mikeweil

When I think a little more about it: You ever heard the MJQ's "Plastic Dreams"? The second track, "Dancing", has John Lewis playing riffs all the time behind Bags' solo and in his own solo that would suit a Kansas City Jump band as nicely as the JB's, Percy Heath plays as funky as can be, and Connie Kay does some amazing things that could be played by some funk drummer with a different sound to great effect. If you change one aspect: the volume, the instrumental color or whatever, it sounds fresh, although the patterns may remain indentical. Entirely different mathod from simply changing the tempo or style in which you play a tune, more subtlety. Jimmy Smith's trio was subtle soul jazz.

To quote from German's national poet, Goethe: "Die Schönheit liegt im Auge des Betrachters". Literally translated: The beauty is in the spectator's eye. The "connection" is in the listener's ear, if we hear it that way, or that of the musicians, when he/she creates things this way, or both. We should ask Bailey if he had such an idea before it's too late. That's a very very loose and experienced player with some very original concepts. Afraid of absolutely nothing.

Just an idea: What would you think about a list of all "used" tracks in alphabetical order by performer's last name? (gotta start this as long as it's easy ...) This would help to avoid duplications. I would post this in the Test Master Thread.

Done!

Some Basie 1969/1970 albums: Standing Ovation, Dot - rec. January 1969 Evergreens, Groove Merchant - rec. October 1969 Basie on the Beatles, Happy Tiger - rec. December 1969 High Voltage, MPS - rec. February 1970 Afrique, Flying Dutchman - rec. December 1970 I know only the first of these, a nice live album, deserves a completed reissue.

No, but you can register for an e-mail newsletter informing you about upcoming Norah Jones reissues. US Mail seems to be incredibly slow: my brochure arrived here a week ago!

They did a CD reissue (double disc) of this, but it is OOP. Very nice.

I'll get me these three, for sure: Clark Terry & Chico O'Farrill - Spanish Rice (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Gloria Coleman - Soul Sisters (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Yusef Lateef - The Golden Flute (LPR) - Reissue - Impulse! Records Been waiting for the Lateefs for years! How's the Mel Brown? And the Johnny Frigo?

None of this exists, I'm afraid, but German pianist Wolfgang Dauner in the liner of one of his early LPs wished for Vinyl where 1. the stylus elicits various odours during playback 2. the record destroys itself at the end (that was before Mission Impossible?) 3. the groove always starts the same way, but ends variably don't remember the other ideas ....

Page 346. I should have mentioned I have only the old 1972 edition which ends at page 339 ...

ALL of Michelangelo Antonioni's films; and those of the Taviani brothers (only very few of them out on DVD so far).

Got some rare unavailable stuff from him, what's happened to him?

Thanx y'all, you make me feel quite normal. Surfing the web (now I know which page to hit first here), EATING !!!! - can't watch TV, 'cause usually my wife has fallen asleep in front of the telly and wakes up as soon I switch programs. I'm afraid to reduce my waistband I'd have to stop gigging, no money, no food ....

It was, and it was one of Vernel Fournier's last sessions, too.

Well, I don't know. What I hear is that he places accents on a straight pulsation rather than the ternary pulsation the ride cymbal pattern or "swing" is usually associated with. That makes a nice rhythmic tension - Vernel Fournier did similar things, and he had a lot of experience with blues and r&b bands - don't know if this goes for Bailey as well: hard to say what was there first. It's very subtle; Bailey is a drummer genius, IMO. And JB played a lot of stuff with a ternary pulsation in the beginning, those shuffle beats and some jazzy stuff - I think it's the juxtaposition of binary and ternary pulsation that funks it up, either way.

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)?