michel devos

When this album was first released on the market in 1970, very little had been done to promote it towards the jazz public...None of the musicians were known, no radio, no press releases that I knew off, just plain nothing and it was pure luck I came across it browsing thru the misc.Keyboards section of a record shop. The main attraction was the format : organ trio + electric bass and some percussions.Nowadays that sounds pretty common but in Belgium, in 1970, not so many Hammond players records were available, with the exception of Jimmy Smith, Mc Duff and McGriff. On top of that, the program looked excellent and, after playing this for so many yerars, I feel that was the key factor to an exceptionnally good album.here are the tracks Cantaloupe Island Herbie Hancock Quiet village Les Baxter The look of love Burt Bacharach Eleanor Rigby Lennon-McCartney Viva Tirado Gerald Wilson Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Hurt so bad Light my fire Doors Comin'Home Baby B.Tucker A mixture of contemporary stuff mixed with traditionals and some pop music, the whole spiced by a slight touch of latino...I was doubtful when playing this for the first time but i still love it 30 years later. The organ player (Bobby Espinosa) plays a mixture of MCDuff and Mc Griff, with ample use of the Leslie, while the guitar player (Mickey Lespron) evidently listened a lot to Wes Montgomery and sometimes to Jimmy Hendrickx. The highlights of the programm are definitely Viva tirado and cantaloupe Island : there might be a possibility to download these tracks from E music or another site. While this album was immensely attractive, it is even more sad to realise that was a one shot and no more...The subsequent work of El chicano never came even close to the level of their debut album, keeping their public happy with a kind of sub Santana production of little interest (at least to me) .It looks from their website the original album is going to be available again : in that case, I would strongly recommend it to the attention of all soul jazz organ aficionados. Did any of you guys heard this one..?I''d love to read your comments!

Never heard this one....However, litterally, a Toccata describes a piece of music written for a keyboard instrument (from the latin verb tocare - to touch) and was essentially used for the 18th century music. Who knows?

Almost by accident, or good luck, I ran across some Charles Earland CD's, which sounded extremely good to me. I notice there are very few posts or comments about him.Would anybody care to provide more info, like bio, discography or others? Thanks

I bought a copy of here 'tis for 17$ from Mundo in Japan and it sounds OK, except for a light distortion in the bass region of the keyboard on track 5.It is difficult to tell whether this is an input overload or the sound that actually came out of the Leslie...I'm rather inclined for the latter. One slight problem is the program order as it appears when played from media Player differs from the booklet order. Book : Foggy day-Here 'tis -Cool blues-Watusi jump-Walk with me Media player : here 'tis- Watusi jump-Walk with me-A foggy day-Cool blues Otherwise, general sound is very good.My copy bears catalog number TOCJ-6553

Excellent job, Mike.Thank you very much! Regarding your CD-R, yes, definitively the Good Live,

"MOZART'S FORTEPIANO This instrument was built in the early 1780s by the Viennese keyboard-instrument maker Anton Walter and purchased by Mozart in 1784. Malcolm Bilson plays on a copy of the instrument for most of the concertos on the present series of recordings."

He used pedals since the beginning.

I have really liked freddie roach's brown sugar and Mo greens please, besides Good Move.Has anybody further recommendations for the available reissues?

I bought the original vinyl a...long time ago and wore it out completely.Got this CD in the german 20bits ZYX edition and the sound is very good. My favourite song on this : Round'Midnight Boss guitar was released on CD from the same source in Germany with the same very good quality

RVG wasn't the best at recording, either. Guy ← If one looks at remastering for just what it is, a last chance to adjust and correct the mistakes or flaws present in the original recording sessions, it makes very little sense for the mastering and recording/balance engineer to be the same person... The result is almost mathematically the addition of the "distortions" one brings within the recording process AND the mastering process, for exemple a propensity to lift some frequencies, or add reverb or hall effects unreasonably. Also, the changes in acoustical perception with age makes things worse when the same person is in charge the two jobs.I usually ask a colleague or friend to master my recordings and vice versa : I feel it gives better results, more balanced and neutral. But then, with such a name as Rudy's....it is still worth a LOT of money to use it as a marketing tool Having said that, I enjoy enormously the majority of his works, even his RVG remasterings

"Okay, you come in at the B section" and Jimmy said, "Ok". So they run through the tune and they get to the B section and Jimmy is just sitting there, not playing. "What's wrong?" the conductor asks. "Man, just point at me when you want me to play!" says Jimmy! Sight-reading is one thing, simply counting the beats and the bars is another one....Could anyone seriously believe Jimmy Smith or Jack McDuff were not able to perform such simple tasks, considering their respective musical achievements? Really hard to believe...

