couw

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?

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.

again? Oh, sorry. I'm not up to date. Kein Schweiß!

again?

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

really? "Really" EKE? Or "really" amongst a few hundreds more? yes.

really?

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.

http://www.swingin.gn.to go through all the (1) (2) ... numbered links at the top, there's many many more...

shaddap!

never seen this one before, great cover!

Minor Move has been Album of the Week, plenty of discussion if you follow this link

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?...)

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....

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.

stop drinking and posting all at once! (you may notice I do not actually quote any of the posts you write here....)

Couldn't agree more. Cliché to the max. It's nice to reminisce (spelling?) once in a while. It won't kill us. and what's more: it allows us to drink! :rsly:

it'll be on my harddisk if you need it back again... What's your IP-address again?

with love from maren & couw

it'll be on my harddisk if you need it back again...

yes

Ladies Man Dan perusing a Mosaic booklet...

you had an afro hairdo Dan? you keep surprising me...

bright and stupid