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Thanks for sharing, glad I could finally watch it...

Indeed, it's a very nice blog

It's an awesome beer - but then so are probably many in the 5-10 range you haven't tried... In that style, Rochefort 10 is a more affordable classic and at the top end I recommend e.g. beers from Struise like the Pannepot and the St Amatus https://thehoptimist.co.uk/product/pannepot-old-fishermans-ale-de-struise-brouwers/

It's funny you mention Westvleteren... Since this summer their beer is available at some shops in the Netherlands (Mitra) legally for a reasonable price (4.80 or so)... Meaning, at least, that some competitors (Pannepot for instance) are now pricier and harder to find... I've now given Westvleteren as a present two or three times, had one or two myself... But still find it hard to accept that they've decided to transition to becoming an ordinary special beer

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Well said... You can hear that first version of Round Midnight under the link in the first post btw ... Romualdo, thanks! Maybe I didn't say it clearly enough but my question is really whether others think this is all the same altoist on those tracks....

Thanks, that was a fun read!

there's loads of wordless vocals on his very early albums Amir and Varech, maybe others...

Indian's Week certainly is a nice one!

let me bump this thread in connection with the Byas Mosaic having come out... I am still wondering about the mystery altoist who is identified as "Kirk" Bradford in the Mosaic liner notes (it should be "Kirt" since his real name is "Kirtland", almost certainly named after US senator Kirtland I Perky). So far, there were only two tracks available, Rose Room on the Caete LP and "Let's Go" here... and based on those two tracks, my tentative guess (not written above and not well-substantiated) was that the altoists on the two tracks may well be two different people (with Bradford a more likely candidate on Rose Room than on Let's Go). Now in the Mosaic there are three sessions and quite a few more tracks... I am wondering what others think... do you hear a single altoist in those three sessions?

That looks indeed as if it fills a gap in the book market we'd discussed before...

I'm not a native speaker but to me "not for sale in the US" just means you can't walk into the Tower Records on Times Square (or some other American icon) and hope to score a copy... Also, maybe better not resell it in the US. It doesn't say "not for sale to the US".

This one also has two organs that help balance the three guitars Best cover in the three guitars genre? Escoudé has various other albums that fit the bill... Here the guitar trio is extended by two more guest guitarists plus accordeon...

Same here, I've been playing and enjoying this one quite a bit

Syzygys – The Complete Studio Recordings I used to play this one a lot when Tzadik was on Spotify a decade or so ago ... when Tzadik came back recently, I tried several times to find it but just couldn't remember the names of the artists or anything (plus I misremembered the color of the cover) ... now resdicovered due the Tzadik posts on the Free Jazz Blog

Yeah, that Jazztone album seems to have quite a few different colors (as seen already e.g. on Discogs). I guess PJC is more interesting for stuff that always costs at least 30€ or so... But with things that would normally cost like 5-8, it's weird to see them for 20-30... (Their webpage is great if you want to feel good about the value of your collection though...) That said, I guess these days I am spoiled from having good and frequent access to all the Amsterdam stores ...

Back from Paris... Superfly Records near Centre Pompidou was by far the most productive visit (20€ for everything in the picture except the 10in which is from Dame Blanche), Dame Blanche is a nice shop and I could have found more under different circumstances... Paris Jazz Corner is a beautiful place but with a pricing rule that seems to be "Discogs + 15" or so I may not be the ideal client

An awesome list... If I can add one more: Masabumi Kikuchi - Hanamichi (if you can tolerate some singing along a la Jarrett)

This is a really good collection!

I'd be tempted to say yes but maybe you can stream a few tracks first... it's interesting for the jazz reception in Europe (did you see the letter from the Johnson band's manager I posted over there?), for understanding the swing to bop transition... and it's just a nice group to listen to imho.... (and to connect back to Byas, Johnson is also one of the candidates for the alto solos in the Rosenkrantz archive... which seem to be all assigned to Kirtland Bradford in the Mosaic discography... but I think there's more than one alto player from what I heard)

I've played "Those Barcelona Days" quite a bit a few weeks ago... historically super interesting, musically about half the Byas tracks are ok and the others not so much... those George Johnson tracks on the CD are the highlight imho, much better than the Byas ones because they show a great working band playing their working repertoire... and Johnson is a fine alto player who's not overdocumented... (I wrote a bit more about this here in German, in contrast to what I write there, the tenor soloist on the Johnson tracks is clearly one Jimmy Adams [from Philadelphia according to Downbeat, that's all I know])

Just apologize for bothering them and tell them you'll find a way to sort out the issue without their assistance... I'm sure they'll be happy to hear that ... At least, that's the case for the employee in charge of answering annoying emails

Admittedly bought this mostly for the cover but there's not much wrong with the music either

Also ordered that Lover Man CD recently.... surprisingly, despite the ugly cover, it's by far the most reasonable way to acquire some prime Don Byas sessions, including some w Martial Solal... Somehow the later Vogue Reissue series forgot most of this music... I bought quite a bit of Byas in the past few months but the rest will be in the Mosaic...