mikeweil

Too bad Wes didn't record with other organists than Melvin Rhyne or Jimmy Smith, although I dig these to death. Dave Stryker works fine with organists, too. He is on Javon Jackson's Blue Note CD Pleasant Valley, which is sold at bargain price in Germany at the time, paired with Larry Goldings.

Jimmy Cobb is as great as ever. Here's a link to his bio on the Fantasy website. The first CD of Cobb's Mob, which exists for quite a few years now, in fact was this album: He's pretty much in demand as a sideman in recent years.

As far as the theme is concerned: There is at least one musician on each track that is on a Blue Note album, or the tune was composed by a Blue Note artist - but there are about two tracks that will not fit into this scheme ...

So what, John - giving the US boys a lesson in German numerals? Makes me consider to write my signup in German ... Back home and quite relaxed and in good spirits, it seems. Mee too, next week, at last I'm getting the sun I was missing in Germany.

Sounds interesting, but to my knowledge the ADDA label is out of business. The zarb is a drum used in Iranian music, but the berimbau is an afro-brazilian music bow with a gourd resonator, struck with a stick held by the right hand, together with a caxixi basket rattle. The existing part of the ADDA catalogue was taken over by Arion, another French mostly classical label. I received this last month after four months of patiently waiting. It will not remain the last Colin CD in my collection.

.... honestly, it really does. But Gatton was real crazy to play like that!

BTW - IIRC it was Charlie who tried to turn his brother to jazz, but it took a few years before he caught on.

Indeed. Charlie Palmieri's LP, A Giant Step (Tropical Budda 003), is a fine recording. He recorded it after recovering from a heart attack and stroke, but you'd never know that from his playing. Don't know if this has been reissued on CD, but, if not, it deserves to be. It was in Germany - will check details when back home.

If you dislike salsa vocals, check the sound samples before ordering - but the singer of his currennt band is very nice, I saw this band in Frankfurt a few years ago, and a TV brodcast from a Burghausen festival performance, where they were much better. Palimieri dropped his vocalists entirely at some point, before the Palmas album, and has been featuring jazzy horns ever since.

Thanks for the compliment, Dan! I warmheartedly recommend the six CDs Tad Shull did for Criss Cross, two as a leader, two with the Tenor Triangle, one with Mark Turner which sure would make a nice BFT item, and one as guest with the Melvin Rhyne Trio. Just go to the Criss Cross website and look up Tad Shull in the artist index, and you have 'em all. The Tenor Triangle pairs him with our beloved Eric Alexander and Ralph Lalama, giving a good idea of what divides the authenticats from the copycats. BTW, I bought the CD after a favourable review in down beat.

First of all, Dan, thanks for these many discoveries! A really great BFT, setting a new level for compilers to follow. Too bad I have mine done and ready to ship ... As far as the Clifford Jodan tune is concerned, to save my honorable reputation , I stated in my first post that it was not from the Clifford Jordan big band albums. I thought of McGhee's big band, and have that album, but didn't have the time to check. This is a nice LP, there is another issue on Spotlite or Hep, and McGhee deserves a lot of appraisal for running a big band at that time. For this and the Quebec my rule #1 applies .... p.s. darn these kyrillian keyboards ....

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!