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Hope you'll have a good time! I went to see him at the jazz festival here in Stockholm a few years ago; a fantastic performance! Allthough there was a very awkward moment when he had to end a solo early to throw a clueless guy who was tuning guitars for the next band off the stage...

I believe Electric Byrd was recorded in between the two sessions that make up Kofi.

I wouldn't expect this to come back soon; not much of Byrd's other 60s output is in print, or seems to attract much attention. I'm not sure Blue Note would get their money back with a new run of "Kofi". A pity, as I think Byrd himself and the album in general is rather more interesting than most of his other later Blue Notes. One of the last instances of Duke Pearson at the piano chair (Rhodes bench?) too.

It wasn't released at the time of the recording, but in the 1990s as a part of the "Rare Grooves" series, and then went out of print after a while. That might have contributed to its obscurity. It's quite a nice album, though.

Do you mean the album which has been issued both as Bernstein Plays Brubeck Plays Bernstein and Plays Music from West Side Story? It was some time since I heard it. One side of the LP features just the quartet (and which may still be available on that early 90s Columbia CD), which I think is - forgive me the the Scott Yanow-ism - nice, but not particularly memorable... Will have to listen to the symphonic session again. From what I remember, it didn't struck me as too interesting. I guess it would have been more fun if Bernstein had written that part as well.

Thanks, Bev, wasn't aware of Trio Records!

I heard someone talk about Stan Tracey's "Genesis" the other day, but my attempts to find more about it on the Web has not come up with much. How's it like? Is it available on CD? A post at AAJ indicates that, but I haven't found a source online. Tthere seems to be an LP copy available at a shop I know, allthough I don't know the price. I now put my trust in the British members of the Forums...

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The Stitt CD has Turn It On! (Prestige 10012, recorded on January 4, 1971) and Black Vibrations (prestige 10032, July 9, 1971) on it. Surprisingly, it's not just one-chord grooves. Leon Spencer's compositions are actually somewhat more interesting than what usually can be expected from this kind of stuff. Stitt himself plays good, but is perhaps heard to better advantage elsewhere.

By no means essential, but could you dislike an album with a cover like this?:

Yes, it did! But yesterday night was the greatest in a long, long time! Sometimes life takes unexpected twists, and this year it has taken me back to Stockholm again in less than happy circumstances. But it has allowed me to make an old dream a reality; I've managed to put together a jazz group with some very skilled musicians. Three horns + rhythm, with a kind of big band-ish approach (extensive arrangements - allthough with generous solo space - which makes the most of the horn frontline). So yesterday was the first time we tried out a few of my arrangements. And it went very well! It such a joy when something turns out to sound better than you thought! I feel confident that the happy memories of yesterday will last until our next rehearsal in two weeks. But as I'm no fast writer, I'll have to invest quite a few nights in writing some more arrangements... It will be fun, though! Thanks once again for all the congrats!

"Peace Maker" feels a bit more straight ahead / less commercial than "San Fransisco". I return to "Peace Maker" a lot more often. It's closer in feel to the earlier Hutch/Land collaborations, but perhaps with a somewhat more conservative choice of compositions. Sample plays above par.

Happy birthday, brownie! I hope you'll have time to spin a few of those rare LPs this year!

Thanks, folks! My day didn't start out too well; my rusty old Mercedes subject to a parking ticket as well as a complete petrol theft. I wouldn't even have noticed it until the weekend if it were not for an unfortunate incident last night - after moving my stereo amp a speaker wire shortcut blew the left-channel fuse (as a consequence: only mono LPs the rest of the night), and I had to pass by an electronics firm to get a new one this morning... Anyway, after that the day could only get better! BTW, don't hesitate to serve yourselves a big slice of this delicious birthday cake!

...and while we're at it, has anyone heard this: Wynton Kelly Trio Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore 1968 Wynton Kelly (p), George Coleman (ts), Ron McClure (b), Jimmy Cobb (d) CD. 1 1. Introduction-Announcements 0:29 2. Unit 7 (Jones) 25:01 3. Surrey With The Fringe On Top (Rodgers-Hammerstein) 20:14 4. On The Trail (Grofé) 15:52 CD. 2 1. Mr. P.C. (Coltrane) 15:29 2. On A Clear Day (Lane-Lerner) 16:56 3. Here's That Rainy Day (Van Heusen-Burke) 11:32 4. Theme (Davis) 2:03 Recorded Live at the Left Bank Jazz Society, September 22, 1968 There's not too much on record of George Coleman from this (or any) period, so I've always been tempted to get this. How does it compare to the Kelly/Joe Henderson live date from the same year?

