mikeweil

I am somewhat disappointed. The label used a modern Steinwaay D piano, ignoring the fact that its sound and touch are quite different from the pianos when these recordings were made. Some subleties are lost, the magic the Condon Collection recordings transmit is lost.

If there is just enough material from a session to fill a ten incher, that's alright with me. But not for the looks.

My wife and I trust that my daughter and some other people her age that we know will take good care. Even if she doesn't have the time or interest for my books and records, my daughter said she would rather put it in safe storage than sell it. She holds my collection in high esteem, although her tastes are different. Maybe I will sell or donate some parts to specaliized institutions or libraries or single persons that have use for it. Same goes for my roomful of congas and other percussion instruments.

Tracks from these:

That facebook link shows a comment saying it is Benny Golson and Joe Wilder. Makes sense.

The playing would get 8 out of ten points from me. I think the singers overdo it a little bit. Only if you are deeply into 17th century Roman baroque. Stradella e.g. is the more compelling composer.

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Viennese dialect is very special! And the misinterpretations of non-jazz translators all the more. One of the first books on "free jazz" was translated from the French by a German couple of modern classical writers who had no idea that in jazz "alto" means alto sax. So all of a sudden we had dozens of alto - viola or "Bratsche" - players in jazz.

Good luck - these are probably hard to find. I just ordered this CD which includes most of the same pieces, but recorded in a less spacy environment on a more modern grand piano. https://www.discogs.com/release/8478691-Debussy-And-Ravel-Today-Playing-All-Their-1912-Interpretations-Selected-Works-By-Debussy-And-Ravel

Some examples: How do you translate "He sat in with ....", or, even better, "He played his ass off"?

German translations of jazz books often sound corny to me as well. There is no equivalent to many expressions in jazz talk in German. It was real hard to find the right words when translating a friend's article on John Handy for Jazz Podium magazine.

I bought my copy of the Larry Young box used, soon after it went oop, for less than the original price. Sometimes I think I should have kept some Japanese pressings, as I could sell them now at much higher prices. You never know.

He did some great work. Maybe smoked too many Gitanes ....

If only shipping from UK wouldn't be such a drag since Brexit. German post services charge € 6 just for handling, and add VAT to that, on the whole invoice amount including shipping! No fun anymore, as much as I value the Frog reissues.

IIRC I once saw him live with Dexter. Anyway, he was good! R.I.P.

Tom Nicholas died last year. Doug Hammond is still around: http://doughammond.org or https://www.facebook.com/k1Z37 Tom Nicholas' facebook page is down ....

I did a search on discogs and this was the (surprising?) result: https://www.discogs.com/sell/list?label_id=100901&ev=lb&sort=price%2Cdesc

My favourite is Modaji with Hubert Laws in top form.