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I find it interesting that some people seem to make a particular effort to define their taste in jazz by "styles" that they like. Certainly, there is a close relationship between taste and styles. Still, great jazz and not so great jazz can be found in virtually all styles. You can miss quite a lot by not keeping your ears open. I used to draw that line at smooth jazz. I categorically rejected that style. Now I realize that even smooth jazz can be great jazz, certainly not all of it and maybe not most of it. But I no longer reject something out of hand because it is "smooth."

No problem. We visited Rome from April 29 till the 3th of May. We walked 45 kilometers in 3 days. Visited the Saint Peter, Vatican Museum, Sistine Chapel, Villa Borghese, Castello Saint Angelo, the Pantheon, The Colosseum plus 4 very impressive cathedrals. And on our way of course the Spanish Steps and Trevi Fountain. It was an amazing experience. The whole city is one huge open air museum. Every piece of sand, rock breathes history. The Galleria Borghese I probably enjoyed most. I’ve also enjoyed the atmosphere, people and food. Every single product seams to taste three times as good in Italy as in the Netherlands The only problem: way too many tourists but of course I realize I was part of that very problem…. Ive visited two record stores: one of the Radiation Record stores which wasn’t very interesting. Mille records had a nice stock but was expensive and most of the records not worth the price to me.

Words can’t describe my jealousy

Sorry I missed the date of your trip. Hope you had a good time in Rome.

I guess of course it depends on how we define a 'clear' influence(!), but for a vibraphonist (though this sells him way short - multi-instrumentalist, electronic musician, producer etc.) who knows this music on a really deep level - the amazing Corey Mwamba.

Thanks. That angularity is what I am thinking of specifically.

Terrific set!

Any recommendations for stores in Columbus (OH), Cincinnati, Louisville, or Indianapolis?? (Cleveland too.) Now that we’re in Pittsburgh (and have a car for the first time in 15 years), we’re driving to see my dad in St. Louis every 6 or 7 weeks (and driving thru STL back to KC 2-3x per year to see my wife’s folks). Specifically for jazz CD’s? I almost never buy vinyl, for the most part — though I do have a turntable. This is all territory we NEVER got to when we lived in KC, or when we were in DC either — so that vast expanse of cities between Pittsburgh and Chicago/STL is nearly all entirely new to us (which is kind of exciting for us, in terms of having so many new cities to explore — especially cities that date back well into the 19th century).

Op.77 and Op.103

Teddy Charles, perhaps? Maybe (especially) that first Prestige Jazz Quartet album with Mal, which happens to include as version of “Friday the 13th” — though even without that Monk tune, I’d still be tempted to suggest that album. And there’s an angularity to a number of albums with Charles on vibes. Can’t say that’s enough to qualify as a ‘Monk’ influence specifically — but I’d say they occupy a similar space, at least in my brain.

When Karl Berger plays with Don Cherry, he uses a lot of dissonance, so he sounds a bit like Monk, but his choice of notes is quite different from Monk’s. https://youtu.be/Z62wpWSraTU?si=ns11I4Ga1KQea0Bt

The shops I go for jazz used vinyl : millerecords, welcome to the jungle. The are also radiation records, three shops across the town, but not been there since long time. Don’t expect bargain. If you like digging for bargains you may try Porta Portese Market on Sunday mornings : the biggest flea market in town, but beware of pickpockets.

I don't really hear much Monk in Jackson. You're right that he played with him but I just don't hear much of it having rubbed off. Hutcherson perhaps a little? But it seems like more of an expansive modal thing to me.

On to Bud Powell “A Portrait of Thelonious Monk” Columbia/HDTT cdr

FWIW, then, and "for eternal reference" , here is the download of that pic. (Click to enlarge and, if desired, click again with RH mouse button to open in new tab and enlarge yet a bit further.)

I saw them both Coltrane with Dolphy, Tyner, Workman and Elvin on November 17th 1961, 2 weeks after they recorded Live at the VV This was at the Walthamstow Granada, London on a bill with a Dizzy Gillespie group featuring Leo Wright and Lalo Schifrin. I was 14 at the time. Miles twice, in '67 with the second quintet and '69 with Shorter, Corea, Holland and De Johnette

Milt Jackson is the only vibes player I can think of who recorded with Monk. That's the session that gave us "Misterioso", IIRC. I would say the version of Bobby Hutcherson who's so integral to Grachan Moncur III's EVOLUTION and Dolphy's OUT TO LUNCH is engaging with Monk's concepts.

You can read them at this eBay listing. Click on the back cover image and then use the magnifying glass to enlarge and our mouse to scroll across the page. https://www.ebay.com/itm/317704969080?_skw=stuff+smith+memorial+prestige&itmmeta=01KS7N2HQ3W4H1N4YRFCWDDY3C&hash=item49f8b11b78:g:wdYAAeSwsTBpUFBD&itmprp=enc%3AAQALAAABAGfYFPkwiKCW4ZNSs2u11xBgnmESe5swbVEEYqhi2iKSERR17Ez0DnrF5HyVtlu7jH4amMftLgdpUEQUb%2Bne%2BcKP5PWqFiH%2B9EJ0WRIq7ap7Ig5te3okPeyhCPY18eyyDRtx2ujyWBTXbbLl9M%2FKr2RoSzYjYI%2FnE%2BfYz70t4rDzSAmvKDFE1y3vLdCzSOHlO1N5QaHRt%2BwivJIJj80UBFUiQw5jbySuszNd%2F6gjkaf2U5i5poF2MyzqYwkyJKBMBkPYd6TAn9RUIH7Gqd5uCa8g461FGRPhxB%2BOSRdzYwyGgXv2NFbMyha9%2BqJUW%2Fm5MLaZuIstg4n1qbxC83uw3Hw%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR-CbivXJZw

Miles Davis “Seven Steps to Heaven” Sony Blu-Spec CD2