mikeweil

This is the website they print on their discs: http://www.timcompany.com/ This will not be displayed on my computer screen, no matter whatbrowser I use ... any among you that was more successfull? The logo on the box sets and the Candid reissues seems identical to me.

I should have formulated my criticism more precisely - I see it much the same way you do, but still wouldn't have played it that way. Too little elegance in that attention-catching first drum break. When I imagine the way Mel Lewis would have handled this ... but I gues a young Chico HAD to play it that way. And from the third break on everything is just great - he just had to release some ... err pressure.

It isn't just you Jim, I have to disagree with you on that ... I agree on your observations about sex and marriage and accumulating experience, and see a parallel between these processes in life and in music - I mean, listening to your fellow musicians is just as essential as listening to your wife ... You have to listen closely, and again and again, and maybe some day you will get it (or get in line ), but only after listening and even trying to appreciate things you don't like on first listen - but I think that's what divides a musician from a fan. (No depriciation of fandom intended.) I can communicate observations like these about Riddle's arranging skills to (some of) my fellow musicians, but my friends just won't get it. To get to the point, although I kind of dislike Sinatra's voice, what Sinatra/Riddle compilation would you recommend to me, Jim?

Very very sad news indeed. Koller was one of the greatest and most original European jazz musicians in the 20th century - and an interesting painter as well. That Jazz Realities CD couw recommended is a treat. I always loved the Vienna Blues pictured above, got the MPS "Exclusiv" only last week - this is simply a year that's almost too hard to endure. So many greats that we lost. RIP Hans, you're having a great jam session with Prez, Stan, Bill Perkins and all the "brothers", I'm sure!

Sure I would, but haven't heard this! Most of the South African jazz musicians I heard were fine, though, my favourite being Hugh Masekela's Blue Thumb double LP with Dudu Pukwana, Larry Willis, Eddie Gomez and Makaya Ntshoko.

Yeah!!! We have a proverb in German: One's owl is the other's nightingale ...

I guess that really makes a very bif difference. I know much of Vitous' work and, most importantly, his Infinite Search debut album to which it refers, and that one WAS fireworks. Check it out if you can!

As they are operating in Japan as well and use material too recent to be public domain under European copyright laws they got to be legit, I reckon. Send an e-mail to Candid and ask them.

Of all new releases during this year 2003, which was the most disappointing in your opinion, did not live up to the expectations you had before buying etc. My choice would be Miroslav Vitous: Universal Syncopations - not a bad record, but not the fireworks these masters are capable of.

You may be right. Still sounds like a missed opportunity to me. My choice for most disappointing release in 2003.

Of course, that's much more convenient than picking up the pieces all over the thread! Great comments!

I'd really like to learn more about that David Seville ..... Silver it is, on second attempt I was convinced, the only Silver album I never heard - hats off for picking this one! At least I nailed Woody Herman. But Ferguson?! Nice to hear that he can do like this as well! My respect!

Sometimes they run out of stock. Your observations about deleted titles from the non-OJC-catalogue is correct; some day they turn up in the OJC series, If we're lucky.

Is it made from aluminum or brass (chrome plated, I assume from the photo), and what is the head's diameter? If you give me that info I could tell you wether the price is okay. This drum is called dumbeg or dümbeg in Turkey; darbuka or darabukka is the name in other middle eastern/arabian countries, except for Egypt, where it is called tablah (not to be confused with the Indian drum pair - tablah or tabl is the general term for drum in Arabic, and this is how the Indian drum got it's name, because it was a drum brought to India in the wake of Muslim dynasties). The Turkish model is made from aluminum or brass and chrome plated; originally is was made from clay and covered with a fishskin head (some species that only lives in the Nile), cheaper models use goatskin. Professional darbukkas for Arabian classical music are still made from clay. The modern belly dance type darbukkas are made from a special heavy duty cast aluminum. Yours is the Turkish type, probably aluminum. If it's brass you can see this on the inside of the shell, where the chrome plating stops. If it is lightweight and the metal looks the same inside/outside, it's aluminum.

http://www.cadillacjazz.co.uk/

Still haven't got my copies of two I ordered: The Harry Allen which is OOP - anyone got a surplus copy out there? The Gaslini - ordered from amazon but they can't get it, I'll try another source. Jim, did you like the Walter Davis Play Monk CD?

I added you to the list, anyway. There is still the possibility to step in for somebody if unexpected problems occur.

If only people would stop questioning Monk's technical abilities ..... such a comparison doesn't make any sense to me. Is there any music without the strings or vocals on that LP? This is the only LP of him I never heard ...

The tracks on the first CD posted above (white cover) were first issued on Solid Sender LP SOL 517 (a German label specializing on rare stuff mostly from the 1940's recorded in California and featuring Lucky Thompson and Jack McVea, among others); the CD was either dubbed from that LP or used the same source material, as design, liner notes, sound and surface noise are virtually identical. These are all broadcast recordings made at Café Society. One side that is not on any of these CDs (This is Jazz) was issued as a 78 rpm on Stardust 105, with a Doc Evans side on the flip; it was included on the Swingtime LP 1005 featuring Thompson. Dieter Salemann's discography of Lucky's works between 1943 and 1950 lists seven sessions that were broadcast, and three LP issues of material from these that partially overlap: Solod Sender SOL 517, Trans-Ark 1002 and Alamac QSR 2444 (the latter also on Musidisc 30 JA 5185). The tracks couw posted for the second CD tell me this could be a reissue of the Alamac LP. This is very nice music and sure worth buying, the band was very well together.

Rooster Ties, I moved you as you wanted, and added the other two. Always at your service - Mike.

The fact that "Love For Sale" was only recorded after Paul Chambers and Jimmy Cobb "becoming edgy because they wanted to cook on something" (or similar, I'm quoting from memory) and not released sheds some light on the esthetics of Miles' records of that time. Cool music on the studio sessions, hot stuff on live gigs, as on the Newport recording in the box set. I was glad when all that finally came in complete from and session order. KOB was the only original album I kept.

I agree on Philly Joe - didn't Evans himself name him as a favourite? Jack deJohnette would have been interesting, but he went with Miles ..... I have to check out that California album - is there any single issue?

You are not alone ... ... maybe that's why I prefer the early Russell etc. sessions I mentioned in my post above.

That's the way I see it too; it probably was a Japan-only release on Polydorat the time by special agreement with Fantasy, as both artists had contracts with Galaxy, which belongs to the Fantasy group. There were a lot of (limited edition) issues of Japanese performances that never were made available elsewhere (or only as import).

Bruyninckx has no trace of this session either, but he gets his info from Ruppli, so it is no surprise. He lists three unissued tracks from the January 8, 1967, the first of the two for the "Sweet Rain" LP: "Mike's Blues", "A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square", and "I Didn't Know What Time It Was".