mikeweil

I have yet another LP issue of the Half Note material - will post details when I'm back home.

Indeed

IIRC, only if the test was too long to fit on one page.

30 may be a little too much ....... he's great, and very very fast. He raised conga technique to a new level by applying snare drum rudiments to the conga, which is standard practice by now. His friend Richie Flores does it almost as well. The videos he did for conga students are much fun to look at for everybody, especially the one with Cuban master Changuito.

It is Armando Peraza. He is even better as a bongo player - he and Jose Mangual sr. are tops among their generation.

The reason I prefer Mongo Santamaria before all other congueros is, he plays many variations on the basic pattern Shrdlu described, the Cuban tumbao, whereas others leave that pattern completely and play some fills rhythmically unrelated to that beat, like they switched between the roles of a supporting drummer and a soloist. Mongo got that from the parlando style of bongo playing - bongoceros do that all the time. Beyond that, his solo style is incredibly variable, much more than that of all others, who more or lessstick to their personal bag of tricks. When I'm back home I will post some recommendations. Luis Miranda, who played in Machito's orchestra for many years, also was a master of that style - he can be appreciated best on one half of Cal Tjader's Black Orchid CD.

Bobo (William Correa) is better known for his timbales and drumset playing, he was in Tito Puente's Orchestra at the same time as Mongo, to play bongos, or timbales, whenever Tito played vibes or marimba. Among timbale players, I personally rate Willie Bobo before Tito Puente, other top timbaleros would be Carmelo Garcia, Steve Berrios, Changuito, Humberto Morales, ......

Paul, I couldn't agree more - great choice. Do not have it with me but sure will give it a listen upon my return. Terry's Riversides are underestimated, I think - they include some of the more unusual items in his vast discography, icluding Monk's only sideman date for the label. This one swings nicely, has all players in fine form and breaks the rule of using a piano to catch the Ellington spirit - the vibes are very nice here.

I had to vote for Mongo, my great idol! But there are manz great players - Luis Miranda deserves a mention. Chano Pozo boosted it, but Mongo perfected it.

Thanks a lot Tom, my discs have already arrived here! So I could have a cursory listen before my vacation - some extremely beautiful and insteresting stuff that takes us into yet another part of the jazz world totally different from Dan's .....

Dan, these two CDs take some time to check out, so please be indulgent. But I think, e.g., couw mentioned he will be in Paris sometime in August.

If it was a new Columbia Legacy reissue, they would have included the orginal liner notes and placed the bonus track at the end of the disc. But this is one of those Columbia Jazz Masterpieces reissues - should be redone, but as it still seems to be available (?), you will have to keep your patience ... Thanks for the hint to the piano solo - I will check this out.

... and those who are home have mountains of work to do. I'll board a plane on Sunday, so do not worry when you do not hear from me for the next two weeks.

Good sleuthing, brownie, could be. I hate Fantasy's inconsistency abbout adding bonus tracks - this was not added to the CD reissue of the vocal LP! But it was an excellent trumpet anthology for its day! Good to read how many of us identified Dorham and Fuller!

Maybe it's not "The Preacher" but a song based on the same chords? It is "The Preacher", but with the cords somewhat simplified in a retro boogie/blues fashion - too unsophisticated for Gene Harris - see my first post in this thread.

Sorry brownie, that's definitely not the version from the Milestone CD - I have that one and compared. I smell a bad trick!

Your guess is correct - all recorded at Different Fur, including the three Hancock albums.

Comin' Through is indeed somewhat disco-drenched. I loved Eddie Henderson with the Mwandishi band, and got all of his albums as soon as they were released, but they got increasingly commercial one after another. The first two on the Capricorn twofer CD in the first post, Realization and Inside Out were the best, closely followed by Sunburst. Heritage is bland compared to the former, and he plays some nice lyrical trumpet on the subsequent Capitol LPs, but the trendy disco and funk beats, as much as I dig them, get tedious. I guess the cross selection on the other Capricorn CD is sufficient. Eddie Henderson played some great solos ariound that time on Charles Earland's Fantasy album Leaving This Planet, cutting Freddie Hubbard! Other fine sideman playing of this time is on two Norman Connors LPs, Dance of Magic (Cobblestone) and Love From The Sun (Buddah) - both feature Herbie Hancock, Carlos Garnett, Gary Bartz, Buster Williams, Billy Hart, Bill Summers etc. - but I'm afraid the latter never was on CD, which is a shame! Eddie Henderson slightly morphed into a solid modernized hardbop player, which I find much less interesting than his earlier experimental approach.

Blood Ulmer plays only on one track, as does John Thomas, a fine guitarist who went to live in Germany soon after the session. And they stay in the background, so do not expect guitar excursions. The rhythm section of Dave Holland, Jack deJohnette and especially Larry Willis, who balances Joe's solos with some of his best funky Rhodes work up to par with Herbie Hancock, is the real kicker here.

That one is not part of the box - it was recorded for Contemporary and is available as a single OJC CD. I love the box, i.e. most of the albums included. I especially appreciate his fusion experiments with funk or soul elements, and the Latin album "Canyon Lady" - the percussionists on this are first class, and Joe always responds with great alertness to rhythmic contexts of any kind . The first albums are kind of a continuation of the Blue Note sound.

Simply the one magic word in jazz: Listen! B-) I just try to know my collection, and you all know how difficult that can be ...

Forgot to mention - nice to read that there are some souls out there who are moved by his music.

Not me ...

Nice to see tenor Jim back in the discussion - you're still tops, as far as saxes are concerned!

That was the cover of the first issue on CRC - Coltrane Recording Corporation. There was a thread on Cosmic Music of the Coltrane Impulse! releases discussing this earlier release. The Impulse! was a later reissue.