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I will get me a copy - by then I will have finished Bob Gluck's book.

Now here's someone who lived up to his name! I remember reading his name in the production credits on a lot of good albums. Thanks for the good work, and rest in peace.

That IKEA chair is fine - we bought one when we moved in her in December 2012, and it is sturdy and serves its purpose well. It is sold for 100 € here.

Started reading today, well written in a fluent language, and since Knauer is a real jazz man he avoids the language clichees so often found in badly translated jazz books in German. He doesn't claim to cover new ground, just wants to give a proper survey, and does very well so, starting with the environment Bird grew up in - he knows his subject and his trade. Considering the scarcity of jazz books in German, anything is welcome. Otherwise, I share Steve's thoughts.

Wolfam Knauer, director of the Darmstadt Jazz Insitute, wrote a new bio on Charlie Parker which was just published by Reclam in Stuttgart. Considering the scarcity of jazz books in German I thought it might be interesting for our members reading this language. I already have the Kindle edition but have no idea when I will find the time to read - either during summer vacation or work breaks, I will see.

Of course I meant French CBS doubles ....

I was just kidding, of course. I have the RCA Centennial Set and the quality of the music and sound always leaves me stunned. I have most of the French RCA double LPs which I will sell after the box has arived - some open space on the shelf, at last!

I'll take your word for this! In other words, I ordered a copy ...

R.I.P. An important, and obviously sympathetic person - Cal Tjader's tune Daddy Wong Legs was dedicated to him. Will play it tomorrow in his honour.

Wasn't able to access the board last night, so belated wishes for a royal birthday - long live the king!

R.I.P. Duncan Reid told me Armando was the only Tjader alumnus that refused to be interviewed - he pretty much withdrew from the public after he stopped playing with Santana. The sessions released on the 10' LP Cal Tjader Plays Afroc-Cuban, reissued on Los Ritmos Calientes, were recorded under Peraza's name, but released as a Tjader album, much to his disapointment - Tjader had no influence on this. We corrected this in the discography by listing Peraza as a co-leader. He was the top bongo player on the scene, along with Buyu (José Mangual, sr.) - with him, the great specialized bongo masters are all gone, I'm afraid. Hear him soloing on Big Noise From Winetka on the LP mentioned, on on Santana's Borboletta - unsurpassed.

Same here.

That's the only was such a listing would make sense to me, as complex as the history of jazz became ove the decades.

I sincerely hope I will have the opportunity to pay a visit in this life.

Which box are you talking about?

So it was you who snapped up Hendersonia .....

At that price ...

Sad indeed. Only after starting to listen through the Mosaic box I recognized how good he really was,

Indeed ... so many original sources were destroyed through carelessness or whatever. Too bad ... I Sincerely hope we get to hear those other Marsh tapes.

Already sent some good wishes on facebook, but again: Live long and prosper!

Until Colin Walcott's death in that fatal accident on their way from Berlin to West Germany I loved the band, their sound was like music from my dreams, and very influential. All players in my first real band were deeply influenced by Oregon, we played their records to extinction. After 1980 I became interested in other styles, and when I saw them perform again with Mark Walker, they sounded too much like a new age edition of Weather Report to me. In general I think that a lot of the promises made by music in the early 1970's were not fulfilled, among them the vision of some real high level world music like Oregon proposed.

Just placed my order, I need to listen to some innovative stuff like this more often ... Along with it I put the Susie Ibara and Newman Taylor Baker solo drum CDs into the cart - maybe this will inspire me to resume playing.

You're talking about "Big Band & Quartet in Concert"? I'd second that - it was out on CD but is long out of print. Why they didn't keep it in the catalog is a mystery to me. I think that concert is one of the best things Monk has ever recorded. Although I'm not sure if any rehearsal material would stand up against these great concert performances.

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