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James Brandon Lewis Trio - Apple Cores i don't normally like JBL very much but this is a much more energised record than his usual. It is still the same tenor playing

Decided to start the day off with some Bird. I have not listened to a lot of later Bird this decade and decided to put the final disc of this box set into the transport. Charlie Parker “The Complete Verve Master Takes” disc 3 360×404 35.7 KB Fully formed and mature Bird, powerful tone and as fluid and fascinating as a world class figure skater. No wonder he commanded so much respect and was so influential. That choir singing “Old Folks” always cracks me up. They get the vibe of the song and then Charlie just takes it somewhere else. I love Willard Robinson tunes.

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RIP. I watched "Conversation" last week.

Martial Solal - Big Band

I can't believe that the origins of this group goes back about 25 years. And survived through all those BBS changes. It's been a wild ride!

That's pretty ridiculous. How can they sell it for that price? I wonder if it's really "new".

R.I.P.

An artist indeed. RIP.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/16/robert-duvall-dies-at-95.html Too many great roles to list, but for some reason The Great Santini is always one of the first I think of.

Disc 2 - originally released as Love Dance

I get it. It takes me years if not decades to recalibrate my ears to new listening. A wonderful experience when something "clicks" when it didn't before.

yeah, I have the one with Claude Bernard, but have been looking for the one with Takagi for many years. Both are elusive.

good to know. I've never seen either in person, and will "keep an eye out" (though it's unlikely I'll run into them).

I felt something was wrong when he hadn't posted here for a time. RIP to a man who got to see the history of jazz with his own eyes and camera lens, as it was happening in the 60's. Dude went to New York to Judson Hall, and saw and photographed Albert Ayler?!?! Wooowww! "Albert Ayler’s seminal Spirits Rejoice session was recorded live at Judson Hall, New York, on September 23, 1965. Photographer Guy Kopelowicz captured iconic images of the performance, which featured Albert Ayler (tenor sax), Don Ayler (trumpet), Charles Tyler (alto sax), Henry Grimes (bass), and Sonny Murray (drums). "

Next up: Disc 1

Spike Robinson was like that too. A whole generation of tenor players who idolized Lester Young seemed to hold their mouthpieces at an angle like this, trying to imitate Prez. I don't play sax, so I don't know what effect it has. Back in the day, I tried playing flat-handed across the keys like Bud Powell, but I couldn't play well that way.

I joined on November 29, 2003 with the main interest of exploring and discussing contemporary free jazz / free improvisation in what would become an infamous Funny Rat thread. Before that, I was at BNBB which I joined in 2001 (?) as a complete jazz newbie. I was just starting to post fairly actively there when it folded! I learned a lot about jazz from (very patient) people who posted at BNBB and still post here - to whom I am very grateful (seriously). I then joined the AAJ board where I was pretty active, but Chaney, king ubu and J.A.W. dragged me over here. These were the people I wanted to discuss the music with and they were here and not at AAJ - so I followed them. This was exhilarating. My (and other posters') relative ignorance multiplied by insatiable appetite for adventurous, hitherto unheard music resulted on exuberant - and often extremely funny - rapid-fire exchange. Then it wound down. Chaney, JohnB and LeMo (and Gary, I guess) left the board for good. I lost interest in jazz and listened to classical music exclusively (well, somehow Stan Getz would keep creeping in) for a year or two. Right now I am as excited about new jazz / improv music as ever (and there is A LOT of excellent new music created nowadays), but I am just not that interested in discussing it an online forum any longer - hence my puny 2.5 posts per month. And anyway, just as 23 years ago, there is very little interest in such music here anyway. I still check Organissimo every day, but it's probably nothing more than a habit at this stage.

That happened to me only twice so far. They end up as birthday or Christmas presents for a befriended couple (they always say, they'd starve musically without me). No I alway checks before ordering anything. Baoque music bargains are a dangerous field in this respect.