mikeweil

Did you read this and listen to the tape available on that webpage?

These are the albums included: The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brubeck Time The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of The U.S.A. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of Eurasia The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Dave Digs Disney The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Gone With The Wind The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Out! The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Southern Scene The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Further Out The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Countdown: Time In Outer Space The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Bossa Nova U.S.A. The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Brandenburg Gate: Revisited The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time Changes The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of Japan The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Jazz Impressions Of New York The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Angel Eyes The Dave Brubeck Quartet / My Favorite Things The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Time In The Dave Brubeck Quartet / Plays Cole Porter - Anything Goes! Still no idea about possible bonus tracks ... but it is the quartet proper, no guests or piano solo albums etc.

That ain't no sheet music on them stands, brownie, these are playlists!

Oh well ... whatever the case, Stratusphunk is the one tune on the album I am the most curious about.

Who, BTW, was credited for producing J.J. ?

I have that one - truly amazing!

CD - but strangely I cannot find it on amazon.com, but there are several used copies on amazon.de, but not cheap ...

I certainly will listen again to some tracks now - the Tchicai trio with Workman and Cyrille - a dream rhythm section - and the Horacee Arnold - I have the Tales CD reissue, but was a bit underwhelmed in spite of the all-star cast.

I have the Stitt, bought it for Don Patterson, of course, who was a Prestige artist at the time, but maybe he was in negotiations - shortly after that Stitt session he recorded a few tracks as a leader for Chess that are still unissued. No idea why I didn't recognize this track ...

Great collection - much to my surprise I find the Atlantic covers to be the most striking on a pure graphic/artistic level.

IIRC there was a very limited Japanese reissue, but I didn't succeed in getting a copy ... many moons ago, that is.

So that trombone player was J.J. - he sounded like a player of a generation older than his to me on this track.

Thanks for that interesting compilation - as I mentioned early on, I didn't recognize a single track or player. Listened through the whole things three times ... What I liked best was the 4th or so track with the soprano sax lead - a tone reminding me strongly of Steve Lacy, and the trombone ballad, which was rendered with a lot of feeling - I am most curious about whoe these players are.

RCA Spain did reissue it on CD! Thanks - and yes, the muchachos in Barcelona have it ... Marty paich, Jimmy Rowles, Pete Jolly, and John Williams ....

Oh - was that on CD? Probably not, I'm afraid ...

Good point - I didn't post here because of the singular .... I never could limit myself to only one favourite.

http://www.clarefischer.com/

A local jazz vocals student told me she once attended a workshop by Fischer - he was rough on them as they were not up to the level he was used to from the United States. Well, he was used to work with the very best professional vocalists, and the ones he chose for his own vocal albums executed meticulously. Those Revelation LPs were imported here back then, I got only two of them as there were so many and my budget was limited. Nowadays they are very rare. As always, it is a shame a musician of his caliber was not supported by record labels except for Revelation or Discovery (whatever happened to them?) or Concord - but maybe he was tough to deal with. I hpoe the stuff available from his website will be around for some time - there are still some I want. I know Clare Fischer was not an organist, but I still love his organ playing on the Cal Tjader album Sona Libre for Verve, or on Great White Hope! - I played that to deafness back then. His harmonic and especially rhythmic understanding of Latin concepts was great. There are one or two organ quartet LPs with Gary Foster - will pull them out later today - very nice music!

Too bad there's no sound ...

Very sad news - I always loved his keyboard playing and writing. IMHO he was one of the greatest writers for woodwinds, espeacially in the lover registers. R.I.P. Mr. Fischer, and mayn thanks for the music.

The Hampton really looks good - I have one of the bonus tracks on the compilation which was its first issue, and know it is good. 1. Fump 5:19 (Slide Hampton) 2. Lover 5:03 (R. Rodgers-L. Hart) 3. Like Someone In Love 8:22 (J. Burke-J. Van Heusen) 4. Gallery Groove 4:26 (Slide Hampton) 5. Our Waltz 5:18 (David Rose) 6. It's All Right With Me 3:30 (Cole Porter) 7. Stella By Starlight 3:07 (V. Young-N. Washington) 8. The Drum Suite (parts I-V) 6:53 (Slide Hampton) 9. Well You Needn't 5:44 * (Thelonious Monk) 10. Sleigh Ride 3:14 ** (Leroy Anderson) * bonus track, not part of original LP ** bonus track, previously unreleased Produced by Teo Macero Recorded at Columbia Studio A, New York City in April 1962 Produced for release by Michael Cuscuna Mastered in 24-bit by Mark Wilder, Sony Studios Personnel: On "Our Waltz," "It's All Right With Me," and the drum introduction on "Stella By Starlight": Freddie Hubbard, Hobart Dotson, trumpets; Benjamin Jacobs-El, Slide Hampton, trombones; George Coleman, tenor sax; Jay Cameron, baritone sax; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Eddie Khan, bass; Max Roach, drums. Personnel: On "Drum Suite" (part 3), "Like Someone In Love," "Fump" and "Gallery Groove": Willie Thomas, Hobart Dotson, trumpets; Benjamin Jacobs-El, Slide Hampton, trombones; Yusef Lateef, tenor sax, flute; George Coleman, tenor sax; Jay Cameron, baritone sax; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Eddie Khan, bass; Max Roach, drums. On "Sleigh Ride", "Stella By Starlight" and "Well, You Needn't": Richard Williams, Hobart Dotson, John Bello, trumpets; Benjamin Jacobs-El, Slide Hampton, trombones; George Coleman, tenor sax; Jay Cameron, baritone sax; Tommy Flanagan, piano; Eddie Khan, bass; Vinnie Ruggiero, drums. On "Lover" and "Drum Suite" (parts 1,2, 4 & 5): Same date and personnel as above except Max Roach replaces Vinnie Ruggiero on drums.

Put on Long Night again this evening - very nice album, but what enchants me the most are the tracks with Coleman and Pat Patrick - great writing for three saxes. My only complaint: the two flutes on track 6 are not in tune, like they stood on each other's toes ... hard to endure.