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Have you heard his two cds of Brubeck tunes? He recorded them with two students at the Brubeck Institute which Joe has taught at (not sure of his association now) and it's a great reimagination of Brubeck's songs. I haven't heard Americanvas yet as a whole but I think I've heard some songs performed live. He's a local treasure. I'm so glad he decided to work in the field of music instead of law. Not everyone can play the piano like Joe. Did anyone go to the memorial service? I had considered it but since I never met the man it would have felt a little weird.

That's an amazing list of performers. Joe Gilman, the pianist listed in his West Coast band is a local player I've been following for thirty years. He may have been the first jazz pianist I heard when I moved to Sacramento back in the 1980s. He's really a wonderful player and his style meshed well with Hutcherson's.

I have a two cd set of the above that was released on cd with the band's permission and involvement around the turn of the century. David Houston is still here in Sacramento and was playing regularly and recording excellent self-penned songs on hs own label until recent personal issuse made him dial things back a lot.

I get why some people have found those Erskine Trio albums forgettable. There was a time when I would have probably felt the same. As I have gotten older I prefer listening to what I would call "quiet music." Music that allows me to wake up slowly. That was when I started exploring these albums in depth and discovered this music was perfect for waking up. Both John Taylor and Bobo Stenson figured heavily in that early morning rotation. Now I listen to these albums at other times as well but they still get called upon to anmounce the beginning of the day at Che Six String.

I found a copy of this lp at my friend's shop yesterday or more accurately, Rick played it for me. There seems to be very little info out there. Discogs doesn't even list it. It's very interesting. Jerome Richardson plays with more fire than I'm used to hearing from him though it should be pointed out that no one tries to imitate Dolphy.

Great post. Here, here.

Thanks for that link Fasstrack. I enjoyed that a lot.

Ah, of course. Thanks for the clarification.

Whhat kind of website is Such Sweet Thunder? I found that add for that album or book that kept hovering in the area I was reading very annoying. Is it a membership type site? Great stories though. Fascinating. I'm going to pull out some Bob Brookmeyer lps to spin today and focus more on the arrangements.

Have you heard the album he made with Bill Evans? Original title is The Ivory Hunters I think but my copy is on Blue Note and they titled it As Time Goes By. It's just the two of them on piano and I love it. He was a very good pianist imo. He wasn't the best technically but he sure used everything he had. His style reminds me of Bill which is what I noticed about his playing on the X 7 Wilder album. His Trombone Jazz Samba album is very good as well.

I was slow to recognizing him or his music but I'm catching up. I acquired his 7 X Wilder album about ten years ago, maybe a little longer and I really liked his piano playing on it. I have since then picked up a few more albums by him. His writing and arranging are excellent. I'll be watching this thread for more info and selections.

R.I.P. Rudy. You deserve the rest. If I took out all the Van Gelder lps out of my collection, I wouldn't have much. He was definitely there when it mattered. His dedication is inspiring.

One of the great reed players for certain. It seems there wasn't anything he wasn't interested in exploring. I've been a fan for a while. I saw him only once, at Grace Cahedral in San Francisco with Steve Swallow. I liked his work woth Cannonball and Grant Green as well.

I knew that name rang a bell. I'll have to pull that one out for tonght.

Two more excellent choices and Jobim should be automatic. I had never heard of the Entre Amigos album until I read about it in Ron Carter's bio. I corrected that situation pronto.

Cool! There used to be a Brazilian woman who lived here in Sacramento, Lena Mariano who performed every Monday night, usually just her on guitar and a bass player. I used to catch her frequently and got to know her and her husband a bit. Alas they moved to Kansas City due to a job and I never got around to gettng her to show me some stuff on guitar. Re: Desifinado, it was mainly that unrelenting clavé throughout the album that ruined it for me. I guess someone thought it would help it sound more authentic.

A little late to the party but wanted to concur re: cannonball Adderley Sextet album. The Ike Quebec album Soul Samba is good but the drumming is an "attempt" at playing Brazilian but failing for the most part imho. Granted, it was a new thing and U.S. drummers were being asked to play things they weren't experienced with and it's not a train wreck by any means, just less authentic sounding to me. I'll second the Morlebaum 2 album as well. I have a different album by them but they are pretty consistent I think. Lalo Schifrin is an early adapter of bossa nova as well. He did an album with Luis Bonfa and Oscar Castro Neves that is quite good. It is found under two titles, Tristeza and Plays And Sings Bossa Nova. He did a few others circa 1963 as well. I'm a huge fan of Coleman Hawkins but Desafinado is my least favorite of his entire ouevre. There is an almost constant clavé beat throughout the album that ruins it for me. It may have been an attempt at unifying the sound but it fails imho. Admittedly many labels tried to take advantage of the wave created by Getz/Joao Gilberto but they weren't all successful imo.

This is the one I have.

It's certainly a lot easier to "get" it by listening to music vs. reading about it.

Interestingly I have listening to more of his later albums since his passing and not so much those early Blue Note albums, great as they are. Wonderful.

Indeed. Outerview was my intro to his music and I became a fan the day I heard it. Jazz In the Space Age is my favorite but they are all worthy. He frequntly used musicians I wasn't familiar with but I never worried as he always seemed to find people capable of playing his music which is all that really mattered. Thanks for posting this clip Fasstrack. Nice find. I sometimes struggle to follow some of his concepts but the music is easy to get.

This one hurts. Not a surprise but it still hurts,. He was my favorite vibraphonist. I loved the directions he took the intrument. There were others at his level of course so no disrespect to them but Bobby was special to me. NP Medina (Blue Note) i'm going to be playing his music throughout the day.

Somehow I missed this announcement, here and everywhere! I'm on the fence and mostly because of others' concerns of how many times will I listen to this. JSangry makes a good point about the studio chatter and how much we'll be able to glean from the conversations or statements. I like the way they are presenting it even though as others have pointed out, we have the mastertakes, but it makes sense to present those specific tracks with the project. I don't expect this to end up costing a lot, especially if one waits a bit. I could see this hitting the used bins fairly quickly and I'll be surprised if it moves signficant numbers. Might be a lot of fun to hear. Tge question for me s how many times? We shall see.

It is amazing that so much unheard Bird can be discovered at this point in time. I get why some people would like all those false starts and studio chatter but after one spin I am done wih that kind of stuff. I really don't like it when the false starts are not put at the end of a program. Hearing four or five false starts before I get to hear the song is not something I enjoy.

I played something I just purchased by a composer I wasn't familiar with. In A Monastery Garden, the immortal works of Ketelbey - New Symphony Orchestra of London/Robert Sharples (London/Decca) Stereo Ffss blue lablel.