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Wilbur Harden's presence on those two tracks was confirmed in Loren Schoenberg's and Orrin Keepnews' liner notes to the most recent two CD reissue of the Wilbur Harden sessions for Savoy with John Coltrane (who really was the sideman on these dates). Harden "fell ill" during the Fuller session, so it was abandoned. Only one of the tracks was ever issued (A New Date - the info on Mike Fitzgerald's site can be trusted). These comments also say that Lateef and Tyner returned to the studio with Fuller and Lee Morgan as Harden's replacement the very next day to finish the album. The two takes of "Accident" issued have Lee Morgan. Listen yourself whether or not Lateef is present ...

They probably don't have any surplus booklets. I once bought a used box set with the booklet missing, and they replied to my e-mail inquiry that they were sorry but didn't have any booklets. Imagine how much storage space it would take to keep a hundred booklets of each item ... probably costs more than giving away a whole new disc.

.... no matter: just the right choice for the drum chair! Keep us informed, please!

Since Sir Roland Hanna left us in 2002, I wonder what the latter might be ..... That article sounds rather identical to one I read several years ago when Hubbard tried a first comeback after recovering from his lip trouble.

Yes, and all the others you've been missin' ...

There was a CD on 32Jazz coupling it with Hank Jones' other Muse LP, Groovin' High, titled Master Class - harder to find, though ...

Impossible to top Christiern's and Nessa's posts - just plain Herzliche Glückwünsche from me! But sincere and swinging ones!

Soul Station was the first Mobley album to feature this round, warm sound that was really unique, completely his own, not as hard and loud as Trane, Newk, or Dex, but round - that's why Dex christened him the middleweight champion of the tenor saxophone, a very appropriate description. Hank's phrasing is very intricate, too, with a very definite accent on rhythmic contour that I don't hear in other players, always on the beat, not as loose as Rollins, not as funky as Shorter, again rather light but very distinctive. Very elegant, too - no randomizations, rhythmically, which you can hear with most other players - e.g. the rhythmic patterns of Trane are rather repetitious, in comparison. When Mobley joined Miles he joined the band at the possibly most unfortunate point in time - Miles was mad that Trane had left, and the tenor he wanted (Shorter) was reluctant to leave Blakey. He had to wait some time and no saxist could do it right for him - certainly not Mobley's fault. I never understood people just repeating Miles biased judgement, and the fragmented LP version of the Blackhawk recordings is the last place where one can hear the real Hank Mobley. Soul Station is a good place to start with Hank - Roll Call and the Workouts next, and then the trilogy The Turnaround / No Room For Squares / Straight No Filter, where he displayed a somewhat harder sound. Hank still is the middleweight champion, at least among hard bop tenorists. I learned a lot about him and understanding jazz from listening to Soul Station. And, the title is a classic!

That's a tune with Pete Brown lyrics from Cream's bandbook - her rendition is nice, but cannot compete with Jack Bruce. The right channel guitar sure sounds like McLaughlin.

Seems your brain resumed its original density thereafter ... I like the idea of linking jazz development to other forms of art - that paragraph on Jelly Roll Morton's early pieces as little musical dramas made me re-listen to these, and yes, that's a way to see it. It's natural you wrote it last; if only to justify throwing all these little pieces together - but really, it's a valid way of seeing things in jazz history, for my taste. Most importantly, it comes through that you really love jazz, not just write about it, like so many others.

I couldn't say it better - that was my impression when I saw him live ca. 10 years ago with Airto Moreira and Flora Purim. Interesting ideas initially, but he didn't go far with them. I found his playing on "Memphis Underground" was full of second-hand blues licks. I started a thread on his latest CD, an organ trio.

Finally got this - the want list is toooooooo long ..... a great book, one of the most recommendable jazz books I have encountered in years. The introductory essay is great! Belated congrats!

I like Broom's playing, and being not that much of a guitar man, this means something. I especially enjoy his treatments of pop standards - any on here? Geez ... still have to get me the last Deep Blue Organ Trio disc ...

This isn't yet listed on Chesky's website, I have it from SA-CD.net. Does anybody here know who's playing organ and drums on this date? I'm not a Coryell fan, but I might go for this ...

Simply give one to everybody in the contest ...

I finally got a copy of this late last year, for a decent price among the many over the top OOP OJC offerings, and my reactions, initially and today, are pretty much the same as Jim's. Rather "intellectual" music, and played with that type of attitude and feeling. Very interesting, but when I compare this to the guts Teddy Charles managed to put into his music at the time ...

I'd be willing to throw in $ 200 and order all the titles still interesting to me, but they'd charge $ 60 for Fedex shipping to Germany! Considering there will be tax and customs charged, the advantage of the € is more than gone ...

http://www.concordmusicgroup.com/artists/l...-Jazz-Classics/

Oh damn, I forgot what it was that I wanted to post ...

Download etc. is working fine - no need to send any discs.

Thanks! p.s. ordered the Staton - the Belvin is being reprinted.

As Paracelsus said, the dose makes the poison.

One of the towering figures in Cuban music - he will be missed. The rhythmic aspect is so much more prominent in Cuban bass stylistics, and he was the first great master of this in the 20th century. R.I.P.

Sorry to hear this. Her name popped up on quite a number of sessions, always with good results. My favourite date with her is Ray Crawford's Candid LP. R.I.P.

Started downloading - one part per day. Will report whether they unpack properly.