mikeweil

... and me. With my hearing loss, sonic upgrades make little sense.

Anyone heard this? https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/ronnie-cuber-albums/1886-cubism.html

... only the Coronation Anthems.

If l had it, l certainly would be.

That was my impression, too.

To me, one of the indispensable jazz books.

Exactly!

The only complete CD issue of Shearing's Savoy recordings. All others omitt "George's Boogie" that was on a rare 78. BTW: The track listing on the tray card is nonsense. Discogs shows the correct sequence: https://www.discogs.com/release/4719602-George-Shearing-So-Rare

https://museum-wiesbaden.de/zwintscher Excellent retrospective on a neglected Saxonian painter, Oskar Zwintscher (1870-1916) whose portraIts are stunning.

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I just received a newsletter from Dutch label Challenge that looks like they are continuing the Criss Cross label. "Teekens' family intends to sustain the label and keep the legacy alive" https://www.challengerecords.com/catalogue/1184071128/Criss Cross

I think it depends more on our local internet providers than on the forum's server. I have noticed respnse speed varies, but is pretty fast most of the time.

Jim is a busy man and on the road, me thinks. Just be a little patient.

romualdo bet me to it. 👍

The OJC CD was the first issue of these three tracks.

I have this set, too. The sound on original LPs or Verve CD reissues is only slightly better. What bothers me more is that it does not include the piano solos and the few tracks where Shearing plays accordion. I have these on two compilations. Together with the Savoy material it would be even better. I just happened to order a copy of an oop Vogue CD that includes the one track US reissues always omitted, "George's Boogie Woogie".

Yes, but maybe Mel could not? Listening to this right now. Nice collection of mostly rare stuff and a good essay by Will Friedwald. He tells that the Ogerman arrangement was inspired by a demo Bob Dorough cut that never saw a release.

The one thing that bugs me about this box is that they cut off the first note on Equinox. I think the sound is very good, but the extreme stereo separation is not to my taste. The mono masters would have been a better choice but obviously some of these are lost.

RIP. I never was a fan, but always felt deep respect for his attitude. Saw him twice with Globe Unity and he was great on both occasions.

There was a widespread traditional scene in Germany because this was a style older people could relate to from the time before the NAZI regime. The radio big bands covered the swing style. Newer styles like bop and cool were known only to connoisseurs and the audience of the few jazz concerts staged. One more problem was and is that the tradjazz scene has many amateur musicians, doctors and lawyers, and younger musicians being opposed to their lifestyle. Modern and free jazz developments here had a lot to do with avoiding anything associated with remainders of third reich culture. The Brötzmann interviews posted in his obituary thread will tell you some about this. Mangelsdorff made similar statements in interviews l have watched or read. Brötzmann made his first recordings in 1965 with free style bands. One would have to search for all the names in the Tom Lord Disco to find out about the others.