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Thank you ! Well yes, I got that album but haven´t listened to it recently. So I´ll give it a listening again. Yes, I was sure it must have been on some BN album. I got all 3 Benny Green albums on BN, but must admit I didn´t pay much attention to them after listening 2 or 3 times.

well I don´t have no box, but after I posted that question, the melody came thru my mind with the chord progressions and all, as it usually does if I got some music in my head. Well, in my head, in my mind it sounds like some Benny Golson stuff, the way it´s composed, and how the chords run. Maybe it´s under another title on some early Lee Morgan BN stuff, because Golson wrote a lot of stuff for Lee during that time. We´ll see what´s about that tune.....

Hello ! On my CD the composer of that tune is "unknown". But the tune sounds so familiar to me, I´m sure I heard it on some other record from about that time, with another title. I´m not sure, but it might be on a BlueNote album of some BN Artist, maybe Art Blakey or Lee Morgan. Maybe, on a Prestige -Album, anyway something from that period. Does somebody have an idea, what´s the name of the same tune on other recordings. Since I don´t remember where I heard it before and don´t remember the title, it would be hard for me to listen through all my BN , Prestige, Riverside - albums because I got hundreds of them.....

Did Mr. Shepp retire? Had a look on his hp last week, no current activities.....

I remember his playing with Woody Shaw early in 1983. Anyway, he was very much in action and anybody who attended live concerts, sure had the chance to hear him. Such a great pianist, great musician. I saw him at least with Art Blakey several times, with Woody Shaw of course, and with Benny Golson-Curtis Fuller (this might have been the last time I saw him, around 2000 I think. Always wondered why he didn´t appear more often during the last years. So called "Jazz Festivals" in my country got all those "Jamie Cullums and Jane Monheits" but they missed to feature really jazz artists. I often wondered why they didn´t feature people who really p l a y jazz.....

Yeah that´s where I heard him first: that date with Teddy Charles from about 1952, where they do also a weird version of Night in Tunisia. It´s on the second side of that strange record "Lee Konitz-Miles Davis"

Anyway I listen frequently to him since I listen to jazz.

He was really a great drummer

Sorry to hear. Really a great pianist, saw him an several occasions....

A new Book about Bud. "Black Genius, Jazz History and the Challenge of Bebop". I purchased it, still didn´t have the time to read it, but it seems to go more into the music than Pullman´s book. Don´t misunderstand me, I enjoyed Pullman´s book, many informations about his live, but what I missed is more about the music itself. The new book might be more into the music.

Once I wondered why Sonny doesn´t use an uprite bass player. I remember in the late 70s many bands abandoned the acoustic bass, Dizzy had an electric bass player, and finally even Max Roach, after having Reggie Workman or Calvin Hill, used an electric bass. I remember a Down Beat interview with Sonny, where he was asked why he doesn´t use an acoustic bass player, and his answer was "it´s easier to carry around an electric bass". But he said, he used Stanley Clark on uprite for a Japan Tour. Well, I don´t thing someone like Sonny might worry about how easy or how hard it is to carry a bass around, so maybe it´s other reasons. Well, maybe Sonny wants to go safe and will show up with Cranshaw and Foster (anyway, Foster is one of the greatest drummers, one of my favourite drummers).....

I also thought maybe Mark Soskin. Hamid Drake would be a gas, I like him.

Yes I remember I saw Griffin the last time in 2004 or 2005 and "The JAMFs Are Coming" was part of the set, as was "Lester Leaps In", "These Foolish Things", "All The Things You Are". I remember during the early 80´s his original "Soft and Furry" was almost on each concert.

Lou Donaldson ! Will see him on July 8th and Porgy and Bess in Vienna.

Try to catch a concert with him and it will be an unforgettable experience. First I saw him in 1985, he was great, but the surroundings was a drag, because it was one of those festivals, where you had on the same time three groups scheduled and I wanted to catch each of them: Jackie McLean, Lou Donaldson, and Pharoah Sanders. So I first had to listen to some tunes by Mc Lean, then to rush to the next hall to catch Lou Donaldson, and then the last two tunes of Pharoah. Yes, Henderson has been with Pharoah for a very long time, before that he had John Hicks.

