mikeweil

I bought a 22 incher I integrated into the bookshelf - but knowing that I hate the tinny sound of TV sets in any case, I looked around for a DVD receiver, and found a bargain - from LG, for only € 200.00 including five speakers and a subwoofer, but sounding better than SONY sets at € 800.00! How it sounds depends on the settings you chose, and on the mix of the soundtrack - there is one German station that always overemphasizes the treble. Be aware that most LED screens consume more electric power than old tube tv sets - watch out for the electricity bill.

It's a shame that one of the most original jazz flutists on the scene had to release his albums himself. I have most of them, as hard as they were to find, and love them all. I first heard Asha, his debut LP on AFN radio, and fell in love with his music instantly. A double talent - his paintings are great. http://www.lloydmcneill.com/

Cuber is perhaps the most underrated of all baritone players, and certainly the groovinest of 'em all. Great player in Latin style, too.

Red Mitchell does a great solo on "Bow Jest" on Hampton Hawes' "Four" LP on Contemporary. Problem with jazz bowing is intonation. To play in a more agile fashion, jazz players use a smaller bow, but this doesn't give you enough pressure for correct intonation at faster tempos. Major Holley was great!

Time is running ... still listening to # 69, but put me on the list, anyway. Download will do.

Very sad news - Patterson and Billy James were a perfect team, reportedly playing as a duo quite often. Billy was a busy drummer, but never obtrusive, swinging hard and alway for the benefit of the others. Perhaps my favourite organ combo drummer ... I liked what he played with Eddie Harris, too.

Have a look and listen here: http://blog.wfmu.org/freeform/2009/06/edga...zzmen-mp3s.html This predates Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz session by three years ... From Noal Cohen's Teddy Charles disco: What do you think?

That'a Tootie Heath, Shirley Scott, and John Coltrane, but who's that standing behind Shirley?

Just ordered a copy of the recent Japanese CD issue of Here And Now for only € 12.00 - this was on my list for so long ...

A complete list of all RLR releases can be found here - strangely, RLR 88642 is a number missing on the list.

Some of the best espresso I have ever tasted, from Sicily, roasted slowly in small batches over open fire with olive wood from Mount Etna and blended after roasting - fantastic!

I have the two Japanese Twins LPs - if anybody wants them, make me a pm offer, I thought about selling them for a while ...

Jeff Palmer's "Shades of the Pine" on Reservoir is the most conventional on the surface - bluesy tune, and a straight ahead groove attitude - John Abercrombie, Billy Pierce, Smitty Smith - if you come from more soulful organ jazz this might be a good starting point. The next step would the one on Audioquest with Arthur Blythe - one step further out, and then the one on Soul Note with Rashied Ali. The best IMO is "Burn'in the Blues" with Vincent Herring, Abercrombie and Bob Leto - but that one may be hard to find. I thought I had started a thread on him - I should do so.

This Trio LP on Capri Records with Jimmy Rowles and Red Mitchell is where I got how special he is - some of the most subtle and diversified drumming I ever heard. I still try to figure out how he did some of the things on this album ...

Me love 'em too - some of the first vocal jazz I ever bought! Katz was co-founder and co-producer for Keepnews in the early days of Milestone.

A very sad loss of a consummate artist. R.I.P. I will play his trio LP on Reservoir tomorrow.

Well, I didn't fare that bad, after all ....

