mikeweil

Jazz with a Twist, Atlantic 1961 Explosion! The sound of ......, Atlantic 1962 Exodus, Philips, 1962 and with Sal Nistico, Riverside, 1962

I'm afraid you're right, Jim ...

When I went to see the Herbie Mann Quintet in 1971 or so, the opening act was to be the Quartet Focus '65 from Bulgaria, with Simeon Shterev on flute and Milcho Leview on piano, one of the hottest jazz groups in Europe at the time, but they were denied their visa and couldn't make the tour. Then, a few years before his death, Philly Joe Jones - he had tp cancel due to to health problems. And: Charles Mingus, probably the quintet with George Adams. I was late, club was packed, tickets all sold out and the smoke coming up the stairs from the cellar was as thick as one cannot believe ...

The first live jazz I ever heard was the Oscar Peterson Trio with Sam Jones and Bobby Durham, must have been around 1971. Second was Herbie Mann's Quintet with Steve Marcus, Sonny Sharrock, Miroslav Vitous and Bruno Carr, the following year. Most impressive was Herbie Hancock's Headhunters in 1974, with Bennie Maupin, Paul Jackson, Mike Clark and Bill Summers.

..... and it shifted to issue pop music in the first place, when jazz was no longer the most popular and/or danceable music. It stopped producing new jazz recordings entirely at several points since then. Blue Note was down too, for many years. I agree with Chuck that the Blue Note many board members cherish died with Alfred Lion, or, I think, with his retirement. Strange - noone would expect a new Riverside, although Keepnews founded a number of new label therafter.

When I get home from a gig, sometimes the music we played goes around in my head so much it bothers me. Now what do you fellow musicians do to get it off your mind, relax, or whatever? - Just curious.

The Willis Jackson sides are with the Cootie Williams Orchestra. The Helen Humes sides are great! One session with Walter Page and Jo Jones, one with Teddy Wilson!

Not that different IMO, but I wouldn't have believed he scatted so well before I heard them! The album cover that started this thread depicts my all time favourite Johnny Hartman CD - I love it even more than the one with Coltrane; Illinois Jacquet is a perfect foil for Johnny on this. Go get it, soul station!

Jordan/Gilmore (Blue Note) LaRoca (Douglas) Andrew Hill (Blue Note) McCoy Tyner, Today & Tomorrow (Impulse, 3 tracks) Elmo Hope, Hope from Rikers Island (Chiaroscuro) anything else (outside of Sun Ra)?

That's the photo from the Shade of Difference photo session:

Now that I think about it, Helen Merrill probably was the first jazz vocalist I ever really appreciated. Bought a copy of A Shade of Difference in a sales bin not long after it was released, listened to it a thousand times - didn't have as many jazz records back then - and started to dig her subtleties. That one bar of scatting after the theme of "I want a little boy" outweighs all of Ella's chorusses for me.

I have heard it, and yes, you would! Hey, got an idea how I could? ubu hey, me got idea!

There were two double LPs by a Sun Ra Quartet on the Italian Horo label, with trumpeter Michael Ray, drummer Luqman Ali, Sun Ra on electric piano or organ throughout, and Gilmore, that have some of my favourite Gilmore. The Pete LaRoca session on Douglas is next, I really blame myself for not getting this on 32Jazz as long as it was available.

I'm in, of course.

yup, and this one is readily available as well. Is that a recommendable disc? These brothers never held a special place in my heart ....

When was it, and with whom? My opportunity was with a quartet with European (based) musicians, I remember Fritz Pauer from Vienna on piano, Jimmy Woode on bass and Tony Inzalaco on drums. My first conga teacher, Tom Nicholas, sat in, he's from Philadelphia but moved to Germany in the mid 1970's - he had worked with the G. C. Octet among others in the US. I always dug that man live more than on his records, where he didn't move me as much.

I just dusted off an old 45 rpm single I bought way back when I was still young and foolish, Give me one more chance c/w Get it, the latter being a real nice funky instrumental. The band doesn't sound as big as the listing, but they hit a groove. Cover depicts only five guys. But that list sure IS impressive. I'll give it a spin ... Click here and find out yourself!

Then answer is simple: Way too much good music to choose from I really admire you were able to confine yourself to a single disc. That Ruggiero is somebody to check out, he made several discs with that trombonist.

In other words, disc 4, tracks 5-11, and disc 5, tracks 1-6 ...

I feel that, too, and I'm twice your age! So either you work harder or ..... but no, let's keep up the good work, musically and domestically, I'll have a lot of repairs coming up in my mother's flat.

I could almost smell the foul air hanging over that first "fanpost". This had to be fake! I appreciate you made that public, B3-er, I wanted to find out with my question, but your method is far more effective.

For those who wonder why nothing much has been heard of him on the US scene in recent years: he moved to Spain and plays with a band named "Los Piratas del Flamenco"!

Things like this are the reason why some guys program this malware - to point out the stupidity of many Windows features. I get their point, but can't tolerate computers of people are abused or damaged who are guilty of nothing but using Microsoft programs. They should rather spend their energies on developping better software and putting it on the web for free download, like the Linux stuff. There need to be more affordable alternatives to Microsoft, or this won't change.