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Ornette Coleman - Beauty is a Rare Thing: Complete Atlantic Recordings; the October, 1959 sessions on discs one and two.

The map on this is very helpful! All places I know of, but never knew where they really were. And excellent music - little known, even though it has been issued on CD by Fresh Sound. Dave Schildkraut, Billy Bauer, J.J. Johnson & Kai Winding (not together) and others, with imaginative compositions/arrangements by Aless. Not earth-shaking, but really nice.

Tony Aless - Long Island Suite (Roost)

Jimmy Giuffre Trio Concert (Unique Jazz). Can't find a usable picture of this bootleg. Crappy sound, I'm sure nobody got paid, no discographical details - and a stunning performance, from the 1961 European tour.

Kirk Joseph. For many years, he was my favorite tuba player - until the frighteningly talented Matt Perrine hit the New Orleans scene.

The Changing Face of Harlem (Savoy). I particular like the Clyde Hart sextet date, with Budd Johnson and Little Benny Harris.

Don't quite know what you mean. But your earlier post mentioning Lacy made me wonder how I could possibly have forgotten to mention the incredible Jean-Jacques Avenel, mostly found with Lacy.

My favorite bass solo (and I know you weren't asking about solos in particular) just might be Wilbur Ware's on the mono take of "Decidedly," on the Gerry Mulligan/Thelonious Monk Riverside album. He's playing a walking, on-the-beat solo, which at some point he turns around so that he's playing on the offbeats. There are other delights as well. My favorite underrated bassist is Michael Moore. I think that he is often overlooked because he can often be found in somewhat conservative settings - with cabaret singers or musicians who lean toward an older aesthetic, like Ruby Braff, for example. But he's worth seeking out. He plays some beautiful duets with Kenny Barron on the 1+1+1 album. (Ron Carter is the other "1.") And Henry Grimes! Superb in any kind of music - straight-ahead or as free as it gets. One of the all-time greats.

This again.

I just listened to Dimensions & Extensions (from the Mosaic box) for the first time in a while. I had always enjoyed it, but tried to listen more critically tonight. I still enjoyed it - more as the session went on. I see (hear?) where Chuck is coming from - there are some sloppy ensembles, Donald Byrd probably wasn't the best choice for this date, and there are a couple of comparatively weaker tracks , but I overall I find the music exciting and engaging, even if it's not perfect.

Speaking of the Stooges.... I wanted to mention this album, released about a year ago, I think. Street Music might interest those into vinyl and New Orleans brass bands. It's a vinyl-only release - no CD and no download. The Stooges BB are a funk/R & B-oriented group, and are hot and excellent here - the music and the pressing sound good. I doubt you'll be able to find it anywhere but the Louisiana Music Factory - here's the link.

Kid Howard's New Orleans Band (Jazzology). A 1962 date by a five-piece band; Captain John Handy is the other horn. A favorite for nearly 40 years.

Albert Ayler - Swing Low Sweet Spiritual (Osmosis)

Howard McGhee... ... and his Boppers - Mad Hype / Rummage Bounce (Modern) ... and His Orch. - McGhee Jumps / McGhee Special (Modern) ... and His Combo - Deep Meditation / Hadda Brooks - Blues in B Flat (Modern) ... 's Korean All Stars - Man With a Horn / 12th Street Bop (Hi-Lo)

Oh, and not R & B, but Gary Burton's recording debut was on Floyd Cramer's "Last Date."

Clarke/Boland Big Band - All Blues (MPS)

Happened all the time. Connie Kay did a lot of studio work for Atlantic; perhaps his most surprising appearance, given his reputation as a subtle, restrained drummer, is on Big Joe Turner's "Shake, Rattle and Roll." Not surprisingly, given their relationship, Lester Bowie plays on several Fontella Bass records - not "Rescue Me," though. In New Orleans, the lines were particularly blurred. "Jazz" musicians turn up all the time on R & B records - except that most of them probably just thought of themselves as "musicians," not "jazz musicians." Melvin Lastie does the cornet solo on Barbara George's "I Know," for instance, and Ellis Marsalis, James Black, Frog Joseph (whom I heard in Preservation Hall), and many others spent lots of time in Cosimo Matassa's studio.