Sorry I'm so late, but better late than never ... I had to work under some pressure during the last two or three weeks which didn't allow me to listen to this kind of music while sitting at the computer keyboard, but now it's getting better. So here's my two cents, writing during first listen: # 1 - The tune's familiar to me, sounds a bit like the tunes Manny Album used to write for his Coral albums. I hear Art Farmer, Benny Golson, not sure about the flute, trombone, and piano. I remember there is a Jazztet album with orchestra in the Mosaic box, but listened to it only once ... Nice, so short it makes me want to hear more, a nice, engaged performance. # 2 - Nice latin inflections without going for standard methods as far as the drums and percussion is concerned. Very good performance - would like to know who this is. # 3 - The Space organ sidewinder, alto with a slightly sour tone à la McLean - not quite my cup of tea. Organist is nice. Trumpet too. # 4 - Free style calypso, alto slightly sour again ..... doesn't go very far. # 5 - Nice piano riff, and baritone. Great. Like that much more. Kind of existentialist type of theme. # 6 - I dunno ... this mixture of old style blues inflection, post-Corea piano and reflective bass playing doesn't thrill me. # 7 - Lacy? No, a little too agile for him, but someone influenced by him. I like this. That soloist has a lot of focus. Like Lacy crossed with neo-bop. I have heard that theme before ... Interesting. I want to hear more. # 8 - Sound like a typical 1970's track, with the flute, and the Rhodes piano ... no idea who this is. # 9 - Cool alto (?) - no, tenor, sounds like Getz on alto, and existentialist vibes. Rather hard mallets. Is that one of the Teddy Charles tracks with J.R. Monterose and Mingus? # 10 - Trumpet reminds me of Don Cherry, but this is a darker sound. Playful, somehow the bassist doesn't reach me - I like a darker, woodier sound. Half as long would have been better. # 11 - Sounded like a nice idea at first, but the accordionist doesn't really go anywhere, alternates netween two chords much of the time. I could do this, in fact I have done things like this on jam sessions when I took place behind a keyboard. Disappointing. Drummer clatters a bit. For a pure soundscape, this isn't enough. # 12 - Sounds like an upright piano. Reminds me of Mal Waldron, but I don't think it's him, Very casual. The relaxed attitude saves it for me, I think I know that pianist. He's the most original of the three. Drummer bores me. # 13 - That pianist has listened to Monk very closely - very Monkish voicings. The others do not impress me. #14 - Not to my taste - don't like the tenor's tone, find the drummer annoying. # 15 - Some 1960's semi-cool stuff. Nice that it's a bass feature, and overall. # 16 - Hey - almost R & B ;-) ... jump it folks. That's a nice track, and the bari makes it even nicer. That's one that makes me say "Yeah!" while it goes along. Who is this? Very competent baritone player. Gets better by the bar. # 17 - First I thought this was over the top, but on the whole it's an interesting performance. They tried something new at the time. # 18 - This disc never ends .... a track in a similar faschion as # 17, but a little too long and less focussed. # 19 - Neo-bop ... almost mainstreamish. Nice trumpeter, but I could live without this. # 20 - Some guys doing a retro of a "white" sounding early bop tune. Alto with a slightly low intonation on a heavy Parker influence. I dunno - the pianist's chords behind his right hand sound rather strange to me .... Barry Harris? No, he wouldn't have comped that way. Something on this track sounds to me like they're all in different keys or slightly detuned ... # 21 - Poinciana free style? Well, I've heard too much of this kind of thing, and all those drummers sound the same ... # 22 - Jeff Palmer? He's the only organist I know to play that kind of thing. And some of the licks sure sound like him. # 23 - Oh, this is some Hendrix tune ... Up From The Skies? One of the jazziest tracks he ever recorded. Bu this version fails to keep my attention. # 24 - I hate those bass pickups, especially the bowing sounds awful, like here. This doesn't do much for me ... # 25 - Richie Furay - the only jazz ballad Buffalo Springfield ever recorded. Nice. I liked this a lot when I bought the LP as a teen. This was a nice ride, but hard work at the same time, listening through so much music. Now off to the answers ... p.s. edited for typos

Those samples sound nice - this will be a nice disc for dark winter evenings. Can't wait to hear the whole disc.

He's fantastic on that one! I'm sorry I never saw him live. I went to a Frankfurt club shortly before his death to see him, but he had cancelled the gig earlier that day, that was when his health started to decline rapidly ...

Take care to drink at least two litres of clean water every day, that helps. My best wishes, I underwent some minor surgery two months ago, but nothing like this ...

My best wishes - he's one of the most original drummers ever. The CD is available from amazon.

Tell it - it's not obvious to me ...

I ordered the LP from Nylvi - got confirmation today and paid for it. I will transfer that to CD as soon as I have the LP - drop me a PM with your adress so I can send you a copy.