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August 8th- 1940: Count Basie records for Okeh 1949: Bud Powell's Modernists (Fats Navarro, Sonny Rollins, Tommy Potter, Roy Haynes) record for Blue Note 1951: Charlie Parker with Red Rodney, John Lewis, Ray Brown, Kenny Clarke record for Mercury/ Clef 1957: Jazz Couriers (Tubby Hayes, Ronnie Scott)- The Jazz Couriers and Speak Low (Tempo) [both reissued on The First and Last Words (Spotlite)] 1963: Elvin Jones & Jimmy Garrison with McCoy Tyner, Prince Lasha, Sonny Simmons- Illumination (Impulse!)

August 7- 1933: Clarence Williams records for Okeh 1941: Billie Holiday records for Okeh 1955: Herbie Nichols- The Prophetic Herbie Hichols, Volume 2 (Blue Note) 1956: Duke Ellington- session for Such Sweet Thunder (Columbia) 1958: Thelonious Monk at the Five Spot, NYC- Thelonious in Action and Misterioso (Riverside) 1960: Art Blakey & the Jazz Messengers- session for A Night in Tunisia (blue Note)

Track 10 Man, this is driving me nuts! I know this tune and can I get it? I keep slowing it down in my head and hearing Jarrett. Probably with Garbarek. Pulled some Jarrett albums off the shelf and haven't located it yet! Grrrrr.... Not that that helps identifying the player here, of course, although if I could just get the title of the tune, I'd feel better. Nobody told me these BFT's are soooo frustrating!

I'm listening again to track 3 (Like Sonny) and the tenor player is definately this gentleman. Don't know how I missed his tone first time. Which leads me to believe it's from this album

Wait... you married Sade?

August 6th- 12th, 1970: Joe Zawinul- Zawinul (Atlantic)

Totally clueless on most of this disc, although I’m pretty certain on the tenor player on track 12. Not a high strike rate! Again, these notes are unedited thoughts off the top of the head, listening through first time. So, apologies for occasional gibberish. 1: Accordion. That should narrow it down. Tango rhythms. Now it’s big band jazz, cool transition. Nice trumpet. Good tenor, out of the modern New York style, sounds a little like the recently departed Mr. Stubblefield. I’m liking this; it has a different kind of flavour. Intrigued to find out. 2: Brawny free-bop piano trio. A couple of Herbie-isms from the pianist. 3: The tune is Trane’s ‘Like Sonny’. Two sax harmonies. Latin percussion. David Sanchez springs to mind. 4: T, as, tb, p, b, d. Kind of an updated Jazz Messengers sound. The alto sounds like Vincent Herring. 5: Marimba. Probably a vibist who doubles. And sings to himself. These guys are going for it. 6: Tenor, alto, b, d, guitar. No piano? Neo-bop. Alto player has an off-beat sound and phrasing. Sounds like a free guy reining it in a little. Tenor’s more conventional but some nice muscular lines, a little Lovano-ish. Guitar sounds like Mike Stern. Oh wait, now he sounds like Sco. No, Stern. Can’t decide, so it’s probably someone else altogether. 7: Piano trio. Nice, clear lines and voicings from the piano, very post Evans. The piano style seems very familiar, can’t quite place it. 8: Latin percussion, alto, horns. Quite smooth (not in the bad sense of the word). Hm, now it has an almost South African vibe going on. Tuneful alto. Muted trombone. Just a thought at this point in the disc… is there a theme going on? Non-American jazz, or groups led by non-Americans? Probably way off on that. 9: Accordion again. With… violin? Yep. Now that line up should be obvious. You would think. No idea. Aw, wait. Damn my tin ears, that’s a harmonica, not an accordion. Toots? Too obvious perhaps. Would fit in with my non-American notion though. Which is probably totally wrong! 10: Huh. What’s the tune? (Repeat) Gah! I know that, what is it? Used to hearing it played more sedately. Is it a Jarrett tune? Tenor, b, d; Edgy, energetic playing all round. 11: Latin percussion again. Fat toned trumpet, could be a flugelhorn. Nice alto. Enigmatic tenor. The sounds of all these players seem familiar, but the brain ain’t working today. Gonna kick myself, I can tell. 12: Organ, tenor. Tenor sounds like David Murray straight off the bat. Calypsoish feel in there. Not heard Murray play stuff like this although I know he has done some things with organ in recent years. If it’s him. Oh yeah, it’s him, tipping his hat to Rollins. I know he has his naysayers, but he can be an exciting player. 13: Austere piano… gentle tenor theme. Interesting feel, calm on the surface but with a hint of something darker underneath. Not recognising the tenor. Good disc, Marty. I think track for track I enjoyed this more than disc 1, and that was pretty damn good. Interested to find out identities for some of these pieces. Got a feeling I’m going to be hunting them down.

