Which musician retired too soon?

John Coltrane

after posting john croslin (ex-reivers) in response to this thread last week, i googled his name to follow up. as it turns out, 10+ years after calling it quits... he's back!... with a new band - "the fire marshals of bethlehem". notwithstanding the opaque band name, the music (at first listen) seems worthwhile. it's reminiscent of his old stuff, but prominently features a fiddle (and equally prominently lacks the quirky reivers' harmonies). if you're a fan, it's definately worth checking out.

MACEO PARKER is not retired but he does not put out new CDs as often as I wish. His CDs 'Roots Revisited' and 'Mo Roots' made him more popular than ever. I, for one, found out that half of his talent was not utilized when he played for James Brown. On these two albums, he turned some good vocal songs into jazz with great success (I think one of them won him jazz CD of the year) but after that he tried to infuse rap into his music and even went as low as playing for Prince. I wish he would go back to his roots and keep puttin out more jazz for his fans. If he needs my advice, there is slew of old songs that fall in his kind of jazz and rhythm - 'I go to pieces' - Avearage White Band, 'I wish' - Stevie Wonder, 'Masterpiece; - Temptations, 'Something' - Beatles and on and on and on.

Gregg Alexander of The New Radicals - now he is producing music.