mikeweil

... to give him wider circulation?

IMHO Teo Macero developped into an arrogant producer who thought he was more important than the musicians he produced. But he didn't produce the music, just the albums ....

This has always been my favourite electric Miles. Gonna get me one immediately - which I didn't with the others - but this one ...

Any double-tongued implications aside --- after reading through some other thread here I scored a CD on ebay byIrene Reid: In the liner notes she is quoted as being an organ type of person. All of her recent Savant CDs have organ, and I began to wonder how many singers recorded with organ backing instead of piano. I have a Prestige/OJC by Etta Jones with Larry Young, but the organ is strictly in the background there. What other jazz vocal albums are there with organ?

The Duets are great!!! Have to check out the quartet - I am not up to date on this series, I reckon. Back in the vinyl days there were so many Rhoda Scott LPs available in Europe you didn't know where to start. I was not as much into organ then, so I passed her by ... I certainly regret it!

Is this currently available?

This Bear Family CD has all his singles for Savoy (1952), Groove (1954), Rainbow (1955), MGM (1956) und Vik (1957), titles are: Guitar Mambo ~ Riverboat ~ Love Me Baby ~ Oh Happy Day ~ Where Is My Honey ~ I'm Tired ~ Stranger Blues ~ I Wish I Knew ~ Down To The Bottom ~ You Better Heed My Warning ~ Midnight Hours ~ Please Tell Me ~ Shake Walkin' ~ Greasy Spoon ~ Bandstand Stomp (Ho Ho Ho) ~ Rock With A Sock ~ Old Devil Moon ~ Guitarambo ~ Spinnin' Rock Boogie ~ Chloe ~ Ghost Of A Chance ~ The Man I Love ~ Bobi ~ as well as some Mickey & Sylvia tracks as a bonus. Is this listenable, more R & B or whatever? Any comment would be appreciated.

The Weston Colpix Lp is a lot jazzier, because it's jazz musicians playing jazz arrangements of (among others) some Highlife tunes, whereas Ilori's albumn is some African and some jazz musicians playing African music. You dig? B)

If you want to dig a little deeper into Juju music, I recommend this anthology: Rounder CD 5017 The late Babatunde Olatunji recorded several highlife albums for Columbia, with Clark Terry and other jazz soloists, currently they're only available on the Bear Family Box set - hurry for this one if you want it, it's deleted!

Wasn't there a US reissue in the Afro/Cuban etc. roots series, or was that Blakey's African Beat - I suppose it rather was the latter. Amazon.com has a track list from a Jimmy Smith TOCJ, so be careful when ordering!

If you like Blakey's African Beat - with Solomon Ilori playing a prominent role, you will like this one as well. For my knowledge, a good example of Nigerian Highlife Music, and very well recorded. I enjoy it.

I'd certainly like to hear this one, only have the tracks with Rahsaan Roland Kirk on his Mercury box set: AMG's Michael G. Nastos says:

There was a 1994 CD reissue on French RCA (BMG 74321 192512): I agree this is the best of his French RCA albums.

It is still listed as available on the Dreyfus website. I like it very much, a track from this was in the first Blindfold Test!

I know of four or five LPs on Black Jazz, and he plays as much Rhodes piano on them as organ. They are all available on CD from Black Jazz, BTW. I have them on LP, like Carn's organ playing very much. I'm afraid that Savoy date is hard to get ....

When I listen to Rouse's albums as a leader, e.g. this one: I tend to think Monk was VERY important to develop his individuality. When I think of Rouse I think of Rouse playing Monk, not the other stuff, because that's him!

That may be the reason why Patton didn't catch my attention as much as Melvin Rhyne or Don Patterson. The only Patton that went to my soul right away and made me groove was Got a good thing goin'. I'll check him out more closely after your comments. What is the one desert island John Patton disk, in your opinion?

As I said, I have 'em all ....

Yes, on a very obscure chaepo CD Jim Sangrey and I discussed on the late BNBB, under Herbie Hancock's name, "folio collection, The Jazz Masters, 100 anos de Swing, EF 20015. Obviously a Spanish issue. Graphics and credits are negigible, but sound is okay.

You mean this one? Hard to get, but not impossible.

That is what I am waiting for!!!! Hell Yeah!!! And the Miles Davis live at the Cellar Door - that band was a killer live! Always was my favourite electric Miles.

Now this is one long overdue for a CD reissue!!!

I'd rather expect he lays a friendly hand on your shoulder and gives some pointers ...

I hope that Eddy Louis is one of the 5, nobody seems to mention him. I said "top five" without really thinking about it ... Don Patterson, Melvin Rhyne, Larry Young are definite choices. Maybe I should have said top three. I also dig Rhoda Scott, Larry Goldings, Sam Yahel, Jeff Palmer, the newer Lonnie Smith sides, the early Groove Holmes Pacific Jazz sides ... some Charles Earland, well, some of all of them, but the three are my heroes. I dig Eddy Louiss, have all of his trios with Kenny Clarke and the ones with Jean-Luc Ponty - where else do we get an organ trio with violin! these are great!" But his later stuff with synths leaves me cold.

The many faces of Jimmy Smith (the Powell and Monk similarities are great) .... very nice gallery, thanks y'all!