mikeweil

That one's excellent and long overdue - but no bonus tracks!

There is a nice LP on Columbia that remained unissued at the time of recording but was released in the 1980's. Jimmy Forrest is in the band. Recommended. Never had a bad note from him - one of my favorite trombonists. He also wrote a method on "Plunger, mute & hat techniques for trumpet & trombone" after finding out that his son, who studied trombone, wasn't taught anything on these things!

Monica Huggett's version of the Mystery Sonatas with Sonnerie on ASV/Gaudeamus is excellent, too, but underestimated. Any other Goebel recording of Biber works is recommended - he did a lot to gain this composer renewed attention. The grandest work is this - if you have an SACD player, look for that version before it gets OOP:

Guayanaian historian Walter Rodney published a book with the same basic thesis in 1972!!! How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

My thoughts exactly.

Got it yesterday - the music is very good, though I think two of the heads are played a little sloppily. Solos are all good - notice how different Louis Hayes' snare sound is compared to the RVG studio sessions! And I wish they'd have done Cool Eyes at the slower tempo like on the only Silver Epic LP (where its titled To Beat or Not To Beat) - I think the slower tempo fits the theme much better. Oh well ...

I'm afraid not: Silver 'n' Brass (ca. 41') Silver 'n' Wood (ca. 47') Silver 'n' Voices (ca. 43') Silver 'n' Percussion (ca. 39') Silver 'n' Strings play Music of the Spheres (2 LPs - don't have it) The first 4 add up to 170' - if you add 80' more for the Strings double, that's 250' - too much for three CDs. I'd prefer these as individual Connoisseurs ...

One of Mr. Bassman's anticipated slaps on da forehead is in place here - I knew that I have heard the sound of that guitar player .... Never before was there a BFT where I didn't recognize so many CDs I actually have - been buying way too many over the last twelve months, it seems ...

... agreed - like it much better than his earlier solos and trios for Norman Granz. I still have the French LP reissue, an equivalent to the US Savoy Jazz LP reissue. The sound is a little hazy, like it were dubbed from vinyl ... maybe the tapes are lost and that's the reason Denon never got around to do a CD of this fine LP. I wonder what the Fresh Sound CD sounds like - as soon as it is in my favorite Frankfurt store I will give it a listen.

In Germany Virgin Megastores closed down or were sold only a year after being opened. It all depends on the dedication of the sales managers. In Frankfurt city Saturn took over the store, but the CD stock is a far cry from the other Saturn outlet in a suburb which is run by a jazz fan who really knows his business.

What is the best online way to purchase those Sunbeam CDs?

Don't forget Bird playing tenor sax as "Charlie Chan" on a Miles Davis Prestige session! He started on a C-melody, IIRC. Jane Ira Bloom played some alto on her second LP. AFAIK Sonny Stitt and Gene Ammons both switched between tenor and baritone in the band they had together (recorded for Prestige), depending on who was the tenor soloist.

You have no idea what you're up to ..... at least you'll get to hear some good music on the bus, as long as our leader is not singing Kurdish songs allatime ...

Is the rest of this album as lovely as this song? I love this kind of groove! The vibes and the flute add a real nice color to this song! It is - even the livelier numbers share this beautiful sound. Tracklist: 1. Catta (Andrew Hill) 2. Rainsville (Don Grolnick) 3. Water Babies (Wayne Shorter) 4. Medianoche (Don Grolnick) 5. Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver) 6. Heart of Darkness (Don Grolnick) 7. If I ever should leave you (Loewe/Lerner) 8. Rojo y Negro (Don Grolnick) 9. Oran (Chick Corea) 10. Night Song (Strouse/Adams)

I don't think so.

Who said it was Whitfield?

If # 10 is with Ron Carter and Mark Whitfield, it's not one of Whitfield's CDs - I have the first six and it's not on these. Is that Jack deJohnette on drums?

That's the one I had. I believe though that Zoot Sims is an unlikely choice. Not sure it sounds like him. Somehow Seldon Powell seems more likely to me. Any other views. John , I would have thought that Melle's recollection re: the tenor player settles the matter , especially as the aural evidence ( to my ears ) doesn't contradict it . That same aural evidence does however make me think Lord is wrong about Cinderella being on the January '57 tracks . As for Duvivier and Wilson , they can't be ruled out I suppose , since they recorded Quadrama with Melle just three months later . I listened to this session once again - I'm not sure about the tenor player. The bassist does not sound like Vinnie Burke to me, who had a thin, almost cello-like attack, Duvivier seems plausible. Shadow Wilson - could be. The cymbal swing could be his - Thigpen sounded a little different.

WTF is Melungeon????

Yes he was - I saw him live with his last band and he pulled them through the performance like a wailing dervish! But he was fiercely dedicated to his music, in the first place. I learned those time signatures by patiently counting my way through Ellis' pieces - an invaluable learning experience. All the more as I now have to play rhythms of this complexity in that Kurdish band I'm a member of.

The disc arrived here this morning - did you send a separate copy to Mr. Bassman or shall I make one for him? He would get it on Thursday. Very nice choices, as I expected - I already nailed track 2, in the first bar played!

http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/newreleases.php Scroll down beyond the Fresh Sound New Talent releases. Among others, there is: - the Hank Jones solo piano album for Savoy, that Denon never got around to reissue - the Hank Jones trio sides for Savoy with Kenny Clarke - the early Carmen McRae sessions with all-star accompaniment, half an LP each for Bethlehem and Decca - the A.K. Salim Savoy sessions !!!!! (but without the alternate takes from a US reissue of "Pretty for the People") - the Chico Hamilton Trio !!!! including the two tracks from the original Pacific Jazz 10" LP that were left off the 12" LP reissue and the Japanese LPs (with Howard Roberts, or Jim Hall, and George Duvivier) - the Gil Mellé Prestige sides (see separate thread)

My thoughts exactly - he's hard to forget once you've seen him. RIP.

... not to mention three ...

I menioned Hayes? Not that I remember .... If I only knew who it is, so I can break his drumsticks ...