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Yeah, interesting record. Both Bird and Newks on tenors. Miles in very good form, and maybe the first occasion where Miles recorded with Philly J.J. Also the side B with Newks. Flanagan, Chambers and Taylor is nice. The best quartet Art Pepper ever had. Many like the quartet with Milcho Levieff too, but Cables swings more. But the artists would have deserved a cover photo with more dignity. It looks like if they pissin´. And somehow they caught Art with such a mean look, the cigarette in the mouth does not make it better....

That photo is not bad. Maybe late 70´s ? Yes, Hank Mobley ..... and Dexter Gordon too. The old masters. But it is interesting that Mobley later played one of his last gigs in NY at a joint called "Angry Squire". Far from his peak, but it seems that he wanted to play again. Same with Dexter: In some german review of the concert they wrote that it´s a pity that Dexter was feeling to unwell to play. But about the same time he made his performances in the Round Midnight film in Paris. Though also far from his peak, it´s a mircacle that suffering of emphisema and cronic alcoolism he could play a few tunes.....

I saw the photo and it was very very small and I didn´t even know it is Hank Mobley, I remember before I saw the saxophone I thought it is Slide Hampton in later years.....

It was standard reading repertory at high school and anyway many of our wild gang nevertheless had a fondness to read, to read good books. I had the same edition "ro ro ro". About reading in French : I never had French at high school but if you know Romanian language you have a very easy access to at least reading in French. That´s how I managed to read the original French version of Francis Paudras "Le Danse des Infidéles" . My wife also reads and understands French well for the same reasons, but though she had French at school, when the "profesoara de limba franceză" came into the classroom she said "anybody can do now what he/she want´s" (maybe a boycott because western european languages meant that you might listen to "forbidden" radio stations...., not a single word in french was spoken in the classroom On the other hand, since my mother in law was transsilvanian-hungarian origine I learned some Hungarian much to here pleasure. I never got perfect and have forgotten a lot, but she gave me Albert Camus´ "L´Etranger" in Hungarian language, hard to read for one who is happy if he at least can make some very simple hungarian discussion, but since I knew the content of the book I managed to get thru (the hungarian title is "Közöny" )

I like those Pharoah Sanders recordings of the early 70´s . The first I had was "Live at the East" and the long tune "Healing Song" with some vocals in the background is one of the most moving music I ever heard (though from the heart I´m more the bebop guy). It was one of my first albums when I was in my early teens. "Thembi" and "Love" etc. also very very fine, on Thembi it´s more percussion, and the theme of "Love is Us All" is similar moving as "Healing Song"..... Of course I don´t know the other two records.....

That´s really a beautiful painting ! And wonderful tunes. And it seems to be a good rhythm section as much as I try to read from the liner notes (Malachi on piano, Roy Haynes on drums).

If I listen to vocal jazz my first choice is Billy Eckstine. I haven´t heard him sing "Everything I have is yours" but it is on some Eckstine album where Sarah does it as a feature. Beautiful ballad. Maybe on MGM recordings I might miss the great orchestra. Short time ago during intermission I talked to a musician and he mentioned the "Billy and Sarah" album from the late 50´s and the great singing of them both (I think it´s the one that has "Alexander´s Ragtime Band" and "Cheek to Cheek" but we both admitted that we complain the anonymous studio band, that typical 50´s run of the mill swing bands that also marred on Charlie Parker album "Charlie Parker Big Band"..... Maybe I should look for this. I think I didn´t buy it when it came out since I thought it´s more the kind of a "sampler", but to hear Jackie McLean/Woody Shaw playing "Appointment in Ghana" and to hear Hubbard with Blakey and of course the Cecil Taylor solo would be something to enjoy. I remember I was irritated about the participation of Charles Lloyd and Michel Petrucciani, since they don´t have to do something with BN. Anyway as much as I remember they got less favourable write ups..... I´m sure it´s my fault but I never really could become warm with Charles Lloyd, when he was popular in the late 60´s I was too young (under 10 years) and when I started to listen I associated 60´s jazz with Ornette, Trane, Cecil Taylor etc. ) . But some of the a bit older guys on jam sessions always wanted to play "Forest Flower" so I had to play it.....too often....

