David Ayers

Many happy returns!

Here's your Jazzbank list. This site lists the Haig as ※商品は完売しました。 - sold out.

FWIW this Lee Konitz discography lists the following: 6-11-53 Al Haig/Lee Konitz Septet Lee Konitz (as), Richie Kamuca (ts), Conte Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Al Haig (p), Don Bagley (b), Stan Levey (dr): The Clef, Hollywood, California 01. Billie's Bounce (Charles Parker) 02. The Way You Look Tonight 03. Half Nelson (Miles Davis) 04. I Can't Get Started (into...) 05. Theme (Miles Davis) Al Haig/Lee Konitz: Al Haig-Lee Konitz, The Sessions Vol. 1 (Norma Vantage (Japan) NLP5006) 6-11-53 West Coast All Stars Lee Konitz (as), Richie Kamuca (ts), Conte Candoli (tp), Frank Rosolino (tb), Al Haig (p), Don Bagley (b), Stan Levey (dr): The Clef, Hollywood, California 01. Scrapple From The Apple (Charles Parker) 02. I'll Remember April 03. Good Bait (Tadd Dameron) (incomplete) Private Recording (Note: This tape is dated 1-11-53, but with the exception of Al Haig the entire band was on a European tour with Stan Kenton in January 1953.)

My guess is that by "limited availability" they mean it's out of print. Dag nab it! You might be right. The hmv site is usually kept up-to-date, but amazon.co.jp list this as not available...

http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail/680622 Still in print?

Looks like this album has not made it to CD yet! 'Baby Sax'? some people are really weird This had a release under Ammons name on Upfront UPF 116 as 'Nothin' But Soul' and also on 'Winley Records' (?) LP 6005 under the same title. Who knows where the 'Baby Sax' title (and presumably cover) came from?

A fine musician and part of a wonderful strand of musical history.

Another attempt to raise the rat's profile. Anyone else heard William Parker's 'For Percy Heath' on Victo? It is a document of his 2005 Victoriaville appearance with a big group as follows: Sabir Mateen : saxophone ténor, clarinette alto Darryl Foster : saxophones ténor et soprano Rob Brown : saxophone alto Charles Waters : saxophone alto, clarinette Dave Sewelson : saxophone baryton Roy Campbell : trompette Matt Lavelle : trompette Lewis Barnes : trompette Steve Swell : trombone Alex Lodico : trombone Masahiko Kono : trombone Dave Hofstra : tuba Andrew Barker : batterie William Parker : contrebasse, composition, direction It got slated a bit for being chaotic, but I thought it was rather interesting as a way of doing big band improv. Not as hard to follow as some made out, mainly riffs and solos, but still probably quite a challenge to organise and hard to work out how anyone knows when to come in. Andrew Barker does a pretty good job of holding the whole thing together. So worth a few listens, I'd say, even if it doesn't necessarily grab you and the sonics are only so-so.

Word here for Keiji Haino. Psychedelic rock and improv rather than 'jazz'. And word here too for Shoji Hano (uhh... see the Funny Rat thread...)

The Concord site lists it as available. Worth trying?

Recently given this one a couple of listens. Emanem 4129 Keith (guitar) is Canadian, a former rocker, and the new boy on the block. Oswald, who plays alto sax here, and also Candian, is known for decades of 'sampling' work (he calls it Pluderphonics and rejects thes term 'sample' - in any case its all sax here). Roger Turner (Dr, perc) is British and has cropped up with the likes of Coxhill, Bailey and Butcher over the years. First listen I thought there wasn't much going on, but next time around I found a lot of variety within the group's temporary 'language'. They had played four gigs before going into the studio and played another couple afterward. This might be a good sort of arc for a temporary improv agglomeration. Anyone else heard this or know more about these musicians?

I was able to run a check on both mono and stereo copies of the original Fontana LP. The stereo rocks but the mono sounded pretty damn good too. I wonder what they did with the CD? They used the shitty remastering done for the Japanese CD issue, is what they did! Probably. Grrr...

Working against the Avids is the fake stereo. There was a recent discussion of Hamp (which amongst other things mentioned this unfortunate feature) here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=33860

If I buy this, I won't buy the Mosaic, even if the Mosaic is better....

