mikeweil

Same here - R.I.P. - his old friends at the heavenly jam session had to wait quite some time for him, which is not a bad thing.

Going up the river Rhine?

Seems all the sellers of Blue Bash! are based in the US - just placed a bid on ebay - if I win, it will cost me much less although shipping rates are almost the same as on amazon.

Duh! On amazon.de used copies are offered from € 35 upwards ... plus € 3 for shipping. A copy from the US would cost me € 27.50 including shipping, copies from the UK or France go for similar quotes, are mostly from the same sellers ... I'll wait for better days. The CD I pictured, For Charlie and Benny, is the expanded CD reissue. No idea whether the Japanese CD (with the original title) has the bonus tracks, too.

In 1963 Kenny Burrell started a series of sessions as a leader for Verve that produved some of his most famous albums, Guitar Forms in particular, but I do not see them mentioned that often here on the forum. Is it due to his enormous output of a hundred albums as a leader? Please share your opinions. For starters, here's an overview: - June 6, 1963: two tracks, personnel unknown, unissued - June 7, 1963: two tracks, personnel unknown, unissued - July 16, 1963: two tracks with Jimmy Smith for the Blue Bash! LP (CD reissue has two alternates added) - July 25, 1963: two tracks with Jimmy Smith for the Blue Bash! LP (CD reissue has three alternates added) - July 26, 1963: two tracks with Jimmy Smith for the Blue Bash! LP (CD reissue has two alternates added; one track was issued on Smith's Any Number Can Win LP and was not included on the Verve Master edition reissue, which, btw, goes for ridiculous prices) - December 4, 1964: two tracks with the Gil Evans Orchestra for the Guitar Forms LP - December 15, 1964: two tracks with the Gil Evans Orchestra for the Guitar Forms LP - April 6, 1965: one track with the Gil Evans Orchestra for the Guitar Forms LP - April 6, 1965: three tracks with Roger Kellaway, Joe Benjamin, Grady Tate & Wille Rodriguez plus one solo guitar track for the Guitar Forms LP (Verve Master Edition reissue has several alternates) - August 17, 1966: three tracks with unknown personnel, unissued - August 18, 1966: six tracks with unknown personnel, unissued - December 16, 1966: four tracks, with Phil Woods, Mike Mainieri, Richard Wyands, Ron Carter, Grady Tate; two issued on A Generation Ago Today; all four on the CD reissue For Charlie and Benny - December 20, 1966: four tracks, with Phil Woods, Mike Mainieri, Ron Carter, Grady Tate; two issued on A Generation Ago Today; all four on the CD reissue For Charlie and Benny - January 21, 1967: one track with Phil Woods, Ron Carter, Grady Tate; issued on A Generation Ago Today - January 21, 1967: three tracks with Phil Woods, Ron Carter, Grady Tate; issued on A Generation Ago Today All tracks from A Generation Ago Today were reissued on a Verve CD titled For Charlie and Benny (Christian and Goodman, that is) with four bonus tracks: - December 15, 1967: five tracks with orchestra arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky for Blues: The Common Ground (one remains unissued) - February 12, 1968: four tracks with orchestra arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky for Blues: The Common Ground - February 12, 1968: three tracks with Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Grady Tate for Blues: The Common Ground All issued tracks on the Verve Master Edition CD reissue: - April 14, 1968: one track with orchestra arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky for Night Song - April 18, 1968: two tracks with orchestra arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky for Night Song (one remains unissued) - April 19, 1968: four tracks with orchestra arranged and conducted by Don Sebesky for Night Song (two remain unissued) - May 17, 1968: one track with unknown personnel, unissued - June, 1968: two tracks with unknown personnel, unissued (assigned to Burrell in the Verve discography, but uncertain) - c. December, 1968: four tracks with unknown personnel, unissued (assigned to Burrell in the Verve discography, but uncertain) - January 6, 1969: one guitar solo track for Night Song - January 14, 1969: two tracks with Richard Wyands, Ron Carter, Freddie Waits for Night Song - January 17, 1969: two tracks with Richard Wyands, Ron Carter, Freddie Waits for Night Song There was a Japanese paper sleeve reissue of this album in 2004 which goes for high prices. - October 8, 1969: two tracks with Roland Hanna and brass section arranged by Johnny Pate for Asphalt Canyon Suite - October 10, 1969: five tracks with Roland Hanna and brass section arranged by Johnny Pate for Asphalt Canyon Suite (three remain unissued) - October 16, 1969: four tracks with Roland Hanna and brass section arranged by Johnny Pate for Asphalt Canyon Suite There was a Japanese reissue in 2004 (used copies are costly): In 1971, Burrell recorded his only LP for CTI, God Bless The Child; from 1972 he made a number of LPs for Fantasy. In between his Verve albums he made three for Cadet - does anyone know about the circumstances of this recording arrangement? A Mosaic box of these albums would have been nice, methinks. I never had a chance to listen to Night Song and have heard only one track from Asphalt Canyon Suite on AFN Radio in my teens. I should have got me a copy of Blue Bash! as long as it was available, as used copies go for many bucks on amazon. The others I have, and like and cherish.