Ok, these are the notes I made listening to disc 1 first time through (so it’s fairly rambling, filled with abbreviations to aid my memory and littered with errors). I have to say I have no idea on most of it, although I’ve nailed two tracks for sure. I’ll rethink these responses when I have another listen. 1: Wailin’ clarinet. Mellow trombone. Growling trumpet. Nice. No idea. 2: Trumpet, saxophone section: alto, bari, tenor. Not much vibrato on tp, cool toned tenor. West coasters? Mid 60s. Latin & Spanish influences and modal approach to chords. Pepper Adams on bari? Not much of an idea on this. 3: Mid- Late 60s sound. Piano trio. Pianist fleet fingered but occasionally seems tentative. Interesting, mainly because I can’t get a handle on the pianist’s style but it feels a little directionless on first hearing. 4: Guitar, p, b, d. Date? Possibly mid 50s? Guitarist has plenty chops, almost distorted sound. Some of the phrasing and note choices reminded me of Django but on electric. Someone Django influenced. Nicely constructed compact piano solo. 5: Oh! I know this. What is it? Oh yeah… it's from this album. Excellent album. Good compositions and fine soloing all round. 6: First thought was Basie. That chugging rhythm guitar sounds like Freddie Green. The piano is light and swinging but there’s more notes than I’m used to hearing from the Count. Jury’s out. 7: Warm trumpet, largeish group, baritone sax, is that a French horn? The drummer’s doing the ‘Philly lick’: 1, 2, 3, click. Cool. Sounds kinda familiar but I can’t pinpoint it. Lots of triplet-y runs from the trumpeter. Uh, wait… Interesting tenor, much more ‘modern’ sounding than the rest of the group. Almost has a sound like Sam Rivers or John Gilmore but in a kind of West Coast post-bop setting. Now I’m confused. 8: Boogie woogie piano intro. Big band. Swingin’!. Piano’s more bluesy now, still got hints of boogie in the left hand. Cool tricky little drum lick. Two trumpet solos? It changes hands after 16 bars. Late 30s/ early 40s? No thoughts on personnel. 9: Vibes, p, b, d. Fastish setting on the vibrato, quite ‘glassy’ sounding. Reminds me a little of Walt Dickerson, in terms of sound and those short, choppy, repeated figures, but less avant. Got that early 60s open/ modal feel to it. Vibes and piano both playing on the edges of tonality. Some Tynerisms from the piano, but it’s not him. 10: Saxophone section. Boppish head. Sounds like a contrafact of ‘You Can Depend on Me’. Again, a West-Coastish sound. Baritone: sounds like Mulligan. Alto: boppish, ornithological. Some nice backing and breaks from the horns, again sounds like Mulligan’s writing. 11: Trumpet, p, b, d. Trumpet’s playing some familiar licks. I should know who that is. Probably the piano too. Mid 60s? 12: Vibes, tenor, alto, b, d. Borderline avant but melodic and thoughtful. Gradually intensifying. Bit enigmatic, this one, but interesting. I’d be interested to know the reason for its inclusion. 13: Hm. Got a Basie-ish ‘Kansas City’ feel to it, maybe with a nod to early bop. Tenor sounds familiar… wait, two tenors? Oh yeah, there’s some lick swapping. They take a chorus each, then three choruses trading fours. Nice trading of ideas between them. Not quite a tenor battle but there’s some friendly joshing going on. On the last chorus, the 1st tenor opens with a phrase which the 2nd tenor picks up on, then shifts chromatically. Can’t place them. I’m gonna kick myself. Ah… is the second, fuller toned player Lucky Thompson? 14: Early 60s post-bop edging toward something freer. Alto, trombone (?), trumpet, p, b, d. No idea on the trumpet. Was that a Roy Haynes lick in the drum solo? Occasional Monk-isms from the piano. The tune’s quite Monkish too so I’d guess it’s the pianist’s date or he at least wrote this. Alto sounds familiar; tart sound, slightly sharp, almost Jackie-ish in spots. 15: Ah! Instantly familiar. Took me a minute to click but it’s this guy with this fella and the track's on here, disc 2, track 5. Wonderful trumpet playing. Great stuff. How many will get the pianist on this one? 16: Moody intro. Big band. Late 30s/ early 40s. Very ‘arranged’. Almost like a pastiche of a jazz dance band from a 1940s movie. Not doing much for me. 17: Hmm. Hard to date this one. The tenor’s strong and edgy. Trumpet slips in and out of some ‘outside’ licks. The baritone has a gruff edge, reminiscent of Chaloff; I’m guessing too late for him. Really no idea on this. 18: Little bit of everything from the pianist. Made me think of Jaki Byard. Trombone: not sure. He doesn’t really take off. Alto either. It has a whiff of Mingus about it, though it’s obviously not him. Hm. Early 60s? Worth it for that spiky piano, kind of tailed off after that. Listening to disc 2 right now!

Ditto.

