mikeweil

Just can't wait to get it 'n' listen ...

I love it!!! Must get me the DVD, my VHS has bad muffled sound. It moved me to tears, still does, and Dexter is marvellous! To me, one of the best jazz movies made so far.

I mean what is spinning in your head what you can't listen to right now, real existing stuff, not fantasy products. Duke Ellington's "Jack the Bear" from 1940 with Jimmie Blanton is in my head frequently these days.

I'm proud to say this seminal session was recorded the day I was born:

The youth hostel is closed for renovation and will re-open in May 2004. For hotels, click here. (It's in German, but understandable, I guess it is neither complete nor cheap, I'll ask some friends there for info.)

This session also was on a Black Lion CD BLCD 760223. This has two more tracks: I Hear You Knockin' (Maurice Simon on baritone added and Wardell playing in a R&B vein) Man With A Horn (a feature for baritone saxist Maurice Simon with Dex and Wardell laying out) Wiggins plays celeste and piano on "Jingle Jangle Jump", piano only on "The Rubaiyat" and "One For Prez" and organ on the others.

Love 'em all, can't choose. Kirk Lightsey definitely should be on the list.

Me too - except for the book falling apart! Got me a sealed copy on Ebay this summer for just 70 Euros!!!

BTW my cymbals are all UFIP, I like their rather silvery sound. I have a Sabian mini cup ride for my timbales, but everything else is UFIP, they make excellent splash cymbals. Reagrding hearing loss: I impaired my left ear with too many agogo bells in samba lessons I gave. Yes, you have to use protection. I got even more sensitive after this, sometimes even normal high hat playing is too much.

Nice to read somebody else feels similarly about his bassdrum! As I posted above, I muffle only with two moongel pads and strike very softly; I'm practicing to control the bounce of the beater to have an open tone or a muffled one when I let the beater rest on the head. As I started playing hand drums I always try to get a sound as if I strike the drum with my fingers - I recently used a rubber ball beater used with electronic drums on a 18" converted floor tom with good results, very clear open tone. There's much room for experimentation, but only if you use an open sound and play softly, if you want a kick and muffle I feel it doesn't matter very much what brand you play ... Right now I use a two sided beater and switch around according to the music played: one side is rather hard and suede covered, the other is soft lamb felt. I use two bass drum pedals, a DW 500 and a cheap Sonor but couldn't say they are so much different, only that the DW is much more convenient to set up as it has the tightening screw at the side.

Considering this institute is only 25 miles from where I live, it's a damn shame I haven't been there yet .... -_-

Thanks, late, sounds very insteresting. Never had any problems before with HDCDs, although my player has no little red light ...

Ubu, the session in question was scattered over both LPs with Trane. Couw has self-made inlays somewhere her or on the web until I find the time to .....

The recent reissue of Victor Feldman's Latinville for Contemporary, who used to record live in the studio with rather minimalist miking, reveals a comparatively soft sounding bass, although his swing and latin groove are great.

Did you compare with the LP? My copy has the usual slightly muffled Atlantic LP sound of the 1970's - if the CD improved on this, I would upgrade. Heartily recommend the Nessas!

Avery Sharpe holds the torch Stewart and Holley ignited - there is a nice Sunnyside CD of his (Unspoken Words) with him singing along, one tune being called "A Major Slam in A Sharp(e)"! Clifford Jordan did sing every now and then with nice results, Chris Anderson too - but I wouldn't recommend him .

Thanks, Jim - now board life is as easy as ever ...

Martinu called his works names, but was very loose with these: Toccata, Serenade, Symphony, you name it. Some composers simply avoided conflicts with the implications of form by not using them, like Debussy, and perhaps Martinu would have done better by doing so as well, but who really cares? It's fascinating orchestral music, period!

The very first fugue John Lewis wrote for the MJQ was "Vendome" (on Prestige/OJC). He sneaked several in over the years, but I don't have the time right now to search them out. Isn't there one "Little David's Fugue"?

I hate to muffle the bass drum. I have a 22" REMO mastertouch with Renaissance heads and all I use is one Moongel pad on each head, placed over the logo. My experience is that most other musicians and sound men have to get used to it, but it blends more with the band sound than you might think - but you have to play softly! The funky kick sound is not for me, although I like to listen to it, but I hate it when I have to play on one of these things.

Maybe I just missed up on this, but I noticed the edit button is available only for a limited period of time after the initial post. I can think of the reasons for this, but in the case of the Signup list for the Blindfold test or the Album of the Week list this means quoting or posting again instead of conveniently having the one important post at the beginning ... If I missed the announcement of this (minor) change, please point or link me to it. Thanks!

Sweet revenge coming up .....

Well, Gade is certainly not as spectacular as Schumann or Mendelssohn, but he has his merits. I'm looking forward to hearing Christopher Hogwood's new recordings with the Danish Symphony Orchestra on Chandos. You're right: Martinu was better when not attempting "classical" forms.

Done!

Thanks a lot! Do you want to keep # 30 as well?