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I also have this but have not listened to it lately. It seemed to me that´s a sampler of some remainders, I have heard that some of the stuff was on a sampler album titled "The Jazz Scene", at least that´s what an older musician (Allan Praskin) told me. The 1949 combo sessions, well somehow they sound half hearted. It´s the same group that shortly afterwards went to Paris for the first time (with Dorham, Haig, Potter and Roach), and what they played there is exiting. On the studio date nobody knows what was the reason to add Tommy Turk. Tommy Turk was a great technician on the trombone, but in general I miss the "message". The session with the vocals is fun, I like it "In The Still of the Night" and so on...... Since "My Ideal" is the "torch song" of me and the wonderful young Andreea Irina, who is my love since I noticed her when I had a gig in town and for coincidence we did "My Ideal" as a ballad feature, and SHE was in the audience, I spotted her, the most beautiful girl I ever seen, and you know the lyrics...."or will a pass her by and never even know that she´s my ideal"..... and after the first set I went straight to her and said "you see, I didn´t pass by, I recognize you, you are my ideal" and that it was. When I spinned this for her, sure he loved the voice of Earl Coleman, but she really soaked up Sonny Rollins´ solo. So deep that girl, so much music, I mean stunning beauty, youth, and in combination with outstanding musicality. My Ideal remains our torch song..... is the Tadd Dameron thing the live sessions in the Roost ? I have it, it´s great. But I also have an old Musidisc LP which has two features of Kenny Haggood doin´ "Pennies from Heaven" very slow, and "The Kitchenette Across the Hall" which I never could find as a standard, it has nice lyrics about a guy who falls in love with a girl that lives in the "Kitchenette Across the Hall". Maybe the tune and the lyrics is Tadd Dameron ? I think I have the double LP "Tadd Dameron Band 1948" on the Milestone label, which is strange, since Milestone for me was a label of the 70´s with artists like Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Joe Henderson, former Blue Note Artists.....

I like all kinds of modern art, that´s why I love to visit art galleries and by the way, you meet important persons. Here with Leo K., a good writer about culture, arts and music, it´s me bending down just to listen in deep concentration what he says me about me presenting my upcoming album in that location, we two brainstorming, me listening hard since.....you know hearing after decades of live music is a challenge 🤣 At the same art gallery, with famous writer Leo K., I was a bit scared I have just a spent look on this, but dig....it sometimes takes days until I find some sleep..... but the mind was bright ! Landed a place to prezent my new album and also landed a gig at another place, you just close circles where you can....

I have listened to this also recently I don´t know this one, but I have one that´s called Solo Monk, the one with "Dinah" on it. I like to play "Dinah" too sometimes just for my own fun and the audience´s fun if I start a set or do a last encore without the other boys..... Anyway, about Monk: Just a few days ago I had a control visit for my bipolar disorder and the psych doc said I might slow down and I told him if I have that "trips" that go for some days with no sleep, it´s where I create music" and when he didn´t understand it, I told him to check everything he can find about Monk, maybe he will understand what I´m talkin bout and why I don´t want to "slow down" !

Oh thank you ! I really like it ! Your touch reminds me a bit of Wynton Kelly . Really nice ! And I´m glad there is someone posting music here. It´s a drag that there didn´t happen anything in the last years.

Me too, in 1982 ! Until then, the only book about Miles that I knew was Bill Cole´s book from the first half of the 70´s. I liked Ian Carr´s book much more ! Bill Cole just wrote off what Miles did after 1970, all that same shit the ignorants where throwing on Miles. To say, that "On the Corner" is an insult on the intellect of the people is just low shit.

Not bad. I saw him live one time with Jimmy Ford on alto sax

This is about trio recordings, right ? Well how about the Monk album for Prestige, the one with Little Rootie Tootie and so on ? McCoy Tyner Super Trios was very much heard when I was in the last year of High School. Bud Powell ”Time Waits” was my favoruite Bud Powell Trio album. But also the one from Paris, Montmatre 1962 or so with Round Midnight, Night In Tunisia, Shaw Nuff, Thelonious, and so on is one of the best for me. I like also the Trio album Horace Silver did in the early 50s for Blue Note.

I saw George Coleman live shortly after he had recorded „Amsterdam after Dark”, but on bass was Ray Drummond instead of Sam Jones.

I think some of those have other album covers now. Is this the record from Montmatre with that fine version of "Like Someone in Love" in Ab ? With that really fine recorded cymbal sound from Tootie Heath. I think I have it and it´s titled somethings like "Montmatre Collection" though its not a collection, just one album with I think 4 tunes, among them also Body and Soul, the others I think is some medium or fast tempo blues....., Kenny Drew is on Piano, that´s sure, and Tootie Heath on drums, and maybe NHOP on bass but that ist not hard to guess, he seemed to be an all records that were made in Danemarca in those years 1960´s, 1970´......

I love it ! It´s sooooo great. I love Billie Holiday !!!!

