Piccolo, Rich Lataille.
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March-28th-2005, 09:12 PM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by Lois Gilbert
Anybody hear him. I loved the J Geils Band, but this is different... wasn't he married to Faye Dunaway
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J Geils was the best Blues-Rock back in the day.
I would love to hear his Jazz stuff.
You see?
I was hip once 
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March-29th-2005, 12:24 PM
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Cool. I cooked dinner for Jay Geils and Danny Klein when I worked at a small bistro-style restaurant in central Mass. Jay si an avid car guy, and I believe they had been at some classic car show in Stow or thereabouts that day. As I understand it, Danny has squandered his fortune, and works at menial jobs when necessary. I could be completely wrong about that, but it's what I heard. He actually came into the kitchen that noght, with his wife, who was completely loud and off the wall.
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March-29th-2005, 01:43 PM
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DK has an active web site, he's got a band and is gigging in small places. He went to culinary school after the band broke up and worked as a chef for a while. He may well have lost a chunk of change over the years, but he's working and that's what a musician should do.
I wanna know why Stephen Jo Bladd doesn't do the reunion gigs. Hell, if Wolf and Justman can stand being on the stage together, I don't see why he wouldn't want to get his kicks in.
And why hasn't Magic Dick ever made the definitive rock harp album?
Speaking of definitive:
Last edited by Gentle Giant; March-29th-2005 at 01:44 PM.
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March-29th-2005, 02:05 PM
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J. Geils Band was huge in Detroit. They recorded their great live album at Cobo Hall in the 70s and it was a staple of local AOR radio for what seemed like forever. Of course, Detroit Breakdown was a favorite around these parts.
Great to see Leary and Cam Neely getting around together. Boston hockey guys to the core.
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March-29th-2005, 05:28 PM
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holier than thou
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Originally Posted by Gentle Giant
DK has an active web site, he's got a band and is gigging in small places. He went to culinary school after the band broke up and worked as a chef for a while. He may well have lost a chunk of change over the years, but he's working and that's what a musician should do.
I wanna know why Stephen Jo Bladd doesn't do the reunion gigs. Hell, if Wolf and Justman can stand being on the stage together, I don't see why he wouldn't want to get his kicks in.
And why hasn't Magic Dick ever made the definitive rock harp album?
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That's actually good to hear. I'm guessing that someone saw DK working in a kitchen and started clucking about "poor Danny"....etc, etc.
Anyway, I agree that BYFO is a definitive rock album.
"What's the name of that chick with the long hair? Reputa? Reputa the Beuta?"
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March-29th-2005, 09:12 PM
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Next year....
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Originally Posted by jesus marion joseph
Cool. I cooked dinner for Jay Geils and Danny Klein when I worked at a small bistro-style restaurant in central Mass. Jay si an avid car guy, and I believe they had been at some classic car show in Stow or thereabouts that day. As I understand it, Danny has squandered his fortune, and works at menial jobs when necessary. I could be completely wrong about that, but it's what I heard. He actually came into the kitchen that noght, with his wife, who was completely loud and off the wall.
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I'm impressed, JMJ
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March-29th-2005, 09:12 PM
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J. Geils is a lot like Jimmy Vaughan: he plays about 10 percent of what he knows. I'm glad to hear he's making music.
I came of age at about the same time as the J. Geils Band. I saw them many, many times at the Boston Tea Party. I think their time is about to come around again; they seemed painfully dated in the '90s, but they were for real, and the real thing always comes around again.
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March-30th-2005, 09:22 AM
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The best?
Not.
Electric Flag.
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March-30th-2005, 10:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Gary Sisco
The best?
Not.
Electric Flag.
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Maybe not the best, but they WERE America's best answer to the Stones.
No doubt about it. (Womp. Womp.) Don't talk about it. (Womp. Womp.) THere ain't no doubt about it.
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March-30th-2005, 10:19 AM
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I thought it was all downhill after the first J. Geils disc. Too much hokum after that.
The Flamin' Groovies were the best American blues-rock band of the time. "Teenage Head," baby!
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March-30th-2005, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Gary Sisco
The best?
Not.
Electric Flag.
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I was once onstage (singing) with Harvey Brooks of the Flag. He was in a band playing at a wedding. Trust me (not generally, but about this).
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March-30th-2005, 06:53 PM
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I'm a child of the 80's. I only them from 'Angel in a Centerfold' and 'Freeze Frame'. Not exactly the stuff of history books.
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March-30th-2005, 09:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Sergio Zamora
I'm a child of the 80's. I only them from 'Angel in a Centerfold' and 'Freeze Frame'. Not exactly the stuff of history books.
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You gotta get "Bloodshot" and "Blow Your Face Out" to know what they were really doing in their prime. For a while, they were among the most exciting live rock acts going.
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March-31st-2005, 06:24 AM
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The Bluegrass
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I'll take your word for it.
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March-31st-2005, 06:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Dr Dave
You gotta get "Bloodshot" and "Blow Your Face Out" to know what they were really doing in their prime. For a while, they were among the most exciting live rock acts going.
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Full House, too. Their live stuff is the best. Best concert I've ever seen was Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes opening for J. Geils at the Stanley Theater in Pittsburgh the night before the Steelers beat the Rams in the Superbowl. Jagoff heaven.
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March-31st-2005, 10:00 AM
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Columnated ruins domino
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This was the hot album in my high school. "One Last Kiss" made its way into lots of people's yearbook quotes:
And the good times are the best times
The bad times fade away
The good times are forever
But now, baby, the last time is today
One last kiss
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