mikeweil

Randy, one other thing while you're at it- the Johnny Griffin tune is actually called "Soft" and Furry. B) Now what sort of allusion is this supposed to be? Something close to "Warm Valley", I suppose? ubu edited for crappy spelling Ubu, you're on the right track with your fantasies .... Johnny Griffin is one of the greatest jazz composers of ballads and semi-ballads about the broad spectrum between sensuality and love - and I think he never got his due credit for it: Soft and Furry Lonely One Oh, now I see! When we were one Slow Burn Woe is me To Love The way it is Dawn Damn, there's a whole album on Galaxy: To The Ladies.

I for my personal taste have mixed feelings about many of the Verve LPs (only two thirds were on US CD so far). "Several Shades of Jade/Breeze from the East" for my ears are the two most commercial dates Tjader ever did - producer Creed Taylor engaged musicians from his pool of studio pros rather than Cal's (always good) working band, and the big band and vocals arrangements by Lalo Schifrin or Stan Applebaum are part okay, part on the verge of the unbearable, i.e. pretty corny. "Cal Tjader Plays the Contemporary Music of Mexico and Brasil" was a special project initiated by Clare Fischer to feature the compositions of some Mexican named Mario Ruíz Armengol, and since noone knew him in the US, Creed Taylor insisted on some bossa novas as well. The latter are very tasteful as usual, the Mexican boleros I think are equally great, but probably an aquired taste for a jazz lover due to the (wordless) vocals. "El Sonido Nuevo: The New Soul Sound" is one of two collaborations of Tjader with Eddie Palmieri, who had just imported the Mozambique rhythm from Cuba, and changed his band sound to the famous "La Perfecta" combination of a trombone section and rhythm, this is leaning more towards "salsa" than most of Cal's records. This is one I'd recommend - the CD includes 6 bonus tracks from other Verve LPs. The other Palmieri record was Bamboleaté on Tico, bootlegged many times and maybe available as a used CD, just vibes, piano, rhythm, and salsa vocals, a little short but good. (I'd suggest you wait a little on this ... The three "Soul" albums are all a mixture of Cal's working band with some studio guys or jazz soloists thrown in, I'd say buy one that's easy to get and cheap, like the LPR Soul Bird, and if you like it, you will like the others. "Soul Sauce" has some extended Descargas (jam session in Cuban language) with Donald Byrd, Jimmy Heath and Kenny Burrell. The best of Cal's Verve CDs, Sona Libré, with Clare Fischer, is OOP. The two compilations available are good for an overview and include some tracks not otherwise available on CD.

So what DO you get in the alps??! This double is nice, as you get two complete LPs: "Gozame! Pero Ya" is a nice Latin date with his working band, including Poncho Sanchez, Mark Levine and Roger Glenn, "The Shining Sea" is a nice straightahead date with Scott Hamilton and Hank Jones. The one that Zweitausendeins had was a real compilation of his Concord discs, so I'd say the one you found is the better choice for a potential completist.

Does Howell play electric or acoustic bass? Like I said in the discussion thread, it sounds like both electric and acoustic are on this track. Michael Howell's brother plays an acoustic upright bass like Henry Franklin. Both are heard together only on two tracks, but not the one in the BT - the liner clearly states Glen Howell - bass on "In The Silence" and "Ebony King". The tonal difference between registers is caused by the pickup, direct input recording may have played a part. The overall sound of this LP is not exciting. Everything obviously miked very close, the drums are very muffled. I don't like the sound I have to admit, and it is not earthshaking music, but somehow this LP holds a special place in my heart. The track Randy chose is Michael Howell's composition, "The Call". The melorhythmic phrase at the beginning was one used by the local paperboy in the area where Howell lived in California, to announce the new papers were out. As simple as that, and quickly told ... Now the story how I got to know is a little longer. My first conga drum teacher back in 1978 was a guy named Tom Nicholas, born in Philadelphia, who lived in California for some years before moving to Europe, where he became a pretty much in demand conga player on the German jazz scene. His steady gig for several years, BTW, was an Afro-Jazz band named Mombasa, founded and led by Californian trombonist Lou Blackburn, but they hadn't met there (This band featured some interesting players: Carmell Jones for a year, the excellent but underrated drummer Doug Hammond, and a trumpeter living in Belgium, Doug Lucas). Before moving here Tom played with Bobby Hutcherson, the George Coleman octet (at last, here is the George Coleman BT thread revived), recorded with John Handy, Roland Prince, and - you guessed it - Michael Howell. It was on Howell's first Milestone LP, recorded in 1973, with the Hampton Hawes trio with Nyimbo Henry Franklin and Ndugu Leon Chancler, Tom on congas, and two different sax players. I gave my LP to Tom as he didn't have a reference copy. I kept the second, and Tom told me the story of this piece he kinda liked, and had played with Howell on some gigs in California. Howell recorded it on the second Milestone LP. Bennie Maupin is clearly the best soloist on the album, up front in the mix, unaltered pure spund, and his sound with this personal mix of beauty, melancholy (up to resignation), and fire is what I like so much here. Howell is not an overwhelming guitar player, but here he is nice and open - there is a beautiful rendition of "Don't Explain" with just bass and drums. Remember, this is 1974, a bad time for straightahead jazz guitar. Kenneth Nash is the critical factor on this LP for my taste, the small percussion is nice, but the conga sound is hard and dry, without any warmth, and he plays not enough in sync with the drummer, always looking for a space to fill, even though Ndugu is not overly busy. I never held Nash in high esteem, his ideas are limited - the only band he really fitted in nicely and where he played very well was that of violinist Michael White, who did a string of LPs for Impulse with Nash in the 1970's. Howell recorded only one more LP under his name, and acoustic solo guitar album, where he had the guts to do McCoy Tyner's "Sama Layuca". I would like to take another listen, but found out I sold it with lots of other dispensable LPs when I needed money and CD storage room.