Charlie Parker - Complete Savoy Studio Recordings; the 1948 sessions on disc three. The inclusion of incomplete takes on Bird sets has taken some heat here lately, but I find the fragments fascinating. And despite a squeaky reed, the September 18, 1948 "Parker's Mood" session is one of Bird's absolute best.

Spent an enjoyable 40 minutes with Coleman Hawkins today: I Cross My Heart / Can Anyone Explain? (Roost). Ballads, with Billy Taylor, John Collins, Percy Heath, and Blakey. Memories of You / Step On It (Manor). This is a really excellent record. From 1944, with Charlie Shavers, Ed Hall, and Oscar Pettiford, among others. Imagination / Cattin' at Keynote (Keynote). I found out here that the master take of "Cattin'" was left off the 4-CD Hawkins Keynote set, so it's nice to have an original. Body and Soul / Fine Dinner (RCA Victor). A 1952-54 pressing, "Re-issued by Request." It sounds magnificent. And the four Hawkins sides from the 1946 RCA New 52nd Street Jazz album. I particularly enjoyed Mary Osborne's contributions and Allen Eager's solo on "Allen's Alley," aka "Wee."

This is what I was about to type, until I saw that I used the exact words a year ago.

Weight. A great box set should break a toe if you drop it on your foot.

Jim Robinson (Smoky Mary). Big Jim's last recording, from 1976. Thomas Jefferson and Raymond Burke are the rest of the front line on one side; Kid Thomas Valentine and Paul Barnes are on the other. Smoky Mary was trombonist Frank Demond's label in the 1970s. He put out a dozen or so albums, all excellent, by his favorite New Orleans musicians.

I am trying to accommodate everyone and make everyone happy. I did not mean to slight you. I do not see that posted anywhere. Can you point out where that is? If I missed it, I apologize. I can't find that listing for you for March. Do you want to take November, 2015? I went through my old messages, and Hardbopjazz did indeed ask me for March some time back. I thought I had everything up to date when I turned over the reins, but I guess this detail got lost in the transition. Apologies to Hardbopjazz. I would suggest that Hardbopjazz be given March, Tom in RI move to June, and I'll move to November. That seems like a solution that won't put anyone out more than a few months.

I posted the above in the Live Shows thread, but thought that it also belonged here, with some amplification. The Panorama Brass Band, like its indoor counterpart, the Panorama Jazz Band, plays klezmer, Caribbean tunes, and Balkan music in addition to traditional and modern New Orleans brass band standards. The leader, clarinetist Ben Schenck, is a friend, and had tipped me off to this moving wedding procession in the Bywater neighborhood. The Panorama is the only brass band in the city that uses alto and baritone horns, like the early-20th-century bands used - although the Panorama boys use the Eastern European versions of those instruments, like the Balkan brass bands use. You can see an alto and baritone horns to the right in the first picture. The Panorama have a CD out, 17 Days, which I discussed in post #47 of this thread. They also have four tracks on the Panorama Jazz Band's second CD, Panoramaland, and two tracks on the PJB's third CD, Come Out Swingin'. Fall through spring is second-line season in New Orleans - just about every Sunday afternoon a social club has a second-line parade. Last week I went to my first one - the Family Ties Social Aid and Pleasure Club second line through the Treme. It was scheduled for four hours, but me and my buddies just joined up for an hour. It was kind of overwhelming - thousands of folks following the sharply-dressed club members and motley-looking pickup band through the streets. The second-liners danced when they felt like it, and many of them played along with drumsticks on bottles. I've seen/heard New Orleans brass band music in street parades before, but these two experiences, along with Frog Joseph's funeral in 2004, really brought this music into focus as a functional, community-building force. In both cases, the music was funky and transcendent at the same time.

Stooges Brass Band - Street Music (Sinking City). No CD or download on this one.