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Toady Sycophant Adam Ant

I finally located the two concerts on Spotify. The atmosphere at the Davis/Coltrane concert is electric and those cheering, whistling French fans that I've heard on other concert dates are well in evidence. But where have they gone on the Davis/Stitt concert from the same venue? It's altogether a quieter, politer affair. This may well have to do with the different saxophonists. Coltrane's contribution is startling, blistering and the fans sound like they love it. A chorus of approving whistles greets a passage of repeated harmonics on "So What" and the tour de force that is Trane's solo on "Green Dolphin Street" brings a torrent of applause. As others have commented, he's looking to future developments here - his solo on "All of You" has strong hints of what was to come in c.1965 and admittedly doesn't gel with the general tenor (no pun intended) of this group. He's in a different world from Wynton Kelly. What is surprising is that the noisy fans greet Coltrane's "out" sounds as if they were Illinois Jacquet squeals from a JATP concert. Compared with this, Stitt is 100% competent and businesslike, but the fire just isn't there.

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I would be interested in your favorite recordings since we share similar tastes. I know of a few posters here that would agree with my thoughts.

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Another great favorite! First time I read it, I couldn't stop laughing at the "burnt bedclothes" episode!

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Listened to the Tyner link. Thanks!

I'm a great fan of Richard Ford's. Just finished the latest in the Frank Bascombe series, Let Me Be Frank With You. Rounding out my top 5 read in 2014 are Iris Murdoch's Under the Net ...

Caroline Flint Tommy Steele Gerda

I can recommend her The Book Shop. I read that Hermione Lee has completed a biography of Fitzgerald, and that it is quite fine. Fitzgerald didn't start writing until her mid-40s believe. Nice to get your comments, Leeway. Got The Bookshop from Manchester University library this morning and am ready to go. Will probably have to buy Lee's biog, as neither the university or public libraries have it. According to Wikipedia, Fitzgerald published her first book at the age of 58!

A new one in my pantheon of 20th century English novelists. This, her first novel, is a beautifully written satirically comic murder mystery. Her life sounds interesting - I shall be looking out a biography in due course. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penelope_Fitzgerald

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