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  2. Ornette Coleman, Body Meta and Dancing In Your Head

    in Discography

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    22 hours ago, John L said:

    According to the Lord discography, December 28, 1975 is the date of the first Prime Time recording in Paris, France.  That is the date of the recording of Body Meta and the Theme From a Symphony tracks on Dancing In Your Head.  The other track on Dancing in Your Head (Midnight Sunrise) is not Prime Time.  It was recorded in Morocco in January, 1973 with local musicians and Robert Palmer (the music critic who was accompanying Ornette on this trip) on clarinet and flute.   

    Thanks!

  4. Ornette Coleman, Body Meta and Dancing In Your Head

    in Discography

    Posted

    In the CD liner notes for Body Meta Ornette writes that "Body Meta is the first Prime Time recording. The Dancing In Your Head release came from these sessions."
    And the booklet to the CD lists "Barclay Studio, Paris, 1975" as the recording date for Body Meta.

    Little help? WIKI lists different dates for Dancing In Your Head and Body Meta, with Dancing In Your Head from 1975, and Body Meta from December 19, 1976.

  6. Don Byas Mosaic set available for pre-order

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    On 12/13/2023 at 1:13 PM, John L said:

    Those who haven't received it yet have a lot to look forward to.  This box is utterly amazing, easily one of the best Mosaic sets ever released (IMO).   

    The heart of this set is two and a half discs of mostly previously unreleased Timmie Rosenkantz apartment recordings from 1944.  There is an abundance of prime Don Byas here.  There is also what would appear to be the first recorded session where Thelonious Monk could be considered the leader, with both Don Byas and Lucky Thompson on sax!  That session comprises 54 minutes of music.  Only one track from this session was previous released on the "Timmie's Teasures" compilation.  A bunch of the unreleased Timmie Rosenkranz recordings showed up on YouTube a while back but the Monk recordings were not among the ones I heard.  

    If I have any complaint, I feel that Mosaic should have made an effort to also include the Town Hall recordings from 1945 with Slam Stewart in this package.  Not only is this some of the most celebrated Byas on record, but it fits right in with this collection with respect to content and chronology.  There are even preliminary recordings with Slam Stewart on I got Rhythm and Indiana among the included Timmie Rosenkranz recordings.   Despite the critical praise for the Town Hall recordings, they have been reissued in a very haphazard and often incomplete way.  I have even yet to track down the recording of "Candy" from this concert.   

     

    It came out in the gimambo Commodore Set from Mosaic.

  7. Charlie Parker: Communion?

    in Discography

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    Payne's attack as a member of Dizzy's big band was hard and he kept that as a signature of his approach -- like Pepper Adams or Nick Brignola and even Serge, he hit it hard.

    Have yet to own or listen to his Zodiac Suite album.

    The "Birdology" release your wife found for you was probably a concert recording of Bird's tunes and one original from a tribute given in France in 1989 with Jackie Mac, Johnny Griffin, Payne, Duke Jordan, Roy Carter, Roy Haynes and Don Sickler. Came out on CD in 2002 on Dreyfus.

  8. Hank Jones

    in Artists

    Posted

    On 12/12/2023 at 1:19 PM, Jack Pine said:

    I defer to his ears for sure. Was happy to hear him on NPR recently: https://www.npr.org/2023/11/22/1197958759/fresh-air-draft-11-22-2023

    Tiptoe Tap Dance?

     

    Thanks for the link about The Ear Regulars on Fresh Air. That's what go me started on this as they quote "Sweet Sue" during their performance of "Vignette" on the new album "Live at the Ear Inn," on Arbors. Jon-Erik went to Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp back in the 1970's. Just missed him coming to Blue Lake Public Radio with James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz Band (his replacement was good but I've yet to hear Kellso live. Someday!).

  9. Blue Lake In Session

    in Jazz Radio & Podcasts

    Posted · Edited by Lazaro Vega

    Hi Gang,

    A couple of recent live recording sessions from our studios here in the Manistee National Forest at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp.