August 5th- 1954: Clifford Brown & Max Roach with Harold Land, Richie Powell, George Morrow- tracks for Bown & Roach Incorporated (Emarcy) 1955: Cannonball Adderley- 3 tracks for Julian Cannonball Adderley (Emarcy) 1955: Miles Davis & Milt Jackson with Jackie McLean, Ray Bryant, Percy Heath, Art Taylor- Quintet & Sextet (Prestige) 1967: Mike Westbrook- second session for Celebration (Deram) 1989: Sonny Rollins- Falling in Love With Jazz (Milestone)

I have to admit the work of John Mayer has passed me by. Maybe he's bigger in the States than here in the UK. But I'm presuming he sounds nothing like this one...

Maybe your side of the pond. Here in the UK the Handcock cover is in stores.

Should have pointed out that post referred to Ah Um

Don't know the vintage of the CDs you already own of these titles, but the Sony Legacy reissue has unedited versions of some of the tracks, plus some unissued titles. Better sound too. Can't speak for the Mosaic.

Which reminds me... About a year ago I watched a movie called Baffalo 66, a quirky (self-conciously so) little low budget indie movie starring Vincent Gallo and Christina Ricci. A friend had asked me if I could identify a piece of saxophone music used in the latter part of the movie during a key dialogue-free scene between Gallo & Ricci. Turns out it was 'I Remember When' from the Stan Getz album Focus. A beautiful piece of music from a fine album.

August 4th- 1939: Count Basie records for Vocalion 1947: Lionel Hampton records for Decca 1958: Miles Davis & Gil Evans- a session for Porgy and Bess (Columbia) [Prayer, Oh Bess, Buzzard Song & Summertime) 1961: Jimmy Giuffre with Steve Swallow & Paul Bley- Thesis (Verve), reissued as part of 1961 (ECM) 1961: Wes Montgomery- So Much Guitar! (Riverside) 1976: (4th- 7th) McCoy Tyner- Focal Point (Milestone)

Have a good one, Jazzbo! And remember, 50 is just 20 with a lot of experience...

Very sad news. Another legend gone but never to be forgotten as long as we have his wonderful music. RIP, Eli.

Another half- forgotten film I've felt like I ought to revisit, just to see if it was as disappointing as I recall (and your comments have reminded me that it probably was). I remember some Miles being used in that film (All Blues?). And Denzil's playing Terence Blanchard of course.

Oh yeah, another movie I haven't seen in many years. If memory serves actor brothers Jeff & Beau Bridges are miming to jazz-lite brothers Don & Dave Grusin. Beau's not so hot, but Jeff looks like he knows his way round a keyboard.

August 3rd- 1954: another session for Clifford Brown and Max Roach (Emarcy) 1957: Bud Powell- The Amazing Bud Powell, Volume 3- Bud! (Blue Note) 1958: Sonny Rollins and the Modern Jazz Quartet in Lenox issued across two albums, Sonny Rollins at Music Inn/ Teddy Edwards at Falcon's Lair with Joe Castro (Metrojazz) [reissued on Sonny Rollins and the Big Brass (Verve)] and the MJQ's At Music Inn, Volume 2 (Atlantic) 1964: Wayne Shorter- Juju (Blue Note) 1965: Richard Groove Holmes- Soul Message (Prestige) 1971: (3rd- 9th) Cannonball Adderley in Los Angeles- Black Messiah (Capitol) 1977: (3rd- 6th) Sonny Rollins- Easy Living (Milestone) 1992: Gene Harris- At Maybeck Recital Hall (Concord)

Yeah, Rich is definately playing for laughs. At one point, Bird seems to be in on the joke. I'm willing to overlook the shortcomings of this footage just for the fact that it even exists! Any film record of Bird, Hawk, Prez, Flip, Hank, Ray & Ella has to be cause for celebration. I'm sure this has been the subject of another thread, so I won't dwell on it but there's a funny moment during Ella's scat solo (her lip synching is fairly good), when Flip puts saxophone to mouth, then realizes there's another chorus to go. And what is Bill Harris' mouthpiece about? Oh, and Parker's miming is less convincing than Forest Whitaker's.

Good call. I'd forgotten about Branford being in School Daze. Don't remember much about that movie. I recall it being good up until its cop-out ending which seemed to have drifted in from some other movie. I find Lee a frustrating talent. For every deft touch there's half a dozen made with a ham fist. Jazz references in Spike's movies must rival Woody's (or even, as we've discovered, Tom Cruise! )

August 2nd- 1946: Stan Kenton records for Capitol 1954: Clifford Brown/ Max Roach Quartet with Harold Land, Richie Powell & George Morrow- session for Clifford Brown & Max Roach (Emarcy) 1957: Stan Getz with Lou Levy, Leroy Vinnegar & Stan Levey- Award Winner (Verve) 1960: Ornette Coleman Quintet- session for This is Our Music (Atlantic) 1961: Ella Fitzgerald- second session for Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook (Verve) 1982: Joe McPhee- Oleo & A Future Retrospective (hat Art)

Yep. http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...thelonious+monk