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Just a little heads up for you guys...
The Charles Tolliver Big Band will be at the Jazz Standard in New York this week
October 19-23
Charles Tolliver - trumpet
Todd Bashore- alto sax
Billy Harper - tenor sax
Craig Handy - alto & tenor sax
Bill Saxton - tenor sax
Howard Johnson - baritone sax
Chris Albert - trumpet
David Guy - trumpet
David Weiss - trumpet
Keyon Harrold - trumpet
Clark Gayton- trombone
Joe Fiedler - trombone
Aaron Johnson - trombone
John Hicks - piano
Cecil McBee - bass
Greg Hutchinson - drums
Hope you can make it, it really is an incredible experience and as I've probably said a million times by now, one of the heaviest, most intense projects I've ever been involved in.
I sure wish I could be there for that one... I've been diggin' Charles Tolliver since the mid 70's when he did all those cookin' Music Inc sides for Strata East records..
Jimmy Hopps was the drummer back then and man did he swing hard! The piano player was Stanley Cowell, and the bass player was Cecil McBee...
Soon to be re-released in a Mosaic Select set!
My Tolliver Mosaic arrived in the mail today. Contains the cuts from the original Live at Slugs albums, the original Live in Tokyo set, and three extra cuts from each. The Slugs bonus cuts are On the Nile (13:33), Ruthie's Heart (18:46), and Repitition (8:51). The Tokyo bonus cuts are Impact (7:28), Our Second Father (20:15), and Earl's World (6:24).
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Khan Jamal still lives here and is active. He had around a half dozen gigs in the area this year. (Including a free one last week at the Kimmel Center.) He's also done some recording for CIMP. (Plug: see phillyjazz.Jazzmatazz.info.)
Walt Dickerson is living with his son in the suburbs. He's still practicing. I think he'd like to play. I've passed his name along, but he may not have found any place that meets his requirements.
Alan, thx for the info. I didn't know about the Kimmel center gig by Jamal. I'm way out of circulation at the moment, due to family needs. If you think of it, drop me an email if you see Jamal will be playing live again in the area.
Your wish is my command. Announced today:
Friday, October 21 | 8pm
SUNNY MURRAY FACTOR
with
Khan Jamal, vibraphone
Sabir Mateen, saxophone
Odean Pope, saxophone
Ed Crockett, bass
Sunny Murray, drums
Community Education Center (CEC) Theater, 3500 Lancaster Avenue | Philadelphia
$12 General Admission | All ages
Is there anyone who got to this concert and can report on it? We had family needs tonight, so I really couldn't go out.
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In 1971., Mal Waldron recorded an album with Gary Peacock and a Japanese drummer. The name of the album was 'First Encounter', and it was issued on Catalyst Records in the 70's. This is my favorite Waldron recording Does anyone know if this has been on CD, and who would own the master tapes? I know some of the Catalyst Records stuff (the Gary Bartz is the one I remember) has ended up on Japanese CD, and this recording (to my ears, anyways) was the crown of their catalog. Thanks for your help.
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Those have been listed as "coming soon" on that site for years!
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Am willing to trade for or purchase the following Mosaics:
Mingus, Blue Mitchell, Jackie Mclean and Woody Shaw. I have the Paul Chambers and Max Roach Mosaics to trade, and could someone tell me wich albums make up the Jackie Mclean Mosaic. Could also trade these box sets: Louis Armstrong's Hot Fives and Sevens on Proper, Lee Morgan Live at the Lighthouse.......Thanks
The McLean has 'It's Time','Action','Consequence','Right Now','Jacknife', and 'High Frequency', which is a '66 quartet date.
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Sure, in a state of confusion.
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Khan Jamal still lives here and is active. He had around a half dozen gigs in the area this year. (Including a free one last week at the Kimmel Center.) He's also done some recording for CIMP. (Plug: see phillyjazz.Jazzmatazz.info.)
Walt Dickerson is living with his son in the suburbs. He's still practicing. I think he'd like to play. I've passed his name along, but he may not have found any place that meets his requirements.
Alan, thx for the info. I didn't know about the Kimmel center gig by Jamal. I'm way out of circulation at the moment, due to family needs. If you think of it, drop me an email if you see Jamal will be playing live again in the area.
Your wish is my command. Announced today:
Friday, October 21 | 8pm
SUNNY MURRAY FACTOR
with
Khan Jamal, vibraphone
Sabir Mateen, saxophone
Odean Pope, saxophone
Ed Crockett, bass
Sunny Murray, drums
Community Education Center (CEC) Theater, 3500 Lancaster Avenue | Philadelphia
$12 General Admission | All ages
Thx Alan. Is that the site which was the Millcreek Jazz Center in the early 90's?
would love to make it, will be tough on such short notice, but maybe. By the way, how does one become a "groove master" or "veteran groover" or "dr. funkenstein" something similar, instead of just a "member" in this community?
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Eric Dolphy -- Magic
Art Farmer -- Meet the Jazztet
Max Roach -- Freedom Now Suite
George Russell -- Jazz in the Space Age
On the plus side, the Modern Jazz Quartet's "European Concert" is finally getting released on 11/15. I don't know if anybody else is excited about this, but I am.
