mikeweil

Okay - so now it looks like this: # 58 - Dmitry - June 2008 # 59 - wordsandsounds - July 2008 # 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 - The Magnificent Goldberg - February 2009 # 67 - Nate Dorward - March 2009 # 68 - RDK - April 2009 # 69 - Dan Gould - May 2009 # 70 - Thom Keith - June 2009 # 71 - Bill Barton - July 2009 # 72 - EKE BBB - August 2009 # 73 - mikeweil - September 2009 The Magnificent Goldberg volunteered to step up - anbody else? Any objections?

Chiming in at last - I wish I had more time for concentrated listening these days .... # 1 - Should be Eric Dolphy, but it's not a record I have. Always liked Eric. European recording from the end of his life? # 2 - Starts like a rather unexciting ballad, but the effects of the backward tapes give it a nice effect. Reminds me strongly of some Miles ballad performance. Some Porgy & Bess tune? Well ... interesting - chorus effects later - he tries to do something new, but he stays too close to Miles et al. to be really original. # 3 - Monk's tune "Panonica" - the way they spread the melody between the guitar and the horns and how they throw in additional arranged parts is nice. It's only that I would prefer a more angular sound on the guitar for a Monk tune. The solos sound more like running the changes than playing a commentary on Monk's melody, which would be the better way to do his music right. **** for the arrangement, ** for the solos. # 4 - nice open trio performance - no idea who it could be. I enjoyed this 'cause they do not overplay but leave a lot of space and listen a lot and interact. # 5 - "Autumn in New York" - nice version, like the flutist, but it's not the perfect soundtrack for a sunny spring day :-; # 6 - Tenor of the Brothers school - doesn't thrill me that much. # 7 - A rather romantically inclined violinist doing "I can't get started" - don't like his tremolo. Pianist is not as subtle in his solo as I would like to hear after such a violin solo. # 8 - Sonny Stitt and Paul Gonsalves on an Impulse LP from the 1960's - nice meeting. Osie Johnson on drums. # 9 - Another violinist - this time it's "Parker's Mood" - I like this player a lot more,his sweet but thick tone, straight, no vibrato. From the rhythm section I'd place this in the 1980's - they should restrict themselves a little more - the drummer is playing stock licks or bland effects. Violinist is the most original of the group. ***** for him, ** for the trio backing him. Who is this? # 10 - I think I have this - Clark Terry? Yes, and Paul Gonsalves again - that's an Argo session. Nice stuff. # 11 - "The Summer knows" - soprano is using too much vibrato,for my taste. Close to kitsch, as far as I'm concerned. Bassist's intonation is awful. # 12 - Should be the Pepper Adams - Zoot Sims album on Prestige. Well yeah - a welcome contrast. Rather jam session like, but with players of that caliber, what can you say? # 13 - Hmm ... "A Night in Tunisia" - Eddie Louiss with Kenny Clarke and Jimmy Gourley? Don'thave the time to look this up on the shelves. Yeah. # 14 - "All the things you are on a strangely tuned piano. Too busy,just going for the harmonic aspects of the tune, but not a bit referring to the mood transported by the lyrics and the original tempo - not to my taste. # 15 - Nice ending - is this André Hodeir? Thanks much for the ride!!!

# 58 - Dmitry - June 2008 # 59 - wordsandsounds - July 2008 # 60 - EKE BBB - August 2008 # 61 - Eloe Omoe - September 2008 # 62 - fent99 - October 2008 # 63 - Mr. Bassman - November 2008 # 64 - Claude Bartee - December 2008 I pm'd Dmitry, but he didn't reply - anybody knows what he's up to? Anybody ready to step up? My time is limited these days, but I try to keep the boat afloat.

Happy B-Day - there's something in the mail for you!

Very sorry to hear about your wife's passing ... I've had that state for several days or weeks, but never that long. I try to prevent it by never taking any music on vacation or road trips, so everything is fresh again when I return. I'd say just let go and get back to listening when you feel like it. Or try some kind of music you never heard.

Yeah - I once wrote a whole arrangement around that vamp for a trio I played in.

I don't get your point. Of course it is not bossa nova, as this style hadn't been invented by 1953. Brazilliance refers to Choro, which uses a variety of rhythms - mostly Baiao and Xaxado - and Harry Babasin and Roy Harte did a formidable job in adapting themselves to these without losing their jazz identity. So what is "wrong" about the rhythm section?

