mikeweil

Not the musician, but ...

When I prepared my Tjader discography for Duncan S. Reid's book, I never trusted Lord. The Tjader data he displays are still the same as in the old Bruyninckx disco. He seems to have his people for some musicians, but others are shamefully neglected. I always check with other sources. But, to be fair, it is impossible to get everything in such a project. Even in a discography on a single musician, you never can be complete. You'd have to audition every record to confirm every detail, which is extremely hard to achieve. If he had a way of letting specialised discographers work on his database, similar to Wikipedia, that would open up a lot of possibilities.

The Mexican coach was clever, saw the weak spot in the German defense early on and instructed his team - they tried the same trick a dozen times and scored. I wonder why neither Löw nor his players did notice. They woke up much too late.

As soon as i get my tax refund, I'm in. Should come during the next few weeks.

That' what he is.

Do you have a deadline for pre-oders?

Great!!!

Next is my own CDR compilarion of Wes Montgomery's October 10, 1963 session for Riverside with Melvin Rhyne - his last two sessions for the label are a mess, discographically, and never were reissued properly and in complete form in one package.

One of my desert island discs. This has the fat bass sound I love and never hear on Rudy Van Gelder recordings.

They added a bonus track, but forgot the solo piano piece Rowles recorded at this session ...

The cover design of the new release definitely looks like CMP.

Disc 2 with the pieces for harpsichord - some excellent music in Northern German stylus phantasticus. This music is rarely performed, but deserves to be heard.

To complete my Melvin Rhyne collection and discography research, I am looking for these rare items: Johnny Shacklett Trio ‎– At The Hoffman House Universal Artists Recording Co. ‎– JBS 2001 LP, 1969 https://www.discogs.com/Johnny-Shacklett-Trio-At-The-Hoffman-House/release/4607350 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melvin Rhyne: Tracks : Jeff Pietrangelo (tp) Melvin Rhyne (keyboards) Jack Grassel (g) Andy Lo Duca (d) 1998, LaDonna 013148044287 [CD] .................................................................................................................................................................. Please pm me - thanks!

Thanks for that link - I wonder what became of these tapes,especially after reading this sentence: " Coincidentally the following morning Guernsey’s phoned to report that attorneys for the Impulse! label had just threatened a lawsuit if the reels were not withdrawn from the auction."

Now listening to the other "half album" contained in the Tjader LP (tracks 2, 4, 7, 9, 11), with the music of Mario Ruiz Armengol - some of the most beautiful melodies in all of Latin American music. Notice that Tjader solos much less often than on the Brazilian tracks, and the woodwinds are used more like on the Shearing sessions, play countermelodies to themes - not as sophisticated as in the latter, but very close. IMO Tjader's album makes a better impression when you listen to either the Brazilian or the Mexican tracks. The latter are more unified as they are all by one composer and written in the tradition of Mexican Boleros - I dislike terms like "Latin Jazz" or "Exotica" as they never do justice to the many styles covered and can keep you from taking a closer look. Armengol's music is unique, but his albums are hard to find. I have this one, which, paradoxically, comes along much jazzier - you can find it as an amazon download or on Spotify: This includes two compositions Tjader covered. I can fully understand why Fischer was fascinated by his music. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Ruiz_Armengol https://www.discogs.com/artist/1272748-Mario-Ruiz-Armengol

It's good music - Pass is excellent throughout, and you will not get all of this in other releases. I got it recently went it was running low, and can recommend it.

I still have to get me the complete Sun Ship sessions .....

My latest purchases are all about Melvin Rhyne: Japanese guitarist with Rhyne and Grady Tate (!) All-Star band with Rhyne, James Spaulding, Al Kiger, Larry Ridley, Alonto "Spookie" Johnson, etc. - loose jam session affair, it seems. https://www.discogs.com/Uncle-Funkenstein-Together-Again/release/4017046