mikeweil

Sounds good! They have that relaxed feel I love so much.

You probably will succeed. My wife was on the border to diabetes but she is now in a very low range without medication due to dietary changes.

Any experience by German members with sellers buying collections of CDs and/or LPs?

This is the one I have: https://www.discogs.com/release/13339732-Stravinsky-Condon-Collection-Rare-Performances-By-Igor-Stravinsky

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.