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Yes, that´s it. That´s the source from where I had the Infos.

I´ve heard so much about that most famous Deer Head Inn and read a Phil Woods interview where he tells about that venue. He lived in that town. Dave Liebman in his autobiography also mentions this club. This place really looks wonderful, I never saw a jazz venue like that . Over here, most of them are cellar clubs.

who from my Generation wouldn´t remember those Prestige Two Record Sets, specially prized, which was very welcome for a teenie like I was. We all knew those classic Things "Blue´n Boogie" "Groovin Hight" "Salt Peanuts". That´s from where I learned to Play that Music and I´m still grateful I had the possibility to get in touch with this Wonderful Music through those low prized doublealbums, this and the French laber "Musidisc" , another cheap source of Music. On the other Hand: Those Recordings of Course were not Prestige Studio Dates, it was for example the old "Guild" sessions. Dizzy never was a "Prestige" Artist like so many others (mostly hard boppers) were.

Isn´t Jimmy Cobb married with that fascinating and famous Lady Eleana (former Steinberg) who also sang on Dave Liebman´s "Drum Ode" and who later became even more famous as she told the world very lot About Miles Davis during his "un years" when she took him out of NY, brought him back to Music and can also be seen on a Studio photo with Miles (who had become quite fat during that time) , that misterious 1978 sessios with Larry Coryell, where Miles only played organ ?

oh yes I have this also ! Actually I bought it before I bought "Heart is a Melody" . I think this Album "Live" was advertised in "Jazz Podium" during the time it appeared. That´s how I got to purchase it. And shortly afterwards seeing Pharoah live with his quartet. I remember William Henderson was on piano. But I don´t remember the Bassist and the Drummer (1985 Holabrun Lower Austria)

My favourite Pharoah Sanders Album that was made after the 60´s/early 70´s is this one: It has all: a classic quartet, on one tune vocals added, one tune some happy african chant, and also some boppish stuff (Dameron´s "Misty Night").

A beautiful album , with wonderful ballads, medium tempos, really a perfect quartet date, very fine and relaxed. I got this from my wife about a year ago, a beautiful present .

Agreed. Danny Mixon was a very fine piano player and played the organ too. He was lesser known than let´s say Don Pullen, but his piano work on Mingus´ 1976 tour band (I´m thinking About Mingus at Willisau and Mingus in Vienna) is great and he could play all styles, also very fine stride piano. About Pharoah Sanders I´d also say that 1975 must have been a period of Transition. Not so much is known About this period. We all knew his work on Impulse, with Trane or on his own Albums, above all "Karma", and later in the early 80´s he came back to the Scene, but in a more traditional manner with a classic ts, p, b, dr quartet, like Archie Shepp. Those two free jazz Icons still had much to say, but they also reached a wider audience playing standards too…..

It´s not Walter Davis, it is Walter BISHOP, the former pianist of Charlie Parker. He is Wonderful here on the ballads . You can hear him play a similar style on Jackie McLeans "Swing Swang Swingin´.

Two of my favourite Donald Byrd albums of the 50´s. I love that allstar session with Jackie McLean and Pepper Adams. Great tunes, really very much to enjoy.

Both, though completly different music, are great. Live Evil was Always in the record stores during the 70´s, together with Aghartha and Bitches Brew and Maybe Big Fun. The Duke Jordan Album is really a Beauty, I like Duke´s compositons very much.

Both Japanese cardboard cover.

The wonderful 3rd album of Curtis Fuller for BN. And Curtis playing with Bud on the second half of Bud´s album.

One of my favourite trombonists. I have my copy of "Bone&Bari" signed by Mr. Curtis Fuller !

The Benny Wallace Album must be great. I didn´t have it myself, but in the late 70´s or early 80s there was a great Album Benny Wallace Plays Monk, but it seems it is not available any more. I never saw Benny Wallace live but it seems he was very much in Action than. But I must admit I haven´t heard until now about Graham Collier or any of the sideman listed on that album. you say from the 70´s , well that was about my time, but maybe I listend to other jazz artists then.

I haven´t listened to this for quite a long time. Really solid, today I had a quite busy day and I´m quite exhausted, so this really fine easy listening swing is the ideal stuff. If I´m more relaxed I like more the stuff where I have to figure out a bit what they are doing. Really fine the combination of Stan the Man with Grant Green and Horace Parlan. And dig how Parlan quotes Tadd´s "Our Delight" in his solo on the first tune "But Not for Me".

All three Don Cherry Albums are great. I think this was hard to find during my youth. I somehow could find "Complete Communion" and "Where´s Brooklyn?" but the "Improvisers" had to wait until the CD Era.

He was born in my hometown Viena in 1927 and died 2013 in Switzerland. He was best known for his work with Hans Koller, and also collaborated with US Stars like Lee Konitz. He was part of the european cool movement of the 50´s. Others might know more about him. The european touch and the cool movement never was really my bag, so others who dig Hans Koller more than me, might know more About Roland Kovac.

So beautiful, just closed my eyes and enjoyed it.

Indeed ! When I bought the Smoke Jazz albums of Heads of State and saw the picture of Gary Bartz I also thought that he looks almost like Sonny Rollins. I love them both

I also have the Toshiba. Really a wonderful record and probably the only occasion whan Dannie Richmond recorded for Blue Note I love this too

Here a largly unknown Album of Bud . It´s live Recordings and Radio Recordings from 1953 and 1955. As expected , Bud is in top form in 1953, when he still was in full demand of his powers. His Long piano solo on "Big Band Blues" aka "Tiny´s Blues" from Washington is top, also his solo with Dizzy on "Woody´n You". On "Salt Peanuts" unfortunatly the tape runs out after Dizzy´s solo when Bud would start. And the biggest surprise are the 1955 Recordings. 1955 usually is considered an "un year" for Bud, he made the weakest and saddest Recordings for Verve which are painful to hear, at least many of them (I get a kick out of you, Like Someone in Love, The Best Thing For you is me), or at least "Mediocre" (like the title of on better tune). But here he really Plays very fine on a broadcast "Bud´s Bubble" with Oscar Pettiford and Art Blakey, and again an Extended live set also from 1955 with a very fine "Like Someone in Love", so good that we can Forget the painful recording of it for Verve in late 1954.

Agreed ! A few years later Dizzy played a great concert in NY, with an Allstar Bigband, and with a small Group (Dizzy, Gerry Mulligan, John Lewis, a bass Player, and Max Roach). I have the DVD and you can hear and see, how well Max fits in that set of vintage bop (they did HotHouse, and Tin Tin Deo). On the larger part, the Big Band tunes it´s Grady Tate on drums, but that sounds a bit rougher than Max, but that´s only my own Impression. To see Max in Action on that Video set of Music was also a nice experience for my wife, who doesn´t necessarly listen to jazz but said "that´s really a good Drummer"......