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One of my all time favourites: Miles in Europe, 1963 I really like this. I´m not a fan of all those solo Performances, but this one I like. Otherwise, I like what Keith did with Miles in 1971.

Ok, thank you, so it´s in 9/8, next time I listen to it on my Max Roach LP "Live in Amsterdam" I will listen carefully. I also have it from Radio record when Roach played it in Vienna 1980, but then it was with Odean Pope like I had mentioned.

I thought it is Charlie Haden painted. I remember this Album, it was around in the late 70´s. The only strange Thing in this combination is Hampton Hawes, he doesn´t necessarly fit into that Group of free jazz pioneers. But the idea to Play Duos with his former emplyoees was very interesting. Wasn´t "Soapsuds" also a Ornette - Haden duo ? I don´t have it. I don´t know who Billy Jean King and Bobby Riggs are.

@BillF : I also purchased this once. It seems to be a previously unreleased BN session. I remember the nice first tune, something with a title like "Funny Pilgrim Farm" or something like that. And it seems to be the last time Paul Chambers was in the Studio. Somehow he doesn´t Sound as fine as he sounded years before. But I think I like other Morgan Albums from that period more: Cornbread and The Rump-Roller.

I think I remember they tried to book him again in the early 80s but same Story, he did not make it. I think the only gig Hank Mobley made in his last years was at the Angry Squire, with Duke Jordan.

I saw Joe Farrell once in 1983 in a quartet with Joanne Brackeen on piano. Great evening. Even if Chet Baker was scheduled to Play with Joe Farrell but as on so many occasions was not able to make the gig.

I think this one was my first LP of the Messengers. It was the RCA "Black and White" Series. Really nice with Bill Hardman and Johnny Griffin, and the way how they played stuff like "I could have danced all that night" , otherwise rarely played by jazzmusicians…...

I remember when I first saw him with Dex I liked him from the first moment on, wonderful pianist. I had expected George Cables and was astonished there was a guy with a bald head I never saw and never heard and who Plays so beautifully. About Chet Baker: They played again together in 1983 for the Dutch Timeless label. It´s a record mostly of the Rhythm section of Dexter (without Dex), and Chet sit´s in on two tunes: A great Version of "Ray´s Idea", and "I Should Care". Besides being Dexters Rhythm section they started to work as an own unit: Kirk Lightsey, David Eubanks, and Eddie Gladden.

@Captain Howdy: Thank you so much for your answer !

I´ll never Forget how I purchased this: It was the day after I first had seen live the Max Roach Quartet and the next day I hurried to my record dealer (Radio Kratz, Mariahilferstrasse) and asked if they have some Max Roach and Mr. Kratz gave me this one. Though it´s done some 15 years earlier then my first live concert of Max Roach, I was quite astonished to hear very similar Things in his drumming, mostly on his Extended drum solo on "Speak Brother Speak" which is a Variation of "the drum also waltzes". Great tune also "Variation" . And since I was a really Mingus man, I had all the Mingus stuff on that "America" label, I was pleased to see that Cliff Jordan and Mal Waldron also were Mingus Alumni. Not to Mention Max Roach who had recorded with Mingus not only on Massey Hall, but also on the Bohemia stuff "Mingus Quintet plus Max Roach"...….

Thank you ! Well never heard there exists a 10/4. I like that composition and the way the Max Roach Quartet Plays it, but I tried to Count it and couldn´t. First I thought it´s 7/4, then I thought it´s 9/4. Such weird measures are apt to throw me......

Now wait a Minute, Just for someone who is not so much Insider to understand all the Postings: I´d like to know a) Kenny Burrel is still around ? b) is he really ill or is this a fake announcement ? c) if he is really ill, was it really his wife who asked for donations ?

I had DB subscribed in the late 70´s early 80s. Once saw a 50´s reader´s poll and I saw names I never heard of and they were listed on top places, having better votes than other who really were legends. But I also must admit I sometimes had the Impression that those who voted didn´t really know many musicians, they voted for the only Artist the new. Like let´s say Jimmy Smith. Since most of the Folks didn´t know another Name of an organ Player, Jimmy Smith would be first for decades. Oscar Peterson the same. Folks who voted didn´t know another Name of a Pianist than Oscar Peterson so he got the most Votings.....

@Justin V :I remember I also have one LP from that Vanguard gig. Don´t know exactly what day it was. But I haven´t listened to it very very much. During that time I had another Pepper Album 1979 in Japan "Landscape" which I love much more and still listen to it. On the Vanguard LP what I didn´t like so much was an over Long composition something called "My Friend Stan". For my tastes it´s too much of a composition, too Long. I like much of Art Pepper´s playing, mostly from the later years , but I´m not the biggest fan of his own compositons, which are sometimes too Long, it´s hard to solo on such a Long theme, you might be forced to read it from sheet rather than get it into your head just to improvise on it as is usual on stage….

Agreed. And an interesting version of "Flowers for Albert" is also on a Henry Grimes CD I have, some live stuff from Finland from about 2005 when I saw them live: Henry Grimes, David Murray and Hamid Drake, wonderful ! And since we are talkin also about Sun Ra´s ESP record. And me talkin about Henry Grimes: A good suggest for listening is also Henry Grimes ESP album "The Call" with Perry Robertson and ....... ah....... a drummer I forgot his name.......