The €6.37/$7.57 Fresh Sound sale never ends, does it...? Anyway, I was hoping for opinions regarding a bunch of albums: Arnold Ross Just You & He & Me (1975-1976) Arnold Ross (p), Harry Babasin (b), Roy Harte (d) Jack Millman Four More (1956) Jack Millman (tp), Lin Halliday (ts), Don Friedman (p), Clarence Jones (b), Ray Teidel (d), Don Paterson (b) Walter Bishop Jr. Summertime (1963) Walter Bishop Jr. (p), Butch Warren (b), Jimmy Cobb (d) Bob Florence Name Band: 1959 Bob Florence (p), Johnny Audino (tp), Tony Terran (tp), Irv Bush (tp), Juiles Chaikin (tp), Bob Edmundson (tb), Bobby Pring (tb), Don Nelligan (tb), Herbie Harper (tb), Herb Geller (as), Bernie Fleischer (as), Bob Hardaway (ts) and many more (sic from Fresh Sound website) Toshiko Akiyoshi Toshiko Mariano Quartet Live At Birdland (1960) Toshiko Akiyoshi Mariano (p), Charlie Mariano (as), Gene Cherico (b), Eddie Marshall (d) Bob Cooper Milano Blues (1957) Bob Cooper (ts, oboe), Hans Hammerschmid (p), Rudolf Hansen (b), Victor Plasil (d), Pim Jacobs (p), Ruud Jacobs (b), Wessel Ilcecken (d) The albums currently at sale are listed HERE.

Drummer Kim Thompson with flautist Anne Drummond (also featured on the Kenny Barron album King Ubu posted above) and bassist Miriam Sullivan: Actually I was just listening to "Images" when I happened to come across this thread! BTW, does anyone happen to know more about where one could catch Anne Drummond live...?

"Take Aim" is perhaps not anybody's finest moment, and I remember the sound of the BN LP release as boxy. Perhaps the remastering has improved it somewhat.

Art Worker is possibly not an Art Farmer date, and does most certainly not feature the musicians listed on the Moon cover. But it's an enjoyable album, nevertheless, if a bit sketchy (most probably made up from at least two different sessions). http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=8059 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=15676 Not meant to discredit Saint Vitus, just wanted to point out that the given personnel is not undisputed. The mystery which surrounds this album just makes it more interesting in my opinion...

I just noted that, too. I'll post here if I find some links that work.

Jonas' records are distributed though his own label, Moserobie. On the Moserobie website there are sound clips available from most of the albums (click on "catalog"): http://www.moserobie.com/ Jonas once stated (though I'm not sure if it's still valid) that his albums would never be reissued once the original run was sold out. It's possible that he has revised this opinion after getting more attention outside Sweden. I agree that he's quite an impressive player. He's very self-assured, on and off stage, which I think shines through in his playing. I've heard some really terrific playing from him at live gigs here in Stockholm. Only sometimes I think there could be just a tiny bit more space in his soloing. It seems I'm rather alone in this opinion, though. I played with him once when he was 16 years old (the rest of the band members were a few years older). He already outclassed everyone else. What we played? Well, some Peter Herbolzheimer tunes, and the theme from "Three Days of the Condor"...

You're right of course, Claude. But would just a disclaimer on an English-language website keep you out of trouble if the owner of the US rights is eager enough? BTW, wouldn't you need permission from the composer of the tune as well (or his/her publisher)? That protection stretches 70 years beyond the death of the composer.

Without having looked deeper into this, my instictive reaction is that it would be illegal if the stream is readily downloadble for a website visitor from the US. (except if the particular tune is in the public domain in the US too)

The tape box is not original, otherwise it would have looked more something like this: However, the tape itself could still be from 1957, of course. The reel itself looks older than the tape box.