Oh I didn´t know that. I have the album but must admit that I have not listened to the old Trane on Prestige for much time. In this troubled year I found more healing force from the very late Trane when Pharoah joined the group and it was with Alice Coltrane. But for small hours, since I have listened to some Miles Prestige albums lately, I will have it on the playing list, that´s the hours where I listen to old straight ahead jazz mostly, when I get in some kind of trance where I don´t know wether I am on or off (no harmful stuff in my case, I don´t use drugs and don´t drink alcool)

I like this one very much. There is so much good bop on it, and Hampton Hawes sounds great on Fender Rhodes. I know many purists don´t like that, but I grew up in that period so I always did love electric as much as acoustic. Why....it´s just music. The version of "Yardbird Suite" is especialy great !

He was great. I think I had heard him many times with Johnny Griffin, but I think also with other musicians, maybe Joe Henderson, anyway I heard him with different groups, but most with Johnny Griffin and everything was about in the late 70´s until early 80´s. He was so big that bass really looked small.

Thank you for sharing it with us. I didn´t know that Billy Strayhorn was so small, he looks like a little child. Billy Holiday is soooo beautiful. Exactly that´s the kind of faces I love. Women who have that look, I look at them and feel familiar. Great pic. I have heard that the only thing RVG was interested in was the sound of recording. He never stated anything about the music itself. Before I knew that I always hoped that some day he will write a book about all those great sessions he did, about the music, the genius musicians who made it etc.......

Great Choice. From the BN albums Bud made, I like most "Time Waits" and the second side of "Bud!" where Curtis Fuller is on it. I don´t like Side A at all. From Vol. I I am fond of the session with Fats and Sonny. I love it. I had purchased it very soon after it was made. I was the "Star" in HighSchool because I had this and the VSOP "Tempest at Colloseum", all the jazz loving class mates came to my place to listen.

Good Idea. I had a lot of work the last nights and in the small hours listened to easy music, like the last days the 4 Prestige Miles Albums Cookin´ Relaxin´Workin´Steamin´, this night towards the morning hours I am sure I will spin what you suggested, that´s the right music for exhausted albeit happy people. I had to suffer so much this year, but my girlfriend is such a great help I´m much better now. oh I love those four ESP disks of Bud at Birdland. For example I like the version of "Tea for Two" much better than the studio record for Verve, and "It could happen to you" much better than on the BN album. And on this album I think "Oblivion" is also much better than the Verve. At least in my opinion.

I must look for this "A Prayer before Dawn".

Again a Favoriten of mine. I hat seen Pharoah live quote often in the Earl 80s in acoustic quartet setting.

Me too, I know that the Egyptian word for king might be Pharaoh. Anyway, when I ordered my Pharoah Sanders T-Shirts (special individual order) the original source, though meant to be Pharoah SANDERS, also had "Pharaoh" on it, but as I had to have Pharoah Sanders T-Shirts made (3 in black, 3 in white) I wear them very often, I told them to write it as Pharoah.

I´m glad you also listen to my hero Pharoah Sanders. You might like my composition "Tune for Pharoah" it will be out on my upcoming album we just recorded and will be out early next year. With vocal....great lyrics by my singer.....

Oh, I feel sorry for you too. In our case, Serena told me years ago, that in case she might die before me, I must promise to take a stage piano to the incinerary services to play "When I fall in Love (I know it will be forever). Last year, after I recorded "Waltz for Serena" which you sure know, she added this also to the wish list. So I played them two tunes before she was incinerated. Thank you so much ! Yeah, much too soon and she looked so beautiful, like a model. Even when she was dead she looked like if she would sleep.

I´m sure I saw him live with a Woody Herman All Star small band (Buddy Tate, Scott Hamilton, Al Cohn I think).

Oh I am so sorry to hear that. Believe me, I know what that means. I had enough personal nightmares this year. At least it made me productive and one of the 7 originals that will be on my next album is titled "Theme from a Nightmare". Believe me. I know those nightmares. The worst of them all was that my wife died so young just a month ago, 47 years old, heart attack, no chance to survive. At least she didn´t suffer. And this was just a heavy blow, but only one of many in this year, sad to say. Hope you better now, sincerly I hope that for you ! -

Oh, what a loss. He was great !

Thank you so much ! Well, Pharoah Sanders´s music is my best friend, it has been since my early teens. My consolation if I am depressed, my companion for most sublime happiness. Anyway, I have gone thru many things, but this year has been a roller coaster of emotions from deepest desparation and sadness, and moments of ultimate happiness, where I felt on top of the world. Today I´m much better than yesterday. Pharoah shares this happiness with me, as I have spinned this wonderful record. And I want to state: This year, among my creative outburst due to all those extreme feelings, one of my new originals is titled "Tune for Pharoah" and will be on the album that will be out early next year. We recorded that tune and other tunes with a great singer, Miss Lili Mae, who had made her own record with the late, great Jim Rotondi. The masters sound great. This was 2 days of happiness in the studio and on gigs, really. But you go out of the studio, and you finished a gig, and the demons come back.....that´s life......