Jazz at the Pawn Shop...

I bought it when it first came out, and hve listened to it only about two times. The music/playing is mediocre and uninteresting. If one has no inclination to go to a club, but is interested in hearing what a dinner club performance sounds like (including noise from silverware and glasses) this is the recording to get, otherwise, it hs no real value.

I played it once - not sure what all the fuss is about - too laid back for my tastes I guess (I like dynamic feel of live instruments).

FWIW: Maceo Parker "Roots & Grooves" Live is definitely worth buying if you like live sound with great horns and masterfully engineered by precision German Engineering. This is especially true if you found Jazz at the Yawn Shop a Yawn. The nice thing about Roots & Grooves is that Maceo plays a bunch of Ray Charles stuff with some nice arrangements before easing into out an out funk.

Yawn....oops, sorry, yawn.....

Good, but not great.

A very good recording of inoffensive, unremarkable music.