mikeweil

Doesn't sound like any of these to me ...

This character almost looks like our ex-chancellor Kohl might have, had he been closer to the tsunami ...

Not the slightest chance to surprise ya, eh?

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To tell the truth, I thought of Jimmy Nobody .....

That catalog is also available for download at their website as a pdf file, but searching this for "Pablo" is slow and cumbersome.

Arabesque Jazz AJ 0144 Jane Ira Bloom, soprano saxophone Fred Hersch, piano Mark Dresser, bass Bobby Previte, drums Recorded at Acoustic Recording, Brooklyn/New York, on May 29, 1997 & January 2-3, 1999, by Michael Brorby. Since this may not be in everyone's collection, I thought I'd post my choice early so everybody has a chance to get this in time. There are used copies at Amazon.com from $ 1.80! Besides her being my favourite voice on the soprano saxophone, I rarely see her discussed over here and thought this original voice should get some attention by this distinguished audience. The above is one of her best albums. Maybe it inspires some of you to check her out, and I'm curious about your opinions on her music - I had planned to include her in my BFT found somehow she didn't fit in there. Her website can be found at http://www.janeirabloom.com/. I find the review by Michael G. Nastos on the AMG page gives a good description.

No Don Patterson?!? I'm disappointed!

Very nice game. Until ztrauq22 takes his turn as the last winner, some little ditty to bridge the gap, an easy one: Who said it?

What never made any sense wuz da title of dat album .....

Nice to see someone raving about Don as much as I would if I were an organist ... Starry Night is a high point for me, too! Noone did these ballads like he did!

Sounds nice, but this model is not listed on Pioneer's German website. Maybe that model never was distributed here. Do you have some website describing that model?

Where can I read something about this?

I lasted until tonight, when I found three OOP VHS videos at Jazz Record Center I had been searching for years ...

The Fantasy SACDs I have even come with two slightly different non-compatible designs!!!

If it's from the last Moody reissue on Universal - I haven't yet got that one ...

I'd say yes, we need critics, but only after musicians and fans, although and because musicians can be, and some of them quite often were, too self-indulgent, and fans blinded by their love for the music. But I expect them to be fair, and not annoying in their choice of words. You can't argue about taste, and every criticism should be substantiated.

You have no idea how good I feel knowing you couldn't identify this one! I'll bring this one to Germany with me! Now can you, errh, please, ehmm, give me some real tiny clue ...

Just drop me a mail! But our guest room will only be finished this late summer, i'm afraid ... You got German ancestors?

NOBODY'S identified this yet? Heck, I thought this would've been the easiest track on the disc! Am I the only one who bought this last year (2004)? You're absolutely right, should be easy to guess, as we probably all bought this and the other two reissues, and filed them away as we thought we knew them .... track 3 from this CD! I find the combination of these two tunes is work of genius, like all of this man's work.

I'm glad you dug them, as I was inspired to a great extent by your BFT! Thanks for the compliment - I was similarly inspired by RDK's (especially his 2nd disc).

Yeah, and it's a pity that we may never see it released in its original form. I guess we can thank Orrin Keepnews for that, but why would we? I have it as a Japanese CD from 1989 (Nippon Columbia) which of course replicates the original cover and all, although it writes Coltrane's name below the title on the inlay card and the spine. That was one of the first Japanese CDs I ever bought, maybe the very first one - they still were very expensive back then, and this was a reduced stock. The problem with re-releasing such an item in its original form is that almost nobody will associate anything meaningful with the original album title. They could have re-christened the band "Bethlehem All Stars" - but that sounds pretty corny. The music is excellent, nonetheless.

No kidding? The alto is the highlight for me, especially during the head! I always find he is too flat, that's why I never could enjoy Jackie Mac's playing, sorry. His solo is nice, but his sound to my ears is like stepping on my tears and torturing me with lemon at the same time.

You have no idea how good I feel knowing you couldn't identify this one! Yeah, you TELL him, Al! Remember the way he humiliated us on his BFT! Okay, I'll swallow the bait ....... I know I know that one .... but .....

Mike? B-) No, I won't tell (this might be enough of a clue ... ).