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I have nothing against Truffaz, but why is the copy always so cliché? 🙂 I asked Microsoft Copilot "Could you please rewrite the following copy so that it becomes more hyperbolic and over-the-top?" The response: Absolutely, let's dial up the excitement to eleven! "Prepare yourself for an unparalleled auditory adventure as the legendary French trumpeter Erik Truffaz makes a triumphant return to Blue Note, bringing his extraordinary genius to the music of cinema's golden age! In this breathtaking album, Truffaz performs electrifying and spellbinding reinterpretations of iconic themes from cinematic masterpieces like La Strada, L’Ascenseur Pour L’Echafaud, River of No Return, Le Casse, and more. Each track is an unforgettable, soul-stirring journey that will leave you in awe. Don't just listen – immerse yourself in a musical odyssey that only Erik Truffaz can deliver!"

I agree with this. I believe that longtime members wouldn't be less willing to contribute even if it's not mandatory, and this forum would benefit from new blood as well. Unfortunately, it's probably inevitable that the number of active posters will continue to decrease until the forum is no longer sustainable, but if we'd try to delay it as much as possible both money *and* new members are key components.

It's also on Spotify (and I would assume yet other streaming platforms).

Nice!! Now playing:

Rest in peace. He was one of a kind.

Now, we're set for the CD revival, then the DVD-A revival, SACD revival, etc. etc.

I listened again to some of this stuff (for instance the recordings with Vaughan) and one thing I find interesting with Hammer is that his touch on the Fender Rhodes is more expressive than on acoustic piano, where he sometimes sounds a bit cold. (Like Ahmad Jamal, although his style is completely different) In contrast, Hammer's Rhodes playing and touch is among the more personal and captivating (in my opinion, at least). There are other jazz players who have a very personal touch and style on the instrument (Chick Corea and Cedar Walton, to name two), but Hammer stands out as the only player I can think of who sounds *better* on Rhodes than piano in a "jazz" (rather than "fusion") context.

Here in Sweden, at one time they had spies who visited hair saloons for drop-in haircuts, while secretly documenting the source of music in the waiting area.

Yes, it's here, as well as a link to a sequence from Charade:

Very good news, thanks for sharing! It is probably not appropriate to call Mancini "underrated", but some of his scoring in the suspense/dramatic genre does not get the attention it deserves (I have referred to some parts of his score to Charade elsewhere).

Isn't any and every online message board in decline since probably 20 years?

Interestingly, I just came across this: https://michaelwelchpublications.substack.com/p/peter-littman-100-drummers-ive-seen Based on what has been written here (or maybe mostly in the Chet Baker biographies) I wouldn't have thought that he survived the 1950s.

From Downbeat in 1970.

Is this thread also for Discogs madness? What do you think of the pricing of this seller: https://www.discogs.com/seller/MION.USA/profile?sort=price%2Cdesc&genre=Jazz&q=Blue+note

Is the Japanese pressing a good one (I almost assume it is)? This is my favorite Jazz Crusaders Lighthouse album! I've been looking for a Japanese pressing for a while, somewhat half-heartedly, as I believe it does not come in the gorgeous gatefold sleeve of the US original. Now playing a mono Scepter release (not the best sound quality to be honest) with Art Farmer.

And now:

Very nice album! I have that as a NY Mono, too. From the days when such things were affordable... Most of the releases on the Revelation label are interesting, and often also enjoyable. I believe I have some ten Clare Fischer releases. Now playing this one:

Well, I just want to make a quick update to this topic. It seems as if the moaning of Cary Grant has finally been restored in the latest 4K Blu-Ray release of this film, after having been absent since the Laserdisc era. Unfortunately, I have no intention to buy a 4K player, but at least coming generations will be able to enjoy this film as originally intended.

The Bill English and Dave Burns Vanguard titles are available on streaming platforms (including YouTube) as part of the Vanguard "Digital Vault" series.

Perhaps because there had already been two Blakey albums called "A Night at Birdland".

Didn't that '58 Sessions' CD have a take of Stella by Starlight that never has appeared anywhere else? It appears to have been a mistake; the originally released version was a composite take, but on the CD a single - partially different - take was used.

Dick Hyman?

Dead Tone Poets Society? Subscription is not available to non-US residents, it seems. But my Connoisseur CD of 'Davis Cup' is sufficient for me.

FWIW, I can see discs 1 through 5, 35 tracks, playing time 5 hours 46 minutes. Looking more closely, it appears that this is the full contents of the 6 CD set. However, they have assigned every concert to one "Disc" in the Spotify album, even when they are distributed across more than one disc in the physical set.

I managed to come across the longer clip I failed to find back in 2018. English spoken interview starts at 1:08.