Jim R

Don't know how I overlooked that. I guess my earlier post wasn't clear enough. Anyway, we can't call that one "obscure".

All good ones. But I thought they would be too obscure. So... anybody else here own those Landmarks? I've forgotten who owns the rights now, and I'm wondering if they have much chance of resurfacing after being OOP for so long. The long OOP album with Eddie Vinson, also previously on Landmark, was reissued on Milestone a couple of years back (with an extra track that didn't appear on the Landmark CD).

http://www.cannonball-adderley.com/gallery2.htm Very good website, BTW.

I have all of Desmond's quartet recordings with Bickert, and PURE DESMOND (their first recording together) remains my favorite- and one of my favorite jazz recordings, period. They went on to record a couple of great live sessions with Don Thompson and Terry Clarke the following year, but this studio session with Ron Carter and Connie Kay is a classic, IMO. I'm sorry to see that this apparently won't include any previously unissued material.

Chet Baker / Gerry Mulligan- Reunion -Pacific Jazz Cannonball Adderley- Portrait of Cannonball -Riverside (w/ Blue Mitchell) Donald Byrd- Byrd Blows On Beacon Hill -Transition No trumpet, but a dynamite version that kills me: Kenny Burrell- "Moten Swing!: The Columbia Records Instrumental Recordings, 1961-62" aka "Bluesin' Around" -Euphoria

All good ones. But I thought they would be too obscure. Hmm... I didn't think of any of those as obscure (PORTRAIT OF CANNONBALL has been available as an OJC CD since 1989), however, you just reminded me that the other two (which I have as OOP Landmark CD's from 1986/87 ) have been out of circulation for an eternity! Great album, I've had multiple LP and CD versions. Maybe it gets fewer votes because of the spotlight-shifting presence of Trane (and the rest of Miles' group).

"to" vs "too" "here" vs "hear". "breath" vs "breathe" ...and a "new word" found at ebay... ORIGIONAL (as in "This guitar has all of its ORIGIONAL parts").

If you like, or are at all curious about Brazilian music, I would highly recommend this 2003 Chesky CD: Carter's brazilian roots go way back (he also recorded with Jobim in the 60's/70's). Rosa Passos is one of the greatest of contemporary brazilian artists.

Somehow I missed this thread, although I've posted on other HH threads (one of which I remember as being one of my last posts at the BNBB before it went away). Hawes has been a favorite of mine for years, and I tend to like the mid-late 60's era recordings the most. I love his ballad playing from that era. I think the more boppish, overtly "swinging" stuff from the 50's is relatively trite to my ears, despite always being very good to hear from time to time. Titles in bold are what I probably reach for most often: 1951-09-22; 1957-01-22, 23 East-West Controversy -Xanadu (Vantage) 1952, 1956 Hampton Hawes Memorial -Xanadu 1952-09-09 Hampton Hawes Memorial -Jazz Factory (Jam Session) 1955-06-28 Vol. 1 / The Trio -Contemporary 1955-06-28; 12-03;1956-01-25 Vol. 2 / The Trio -Contemporary 1956-01-18; 1958-03 Bird Song -Contemporary 1956-01-25 Everybody Likes Hampton Hawes (Vol. 3: The Trio) -Contemporary 1956-11-12 All Night Session, Vol. 1 -Contemporary 1956-11-12,13 All Night Session, Vol. 2 -Contemporary 1956-11-13 All Night Session, Vol. 3 -Contemporary 1958-01-27 FOUR! -Contemporary 1964-02-17 The Green Leaves Of Summer -Contemporary 1965-05-12 Here And Now -Contemporary 1965-05-12 For Real! -Contemporary 1966-04-30,05-01 I'm All Smiles -Contemporary 1966-04-30,05-01 The Seance -Contemporary 1967; 1968-01-25 Piano Improvisation (aka Autumn Leaves (In Paris)) -Joker / Moon 1967-11-08 Hamp's Piano -Saba / MPS 1968-03-10 Blues For Bud (aka Spanish Steps) -Black Lion 1968-05-07, 09 The Challenge -RCA Victor 1970 High In The Sky -Fresh Sound (Vault) 1971-06 Live In Montreux, 1971 -Fresh Sound (JAS) 1971-09-02 Live At The Montmartre -Black Lion (Arista) 1971-09-02 Iss.1977 A Little Copenhagen Night Music -Arista 1973-06 Live At The Jazz Showcase -Enja 1973-06-10 Live At The Jazz Showcase, Vol. 2 -Enja 1976-01-25; 08-21 As Long As There's Music -Artists House 1976-06-10 Something Special -Contemporary