I´m not really THE Guitar expert, I love to hear some good guitar solos in jazz combos of hard bop with let´s say Kenny Burrell or Wes, the guitar was not the most popular instrument in 1960´s free jazz, but in the 70´s when I grew up as a listener it was the fix part of fusion groups like Miles how I heard him then..... But nevertheless, though I don´t have heard about Norman Harris, I wish him well, it´s a drag to have a serious illness . I never had heard about chemo bath, but I hope very much that he will recover and don´t need chemo.

Thank you, that means my memory was right, that he only said something about who is the oldest, Lou or him. Thanks Dan Gould, I think some day I might purchase that CD. It´s always a bit difficult for me, since I´m more the musician type listener and less the collector. But Mraz-Al Foster sounds great. What a pity they chose "Atumn Leaves" as the only tune with Mobley: I mean nothing wrong with the tune and the Miles version with Wayne and Herbie is some of the greatest music ever, but I don´t like it , that on jam sessions so many of the not really good musicians want to play it..... , too bad they didn´t choose some of those fine Mobley compositions...... I read the old thread and one of the guys answers that he doesn´t like Al Foster . Different tastes, Foster is my favourite drummer and if I had those "three wishes" like in Pannonica´s book, one of them would be to play a gig with Al Foster on drums ..... I think I even saw that little photo of Hank Mobley on google pictures, I didn´t recognize him, a very old man with white hair.....

somewhere I heard or read that he said something a bit weird about the difficulties they had to find him and announce him the event. Then he said something that he thought he is the oldest member, but learned that Lou Donaldson was the oldest member. I´m not sure he said that, but maybe. I also hope someone has more recollection of the general content of his speech. And fotos. I heard somewhere that at the same time or later he played his last gig in NY. I heard some you tube of it but of course it is sad, but I never saw photos of Hank when he was a bit older. Almost all photos on album covers show a very young smiling man in his late 20´s, early 30´s..... Maybe the last photo I saw was on the back cover of a 1968 album, which strange to say shows Hank in Paris, though the album was done in NY. But he really looks handsome on it....

makes me feel that it might be time to smoke a cigar again. Normally I´m a (moderate) cigarette smoker, but once in a while , maybe now evenings are warm, sittin in the garden after sunset with some good music it might be cool.

Oh yes, I remember my enthusiasm when I first heard the album "Miles in Europe" . It was my third Miles album after "Milestones" and "Steamin´" and on first hearing I bursted with enthusiasm. If the first quintet was "my music", this was even more my music, that fast versions of "Milestones" and "Walkin´", those fantastic renditions of Autumn Leaves and All of You.... and lead to a live long admiration of Tony Williams...... During that time (I was a teenager) I stayed for a while at my sister´s and her husband´s place during summer vacation , and of course I had a batch of records with me and just spinned that "Miles in Europe" while one etaj down some craftman fixed something on the house, and later my sister told me that he had heard the music and all the time said "great, fantastic music you have here......."

Swedish schnapps is probably the best Charlie Parker on Verve, since it´s a session of vintage Bird with the finest fellow musicians, and without Norman Granz behind them adding a "Tommy Turk" to a Charlie Parker Quintet or adding Buddy Rich to a Bird-Diz-Monk-Session. Okay, the album "Now ´s the Time" from 1953 is also very fine.....

I remember somewhere I read a 1973 interview with Hank Mobley (it must have been the time when he already was in bad shape and forgotten), that he had really bitter feelings about BN and that they didn´t record his movie score and didn´t release all his recordings. Well I thought they recorded him so much, it´s quite strange that he complained about them. On the other hand: Somewhere I have read that Mobley was present at the 1985 BN festival in NY, where almost all surviving BN artists performed, but of course he couldn´t play anymore, but it was reportet he made a speech. Is there any photos of him from that event ?

Just a masterpiece as all of Herbie´s BN albums. As many of my generation, we first had heard the versions of "Maiden" and "Eye of the Hurricane" with VSOP and it was later that I got the BN . With the exception of George Coleman this is the whole later VSOP band. Anyway I head George Coleman with his own group about the same time (around the making of "Amsterdam after Dark".....