Dolphy's 'Magic' was a 70's twofer reissue of Eric Dolphy - 'Far Cry' and Ron Carter 'Where'. Both of those titles have been available for many years as part of the OJC reissue series on Fantasy (now owned by Concord). You shouldn't have any problem finding them.
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Khan Jamal still lives here and is active. He had around a half dozen gigs in the area this year. (Including a free one last week at the Kimmel Center.) He's also done some recording for CIMP. (Plug: see phillyjazz.Jazzmatazz.info.)
Walt Dickerson is living with his son in the suburbs. He's still practicing. I think he'd like to play. I've passed his name along, but he may not have found any place that meets his requirements.
Alan, thx for the info. I didn't know about the Kimmel center gig by Jamal. I'm way out of circulation at the moment, due to family needs. If you think of it, drop me an email if you see Jamal will be playing live again in the area.
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Why would anyone possibly bother to reissue Biff Rose?
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felser,
I believe Walt Dickerson still lives in your area. Did you realize this? I would love to see him playing out again. I would travel great distances to be in the same room with his music.
I also think he's still in Philly. This is not a good city for live jazz at this point (it was good back in the 70's, but now, don't get me started. Very few live venues here now, and none seem to have pure agenda of presenting best talent, local or otherwise), and I've managed to go 30+ years without ever seeing Dickerson or Khan Jamal live here, even though both have lived here (don't know that Jamal still does). Dickerson is like 74 years old now, I'm not sure if he's still active. I'll note it on the board if I ever see Dickerson listed for playing live.
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Anyone know the status of master tapes for Walt Dickerson's 'Unity'? Originally on Audiofidelity. Any chance of seeing a CD issue? Would also like to see his 'Jazz Impressions of Lawrence of Arabia' on CD. Unbelievably underrated musician. I'm so glad his Prestige/New Jazz stuff came out on CD, and that the Steeplechase sets are available on CD.
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Yeah, Gravatt was (and supposedly still is) a mf on the drums ...
Lloyd McNeill - that this excellent flutist never got the recognition he would have deserved is, IMHO, one of the loudest crying shames in American Jazz. I remember hearing ASHA on AFN radio when it was released, and being enchanted right away. I got some of his LPs later, but regrettably not the first one. Now that would be a worthy subject for a Mosaic Select!!!
Is that compilation CD still available? I'd give something to hear that piece ASHA onec again ...
I got the CD from Dusty Groove many years ago on my first time to the site (that was an expensive visit!), but see no signs of it there, on Amazon, Half, or Ebay.
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Gravatt did the drumming (beautifully) on his early albums. Still my favorite Weather Report drummer, also.
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Lloyd McNeill was a Washington, DC based flute player who put out three incredibile albums in the early 70's, and then three more that were nearly as incredible in the late 70's-early 80's. He was also an award-winning photographer, if I remember. He wrote beautiful pieces, and I loved his stuff. I was thrilled when a 'best-of' CD came out in the late 90's and pretty much got my favorite tracks on it (especially his first recording of 'Aisha'). Does anyone know the state of his master tapes (I suspect he owns them outright) and if there is any chance of the albums being issued on CD? He did one, 'Tanner Suite', that I've never heard (I have the others on vinyl). do any of you have that? And AMG lists a '97 release by him called 'X.TEM.POR.E' that I've never heard of. Is anyone familiar with that? thx.
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My picks on Flying Dutchman, in addition to the Leon Thomas's. Gato Barbieri's 'El Pampero','The Third World','Bolivia',and 'Under Fire' are his best albums, with 'El Pampero' belonging on my desert island list. The Horace Tapscott is pretty fabulous, Arthur Blythe's recording debut. 'The Giant is Awakened' was the name of it. If I could only own one Tapscott album or one Blythe album, that would be the one. 'Swiss Suite' by Oliver Nelson contains an amazing solo by Gato Barbieri on the 27 minute title track. I agree with the previous post about 'Barefoot Boy', maybe my favorite Coryell (I also like 'Offering' a lot). And Gil Scott-Heron's 'Pieces of a Man' is incredible, if not exactly jazz.
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Not sure the Uptown fits the timeframe, but it gets my vote as well, with a close second for the Monk/Trane. I think the Diz/Bird is a more significant find, though, personally.
The Mosaic Select Tolliver will get my vote.
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While Fantasy reissued just about everything I could imagine from the Prestige (except Azar Lawrence's first two albums) and Contemporary labels (granted, I'm not all that familiar with the Contemporary catalog, and they are still missing Rumasuma by Sonny Simmons), there is a fair number of decent curiosities on Riverside they never got to, and a LOT of stuff on Milestone that would seem like it should obviously be on CD but isn't (Gary Bartz - Home, McCoy Tyner - Horizon and 13th House, etc. etc.). Any ideas on why the Milestone catalog has been so underutilized? And does anyone know what Concord's plans are for the catalogs they inherited from Fantasy (bet that's already been discussed here before my time - can any just summarize for me?). thx.