    On November 14, 2023 The Bridge, a transatlantic network for jazz and creative music, brought Cancel Rescue Mission to the radio station. With Corey Wilkes trumpet, electronics and a table full of sound makers; Justin Dillard with his signature sounding Hammond SKX and a couple of smaller keyboards, as well as a vocal interface, representing for Chicago. Then from France there is Quentin Biardeau on tenor saxophone and synthesizer; and Etienne Ziemnaik, drums. At one point, you will hear excerpts of Hubert Reeves discussing The Big Bang (in French) as well as a sample of Saul Williams’ poem “A Toast to All People.” And we speak to the musicians.

    Here’s the link: https://bluelake.ncats.net/ondemand/Studio%20Performances-Cancel%20Rescue%20Mission-0-2023114.mp3

    On October 17, 2023 pianist Mara Rosenbloom was lead in getting the New York based collective XXE into the station, with Gabby Fluke-Mogul on violin and Tcheser Holmes on drums. Fluke-Mogul studied under Roscoe Mitchell at Mills College and is a Roulette 2023 Jerome Artist in Residence, and Tcheser Holmes is percussionist for the band Irreversible Entanglements. Hearing the trio play shorter pieces is unlike the majority of their performances that usually stretch, uninterrupted, for up to an hour. And it was good to speak to all three musicians.

    Here’s the link:

    https://bluelake.ncats.net/ondemand/Studio%20Performances-XXE%20violin%20piano%20drums%20In%20Session-0-20231017.mp3

     

    Thanks for listening!

    Lazaro Vega, producer and host

    Steve Albert, engineer

    Thanks to Dave Postma Piano Tuning of Hudsonville, Michigan.

     

    Jazz From Blue Lake airs Monday through Friday beginning at 10 p.m. to 3 a.m. eastern time via https://www.bluelake.org/listen

     

  12. Hank Jones

    in Artists

    Posted

    Hank Jones contributed "Vignette" (based on Sweet Sue, Just You) to The High and Mighty Hawk. There's also "Get Set." Dumb question: is that a contrafact, or a blues, or "just" an original....?

  15. Radio still has the greatest reach.

    in Jazz Radio & Podcasts

    Posted · Edited by Lazaro Vega

    Nightside pulled the shades down???!!! Huge loss.

    Well, the data is clear: the talk format evinces more institutional support and, as you'll admit, not having listened to the music offering, potentially more listeners.

    Though it's hard to imagine the news cycle in Mount Pleasant is 24/7.

    In our market there are two radio stations that overlap with the NPR talk format and they both do well during on air fundraisers. 

    Fortunately Blue Lake Public Radio, where I work, isn't playing that game and is sticking with a mission of fine arts programming that's music centric, which re-enforces the over all mission of Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. #musiceducation 

     

  18. Johnny Griffin-Eddie Lockjaw Davis "Complete Sessions"

    in Recommendations

    Posted · Edited by Lazaro Vega

    Didn't know about the MPS album, though they do appear together with the Francy Boland/Kenny Clarke Big Band on a cut called "Griff N Jaw." And the Radio Broadcast (thank you very much) from Copenhagen's Montmartre in 1984 that came out on Storyville as "Tough Tenors back again!" 

    Putting a radio program together on the Tough Tenors for tonight during Jazz From Blue Lake....10 p.m. - 3 a.m. eastern, with their music in the first part of the hour....www.bluelake.org/listen 

     

  21. Michael Weiss on #JazzFromBlueLake tonight

    in Jazz Radio & Podcasts

    Posted

    Yes, I know it's Benny Golson's 94th birthday, and we'll get to that, as well as take it "Out on Blue Lake" from midnight until 1 a.m. Thursday morning. Yet starting at 10 p.m. eastern tonight, Wednesday, January 25th,  #BlueLakePublicRadio is featuring Michael Weiss on record  during #JazzFromBlueLake . The program airs until 3 a.m. eastern. Emphasis on the new album, and including The Frank Wess Nonet in honor of current activity. Streaming from www.bluelake.org/listen (no archive, no on-demand). 

     Thanks for listening.

    Lazaro Vega

    Blue Lake Public Radio

    WBLV FM 90.3/WBLU FM 88.9

    Grand Rapids and Muskegon, Michigan

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