Mine is also 1978 Japanese pressing ! Vol. 1 remains my favourite for the compositions and the participation of Fats and Sonny. From the later one, I keep Side B of Vol. 3, and the whole Vol. 4 "Time Waits" for the participation of Philly J.J. and the compositions, which are great. Vol. 5 is ok, but the drumming of A.T. is a bit too subdued. On the other hand, Bud plays great on Dexter´s "Our Man in Paris".....

During my youth it was almost impossible to find. It seems it was OOP until I found a japan import LP , mostly for side B with Curtis Fuller. I can´t say too much positive things about side A : Sounds quite uninspired . And the most annoying thing is how Bud interferes with Paul Chambers´ solos. It´s more a battle in the worst sense than giving support to the soloist. Sometimes at "Frantic Fancies" (which anyway is not a composition, but just playing on the chord progressions of "Strike Up the Band"...., it really seems to fall to pieces. So mostly I spin only side B, not only for Fuller, but also because Bud sounds better on it.

Yes, this is the one. I remember now, that "Clifford" and "Midnight" was on it as same as "Blue´n Boogie" and "52nd Street Theme". Heard it at the place of an avantgarde saxophonist who praised Rollins and McLean from the not so much avantgarde scene, and spinned it while we had dinner and beer together....

He arrived completly aggresive and as soon as he came into the studio he said to Max that he is an racist. Then he was completly uncooperative as playing into the right mike, and he threw his cigarette ends on the floor. The junkey woman who was with him, flooded the bathroom (threw all the toilet paper into the WC and thought it´s fun), they noticed it when the water entered the recording room...... ad infinitum.....

That´s a fantastic record, with Woody Shaw if I remember. I must spin it again. The cover looks a bit like those early electric Miles albums "Bitches Brew" or "Live Evil".... Yes, but what a terrible story about the making of the record, in Max Bolleman´s book "Sounds", since he had the recording studio in Monster/Netherlands, where the record was made. I was shocked when I read it..... On the other hand, I saw a whole concert video of Woody from the same year 1985 , leading the Paris Reunion with Graham Moncur III, Nat Adderly and Leo Wright, which is fantastic and were Woody is very articulate and taking care of business.... But reading the story about the recording date for Timeless it´s almost a wonder that some good music could be recorded......

I don´t remember the title of the album, but maybe it was the "Now´s the Time" or something but I remember there was some old bop tunes with a new face, very fine played and that "Afternoon in Paris" was on it, and wasn´t it with Miles´ rhythm section in 1966 during a time where Miles due to ill health couldn´t tour and eventually the band members worked with Rollins ?

Good answer by Miles, so hip, so quick. But take care where you scotch tape them together . Some starters leave holes, let´s say if it´s a 32 bar song form , I mean with a bridge. Take care how you play from the 16th bar into the bridge. No edges, no holes.... it has to flow .....

Miles Davis´ "My Funny Valentine" live from 1964 (much more than the 1956 Prestige Version). Charles Mingus: "Orange was the Colour of her Dress" from Paris 1964 (and in that context: Mingus´ solo on it, a beauty !)

I saw Jaws and Sweets in 1978 in Vienna and it was wonderful. I had a Pablo album I think it was called "Sweets and Jaws" from the same time and I think it had Dolo Coker on piano and I think I gave it someone and didn´t get it back, or didn´t think that the fender rhodes sound on some tunes fits to Jaws and Sweets, but never found that album again.

I think I head at somebody´s place a Richie Cole Phil Woods two alto album in the 80´s and I think it had a long version of a bop tune, maybe it was Donna Lee. Fine stuff, they know how to play, though my real love as an alto sound always has been Jackie McLean. Yes, this was the Woods-Cole album. I think it had a strange track on side B that had some strange title I couldn´t understand and to me it sounded like something "pseudo free". I mean I really like a lot of free jazz, but this sounded like if two guys who are not into that bag just try to do something "atonal" ....