mikeweil

To these ears her sound is the most beautiful of all! I'm a big fan of her. I love other soprano players - Steve Lacy, Budd Johnson, Lucky Thompson - but she is tops for me.

I love jazz vocals in general, and scatting and vocalese in particular - I have an almost complete collection of the masters of the latter. Jon Hendricks is the James Joyce of Jive!

I once fooled a friend - he thought the piano playing here was so progressive he almost fell out of his seat when I told him it was Ellington he was listening to. This one made me collect the Duke's solo, duo, trio, and small group recordings. There are some more great ones, but Money Jungle is unique, perhaps the most progressive things he ever did - a stroke of genius among the works of a genial jazz musician. As second best trio session, I'd recommend Fantasy's "Ellington the Pianist".

How's it been?

That's one I though of many years ago, for the exact same reasons, and because both were not on CD in the US. Then came the Mosaic box. They combined two Guaraldi LPs with Bola Sete. As far as the Tjaders are concerned: Many of the early LPs are such a mixup that they have to be re-compiled to complete and combine sessions in a way that makes sense.

Walter Wanderley

The Jim Hall Trio session tapes were ruined, likewise.

How would BN or PR have got on with albums like "Blue & sentimental", "Heavy soul", and all those Moodsvilles? Black & Blue's "Midnight Slows", as well? I don't understand the technical issue here, I must say. I'll ask my friend when I'm back home and report here.

Arrrrghhhh again - I was close to mentioning that Smith jam at Newport - but I heard only one other track from it back then ....

Arrrghhhh - I have this - this bassist should be the first to come to mind when one plays some funky bass with Ray Brown's tone!

A thundershower swept away our plans to go out for breakfast ... this German Agust is way too chilly! While my wife continues reading her spy novel in fornt of the oven (yes!) the sounds of disc 2 float through the room. # 1: Very nice tenor battle with Basie-ish rhythm section. They don't milk it to the last drop, which makes me want more, which is even nicer. But no idea who they are. #2: I like this very much. My first thought was about the Ray Brown Big Band, but this is a little too funky and modern for him. Well ..... John Clayton? Yeah, I really dig this, and like all the soloists, which rarely happens to me with big band tracks. One of my favourite tracks on all of this BFT! Thanks! # 3: Oh well, Jim Sangrey will beat us all on identifying those many saxists ..... After the theme, the boogie shuffle touches in the piano are nice. Yeah, blow man blow! No idea, though .... They're on it, for sure. Some trademark Ray Brown licks in the bass solo, but I don't think it's Ray. # 4: These are the changes of "All the things you are". I have to admit I don't like the sound/mix of this track, and the typical post-bop blowing attitude here. The saxes sound so compressed. NMCOT, sorry. # 5: Shorter's "Footprints". I give them credit for their spirit, but this is not to my taste. # 6: "Yes Lord!" - that's what I'm always singing along as the answer to the theme phrases. Unusual, just alto sax and piano. Nice idea - nice change of pace. Again, no idea. I wouldn't buy this, but it would have been nice to be there while it was recorded. For CD listening I find it somewhat too long. # 7: "Please send me someone to love" - the first guitarist sure sounds like a blues guy, lots of B.B. King, and a little flat in relation to the organ. The second is a jazz guy - the third (or is this the first again?) is another blues man. I'd say it's just two. Interesting meeting, and a great BFT item. After the short first blues guitarist's chorus there is a solo that sounds an awful lot like Kenny Burrell or a guy that's heavily influenced by him. This leaves me very curious. The end makes me think it's rather Kenny Burrell sitting in with B.B. King's band than the other way 'round - excellent choice, Dan! I'm stumped! # 8: Nice, but my attention is decreasing - I should have taken a break like with the first disc .... # 9: Back to big band business! This shows how much the Basie concept dominated big bands. Nice - I appreciate that it's concise and the soloists have differering approches. # 10: Again, nice, but doesn't really catch my attention. No idea who they are. # 11: "Jive at Five". Their intonation is close to unbearable! Didn't they learn how to tune and play to a piano?!? Arrghhh! Both trombonistst are out of tune! Horn section sounds like thrown together and very heterogeneous as far as intonation and phrasing is concerned. Tenor starts out better, but loses the piano tuning reference after a while, just the same. Too bad, the writing is nice. Were they all juiced up? Some almost free-form french horn or euphonium - nice idea, but not in sync with the rest! Piano clanks a little too much, overall. As a producer, I would have sent them back rehearsing! # 12: Nice - there are not enough vocal tracks on these BFTs!!! I like this singer a lot - a clear voice and phrasing like Maxine Sullivan with a bit of the exuberance of Anita O'Day - she sounds familiar ..... I will kick myself, for sure, when I read the answer. More, please!!!!! # 13: Stitt's "Blues up and down" or something like that, but by more modern tenors. Is this the same team as on track # 1? Now off to the others' guesses!

