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fegh man, it must be something in the air today.

no favourites, just some 45 covers to share:

a nice Wilkerson 45 cover from France

I offer the same for 400$

which all reminds me of the epigram: I try to put the LP in my CD player It does not fit

1956, Kenny Burrell - K.B. Blues (Blue Note, included on the Intoducing K.B. conn) 1958, Ornette Coleman - Something Else!!! (Contemporary) 1964, Monk records two tunes for It's Monk's Time (Columbia) 1965, Andrew Hill - "Muses" (Blue Note, part of the One for One twofer)

never, not in THOSE days! no, THAT was the one that was a hit with all the chicks, they say that cat jim is a bad... SHUTYOMOUTH!

never, not in THOSE days!

eins: this starts off nice and sloppy in a good way. The pianist is utter craziness, again in a good way. He draws my attention. The tenor does his work well and good, as does the trumpet with some more spit and fire. Bass being shared between piano and some eelectric device conjures a nice mood. The piano solo is less wack than the comping. I like this. My guess - and it's a guess as I don't know much of this stuff at all - is that it's from Saturn, also because of the tenor (Gilmore?) zwei: plunk, a bit of a bitten off start with my favourite artist to skip when record hunting. Sounds like Herbie and Tony alright and Wayne too. However cool this may be in some objective way of looking at it, I still think it sucks because of that feghing trumpet. Stuff the puffing and PLAY for a change willya! drei: Andree van den Heuvel from the winking album. Plingplongplingplong, the guy sounds depressed even if it's all pretty upbeat. Listen to the contrast between Hill going full power cerebral on us and Hutchee's frantic fun. Andrew is really dragging the vibes down with the comping. That's good if you are the leader and sculptor, so kudos; it is bad if you like to look for the silver lining instead of the dark grey clouds. The tenor seems a bit lost with this and only plays short phrases instead of long lines that develop an own story. No room for that with Hill. If I'm in the mood it's the best there is. I've been stuck outside that mood for quite some time now, though... And I am not complaining. vier: Grant Gracious! What a relief after all that cerebrality! Green and Young with Hutch again. See, here hutch continues to be all happy, matching the sound of his doorbells. Ding dong! Visitors! Look they brought presents! Grant does his patented getting stuck on one note stuff to great effect (much like Booker Ervin, Grant only has two solos: one where he does get stuck on note, and one where he doesn't; throw in Horace Parlan who has the same characteristic, and Tucker/Harewood for the appropriate support and you got the bestest silly stuff you can imagine, and it's on Up & Down and ooo so groovy) I digress, this is feghing great. fünf: choich orgam electrified keys & trumpet. sniff. 'snice sechs: Memories. just played the album. Nice pairing with previous track. Though with its humour, this one is more of a comment on the former. It all sounds serious as hell, but there are these little tiny feghy feghy pointy things sticking out on many sides and not even too often so they have much more effect. Knepper is dead funny I think, the beat up to the tenor fits only if you're not too serious; threatening to escape. sieben: 's make it! only recently got this one and well, it has all the fire of a great BN session. Byrd sounds great here, not as skimpy as he often would later on. Jackie is still the sharp toned bird disciple and the rhythm dudes rock like Gibraltar. aah... splendid acht: shit, I know this. Some phrases remind me a lot of Ibrahim, sounding grand and proud, then it all dissolves again and I am not sure anymore. Very pretty anyways. Contemplating without getting all worked up and important. Very elegant. neun: Herbie Nichols(?) I really like how this tells all in the head and then fleshes that out into great detail. No surprises in the solo really, no grand eruptions, just gentle lines, albeit some with more energy than others, that give great depth to what is there. Very melodic. Beautiful. zehn: STOP! LISTEN! the big grassy knoll on geetarr again. this simply smokes. No more needed, no more asked. elf: sounds like Shaw on the trumpet; very nice, and live too it seems so I'll forgive the ongoing goings on. This could use some more focus. Hutch on the vibes. ding dong! Someone at the door! MORE presents! Well put them over there in the corner while we have a little dance willya? thanks much. Hutch seems more focused than Woody, somehow. Although he also goes on for ages and I would have forgiven him for running out of ideas. Who dat on piano? zwölf: Samba tootoodoom. Sounds like Green (again?) and Larry too (again?). Grant does one of his solos where he does not get stuck on one note (amazing that you can tell well in advance!), this is just great. No surprises, just play and play some great. doomdoomdumdoomdoom- switch to extra european only deluxe DISK THREE for track: dreizehn: oh, very pretty beginnings. The brasilia beat always strikes me as a bit teehee, and the person on the percussion gets lost or so it seems. Trying VERY hard to blend the amateurish drum beats out (must be the leader as far up in the mix it is... ) The problem will likely be my strange idea of what rhythm is and a beat and all that, but shit man, can someone shoot the trommler? Luckily it all settles somewhat halfway through, but a great tune is ruined. Yet, I quite like this.