Hm. Both volumes for a tenner here in uk - straight from avid via amazon. Hm. Or in fact straight from Avid: http://www.avidgroup.co.uk/acatalog/index.html Edited to add: HMMMMMMMMMM FWIW the Avid online price seems to include shipping to anywhere... so that's $20 for this set (2 x 2 CD) including shipping. Lionel Hampton: Volume 1 Our Price £4.99 (includes p & p) Open House All Star Sessions: Chicago, Hollywood & New York 2CD AMSC611 (5022810161127) CD1: Down Home Jump * Rock Hill Special * Fiddle Diddle * Shades Of Jade * Till Tom Special * Flying Home * Save It, Pretty Mama * Tempo And Swing * Give Me Some Skin * Now That You're Mine * Chasin' With Chase * Three-Quarter Boogie * I'm Confessin' * Drum Stomp * Piano Stomp * I Surrender, Dear * The Object Of My Affection * Judy * Baby, Won't You Please Come Home? * Everybody Loves My Baby * After You've Gone * I Just Couldn't Take It, Baby * House Of Morgan * I'd Be Lost Without You * The Object Of My Affection CD2: Central Avenue Breakdown * Jack The Bellboy * Dough-Ra-Me * Jivin' With Jarvis * Blue * I Don't Stand A Ghost Of A Chance With You * Lost Love * I Nearly Lost My Mind * Altitude * Fiddle-Dee-Dee * Bogo Jo * Open House * Smart Aleck * Bouncing At The Beacon * My Last Affair * Jivin' The Vibres * The Mood That I'm In * Hampton Stomp * Buzzin' Around With The Bee * Whoa, Babe * Stompology * On The Sunny Side Of The Street * Rhythm, Rhythm * Dough-Ra-Me * My Last Affair Lionel Hampton: Volume 2 Our Price £4.99 (includes p & p) 2CD AMSC612 (5022810161226) Hot Mallets All Star Sessions: Chicago, Hollywood & New York 2CD AMSC612 (5022810161226) CD1: China Stomp * I Know That You Know * You're My Ideal * The Sun Will Shine Tonight * Ring Dem Bells * Don't Be That Way * I'm In The Mood For Swing * Shoe Shiner's Drag * Any Time At All * Muskrat Ramble * I Can Give You Love * High Society * It Don't Mean A Thing * Johnny, Get Your Horn And Blow It * Sweethearts On Parade * Shufflin' At The Hollywood * Denison Swing * Wizzin' The Wizz * If It's Good [Then I Want It] * Stand By For Further Announcements * Ain't Cha Comin' Home? * Big Wig In The Wigwam * Memories Of You * The Jumpin' Jive * Shufflin' At The Hollywood CD2: Twelfth Street Rag * When Lights Are Low * One Sweet Letter From You * Hot Mallets * Early Session Hop * I'm On My Way From You * Haven't Named It Yet * The Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin' The Town * The Munson Street Breakdown * I've Found A New Baby * I Can't Get Started * Four Or Five Times * Gin For Christmas * Dinah * My Buddy * Singin' The Blues * Flying Home * Tempo And Swing * Just For Laffs * Martin On Every Block * Pig Foot Sonata * Charlie Was A Sailor * When Lights Are Low * The Heebie Jeebies Are Rockin' The Town * Dinah

I don't own the LPs, so I bought the CD. I guess that's not what you asked though. no.. but thanks anyway ...

I'm in.

If anyone in the UK cares... Funny Rat is on sale for £8.25 from Sound 323 (phone or email only - it's in their 'sale' email'). Since posting this message quite a few people have mailed me asking what this one looks like: Since posting this image I have recieved many requests for personnel details: Peter Brotzmann: tarogato, bass clarinet, tenor sax Shoji Hano: drums, percussion Further requests have been for label information (Improvised Music from Japan) serial number (IMJ-512) country of origin (Japan) date of recording (October 10, 1991) format (card sleeve) and track listing [Funny Rat 1 (24:42) Snake and Sheep (11:16) We All Like Mountain Rabbit (18:12) Funny Rat 3 (5:47) Funny Rat 2 (12:21)]. I have also been asked what it sounds like and whether it is any good.

We've been here before haven't we? I don't think I've got a single box set where it isn't an incredibale amount of trouble to follow the track and recording details information. That even goes for Mosaics (I do quite like the books - but I only get them out on 'special occasions' - sick, aren't I?). So maybe my preferred sets are the ones that do least - probably like the EMI classical budget boxes which have a flip top, all CDs in card sleeves, a short and perfunctory booklet, and are very cheap! I still want EMI to issue the long oop Basie (x2) and Ferguson Mosaics in this format - I'm convinced they'd sell.

Has anyone who owns the LPs bought the CD? Should I?

Just walk faster. ...and, uh, don't look down...

I'm in England guys. We're pretty lax here and you do sometimes hear that stuff! PS I'm not really sure what 'my position' is. I suppose I am really just noting that some things we see in an optic of condemnation and other things which are as bad or worse just get passed over. Since I'm a scholar, I don't want my access to past materials to be limited, and since I am a democrat (small d) that has to mean that I don't think anyone else's access should be limited either. But... but. We could join this thread to the discussion of Tintin on the Congo...

If you walk into a record store in this country while they are playing music, you are likely to get an earful of 'bitch' 'whore' 'nigger' and so on. You probably hardly even notice. Interesting.