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Dick Hyman Plays Duke Ellington (Reference)

Bob Wilber & Friends - What Swing Is All About (Nagel-Heyer)

On the other hand, Solal's latest album Longitude (CamJazz, 2008) is a very good one. In a trio album with the Moutin brothers, he deeply explores the possibilities of the piano trios. As Dan Morgenstern points out in the liner notes "“There are few greater pleasures in a jazz lover's life than listening to the music of Martial Solal. At 80, Solal seems to find as much joy in the creation of his unique artistry and transmit just as much of a sense of discovery to the listener as ever in his long and brilliant career." I couldn't agree more with Dan, as I own 40+ Solal discs and I have yet to find one that I don't consider, at least, as quite good. With my own parameters, of course...

Just won a copy of this CD in a contest at Rollins website. http://sonnyrollins.com/contest.php Really looking forward to listening to that one soon!

Martial Solal Trio - Longitude (CamJazz)

Tonight: Clean Feed Night: FOUR CORNERS Adam Lane (b); Ken Vandermark (ts, bs, cl, bcl); Magnus Broo (tp); Paal Nilssen-Love (d)

Agreed, Flurin!

Yes, Harold, he looks very different from the covers where he wore a beard... and now he's a man in his eighties! BTW, Chris, many thanks for sharing all this material. Many familiar names in that International Voting Pannel... though funnily I've never been in touch with the Spanish member (Julio Martí)!

You can now order Ellington in London 1958, the 2 CDs set issued by the Ellington 2008 Conference people, with the concert at Gaumont State, October 25, 1958, previously available only as a double LP (limited edition from the Ellington '88 Conference). Ellington 2008 Conference website

Ellington in London 1958, 2 CDs issued from the Ellington 2008 Conference people, with the concert at Gaumont State, October 25, 1958.

And yet another, by David Schiff (The Atlantic Monthly, January 1995): >>>FULL ARTICLE<<<

Another one, this time written by Francis Davis and published in The Atlantic Monthly, August 1987: >>>FULL ARTICLE<<<

The Atlantic Online brings back an old article on Duke Ellington "the man", written by Irving Townsend and originally published in The Atlantic Monthly (1975): >>>FULL ARTICLE HERE<<<

On his "Thinking Big" disc for Arbors (1997) he plays clarinet and bass clarinet; C-melody, alto, tenor, baritone, soprano, bass and contrabass saxophones; theremin; and contrabass sarrusophone. Wonderful disc, BTW. And he is also a master playing valve trombone and trumpet!

George Lewis - Doctor Jazz (Good Time Jazz) George Lewis -The Beverly Caverns Sessions (Good Time Jazz) George Lewis & his New Orleans Stompers (Blue Note)

Some excerpts from my interview with stride pianist Bernd Lhotzky, published in Spanish on Tomajazz (October 2006), where he talks about James P. Johnson:

PM sent re: the three George Lewis discs.

Al Gore Al Grey Al Haig

As for John Chilton's Bechet biography, I still haven't read it, but his biographies of Coleman Hawkins, Henry Red Allen, Louis Armstrong and Billie Holiday are among my favorite jazz books, for sure!

I feel the same way about both Wilber and Kenny Davern. There's a certain packaged complacency about the way they use the pieces of the jazz past that attract them. That they're more "professional" players than a lot of revivalists somehow makes it more annoying. Couldn't disagree more, Larry. I find both Kenny Davern and Bob Wilber really wonderful players. Davern in his peeweerussellesque oddity and Wilber as a very complete musician. If I should pick one of them, I'd go for Davern, though. What are your thoughts on Ken Peplowski?

Bob Wilber's Bechet Legacy - The Hamburg Concert (Nagel-Heyer)

-Scott Hamilton - Organic Duke (Concord)

Barry Guy New Orchestra (with Evan Parker, Mats Gustafsson, Agustí Fernández, Herb Robertson...) at the XXVII Festival de Jazz San Juan Evangelista. Here's the really outstanding festival program:

-Scott Robinson - Thinking big (Arbors)

-Bob Wilber - Everywhere you go there's jazz (Arbors) -Allan Vaché & Antti Sarpila - Swing is here (Nagel-Heyer)