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very interesting Infos, especially that Monk wanted to persuade Trane to go back to his roots and Trane stating that for the Moment he has to continue in his direction. One interesting thing about Monk and Saxophone players: I have read somewhere that Pat Patrick played some gigs with Monk, maybe in 1970. And Pat Patrick was much into the Sun Ra Avantgarde Scene. And many years after Monk´s death I have read an article in the german "Jazz Podium" that at some Point there was a rumour that Monk would have liked to have Archie Shepp in his Group. I don´t know if this is true. I only know that Archie Shepp has a deep feeling for Monk´s Music. Once I heard Shepp playing "Ask me Now" on piano and if you closed your eyes you might have thought it´s Monk himself. And Monk´s last Saxophone player Paul Jeffrey also played in a very open manner, with one step torwards avantgarde.

Also from the Spotlite label. This is Bird in 1946 in California. There is some tunes from the famous "Billy Berg´s", some broadcast encounter with Benny Carter and Willie Smith (with the funny Ernie Bubbles Whitman as M.C.) and a set from the Finale Club with Miles (playing a lot of Dizzy licks here, quite unusual for Miles) and Joe Albany on piano, also very fine.....

a wonderful album, Sanders playing only ballads, wonderful thing.

well maybe I didn´t say it correctly, but what I intended to say, Monk´s music is very hard swingin, and Coltrane during that period, for example "Village Vanguard Again" was already into "Free Jazz"......

Once I heard that Arnold Jay Smith did one or two interviews with Mingus quite towards the end of Mingus´ live. I would have liked to read them or to know what they talked About.

Those Pablo live jams were quite nice. Nothing really reprezentative for 70´s jazz, but still nice to hear. I have another one with Dizzy (and Jon Faddis and Milt Jackson) from 1977, but usually Dizzy played more modern 70´s style jazz than, he usually toured with a quartet with Electric guitar and Electric bass and a Drummer, mostly Mickey Roker.

me too. I Always had thought that Trane, like Miles only looked Forward. Hard to imagine that in 1966 he went back to Play straight ahead.

As a guy from Vienna I can say there were periods when I saw and heard Fritz Pauer almost weekly, very often for two or even three nights during a week. The "Blues Inside Out" came out in 1978 and I bought it as soon as it came out. This trio with Jimmy Woode and Tony Inzalaco was really cooking and they played at "Jazz Freddie", which was a legendary jazz club. I heard them as a trio, and in April 1978 they played there with Johnny Griffin. And needless to say I saw him very very often with Art Farmer. In the same year 1978 he played several nights and at one Occasion Max Roach went into the club, but didn´t sit in (for contractual reasons).

R.I.P. Really sorry to hear this.

What a great loss. He is one of my favourite percussionists.

Those british Spotlite albums really were treasures of unissued Bird material. We collected them all and bought them as soon as they came out. Well, here the first side is Bird with the rehearsal band of Gene Roland, but that´s 1950 and not the topic here. But what I want to mention is side B with the original Parker quintet 1948 live at I think "Onyx". Though most of Miles is cut out (the Benedetti method), but it´s Bird at his best, very exiting solos, let´s say on "Dizzy Atmosphere". And you have Kenny Haggood singing "his" "All the Things you Are". At one point it seems you hear some castagnettes, is it possible there was a floor show of Baby Lawrence ? I´ve read much about his tap dancing with stellar bop musicians playing.

I think this was Jackie´s last date in a studio, I´m not sure, but anyway: It´s an all star thing, wonderful musicians and such a wonderful choice of old tunes, mostly ballads, but also faster versions of "Star Eyes" and "What is this thing called Love". I love that record.

I like all 5 volumes of Bud at the Golden Circle, but this is the best I think. The ultra rapid version of John´s Abbey is a highlight. Most exiting how the tension grows from chorus to chorus. And that rare version of "Old Devil Moon". I don´t know whether Bud played it on other occasions.

This was the first Montgomery I heard ! Great !