Looking forward to see Rebecca Maurer perform later this month, although with a totally different program (French harpsichord music from the time of Louis XIV). She plays magnificently.

... and will stay that way eternally ...

Don't mention that one!

Thanks for the link. I think I'll pass - too many other interesting things to buy ...

Yes, you can hear congas plus timbales or congas plus bongos or timbales plus bongos besides the drum set. Very nice how Osie Johnson always chooses tom patterns staying out of the way of the percussionists (something I rarely encountered with local drummers) - he knew his stuff. So you have one guy (Baretto) on congas or bongos, and the other on bongos or timbales - I still think of Willie Rodriguez, who rarely played congas - just as rarely as Baretto took a stand behind a set of timbales.

Just had a chance to listen to the opener, Southern Comfort, and there is indeed a second percussionist. Osie Johnson on the right channel plays a drumset with cymbals, Ray Baretto's congas are on the left, along with a cowbell that turns out to be part of a timbale set during the drum exchanges. No idea who it could be, though. Willie Rodriguez would be a likely candidate, as he had a similar basic, no nonsense style on bongos too, which are heard later. Not Willie Bobo, definitely. BTW it's not the only occasion where Prestige forgot to credit a percussionist. The Pony Poindexter Gumbo session has an uncredited conga player, to mention just one more example.

Will give it a listen on headphones this evening.

Same here.

BTW - this was not Israel Crosby's last recording session. He and Fournier did record with George Shearing for Capitol and backed Sam Jones on one of his Riverside LPs. It may have been his last recording with Jamal, though.

I never was into boxing, but I loved his way of standing up for his beliefs and rights and those of his fellow African-Americans. I think he was the most important figure in bringing those issues to public attention in Germany. Everybody loved his dance-like moves. R.I.P., and thanks for being such a proud man.

In the meantime HiHat released this on LP and CD:

If I had this lot I'd run and get me a suitable turntable!

Happy Birthday and a great time forever to the Grand Poobah!

The two preceding Ventura sessions have Betty Bennett and Beverley Brooks as vocalists, if that helps. Have a Fresh Sound reissue of the Victor LP It's All Bop To Me that included Caravan, will give it a spin tomorrow.

Correct, that makes me wonder even more, as it means the tapes are still available.

R.I.P. I remember how I looked for copies of his Solid State and Blue Note LPs which still await a comprehensive reissue on CD - I love the groove and the open feeling of the music. The Capitol double LP with Jan Hammer, too. He had quite a following in Germany in the 1970's; Joachim Berendt used the beginning of a track from Mike Mainieri's album with Steig as theme music for his weekly radio show, so his sound was very familiar. Thanks for the music. I wonder why Blue Note never got around to reissue the music from that Jazz Wave Ltd. tour.