mikeweil

Didn't know about the expanded reissue, thanks for the hint. Only had the Blue Moon reissue. Found a cheap copy from a German discogs seller and jumped at it. 😊

That VeeJay session is really great, I think Frank Wess gets the cigar here.

What really turns me off with all of the Horace Silver live recordings I have heard are the faster tempos he chose on those gigs. I think e.g. Song For My Father is much less enchanting than the studio version.

When Annie Ross fell ill during a stay in GB she stayed behind for health care/insurance reasons. Yolande Bavan was a short term replacement to fulfill the tour comitments and probably the only singer available on such short terms with the chops to handle the music. Pony Poindexter said in his memoirs that he thought she wasn't a jazz singer in his view and left soon after - there must have been some wild scat exchanges between LHR and him that unfortunately never were recorded. The MPS live album with Ross and Poindexter gives an idea of what they had been doing. I like Bavan, too, but she and Ross are totally different vocal worlds. Carol Sloane had subbed for Ross earlier - she would been a better choice.

What I would really like is a CD with all tracks from this session: 660202 JOHN COLTRANE SEXTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, tenor saxophone, bass clarinet; Pharoah Sanders, tenor saxophone, flute, piccolo; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums; Ray Appleton, perc Location: 'Coast Records', San Francisco CA Date: 2/2/66 Engineer: Rudy Hill a. "Manifestation" (J. Coltrane) 11:44 CRC AU4950; Imp AS9223-2 more b. "Reverend King" (J. Coltrane) 10:45 CRC AU4950 more c. "Peace On Earth" (J. Coltrane) 9:03 Imp A9225, IA9360 more d. "Leo" (J. Coltrane) 10:08 Imp A9225 more NOTE:Sanders plays pic and ts on 660202a; Coltrane plays bcl and ts on 660202b. See Note for a discussion of this session. From http://www.wildmusic-jazz.com/jcdisc66.htm

Craft just reissued Amazonas, one the best Tjader Lps from the 1970's. Of course they reprinted the original back cover with all the errors Duncan and me corrected in the Tjader bio and disco. Sometimes I ask myself who we are working for.

What do you thinl the record Compagnie will throw upon us next year? And what would you really want?

Yes! Some of the twofer liner noten were full of variable insights. The noten Jon Hendricks wrote for the King Pleasure twofer are a gem of Jazz prose. The book that Orrin Keepnews published includes many of his Milestone twofer noten.

amazon link - the book is in Portuguese language, not Polish!

That's because it is on this excellent disc by the Buchberger Quartet, highly recommended. The whole series on Wergo is excellent. https://www.discogs.com/label/532694-Edition-Paul-Hindemith The three box sets with all orchestral works on CPO sare the perfect complement. Add the various chamber music discs by the Ensemble Villa Musica to complete the picture. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1058369-Ensemble-Villa-Musica

That's absolutely on point. My problem with Muse is the sound - rather thin, no warmth, especially the bass, and bass drums almost inaudible. I doubt there will be much improvement. And they have short playing time. In most cases two albums woulb fit on one CD. Some are musically very good, some are avrerage. I find this listing to be more useful than the one on discogs, due to all foreign editions listed there. http://www.jazzlists.com/SJ_Label_Muse_5000.htm Muse continued when Prestige was turned into a fusion label. Don Schlitten et al.

This afternoon:

RIP

https://www.discogs.com/release/15117741-Bernhard-Hofstötter-Sylvius-Leopold-Weiss-Dresden-Moskau-Lute-Music-By-Lautenmusik-von-Sylvius-Leop Absolutely stunning! Some of the most fascinating virtuosic lute music I ever heard.

RIP - great loss for the tuba masters quartet that graced that Taj Mahal album.

R.I.P. NY Times obit

Very sad to hear this. I have all of her albums and wondered why zhere was nothing New. R.I.P

This weekend's bottle: Château de Jau Rouge Bio* 2022 Côtes du Roussillon-Villages ... and for dessert: https://www.carlopellegrino.it/wp-content/uploads/SCHEDA_PASSITO-GDO-italiano-2021.pdf