Very exiting all three volumes "On Stage" at the BIM house in Amsterdam from 1975. This here has a quite exiting version of "Old Devil Moon" though on the start it sounds like if Cliff just had to "learn" the tune, but he really stretches out on solo. Cedar Waltons trio feature "The Maestro" is a beauty. Very fine descending chords on the theme, not unlikely those on Dizzy´s "Con Alma" though it´s completly different. "The Highest Mountain" also very strong.

I think there are not so many combo recordings of Woody, but when he did, it was very nice. Sure I saw him with the Herd, but the last time I saw him in 1985 it was an allstar combo I think with Varren Vaché, Scott Hamilton, Buddy Tate, Joe Bunch on piano, Jake Hanna on drums and a young bass player as a replacement for the scheduled George Duvivier (who died just a few days after this in July 1985).

Dear Bill ! I have not seen the cover of your record yet, but from what you say it´s very possible it´s the one I have here. The Roost Sessions, 1947 on Side A and 1953 on side B. I would not start now a discussion about how great Bud was in the early years and how sad some of his later recordings sound.... but I just want to state that there is still very much worth listening in the best of his later work. Sure, the 1953 Roost sides have some dark, melancholy side, but no one could play a ballad like "Embraceable You" and "My Devotion" in a more moving quality than he did in his unique manner. That´s really deep stuff, those chords, the dynamics....

Here´s another one from late 1949. I love that record ! It´s great to hear Sonny Stitt together with Bud in his prime. And the "cool and relaxed" tunes J.J.Johnson-Stitt-John Lewis is also very fine. Afternoon at Paris , great !

So exiting, such a wonderful set of live music at the Montmatre. My CD copy has a bonus track "Confirmation". About the longest track "Parker´s Mood", that´s really a down home slow blues at it´s best.

This is the one that remained in the shelves for decades, isn´t it ? Well, fine Music, fine compositions, but IMHO not as good as the "Connection" and "Shades of Red". I don´t want to be too harsh, but somehow the Drummer does not really Appeal to me.

Yes, it´s really "Show time". Those Dialogs between Ernie and the musicians : Are you Ready Billy? Ready and Steady ! Then start the beat and give us some heat". Or the one with Sarah Vaughan ! "That´s a nice green Dress you are wearing Sarah" "Thanks Ernie, that´s a nice red tie you are wearin" "Red Tie? Oh that´s my tongue hangin out !

One of my alltime favourites Billy Eckstine .......does he get some love here too ? This one is incredible and other than the National Sides you don´t have "only" the focus on Eckstine´s wonderful baritone voice, but really have a chance to hear the band blowin some hot stuff. And it´s great for Fats Navarro fans since you have some great solos he does, like let´s say "Airmail Special". We spinned this LP very often as soon as it came out.

Count me in as someone who has been in a similar situation. I became a Mingus enthusiast as early as I listened to "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus" (Paris 1964). Many Mingus LPs during that time were available on the French America label, among them your mentioned album , together with "Charles Mingus Quintet + Max Roach". I didn´t know much about how Mingus developed from the 50´s into the 60´s and had thought that "Mingus Quintet + Roach" might be a quite far out thing with two drummers in one group. To my little disappointment it was a quite conservative thing with Max sittin in only on two tunes. But "Drums" and "Percussion Discussion" are quite daring, nevertheless.

A really nice Album with the Tommy Flanagan Trio. I even got it signed by Mr. Eddie Lockjaw Davis himself. He signed it with a dedication for me and seemed to be pleased that I had that Album. It was Long Long time ago, I think in 1978.

Here´s another one, done in 1973 at Montmatre in Copenhagen, with Kenny Drew, Nils Henning Orsted Pederson and Alex Riel. I have a special affinity to Jackie McLean. During my time as a young jazz enthusiast one of my mentors was the famous Fritz Novotny, the great austrian free jazz pioneer (he started to play avantgarde as early as in 1959). We talked a lot and when I told him I saw Jackie McLean live and started to buy his records, he told me I´m on the right pace and I came by to his place and he played some of the BN albums for me (One Step Beyond, Destiantion Out, Old and New Gospel etc.).