I'm somewhere in the middle on this. I don't think I've ever joined in on the bashings that have taken place, but I've never gone out of my way to "defend" it, either. It's a good session, IMO, but I don't react to it quite the way Soul Stream does (not "One of the greatest albums of all time" to my ears). On my own personal GG scale, if NIGERIA is a "10" and EASY is a "1", I would put AM I BLUE at about a 5.72584. B-)

Portrait of Cannonball Cannonball Takes Charge Quintet at the Lighthouse

Sorry to say I don't have any of the above, but I'm now curious about that Flanagan LP. Do you (or anybody) have any further info? I Googled it, and found this on an "Ask Ken (Dryden)" page at AAJ: December 2002 Charles from New York City wrote: I'm looking for a set of LPs put out by Hi-Fly, one of which I've looked for decades to find! I'm referring to the four LPs: Randy Weston "Informal Solo" (P-101), Roland Hanna "Informal Solo" (P-102), Tommy Flanagan "Informal Solo" (P-103), and Dizzy Gillespie '46 Live (H-01). Now, I know the series exists because I own all EXCEPT the Flanagan. Never seen it. Auction List,ads,trade shows,swaps-NOTHING. Any leads as to whether this item was actually released? Charles: I could only find a trace of the Weston LP on the web and I've never heard of ANY of these LPs, let alone the Hi-Fi label. Since the Weston LP is supposedly from 1974 and the rather unimaginative titles suggest that these were rather limited edition bootlegs. I can't say one way or the other as to whether the Flanagan LP was ever released; maybe they went bankrupt or got busted prior to its release. The only other link I found was to a Roland Hanna discography.

DISCOGRAPHY JOHNNY HODGES AND HIS ORCHESTRA _________________________________________________________________________ (A) Nelson Williams (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Al Sears (ts), Leroy Lovett (p), Al McKibbon (b), Sonny Greer (d). NYC, January 15, 1951 477-3 You Blew Out The Flame In My Heart (Rabbit’s Blues-2) Clef 8937, 8958, EPC128, MGC111 478-3 Something To Pat Your Foot To Clef 8937, EPC202, MGC151 479-1 Blue Fantasia Clef MGC111 480-2 My Reward -1 Clef EPC202, MGC151, Norgran EPN2, MGN1 -1 Billy Strayhorn replaces Lovett on piano. -2 Master number 476 was never used. The title “ Rabbit’s Blues” which appears in some discographies does not exist. _________________________________________________________________________ (B) Emmett Berry (tp), Lawrence Brown (tb), Johnny Hodges (as), Al Sears (ts), Leroy Lovett (p), Lloyd Trotman (b), Sonny Greer (d). NYC, February 28, 1951 511-1 Good Queen Bess Norgran 101, MGN1004, EPN27 512-2 Jeep’s Blues Clef 8944, EPC128, MGC128, Norgran MGN1048 513-3 Solitude Norgran EPN27, MGN1004 514-5 The Jeep Is Jumping Norgran EPN27, MGN1048, MGN1009 FrancoisD, many thanks for providing that. It looks pretty complete, but there appears to be one thing missing (unless I overlooked it somehow). At the end of the (B) section of February 28, 1951, there should be an alternate take listed for "the jeep is jumping".

Hey Al, aren't you going to be leading a Blindfold Test soon? I sure would like to participate in that. Let me know when you're going to accept sign-ups!! If you decide to do two discs (how about making one of them with a Christmas theme?), I'll tell you right now- I'm going to want both of them (don't try to put any fruitcake in the package).

There are a number of things from recent tests that I'm planning to buy... ... when I find them in the used bins for under $9.

