mikeweil

Thanks, Jim, for your always interesting comments! More later, but for now: One point scored for recognizing Steve Coleman - I thought his playing was one of the few giveaways on this BFT. But it's not Jack on drums ....

It's based on the chord changes of All The Things You Are - I liked the idea of playing this over the old record very much! Not Tjader, and not MacFarland - the vibist also arranged this, and, to give you a clue, is European. Jack, I was afraid most of this would be not so amusing for you - the 2nd disc of my previous BFT would have been perfect for you - my tastes are wide and varied. I still have a copy, if you don't have it, to convince you I'm not totally lost for good jazz .... Thanks a lot for listening!

Of course, of course ..... next time, please post a link to a website where the CD is shown, instaed of posting it directly, this will keep up the suspense for the others. I know you have this one, too. Just one player overdubbing. Well, Schumann was not that modern ..... You probably have that one, yes. Hehee ...... You have heard other music by this guy. Frankly, I cannot tell, maybe, maybe not. But you know the composer. This one must have made a lasting impression! Not Eastern Europe, though hard to believe! Congratulations! Baroque lute and bass viol. I will! This one is for native speakers of German only, anyway ...... It's a clavichord ..... and not Beethoven's. Thanks for your stamina! p.s. I have no idea why the quoting doesn't work here - used the same method as before.

IIRC my biggest was three at a time - Sam Rivers, Blue Mitchell, and Chico Hamilton - to get them before it was too late. What ubu said about Swiss customs now applies to Germans, too ...... will order only one set that is an absolute must at a time, when they are running low. The Mobley, I suppose, will be the next.

European Groove, to stick to the exact formulation that I got from the first track. "Groove" in a wider sense, not just the rhythm. Special point to our man in Zurich! I loved his plying from the first time I heard him with Don Ellis' Orchestra. Nice to see he's alive and well in Europe and playing better than ever! Will do!

3 points scored by our man in Toronto! :tup

..... but was listening finished? There is a connection between this trio and the Holland groups. Probably not ..... So much for this meeting of internet night owls ...

Not that band, and not a jazz-rock group - rather a one-shot recording ensemble. (I never liked that UJRE ....) You know your musicians very well! Decide on one of the two! I will have a re-listen and report.

Read my comments to Nate's post ..... No! Hehe .....

Thanks, Nate, for these interesting comments - yours were among those I couldn't wait to read. As far as the theme is concerned, within your first paragraph there is the first of the two words that make up this BFT's title - king ubu had the second word ..... That sound comes from a "beat box", one of the first percussion computers made, I believe, around 1970. Eddie Harris used it around that time, on "Is It In" and "Instant Death". Not Wogram - actually this trombonist is a US expatriate, and the two others are French. Yep ..... "normal" clarinet and vibes are also used on this CD, which I find rather too short than too long. Hah! The arranger will be proud that you mentioned the Teddy Charles Tentet. IIRC the oldest guys in this band are in their early forties. Not a bass! Well, it is Kenny Wheeler ..... Yeah! Great comment! My wife loves this track - her favourite alto sax sound. Unfortunately the guy plays piano on the remainder of the album .... Yes, and you can hear this vibist on two tracks of the bonus disc as well!

Don't give up so soon .... ..... I know my tastes are a little extravagant. That's for sure! No ..... king ubu got one half of the theme in one of his posts - the other half is the greater region where all this was recorded.

Oh, finally somebody not watching soccer ..... Since rockefeller center didn't show up so far, you get credit for guessing the "Vienna Band" ..... now someone else with a photographic memory might find the thread here where we agreed to meet and hear 'em .... The "other CD" with the small band sounds better, and the playing is even crisper, but they are both spinning too often these days to give them away ...... maybe next year That's one keyboard player on # 5, probably overdubbing. I like the groove of that drummer, although I wouldn't play like this - but I think it fits nicely with that piece. Maybe you don't like the noisy cymbals he uses. So you finally remembered I played the first track to you, but do you remember who it is? Looking forward to read more - wait until you get to the bonus disc!

amazon.de has them at € 9,99 each, for preorder with a release date of June 26. The Blue Note website states they found the 3-track tapes of the 2nd Gil Evans LP for improved sound and unedited versions of two tracks - enough reason to get this.

The Complete Duke Ellington, Vol. 15 - 1940 (French CBS double LP)

Yes. From the Mosaic Future Projects page: ..... I already sold my LP copy of Cosmos .....

When I scheduled my BFT for June I forgot I would have to compete with the FIFA World Championship .....

The composer credits for "Mambo Inn" read: Mario Bauza, Grace Sampson, and Bobby Woodlen. Now who was Grace Sampson, and is she related to Edgar Sampson? Thanks as always!

Purdie was more or less the house drummer on this festival. He also was on Flying Dutchman LPs of Gato Barbieri and Oliver Nelson recorded live in that occasion, maybe even more. I remember hearing excerpts of these on the radio and the comments of a moderator who was surprised that "soul drummer" Purdie handled all these gigs so well .....

Someone mockingly called this band Tony Williams & The Jazz Messengers ...... ... no wonder: with Wallace Roney, Billy Pierce, and Mulgrew Miller three ex-Messengers were on board. Expect Tony-Williams-Drumstyle fired advanced hard bop. He wrote almost all of the tunes, and they're interesting.

I have to admit I find the Wilson/Ayers collaborations I have (three or four of them) much nicer than the "Two Sides" LP. It sounds excellent (no wonder with Howard Holzer engineering), and makes Leroy Vinegar and Philly Joe Jones sit right in your living room, but I find Wilson somewhat unfocused - he has a lot of chops, but I miss some direction or truly personal touch, as if he was still searching. With Ayers there is much more melodic substance.

No Previte anywhere on this BFT. But the drummer on # 8 is American, if that helps ...

FWIW, here are the three covers of the three LPs of the first band, which to me is the one and only Mahavishnu Orchestra - the succeeding lineups never lived up to them:

I wonder why nobody mentions this one: I find this to be an excellent album - it completes the picture and makes one wish the original band had continued. Although I'm a big fan of the comlicated rhythms they used, I found them a little too hard to take back then. Now it's easier for me to appreciate the rock side. Still, a more relaxed pace would make it timeless, just for my personal taste. Jan Hammer was and is my favourite from the group ...

Satisfied with the winning bid? There's one more up here.

I agree - especially since the composer had a hand in selecting the performances issued. bad news is there will not be more, as Teldec belongs to the Warner group which decided to back out of the classical CD market.