I could spend hours here I bet you just did. Where were you all day?

the dude in vint's avatar?

pixels! http://www.flipflopflyin.com/index.html the minipops are great!

and when will *you* sort out all those photographs and put them on a website?

1957, Here Comes Louis Smith (Blue Note), second half 1972, Mal Waldron recorded Live at the Jazzzolder in Leiden, released on Blues For Lady Day (Black Lion CD)

RIP JOS

heheheheh. reminds me of that silly Timmons - Soul Food cover.

schijf een, een: woa! speedbop! overall sound is of a modern recording, the vibes players enthousiasm mirrors Hamp though. this is crazy, the guy on the vibes is really precise even at this breakneck speed. nice to hear, but not sure if my heart would survive several hours of this. twee: Green Chimneys or one of those rarely recorded Monk tunes. Not Monk though, and although the guy is obviously good at what he does, it bothers me somewhat that he seems to be striving for that Monk sound without catching it really. Recently heard Mengelberg have a go at some of these tunes and that was somehow more convincing because he was pretty relaxed and not trying too hard. drie: stepdance and bassclarinet on another one of Monk's tunes, Ask Me Now. This is very nice I think, perfectly laid back, very bluesy, not as uptight as the previous track. Monk would have been proud. vier: the drums sound reminds me of Hamid Drake. The chant is more like Pharoah Sanders going on at his new age best. I'm at a loss here. This sounds a bit too loose to take off, it cannot carry much, but it carries the interlude we're having perfectly, though I had catched my breath already long before the second installment at 4:53. vijf: oy, another angular composition and another busy busy drummer. The drummer gets on my nerves. The unisono horns as well; are you trying to wreck my nerves? Luckily it soon cools down and stretches into relaxation somewhat. This sound very artificial to me, as many modern recordings do. Nevertheless, on second run through, the tenors is naaiis. Whodis? first one: nicely bulky and down to mother texas earth with flub flub freep freely lines. Then another one, more focussed in his tone and with some things to tell about skidding down a muddy road. The trades are a treat. The piano might as well not have been there, it would have opened up the sound a bit more. The drums and bass are too boomy. zes: sleepy time. it doesn't gel between my ears. I hear an organ that's doing some nice things but nothing very spectacular; and I hear a guitar playing some much more interesting things with lines of varying length, stretching across or not. The organ bass is too boomy when it gets turned up for the solo (who's idea was it to turn it up?). This could have been better. zeven: I find this to amount to boring onanistic plunkering really. the cymbal crashes sound like totally unattached to all other things going on. sorry, no likeee eight: more geeeetarr! and a trumpet too. This has a nice drive, cool for the monday afternoon. The bass conjures some tasty vibe together with the brushman. muted trumpet man has some lines to throw at us too. His tone could be less brittly-bubbly for my tastes. THEN SUDDENLY at 5:22: apocalyse! WTF?! Nevertheless: this is some cool shit. nine: ja! a hip dude on the vibes with burrell or a clone on the geetarrr. Dis Svings! tien: this started off really nice, but it went somewhere else. Will need to listen again, the rock interludes did not convince me. Child of its time no doubt. elf: unusual combination of sounds on the head here. Such unisono stuff is definitely diffimcult and all kinds of great, but usually I get bugged by the little differences in intonation. Yet this thing develops into a nicely laid back piece with a nice trumpet, a nice piano, a nice tenor, and nice mutual support too; nice but nothing more. But then they get into that mish mash part after the trumpet solo and that is just great. Love that. and the bassclarinet taking it out as well. So I am a bit split on this one. twaalf: bass and tenor and litres of spit. could do without the echo, but this is pretty cool stuff! Doesn't quite deliver what it set out to, but heck, neither do I most of the time... dertien: yes of course. amazing how the man can play so slow and still keep the melody flowing and even add more meaning to it all in the process. very touching stuff I find. veertien: hmmm, the trumpet quotes some brownie and that's the best part. vijftien: what's this? Nature Boy? tenor has some texas soil in his horn again. Is it the man with only two solos? He does a damn good job hiding here then. There isn't much of a story told, but this thing carries itself so, yeah. zestien: yum, familiar organ sound. Don't recognise the accompanying grunts though, nor the geetarr. This scores well in the ballpark it is playing in. ja! though my comments may sound a bit on the negative side, that's just because it's easier to point out. I liked this one a lot. Thanks Cary. Will try and revisit the disk later this week. Will there be a separate thread for the other disk?

don't go lenient on those artsy fartsy internet geek type dudes. Before you know it they will not only be pretentious, but get LAZY too! Keep a tight leash!

it reminds me of spiderman!

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