I doubt that the artists always were invloved in establishing a track sequence. Furthermore, tracking characteristics made it difficult to place a ballad at the beginning of an LP side - as a vinyl specialist for the explanation. Of course it's a matter of taste - still I think it has a lot to do with nostalgic feelings that most prefer the order of the tracks they first encountered.

R.I.P. Moacir's music holds a special place in my heart - I loved it from the first instant I heard it and woud certainly take it to the desert island. Obrigado for your beautiful music!

The order of the sessions is correct. Or do you mean the order of the tracks within the sessions? Why would that matter? Yes I mean the order in which the tracks were recorded at the sessions. It is different from the order in which they presented the tracks within that box set. Yes it does matter: Compare recording order with any other and you will notice a different flow of energy. It can be compared to that of a live performance. I compared them many times and almosr always liked the pace of the original recording order better. And within complete recordings box sets, chronological order within sessions is the standard.

Wendell Marshall played Jimmy Blanton's bass - who got it after him? Dexter Gordon got Ben Webster's tenor sax - and then? I always think these instruments should be played rather than exposed in museums!

Yeah, but he deserves to be remembered even more for his novels etc.! Julio Cortázar

Correct me if I'm wrong, but weren't those two tunes recorded in two pieces each? There's a countoff at the beginning of each side, iirc. Your memory serves you right, Jim!

I see your point but as long as they keep that "Complete Prestige Recordings" Monk set in print I think there's nothing wrong with individual reissues that stick to the "classic LP" content. It's just that I wouldn't buy any of that. Not even on the Monk box they managed to present the tracks in session order!

I remember that Michael Cuscuna originally planned a Mosaic box when he discovered the tapes for Another Workout, including Soul Station, Roll Call, and Workout, i.e. all the Wynton Kelly sessions from those years, with the new findings as a bonus. But then Blue note went for the single CD reissues.

When they started the K2 series I wondered why they kept the corresponding OJC CDs in print - some titles were available in three or even four formats: OJC, K2, perhaps some audiophile issue on a different label, as part of a box set, and then SACD. When the RVGs started, it was clear, one of the series had to go. Bad aspect is, that some K2 or SACD remasterings certainly sound better than the RVGs ever will.

Dexter wasn't cool but pretty much strung out on this one!

I always thought this was a pretty silly one .....

I always wondered why Fresh Sound didn't get around to do it - considering they did first an LP and then a CD reissue of another Jack Wilson Vault LP.

JPC currently sells the five volumes of the Ligeti Project that Warner/Teldec issued for € 4.99 each - I tried one of them today and decided to get me the remaining ones next week. At that price they're a steal. The seven volumes that SONY released are on sale for € 10.99 each, BTW .....

Aldo Sinesio, IIRC. There was some pretty interesting stuff on that label. The double discs were somewhat progressive, with two Sun Ra titles, one Gil Evans, a Max Roach Quartet, etc., whereas the single LPs were more mainstream.