colinmce

I'd like to solicit some recommendations for what you all consider to be the best non-label affiliated Charlie Parker discs. That is to say the 5-10 best Charlie Parker CDs or LPs that are not included on the Savoy (studio or live), Dial, Verve, or Mosaic box sets. While I would love to think (and once did) that I would eventually accumulate every available note of Parker there is, now's the time (no pun intended) to get real and admit I won't. (Just as a disclaimer-- not to make this more difficult than need be-- I do own the Washington Concerts, Cafe Society, and live Debut/Prestige/OJC material)

Huh. Good album for sure. Count me as a Gene Clark fan. Never seen this thread but I'll mention that the Byrds have been a favorite band of mine since age 10. Absolutely monumental music to me.

In my limited experience with Max Johnson I've found him to be a very engaging bassist. Very muscular & out front. I'll check this out.

Thanks. I'm sure this is the book I was thinking of.

Yep, that was the one. Oh to hear that group!

I passed on a $30 copy of this once. Stupid stupid.

Anthony Braxton - Quartet (Warsaw) 2012 on ForTune (Poland) http://for-tune.pl/en/plyty/anthony-braxton-quartet-warsaw/ FWIW, these CDs are a shade less than $13 per from the label with very reasonable int'l shipping.

Two runs through the awesome 37-minute Vandermark composition "All Things Being Equal" on Peter Brötzmann Chicago Tentet - Images. I really like KV's long-form compositions. Lots of variation and movement a la Tim Berne, but more measured and episodic. Also a particularly fine edition of this band with Mars Williams & Hamid Drake on board.

Not so much a new release, but an interesting thing I stumbled on: V/A: Free Jazz West (RCA Red Seal, 2008) http://www.discogs.com/Various-Free-Jazz-West/release/3627771 A compilation of West German free jazz from the 70s, part of a much larger series on avant garde German music 1950-00. Mostly FMP material, with a couple leasings from Po Torch, Birth, and others. A nice looking disc-- I wish it was easier to find, as I only managed to track it to this single source. Still considering going in for it as it's a nice way to sample some rare music. There are a few other jazz-related volumes including a companion, Free Jazz Ost and one featuring various solos & duos: http://www.discogs.com/Various-Free-Jazz-Ost/release/4313114 http://www.discogs.com/Various-Solo-Und-Duo-1970-2000/release/4313235

I think my largely jazz-averse wife would love ICP. In fact, her old office mate was none other than Sean Bergin's daughter!

You can get all of it on OJC + a couple on Fresh Sound, but most are OOP so pulling all dozen or so together would be quite pricey.

I like the earlier stuff better, too. My personal favorite albums are Please Please Me & A Hard Day's Night. But I might argue on an objective level that the White Album is their greatest work, warts and all.

A bit. With the Beatles was released as Beatlemania! With The Beatles; Please Please Me was released in jumbled order + "She Loves You" as Twist and Shout; and there was one called Long Tall Sally with a cover resembling the US Second Album but with a totally unique tracklist. Expect the box set for Christmas 2025.

Have Reed & Deeds or Gifts & Messages been released in Japan lately?

What I don't get most about this is that these albums (up to Rubber Soul) were released in two box sets in 2005-6, sounding authentic and very nice indeed (even praised on Hoffman!). But yeah, they need to keep product coming every year or two, so this is what you get. Hopefully next they'll put out some more unreleased stuff that didn't make the Anthology sets next time around.

Did you hear the first recording from this Davis-Hebert-Rainey trio on Fresh Sound? Absolutely great, punchy stuff. I get the (mild) criticisms put forth here, but I would still posit Clean Feed as the best jazz label operating today, really the descendant of 60s Blue Note, 70s-80s Black Saint/Soul Note, 80s-90s Hat Hut, etc. Very well packaged, affordable*, very high-quality music (esp. of late). I'm glad they're able to crank it out like they do. *Leeway, did you know you can get the CDs for $14.90 shipped from the label?

I don't get this one. Two OK albums, two great, though widely available, albums. Why not the Mercurys instead? More consistent and largely OOP. Seems like they got it backwards.

Earlier: Henry Threadgill Sextett - Rag, Bush & All (Novus) Warne Marsh - The Art of Improvising (Revelation) Tyrone Washington - Natural Essence (BN Liberty) Still not totally sold on the last one. A bit stiff to my ears. I suppose I'm in the minority there...

True. I don't have any of the reissues but they look very nice.

Says it all. Clueless people working off a model irrelevant to this context, certain that their holding featuring the Great John Coltrane is a moneymaker. Reminds me of the antique shop owner trying to peddle beat-up 70s US Beatles LPs for $50.

Clearly bullshit to sell that bizarre scheme up there.

Half true? But it's not to be missed. It's Herbie Nichols!

Absolutely. I love Mel Torme, his Bethlehem stuff in particular. And, ftr, just as you said you're tough on piano trios, I really don't like male jazz singers.

PM on Andrew Hill-Change

, Ingrid tore the house down last night. More aggressive and forceful with less meandering with softer tones which to my ears is not often successful for her. When she cranks it up, she is a force of nature with an ability to play intricate lines as well as bringing energy to sections of improvisation that could be limited did the internal structures of the written music. Interesting you should say this. I actually very much enjoy her in soft tones, maybe more than anything. Here are two sets where she does great things in this mode: