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That prompted me to listen again to this odd session ("CF & HH with French Horns"): more enjoyable than I remembered, although HH doesn't get a lot of space. Made me also think of Hawes' "Gold Dust Twin", Sonny Clark (a "Bone & Bari" mix for him with Fuller), with whom Hawes may share a closer connection than with Phineas Newborn.

Yeah, both that one and this one. And don't sleep on this amazing archival release from last year, with Pharoah and Archie Shepp:

Alice Coltrane's albums are the only ones on which I like Sanders' playing, I must admit.

Last price reduction. $90 (+ $8 shipping). I will keep this listed until Saturday, December 26. Here is a nice copy of Dylan's 1966 Live Recordings, a massive 36 CD box set of Dylan in his prime. Bob Dylan - The 1966 Live Recordings 36 CD, Columbia/Sony, 2016 Everything is in Near Mint (NM) condition -outer box, CDs, CD sleeves, booklet. Rated NM because this is open and I played a few CDs. It is in great shape. $90 (+ $8 media mail shipping) U.S. shipping only I can only ship on the weekend Payment by pay pal friends/family

Last price reduction. All 4 Sun Ra lps for $91 (+ $8 shipping). I will keep these listed until Saturday, December 26. All are in NM/NM condition. I played each record one or two times. Each record is flat and plays perfectly. Stray Voltage 2 LP, Modern Harmonic, 2025. RSD 2025. Color (orange frosted) vinyl. Gatefold. Still in original clear plastic outer sleeve w/hype sticker attached. Although a few Arkestra members appear on a few tracks, this is mainly just Sun Ra on a variety of electronic keyboards and synthesizers. Excelsior Mill Modern Harmonic, 2024. Color (violet) vinyl. Still in original clear plastic outer sleeve w/hype sticker attached. Another Sun Ra electronic keyboard and synthesizer workout. Cosmos Inner City, recent (perhaps 2010 or so) 180gram reissue Still in original shrink wrap but shrink wrap open on side edge to retrieve record. Sun Embassy Roaratorio, 2018 No shrink wrap or plastic outer sleeve on this one $91 (+ $8 media mail shipping) for all 4 Sun Ra albums U.S. shipping only. I can only ship on the weekend. Payment by pay pal friends/family

I got the kindle edition of vol 1 of Listening to Prestige. It's interesting. Merry Christmas!

Though I do enjoy the 3 All Night Session albums, I get a slightly strange rhythm feeling to most of the tunes. So there are quite a few other Hampton Hawes albums I like better.

I love that Pharoah album 😍

What about that Curtis Fuller Prestige record with Hawes?

Interesting. For the case of the Pablo Box, I guess that it might have been too difficult for Eric Miller to admit that his "European Tour" box contained some music that wasn't even recorded in Europe.

Re- Bob Weinstock, the founder of Prestige: Digging right now into the "Gerry Mulligan Quartet" volume from the Oxford Studies in Recorded Jazz" mentioned recently by Joe Bip in the "Reading Now ..." thread, and the below paragraph (in the context of the Gerry Mulligan recording debut at Prestige in 1951) had me smiling: Given the stylistic catalog of Prestige from (almost) Day One, it should be be interesting to see if and how these personal preferences of Bob Weinstock - as part of his personality - are evoked in this forthcoming book and to learn how Weinstock really got into (or got to grips with) "bebop and beyond" from his personal point of departure. BTW, Vol. 1 (1949-.53) from the earlier "Listening To Prestige" series arrived today too, and what I can say right away is that these books should be entertaining reading that will certainly open up new perspectives for most readers. But do NOT expect the discussions of the sessions to be reviews in the usual sense of the word but rather very personal listening impressions for everyone to stack up against his own experiences to get an interesting look at a different angle. This should open up some new listening perspectives. After randomly flipping open a few pages, I am in fact wondering about some of the author's angles and perspectives. Re- the 26 January 1950 session by Sonny Stitt and Bud Powell (Strike Up The Band/I Want To Be Happy/Taking A Chance On Love/Fine And Dany), the author says: "These are songs I wouldn't have thought of as jazz standards, especially "Strike up The Band" and "I Want To Be Happy". Hmm ... Sonny Stitt may have been a sort of trailblazer for adopting these songs into the bebop vocabulary, but Rust's Discography (that runs up to 1942) has 3 issued recordings listed (by Red Nichols plus assorted semi-jazz dance bands) for "Strike Up The Band", as well as about 8 entries for "I Want To Be Happy". (I did not check the other two tunes) So ...? At any rate all four have been established jazz standards across the stylistic board for many decades. Re- the 27 February 1950 session by Al Haig (Liza /Strs Fell On Alabama/Stairway To The Stars/Opus Caprice), the text says: "I was only able to find 'Liza'. So plenty of leisure to give it several listens (...) And me ... listening to 'Liza' one more time, and wishing I had the rest of this session." Huh??? The entire session was reissued on the double album "First Sessions 1949/50" in 1979 (P-24081, a compilation that does look like mandatory listening for anyone covering this period of Prestige in detail, doesn't it?). I did not check for other reissues of that session as I had bought this set (a U.S. pressing) locally not very long after it came out and have often spun it through the years. Another copy of this twofer (UK pressing this time) has been gracing the "second copies" corner of my record shelves for years, so copies are around out there (Discogs has more than 50 listed ). This blind spot really is rather difficult to understand, particularly if you are all out to do an in-depth session-by-session survey of that period. Anyway ... I'm really looking forward to browsing this book and hopping from session to session while listening to the respective music during the holidays. And Merry Christmas to everyone!

It's that time of year—time to spin these two: I haven't listened to either Alice or Pharoah in a while. Looking forward!

Well put!

When my parcel arrives, I'll have to listen for it. I've read that Roy DuNann was a big badminton fan, so if it was a badminton broadcast, I'm in. 😁🫠

Paul Bley - Solo Piano (Steeplechase)

We got a little snow yesterday evening, and it’s cold this morning. Sneaking in a little listening before a PT appointment today for Lucinda. I was drawn to this 2 cd set this morning–I really like it, the recording and mastering has a really live feel (thank you Malcolm Addey) and the Orchestra is having a good time. Duke Ellington “Live at the Blue Note” Roulette 2 cd set, disc 1

All is well. I probably was too tired when I thought there was a discrepancy.

Op.59/3 and Op.95

You should really listen to that solo album (Challenge), the Evans influence is suddenly absent again in a curious way... I'm one of the people who say that Hawes' post-imprisonment trio albums like Here and Now or I'm all smiles are the peak... Regarding discographical mysteries, Bird Song is another east west record with guest Paul Chambers... and here there are some reasonable doubts about the lineup as given (e.g.: the session with Big Foot has some curious overlap with a largely unreleased session of the trio with Mitchell and Thompson)

Anyone in Europe got these? I keep getting mails about delays, by now delivery is scheduled for March to July. Guess I'll stop my billionaire sh*t shop orders and try elsewhere...