I'll admit my main selection criterium is the program...so i vote closed-eyes for the 1958 Olympia concert in Paris, featuring Lee Morgan, Benny Golson, Bobby Timmons, jimmie Merritt and Art in top condition. Tunes like Moanin, Whisper not, Blues march can never go wrong... But I confess I never heard (yes, shame on me) At birdlanf or Cafe Bohemia

Yes, and this keeping in mind his masterpieces "Jimmy Smith AT THE ORGAN Vol 1 and 2" have NEVER seen the light of day on CD in the USA. Sometimes Blue Note just is plain frustrating. ← Soul Stream, I expect you mean the two albums originally released as Blue Note 1541 and 1542 with Kenny Burrell, lou Donaldson and Art Blakey : I never found them except from japanese imports at crazy prices...Confusion can be made with the three first Jimmy albums which were called A new Sound A new Star, but also At the Organ vol.3 for the BLP1525. I sure would like to see these on RVG, together with my favourite Crazy baby...One can only hope

Yeah...Excellent album...Took me some time to get over the grotesque folklore apparel (turban for what..?Doctor in what..?) This musician should be good enough to spare us all this folklore... Really an excellent album :bought it and go immediately for his Boogaloo to Beck CD, unless anyone can recommend a better choice ? I did not like particularly the Mozambique album... :cool:rather unpleasant cover art, to my taste(too damned hot)...

I like the Sviatoslav Richter version, recorded live in his own Festival of La Grange du Meslay in Tours (France). The playing is absolutely superb, very faithful to JSB writing with just the personal touch that makes this performance outstanding. Only drawback is the sound quality, with too distant mikes...unless a newer mastering has made things better? As a second choice, Jorg Demus version, neutral and classical, is also worthwhile.

I like the 1966 Monterey version, mainly for the slick job Keith Jarrett does on this disc.

Well, all depends how the levels of competence are set.... Do we talk about a beginner pianist (child), good amateur, advanced student, conservatory 1st prize, or Sviatoslav Richter..? I do not think it is a good idea to have too close a look at the jazz pianists technique, simply because this music usually does not demand high technical abilities . Against today's state of the art piano playing,I mean pure technic, jazz pianists are unfortunately not rating very high, with a few exceptions such as Brad Mehldau and the late Michel Petrucciani. Nevertheless, that does not stop me from enjoying immensely Erroll Garner, the Three Sounds and Horace Silver ...no sweat P.S I'm afraid this Monk's excerpt is not going to make me change my mind...awful( but that's just my opinion )

We despise Hitler's actions in the wider public realm & don't care whether he was in private a decent family man, liked classical music, &c.

From reading the numerous posts on this forum and others, it is clear that many of us don't know what is really offered in Jimmy's discography : quite understandable with more than 150 issues. As a tribute to the great man and a help to his fans, I would suggest the following : would every member write a few lines about the music on the CD's or Lp's he owns, such as what kind of tunes, blues, ballad, fast tempo.What 's impressive, what is less attractive, or not at all.Even one or 2(or more) albums would be nice No need to rewrite a full discography with sessions takes and dates which are available elsewhere, but a concise description of the music recorded.A copy of the artwork would identify the CD Anybody interested in trying to set up that tribute to the Godfather of jazz organ?

Exactly.And I have been looking for this LP for years....It was Chuck Nessa that passed the correct information about the solist, I had always thought it was Richard Holmes playing there. I think the original album was published in 1961 or 1962.Should anybody have a copy available....

Organist Rhoda Scott uses this format quite frequently, as did Milt Buckner and Jo Jones.You might want to check these : http://www.djangomusic.com/item_music.asp?...sid=&mediatype= or http://www.djangomusic.com/item_music.asp?...sid=&mediatype=

Happy Ground made it on Muse CD 5387 http://www.djangomusic.com/item_music.asp?...sid=&mediatype=

I have seen Jimmy Smith for so many years with the same appearance, playing clubs or concert halls, issuing records after records, I probably imagined he was kind of immortal...Sadly enough I am proved wrong today.Goodbye Jimmy, we'll all miss you