mikeweil

The complete Ervin "Books" would be fine ... Don Patterson with Sonny Stitt Patterson Trios (just organ, guitar and drums) Complete Latin Jazz Quintet I'd buy the Hawes as a two-CD set any day! Any live or studio sets spread over several LPs would be welcome.

Forgot I have an LP search list on my hard drive: Ahead A-33750 Lewis, John Mirjana Asha One McNeil, Lloyd Asha Asha Two McNeil, Lloyd Tanner Suite Bald Eagle BELP 181 Fame, Georgie & Annie Ross In Hogland Baobab No.2 McNeil, Lloyd Tori Beppo B-509 Gillespie, Dizzy Reunion Big Band Live 1969 Blue Note LWB-1033 Silver, Horace Silver 'n' Strings Play Music Of The Spheres Blue Thumb BTS 37 Gasca, Luis For Those Who Chant Chiaroscuro CR 162 Hyman, Dick & Ruby Braff Fats Waller's Heavenly Jive Chiaroscuro CR 189 Mason, James Rhythm of Life Chiaroscuro CR 2037 Harris, Eddie Exploration Columbia KC 32150 Arnold, Horacee Tribe Columbia PC 33534 Lewis, John P.O.V. Finite FIN 1976-2 Chambers, Joe New World Flying Fish FF-380 Foday Musa Suso Mansa Bendung FMP SAJ-51 Jali Nyama Suso Kora Impulse #29069 Sims, Zoot Plays Four Altos Impulse AS-9192 Montgomery, Buddy This Rather Than That Impulse AS-9198 MacKay, Dave & Vicky Hamilton Rainbow Inner City IC-1036 Jefferson, Eddie The Main Man Jazz Circle JC01 Cobb, Arnett Jumpin' The Blues Jazzland JLP 61 Ashby, Dorothy Labor #7006 or 8 Steffens, Walter Ecstasy Landmark LLP-502 Lateef, Yusef In Nigeria Liberty UA LBJ-60060 Young Men From Memphis Down Home Runion Mainstream MRL 346 Coles, Johnny Katumbo (Dance) Muse MR 5052 Hayes, Louis Breath of Life Nemperor Bolden, Walter Open Sky #3126 Hibbler, Al & Hank Jones For Sentimental Reasons Pacific Jazz P-20155 Watts, Ernie Planet Love Pacific Jazz Fischer, Clare So Danco Samba Prestige P-7486 Kloss, Eric Grits & Gravy Prestige Patterson, Don Mellow Soul Savoy SJL-3301 Ellis, Pee Wee Home In The Country Solid State SS-18065 Wali & The Afro-Caravan Home Lost And Found

There are two available, but without Tjader. I'd rather see them do proper reissues, as the old LPs are rather short and compiled long after the original 78 issues - you never get a complete session on one LP. I'd have to buy a third LP to get me the one missing track with Tjader, but I'm not a completist any more. I'm not a fan of these issues or LPRs - they spare the label the effort to get it straight, discographically. Session info on the LPs is missing or incorrect or incomplete.

Had no idea he was Czech ..... quite a story how he got out back then!

This begins to remind me of the foolish debate about the Milt Jackson - John Lewis pairing in the MJQ ...... in the end, we're not a bit wiser, and it all remains a matter of taste and choice on the sides of both the muscicians and the fans.

Thanks for posting this, Bertrand - my thoughts exactly!

Now that had some unidentified person playing the son clavé pattern on the original Prestige recording ..... Several tunes would work extremely well with a "tresillo" bass pattern instead of 4/4 walking, just as many Morton or Joplin tunes (tresillo is notes on 1, 2+, 4 - the first half of the clave and the basis of many Cuban style bass patterns, or tumbaos.as they are called). Try Blue Monk with it - works surprisingly well!

Same with sex ..... it's a saddening moment when there is no more to be found. Now why do newly discovered Trane or Bird recordings make us all flip?

