mikeweil

I have the double LP - IMO it's a great album!

... and don't forget the album with Joe Williams, also reissued on CD: The live CD from a Basle Concert during a European tour is also worth getting, on TCB.

There was a box set on Mosaic with all the Solid State and Blue Note LPs, both live and studio material, that's long out of print. Since then single CD reissues have appeared off and on, three of them so far: I'm pretty sure the remainder will follow. Avoid the LRC reissue of the Vanguard material, bad sound, dubbed from LP. The new CDs use the Mosaic remaster which already had the reverb eliminated.

Yes it is, and a rather important part!

Happy Birthday !!! ... and many more ...

Those photos were indeed made and exhibited and published with the depicted's consent, to enlive the discussion about the needs of dying people in our society, after many, many years of avoiding the subject. It is my wife's and my own experience (e.g. with my own mother) that the fear of dying comes from a severe lack of knowledge and public discussion of the process of dying. These specific photos violated nobody's privacy.

Seems the book is only available in German language: Here's a link to amazon.de - no idea whether that helps. Likewise my wife's thesis is in German ... What I find most revealing in those photos is the expression of relief in the faces - the same I saw in my mother's face after she passed away. Very moving.

I wish I could join the party to pick up the CD!

We have that book - my wife and I had a lot to do with dying people, both our mothers died within a short time, and several of the handicapped clients she works with. She wrote a thesis on the accompaniment of dying people for her exams, I proofread it and researched some of the literature, so we both know a few things about it. I don't find it sad - death is part of life, and if you have confidence in life after death, life before death can be hard to take, especially if you have to die in pain, but it can be endured. It's a great book, I highly recommend it. Actually the accompanying texts are more consolation than anything else.

Now this one is both alcoholic and sexy:

Now this one is both alcoholic and sexy:

There are more Candid LPs besides the great Lucky thompson session that were released only in the 1980's due to the label's bankruptcy: as well as CDs with unreleased Mingus, Cecil Taylor, Otis Spann .....

There are a number of Contemporary sessions that remained on the shelves for many years: Courtis Counce - Sonority (although that's more a compilation of leftovers, recorded 1956-58, released 1989) Hampton Hawes - Bird Song (unreleased trio date with Paul Chambers and Larance Marable from 1956, released 1999) some of the Art Pepper sessions? I don't have details ... and a Helen Humes? There should be more ...

You'd only have to apologize if it hadn't been big hats but ....... big ..........

Neither better nor worse than any of the other Blakey drum albums. If you like these, you will like it too. A bit of everything: some rather African sounding, some swinging, good contributions from Ray Bryant. It's closest to Orgy in Rhythm, but organized better. I have a superfluous copy of both volumes, Japanese CDs, from 1993 - PM me if interested, and we'll work out a deal.

This would have to be the first Mosaic in colour and with reproductions of original album art!

This list is for Bill .... # 60 - Eloe Omoe - August 2008 ? # 61 - fent99 - September 2008 * # 62 - Mr. Bassman - October 2008 * # 63 - Claude Bartee - November 2008 # 64 - sidewinder - December 2008 # 65 - Durium - January 2009 # 66 - Nate Dorward - February 2009 # 67 - RDK - March 2009 # 68 - Dan Gould - April 2009 # 69 - Bill Barton - May 2009 + # 70 - wordsand sounds - June 2009 # 71 - mikeweil - July 2009 # 72 - EKE BBB - August 2009 # 73 - Dmitry - September 2009

Very sad news indeed - always liked his playing very much. I think I saw him live at one time in the 1980's ... R.I.P.