Many musicians, when they get older tend to play the same tunes. I remember many Miles shows between 1985-1988 with almost the same set. They started with "One Phone Call" from "You are under arrest", followed by "New Blues", and then "Human Nature" and so on. From 1986 on, "Tutu" was on each show. And I remember the mid seventies Mingus-Concerts, always starting with "For Harry Carney", followed by "Fables of Faubus" and then "Sue´s Changes".

Last Friday I saw the Pharoah Sanders Quartet and Porgy´s . William Henderson piano, Oli Hayhurst bass and Gene Calderazzo drums. I got to live concerts since I was a young boy and have some fantastic memories, but I´m sure this was one of the best concerts I ever heard. I was deeply impressed by the music. Mr. Sanders still has much power and played at an astonishing level. Each of the long tunes was a beauty. Though Mr. Sanders played like a man much younger than 73 years, but besides his great playing he looked much older than he is. When he didn´t solo, he left the stand, obviously to relax backstages, but when he made his way back, there he was with his big tone and fantastic music. William Henderson has played with him for many many years and did some fantastic piano solos. Oli Hayhurst and Gene Calderazzo also are really great musicians and did beautiful solos. The second set was quite shorter than the first one. We hoped he might do an encore, but he didn´t come back on stage. I had brought with me my old LP "Life at the East", which actually was the first Sanders-LP I bought almost 40 years ago. I thought maybe I´d get an autograph and could tell Mr. Sanders how much I love his music and that I bought that record 40 years ago, but then I thought it might not be a good idea to disturb the man, who gave us so much. Thought it might be a lack of respect to try to get my record signed..... Anyway, the only important thing is the music, and music he played on that evening.

Strange enough I don´t listen often to Lee Morgan´s "Sidewinder", I prefer "In Search to a New Land". Hub Tones is great, and I like the 2 "Night of the Cookers" with Hubbard and Morgan for the exiting music and the long live tracks. KD´s "Una Mas" is great, I enjoy that record. Don Cherry´s "Complete Communion", "Suite for Improvisers" and "Where is Brooklyn?". Woody Shaw´s contribution on Larry Young´s "Unity".

Saw Shepp live several times. The first time was in the late 70´s and I think this was the greatest quartet, with Siegfried Kessler on piano, Bob Cunningham on bass and Clifford Jarvis on drums. I still remember that concert very well, and the next day I hurried to the record dealer to purchase "Bird Fire" with the same group, plus an obscure trumpet player.... Later I think I saw him with Ken Werner, a bass Santi De......, and John Betsch, also a great group but not as great as the first. The last time I saw him with a trio. Maybe Mr. Shepp had lost some of his chops due to his advanced age, but he played some really Monkish piano.

Me too. My college library had the 3 LP set "the Great Jazz Concert of Charles Mingus", and I had never heard anything like that, and I became enamored of Dolphy and Jordan right then. I was 18, a freshman in college. That is still a magical recording for me, and I was thrilled when it finally came out on CD a few years ago. Hello Felser ! Great to hear, that somebody else had the same "history". I was also 18 when I got that 3 LP set. What a great start to get into the music. That kind of Mingus-Music could open you up for everything. I was still a newbie and Mingus "opened" me to Bird and Bop (Parkeriana), and to Free, because all the more "far out" stuff Dolphy played, and all that changing tempo opened me for Ornette etc. About the mentioned "Percussion Bitter Sweet": The first Max Roach album I got (shortly after Mingus) was Max Roach "Speek Brother Speek". And again there was "my old friend" Clifford Jordan on it. Hey, if you want some great Clifford Jordan, check "Speak Brother Speak" (Roach with Cliff Jordan, Mal Waldron and Eddie Khan ! That´s a great little album, and Clifford is at his best, he really stretches out in similar manner like he did with Mingus. And if you like the more "far out" Clifford from that period and also got some of the Mingus 1964 stuff, I´d highly recommend "Right Now-Live at the Jazzworkshop" from Juni 1964: At that time, Byard and Dolphy had left the group, so it was only a quartet (Mingus, Cliff Jordan, Jane Getz and Dannie). I never heard a better Clifford Jordan than on that little album "Right Now".

