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Max Roach quintet on side A and Sonny Rollins trio on side B. This was in Graz in the 60´s. Since there have been releases from ORF tapes for both Jimmy Guiffree trio in Graz 1961 and John Coltrane also in Graz 1961 on HatHut, maybe in future we could get this one on CD. Like the Coltrane material , it was former released on diverse bootleg labels.....

My father bought me this for Chrismas in 1978. This was my second jazz book after the Joachim Ernst Behrend book. I still like it very much. Arrigo Polillo really had a lot to say and he met many great musicians and had a lot of inside infos......

Great, such a wealth of music here. Very fine solos by the leader himself and all musicians involved. No one else than Elvin could have composed "Elvin Jones Blues" and no one else than his wife Keiko could have composed "Doll of the Bridge", and there are very fine ballads with only the piano and guitar soloing , the pianist Fumio Karashima is very fine. And not forget Carter Jefferson, Dwayne Armstrong, Andy McCloud and guitarist Marvis Horne, all of them such great players.

Thanks @Dan Gould for those inside informations, very interesting. I also have a Bob Neloms story for you all: Around 1980 there was a jazz festival in Austria and a 15 years old budding jazz pianist , after the sets went to the piano players to get some advices for his future. First he asked Ronnie Matthews, then the pianist of the Johnny Griffin quartet, and Ronnie told him: "Don´t just play, SAY SOMETHING !" Bob Neloms was the next pianist, I don´t remember in what formation, but after the set the young boy went to meet Bob Neloms and said to him: "Hello, Ronnie Matthews gave me the advice "don´t just play, say something", what else can you tell me ? Bod Neloms said "Well, if you say something, take care WHAT YOU SAY"!

I see more "Sweets" now here. Really nice, I saw him live together with "Jaws" in 1978, really a strong Team.

yeah and as much as I remember, Dannie Mixon was the Pianist, when they did Vienna in September 1976. Very fine !

I have read in Brian Priestly´s biography About Mingus About that drumless Performance early in 1977. That last Mingus Group with Bob Neloms, Ricky Ford and Jack Walrath appears only on the much more over produced Studio Albums "Three or Four Shades of the Blues" and "Cumbia", together with many Studio musicians, but it´s sad to say there were no legit live Recordings of that band. I heard some soundboard tapes from Buenos Aires and from Spain from summer 1977 and they contain live versions of both title tunes of the before mentioned Albums. I also did not know that Bob Neloms had passed away, and I didn´t know he retired early. As much as I remember, Neloms came to Mingus in 1977. Between Don Pullen and Neloms, on piano was Dannie Mixon, another underrated Pianist., He can be heard on "Music for Todo Modo".....

Among the tunes they played in Stuttgart 1972 are "Love Story", "Peanuts Vendor", "Malaga", Intermission Riff, "Artistry in Rhythm" etc. Greetings from the Danube River

Here´s also Big Band live at Stuttgart listening: Stan Kenton the Stuttgart Experience, live 1972. I would not have found this CD, but my wife picked it up for me as a Chrismas present last year. Though I have so many CDs she always manages to find something I still don´t have. Really great live date with an incredible arrangement of "Love Story" and Kenton evergreens like "Peanuts Vendor", "Artistry in Rhythm", "Intermission Riff".....

I´ve read About that mental breakdown and that he changed his stlye into a more repetitive and percussive Play (his Trademark), but one year before he recorded with Max Roach on "Speak Brother Speak" and I Always thought his playing on that is very similar to his later style. Very percussive, and repetitive phrases on his solos…..

A Wonderful set of live Music by that great trio Jimmie Giufree had in 1961. This concert in Graz was great and I´m so happy the ORF tapes could be released . Actually it was my wife who bought me this CD. A great choice.

IMHO the best of Dexter from the Columbia years, and Maybe one of the best acoustic Studio Albums from that year 1978.

oh yes, that long extended slow blues with Garland´s great chord voicings.

The perfect thing after a day of hard work

Yes, I remember this Group, I think I saw so many Miles Davis Performances I don´t remember which one was in which year. But I remember one Thing: Kei Akagi was the musician who fascinated me most, he was really taking care of Business, the rest…….well it was that Kind of latterday Miles Performances, more Show than Performance, and oh Boy...…...those silly clothes ! I don´t know who was Miles´ Fashion guide, but to wear wide trousers like he did, for a short guy…..makes him lookin even Shorter and quite hefty…… and once he was really a well dressed man. And Kenny Garret, all those Colors, impossible.... But as I said, Kei Akagi was really a big , a very big surprise, such a great virtuoso and great musician !

can´t see the pic !

I saw him with Miles and his playing was the highlight of the Show. Before that, the Keyboard Players who worked for Miles were more for the Sound, not for solo playing, but Kei Akagi really is an virtuoso…. And I was Looking Forward so much to hear them live in March this year , but it was channeld due to the Pandemie. Dave Liebman was one of the first great saxophonists I saw live decades ago...

oh yeah, Blues in the Night, Stormy Weather and so on....

Is it possible that this was later in the 70´s on the French "America" Label. They had a lot from the Debut-stuff, and as much as I remember, the LP was titled "My Little Cello". I had and still have some of those "America" LPs, they had fine Music, mostly Mingus, and were relativlely cheap for a Youngster.....

The Dizzy Gillespie 2 CDs at Spotlite

I didn´t know Ramsey Lewis played with Max Roach. I only saw him once and I think that was more easy listening Music, as much as I recall…..

Well Woody sounds great on those Monk tunes, he could Play everything, but I think as Long as he could afford to have his own Group he played his own Music and Maybe it was quite frustrating for him the Play as a single and Play what is called "common Knowledge". I saw Woody Shaw twice: The first time with that great Group with Mulgrew Miller and Steve Turré , and then Five years later only him with some locals, but it was hard for me to believe it´s the same musician…...

Really great live Music, and Geri Allen very "Monkish" I remember when I started to dig some so called "Free Jazz" after one year of listening to straight ahead jazz, and I was delighted that this is what I call "easy listening free jazz" since it has a swing Rhythm . It was harder for me to listen to free jazz with no theme and no Rhythm.... it took me some more years to dig it.... I love it, it really swings, and great the tunes where Kenny Burrell sit´s in.

This one is really great !

Another from 1964 Dexter in Radioland. Great !