We all should coordinate our watches, and all play the same track of the Boogaloo Sisters CD at the same time. To really do this we would have to use local time, not time zones .....

I noticed the one LP I put on the most often is this one (in its OJC LP incarnation): No heavyweight music, but just plain groove and fun. Remember, not necessarily your best coice, but the one that is actually spinning the most often!

Maybe Rhino handmade will do the Louis Jordan - they seem to take their time. Since the complete Louis Jordan on Decca is still available - a great box set I heartily recommend for all Jordan fans - and the Aladdin sides were complete on some EMI CD, I wouldn't hope for any Jordan from Mosaic.

Duke Ellington to Cecil Taylor in 3 steps (that's an easy one!).

Oh no, everything is correct. It seems someone - maybe amazon themselves, maybe Zyx, maybe both, maybe still somebody else - imports the US releases, at least when they're brand new, so both versions seem to be around. ZYX does not manufacture all titles in Germany, but you never know which ones ..... The most ridiculous things about the scaled down box sets is, that the CDs in the jewel cases are identical, the only difference are the LP sized box and booklet, as though they would import these and put their own CDs into them, and considering the price while knowing that ..... The low budget versions were sold by zweitausendeins at the same price that retailers had to pay for them, that's why no other shop used to have them in stock! I wonder what will happen to the ZYX/Fantasy jazz box set repertoire now that the deal with zweitausendeins seems to have ended.

Naah! B3-er came up with a brilliant idea! You noiticed? Haha.... Congratulations Dr. Funkenstein !!!

There seems to be much less than the minority called jazz buyers in Switzerland, that's for sure. If yopur country joined the EU at least buying jazz CDs would become a lot cheaper .... ZYX has their own mailorder shop in Germany, with lower prices than everywhere else, Music Garden. It can be reached over the ZYX website, but I can't tell if they ship to Switzerland, and how much it would cost. Perhaps you e-mail them? ZYX website

This all looks like there is no distributor for the Fantasy label group in Switzerland, or is there a Swiss ZYX dependency? These prices tell me that they are treated like imports. Who in all the world handles the imports? France, Italy, GB all have their individual distributor for Fantasy labels like ZYX here in Germany.

It's only those 20-bit or what the hell they call it that sound dreadful. The other ZYX pressings use the US mastering and sound fine.

So this is to new music tape speed errors what Kind of Blue is to Jazz tape speed errors ....

I think a voting system similar to that of the down beat critics poll, where you can distribute 10 votes between up to five artists, with a maximum of five votes for each artist, would give a much more accurate picture. As the comments tell we all love more than one of them.

I think Village Caller is the most often played vinyl LP in my collection!!!

Back to topic: Oscar Brashear

Look like the package comes with a bonus CD .... the Wheaties Blindfold Test?

