mikeweil

My Seven Steps box arrived here yesterday, new, sealed copy. One question: Did your boxes have the label attached to the cloth on the box?

I always thought it was a shame these 5 CDs worth of Miles with with Mobley - Someday my Prince Will Come, Carmegie Hall and Blackhawk - were not given the same exclusive box set treatment as the material before and after. If they could do the box with Coleman, why not this one?

I was stunned when I first heard this as part of the Blue Note twofer LP. Melba Liston's arrangements are great, all play well - I think it's a gem and a high point in Weston's discography.

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Keep on Slidin' for many more happy years!!!

I'm not that much of a Hubbard fan, but always thought the two MPS LPs to be excellent (and I'm glad I still have them) and wished for that Jazz Wave tour material to be released on CD in a more complete form. I will buy this one.

A very fine performance, excellent group interaction. Check them out if you can. Stephen Scott was featured on My Funny Valentine and incorporated the last 50 years of jazz piano into his solo parts without showing off - he's grown considerably over the last ten years (as did his waistline ...).

As a result of this BT I placed several discs by BRUISE and by Randy Sandke on my wish list - so much for contrast. This is what I love about these BTs ...

Tonight, the Ron Carter Quartet: Ron Carter - Bass, Stephen Scott - Piano, Rolando Morales-Matos - Percussion, Payton Crossley - Drums

Yeah, I was wondering what you'd think of this one--as you'll discover from the answers thread, the strings are actually a Renaissance viol consort...! That's great and something I always dreamed of, as I like the sound of gut strings much better - I must get this!

I once suggested an Ahmad Jamal set, and they responded that it was in legal tangles, other wise they would have done it years ago. And now that they can and want to do it, some tapes were probably destroyed in the MCA vaults fire ...

Some surprises .... e.g. Derek Bailey - never heard him play like that. Of course I have the Larry Young Mosaic, but that's another one I should pull and play more often. Orphy Robinson on that long track? I loved his two Blue Notes - wondered what he's been up to lately.

Now listening to the bonus disc. # 13 - The sound and phrasing of that organ player sounds a lot like Larry Young / Khalid Yasin. What album is this from? Those saxes do not sound familiar ... # 14 - There is no greater love. No idea who's playing. # 15 - This is much more interesting than I thought it would be. No idea again, but a band I'd go to see live, or would like to sit in with. Nice work by the percussionists, keeping a good balance between their own exploratory urges and the task of laying down some interesting and in spiring background. I'm curious who this is ... Thanks again!!!!

Finally, my two cents regarding Blindfold Test # 62: # 1 - a Penny for Lennie's Lil' Brother, good solos all around, is that Konitz in the ensemble, and what was his name? Earl Swope? (Nice name for a trombonist? Not sure about the tenor player ... Could be I have that somewhere but haven't listened to it in ages. # 2 - Thought it was guitar at first - those dreaded pickups! No warmth in that bass sound. I could like that with unamplified double bass. He's a little too loud for the horns, I think. No idea who that is. The horns play nicely together. Not quite my cup of tea. That alto sounds familiar ... # 3 - More Tristano-school stuff. Must be more recent, 'cause of the electric guitar. I think the sound sticks out a little too much. Would like it more with just horns and drums. Nice rhythmic arrangement. # 4 - 'nother bass pickup, or rather electric, but the extremely nice groove makes me forgive. I bet I know some of these players. especially the alto player ... Drummer bashing a little too much - okay they know what they want, but I prefer a more intricate type of rhytmic variation. Still, nice, and I'd like to hear more of that band. # 5 - Some nice 1980's existentialist trumpet? Those strings are very nicely arranged, and they have a very nice sound. Who wrote this, who's playing? Very good! # 6 - Quite a bit of contrast - an organ combo following straight. The tenor lags a bit behind in his phrasing, the guitar is right on top, whereas organ and drums swing like hell and push the beat. Again, no idea who this is. # 7 - Hans Reichel? I heard him live ages ago ... If there's a guitar style beyond categories, it is this, although I'm not sure if some of this is randomly produced sound. But the intention is clear, and the message comes through. A bit long it is ... # 8 - Crazy rhythm, with a tenor that really swings. Bass trumpet? Very good players. # 9 - This must have been fun to play. Is this from the late 1970's? Lots of familiar phrases from that era. But somehow it doen't go very far, although the ideas and interplay are nice. # 10 - Very interesting track - some almost Pink Floydish guitar phrases, neo-classical strings with minimalistic and movie soundtrack touches. I'd like to hear more. # 11 - Very competent big band swinging like hell. The writing reminds me a bit of Clare Fischer, but I doubt that it's him. Conte Candoli? Nice quote from Rhythm-a-ning behind the alto solo. All fluent players. # 12 - Again, very interesting, with its faint reminiscence of a funeral march. Very nice mood. But agin, no names come to mind. Thanks for a very entertaining and interesting disc - no name guesses this time, but all music I never would have heard otherwise ... Sorry I am so late, but still in the aftermath of our move.

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Hi everyone, has anybody heard recordings of this guitarist? How is he? Here's a 78 currently on ebay: I scored another one recently that Cal Tjader plays bongos on but have yet to organize the transfer ...

Indeed - Tony Williams took some effort at issuing every available take and even the rarest session of the Dial label, and drew on other small independent label material and live recordings to fill LPs - I have almost all of them. For someone really interested in the 1940's jazz scene, indispensable.

The Battle label was a subsidiary of Riverside for ethnic music and other on the verge of jazz - Mongo's last Riverside album was issued on the main label.

The European sets have a long serial number attributed by Universal on the spine - in the case of the Jazztet set it is B0003464-02 - and they are not individually numbered by hand as the US box sets but have the printed serial number in that place in the booklet.

Wasn't it that RVG didn't like to record live?

Maybe the license is running out ...

I dig the groove - the vocals are pretty weird ...

Yeah - check out M'Boom - too sad 4 of these six master percussionists have already left us.

As the preceding and subsequent titles are all albums originally released on Time Records, I strongly suspect this is Bennie Green's only Time LP, on which there was a Sonny named Clark. I don't know of any Bennie Green session with Sonny Rollins.

The Seven Steps Box was the last one missing on my shelves - € 30.00 incl. postage - less than a fourth of what I almost paid because I didn't want to miss it. Thanks for this beneficial link!