mikeweil

This morning:

Same here.

Thanks for the link. I knew him from the Ramsey Lewis albums and from Jack McDuff's The Heatin' System, where he plays some great stuff. (as Fred Walker)

I remember hearing Poinciana in the live version from the Impulse LP on AFN. But anything else was impossible to find in German record shops. Only during a trip to Paris I was able to buy half a dozen used LPs I always wanted to hear. Jamal is unique among pianists, and a big influence on the scene just for that. His ways of playing in a trio changed several times but all are interesting.

R.I.P. I have not ebnough of his music ....

Donald Harrison on this album, and with the Head Hunters.

I see - the Decca stuff from 1939 to 1952. If these masters still exist .... These were covered by a series of Chronological Claasics CDs starting with this one:

https://www.discogs.com/release/7631761-Buddy-And-Ella-Johnson-1953-1964/image/SW1hZ2U6NzY4MjkxNzc=

Tonight I took my wife and a young friend to a concert by my longtime friend and former colleague as dance accompanist at the Frankfurt music academy, Klemens Althapp. We enjoyed improvising together back then, and he recently added his own songs with his very personal lyrics in German language to his repertoire. He also sings some standards, and his choice of tempo and groove in Gershwin's Summertime makes much more sense to me than the way most people sing it. Another old friend, Klaus Frölich, added percussion accompaniment. We mused about trying to get a gig as a duo in my current hometown .....

Just pre-ordered a copy.

Here's what I found on my hard drive but for some reason didn't post: Here's my two cents: Track 1: Lush Life, played on a bassoon. I must admit I am spoiled by the more beautiful sound of historical bassoon instruments and the perfect way our local Frankfurt period performance practice students play them, so this does not satisfy me from a technical point of view. But it is a nice idea. Bassoon has to be played exclusively to really master it, in any genre. No idea who it is. Track 2: A Child Is Born - very nice that they take their time before they let the band come in. Beautiful arrangement, well played. I would have liked it even more if they had kept it as subdued as in the beginning. Concise and to the point. Track 3: This trumpet intro sounds very familiar. Tenor sax? I hear Dexter Gordon phrases. But that is neither his sound nor his vibrato. I am sure I have heard this or even own it, the tune sounds familiar, too. Very curious who this is. Track 4: Gene Ammons! Track 5: Another standard tune, A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing. That alto player has his own very personal way of approaching the tune. The pianist starts his solo with some Debussy phrases, which is a nice contrast. This probably will be on my must buy list. Like it a lot. This has class. Track 6. Cannot name this familiar tune right now. I probably know this player ..... Must be a seasoned older generation player. Not quite convincing to me how he plays the clsong cadenza. Track 7. Another familiar tune. They way he meanders licks around the tune rather than playing thematic variations on it does not convince me. Almost like Dolphy at times. Could it be him? Track 8. Billy Eckstine? Over The Rainbow! What a fantastic singer! This is better than classical opera as you never have that much freedom there. This has me shouting "Yeah" every other bar. On second thought, he does too many things Eckstine never did .... This was so great I have to take a break ....

As I just posted in the thread to Big Al's BFT I was distracted after I started listening and typing guesses, but I see there are four tracks I have and should have recognized. Great stuff throughout.

Al, I owe you something. I listened to your BFT rightaway, even started typing some answers (which I can't find anymore) but then got distracted by all kinds of things that life brings from time to time, and they persist to this day, nothing serious like a trip to Berlin to see my daughter and help an old friend with a music aducation projects, and several doctors' appointemnets, again nothing serious, but time consuming, and preparing our flat for some major renovation of water pipes - all of that keeps me busy and ostly kills my mood for listening to any kind of music. Let me just say it was a very nice listen and I could only recognize several tunes, but should have identified Rollins, etc. I'm sorry. You deserved more from me.

I need to listen to this. Only one copy of the disc posted above on discogs, but several on amazon, for cheaper shipping rates. It cost me 33 bucks. Oh well ... the others go for higher prices.

GoFundMe campaign to support his family to pay medical bills and funeral costs: https://www.gofundme.com/f/karl-bergers-legacy-support-for-his-family

Just ordered a copy - thanks for the recommendation, shelving problems aside.