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"Play The Piano Drunk Like A Percussion Instrument Until The Fingers Begin To Bleed A Bit."--Bukowski

In terms of solo performance, I also like the Columbia Solo Recordings, but when you listen to them right after the sick stride solo stuff on the Black Lion/Vogue Mosaic set (Edit: Does someone have the dates of these performances? I lack a booklet) or the Alone in San Francisco Riverside album, they lack a factor. Of course, it's still Monk, I love every key he played, and none of them were "wrong." In terms of the band, The Straight, No Chaser film has been referenced a lot, and it is a great look into the Columbia studio and Monk's eccentricity when dealing with other people, but what gave me the best visual impression of that group is the Jazz Icons Live in '66 DVD. Rouse is ON FIRE in those performances. Whether people think Monk's playing and/or imagination was deteriorating at that time, I still enjoy the era. Plus, Underground has got to be the most badass LP cover of all time. Even more so than Number of the Beast!

I generally have found the Penguin Guide helpful, once I got a feel for their biases. I do think it's annoying that they only review in print recordings, though. I, like many jazz fans, buy used cds and OOP vinyl too. I find myself using the guide less and less. In a perfect world, there would be a Jazz guide that were from a consistent, well-informed source with no bullshit, that included Mosaic sets, that included notes on each reissue's effects on the particular albums too. I don't care if it is all in one volume. I like a comprehensive source. Chris, Larry, Michael, Allen, and any other Big O writers--I propose you draft an Organissimo Board Member Guide to Jazz Recordings. Please? I know the Penguin guide is coming out with a 9th edition, but is there word on a new AMG edition?

Actually, I would have guessed it'd be much larger. Books like The Little Red Book, Guerrilla Warfare, Steal This Book, The Anarchist Cookbook, anything by Bakunin, Marx, Fanon... I think there have to be others that have been banned. Darwin, for crying out loud!? I doubt this is accurate.

28 That's a fun reading list!

Art Tatum--The Greatest Piano of Them All (Verve)

Clerk Terry--Self-Titled...Swahili (Emarcy OG) Definitely the most cookin' Clark Terry record with the likes of Art Blakey and Horace Silver on it

Clark Terry--Duke With A Difference w/Paul Gonsalves, Johnny Hodges, Billy Strayhorn, and Tyree Glenn (Riverside, Stereo) "In a Sentimental Mood" with vocal by Marian Bruce is sweet

Jeez, at least there are no bids! $1,000 for this? Q: please can you supply track listing. does VG, has feelable hairline about 1/2 inch, other surface marks mean the lp is scratched? thanks Sep-05-08 A: the record is as described in the listing.Max Roach didn't like the album and he had them destroyed that is why it is so rare.It plays all the way through.If it doen't sell.I'll put it back in my cabinet where it has been for years.

J.J. Johnson--The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson Volume 2 (Liberty Pressing)

Lester Young--The Aladdin Sessions (Blue Note Re-Issue Series) The Cedar Walton Trio (with Sam Jones and Louis Hayes and Special Guest Star Clifford Jordan)--A Night at Boomers, Vol. 2 (Muse) Bud Powell--roost rlp 412 (Roulette-EMI)

Thanks, I'm in a great mood from this one! And Happy Belated Birthday!

4 Mosaics LP sets, $75 each, never opened! I have duplicates of most of the Bechet and Powell, but how could I pass up such a price??? Good Morning!! Sidney Bechet Complete Blue Note Bud Powell Complete Blue Note Edmond Hall/James P. Johnson/Sidney De Paris/Vic Dickenson Blue Note Art Hodes Blue Note

Always interested in vinyl.

I just checked today, and it is back in running low instead of last chance for some reason.?

How is it that out of the votes so far, only one person thinks that downloading in print music is not wrong, but 4 people download anything, including in print music? If you think it's wrong, why do you do it?

The Complete Blue Note Recordings of Art Blakey's 1960 Jazz Messengers Disc 1

Sam Rivers, Disc 2 and now Grachan Moncur III, Disc 1

Ah, I see! And you play sax, not guitar on it? Anticipate a paypal boost when I get back from Peru after labor day...

Galliano is in a class by himself. He is the first one since Astor Piazzola to go beyond the instrument and making liberal use of his conceptions. I wish he would record with Martial Solal. The two would be a perfect match! It should be noted, of course, and I'm sure you are well aware brownie, that Astor Piazzolla was a bandoneon player, not accordion. Having spent time studying in Argentina, I'm particularly interested in bandoneon--a really cool instrument with buttons instead of keys, and in my opinion a much more pleasurable tone (at least the argentine style reinlaschlage for tango). The way the fingerboard is laid out, it kind of seems like it has a system in center but then breaks down further and further out. At first it had 30 buttons and then developed more and more buttons all over the place. There are a variety of bandoneon players that give a sense of what the squeeze box can do: 1. Dino Saluzzi--experimental jazz, in his sixties, not tango, kind of folk 2. Mosolini 3. Cesar Stroscio--not easy to find in Luis Rizzi quartet 4. Rodolfo Mederos 5. Astor Piazzolla is a thing of itself--owes a lot to the tradition but is a force of nature--biggest complication is the way the licensing worked for the recordings, the license was for a particular recording for a particular country, so don't get copies of the same recordings. I've heard that 10cd german box isn't bad Anybody have bandoneon recommendations from a jazz perspective? I guess Mauricio Kagel is another. Also, on a search, I guess I should look no further and grab Jews in Hell!... --all music guide

Galliano is in a class by himself. He is the first one since Astor Piazzola to go beyond the instrument and making liberal use of his conceptions. I wish he would record with Martial Solal. The two would be a perfect match! It should be noted, of course, and I'm sure you are well aware brownie, that Astor Piazzolla was a bandoneon player, not accordion. Having spent time studying in Argentina, I'm particularly interested in bandoneon--a really cool instrument with buttons instead of keys, and in my opinion a much more pleasurable tone (at least the argentine style reinlaschlage for tango). The way the fingerboard is laid out, it kind of seems like it has a system in center but then breaks down further and further out. At first it had 30 buttons and then developed more and more buttons all over the place. There are a variety of bandoneon players that give a sense of what the squeeze box can do: 1. Dino Saluzzi--experimental jazz, in his sixties, not tango, kind of folk 2. Mosolini 3. Cesar Stroscio--not easy to find in Luis Rizzi quartet 4. Rodolfo Mederos 5. Astor Piazzolla is a thing of itself--owes a lot to the tradition but is a force of nature--biggest complication is the way the licensing worked for the recordings, the license was for a particular recording for a particular country, so don't get copies of the same recordings. I've heard that 10cd german box isn't bad Anybody have bandoneon recommendations from a jazz perspective?

Great thread, thanks! I have a lot to listen to. I have been listening to Kulanjan by Toumani Diabate and Taj Mahal for years now--interesting pairing, speaking of the use of "blues" in marketing African music. I think I'll check out the other Toumani Diabate albums posted on this thread, to start. EDIT: I'd appreciate any other recommendations based on my enjoyment of this album

Just received the Moncur Mosaic Select in the mail. Can't wait to play it!

Can't say I do, great find chewy!

I liked The Last Picture Show