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  6. Abdullah Ibrahim

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    I gave Zimababwe another spin. This is a great, great record on which Ibrahim also plays soprano saxophone. Some songs are therefore without piano but with TWO horns (flute), very remarkable. It starts off with Kramat which I find one of Ibrahim's most beautiful tunes. The album has a real nice relaxed vibe to it with some mesmerising chanting and nice fat "african drums."

    This has been put out on CD by enja in the early nineties I believe, I have the LP myself.

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  8. Charlie Rouse

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    ... when I HEAR those tunes in my head, away from a record, it's invariably Rouse that I hear playing them much more often than not. Wierd.

    Same here. There seem to be very many "defining" takes on Monk tunes with Rouse on board. Monk with Rouse is somehow more Monk than without him. I remember many people heard some Monk vibe listening to Byrd in Hand when it was AotW. Rouse permeated that album with Monkishness.

    Weird indeed.

  9. Your Biggest BN Reissue Letdown

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    I liked the out of the blue set but for me the worst disappointment was the Kenny Clarke and Francis Boland set which I barely listened to. I rememeber it took me ages to find and then when it arrived it was so annoying.

    Never sold it but was sorely tempted as it was an expensive TOCJ at the time.

    Now that is one I go back to quite often with joy and pride that I was clever enough to buy a Japanese LP when it was freshly reissued. I like Boland's rhythmic writing on this one very very much!

    If you wanna get rid of it, drop me a PM, please!

    That's the Golden 8 album right?

    I have always been very curious about that one. What's it like?

  15. 2nd session on "Sonic Boom"

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    Sonic Boom is one of those albums I don't play that often and when I do I am always struck at how good it actually is. I played it last night and re-reading my comment above, I would probably have phrased it a bit different (hey, what are you doing now then couw?) The 1969 sextet session will certainly sit better with Sonic Boom as both have a much more extrovert character than the original Procrastinator. That is actually why I think many of us were enthusiastic about the idea of combining the session with the Sonic Boom reissue (this idea was born on this board and brought to Cuscuna by Kevin, alas proof no longer exists as the thread got deleted).

    It deserves to be heard, but it won't change your world. As Jim rightfully points out, is in Rajah land with other "lost sessions" like Taru and Standards. Unlike The Rajah and Taru (which I find a very uneven album with nonetheless great tunes), there are no sneeky little gems, like The Rajah's "A Pilgrim's Funny Farm" and Taru's "Haeschen." It's more like the equally nice-but-not-outstanding Standards date in that respect.

    Of course all this comparing amounts to nothing as I could easily attack my own assesment above. (What do you mean? You think there's only ONE good song on Taru?? ermmm.. no, of course not it's just that --- )

  16. Andrew Hill - Passing Ships

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    Rooster don't tell me you don't have a decent stereo at home. That's not right.

    Yeah man. What are you doing anyhow? Running up and down all day, spending time sitting in your car, listening to this stuff and then going back into the house to type your impressions to this board... That's WEIRD man! :g :rsly:

  18. 2nd session on "Sonic Boom"

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    I happen to like the session. It's rather straight ahead, fun stuff with some very memorable easy tunes. Some may say it's a bit bland. It fits well with Sonic Boom IMO. Anyhow, 20$ for this one seems steep to me unless you are a completist. Which apparantly you are not or you would already have had the Procrastinator TOCJ.

    I think the conns can be had cheaper than that. I saw prices of 13$ being mentioned on this board.

  19. Vinyl to CD Transfers

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    I did my first ever transfer yesterday and made a CDr of my Tolliver Allstar (aka Paperman) LP via my computer soundcard.

    It worked! It's easy! It's better than bad, it's good!

    My set up isn't too fancy but the result sounds very nice to these ears.

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