mikeweil

I have a copy of the discography of the Japanese LP box somewhere in the basement, but do not expect me to dig it out before spring or early summer.

The pairing is the key to the MJQ's unique sound. Without Lewis' arrangements and its challenges, he would have sounded pretty similar most of the time, as his small group sessions as a leader often do. he needs the contrast of different surroundings to play at his peak. Lewis OTOH needs players to write for - as much as I like him, his early trios are not that thrilling. Late in his career his solo albums were outstanding.

He was important, and his books,which had been translated into German early on (it was much harder and more expensive to get English language books back then) were an inspiration for me, too. R.I.P.

Just listened to All Blues: He does the intro in 11/4 but switches back to 12/4 (or four bars of 3/4, as most of you straightahead guys will see it) forthe theme and chorus - he has to cause he transcribes all the original solos. When we played the tune in our recently disbanded quartet, I insisted we play the whole tune and chorusses in 11/4 except for the B section which we did in 12/4. He must have heard our live video which we had made available via facebook ... he stole my idea, I will sue him ....

Not here, that's for sure. There was a German 1960's science tv fiction series where it did in the late 2000's !

Seems they had only small quantities manufactured. I had ordered a copy when it was newly announced here, which was cancelled by a usually reliable mail order shop over here. I then lost sight of it, and now .... What made me hesitate was the fact that the 1954 studio material already was on the second Chronological Classics Wilson CD, which I have. Maybe we will see a more complete issue. The guy who runs the Grey website must have a complete copy of the tape.

Post a list, Chris, and we will make you copies to re-fill - I think in this case this could be tolerated.

I decided to pass the Chu Berry ( he simply doesn't move me like Pres did instantly, and I have some of this) and the Dizzy (great musicians, but too many sessions I find a bit tad). I will get me the Jazz Crusaders box. Glad I ordered the Tyner as soon as it started running low.

Dunno, but I need to get me one ....

I lost interest in Wayne Shorter after Native Dancer, in Weather Report and Zawinul after Jaco joined. I lost interest in Miles when he left Columbia. I even lost interest in Herbie for a while, but now I'm back with the cube in hand...

Anybody planning to get the last Blue Note Lee Morgan? The previous CD reisse had Reggie Workman's solo on the musical saw mixed down. I wonder if they restored the originally issued version.

Thanks!

So it doesn't include "I Wonder Who" from the Fillmore sessions with Al Kooper, which is one of Bloomfiled's best solos for me. And it duplicates, as expected,a lot of material from previous reissues. Do I need this?

Tracklist here, if that helps - 3 CDs and 1 DVD.

Has anybody compared the Lunceford Decca/GRP CDs to the Mosaic remastering? - Saw this is on backorder - has it been released?

Same here.

Bobby Broom will be in town later this month with his own trio - has anybody heard him lately and can report? Thanks! Sidemen will be Dennis Carroll and Makaya McCraven on bass & drums.

In most cases the mono masters sound better, the mono mix was made with more care as there was no market for stereo LPs early on. Atlantic is a case in point.

Steve Albin developped Beyond Category - it's freeware. http://jazzdiscography.com/BeCat/

On his website Mainieri states Rudy Van Gelder engineered this album. Seems he took care of the transfer himself, as he links downlöad sites from his catalog.

I admit I was wondering, but ...

That was meant as a genuine compliment. Actually I have no idea how well known some German jazz players are on the other side of the pond ...

Ever since Giovanni Hildalgo hit the Latin scene in the early 1990's a technical revolution has been going as far as conga playing is concerned. He adopted rudimental snare drum techniques to the conga, like paradiddles etc. - before him everybody was convinced this was impossible.His first instructional videos dropped jaws of conga players the world over and sent us all back into the woodshed. He was fast, accurate and exuberant: Listen to his solos on Hilton Ruiz' "Manhattan Mambo" and you will get the idea. Some of his buddies, most of all Richie Flores, picked up his ideas. Jerry Gonzalez recommended these guys study music beyond Latin, learn a keyboard or other to expand their musical horizons and structure their playing with more sophistication than just adding patterns. You heard the result: a concept beyond old style tumbao playing. He's really good at this. Check out the first Triple Play CD, and watch the video on the REMO site I linked where he plays like a trap set player, crossing hands and all - he's not just fast, but musical. It's frightening. Before Hidalgo and Flores did it this was believed to be impossible on the congas. But let's see what their hands look like in twenty years.

These guys can be so dumb .....

Happy new year, and let's think positive!