Gary

I got the credit card out & this happened http://www.mosaicrecords.com/ Noooooooooo there all gonna go by the time they fix it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mike, of those you mention all I can find available in Japan is Infinity. http://www.hmv.co.jp/product/detail.asp?sku=627873

http://file.sugarqube.com/Cards/jblo_TheWo...swf?PL=L400x300

In order of regular occurance 1)Jazz CDS 2)Red Wine / Lager 3)Sex (this comes a long way below the first 2 unfortunately ) before i was married amphetamines would be high on the list.

More news from the Ayler site April 1 2004 News Revenant Records - Albert Ayler Box Set The Cleveland La Cave Tapes The last I heard about the Cleveland La Cave tapes was that they'd been lost. The sessions are mentioned in the Mike Hames discography but as far as I know the tapes have never done the rounds of the bootleg collectors. So it goes without saying that their inclusion in the Revenant box set is quite amazing. The details I have at present are as follows: Albert Ayler Quintet: Ayler (tenor saxophone) with Donald Ayler (trumpet); Michel Sampson (violin); Mutawef Shaheed (fka Clyde Shy) (bass); Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums). Recorded April 16, 1966 at La Cave: Cleveland, Ohio 1. spoken intro (1:00) 2. Spirits Rejoice (4:41) 3. D.C. (6:09) 4. untitled (7:04) 5. Our Prayer (6:50) 6. spoken intro (0:25) 7. untitled (16:01) 8. Ghosts (6:35) Albert Ayler Quintet: Ayler (tenor saxophone) with Donald Ayler (trumpet); Michel Sampson (violin); Mutawef Shaheed (fka Clyde Shy) (bass); Ronald Shannon Jackson (drums); Frank Wright (ts) sits in on several tunes. Recorded April 17, 1966 at La Cave: Cleveland, Ohio 1. Spirits Rejoice (6:47) 2. Medley: Prophet - Ghosts - Spiritual Bells (15:05) 3. Our Prayer (10:07) 4. Untitled/Truth Is Marching In (16:19) 5. Spirits (9:40) 6. Medley: Zion Hill - Spirits - Spiritual Bells (22:34) 7. Untitled (9:38) To put these sessions into some discographical context: Spirits Rejoice was recorded in September '65, then Ayler plays on the Sonny's Time Now session in November '65, then comes La Cave and a month later, in May '66, Live at Slug's Saloon. Presumably the La Cave sessions will resemble Live at Slug's Saloon, since apart from the bass player (Clyde Shy was a longtime friend of the Ayler brothers in Cleveland) it's the same line-up, but the earlier session is interesting for a couple of reasons. According to Richard Koloda, who kindly sent me some background information about the session, the altoist Charles Tyler quit the band during rehearsals for the show, and this was also the first appearance of the violinist, Michel Sampson, with the group, so the recording catches Ayler at one of those transitional points in his career. It is also the only known recording of Ayler playing in his home town of Cleveland. As for La Cave itself, it's probably best known outside Cleveland for a 1968 bootleg recording of the Velvet Underground. The club was situated on Euclid Avenue, near the campus of Western Reserve University. I found this brief history on a Gordon Lightfoot site: "La Cave opened in 1962 in the University Circle area of Cleveland. It began as a coffeehouse folk club but eventually became a rock 'n' roll club. The site had been a chinese restaurant and bowling alley. La Cave was in the basement and had two hundred seats. In the club's early folk days, it presented Simon & Garfunkel, Buffy Sainte Marie, Judy Collins, Ian & Sylvia, and of course Gord Lightfoot. In the late '60's the club introduced Clevelanders to Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, and Blood, Sweat, and Tears, to name a few. Due to declining ticket sales, debt and legal issues, La Cave closed in 1969. The site is now part of University Hospitals of Cleveland." And this from a Velvet Underground site: "Located beneath the local social security offices.... La Cave's dimensions were 60'x125' with a seating capacity of 250-300... a dimly lit rectangle with burlap and church pews covering one long wall, the stage on the other, and tables in between. The stage was a platform 10 inch high with barely enough room for the Velvets stage gear." Richard Koloda reckons that the Albert Ayler Quintet was the only jazz band to appear at La Cave. Ayler's support act was a folk musician, Dick Wedler, whose only recollection of the event is that the audience were better dressed than usual. As far as the quality of the recording is concerned, I have no idea what to expect. Ayler asked a friend to tape the concerts so at least the recording was authorised and not just bootlegged by someone in the audience. Is it October yet??

I've been listening to disc 1 a few times over the last couple of days , once my ears got used to where it was coming from I've really enjoyed it . Theres a really good version of Night in Tunisia on disc 1 . To these not so well informed ears Beirach sound a little like Electric Miles period Keith Jarrett , which is a compliment. I've played it a couple times in the car & it gets better with each passing minute.

I've not got a problem at all..... I noticed that my credit card bills were heading towards astromical, so I sold alot of my old (non jazz ) cds to raise some extra cash towards the bill , well the money would have gone towards the bill but the exchange rate was low so it was a good time to get the Evin Jones mosaic & the the Konitz/Marsh& Tristano went on the running low , the then the new Selects came out & the RVGs , plus theres those Hatologys from.....

Thats a good one ! I bought that recently when hatology CDs were really cheap at Zweitausendeins & filed it in 'the must buy more of section'.

A magnificent CD !! I enjoy this also

Am I missing something here ? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...75&category=553

I've just listened to this from the select for the first time & really enjoyed Tubby Hayes' sound , its the first time I've listened properly to his work - I must have more! Are there any of his titles you chaps can recommend , Thanks in advance.

Just listened to the first session - very solid & enjoyable . Tubby Hayes is MAGNIFICENT , I going to have a search around the site to see if I can find any Tubby Hayes recommendations.

Both of the new Selects arrived here via suface mail today , I think they only shipped last Tuesday.

No 53 landed on my doorstep this morning.

OH NO - Im really trying to cut down on my buying at the moment . Do I wait till they are running low & risk a Stuff Smith type of error or shall I just get them now ??? Decisions decisions.

I'm still waiting for the majority of these 2 batches of RVGs to come my way via Amazon UK. This title is the first one I'll be putting in my CD player , its my first CT purchase & sounds right up my street.

Is it October 5th yet???????????????

Ive been really enjoying Shades of Blue/ Dusk Fire all this week. It looks as if this one is also about to come out (or has just come out) I think I'll get it on the strengtht of Shades... (I'm looking forward to Vol 2 of Impressed also).

More importantly WHERE is this convention???

My weekends are mainly spent spending precious time with my 2 beautiful kids during the day , drinking & jazz in the evenings (with a dash of organissimo). Tomorrow afternoon I'll be here watching score a few goals hopefully!

Anybody heard this with Hamid Drake on ? http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ajrkbikpsbb79 it had a really good review in Cadence & looks interesting.

I finally got my copy of Abstract , that version of Oleo -WOW!

Thanks for the link Ubu , I missed that thread , I have actually got one of those Cds

I saw Tomasz Stanko in concert a few weeks ago & it was fantastic, I managed to pick up signed copies of the last 2 Cds you mention. I was initially a little disappointed by Suspended Night as the tracks are a little more subdued than the live show , but after a few listenings it definitely grows (although not as much as some of the British press has made of it). Hey Ubu guess what radio show is broadcasting a recent Stanko show tonight? The minidisc is at the ready!