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Now spinning: Jimmie Rowles - Grandpaws (Choice, 1976) with Buster Williams and Billy Hart

Some discussion here as well:

a lot (or all) of the set is on youtube...

Isn't that the fault of the club sound man? I've seen Joe Dyson before and don't recall him being excessively loud.

My favorite Buster recordings as a leader or co-leader: **************************************************************** Pinnacle (Muse, 1975) Very much in the spirit of Herbie's Mwandishi band. In other words, stinkin' brilliant! Features Woody Shaw, Sonny Fortune, and Onaje Allan Gumbs. Sphere - Flight Path (Elektra Musician, 1983) with Charlie Rouse, Kenny Barron, and Ben Riley. Unlike the first album, this one features compositions by the band including several by Buster. Timeless All Stars - Timeless Heart (Timeless, 1983) with Harold Land, Curtis Fuller, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, and Billy Higgins. Effortless beauty. 2 as One: Live at Umbria Jazz - with Kenny Barron (Red, 1987) Recently reissued in an expanded two-disc set. A great opportunity to hear Buster "up front," on equal footing with the piano. Lost in a Memory (TCB, 1999) with the late, great Geri Allen. Also features Stefon Harris and Lenny White. Houdini (Sirocco, 2001) trio setting with Geri Allen and Lenny White. Might be tough to find since Sirocco went belly-up. But it's well worth the effort. Griot Liberté (Highnote, 2004) with George Colligan, Stefon Harris, and Lenny White. Tremendous. Also available in SACD format that sort of thing floats your boat. Audacity (Smoke Sessions, 2018) with Buster's working band, which he calls Something More: George Colligan, Steve Wilson, and Lenny White.

Jesus - not enough coffee today.

The slower speed will hold more data on the reel, but for identical data, the faster speed will use twice as much tape. So if you fill up a reel at 7.5 IPS, it will take twice as much tape. two reels. That's assuming that the reels are all of the same size/capacity

Agreed. Haitink's Debussy set is outstanding.

Ts find Sumphony No.2,3 (Dorati, Detroit) & Violin Concert (Dutoit, Montreal)

He's also a Mellon Jazz Legacy Fellow. $100K will go a long way I presume.

I think I'd like to hear some samples before buying this one. The rhythm section is rather unknown outside Vancouver.

I was very disappointed with the show last night. Old man rant coming... it was TOO FUCKING LOUD. Drummer Joe Dyson was the biggest culprit. I should have known he was going to be loud when I saw that he had every drum mic'ed as well as two overhead mics over his kit. He had three times as many mics as the rest of the band combined. It made for a drum-centric sound which was not pleasurable at all. My wife hated it and she left with her left ear "shut down" for a few hours after. It was that loud. I anticipated it and closed my right ear when Dyson really started bashing the cymbals. Other than that, the music was pretty good. Shaw's style is different. Most songs had what sounded like free improv, but more controlled. I don't want to get into the "noodling" argument again, so I will say that there were long streams of sax and Ben Street's bass floating over Lawrence Fields' piano fills and behind Dyson's cymbal crashes. My wife has only recently started attending Jazz shows with me and she was adamant that I never buy tickets for her to see this band again and that she never wanted to see Dyson behind the drum kit.

My comment was in response to Dan's comment that "more tape" allows for "more data". A tape moving at 7.5 IPS will use more tape than a tape moving at 15 IPS. I was not saying that 7.5 IPS is better. I am just saying that his comment missed the physics of tape speed. That is all. I was certainly not looking to start any debates over the tape speeds.

I like it. Buster's bass has a slightly lower center of gravity than Ron Carter's and pushes forward more, so I think he matches better with the heavy Tony and the lighter Hank Jones than Carter does.

I caught his program about Bird’s appearance at Cafe Society in June July 1950. Typically strong analysis. Came across this article. https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/issue/fall-2020/article/radio-days

A German series about the fall of East Germany and the divisions within one German family. Aired through the PBS Walter Presents. Pretty good.

Aleluya Records AR - 17000 (FSR-690 1989) - Enrique Villegas "Tributo A Jerome Kern" - rec. 1977 -

Playbills for Cafe Society.

Sarah Vaughan – Sassy Swings The Tivoli (Sarah Vaughan In Copenhagen)

Thanks for posting.

I’m definitely up for that.

Tyshawn Sorey Trio +1 With Greg Osby “The Off-Off Broadway Guide To Synergism” Pi 3 cd set, disc 3 400×400 28.3 KB A fascinating release. THis time around I am noticing how Osby sometimes gets his horn to sound like an accordian or concertina!