kenny weir

I've just found the pic on our (newspaper) wire files. I'll see if I kind a version on the net I can post. The version I've found just lists the names without saying who is who in the photo, 'tho it's fun trying to work them out.

Thanks for that David. Does that mean Reprise is now selling the its Ellingtons the same Blue Note is selling the Herbie Nichols and Stan Getz boxes? Or do you mean Herbie Hancock? If this is the case it seems odd such a set should be come available about the same time as the Mosaic Duke went OOP. Or am I still missing something?

I've just read a short review, in British mag Mojo (January 04 issue) and penned by Roy Carr, of a five-disc set entitled The Reprise Studio Recordings, attributed to the Reprise label. Anyone heard of this? Amazon has a listing and reviews for said set, but it appears to be the Mosaic. I'm confused!

Yup - makes me proud to be a Kiwi!

Truth is, a lot of the time I'm just as happy listening to Jimmy Forrest as Rollins or Coltrane.

Chris - I'm just embarking on this as we speak. I'm up to page 130 or thereabouts. The way I'm going these days, this hefty, er, tome will take me six months to get through. I'm sure I'll slip in a couple of trashy mysteries/thrillers along the way. I had never heard of this author before, so in the absence of a book equivalent of AMG, I turned to the reviews at amazon.com. They're a riot. I've discovered that what a certain kind of American reader means when they say there is "no plot", what they actually mean is there "NO ACTION". And for characters to be acceptable, they must never be losers or geeks or otherwise unattractive - no matter how well or convincingly or movingly they are depicted.

Muddy Ascot

Hey Clemintine - I called up this thread thinking only of three Dylan covers - and there's Gene Clark's Tears of Rage up there already! Cool album! Also: Love Minus Zero/No Limit - Rick Nelson Tangled Up In Blue - Hoodoo Rhythm Devils

Hey - I just made veteran groover!

I enjoyed a week's leave last week so I took the opportunity to "suspend normal programming" on may radio show. I filled it up with heaps of Allman Brothers (the "new" Atlanta Pop festival stuff), Grateful Dead, Van Morrison, Gene Clark, John Stewart, Silas Hogan, Slim Harpo, Lightnin' Slim, Johnny Rivers and more. It was a hoot and a half. I got quite a few phone calls and even a couple of letters, some of them from people who had been listening to my show more than a decade ago when all the above artists and many more were what I "did". That is, many years before I "went" jazz. I find a brief foray into non-jazz stuff enjoyable and essential, for I find that the jazz fire burns even brighter when I return to it - usually within a few days. My only regret is the several thousand vinyl albums I let go for financial reasons. My CD collection doesn't have much depth in the non-jaz department, but it suffices. And odd thing, though - on the (very) odd occasion when I have the time, space and inclination to get good and drunk with just me and my music (and perhaps a toke or two, too), I invariably quickly seegway from the likes of Rollins and Silver to Garcia and Duane.

Looking forward to you practising what you preach.

I'm still a bit of a newbie when it comes to vibes, in terms of CD numbers anyway. My favourite for sheer and easy pleasure is Johnny Lytle. I also like Stefon Harris - Black Action Figure in particular, although I'm still undecided about The Grand Unification Theory. A question: Are there any vibes album that are longer works/suites along the lines of, say, Mingus's Black Saint, Miles/Evans Miles Ahead etc?

Most recently, the John Patton Mosaic Package.

Dan: Don't have much to add to the questions already submitted, but ... How about asking him how much time and effort went into hustling up some pop/chart action a la Sidewinder (yeah, yeah it's Blue Note, I know, but you get my drift I'm sure). And when Prestige did end up with a "hit", how much was it either canny planning or plain dumb ol' luck. Good luck!

Saturday in the office: Martial Solal - NY-1 Horace Silver Trio Way Out West - Footscray Station John Patton - Mosaic Joe Henderson - Page One Allman Brothers - Atlanta Pop Festival Jack McDuff/Kenny Burrell - Somthin' Slick/Crash!

Hey Mr Moose: Too bad you first experience with you new set was a downer. I certainly hope it won't be the last. I don't have this set, but going by an earlier post on this thread it seems the first disc is rough 'n' ready marching band stuff. My advice would be to keep the set around and pull it every now and then - perhaps when you can't decide on what else you want to hear - and get familiar with it in small doses. I spend by far the greatest amount of my listening time digging new Australian/US stuff or reissues from the '50s and '60s. But at least once a fortnight I'll lose myself in the more traditional stuff or swing - and I can hear all the connections click into place. As I did last night with the Hot 5s and 7s. There is some raggedy playing for sure among my New Orleans albums, but the spirit is the thing.

The Commodore is mainly of historical importance as far as I'm concerned. Nice but not vital. The Decca stuff likewise, for me anyway. The Columbia stuff is the good. I suspect, now there is a "complete" Columbia box, you may be able to get a handle on this stuff by picking up cheap/used copies of the Quintessential series that preceded it. Having said that, the Columbia box is a big (expensive) slice of heaven.

