mikeweil

It has my vote for sure!

Now what's missing that was issued on other labels? Max - Argo, 1958 Deeds, Not Words - Riverside, 1958 Award-Winning Drummer - Time, 1959 We Insist: Freedom Now! Suite - Candid, 1960 Percussion Bitter Sweet - Impulse, 1961 It's Time - Impulse, 1962 Max Roach with the Boston Percussion Ensemble - EmArcy, 1958 Live recordings: LA TV recording, Oct 6, 1958 - Calliope Long As You're Living (Kaiserslautern, Feb 5, 1960) - ENJA Paris, Feb 1960 - BYG and other issues ... and these with substantial parts of the group: Booker Little 4 + Max Roach - United Artists, 1958 Abbey Lincoln - Abbey Is Blue - Riverside, 1959 Tommy Turrentine - Time, 1960 Booker Little and friend - Bethlehem, 1960 Abbey Lincoln, Straight Ahead - Candid, 1960 Newport Rebels sessions with Max Roach Quintet as core group - Candid, 1960 not counting those with only two of the group: Kenny Dorham, jazz Contrasts - Riverside, 1958 Stanley Turrentine - Time, 1959 or 1960

So why did Mosaic go for the smaller scope? Now that I've got a copy I slip in the records from other labels in the appropriate places, and it makes for a much more complete picture, of course, makes Roach's statement all the more stunning. I miss that LP with the Bostonians - where else could this be reissued? In a Mosaic Select with all M'Boom sessions?

Same here - I paid € 25 each for the Mobley last month and the Roach I picked up this morning. But the music makes good for this - and with the $ being so low ..... My Roach set is # 2702, btw. The photos in the booklet are great, and the interviews with the participating musicians all the more so. Only thing I don't get is pianist Billy Wallace stating Max didn't swing - the band swings so hard my speakers almost start moving! Drum solos a plenty - a nice reminder that Max influenced me a great lot during my formative years - I'll never forget my fellow percussionist remarking how funny it sounded when I played Max Roach phrases in conga solos ...

That reminds to test the unit with their CD .....

Slightly off topic: A new article on "world jazz" mentions Coltrane "took lessons" with Ravi Shankar in 1961 - is this true?

After living a year with a SONY SCD-XE670 bought used from a fellow boarder I decided to upgrade and went for the Marantz SA-7001 ki. It sounds considerably better than the comparable Denons which are not much better than the old SONY or my Pioneer CD player. But this one coaxes details out of my old CDs I never noticed. This one is stereo only, there has to be a stereo track on the SACD layer. No surround stuff, but better sound in stereo is the philosophy of this unit.

For the Beethoven concertos (can be had for $ 17.09 at CD Universe): ... or Jos van Immerseel's version with Tafelmusik and Bruno Weil, which also has the Violin Concerto, but they're oop. If you want to be surprised with Beethoven, try this stunning disc:

Oh no - but they must be played with the right attitude - they're not for egomaniacal piano virtuosos. Try this: Chopin Vol 3 - Warsaw 1830 / Janusz Olejniczak

For the Bach Concertos: CD Universe has this for $ 6.59. For the E major concerto in particular: This series is the best for all Bach concertos and the Suites one can get at the moment, IMHO.

My Roach was delivered this afternoon but I overheard the doorbell ... the music playback was too loud ... must pick it up at the DHL station 10 miles from here tomorrow.

The one I linked you can get used from $ 8.91 ...

Everybody not voting for Smith was a cool cat back then! p.s. Clare Fischer is a very good organist IMHO - he's pretty off mainstream as far as his registrations etc. are concerned. I still have to get me a copy of So Danco Samba, but his playing on Manteca and the Tjader LPs is very hip. Clare Fischer is not an organist. He's a pianist that played organ here and there. Big difference. Admitted - but I still like his playing ... and I think for a part-time organist he's doing pretty original things on the instrument. In fact, I like him better as an organist than as a pianist - I'm not such a big fan of the Tristano school he loosely belongs to.

Oh, I'll make an exception and take a beer ....

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Everybody not voting for Smith was a cool cat back then! p.s. Clare Fischer is a very good organist IMHO - he's pretty off mainstream as far as his registrations etc. are concerned. I still have to get me a copy of So Danco Samba, but his playing on Manteca and the Tjader LPs is very hip.

I wonder who will handle the CD orders coming in now: She handled those coming over Jazz Corner /Jazzcares herself, and CD Baby will have only limited stock. It took her five years each to get the last two out, considering their musical quality it's a shame she had no other choice but found her own label to release the last one. She was so comittted to her music.

... and order a copy of her last CD A Voice In The Night from CD Baby as long as they have some: I will select this as Album Of The Week starting May 27! It's an excellent album with some superb Claudio Roditi and a prime rhythm team.

