mikeweil

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?

I updated the master list! I would have loved to sign up for # 21, since this is my birthday, but you guys were faster .... Jim, would you switch - I'm afraid i'm superstitious ....

I'm sure I will! I think I'll have regained my desire for good jazz when it arrives.

I have quite a few of his records, leader and sideman dates, and I like him. He's not better or worse than most other players of his generation, but he strives for sincere expression and takes some chances along the way. He gets better with each album. The quartet stuff is very good IMHO, Mementio in particular. I liked this one very much, which was one of Challege Records' best sellers:

This one disappointed me, it was a pickup band for that Newport performance, some of the five had never before played together - if you like jam session type things, it might be okay, but not your typical Tyner. His personal style shows less on this one than on all other Impulse albums, IMHO.

Last post was my last one as Supa Groover ...

Thanks, guys: one mo' CD to get ...

The SONY Ives Symphonies by Michael Tilson Thomas was also done using the new critical edition, I can recommend it. But that piano concerto is one to get! For Schumann fans I'd recommend Norbert Burgmueller. For Beethoven fans I'd recommend Jean-Baptiste Mehul. For Mahler fans I'd recommend Hans Rott. Niels Gade. Ralph Vaughan Williams. Bohuslav Martinu. Darius Milhaud - he stopped after # 10 but could have done more ...

This is a goodie. I especially like the rhythmic qualities of Boland's writing on this - fits Klook's drumming like hand in glove.

Yeah man, you really should. Me too! Makes such a big difference.

I have one Baby Dodds drum solo on a two LP Folkways anthology on African and Afro-American Drums, titled Spooky Drums. Is this on the new CD as well - I couldn't find that title on discography listings of that rare 10" LP. Has anybody here got it yet?

That's one I'd like to hear, one of the few Spotlite LPs I don't have ...

Ditto for me! This will be one to read! Back to topic: As great as Parisian Thoroughfare and Glass Enclosure are, I never feel comfortable when an artist of that caliber is "reduced" to one performance. To me, there is just as much essential Bud Powell in Un Poco Loco or his reniditon of Monk's Off Minor. And one ballad should be among them, don't have the time right now to go through them. Five pieces covering differing moods and grooves, that would be more like it, IMHO.

The Fresh Sound is okay, sound wise, and the LP pressing was good. They did two LPs, one a straight reissue of the Warwick, Vol. 2 with alternates, many of them incomplete takes but with very good solo work.

Okay, the list is here! Please PM me about errors or changes. Links to the answers will be added later. The future signups should be posted here, I'll update the list whenever necessary. Thanks for your cooperation.

I had hoped to be among the first ten, but right now my situation is financially unclear for the next few months, so I'll step back for a while. I suggest someone - some BT list master - open a thread with the signup list from # 1, perhaps with the song lists after discussion has ended, to avoid doubles, and keeps it up to date, where noone else posts - like the albums of the week list couw maintains. I volunteer to do it if y'all think this is of good use.

That the Dennard Trio LP remains unissued is a tragedy! Sure would like to hear that Lester Young broadcast. I agree that the 1959 date for that Radio Tangier recording seems more logical. In spite of the inferior sound I recommend it! Brownie, sadly you're right: Besides the Hampton big band stuff there seems to be nothing recommendable but the Hampton Jazztone and the Radio Tangier sessions. He was on a Savoy session of A.K. Salim but did not solo. But there is a Jesse Powell session for Jubilee, perhaps he takes soem solos on that one? Up for an Oscar Dennard thread! What a tragedy, I repeat.

I have them on a German MCA LP, which is a continental edition of a US issue, which has the Paul Quinichette Deccas on the flip side. (These too are on an Ocium issue, so draw your own conclusions ... sound was very good on this LP.)

I used to be a heavy tea drinker, any blend, black green, Darjeeling, Jasmine, Sencha, you name it - but then I developped a kind of disgust, and my body and nerves started reacting very sensitively - I had up to 2 litres every day. Now I have one or two cups of coffee a day, Italian style, sometimes more - usually my breakfast is two cups Italian Capuccino. I have a nice little Saeco machine and my friends revel about the coffee I serve them. My favourite brand is: This is made partly out of the world's best coffee, Jamaican Blue Mountain - there's nothing like it. (More info) My second choice is Caffe del Doge

My thoughts exactly!

Would be cool if you'd sneak in one of your own recordings .... B)