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Here´s a fine Sonny Rollins album from spring 1979, featuring Larry Coryell as a guest artist. It was recorded few weeks before I saw Sonny Rollins live with the same quartet Mark Soskin, Jerome Harris, Al Foster. Larry Coryell was also scheduled on that festival (Velden 1979), but not together with Rollins. It was just a great time, you purchased albums and could see those artists live, presenting mostly their stuff from their latest albums. "Disco Monk" is also featured on "Road Shows Vol. IV" as a live version with the same group at the same time I saw them...... Great memories of a great time......

Yes right. In spring 1978 the first one, with the sessions from 1949-1951 was purchased by me. The second (Vol. 2) came out in autumn of the same year and has his later Verve recordings from 1954-56.

Sonny Rollins plays for Bird is quite interesting. It´s not trying to copy Bird, but a very individual thing, mostly standards that Bird played , not originals (with the exception of "My Little Suede Shows).

Sunday afternoon here in Vienna. Sunday afternoon Miles

Two great live performances of Miles from the late 50s

This is my LP copy I bought in 1978. I remember I was a bit disappointed since I thought it will be an encounter between Roy Eldridge and Fats Navarro. But not to forget the great side A too with Roy Eldridge playing "Ornothology" in the outing of How High the Moon. And I must laugh now if I think how strange the title "High On An Open Mike" sounded to me. Then I didn´t know what that means , I translated it into "Hoch auf einem offenen Michael".....which is worse than a google translation would be now ... On "Sweet Georgia Brown" I always would have liked to know if it is the voice of Fats Navarro who announces Buddy Rich when Buddy starts his drum solo. It´s reported that Fats Navarro had a high pitched voice and that sounds like if maybe it is Fats announcing Buddy.

Oh yes, that´s a great live session. The only strange thing is when they start "It´s You or No One" and it´s that endless intro, just bang bang bang, at Dexter comes in really late. Maybe he still was not on stage when they started?

I have this, obviously from the same date. When it came out, there was an article in Down Beat "Dexter Gordon ripped off". They obviously used the title "Gordon´s Gotham" referring to the 1981 "Gotham City" and as you said, there were no liner notes infos about the recording date. The sound quality is just so so, but it´s good playing and interesting to hear George Duke on acoustic piano. On my LP, the title "Montmatre" is mistitled "Momatta".

The strange thing about that cover from the Saturday Night Session is, that Fats Navarro is not listed on the album cover. I have the same cover on my CD, but another cover on my LP (the french America Label). The Dizzy stuff is also classic and a must for bop listeners.

one of the highlights of the 70´s . I was still at highschool when it came out and we were some jazz fans there and whoever picked it up first threw a little party and we listened carefully to that great stuff. All those people were our heroes, McCoyTyner, Ron Carter, Tony Williams, Eddy Gomez and Jack DeJohnette......, they still were really young, McCoy and Ron around 40, and the others in their 30´s

Great to see this great photo of the Milestone Jazzstars. Their album was one of the highlights of my highschool time since it came out then and was very much discussed.

Oh yes, the Road Shows are great. Especially the quartet Rollins, Mark Soskin, Jerome Harris, Al Foster brings some great memories back. I saw that formation in 1979. Unforgettable !

One of my favourites from the Dexter in Radioland series. That group with Tete Montoliu, NHOP and Alex Riel was great. Now listening

Yes, sure, PJJ on drums is always great and as you say: Bird and Philly together.

I have it with another cover, also with bottles. It´s probably not Miles Davis greatest, but very unusual and interesting with Bird and Rollins both on tenor, and the three sides with Rollins, Tommy Flanagan, Paul Chambers and Art Taylor, with the exception of Chambers quite an unusual rhythm section for the Davis of 1956.....

That´s some very fine Stan Kenton live from Stuttgart 1972.

That´s the same I have.

Great , I usually listen to this together with "Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants"

a great loss, such a great piano player. I first heard him on some Savoy Sides with Lester Young.

Wonderful ! Such a great discovery from the ORF tapes. There should be more like this.

Not bad, but IMHO not among the best performances

Two albums from the 70´s

Also an interesting album. I remember when I was young I first didn´t know about Howard McGhee but as soon as I heard him on the Fats Navarro - McGhee Boptet side from the BN-Double album, I became very aware of him. Milt Jackson also has been a favourite of mine for very long time.

Great !

very interesting to read !