mikeweil

This afternoon, new arrval:

I love that album! This afternoon:

Yes he was a perfect fit. Saw that band, too.

It's all meta records releases and mostly Swiss players, so I thought you might know some of them.

You got it! Once you follow ubu's link, it's detective work, yes. I will post the answers during the weekend.

You're right! He was born in Passaic, New Jersey in 1938 and stayed in Europe from 1968 to 1978. That's when I saw him play with George Coleman. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Inzalaco

Tony Inzalaco was one of the swinginest European drummers.

No, a generation after him.

Transition was the first Coltrane Impulse LP I bought and my entrance ticket to his musical world. Before that, it was Coltrane Plays the Blues and Equinox.

My memory is correct - missing are two tracks. - I Hear A Rhapsody from the March 12, 1953 session (Tjader's first with Shearing) - Mambo Inn from the March 28, 1954 session (the last with Tjader) All other tracks of Shearing with Tjader are on these two LPs. Six sessions with four tracks each, totalling 24. 22 are on those two LPs. That review Big Beat Steve posted is a typical example of the hard swinging jazz police. No ear for the intricate arrangements.

Yesterday afternoon: Today:

This tunred out to be one of my favourite sets, especially the tracks with pianists Fischer, McCann, or Wofford. And I remember how long I hesitated and ordered a copy at the last minute.

IIRC these are missing a track or two. I will look it up when I am back home later today.

It's a Swiss guy.

Sorry, never heard of this disc nor the label. Strange repertoire with swing era compilations and live recordings. ZYX was a strange company. Distributing the Fantasy label group was their only jazz acitvity. There was a guy with big money in the background (Bernhard Mikulski) - a local retailer who knew him told me he more or less "bought" Pablo at the time. That CD looks like it should have been in the Pablo catalog.

There was a similar statement from Shrdlu some years back about Cotrane's religios interests. Shrdlu: You can say you dislike it, but, please, without putting it down. Be respectful. There is no "duty" to like it, just because it's Coltrane.

There was a similar compilation on MGM 10" LP 4041, Satin Latin. https://www.discogs.com/master/834282-The-George-Shearing-Quintet-Satin-Latin

Fully agree - one disc per day is perfect! I especially enjoy the no-nonsense sound of these recordings. The engineers succeeded in taking you right there.

Thanks! I suspected something like that. I wanted to compare the takes last week but it seems I did not keep that track when I sold the Jimmy Forrest CD. One of the cases when the OJC team did not do their homework.

This afternoon:

Revisited the Clare Fischer tracks from this, which are really outstanding! In addition, one disc per day from this box:

CD 1, track 9!