mikeweil

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Welcome Dan - I still owe you a bunch of answers, so you need not post any guesses before I did

So here's my invitation to join the Organissimo Blindfold Test # 66 ... I tossed around two ideas for a theme but finally settled for an all Hammond B3 single disc BFT - there was a previous BFT dedicated to that instrument, but the selections were so different from what I had in mind that I decided to keep it as an option for my next turn. I am taking efforts to have the download links for zipped flac files ready during the coming weekend - please post here and send me a PM and you will hear from me. I will keep a list here of those joining in. C'mon friends ... p.s. could be it will run 'bout 90 minutes, so do not be surprised if it's a double Participants: (* will receive a disc, others download) Dan Gould thedwork * - discs shipped Tuesday! durium Thom Keith sidewinder Jim R Bill Barton Big Al Bright Moments JSngry jeffcrom king ubu Soul Station michel devos * - discs shipped Nate Dorward Soulstation1 * - discs shipped Jim Alfredson

Happy Birthday, endless thanks for this place, and many more birthdays and gigs to come!

Billy Brooks drums

Yep. I have a vinyl copy of that one, too. Must pull it out an' play it!

My wife and I are going to hear Wallace Roney's Quintet on Tuesday night!

Amen, over, and out, hopefully!

Do you really want him to prove the opposite?

Yes that album is in mono. Parallel recordings on mono and stereo machines were common until the late 1960's, not just for safety reasons (as the new stereo tape recorders often malfunctioned), but because stereo turntables were still not that widespread and the market for stereo LPs was small. I can't recall reading about the specific circumstances for that album - maybe the stereo machine didn't work properly, or the tapes were lost ... what I did notice besides that it is in mono is the comparatively low sound quality - a problem that quite a few Riverside LPs suffer from. Low tape quality etc. due to small budgets ...

My thoughts exactly!

Indeed ... Happy Birthday and many more to come - years and orders, that is. (CD orders from others, of course ...)

This kind of pre-shades Dexter's participation in the orchestra Slide Hampton co-led with Joe Haider - there was a live double LP on MPS that also begs for CD reissue. Dex was happy blowing in the section and doing an occasional solo - must have been a nice relief from standing in the limelight all the time. The sextet session was a one shot affair, so that may be a reason for the containment ...

BTW - those of you who have seen Broken Flowers, what do you think of the music used? Most of it is by Ethopian Mulatu Astatqe:

I bought the DVD of Broken Flowers last week - yes it's a very nice film, Bill Murray being a perfect choice. I ordered the box as well - will get me some DVDs of my favourite directors' movies as long as they're available.

Luckily the Frankfurt University Library has a copy of the Ruppli/Porter Verve Disco - will go check it next week. Next step would be the MGM Disco for Shearing's sessions with Tjader - found out the Library of the German Music Archive in Berlin has all of the Ruppli Discos - except the Verve! A trip to Berlin in August is scheduled ...

That would be great! :tup

I have access to the Lord disco - I wanted to make sure he has everything Ruppli et al. covered - e.G. there is an unreleased Gary McFarland Verve session with Tjader Lord does not list, IIRC. Thanks!

BTW - I had the Esposito 78 with both parts of Empty Ballroom Blues transferred to digital, and it turns out there are no bongos audible! Just a jam on that Ellington tune, nothing spectacular.

Is there anybody on this board in posession of the Verve label discography (printed edition)? I need all the entries on Cal Tjader, but the local Jazz Institute at Darmstadt doesn't have a copy ... I'd cover all the copying cost, of course.

Does anybody here know which system Fantasy used to attribute matrix numbers in the 1950's? Somehow I cannot determinate whether it is session based or whatever ... Thanks, as always.

It's amazing how many players know Take Five. I once jammed with a Persian flute player in an Amsterdam dressing room, and when I started playing in 5/4 he responded with Take Five. He later explained there wasn't any 5/4 in tradional Persian music ... we ended up singing Jobim tunes in unison ...

I ordered a copy ...

He's really innovative, as far as marketuing and producing/presenting his music is concerned. That's a great idea with these duets - he might get even me to buy downloads! That said - I think he's got a gorgeous sound on the bass!