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I was very happy a couple of years ago when most of the Leon Thomas Flying Dutchman titles came out on CD (nice job on those reissues), especially 'Live in Berlin' with Oliver Nelson. It seemed strange to me at the time that 'The Leon Thomas Album' was not reissued then, and to my knowledge it still hasn't been. Anyone know what the problem is there? Have they lost the master tape or something? Related question(s). There is a Leon Thomas album on the Mega label, 'Gold Sunrise on Magic Mountain', which I believe was live at Montreux, 1971. I've never heard it - is it any good? Any ideas why it isn't on CD? The only other item I'm aware of on the Mega label is Larry Coryell's 'Fairyland', which I believe was also live at Montreux 1971, and which I believe also has never been out on CD. Any knowledge on it? I assume Mega was a subsidiary of Flying Dutchman? Interestingly, while the Thomas and Coryell recordings from Montreux '71 were on Mega, Gato Barbieri's 'El Pampero' (a GREAT album, to me his masterpiece), I believe from the same festival, was on Flying Dutchman proper, and has been reissued on CD (thankfully!), also a real nice job. Any thoughts on 'The Leon Thomas Album' and the Mega stuff? thx.
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I can't wait for the Tolliver Mosaic Select set. I cut my teeth on the Tolliver Live at Slugs material in the early 70's, and it remains a landmark for me. Very happy that the Tollivers and a few other choice Strata-East titles (Clifford Jordan - Glass Bead Games, Billy Harper - Capra Black, Pharoah Sanders - Izipho Zam) have made it onto CD, but have a few titles that I have never seen on CD that I am pining for: Clifford Jordan - In the World, Sonny Fortune - Long Before Our Mothers Cried, Charles Sullivan - Genesis, the 2LP set by Mtume, and the Ron Burton - The Waterbearers, Jazz Contemporaries - Reasons in Tonality (advanced blowing session with C. Jordan, G.Coleman, and J.Watkins as the horns!), Shirley Scott - One For Me (best album she ever did by a mile IMO), and Harold Vick - Don't Look Back come to mind right off. I know that Strata-East was run as a collective, as designed by Tolliver and Cowell. Unclear who owns the masters on these. Does anyone know anything about the prospects of these being reissued on CD? And what about the Charles Tolliver All-Stars session with Bartz, Hancock, Ron Carter, and Joe Chambers? Surprised that one hasn't seen the light of day on CD. Also, Tolliver's website for a long time has shown a CD called 'In the Trenches' which I don't think has ever been released. Any info or thoughts appreciated.
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Your mention of Curtis Counce makes me think you have confused Frankie Dunlop with Frank Butler.
Mike
You're right. I need to go to bed.
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I'm a fan of Frankie Dunlop with Monk - and most every other place I've heard him too. One thing I like about him is his approach to soloing, which is very much about melodic reference. I love Blakey with Monk, more for the groove because a Blakey solo is about Blakeyisms, not about the tune. I was definitely impressed with the Shadow Wilson on the new issue - would love to hear more of that. Ben Riley - totally agree that he's the most boring of the lot.
Mike
But I LOVE Blakeyism's! Gimme that rim shot! Monk's Music was one of the first jazz albums I owned, and to me Blakey is great on that. More than anything else, Blakey's drumming is the sound of jazz to me. Have more recordings by the Jazz Messengers than by anyone else. Saw him live for the first time in the 80's. Free concert in Wilmington, DE. Benny Green's first gig with the band. He was very nervous first solo, but then let it fly on Moanin'. Philip Harper, who I had never heard of until that night, was on fire the whole evening. And Blakey gave a great little speech at the end of the show, that I still remember, asking people to get out and support jazz. He said it was "A gift from the Creator, through us, to you". I like Dunlap OK with Monk, like him much better with Curtis Counce. Shadow Wilson and Ben Riley work well with Monk also for me, better than Dunlap IMO. I love Blakey with anyone. Max Roach was pretty great on Brilliant Corners, and Art Taylor was fine on 5 by Monk by 5. Not surprisingly, Monk never found his Elvin Jones or Tony Williams.
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And, as always, no cover and no minimum! BTW, my magic moment of live music was Keystone Korner in San Fran in, I think, September 1976. Triple bill. Opening act, Bobby Hutcherson quintet. Second act, Max Roach quartet with the great Billy Harper and Reggie Workman, show closer, Dexter Gordon quintet, Dex had just returned from Europe. Only time I was ever there. Great club. What a night! Cover was reasonable (don't remember price),and I was able to do the minimum with a slightly overpriced coca cola or two.
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I agree with the above statements - I tend to reach for the Smith's with the horn players and the live sets. Smith also recorded too many albums in too short of time for them to all be meaningful (when's the last time anyone here listened to Jimmy Smith Plays Fats Waller for more than the first time? How often do any of us play Movin' Along?) , though that wouldn't apply to this one, since it was his first. I picked up the 2 CD set for historical purposes, but have only listened to it once.
Monk/Coltrane, Jazz Piano Trios, Tolliver pages up
in Mosaic and other box sets...
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I received the Tolliver from Mosaic on Friday.