Daniel A

Thank you for some very informative posts, Onxidlib. Regarding the flood that destroyed the tapes in Campi's basement - it didn't also happen to wash away Any unreleased recordings by the Clarke-Boland Big Band...?

Happy birthday, Guy!

"According to a certain source, I've mixed up the bari soloists!" Well, I think the "source" may very well be this very thread.

Does Iverson explicitly say that Pepper has the second solo? There may be confusion, since the track (at least on the YT clip) starts with a intro solo. I think I hear who's Pepper and to me it's the "best" solo. An enjoyable track, despite that it's a bit painful to hear the piano solo. Like the Giant Steps outtakes x100.

My 20 year old Harman/Kardon CD player is worn out and I'll probably go for a Yamaha CD-NT670. http://m.europe.yamaha.com/en/products/audio-visual/hifi-components/cd-players/cd-nt670/ It plays CD:s, streams from my NAS, plays web radio and is compatible with Spotify and several other streaming services. Costs around 400 Euro.

In many EU countries, the copyright expires 70 years after the death of the composer. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries'_copyright_lengths

The box looks interesting, and I might go for it. Many good scores on that show. I would also like to mention this book: http://www.amazon.com/The-Complete-Mission-Impossible-Dossier/dp/0380758776 450 very enjoing and well-researched pages with everything there's to know about how the show came into production as well as plot summaries, comments (sometimes about the scores) and anectotes from the production of each and every show from the seven seasons.

Hope you had a good birthday, Bob. Time for a Stockholm visit soon?

To me, it seems like a waste of energy to be "annoyed" by someone's comping on a 60 year old recording. What's annoying to me though, is when attention is directed more and more to someone's personal dislike of something than the subject matter itself. Both "camps" may be blamed for that, but it doesn't help with this "sperm donor" nonsense.

You're welcome. Don't hesitate to send me a message if you want information about the musicians/styles appearing at different venues or just need help in general. For how long are you staying?

Two things: While in Stockholm you must visit Andra Jazz: www.andrajazz.com and you must also visit the Glenn Miller Café (from where I came back just minutes ago) http://www.glennmillerprogram.se/ Stockholm's best jazz venue.

For me, at least, the Pike is a nay. The miking somehow picks up Pike's "chanting" to a level where it competes with the instrument. Perhaps not a problem for some, but I find it disturbing. And while it could have been refreshing to hear Bill Evans on up-tempo material in a non-trio context I find his contributions to be far below, for example, the George Russell "N.Y." album (which admittedly is tremendous). It may be ten years since I actually listened to the album. I might try it in the car tonight when I'm going to the recycling station. The Burton is better in my opinion, but ultimately more enjoyable for Jim Hall's playing than Burton's, who I believe still was in his teens. Nothing really sticks out that would make me want to pull this album from the shelf.

I'm not sure if I'll get flamed for being a neo-bop apologist, but I think this is a terrific album that has some of Payton's best work:

Just a very minor correction to a post upthread: composer's rights extend to 70 years after the death of the composer.

The post did not appear condescending to me.

Kevin, When did Cuscuna provide this information and was it specifically in regard to the SHM-CD of Sweet Honey Bee or an earlier reissue (such as the RVG CD)? Since Grundman is transferring the entire back catalog in this new "75th ann" series, is it not possible Grundman came across the master tape for Sweet Honey Bee in the vaults and it was used for this SHM title? Also - if I understand your post correctly, the US RVG CD of Sweet Honey Bee is a dub of a dub of a dub of a vinyl record? For example: US makes a tape of vinyl record -> Japanese receive a tape copy of the US tape of vinyl record -> Cuscuna obtains a tape copy of the Japanese copy tape of US tape of vinyl record --> Rudy transfers a 3rd gen source for the RVG CD. Why didn't Cuscuna just put the word out to find a mint first press vinyl copy and do a new transfer for the RVG CD? So are you saying you are hearing LP artifacts in the SHM CD? Actually, I remember Cuscuna (through someone) asked specefically on the Blue Note Bulletin Board if anyone of the members had a sealed or mint first pressing of Sweet Honey Bee prior to the production of the Rvg reissue.

Lowe arranged the 'Broadway Express' album for J.J. Johnson on RCA. Or at least I'm assuming he's the arranger. While it's about as "easy" as J.J. got in the 60s, I think it displays genuine inventiveness within the idiom and sticks out from other "jazz musician goes mid 60s commercial" albums I've heard.

I recall similar discussions on these forums in the past. And from what I can recall Kevin made an even better case that time! Anyway, the power has travelled miles and miles through unknown cables, splits and converters before it reaches your house. Once inside, even then it has to run through cables within the walls that may not be in the best shape (I know, after having changed the complete electrical system in our house). To convince me that a new power cord for the amplifier or a different power outlet would make a discernible difference to the sound reproduction someone would have to show me the results from an organized (preferrably double-blind) listening test. I don't deny anyone the pleasure of using reliable, high quality equipment. Also, I'll admit that not every item I spend money on equipment-wise will give me better sound. But claims regarding the effects on the sound would be very hard to verify, I'd think.

During the early years the OJC:s manufactured in Europe (Germany) looked like that. From your question it appears they weren't the same in the US.

The film was that bad. I remember going to watch that film with a few friends when it ran just because we've heard that it was really bad. That day I was in a terrible situation otherwise because of my own poor judgement, but the film made me laugh so much that you could say L Ron Hubbard saved my life.

The interpreter did the whole Swedish finals and has gotten a lot of positive comments. Many people want to send him to the Eurovision Song Contest too!

:-D

I Will get Charade, too. The music for the final chase/subway scene is a piece of classic scoring that is about as great as anything written for the movies in the 60s. It sounds more modern than the year of release might make you think and it's clearly outside what many people expect of Mancini.

I'm interested in getting the expanded Charade album and would very much appreciate a link to the right CD release from those who know their Mancini.