mikeweil

I can't tell how many times I have kicked myself for not buying these as long as they were around!!! And this Jimmy Gourley is a player I always like when I hear him! I can offer help! That would be a nice possibility to make good me not recognising this track... Drop me a line! (Some volumes might be around in stores here, but I couldn't guarantee anything. Should I look around? Prize would be around 23 Swiss Franks per volume) ubu I was sure I could rely on some royal help ... In this case I would prefer the three Vogue discs to the OJC reissues. If you find any, go ahead!

Thanks for the offer - but since it is the early California period I am interested in, I think i will go for the Gioia book, maybe this has some about Tjader too.

Strange. I have my speakers 10 feet apart and never noticed this. I actually find those Marcus Roberts disc are some of the best recorded piano sound I have ever heard!

is this album as cool as it looks? You bet it is!!!

His aouncement was only question of time. I guess he had enough of this. But firing coaches or them resigning is not the point - it's the players who should take the blame. A coach cannot make a goal. I can understand he has had enough of this. The next one, Ottmar Hitzfeld, is ready - looks too much like DFB talk behind closed doors.

I think any bet on the outcome of any game of the quarter finals is more than tentaive. If this contest teaches something, it is that there are no winners on reputation, only on goals. What I like about the Czech tech is that they went out to play and win from the start, whereas the others were a little cautious. I'm glad the German team lost - these guys get 1,4 million EURO each year a player, and for this money they should play ten times as good! Just the same for Spain or Italy. My thumbs are crossed for the Czech and Portuguese teams.

14 out of 16. Guess I'll never have the opportunity to undergo the reality test. But it is never too late to stop ...

The first two weeks in September will have me and my wife sunbathing on the Bulgarian Black Sea coast. Otherwise ... I remember someone suggested my place, as I am located somewhat in the geographic center. Well, I guess next in late summer our little creative center will be more or less finished, so we would have a larger room to do a live Blindfold Test ... accomodation is not too espensive in the towns near by. Of course I would love to go to Paris, if there is a cheap place to stay ... I hope to meet king ubu in person on occasion of a Zurich gig in July - we will decide then

I did - at least I recognized Ron Carter. Usually I get Brashear, too, never heard him play so many Freddie-isms. I thought of Jay Jay, but at the same thought it was too obvious ....

These BFTs are an excellent opportunity to re-evaluate some discs in my collection: I have that one (Golden Rule # 1 applies here ), but listened to it only once or twice, have it spinning as I write this, but "Valse Hot" is the one track I like the least. They all play nice solos, but on the whole it seems so derivative ...

I can't tell how many times I have kicked myself for not buying these as long as they were around!!! And this Jimmy Gourley is a player I always like when I hear him!

Couw, the brother of the trumpet player that irritates so much so many people around here is the player on that tune. He is more interesting than his brother but his solo falls well beyond the composer's one on the original session. And besides the "brother of the trumpet player that irritates so much so many people around here" there´s ANOTHER saxophonist on this track, who plays the second solo. This second saxophonist has only made (AFAIK) two records as a leader but EVERYBODY at THIS FORUM should have HEARD him (note I don´t say "heard of him" ) Guess why? B) It's a shame they didn't print his name on the cover alongside the others!

So, finally, my guesses for Disc 1, without peeking at the previous posts, off the top of my head. # 1 - Cotton Tail - I find the singer is a little over the top, although she uses some mannerisms just like favourite New York singer (I'll have to ask her about this). Duke's orginal is impossible to top for me. No idea who it is, but a trifle too sloppy for my taste - on the original everything is in the right place. The spot for the baritone is much too short! # 2 - If that is not Elvin ..... the tenor sounds almost too much like Joe Henderson, but that ain't Joe - young Javon Jackson? Don't like the intonation on the head, but the trumpeter's solo is nice. That bass theme sounds like something I have heard one of Elvin's bands play. #3 - Jimmy Raney and Bobby Jaspar? - 'cause that ain't Stan here. # 4 - Have heard that one, too, or at least that theme - some cool boppish variations over the changes of "All the things you are". Sounds almost like one of those mid-fifties Prestige dates to me - Kenny Burrell? Very sweet guitar solo! Alto sounds familiar, but who is it? Al Haig or one of those bepoppers? # 5 - Ron Carter. Freddie Hubbard. I'm not too good at identifying JayJay-derived tombonists. No idea who's the leader here or whose band it is. # 6 - Definitely some pre-1940's player. Excellent - nice idea to start it in the slow tempo. I probably know this player - but .... # 7 Miles. Or not? There was a phrase at the beginning I never heard from Miles, but from Eddie Henderson! Almost too Miles-ish ... I smell a trap here! Not Miles - he plays in Miles' spirit, but is technically more assured. # 8 - Lester does not leap in here, but four great Hawkanians ... (AMG link) This is one of the greatest tenor battle albums ever made! Contrary to the AMG entry, this is available on CD. # 9 - Very nice, good singer, excellent remastering. Would like to know who. # 10 - Some classical piano technique involved here ... Wish he/she would take his time a little more. Very playful, but a little to restless for my taste. That he plays the tresillo figure in the left hand almost like a triplet is common among jazz players, but I like it better when played straight. Corea/Burton type theme, but otherwise IHAFC. Too long - he's out of ideas after five minutes. # 11 - "Valse Hot". The horns play that theme very cool and precisely, but the drummer is much too loose for me here. If they want to play that freely, they should write their own tunes. Not something I'd buy, although they're all good players. Just not my cup of tea. I'd like to hear them in a more straighahead context. # 12 - Some South African cats? That's more like it ... Wouldn't buy this either, but it conivinces me more. # 13 The opening phrase was enough: this album. Nice album, although she's not among my top tem favourite singers. # 14 What a nice and unexpected closer! Great tune by an underrated band: Track 15 on this CD - there are many other issues. That was FUN!!! Muchas gracias otra vez!

