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In the car while doing shopping: Laurindo Almeida, Dance the Bossa Nova (compilation from his Capitol LPs) Last stop was the post office to pick this one up: Bought it for Rhyne in the first place, but Asche is a very fine guitarist. Bobby Broom wrote him a page of liner notes full of praise, and rightly so. An excellent album, recommended.

AFAIK there were six LPs released on MPS. The first two were a solo piano recital recorded on the Steinway in Hans-Georg Brunner-Schwer's private studio at Villingen in the Black Forest - Alone Together - , and a solo organ recital on a pipe organ - Clare Declares - in Brunner-Schwer's home at Mersburg, Lake of Constance. Both were recorded in October, 1975. ... to be continued later - I have to leave for work.

Thanks, Daniel, for this great description!

I just don't grow tired of this album!

Got it today, and listened to it three times in a row! It's gem of an album, a little masterpiece. I was afraid I would be annoyed by the shortness of the tracks, all around three minutes, but no: Theme statements, piano solos, and woodwinds are perfectly balanced, subleties abound. Shearing even emulates Fischer's piano style at times - he was a fantastic pianist. This is everything but a cocktail jazz album, to me it is several steps above any Getz bossa nova album, which have a great soloist, but are less sophisticated as far as rhythmic subleties and the overall Brazilian mood are concerned. The woodwind writing is better than on Cal Tjader's LP from the same year. Rhythm section is Shearing, Laurindo Almeida, Ralph Pena, and Vernel Fournier, no vibes or jazz guitar. Simply great!

What a masterpiece! These guys are talking! And that's exactly what I miss with most musicians who are just running the changes.

The Maze, from Roscoe Mitchell ‎– L-R-G / The Maze / S II Examples Nessa Records ‎– ncd-14

That was exactly my impression of Mitchell's rhythmic style when watching a YouTube video of his trio that someone linked here - I will order a copy as soon as funds allow. I'm sure it will be great listening.

I love this one, too - so atmospheric. My listening pile today: Rowles has such a unique way of approaching familiar tunes in surprising ways - "Stars and Stripes Forever" here is hilarious! More of a Jazzland All Stars disc ,,, Is it just me, or is Billy Higgins rather low in the mix?

Trying to make a list of the original Vanguard 10" LPs: Vic Dickenson Septet, Vol.I ‎ VRS-8001 Vic Dickenson Septet Vol.II ‎ VRS-8002 Sir Charles Thompson Sextet ‎ VRS-8003 Mel Powell Septet ‎ VRS-8004 Brother John Sellers Sings Blues And Folk Songs VRS-8005 Sir Charles Thompson Quartet ‎ VRS-8006 Joe Newman And His Band VRS-8007 Buck Clayton Meets Ruby Braff ‎ VRS-8008 Sir Charles Thompson And His Band (Featuring Coleman Hawkins) ‎ VRS 8009 Urbie Green And His Band ‎ VRS-8010 Jimmy Rushing Sings The Blues ‎ VRS-8011 Vic Dickenson Showcase Volume 3 ‎ VRS-8012 Vic Dickenson Showcase Volume 4 ‎ VRS-8013 Sam Most Sextet ‎ VRS-8014 The Mel Powell Bandstand ‎ VRS 8015 Don Elliott Doubles In Brass (Featuring Ellis Larkins, Piano) VRS-8016 Nat Pierce Band VRS-8017 Sir Charles Thompson Trio VRS-8018 Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins - 2 Part Inventions In Jazz, Vol. 1 ‎ VRS 8019 Ruby Braff & Ellis Larkins - 2 Part Inventions In Jazz, Vol. 2 ‎ VRS 8020 Some of these probably were not produced by John Hammond. Next were a series of 12" LPs, VRS-8501 ff.

John Lewis and Hank Jones ‎– Piano Play House - Direct to Disk recording, Toshiba 1979

Bill Henderson's Blue Note sides with Jimmy Smith or Horace Silver.

Quote from this post: " Michael Cuscuna told me that they did indeed begin the planning for a Burton RCA set at one point, but that they were unable to secure the rights for it because Sony wanted a guaranteed number of sets that was higher than what Mosaic felt was financially viable. "

Weren't all of these reissued on single CDs, with bonus tracks?

Happy Birthday, Jim, thanks for everything, and many years of happy keyboard to come.

It was 7500 copies including the LP sets.

Fischer stated in the liner notes of the Dicovery reissue that he was dissatisfied with the sound of the Atlantic LP as it had the low frequencies equalized out. The bass sax and string bass sounds were affected by this. The Discovery CD reissue is titled "Waltz" and includes seven tracks from another big band session recorded the same year. All nine tracks were on the Discovery LP "Duality". Waiting for the CD of George Shearing's "Bossa Nova" to arrive, which features Fischer's exquisite wood wind arrangements.

Cantine Pellegrino, Tripudium Cataratto 2015 Cataratto is a typical Sicilian white grape, normally used for Marsala - Pellegrino makes a very elegant white wine of these grapes.

Oh, that looks very interesting. I got to know Robyn Schulkowski back in 1978 while working as a roadie for Peter Giger's Family of Percussion (Giger, Doug Hammond, Tom Nicholas, Trilok Gurtu), she attended a Bonn performance, was studying classical percussion in Cologne. She has come a long way ..... turned into a virtuoso classical avant garde percussionist.