Clifford Jordan was one of the first musicians I heard when I fell in love with jazz. Why? Because one of the first records that impressed me was the Mingus ´64 band in Paris. I was almost a kid then and didn´t know about many musicians, so each member of that band became somewhat like a hero for me. I loved Clifford Jordans big tone, and I loved his solos which where rooted in the tradition but he could get beyond that too ! The next time I heard him on record was that 2 LP BN-LA thing "Blowing Sessions" (from the original albums Griffin "A Blowing Session" and Cliff Jordon John Gilmore "Blowing in from Chicago"). An I really like the 1975 stuff with the Magic Triangle, the albums with the Cedar Walton Trio.

I´m not really good in looking for older threads that already may exist, so I´m glad if someone start´s a thread about a musician where I think I can join into the discussion..... Needless to say I like Grant Green. But like so many BN-Artists, they did too many albums. Many years ago, when I became somewhat like a BN completist, I got a lot of albums I don´t really listen to frequently. Like the many stuff he did for more commercial reasons. So if I want to listen to Grant Green now, my choice might be "Idle Moments" or the originally unissuied "Solid" with McCoy Tyner and Elvin Jones on it. If I want a more tender groove with organ on it, I love "I want to hold your hand" with the rare combination Hank Mobley and Larry Young. Love his lines, his sound and his musicianship. The only think I sometimes regret is that he rarely plays chords. Especially on slow or medium tempos it would be great to have more chords towards the end of a solo. Like Kenny Burrell does...... But anyway, I love them both.

I also must admit, I noticed him on Mingus at the Bohémia, which was one of the first Mingus Albums I purchased. That was the only occasion I heard him on record. Also, I was a bit disappointed of the Bohémia stuff, when I listened to it for the first time. Then, I only had the 3 LP set "The Great Concert of Charles Mingus" (Paris 1964), which is one of the greatest things I ever heard. To get further albums of Mingus, I somehow found "Charles Mingus Quintet with Max Roach" in the record store (one of the two Bohémia-Albums). First I thought that might be with two drummers, I mean with Willie Jones AND Max Roach on the same time, so I thought that might be a gas, as much action as on "Great Concert". Later when I heard it, I was a bit disappointed, because it sounded much more subdued that the stuff I was used to....

I was at that concert- it was a blast!!! Oh, you lucky ! It might be considered one of those unforgettable concerts, like the 1953 Massey Hall or something. I grew up in that period (mid seventies) and heard the guys that played and created music then. So, to me stuff like this is history. Some other personal memories about or around Herbie Hancock: I remember well when some other guy from school borrowed me the "Headhunters" album so I taped it. Until then (1975 I think) I didn´t even know that Herbie also played or plays acoustic stuff. That was the times we lived in. See: Keyboards meant electric keyboards, if you wanted to be update. From acoustic piano, during that time I only had heard from Oscar Peterson, since the older guys spoke about him or had his records. But I dug the acoustic Miles Davis stuff, because Miles was like God and you got to know everything he ever did. So, when I purchased that "Miles in Europe" (Antibes 1963) with Herbie Hancock on it..........when I played it I was quite astonished. Is THAT Herbie Hancock, is THAT THE Herbie Hancock???? Sure I loved it, because - though "old acoustic jazz", it sounded "cool" to me, fresh, you know ? Not "corny" like the "Peterson-Piano" I had heard before.....

Hancock is great in everything he does. Recently I listened again to the first VSOP, that double album from 1976 with the acoustic quintet, the sextet with Maupin and Buster Williams, and the funky stuff with Wah Wah Watson. Great stuff, a journey through more than 10 years of Hancock´s musical history.