mikeweil

Up - can someone with ears to hear the difference between Pony and Cannonball please listen to that album?

Slightly off topic - has anyone heard this live recording: " On Sunday, February 21st, 1971, a benefit was held in New York's Carnegie Hall for Swami Satchidanda's Integral Yoga Institute, featuring Laura Nyro, the New Rascals and Alice Coltrane's All-Stars. The latter band was a remarkable coming-together of talent, with Lady Trane joined by legends such as Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and Jimmy Garrison on stupendous form (with a little assistance from members of the Yoga Institute). The astounding performance of John Coltrane's Africa on this set, broadcast on WQXR-FM, finds them improvising thrillingly, and is accompanied by background notes and images. Alice Coltrane (piano, harp) Pharoah Sanders (tenor sax, soprano sax, flute, percussion, fife) Archie Shepp (tenor sax, soprano sax, percussion) Tulsi (tamboura) Kumar Kramer (harmonium) Jimmy Garrison (bass) Cecil McBee (bass) Clifford Jarvis (drums) Ed Blackwell (drums) " That album, btw, was reissued as SACD on Dutton Vocalion.

I hope you ordered the Gambit version, which has longer edits. A little more than one minute more, mostly end themes, which were edited off on the first release on Royal Jazz. This was Poindexter's gig, one of the first after he had arrived in Europe. René Thomas plays his ass off on this one.

Got the Fresh Sound reissue on CD today - nice surprise. This 1972 date would have fitted nicely into the Prestige catalogue of the time. The girl on the cover is Pony Poindexter's daughter Deana, who even sings a bit on twp tracks. Her dad taught her to sing along with the themes.

This video should have been recorded at the same occasion as the one with Ted Curson, Booker Ervin, and Nathan Davis posted above. My guess it was late in May, 1966, when I compare the timelines of all musicians involved. Curson, Ervin, Woode, and Bateman had recorded the "Urge" LP in the Netherlands earlier that month. Drew was back in Copenhagen by June. Strange that Poindexter mentions that TV date only in passing - but his years in Europe from arriving on August 22, 1964 were rather busy.

This has some serious playing by Roy Ayers on it, too! Spiining a new reissue of another vibist, Gary McFarland, second time around today:

That link does not work anymore - all were deactivated during some forum software update. Here's one that works: https://www.frog-records.co.uk

Brand new reissue on ACE - elaborate essay by Doug Payne, excellent remastered sound. It is amazing how contemporary this music still sounds, and timeless at the same time. The mono LPs of both and Japanese CD of the Soft Samba album sound great, but this makes the most of it. Time to call a late summer party with this music!

There probably is some odd regulation how the pieces must be categorized for calculation of royalties - at least GEMA in Germany used to have such categories, which were not necessarily defined for musical reasones.

Shipping costs per set are lower when ordering more than one set; customs and import tax depends on the amount billed by Mosaic; but the most important is the $ - € exchange rate. You will get the idea when you look at the differing prices charged by JazzMessengers for same size sets imported at different times.

They're losing money on these sets. But the more popular stuff and their wide range mail order sale get them funds for them. Many sets issued long ago are still available, like the Louis Jordan box, so their licensing policy must be different.

I read the Dameron book on my Kindle last year - plenty of new insights into the man's life and work. A few days ago I finished Sheila E. memoir - she tells about many nasty habits in the pop business .....

Earlier today: Just finished:

"Sweer Bebop" - oh, that's a nice melody without that hectic dee-doodle-de-be-bap stuff, right?"

I have that CD and know what the credits say, but my ears tell me differently - no need to turn your flat upside down to find it. Exactly. As I said I have that CD and know Hendricks' liner notes, which are the same on the LP and CD, but would like to know whether there are personnel credits on the LP.

The Tjader LP was recorded February to May, 1962. Henderson's "Page One" was recorded in June, 1963. "So Danço Samba" was recorded December, 1964. Exact release dates of these albums are hard to find, but the Tjader should have been out by the time Dorham recorded with Henderson. TTK, you're thinking about "Vai Querer"?

"Blue Bossa" was Kenny Dorham's tune. Now could he have heard the "So Danço Samba" LP? No idea ....

Perhaps they wanted to avoid a mixup with "Manha de Carnaval" by Luiz Bonfa. Charlie Byrd recorded a tune "Carnaval" for Riverside on his "Latin Impressions" LP in 1962, and this is the Bonfa tune.

Thanks!