mikeweil

The Inner Souce was the title of that second MPS - a double LP! It was reissued on LP in the 1980's - I can't understand why I didn't get me one!

The George Duke Quartet Presented by the Jazz Workshop 1966 of San Francisco MPS, recorded in 1966 (my copy is a 1970's MPS/Metronome reissue)

Craig Hundley - what a hype about a young talent. He was pretty good, but looked like the characters on the title page of Mad magazine ...... I bought his PJ LP for a buck but sold it pretty soon after, not enough substance. Well .... what became of him? Back to George Duke - weren't there Jean Luc Ponty sides on PJ with Duke as well? I remember hearing some nice tracks from them. I have a George Duke quartet LP on MPs recorded at that time (January 1966), with some David L. Simmons on bass trumpet - nice stuff. John Heard was on bass and sounded great, much better than with the pickup he started to use shortly after. There was a trio LP released next that I regrettably never found - right between this rather straighahead first outing and his later MPS LPs with Heard and Ndugu.

I remember hearing a track from Planet Love on AFN Europe back then and being quite impressed, but I never saw that LP. I wonder why they didn't reissue it on CD when Watts was one of the most talked about saxophonists due to his studio work and Quartet West. I sure would have bought it.

Thanks. Are you familiar with Salazar or Fernandez? Not yet - they are on my ever growing want and buy and read list. Allen: I would call Roberts' writing inaccurate, too, but he has improved over the course of his three books .....

It was Berkeley, not LA. Which "Fitzgerald - Michael? Source, please ....

Not correct . Ralph J. Gleason in the liner notes says Fools Rush In was recorded , " at the University of California in August of 1955 " . Fitzgerald lists it as being recorded at the University of California , San Franciso , August 1955 . The live track Dues Blues with Tjader and Guaraldi , was recorded at UCLA in January 1958 . Fitzgerald gives the location as " University College of Los Angeles " which I take to be UCLA ( University of California , Los Angeles ) . Gleason is correct, but didn't specify the town. My info is from the board member "tjader biographer" - he is working on a Tjader bio and I assist him with the discographical part. He has interviewed about every still living musician associated with Tjader, Dean Reilly in this case, and these are the results for that session:

Me neither. Who ever counted those who lost theirs? They wouldn't fit into the glorious pcture of war heroes, but they are more numerous than we might imagine.

"Fools Rush In" from the other Brew Moore Fantasay LP (which was reissued as OJC CD) is from the same Universty of California concert, although not credited as such in the liner. Tjader is not on the track, but Eddie Duran is etc.

John Storm Roberts' books are more a historically arranged selection of incidents and anecdotes, and are more from the perspective of a US-American. But you will find lots of interesting details along the way. The newest "Latin Jazz: The first of the Fusions. 1880's to today" Schirmer Books 1999 (ISBN 0-02-864681-9) is the best of his three.

Any source for this information? I think I remember you got this from his manager, anywhere else? I have this either from some liner notes or from Adrian Ingram's book - but please don't ask me for the exact place, don't have the time to check it right now. Could have been it was just "didn't like to fly", but that at the least.

AFAIK this was the only time Wes visited Europe - he suffered from fear of flying - and luckily many concerts were recorded: Hilversum, Paris, Milan ... I have two LPs from Paris, and the playing of all members is excellent!

Maybe - but when Clark or Nichols died they had reached their peak, whereas Randy's top recordings were made after his Riversides. Only with the Roulette/UA sessions in the Mosaic Select he was at his best, and from then ever after. Melba Liston may be the critical ingredient here - her arrangements enhanced Weston's tunes in the best way possible. I cant think of him without thinking of her great arrangements.

The only sideman appearances Weston ever made were: 1 - early in his career with the Joe Morris band on Atlantic 2 - on Johnny Coles EPIC LP (either uncredited or the tracks remained unissued - the Koch CD has it all with correct credits) 3 - one track on Charles Mingus and Friends in Concert 4 - the two Talib Kibwe CDs

Amazon.com has used copies from $ 3.99 of this one - get yourself one, it so beautiful!

This is one of the most beautiful piano solo recordings I have ever heard! IMO, Weston's best solo disc, and beautifully captured with minimalistic technical means - a true audiophile recording!

Those samples are sure appetizers. Hiromi and Fuze seems to be the right combination. Sounds like theirs is the first generation to really integrate all the pioneering fusion music from the 1970's.

So it was the Scott they wouldn't ship as this was manufactured by Warner Europe as well. Too bad I missed that Mayfield - his voice has something, especially after becoming lower due to his severe accident.

Like MG I was late on the Mayfield, but AFAIR they didn't ship to Europe for some reason, or was that the Jimmy Scott?

Those Mongolian are great - saw several of them live, and some have a real good groove, like good western folk.

Yeah - Hawk was really connected to the younger generation, having Monk and Max in his band early on, and playing several dates like these with Max and Abbey and Monk around that time. My hat is off!

Wasn't this issued anywhere else? Why in all the world did they make only such a limited pressing?

Thanks for the info - do you know about other Blue Notes that had to be dubbed from LP for the CD reissues?

The Conn CD as well as an earlier Japanese LP include both 10" LPs complete. Arguably the best Julius Watkins ever recorded.

That's the Brazilian band Azymuth with José Roberto Bertami et al., not the Brits with John Taylor, Norma Winstone, and Kenny Wheeler.