There is another Bethlehem album That Bop Thing with Sahib Shihab, Duke Jordan, Percy Heath, and Philly Joe Jones that is very nice. There is a record of the big band he led in 1966 that finally made it to LP on the British Hep label in 1977, very nice, too. And then there are the beautifully recorded Contemporary LPs he made, available on OJC CDs. I sold many an LP over the years, but I wouldn't part with these. A very underrated player, IMHO.

..... and that is exactly what made Steve Lacy such a master at interpreting Monk: he recognized the specifics of each Monk tune.

Interesting - I was thinking of Ornette, too, as another example of a composer where running the changes won't do very much. You have to understand the melody as an expression of a distinctive musical character - each of their tunes has a specific mood and color, timbre, feel, not just melody or rhythm. It's an entity on its own, a musical individual, so to speak, and has to be treated on its own individual terms.

I love Rouse, too, but I can see what those who criticize him want to say: There is a certain sameness in his playing. He's original, I could probably tell him from any other tenor player, but I couldn't tell any differences between his solos on different tracks ....

I'm not such a great fan of his playing, but I wish him all the best and that he will get what he needs in due time. May you keep swingin', Mr. Brecker!

Having found the two MGM LPs of George Shearing with 95% of his recordings with Cal Tjader, I still want them on CD - they sound great, but of course these half-century old LPs have some surface noise. There are several very nice tracks on them - same probably goes for other Shearing MGM material.

As long as I get enough sleep she doesn't mind and appreciates the contacts and all. But she won't take the toilet seat up - nor do I as I do the housecleaning most of the time. You guys all wear gas masks when you pee?

Maybe they will sound better - he can try and improve his own intentionally inferior sound ..... but we get the umpteenth issue of readily available material.

You pointed out something here, SS - the rhythm! Monk's rhythmic phrasing is very peculiar - and very precise! That's also an important part of his very personal way of approaching standards. Trying to play the tunes exactly as he phrased them rhythmically helps a lot, is my experience. There are no random patterns in his rhythms.

The September issue of Jazz Times has just arrived here and features reviews of the whole package. Mostly favourable. Only complaint is that the Jamal has one track missing, "Slaughter on 10th Avenue". Seems they wanted to avoid making it a double, as was the case with the Woody Shaw.

..... I'd say I sell my Bother Ray CDS on eBay to (probably partially) finance the new box.

Sigh .... I'll wait and see if Zweitausendeins offers this. I have all the previous Atlantic CDs, the Birth of Soul box, the live CD, the jazz CD, the Bags double, and the Fathead .... but the unissued stuff and the DVD looks very tempting, and I prefer the chronological order over all the sessions in the set here .....

As percussionist, I approach them by playing along the melody and the structure. I wouldn't approach them on the basis of chord changes if I played a different instrument - I once saw a facsimile of a Monk sheet, and there were no chord symbols at all. I'd say the harmony was evident to him, and the melody and form were more important. Noodling over changes won't work with his music. I love 'em all, but as far as ballads are concerned I prefer the less often played titles.

'nuther organissimo missile hit Germany today - organissimo strikes again! Great job throughout, the growth is noticeable all around, but Joe's major leap seems the most obvious to me. Congratulations to a matured guitar player! My favourites are Greaze Monkey (although I would have prefered the congas a little more up in the mix ) and the track with tenor sax, where I like the recorded sound the best, the bass drum sounds warmer on this track. Only minor complaints - this is everything as good as the first one - but on a more advanced level! Thanks guys! p.s. although I paid for it, it feels to me like a gift!

RIP M. Boland ..... He sure had a fine retirement time on the banks of Lac Leman. One of my favourite arrangers, very rhythmic, and never took the easy way, wrote varaiations where others were content with repeats. A sad loss again.

Musically, it is excellent - I have the previous French 2 CD edition. But someone told me these were mastered from second generation tapes with reverb added, so I wonder about the sound of the new one. If you like the recent Argo reissue, this is a must!

Dem lucky dudes were on vacation ......