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Lousy song, cheesy vocal, but a good track, especially the guitar solo,

Several Conns were re-issued as US RVG's including Jimmy Smith - Softly as a Summer Breeze Johnny Griffing - The Congregation Wayne Shorter - The All Seeing Eye Don Cherry - Symphony For Improvisers Clifford Jordan & John Gilmore - Blowing In From Chicago Kenny Dorham - Whistle Stop Andrew Hill - Judgement Both Baby Face Willette albums Horace Silver - Further Explorations Lee Morgan - Leeway Grant Green - Green Street A couple of Ike Quebec albums Probably several others as well

With US RVG’s? (Or Japanese RVG’s?) Asking, because — and I could easily be misremembering — but I thought(?) the Conns and US RVG’s were entirely exclusive of each other (meaning a Venn diagram of Conns, and RVG’s… would result in no overlap). Were any Conns ever re-issued as US Conns?

Conductor who championed period instruments and called vibrato a ‘modern drug’.

You're right. I had blessedly blocked that one from my memory!

I bought all the Conns, but replaced many of them with RVG's.

A quote from composer Hanns Eisler: " Wer nur von Musik etwas versteht, versteht auch von Musik nichts." 😉

All the Hindemith recordings on Wergo I have are excellent. I especially like the complete piano music series played by Siegfried Mauser on five CDs. Mauser was accused of sexual harassment later on and spent 20 months in prison, which ended his career, but these recordings are excellently played.

I bought them all but the Silver. At the time, the "Horace Silver Trilogy" never interested me. Think I'm still not intrested, but a "gutsy" release? Completely agree.

Like these stickers have always been a nuisance to remove; why couldn't the factory put these stickers on the outside of the CD case on the shrinkwrap? Some removed easily, but most left a string of sticky residue on the front and back, and that is if they nicely peeled off all the way. Most stickers splintered into several seperate pieces leaving more sitcky residue.

Let me continue with the four Skye releases. Next is the second Fantasy period in the 1970's, then Concord. I will deal with the Fantasy albums last, as they are the most complicated, re-issue-wise. For info on the Skye label, please consult Doug Payne's excellent research: https://dougpayne.com/skye1.htm 1 - Solar Heat - 1968 Tjader's last Verve session was not yet issued when he went into the studio for his first album on the musician owned Skye label. On a superficial level, rather commercial in the selecion of pop covers and Latin stuff, but thanks to Gary McFarland's impeccable taste and professionalism it is perfect on all levels: sound, sidemen, arrangements ..... good for easy listening, but a closer listen reveals that it is so well done ..... Tjader's beautiful vibes sound is captured perfectly. Joao Donato was brought in on organ, Tjader didn't like the usual Hammond stylings. Try to play it like that before you classify it as commercial. There were many reissues, partly bootlegs. I recommend the Dunhill Compact Classics CDs or the more recent Japanese reissues, which sound excellent. 2 - Cal Tjader Sounds Out Burt Bacharach - 1968 The second studio album is all Burt Bacharach tunes - Solar Heat already included one. Tjader was quoted there in the liner that he just played the melody, as that is all you have to do with a Bacharach tune. He was right, but how beautifully did he play them! Same reissue situation. 3 - The Cal Tjader Quintet * Featuring Armando Perazza* – Latin + Jazz = Cal Tjader This was recorded live in Aspen, Colorado, in 1968, where Tjader played regularly, but not issued at the time. The first issue (on CD) was in 1990 and included a track from the other 1969 Aspen recording, probably to make up for short playing time. It may not have been Tjader's greatest band, but considering how much effort it is to maintain such an identifyable band sound, it is a very good recording. 4 - Cal Tjader Plugs In - 1969 This 1969 live recording from Aspen was Tjader's fourth and last album on the label. What I said about the other one applies here as well. The Skye label folded soon due to financial problems, McFarland died in 1971. The LP had a nice foldout cover with photos from Tjader's career until then.

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Triste/Fuji is a favorite of mine as well! I have all of the Skyes. I'm a fan of everything on that label.

Thanks Joe! I have been buying from Radio Archives, but I haven't seen music offerings like what you have here. I see 331 episodes of One Night Stand for $40.00 (12 cents per show)!

Does everyone know about this: https://www.otrcat.com/p/duke-ellington? As well as Ellington theres a lot of Basie, Goodman, Eddie Condon etc. You can buy cds, mp3 cds or mp3 downloads (which are incredibly cheap -$5 for 25 or so 30 minute programs). I just purchased 50 1/2 hour Eddie Condon Town Hall shows for $5. (Mainly for Pee Wee Russell). Of course you can also get a lot of old detective shows too.

So it looks like I have all the Verve LPs with the exception of Hip Vibrations. From the first Fantasy period, I probably have about half of them. I think I have two Skye albums, and then a few scattered releases from after his return to Fantasy. I typically gravitate toward the Verve albums, but there is so much great stuff from that first Fantasy period.

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Duke Ellington “. . .And His Mother Called Him Bill” Sony Legacy cd A moving musical tribute to Mr. Strayhorn.

Hristo Vitchev Quartet “In Search of Wonders” First Orbit Sounds 2 cd set, disc 1 A very interesting jazz guitarist, in the tradition but sounding fresh. The equally interesting pianist Weber Iago is on board, a PLUS.

One For All “Incorrigible” Jazz Legacy Productions cd A very modern sounding cd. . . fits well with my mood at the moment. Yes, a great document. . . thanks French CBS/Sony. I guess I don't see the similarity as strongly as you do. Lester Young Photo by Susanne Schapowalow

Billie Holiday.....I fell in love with her voice when I was a kid and it has remained that way. I think very very much about vocal jazz now and also if I play with the non vocal band let´s say some ballad most of those I choose are things Billie Holiday sang. I´d say: Listening to how she does a song´, listening to the way she pronounces the lyrics and you have tons of help to get into the song, in the very very inside of it. WONDERFUL