Is this the Kühn brothers? I remember Joachim used to be kind of Tyneresque early in his career ... Otherwise, clarinet is not my favorite blowstick, so I don't know too many practitioners.

p.s. check out her website at http://www.carlawhite.com/

That's terrible news and explains why I haven't heard of her in a while. I contacted her a few years ago for discographical questions and she was very friendly and concerned and answered all my questions. I have all of her recordings - she was by far my favourite jazz singer and never received the recognition she really deserved. I'm devastated. R.I.P. Carla - your voice will always ring loud and clear in my days and nights.

Now I could start an argument with you about that .....

So here's my comments on couw's mostly LP-compiled (so I suppose) blindfold test - the usual disclaimers apply. 1. Recognized this instantly - couw knows why. My lips are sealed. 2. The flutist is nice, but I can't name him, sounds kind of European to me. That electric bassist rushes the time a little too much for my taste and relies too much on stock phrases - that 2 over the three beats of this jazz waltzy rhythm isn't his forte. Would have liked to hear more from the drummer - why did he hold back so much? 3. Crazy and wild. Jiri Stivin? Some loose tuned African drums played with sticks, and some authentic double flute. Now that singalong trombonist throws me off - not Albert, for sure. I like it very much that they don't take themselves too seriously. Very nice! 4. The standard "Take Five" rhythm pattern. Alto and baritone and trumpet - nice arrangement, and good soloists, although the trumpeter sounds a bit shaky. But that alto is very nice. Good drummer! Polish guys? 5. That almost sounds like one of those waltzes off a Max Roach record - great! My favourite so far. Excellent hard bop phrasing, with very nice off-center rhythmic ideas. Me want this! Trumpeter knows how to pace himself. A 1960's recording, I'd say. I should know that flutist .... they all take their time, that's what I miss with most guys that are running stock phrases all over - five stars for this! Hmmm - the ending sounds like this were an outtake? 6. Nice 10/8 rhythm with marimba. On vibes he loves Bobby Hutcherson. Too bad they didn't know how to treat that rhythm more freely without losing the groove. Now what has that second fiddled part to do with it? This doesn't fulfill it's promise and remains some kind of exotic collage. What a pity. 7. Tenor plays a little flat, but has a very nice groove and rhythmic bite. He's more of an individual than the trumpeter. Guitarist is nice again. Bassist is kind of undefined, rhythmically. This is a band of mixed level of advancement ..... 8. This is concise and delivers a message - not a top notch performance, but they all get it done. Good! 9. A little hectic, but otherwise very good. More a showpiece for the pianist - I don't quite get what he wants to say. 10. Nice lazy phrasing of the altoist - he sounds like he does that very consciously. He obviously likes his Desmond, but doesn't simply imitate. Who is this? Good bassist and drummer, too - this is high on the favourite list. 11. Hah! Baritone and all kinds of low brass - they could a little more on point rhythmically but they got the feeling and the arrangement is very nice! More please! Yeah - I like this. 12. The second wildest track so far - nice engaging baritone with semi big band. This definitely is from the times when Yurpeeans didn't yet know proper bongo technique, but they all hit the groove nicely. Excellent arrangement. Who is this? 13. Nice horns, although a bit sleepy, electric bass is out of place here! The buesy phrases he plays to close the piece simply don't sound bluesy on electric! 14. couw likes his piano trios jumpy? This is more consistent than # 9. Three stars. 15. Another very interesting big band track. Excellent low brass players. Wild! Yeah! Now this is the wildest - makes # 3 sound like child's play. Six stars! 16. Very nice track full of good ideas - that guitar used as a noisy percussion is a welcome relief from the instrument's standard role. Saxists are nice. Would have liked to hear a Fender Rhodes solo (that player has agood groove!) than one of the conga player - he relies on patters too much, doesn't know how to play variantions of his bassic pattern, and his solo phrases are all in 4/4 rather than the 7/4 rhythm of the piece and do not fit. Oh well .... 17. Very good clarinettist - Theo Hörgensmann? Anyway, an excellent player. Can't recall Jörgensmann played with such a post-Tyneresque pianist ... 18. Tenor & Trombone - I'm again and again surprised how much music there is that I've never heard of .... nice energetic but still relaxed groove, nice arrangement. Lots of different grooves - they know what they're doing. No idea again who they are. I'm not good at dropping names this time. 19. Another piano trio for closers - a mixture of Ray Bryant and a classicist attitude. I would like to hear more of this pianist at medium tempos to find out what he really can do .... Very nice choices all the way through - thanks a lot for the trip and your effort in the midst of plenty non-musical activities!

With these people contributing, it should be the definitive work!

Judging from the label on the back they allow an input of 120 W sinus or 60 W music (the seller says 41 to 8o W) - how powerful is the SONY amp you just bought? If you haven't got a manual look on the SONY website or at the back of the amp - the power output should be written there. If the output of the amp is higher than the speakers are lined out for you might damage them at higher volume.