LONDON, Nov 13 PA - A wacky artist will spend 12 days in a bath full of baked beans, with chips shoved up hisnose and 48 sausages wrapped around his head, in a bizarre tribute to the full English breakfast. Mark McGowan, 37, began his stunt today in the shop window of the House Gallery near his home in Camberwellin south London. ``We don't support our culture enough, so I thought I'd celebrate a part of it by turning myself into a traditional English breakfast,'' the artist told reporters. His aim is to spend eight hours a day, for 12 days, in the bean bath.

Hmmmm ... that's got me curious. What else in the way of trad stuff has Verve/Universal/Vivendi/Howard Hughes/Rupert Murdoch/Monsanto got buried away???

DrJ: I've had this set for about a year and I love every bit of it. However, I'm coming at it from a slightly different perspective from you - before I bought it, I had just a couple of the albums (Plays Duke, With Coltrane) so much of it was a completely new experience. That said, if you can get it at a good price, I'd just jump in. The sound is perfectly acceptable got my low/mid range system and ears. Besides, I wouldn't want to be holding my breath - in the present economic climate and record industry conservatism vibe - for a new mastering/packaging/annotation job. When (if) this one sells out, I doubt it'll be replaced. For me, the best part of the experience has been the many sessions I hadn't heard before with the likes of Gerry Mulligan, Clark Terry, Thad Jones. And the solo stuff is swell as well. I love it ... B)

Alice Springs???????

Saw the reissue of this fabulous 1970 Jean-Pierre Melville thriller last night - what a blast! Does anyone know who was the band and band leader who were seen at length in several shots set in Santi's nightclub? It was Basie-esque swing, a big band with about 18-20 players, about 2/3s of whom were black. I also saw a preview for another (new) French flick, Une Femme De Menage (The Housekeeper) that had a scene set in a jazz club. Just a glimpse, but I thought the piano player might be Martial Solal.

I'm always interested to read anything by Giddins - I'm a fan and I reackon Visions Of jazz is just about my fave jazz book. Having said that, there were a few things here that grated on me. And in the following I'll be trying to have in mind that this was Giddins in verbal form, not written. Giddins on Crouch: "You know, a Stanley Crouch may say something you think is preposterous, but he has earned the right to say it, if for no other reason than because he has lived his whole life inside this music. He has spent more time in clubs than almost anybody else I know. If this is a conclusion that he comes to, he has the right to say it, and you have to give him respect even as you disagree. I don't feel that way about some guy who owns eleven records and once went to a show at the Village Vanguard. I am just not that interested." Fine - Crouch has a point of view and deserves some respect. But to base that respect on the fact he's been a long-time barfly in New York? Come on! And while it may be unfair and just plain mischief-making, some of what I've read (quite a lot actually) implies Crouch is very much about being seen in these places rather than seeing/hearing what's going on. To base someone's critical status on the number of gigs they've seen is a crock unless you also factor in the diveristy of music involved and the geographical spread. Giddins on "DIY reviews" and jazz sites: "There used to be a magazine that did that. I think it was called Different Drummer. It was inexpensive looking, all white with black print, and very little art work as I recall - all amateur stuff. I hated it! Criticism isn't an amateur pursuit, it's a serious craft, sometimes raised to an art. Don't get me wrong, I'm very interested in opinions - I get letters all the time from readers who know a lot more than I do - but criticism goes beyond opinion. It's a literary, not a musical pursuit, and something you have to work at." OK, there are a lot of "I really dig this" comments here and at other jazz boards - but I like and need that sometimes, too. Sadly, the inference that comes across is that fans should heed the words of the masters and stick to their shallow "me me me" warbling, which can never ever be of the same standard as true "jazz criticism". Well excuse me, Gary. But the truth is there's plenty of people on this board and others (I'll count myself out here) who are every but as erudite and eloquent as you. People who may be amateurs, but who nonetheless write with passion. Who treat it as a "serious craft"; who often raise it to "art"; who put it in cultural, social and musical perspective that "goes beyond opinion". And yes, they work at it - hard.

Beano! Yech - sounds like liquid smoke or some such. Actually, the bean side effects don't really bother me, but I'd avoid them if I could. Garlic? I remember back in my long gone boyhood days in (culinary bleak) deep south New Zealand - days when garlic was as exotic as hell and you could definitely tell who'd been chomping on it. These days, in multicultural multiculinary Melbourne, I reckon just about everybody eats garlic every day, so it's the norm.

I bought a bag of beans on Monday - cute little thingies about 1/3 the size of a kidney bean. They were called American beans - something I've never seen before. I soaked about a cup and a 1/2 overnight. Next day I browned off a chorizo sausage. Then in the the sausage fat and a little olive oil I sauteed for a while some onions-garlic-carrot-celery. Then I threw in the beans, the sausage pieces, salt and papper, parsley, a couple of bay leaves, chicken stock. A few hours later the result was an outstanding, (even if I do say so myself) rustic, hearty soup/stew. Just great with crusty bread. But the aftermath was still, er, rather gaseous. And believe me - these beans WERE cooked. Any more time on the stove and the whole lot would have become mush. So what's the score here? I don't cook legumes all that often, but I do love 'em. Pretty healthy and certainly cheap. But is there no way of avoiding the side effects?