mikeweil

Disc 1 of each. Considering the Bix box after these.

A look into the Tom Lord Disco shows there was no real recording hiatus, with a few tracks recorded in 1963 and 1964. There had been no recordings in 1957. Sometimes there were twelve months in between (e.g. no sessions between December 1962 and December 1963). Argo/Cadet had enough in the can to bridge the gap with unreleased material. After Israel Crosby and Vernel Fournier left (or they parted in whatever way, it was several months before Crosby's passing) he needed to look for a different concept of trio playing, it seems this took a few years and maybe he had felt that he couldn't go on forever with these two and needed that change. Shearing picked them up immediately.

I share mine with Nina Simone, Tadd Dameron, Anaïs Nin, Andrés Segovia, Charles-Marie Widor, Léo Delibes, Carl Czerny, and Raymond Queneau.

Listening and watching: Very well played, but the dancers are missing. It's like playing Bach's music outside of the liturgy - an essential part is left aside.

The second box includes only the 2:28 part. You have a real rarity there. So far the only issue I could find with a 3.18 version is this compilation (if you can trust the track timings on discogs): But a later CD reissue (after they had unearthed first generation tapes of some tracks) has only 2:28 on the back cover, while the discogs data give the longer timing (but this could be because the person who posted this info simply copied the data of the earlier CD version. The shorter version and "Cuban Nightmare" were originally issued only on a 45 rpm single, it seems. But they stem from the sessions for the "Cuban Carnival" LP.

He was Great Britain's busiest percussionist for many years.

Got my copy of the first RCA box today. The liner notes are less informative than in the second volume, there are recording dates after eacht track entry, but no personnel. Ironically, they mention the Bear Family reissue, which should have been their model for a properly documented reissue. What a discographical nightmare. I'm still trying to figure out the best way of turning all that fragmented information into a complete picture of things. Thanks for the track lists, TTK. I may ask you for track timings for some tracks. That "outtake" of "Four Beat Cha Cha" probably is missing in the boxes. Do you have the means to digitize it?

That's a great recording of fascinating music. Ave Maria in a 9-beat rhythm divided 3-2-2-2 ........

Thanks!

Jamal is from a time when pianist still had clearly distinguishable individual styles. IIRC he never worked as a sideman, which is rare.He renewed hos style several times. I only got some of the legendary Argo LPs when visiting used LP stores in Paris; in Germany nothing could be found. I really discovered him through his Atlantic albums: The trio with Crosby and Fournier was unique. Highly recommended.

Mine are in a box in the basement. Will have a look tomorrow.

Can someone post a link? I lost the web adress with my last surfbook.

Disc 1, my favourite in this set.

Not hard to guess the cover that inspired this new one: