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Gil Melle - Waterbirds

Pretty cool. Makes me want to hear the album - I'll be tracking it down.

The IAI album referred to above is called IAI Festival, credited to Giuffre/Konitz/Connors/Bley. (That's Bill Connors.) The 1993 Konitz album Rhapsody has a 19-minute track called "Exposition" by Konitz, Giuffre, Paul Bley, and Gary Peacock.

For what it's worth, East Atlanta Passover Stomp by the 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra has been reviewed by AAJ. I'll immodestly point out the the saxophone solo on "Dolgo Horo" that is mentioned is not by Ben Davis on tenor sax, but is played by me on alto. But I also play a dog of a solo on another track (I'm not telling which one) where I took one for the team - it was the best take except for my lousy solo, so we used it. My further immodesty compels me to point out that "Red Rat" and "Ninth Ward Dirge" are my compositions. "Red Rat" is big-band thrash metal, more or less; the Dirge was written right after Katrina, and is my lament for the people of New Orleans at that time. The album is not without flaws, which it was nice of the reviewer to overlook, but it does have a lot of spirit. You can get a copy here or here - or just PM me.

One more - The New Orleans Rhythm Kings. Variable, but their best stuff is essential. The whole shootin' match is on The Complete Set on Retrieval.

All of the Owls' recordings are on: http://www.amazon.com/Owls-Hoot-New-Orleans/dp/B000007SE7 They are a good, but not essential band, in my opinion. Their earlier recordings are very nice (the first session has Leon Ropollo), but they got more and more pop-trendy later in the 1920s. There are lots of good recommendations here - I'll just add: Explore Johnny Dodds' recordings under his own name and with other bands besides Oliver and Armstrong. He was very consistent in quality until his last session. Don't be scared off of Bunk Johnson by some of the comments above. He was remarkably inconsistent, but his best work is quite moving. King of the Blues on American Music might be a good place to start. Even on that CD, there's some spotty work, but "Careless Love" and "Midnight Blues" are stunning. Edited to correct my spelling of Roppolo. And I see that Dodds has already been mentioned, so consider my mention a second. And I can't believe that none of us thought of mentioning Bix until Larry's post below!

Good news!

Steve Lacy - Soprano Sax (Prestige OJC). I don't listen to this one very often, because Lacy later accomplished so much more than this youthful work. But really - what a beautiful album! Great rhythm section (Wynton Kelly, Buell Neidlinger, and Dennis Charles) and an already original approach to improvisation by Mr. Lacy.

Pete Escovedo Carlos Santana Wendy Carlos

1968 Memphis Country Blues Festival (Sire). Nathan Beauregard, Bukka White, Furry Lewis, Rev. Robert Wilkins, and one of my favorites, Joe Callicott. Outstanding!

Annette Funicello Frankie Avalon Venus

Very interesting article. My favorite quote: "The mellophonium players retaliated by practicing." The devious bastards!

Donald Byrd - Free Form (BN mono)

Ma Rainey Chippie Hill Ornette Coleman

Hollywood Saxophone Quartet again - Warm Winds (Liberty mono). Their "classical" album. Side one is an interesting suite by Spud Murphy.

Hollywood Saxophone Quartet - Sax Appeal (Liberty Transistorized Spectra-Sonic-Sound mono)

37/38 - For some reason I put Lee Morgan instead of Blakey and didn't catch it in time.

CDs sent out today.

The George Lewis sessions from The Atlanic New Orleans Jazz Sessions. One thing I love about these Lewis recordings is that there are hardly any solos - when one horn takes the lead, the others will often keep playing secondary parts.

The Complete Charlie Parker on Verve - disc 4, with the first "Bird With Strings" session and the Bird & Diz session. When I was about 16, I was listening to my old "Bird & Diz" album in the living room when my mom walked through carrying a basket full of laundry. She paused and listened for a few seconds, then said, "That drummer doesn't really fit in with the rest of them, does he?" How hip was my mom?

All prices include shipping in the U.S. Add a couple of dollars for most of the rest of the world. Discounts for multiple items. Louis Armstrong - Rhythm Saved the World (Decca/GRP) $7 Louis Armstrong - Heart Full of Rhythm (Decca/GRP) $7 Louis Armstrong - Pocketful of Dreams (Decca/GRP) $7 Blue Boogie (Albert Ammons, Meade Lux Lewis, Pete Johnson, James P. Johnson, etc.) (Blue Note) - price written on spine in ink $7 Bob Brookmeyer - Traditionalism Revisited (Pacific Jazz) - small sawcut in spine $7 SOLD Anthony Braxton/Richard Teitelbaum - Duet: Live at Merkin Hall (Music & Arts) - sealed $7 Ravi Coltrane/Antoine Roney - Sax Storm (Japanese Alfa) (w/ Jackie Terrason, Cindy Blackman) - sawcut on front spine $7 Miles Davis - On the Corner (Japanese Sony Mastersound edition) $10 SOLD Roland Kirk - We Free Kings (EmArcy) $7 SOLD George Lewis and The Easy Riders Jazz Band (GHB) $5 SOLD Pat Metheny/Ornette Coleman - Song X (Geffen) - original issue, not the remaster $5 Red Norvo - Vol. 5: Nuances by Norvo (Hep) - a couple of cracks in the front of the jewel case $5 Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite (OJC Milestone) $7 Sonny Rollins - Way Out West (MFSL) - a crack in the front of the jewel case $10 SOLD and a double CD: King Oliver - The Complete King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band (French Music Memories) $10 (This issue includes the two Oliver/Jelly Roll Morton duets and the two Butterbeans & Susie sides Oliver played on; it was one of the best-sounding issues of the Oliver material prior to the Off the Record set.) If anyone besides me still watches VHS tapes: John Coltrane - The Coltrane Legacy (VAI) - Includes the German 1961 TV broadcast with Eric Dolphy and the Jazz Casual set. $6 Charles Mingus - Live in Norway, 1964 (Green Line) - w/ Dolphy, Johnny Coles, Clifford Jordan, Byard. $6 PM me and post what you want here. Thanks for looking.

Chicago in the 30's (Tax) - Sessions by Reuben Reeves, Charles LeVere, Richard M. Jones, and Earl Hines. I got it a while back mostly because Boyce Brown plays on the Charles LeVere tracks, but his only real exposure is playing a straight lead melody on one tune. Otherwise not earth-shattering, but not bad.

Great record! Essential for all George Russell and Gil Evans fans.

Sun Ra - The Soul Vibrations of Man (Saturn)

Booker Ervin - The In Between (Blue Note). A fine album, and Bobby Few's recording debut.