The movie Orfeo Negro was released in 1959 - the first Bossa Nova records in Brazil by Joao Gilberto were from 1958. Luiz Bonfa, who did the music for the movie, was part of the early development of the music. I don't know if the movie helped popularize the music - it was around for a while, as were the first bossa nova meets jazz LPs by Herbie Mann, Cannonball Adderley and Charlie Byrd when Getz hit it big - Getz' sax may have been the crucial ingredient for the mass audience.

Now we finally have a yardstick for how big his ego is ......

Many thanks for sharing all this, Jim, and the photo of your dad in particular.

What a unique vibist! R.I.P. p.s. AFAIK he was born in 1931 - that would make him 77 years of age - at least the jazz encyclopedias I have state this.

My sincere condolences, Jim. I know how you feel about not being at home when it happened. I was out giving lessons when my dad collapsed when entering his office one afternoon, but had a strange feeling, postponed my evening lessons and went back home, and found my mother's note on the steps. Passing away in the garden - sad for those who did find him, but what a peaceful way to go ...

Never heard anything but an excellent gig from him - and I've seen a few over the years (I think the first Cedar gig I saw must have been 19789/80, with the 'Eastern Rebellion' group with Bob Berg). A nice, down-to-earth and approachable guy too ! That was the first time I saw him live, too - Sam Jones on bass! Great band! He signed the band's LP for me that evening. Do a search on My Jazz World

I'm aware they're not among his more interesting records, but does anyone here have personnel and tracklist for Mobius and Beyond Mobius?

Herzlichen Dank, Herr König!

Thanks! Now all I need is the solo order on Four Altos - the later Prestige reissue LP I have doesn't list it ...

I found him just as good as his peers on the Four Altos LP - any other jazz sessions he played on? R.I.P.

Byrd deserves credit for stumping Getz on bossa nova, or whoever had the idea to put them together in a studio. Byrd himself was stumped on bossa nova by his bassist and drummer, Keeter Betts and Buddy Deppenschmidt, during and after a tour of Brazil where they jammed with local musicians and bought a trunk of LPs. I never really warmed that much to Getz, find him nice, but far from my favourites, and since my first encounter with bossa nova came from the much more Brazilian flavoured recordings of Herbie Mann and Cannonball Adderley, who had much better Brazilian rhythm sections, I found the Getz albums rather tame and commercial, and still do. It was influential, but a hord of jazz fans and musicians took that for bossa nova without checking out the real thing.

Just spinning one that I have always enjoyed over the years: Cedar is one of the most consistent jazz pianists since he came on the scene - he deserves a lot more credit for this!

I have all their Black Jazz LPs. They were some of the best issued in those years, and their concept of writing their own lyrics to some real great and famous jazz tunes was excellent. Shorter, Hutcherson and several others gave their permission. Perhaps there was a little too much black consciousness in their attitude for the jazz mass audience?

Anybody here knows the story about how whoever releases these discs got hold of the session reels?

I should say that he's not playing "latin jazz" in a conventional sense ... thank God he doesn't. Listen to samples before you buy: his music is much more on the Afro-Cuban side.

Just saw he's on tour in Germany, playing Darmstadt's Centralstation tomorrow night: Omar Sosa Afreecanos Trio with Julio Barreto on drums and bassist Childo Tomaszur from Mosambique ..... maybe .....

One of the most original bandleaders to come out of Cuba in the last twenty years, IMO. Concerning his skills as a pianist, I'm uncertain: There is an almost meditative solo piano disc that I find downright beautiful, but his soloing in a band context is not that varied. But his projects are all different. I caught him live a few years ago in a band with a rapper, three Cuban batá drummers, bass and traps, singer and saxist - very original stuff. As a bandleader I find him far more interesting than Rubalcaba or any Valdes. http://www.omarsosa.com/ http://www.melodia.com/omar/

wasn't jimmy bond the other bassist? (and isn't he famous... another Chet Baker connection btw...; Jimmy Bond played only the record date as Lewis had left shortly before that one, he never was a regular member. Chewy is a big fan of Daniel Jackson and knows him personally. Jackson wrote most of the arrangements on both Four Souls albums - a great talent. I can't see why he didn't make it bigger ...