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  1. 6 hours ago, sidewinder said:

    Sounds logical !

    Just listened again to that 6CD set again recently. Very enjoyable and the sound is not bad at all. I'm tempted to get the similar Dexter Gordon set.

    I have recently returned to the Dexter 6CD set and it sounds great to me. None of the hot RVG CD remastering. Would work better with Dexter’s ramblings on a separate CD. Also I find it maddening working out which session equates to which LP. I am inclined to get out a biro and deface the box!

  2. On 3/13/2024 at 4:42 PM, ghost of miles said:

    BillF and me at the train station in Manchester, June 2016:

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    Great photo. Bill looks a dapper youngish man there. Thank you for posting that. He will be much missed here. RIP Bill, fellow Manc. 

  3. On 2/26/2024 at 6:17 PM, sidewinder said:

    Crackle does seem to be an issue with this one - my copy looks spotless and plays pretty well but there is some crackle, even after being cleaned on the VPI. Although largely MOR, there are a couple of tracks which for me are 'ringers' and (not coincidentally I think) were arranged by Stan Tracey. The David Mack and Leon Young-arranged tracks are more soporific.

    I have given the record another clean and it sounds a lot better. The Stan Tracey tracks are definitely the best on the record. The last three on side 2 are v good.

    As an aside Clem Alford, Amancio’s sitar player seems to have stopped writing to our local paper. Or been banned. 

  4. 6 hours ago, relyles said:

    This past Saturday I caught this:

    Eternal Spirit: Vijay Iyer & Friends Celebrate The Music of Andrew Hill
    Harlem Stage Gatehouse
    New York, NY
    
    Vijay Iyer - piano, music director
    Nicole Mitchell - flute, alto flute
    Mark Shim - tenor saxophone
    Milena Casado - trumpet, flugelhorn
    Yuhan Su - vibraphone
    Devon Gates - bass
    Reginald Workman - bass
    Nasheet Waits - drums

     

    Good to see Reggie Workman in the band. 

  5. Simon Spillett and Pete Long recreating the Jazz Couriers and Tubby Hayes on top form today, at the Spice of Life basement club Soho. Absolutely rammed, which surprised me for a Monday lunchtime gig. I arrived before 12.30 and took possibly the last seat, near the stage. Seems to attract a regular friendly crowd. Simon introduced a roaring hard bop version of Southern Suite part 2, which I had only previously heard in its cheesy version on the Jack Constanza album. 

  6. 4 hours ago, mjazzg said:

    From her notes,

    "The idea to re-issue 'Edge Of Time's did not at first appeal to me. I felt that recording techniques had improved so much over the years, and I was not happy about my singing at that time anyway." 

    She goes on to say 

    "when I thought about that time...I remembered what a very vital time it was in Jazz" 

    And concludes,

    "So after all I thought...why not?"

    Thanks. 

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