neveronfriday

I used to read a respected and rather conservative German music mag that presented its reviews in three columns per page. This was the review of a recording Freddie Mercury of Queen did with Montserrat Caballe, the opera singer. I've taken the liberty and translated it into English. Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarf! To this day, I have no idea how that one slipped by the editors, but the letters to the editor column of the next issue was simply flooded with, to say it mildly, critical remarks. It still cracks me up totally, thinking how some editor must have gotten canned over this one. Cheers! Edit: Sorry, I didn't notice the word "jazz" in the title.

The whole package (3 CDs) arrived in perfect shape. Am spinning the 90+ short attention span disc now. Thanks!

This fucking idiot just loved the hell out of "Sheer Heart Attack", his fave Queen album. There's some heavy stuff on that. Cheers!

BTW: Where is that board terminator with the "This Thread Sucks!" sign?

Good heavens, no. Couw, my friend, where should I send my underwear to? Know any good underwear inspectors in the Netherlands?

Oh man, I once passed by an Italian couple having a nap on a bench in a train station, and the odour from their armpits could be smelled at a five feet distance ... so, if sleeping can be defined as some type of working ... They'd probably just had sex. "We're English, we don't have sex." Yeah, you wish ...

Great cake, as usual, Maren!

Sigh. Why does collecting have to be so damn difficult, confusing, and convoluted? Release 1 has tracks two and three, but not four, release 2 has track four but omits two, release 11 has Ellington with belly dancers in the background (listen to the skirts twirl) and release 23 has all of the above in mediocre sound quality (but tracks 6 and 8 were dropped in favor of tape hiss after track 16). I think I'll start collecting Britney Spears. Everything sounds the same, there's no need to remaster anything, and she's only got two songs. The fast one and the slow one. Cheers!

I have one. But I have decided to buy hybrid SACDs whenever there's an important release I don't have and which is available in that format at a resonable price (usually 12 to 15 Euro here, which is acceptable). On my system, there's a definite difference, but it's not so drastic to merit replacing CDs I already have. I'm happy with most of my "standard" CD remasters and given the age of the recordings (my interests are mostly 1930s to middle 60s), I don't think that there's that much to gain. I'm not at all interested in surround sound (although I'm contemplating some surround sound headphones of the more expensive caliber for films), so there's no real incentive for me. Cheers!

We could start a mutual check by some neutral party, like, from the Netherlands ..... I refuse to have Dutch people check my underwear. I simply refuse. That sucks!

Thanks for that one! Interesting. BTW: I've often posted on this board re Teddy Wilson, so I won't repeat all of it here. I'm a big (!) fan, have begun a small collection (usually based on reviews or recommendations here) and consider Teddy Wilson to be one of the most essential (and best) piano players to listen to. I've often heard the criticism (boring, mechanical, monotonous, unimaginative, bla, bla, bla) and I couldn't disagree more. I was lucky enough to have seen him live many times, and still today I remember just about every detail. When he was at Tivoli's "Slukefter" (small jazz club associated with the amusement park in Copenhagen, Denmark) I had the chance to talk to him several times and he was a true gentleman (just like Ed Thigpen who he often played or jammed with when in Scandinavia) - very attentive, even after hours of playing live. Very knowledgable (my God, did he know a lot of jazz greats, anecdotes, etc.). Seeing Teddy Wilson play remains a highlight of my life ... and I've seen some good stuff. Teddy Wilson's work is a cornerstone of my collection and his recordings are an endless source of enjoyment. A lot of his stuff can entertain just like that, but I think much of it should get a lot more closer attention than it perhaps has gotten in the past on a wider scale. Listening closely and attentively to his recordings can be very rewarding. Impeccable style and technique all around, often surrrounded by astonishing sidemen that Wilson (especially early on in his career) picked wisely. Some later recordings (70s) suffer from some repetition and some sidemen that just deliver basic stuff, but I still enjoy it very much. Teddy Wilson at his worst is/was still better than most others at their best. Cheers!

33? I would have thought you were a LOT older! Happy birthday, my Dutch friend! Have a good one (or two, or three, or ...)

Did a bit of surfing quickly, and here I found Isola listed as a sideman, but I'm not sure this site doesn't make a mistake. 'Round Midnight (Milestone M-9144) is listed there in the discography section, and that might explain it. http://www.monkzone.com/sidemenhtml.htm Cheers!

Damn. I don't have all that much Monk (standard stuff only), but I can recall that coming up in a conversation once. I actually did meet Frank, but that's ages ago, and another story ... Cheers!

Didn't Frank also record with Monk? I think so. Sad news. He was an excellent, unobtrusive drummer with a great sense of timing.

I just ordered 11 OJC's ($107) from AllDirect myself last week .... they must wonder what is going on? The only problem with AllDirect I have found over the years is that it takes them a long time to stock new things, and when they go out of stock, it takes them a long time to restock. But, when they do have the stuff, their basic prices are the best, and their delivery time is excellent. Of course, for brand new releases, the pre-release prices from CDUniverse are the best I have found. Should I also order 11 CDs? Is it a magic number? Can I win anything?

Now that's funny! Don't quite get why they call this the Open House All Star Sessions though...just cuz they are all, all stars??? Why open house??? I mention this once or twice a year for no good reason except the tune Gin for Christmas is one of my all time favorites! If it is on the new set, or on you old French black and whites, turn it up to 11! "Gin for Christmas" is track 14 on Vol. 4 (that's CD 2 of Jazz Tribune #74). Fun tune. Nice drum ditties. Great Ziggy stuff. There are just great numbers throughout those twofers. I just don't get that I didn't make the connection between these and the Avid discs. Maybe I was hoping that it was some 30's, 40's and 50's Hampton that I didn't have. I think I should perhaps learn a bit more about these sessions instead of just listening to them. Not bloody likely though in the near future. Cheers!

Ditto.

If it's as good as you say, it's dirt cheap!

That was the first Christmas present I bought for myself. I'm glad I did! Others (unfortunately) followed ... ... and more are yet to come. Cheers!

Hey, brooms (!) turned int o a WWII thread again. It seems to be a constant on this board. Get over it, already.

I bought mine second-hand, so that's not an option (the set that is especially bad has been out of print for a while). Again, my CD player has no problems with the CDs (and I'm going to try to burn some copies just now), but ... Cheers!

Title says it all. I got some spankin' new Verve CDs (stupid ****ing Verve box sets), and some CDs have some glue on the surface which apparently oozed out of the "protective" sleeve. It's not much, my main CD player doesn't mind, but I want to remove the stuff because it might damage the CDs along the way. What's the best way of getting the stuff off? I need some sort of liquid, whatever. Cheers!

Congratulations! Have a great day!

Thanks Steve. And re the "jazz-aholic" thread elsewhere: As it turns out, I have most of these sessions already on two old Jazz Tribune twofers (BMG France/RCA '93/'94). Typical. Cheers!