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  1. I must admit I don't have a clue what a Yambu Clave is other than that this may be the coolest poll ever held here! Welcome to the board Juan, I'm glad you joined, and I hope you'll share some of your musical knowledge.
  2. you DAHnce to them rekkids! Gasp!
  3. thanks again for a great BFT experience Ray, I hope to get back to this thread with some more detailed remarks, but I have been hoping that all days since you posted it... bit busy here really... Nevertheless a big for FES and for the unexpectedly (after all the bashing) great 4freshmen track. And as for Jim Pepper: I have the Path disk and I like it quite a bit when I skip this track. It rubs wrong and gives a much too lightweight impression of Pepper I think.
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    Tina Brooks

    That's a good question. I think it opened in 1959. yes July 1959. But Brooks joined later I believe. Did he play regularly? and for how long?
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    Tina Brooks

    well Hans, it does state "The inevitable short hospital and prison stays would keep him off the music scene intermittently," and so the drugs and the recording may indeed "have to do" with each other. Nevertheless, there are little facts about his drug related problems (prison, hospital, when? how long?) DAVID H. ROSENTHAL (Hard Bop, Oxford University Press, 1992 link) seems to want to point out that the jail and hospital bouts were part of the post BN era as he only mentions them in his last paragraph: By 1962, Brooks' career as a recording artist was over. Nonetheless, he continued to appear at Bronx jazz spots like the Blue Morocco, Freddie's Bar, and the 845 Club with Hope, Beener, and others. Heroin addiction--complete with spells in jail and in hospitals--limited his professional activity during the rest of his life. The official cause of his death in 1974 was kidney failure. He had been too ill to play for several years. No mention of large drug related problems during his recording years (1958-1961). My guess is the lack of success put the guy down and that somewhat dissilusioned he turned to second rate clubs and R&B bands to earn a living. When and how long was he in that Connection play?
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    Tina Brooks

    yes, I read that and obviously his "...had something to do with..." is hinting at a causal relation, I am wondering which is the cause and which the effect, as both interpretations seem to be possible.
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    Tina Brooks

    so why record all these sessions then and why plan the releases? Were advance copies sent to reviewers who then were all too luke warm to warrant proceeding with the actual release? (BTW, I for one never read the Mosaic essay)
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    Tina Brooks

    wait a minute, hbjazz are you saying that his drug problem was because of his limited amount of sessions as a leader or that his limited amount of sessions as a leader was because of his drug problem?
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    Tina Brooks

    Yes, but Brooks died in 1974 and Cuscuna mentions he had been "very ill and unable to play for "several years" (see link above), not sure how that links to his having only a limited amount of sessions as a leader as we are talking end 50s/early 60s when it comes to his BN days. The most important question I think is why his leader dates were not released at the time. BN sat on no less than three albums all the while.
  10. again? Oh, sorry. I'm not up to date. Kein Schweiß!
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    Tina Brooks

    Actually all of the tracks from the 1 September 1960 date are on the Jackie's Bag RVG. The original Jackie's Bag only had Appointment in Ghana, A Ballad for Doll, and Isle of Java plus three tracks from 18 January 1959 with Donald Byrd. The Street Singer album had Ghana, Doll, and Java plus the remaining three tracks from the 1 September 1960 session: Street Singer, Melonae's Dance, and Medina. (To complicate matters, Street Singer the tune was put on the Back To The Tracks album that was, however, only released years after the fact.) No need to get Street Singer, save some dough and get the RVG of Jackie's Bag instead (unless you hate the RVG sound of course). You can programme your player to present you with the Street Singer album: 1. Melonae's Dance - 2. Apointment In Ghana - 3. Medina - 4. Isle Of Java - 5. Street Singer - 6. A Ballad For Doll
  12. really? "Really" EKE? Or "really" amongst a few hundreds more? yes.
  13. Hi Carl and welcome. Yes, the board is starting to be a nice resource of information, amazing what a little search brings up. I noticed too that googling some obscure jazz often puts this board in the top ten.
  14. http://www.swingin.gn.to go through all the (1) (2) ... numbered links at the top, there's many many more...
  15. never seen this one before, great cover!
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    Tina Brooks

    Minor Move has been Album of the Week, plenty of discussion if you follow this link
  17. WE, the PROUD fans are already on to this like bees on dripping honey on a summer's day. The all important question is, is this indeed Medeski we hear on the organ? and WhoTF is on geeetarrr? Sounds more like Ribot than like Navazio who did the Berlin concert some months earlier. Questions, questions, questions.... (...and is that Blake on tenor for sure?...)
  18. I hope Dan did address this famous incident/session. What I was getting at is that apparantly this session was laden with some heavy non-like-tees between Miles and Monk. Now whatever the verdict on Miles may be, Monk remains a monster of his own and I would expect him to face Miles's antipathy (if ever there was such a thing, but that's what the stories tell us) head on. And while it may not get to the stage where he would fegh up a recording, I do think Monk was playing a bit with Miles at least on that Bag's Groove solo. And THAT is a solo my dear jazz friends. THAT is the REAL stuff that dreams are made on. Incredible... and it DOES beat Miles at his own turf. And I don't like Miles's part of that turf one bit....
  19. I still think it is fair to interpret the whole thing a bit differently, namely that Monk was feghing with Miles BIGTIME, listen to the solo on Bag's Groove, where Monk revels in two notes for a small eternity, like saying "you want cool? you want barren solos? here's a barren solo. suck on that mister and don't you come whining when the shit hits hard." Monk did some darn tricky stuff on that Man I Love (take 1) solo that was issued and tried do outdo HIMSELF on the second take. Now Monk can outdo Miles any minute of the hour, but can never outdo himself, that's like asking God to recreate paradise, it can't be done. Maybe Miles wanted the second take and Monk was not really sure why a second take should be made, maybe it was getting late, maybe Miles was getting on his nerves too much, who knows. My guess is Monk for one tried to outdo himself which is bound to end in desaster, but also tried to fegh up Miles when apparantly he lost himself and just let the tape roll without playing a note, sorta like saying: "eat this." At least I think it's a better story for a Monk/not Miles fan.
  20. stop drinking and posting all at once! (you may notice I do not actually quote any of the posts you write here....)
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