Thanks for the additional clarifications and thoughts, Jim. KISMET is probably the natural choice for comparison to Shearing, and (as I listen to KISMET) I do hear some of the block-type sound / unison lines on a couple of the heads. And as I say, the PLAY HORACE SILVER didn't strike me that way, and there are some more interesting arrangements on some of their other LP's as well. In terms of their repertoire, they mixed it up, playing familiar pop standards as well as familiar and not-so-familiar jazz tunes by others as well as their own originals. Oh well, I suppose they're too safe/straight ahead (some great swinging stuff notwithstanding) for some folks. I just continue to wish for a resurfacing of more (or all) of their work. I'm very thankful to have gotten some LP burns from one of our fellow board members, and I think the term "worthy" fits. I'd love to have all of this material in clean, upgraded sound. Go beyond KISMET if you get the chance.

Hey, a snide comment here and there I suppose (not from me), but don't assume that your enthusiasm would not be welcomed. Bring it! BTW, what do you think of the Mastersounds? I agree that The Mastersounds were rather closer on the arc of "vibraphone groups" to the Shearing Quintet than to the MJQ. Please elaborate, if you would. I'm trying to be open to the idea, I just don't hear it. I just listened to THE MASTERSOUNDS PLAY HORACE SILVER, and my expressed feelings were only reinforced. Anybody else have that recording? Listening to BALLADS AND BLUES right now, and the opening blues medley includes "Bluesology" and "Fontessa", so I guess this isn't going to be the one to change my mind. B-)

Valid opinion, as they did record an album with Shearing for Jazzland (available on OJC CD). I already mentioned that record, and no, the Mastersounds didn't record with Shearing. I'm still not convinced that it follows from the fact that the M brothers recorded one album with Shearing that the Mastersounds (a quartet with no guitarist) resembled Shearing's groups. One thing that struck me as I looked at their albums- the Mastersounds stretched out. Many, if not most of the tracks on their LP's were in the 5 to 9 minute range. After Shearing recorded with the M bros (a session where the average track length was about 3:30), he thanked them for allowing him to play "more jazz than he had in years". Generally speaking, I think there was significantly more "cocktail" in Shearing's jazz concept than you will find in the Mastersounds recordings. ====== Jim, I think your "classical tinges" goes along with my "chamber jazz" comment. Still, despite that difference, there are certain things that I would think link the M's more with the MJQ (Bags' influence on Buddy; the blues factor; the aforementioned "stretchout" factor; and of course, the absence of a guitarist!!). As for the "block sound" suggestion, I'll need to listen further, but I can't say at this point that I concur.

Hey, fess up- don't tell me you weren't lookin' at her ankles in that shot of her in the green outfit (I know I was... anything to keep the eye from wandering anywhere near the hair).

Selection is limited, but take a look at Dusty G (they actually list some at $10.99 and $11.99, as well as the $13.99 I mentioned before): http://www.dustygroove.com/cgi-sys/cgiwrap...se&issearch=yes

It's not to late...it can be! Not to change the subject, but doesn't this capture the essence of roadkill?

Hey, a snide comment here and there I suppose (not from me), but don't assume that your enthusiasm would not be welcomed. Bring it! BTW, what do you think of the Mastersounds?

I'm confused. I just did a search there for "Steeplechase" and they only showed 4 titles. Anyway, $14.75 ain't bad, but Dusty Groove has been listing some lately for $13.99. Click HERE, and then look for the link that says "Steeplechase Records (Complete list)". Don't know if that's really a "complete" complete listing of what's on Steeplechase, but there's 9 long pages of sessions listed, so it's probably damn near complete (is my guess). Prices range from $13.25 per disc, to $14.75 per disc. Thanks, Tom. Rather than clicking on the complete list link, I decided to choose the other link- "This week's specials". I thought I'd look at the lowest-priced discs first. The specials are 4 discs: two at $13.95, one at $14.75, and one at $14.95! Oh well, I'm less confused than I was before. ===== BTW, although they do list a lot of Steeplechase titles, their claim of "completeness" appears to me to be false. There are several Dexters, for example, that don't appear to be there. Maybe they can order what they don't list. Anyway, definitely a good source.

Did somebody just admit to watching the Brady Bunch?