Of course you're right, Chuck - that's what I wanted to say. Pardon my English ... -_-

So the instrument Gus Mancuso played was a euphomium, too?

IIRC Schlitten started ONYX at the same time as Muse but had to stop soon after due to licensing problems. He ran ONYX for the historical issues, new productions were on Muse, with absolutely no crossing over. The XANADU GOLD SERIES was the follow-up to ONYX, ironically, whereas the XANADU SILVER SERIES was for new recordings with a cover design similar to the ONYX LPs. Now I have all three Hardman LPs on Muse, and the first, "Home" has the leader with a bright red turtleneck on an orange couch with blackcat and trumpet ... hmm ...

Here goes my Golden Rule # 1 item ... have that too, of course, but haven't listened to it for years ... too many good records, too little time!

You aware of the difference between Boogaloo Sisters and Bugaloo Sisters? P.S. As soon as I have some money on my Paypal account after my next Ebay auctions, you'll get some!

Randy, please !!! reconsider ...

This is a BFT disc compiled by a true jazz fan: music from all styles and periods. I really dig this versatility - muchas gracias otra vez! So here are my guesses for the bonus disc: #1 I have heard that, it may well still be hidden somewhere in the depths of my collection, but I don't have the time to dig it up right now. "Original Dixieland One-Step" or something like that? # 2 Knew the tenor after one phrase, this may be his best solo IMHO. Pretty wild idea to have a ballad of such extended length on a disc at the time it was released. Beautiful album with a timeless quality about it. (AMG link - track 1) # 3 Starts out as a typical Latin jazz hybrid, rhythmically, as the drummer plays a Brazilian samba, dtto. the bassist, but the piano riff is more Cuban. The horns play nice, but the pianist doesn't convince me. Would have liked it better if the drummer had left out the bass drum on the "one", which makes it sound more Brazilian, but this often confounds the horns and pianists. A nice track, but I like to hear a little more depth. # 4 Variations of/on a famous saxophone player. Probably a little known, i.e. rare track. (AMG link - track 1 - there are other issues, of course) # 5 Hmm ... an alto with a definite Trane vibe. Kenny Garrett. Drummer should be Brian Blade. Very competent cat, if this is Garrett he sure sounds more relaxed here than on the Trane studio record and the live date I saw on TV around the time that album was issued. ***1/2, **** for the drummer. # 6 Woody'n'you by X'n'YZ ... this is one instance where a star soloist and a working band thrown together worked out! (AMG link) # 7 Charlie Haden on bass? That flamenco strumming threw me off at first, because he doesn't play like that anymore. But overall, that must be him. The audience seems to know that tune - I do not. Should be Ornette and Dewey and Ed Blackwell. I can't listen to that in large doses, that's why I do not recognize the tune. # 8 Very nice! Krupa on drums? Very well organized drum solo. Eldridge? Some Hawk disciple on tenor, but not the Hawk himself. # 9 Sounds like these players had a lot of experience together, very loose and very together at the same time. Like the feathery beat of the drummer, almost like Frankie Dunlop, or rather a swing era Dunlop. Well, Dunlop played with Hamp a lot after Monk, but from the things I hear, that is not him. First trumpet soloist has me think of Harry Edison. Buddy Tate on tenor? Benny Carter on alto? Some latter day Norman Granz session issued on Pablo? These are all very experienced, personal swing era players having a good time without overdoing it. Something I really enjoy. # 10 Not quite my cup of tea. He plays some chords that are too far from the basic tune, for my taste, and tends to lose the meter, although he stays on some subjective rhythmic pulse. If one choses a groove like this, I think he should stay in the time. He doesn't get me here. No idea who it is. # 11 Same tune as # 1. Again, no idea. The horns are somewhat sloppy on the beat, the soprano just ondulates on top of it without a tight connection to the beat, the trumpet is a little better in that respect, and the trombonist almost has it down. If one compares that with the opening track one can see how competent these early jazz players were, much better, especially ryhthmically, than their latter day imitators. I go for the older version. Hope I find the time to take one more listen to the bonus disc this evening ...

I edited my guesses out here, as my discs seem to have been labeled correctly ... and Randy's are mislabeled, so I suggest Randy moves his post.

Ubu, try this: log out, clear browser cache and cookies (!), and log in again. Maybe this helps.

PM has reached me and has been answered. But I still do not get any notifications. Did not get error messages like you described, and did not have trouble posting etc. Everything works as usual except for the e-mail notifications.

Wonder why one of his longtime musical associates is named "Shorter"? And there is one Dick Hyman, which is a double .....