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  2. Thelonious Monk's playing on the Columbia albums

    in Artists

    Posted · Edited by zanonesdelpueblo

    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 :excited: 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!

  3. More blather from "Jazz on CD"

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted

    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?

  9. ebay madness re: vinyl

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    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.

  13. Great Finds

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted

    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

  19. Richard Galliano

    in Artists

    Posted

    actually, the CD that's somewhat related is one I made called "New Tango 92" - which resulted from my listening to Piazzola, which was really life changing - no bandoneon or accordion on it, however - however, Julius Hemphill is on it (recorded at the Knitting Factory) -

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

  20. Richard Galliano

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    Posted

    brownie, I haven't yet heard Galliano. Can you talk a bit about the history of the accordion in jazz?

    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!...

    Lowe's saxophone playing has been deeply affected by the bandoneon of Astor Piazzolla, in addition to his many and varied jazz influences
    --all music guide

  21. Richard Galliano

    in Artists

    Posted

    brownie, I haven't yet heard Galliano. Can you talk a bit about the history of the accordion in jazz?

    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?

  22. African Music

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by zanonesdelpueblo

    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.

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    EDIT: I'd appreciate any other recommendations based on my enjoyment of this album

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