This is available on CD on Fresh Sound's sublabel Caney since 1994, with eight bonus tracks, and there's a second volume; sound quality is good. From Havana To New York Cachao Y Su Ritmo Caliente Featuring: Cachao, Clark Terry, José Mangual, Guillermo Barreto, Gustavo Tamayo, El Negro Vivar, Yeyo Iglesias, Richard Egües, Generoso Jiménez... REFERENCE: CCD 501 BAR CODE: 84 27328 20501 6 PRICE: 9.80 EUR Tracklisting: 1. Guajeo De Saxos 2. Estudio En Trompeta 3. Cogele El Golpe 4. Goza Mi Trompeta 5. Descarga Cubana 6. A Gozar Timbero 7. Trombon Criollo 8. Malanga Amarilla 9. Controversia De Metales 10. Pamparana 11. Sorpresa De Flauta 12. Oye Mi Tres Montuno 13. Pa Pa Bajo 14. Escucha Dos Trompetas 15. Mungo Mungo Baby 16. Que Paso 17. Chunga Uhuruh Chunga 18. A Bailar Guajira 19. Tanga Pa Katanga 20. Caballos Locos On Cuts 1-12, The Players Are: Israel López "Cachao" Bass Guillermo Barreto Tímbales Tata Güines Tumbadora Rogelio "Yeyo" Iglesias Bongos Gustavo Tamayo Guiro Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar Trumpet (2,4,6,9,10) Generoso "Tojo" Jimenez Trombone (7,9) Orestes Lopez Piano (3,7,8,9,l0) Emilio Peñalver Tenor sax (1) Virgilio Lisama Baritone sax (1) Richard Egües Flute (11) Niño Rivera Tres-guitar (12) On Cuts 13-20 The Players Are: Israel Lopez "Cachao" Bass Marcelino Valdes Timbales Antonio "Chocolate" Diaz Mena Tumbadora Jose Mangual Bongos Clark Terry Trumpet Jerome Richardson Flute, piccolo tenor and baritone sax More Legendary Descargas Cachao Featuring: Cachao, Peruchin, Tata Güines, Los Papines, Richard Egües, René Hernandez, Victor Paz... REFERENCE: CCD 510 BAR CODE: 84 27328 20510 8 PRICE: 9.80 EUR Cachao with Tito Rodriguez and his Orquesta (tracks 1 and 2), Cachao y su conjunto (tracks 3 to 8, 17 and 18); Cachao with Walfredo de los Reyes and his All-Stars (tracks 9 to 13); Cachao is with Chico O'Farill and his Cuban All-Stars (tracks 14 to 16). Tracklisting: 1. Introduccion 2. Descarga Cubana 3. La Florista 4. Avance Juvenil 5. Redencion 6. Descarga Mambo 7. Juan Pescao 8. El Bombin De Perucho 9. Leche Con Ron 10. Las Boinas De Cachao 11. Cha Cha Cha De Los Pollos 12. Mucho Humo 13. Es Diferente 14. Descarga Numero Uno 15. Descarga Numero Uno 16. Bilongo 17. Descarga Mejicana 18. El Fantasma With: Israel López "Cachao" Bass on all tracks Victor Paz Trumpet on tracks 1 and 2 David Gonzalez Trumpet on tracks 1 and 2 Tony Cofresí Trumpet on tracks 1 and 2 Emilio Reales Trumpet on tracks 1 and 2 Bobby Percelli Alto sax on tracks 1 and 2 Rey Santos Tenor sax on tracks 1 and 2 Rene Hernandez Piano on tracks 1 and 2 Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar Trumpet on tracks 3 to 8, 17 and 18 Armando Armenteros Trumpet on 3 to 8, 17 and 18 Los Papines Tumbadora on 3 to 8, 17 and 18 Luis Escalante Trumpet on 9 to 13 Julio Guerrero Flute on 9 to 13 Walfredo De Los Reyes Jr. Timbales on 9 to 13 Jesus Caunedo Alto sax on 9 to 13 Richard Egues Flute on 14 to 16 Osvaldo Peñalver Alto sax on 14 to 16 Pedro Justiz "Peruchín" Piano on 14 to 16 Tata Guines Tumbadora on 14 to 16 I doubt that either has a license agreement, but this was available on numerous bootlegs here in Europe over the years.

BTW - At first sight (of this thread) I thought it was a carnival joke!

John, you still don't see we EUROPEANS (you know what that is, don't ya know) have to stand TOGETHER against that damn US imperialists!?

Just had a look, and of course, nothing much happening there. If anybody's going to make that board interesting, it's us, but then where's the point? I dunno at the moment, and so did not vote. Time will tell.

I smell a chance to strengthen our cultural indentity ...

We should be grateful to deus for this thread: 1. Any gift from God is welcome 2. It's a great opportunity to get rid of all those virtual birthday cakes you have been assembling over the years 3. He demonstrates just how fast one can grow up, if only the will is strong enough 4. He gives us all an opportunity to increase our post counts without wrecking our brains 5. It is a welcome reliefe from discussing all that overtly complicated music that's the subject of the other threads 6. We all can feel wise and - well, I wouldn't say "old", it sounds so ugly 7. It makes him feel so young 8. He showed us an entirely new application for this particular feature of a forum Hell, why didn't I post one argument at a time ....

So, like, are we all supposed to not post again until March 6? Is that the idea? well Jim, you may only post 7 times until that date and save #5000 for the birthday thread. So post wisely. :rsly: And until Rooster Tie catches up, the newly reached level should be called "The One and Only" or "Blindfold Test Super Ace" or ... any ideas?