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Charette was not the first with a solo organ album - there were Rhoda Scott and Jeff Palmer. But he's great!

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That's because her piano style is unique: Classical training, but absorbing whatever she heard and played in church as a child, then folk and jazz as she matured. She didn't care about categories or stylistics. She liked Ellington and Oscar Peterson, but never imitated anybody. Bach counterpoint and deep black people's music roots. A world of her own.

I agree with Big Beat Steve. These albums were a mix of previously released tracks, alternates, and some unissued tracks. I think most were added to the CD reissues, but some may have been overlooked. A few albums still await reissue, like the Paul Horn Quartet album. One has a hard time trying to find out whether tracks already issued are alternates or edits.

This series? https://www.discogs.com/label/92704-Jazz-West-Coast https://www.discogs.com/release/15930468-Various-Jazz-West-Coast-An-Anthology-Of-California-Music-/image/SW1hZ2U6NDg4MTYwNzQ=

The story of Stan Getz's behaviour makes it nearly impossible for me to enjoy his music.

If I hadn't bought these long ago I would consider asking for shipping to Europe. Two excellent box sets in good sound.

Listening through all of Nina Simone's recordings in preparation of an evening with excerpts from her autobiography and audio and video for my friends later this month.

R.I.P. He did some excellent discographical work. And he was a nice man.

Oh yes, R.I.P.

Frankfurt really profits from the HIP department of of its music university - the students are really eager to perform and found their own ensembles and try to find locations to play. This weekend was particularly rich. On Thursday I witnessed the first concert in a new series, presenting music from the 17th and 18th centuries in a modern art gallery, whose owner loves the music. There will a concert on every last thursday in the month. The first has pieces for solo viola da gamba by Tobias Hume and Telemann, and duets and trios by Boismortier, Wranitzky, and Bruni. Violist FRancesca Venturi Ferriolo, whon initiated the series, was delighted to see me again. Great ambience and an attentive audience. Last night, another group od HIP students from China, Japan, and Korea presented their Ensemble Otium in a church in a Frankfurt suburb. Moeko Aiba played the best performance of a Bach solo cello suite I ever heard! More great music by Bach, his son Wilhelm Friedemann, Johann Gottlieb Graun, Telemann, and Vivaldi. This afternoon it will be Frankfurt Baroque Lab in another Frankfurt church. I feel blessed to be able to hear so much good music on period instruments!

The weekend bottle: Château de Jau Rouge "Dandy" 2022 Côtes du Roussillon-Villages

https://seuletoile.fr/en/sound-sound-post-horn-es-ruft-das-posthorn/ https://www.ensembleartifices.fr This is the earliest horn concerto ever written!

Almost forgot to post the weekend bottle: Roberto Sarotto Barolo 2016 "San Ponzio"

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This was on my want list for so long. I was not disappointed. Love it! This was the album that made me get connected to his music.

Many labels liked to have blues singers backed by jazz players - there is this Brother John Sellers LP on Vanguard with Basie-ites in the band. Prestige/Bluesville made many, or Atlantic for their R & B sessions. No real borderline between jazz and blues and R & B.

Okay, let me see how far i get. I do not listen to much jazz these days, and please excuse if I am too critical with details. 1. Dahoud - would have liked the intro better with the second note before the beat. Hate the bass direct sound. Could it be there are transcriptions of original solos. This band would sound much better when recorded in a natural ambience - production makes it hard for me to listen through it. That insistent bass makes it a bit hectic. I wouldn't buy this. 2. A Charlie Parker tune - strange to awful piano sound, but definitely intended. A bit fast for my taste. Like the soloists much better than on the first track, some solid bebop played here. Sounds less like studio routine, but like fun and engaged playing. Oh, a live recording. Was hoping for a piano solo, and there it is. Is that Terry Adams? Like the drummer, and the horns, too. Okay, that's something I would buy. 3. This slower tune comes as a relief , to me at least. Liked it from the beginning. Some Ellington tune? Another bass direct sound, but warmer - that's more like it. Cello? No, guitar, sounding like a pizzicato cello in the first bar. That's a nice performance. Would have to hear more before I buy it. 4. I know that tune, but listening to less jazz affect my memory of tunes. Strange sound, obtrusive kickdrum. Could be some swing veterans. They know what they're doing. Good soloistst having fun. Why is the piano so low in the mix? Nice, but too much like JATP for me to buy it. 5. Symphony Sid, or what it's called. The alto player is good and enjoys himself, but I don't like the tempo, and, you guess, the bass sound. So I wouldn't buy it. 6. Another tune who's name I don't remember. Too fast for the piano player, he's on the border of what he can execute properly. Why are all these tracks in the fast tempo range except # 3? Most jazz guys seem to have high testosterone levels. Another no buy. 7. Django by John Lewis, but that's not him. Not his touch or voicings. That's ome very blues drenched player, like Les McCann, someone who transforms everything he plays into a blues type feeling. But there's a nice change of mood at 2:20. Would like to know who it is before I decide on buying it or not. 8. This direct bass sound might be one of the reasons whiy I don't like many newer recordings. Or is it the sound engineers making it too easy for themselves? Interesting pianist. Nice chops and a variety of stylistics. That's the same Parker tune as # 2. I have heard that alto player, but cannot identify him. Nice attempt at combining his bop roots with some whaling, without screaming, he has control. But I'd rather not buy this, I think. 9. Dahoud, once more. Doesn't enchant me as much as Clifford's version. These modern guys are well schooled, but I want more feeling. So I wouldn't buy this. 10. What a contrast. Something like Night Train. A bit rough, but I like this. But would I buy it? Dunno, need to hear more. Okay, I have to go to bed, got a gig coming up tomorrow night, with this guy (for speakers of German only, I guess): https://www.klemens-althapp.de More later, I won't look at the others' comments.