Yes, I wouldn´t say, Pope and Hill are not excellent Players, but Maybe I had to get used to that strange bassoon like Sound Pope has on Tenor, and the somehow colder more Electric sounding bass amplifier Calvin Hill used. I think I heard them on a later Occasion also, then Calvin Hill was replaced by Fender Bassist Tyrone Brown. Now back to "Peaceful Heart"...….. some idea in what measure it´s written ?

The forerunner of the first quintet ! Other than on the pre 1955 Recordings, here you allready have the classic harmon mute Sound of Miles on "A Gal from Calico" and "The first time I saw your face before me" , with Red Garland it allready sounds like the later 1956 Prestige Records, and it´s interesting how Miles choose to include at least one tune from the Gillespie Charts, here Night in Tunisia and listen how Miles does the intro, it´s a very individualistic manner how he does it. This one allready has Red Garland and Philly Joe Jones, and the choice of Oscar Pettiford before Paul Chambers came in, is an interesting one. I purchased it together with the Miles and Milt Jackson Album. I think both of them were japanese Prestige Recordings, in 1978. This second Album also is very interesting with Jackie McLean, two of his tunes, Milt Jackson great as ever, and the very very fine piano of Ray Bryant.

I must have been something like "the Musidisc Man" since I purchase so many of them. While the former postet Tadd Dameron-Fats Navarro was live material from the Royal Roost, this one is studio material from Savoy records. Mostly it has the 1946 stuff featuring also Sonny Stitt and Kenny Dorham (Boppin a Riff Part 1 and 2, Everything´s Cool Part 1 and 2 etc ).

Saw him only once, with the Max Roach Quartet. I liked the Roach Quartet with Billy Harper and Reggie Workman more than the later replacements Odean Pope and Calvin Hill. With Harper and Workman it was a warmer sound. And I remember the only Billy Harper composition I am aware of was "Peaceful Heart". But I couldn´t figure out what measure it is......

This photo and some others from the same night are in the photo and memorablia book "To Bird with Love", done by Francis Paudras and Chan Richardson, Parker´s "widow". Sure I have that book ! On the other photos you also see the other musicians involved: Bud, Kenny Dorham, Charles Mingus, Art Blakey. Too bad it was not recorded. I have read somewhere that at least the first night was okay, only on the second night it became a fiasco. But still I have read About so many fiascos and if you listen to it it sounds great now…… like "Mingus´ Town Hall Concert". You can listen now to it and say you enjoy it. One Special photo from that night Shows Bird while he bends over the piano to say something to Bud. Yes, Bird Looks bloated on this, too much booze. I saw photos of Bud from About a few months before he died, same Thing, bloated by too much alcool. Those are the famous Raymond Ross photos……..

During the last 2 weeks I have listened to a lot of Miles Davis records. This is one of my early favourits. I heard the title tune on a sampler when I was a Boy and it´s that tune that made me listen to jazz. And Sid´s Ahead is a great after Hours Blues, Coltrane is fantastic on this one. I only think that the trio tune "Billy Boy" could have been omitted. Otherwise I really love Red Garland, with his light tough and his Trademark chords, but on this silly tune he really sounds like he overdoes it and bangs them chords in a manner that´s not really typical for him. But then Comes that medium tempo "Straight No Chaser" which is Beautiful...….

Here another of my early treasures. You will find most of the material on the Milestone CD "Fats Navarro" but not all: The vocals, listed on that Musidisc done by an "unknown" actually are by Kenny Hagood, anyway he is one of the most easy recognizable vocalists. "Pennies from Heaven" is done in a slow manner, and "The Kitchenette Across the Hall" is a rare Dameron song with the lyrics also by Dameron. All Play great here. Fats is in top form and Plays some of the best bop trumpet I ever heard, Allen Eager is beautifully relaxed, and you can hear some short piano solos by Dameron. On the last track "Wahoo" there´s no Fats, it´s Kai Winding and Allen Eager….. We called this "the blue Tadd Dameron-Fats Navarro Album"...…..

Sarah Vaughan is always great , but what I noticed most is the "Heads of State". I have both albums of them, since each of the players, especially Al Foster as one of my favourite drummers, they all are fantastic musicians. I had hoped they will do a third album

@Big Beat Steve: Yes I was sure if you see the hidous cover art you will remember those records. Well, it seems in Austria LPs were more expensive. Once in the 70´s I went as far as making a trip on Train to Köln, because during ski week I kissed a German Girl and she didn´t slap me like Austrian Girls would do. So I made the trip up North to see her only to find out that she got another friend. But I was consoled by the fact that I got a whole Batch of in Austria hard to find LPs at "Saturn" in Köln. And actually they were cheaper than in Austria. Back to the "Jazz Track" series: If you say the word "Jazz Track" in a sloppy Austrian manner it sounds like if you say "Scheissdreck". I remember we later said "the Scheissdreck Serie", but nevertheless bought them since they were cheap and had some Music we "needed".....

This is the LP I mentioned. There were others from that series, one was Dizzy Gillespie, and one was Brubeck live from some College or University, I think with a fast and strong Version of "Lullaby in Rhythm". I´m not really a Brubeck-fan, that was not so much part of our tastes, but I liked that Brown record since it was quite Swinging and an exiting live atmosphere. This was a cheap Bellaphone series. I think on Album was About 101 Shillings, like Musidisk, it was 101 Shillings, while the normal Price of an LP (let´s say labels like CBS) was 163 Shillings.