mikeweil

Good heavens!

Just saw there was a box on another French label, United Archives, with 72 tracks:

The earlier sessions for Okek and RCA were not Mosaic but on SONY boxes. Mosaic did these:

In the car: At home:

Very sad news - R.I.P.

Brandnew recording of this beautiful music of one of the best violinists of his time.

Yesterday and earlier today: Alberto Naranjo & Latin Jazz Big Band ‎– Swing Con Son

I still hope to see him perform, I love his scat singing, but he never seems to perform outside of Italy, at least in recent years ....

Any other fans of this singer from Italy on this forum?

After several years of searching I finally found a copy of this out of print SACD at a fair price - it is the only full length recording of this unique instrument, which sounds different from any other harpsichord I have heard, including copies of this one.

Only the tracks with Richard "Groove" Holmes, i.e. the album "You Better Believe It!" I do!

I have all the Antonio Diaz Mena recordings, but haven't listened to them in quite a while. They are among the best Latin jazz recordings of their time, with or without Henderson solos.

There was an earlier studio (!) recording by Clyde Hart's Hot Seven for a Savoy 78, on December 19, 1944, Benny Harris (tp) Herbie Fields (as,ts) Budd Johnson (ts) Clyde Hart (p) Chuck Wayne (g) Oscar Pettiford (b) Denzil Best (d) - reissued on the double LP The Changing Face Of Harlem, also on the Budd Johnson Chronological Classics CD. They were originally recorded for Continental and so are not in Mosaic Savoy Box. There is another one by a Red Norvo Group but I haven't heard this and can't say that it's the same tune, a transcription recording on June 23, 1944. https://www.discogs.com/Various-The-Changing-Face-Of-Harlem/release/3354171

Bing Crosby and Rosemary Clooney, graced by Mosaic with box sets that were not on everybody's wish list.

I share the opinion that Roberts mixed up several things. It's a drag that he never cited precise sources in his first two books (I do not have the third) and lists only a general bibliography, so everything he says should be confirmed by other independent sources. As other have stated above, Cole's LP Cole Español was recorded in 1958. The orchestral tracks were recorded in Cuba, Cole overdubbed vocals or piano in Los Angeles (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cole_Espa%C3%B1ol) - Armenteros could indeed have been in the orchestra, but I wonder where Roberts got that info. If one trusts the Tom Lord Discography, "Rhumba à la King" is an alternative title for "Rex Rhumba" - that may be where Roberts got the title. There are two versions of the tune recorded in March and April 1946, and issued separately (maybe someone owning the Cole Trio Mosaic box can shed a light on this - the Mosaic discography in the box booklet seems to identify the two titles. It's typical for a US release to spell it Rhumba - nobody does so in Cuba!

on to disc 3

After listening to some more and watching the DVD I must say this is mandatory listening and reading for anynody seriously interested in Haydn's keyboardd music - Beghin's playing is excellent, his thoughts on the music are profound, and,no matter what you may think of it, the possibilities open up by the virtual room technology are fascinating.

The one closest to using all the knowledge accumulated on tempos, instruments, and ensemble sizes over the last decades, is the one by Concerto Köln - they even had somebody reconstruct the "fiauti d'echo" Bach asks for, and use German model harpsichords. I find it very satisfying and very entertaining to listen to at the same time. If you prefer modern instruments, try the Berlin Baroque Soloists, who invited Reinhard Goebel to supervise their recording. They wanted his enormous knowledge and he was able to add some new aspects he couldn't know or execute with Musica Antiqua Köln twenty years earlier.

IIRC his Blue Note 10 incher was the only in that series never reissued on CD in the US, which is kinda sad. He was an excellent and tasteful player. R.I.P.

There is no information on the recording date - maybe Tjader biographer Duncan S. Reid can ask producer Ed Bogas, in case he is still in contact with him, and Bogas remembers. But it should be from the early 1970's. Mel Martin has a few nice, if rather short solos, on tenor and flute. A pop record, for sure, and running only 24 minutes.

Very interesting - Tom Beghin plays nicely in a personal expressive approach to the music, and shows the different keyboard instruments used at the time. Got this for € 20 from JPC - at this priceit is a must buy for any serious lover of Haydn's keyboard music. It is amazing how different a piece can sound on a different instrument or in different acoustics. p.s. also available on BluRay:

https://www.discogs.com/Memo-10-From-Memo/release/8978899 Got this 'cause Cal Tjader plays on it, if only on a few tracks, and barely audible. Only for Tjader discographers ....