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So, will my screen name be changed into b3-er? Hmmm, not sure... I think your guess on #6 is too far off. You won't, for this reason, be allowed to use the handle "EKE BBB" any longer. I say we shorten it to BBB, assuming you'd nail any tune from that composition correctly - if this is proven wrong, you'll be renamed... well, nothing would remain, nothing at all, then... I was not very sure on the Eastbourne thing. I haven´t heard it for a while, and the tune and even the atmosphere I remembered WAS at this #6. But was not sure at all on the vocalist (Money Johnson on the Eastbourne performance). Assuming it´s an Ellington-related track, give me a couple of days to see if I can nail it.... or wait for brownie to post his guesses! B-)

So, will my screen name be changed into b3-er?

"Sonnet for Caesar", that is! From "Such sweet thunder" suite, of course!

"Sonnet for Caesar", that is!

Not Swiss... English?

You got the first two McKinney Cotton Picker´s Frogs? If not, that could be your next step!

1.- Revival band doing traditional brass band thing. Modern recording (I´d guess after 70´s). Tune should be recognized. 2.- Who joined Lionel Hampton in nineteen… shit??? 3.- “On the sunny side of the street”. First impression of this sweet alto would be Hodges, but no, definitely it´s not him. Vocalist = Satchmo imitator (he´s not that bad, I´d say). 4.- “Christopher Columbus”. 5.- Ellington composition… what on hell is the name? From one of his suites, I´d say. Hey, this is about imitators, ain´t it? Hamilton-like clarinet, but not Jimmy. 6.- “Basin street blues”. Gotta check it, but I think it´s from the Eastbourne concert, late, very late, in fact, last Ellington!!! But is this guy Money Johnson??? 7.- Who dares destroy Ellington´s masterpiece? “Mood Indigo”, that is. Nah, just joking, I find this version quite interesting and original. Mangelsdorff or Rudd on trombone??? 8.- Strayhorn´s “Blood count”. Nice and warm tenor. No idea who he is, though. 9.- Nice rendition (at a slower tempo) of “Ko-ko”. Two pianists, right? This disc is turning into an Ellingtonian binge, and that´s great! 10.- “Fly me to the moon”. Organ plus guitar. Tension grows through the piece to reach a wonderful peak. 11.- “Whisper not”. Nice, warm and unidentified –at least by me- tenor (again) 12.- “Body and soul”. Oh, this is about precious tenors now. Wonderful track, Flurin! 13.- Elvin Jones´s voice. Is it? I had the enormous luck to attend one of his concerts a few months before he died… and that´s how I remember his voice. 14.- “Ja-da” (Bob Carlton). I don´t have this version, but maybe I should recognize pianist and vocalist. And saxophonist? Nice compilation, Flurin. Though unexpectedly more Ducal than Royal…

Of course! I have the first five volumes, up to 1934. Except for several sides where Fats is accompanying some dubious female vocalists, the rest of the music is great!!!

Sure! I was lucky to collect them all, when most of them had already gone OOP (with thanks to some members of this forums). Another recommendation is the Storyville/Jazz Unlimited: The complete Associated Transcriptions (1935-39). A great collection of music. Unlike the RCA stuff, where selections were mostly imposed to Waller (and this means there are some really weird songs), in these transcriptions he´s supposed to have chosen all the material. And the playing and vocals are simply superb.

Today all my listening time is being dedicated to Charlie Parker: my own selections from the Savoy, Dial and Verve studio masters, and a few live tracks (Carnegie Hall 1947, Hi Hat, Storyville, JATP). Bird lives!

you gotta love her... B-)

Goin' to Kansas City: A History of Kansas City Jazz by Frank Driggs, Charles Haddix Hardcover: 320 pages Publisher: Oxford University Press (due out March 31, 2005) Editorial review:

Just curious on recordings out there with only bass and vocals. Off the top of my head I can only recall Sheila Jordan´s discs: -I´ve grown accustomed to the bass, on Highnote (with Cameron Brown) -Sheila Jordan & Arild Andersen, on Steeplechase -Old time feeling / The very thought of two / Songs from within (all three with Harvie Swartz) And then there´s that Dave Holland-Jeanne Lee duo (Mingus meditations) on the later´s "Natural affinities". Any more?

Has anyone already read it?

Track 18 Hey, Flurin, do you want us to identify voices? This one was easy, eh? The Duke in person thanks us for the wonderful way we´ve inspired them and tell us all the kids in the band have been raving about how beautiful we are B-)

A few more guesses (sorry for dropping them so scattered, but I´m picking here and there when I have time to listen properly and check my collection): Track 1: Late Frog (late 60´s or early 70´s probably) doing a favorite of his "Old folks". His tone of that era is simply wonderful, so breathy... [After some checking I realize it´s included in the same compilation I mentioned in my first post in this thread... oh, there was REAL jazz in Switzerland during those years ] Track 4 The father of tenor saxophone (as he was called), "I´m in the mood for love". Obviously previous to his famous version in the 40´s. I´d guess this was played during his European years (34-39), and the rest of the group is not at the same level. Correct me if I´m wrong, but the tone, the phrasing, the mood, everything in his playing is preceeding and somehow announcing what would came in 1939 (all that "En cuerpo y alma", I mean). After some checking: -this one´s not included in the Timeless release "CH in Europe" that covers about half of his recorded production of that era. -ooooops, THIS IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED COMPILATION. Geneva, 1936. Definitely, I ought to have that one !!! As for Tracks 2 and 4, I´d say it´s also Hawk (track 3 probably with Fletcher Henderson). [EDIT: obviously I mean "Tracks 2 and 3, I´d say...] More to come

Whichever decission Jim takes, the only thing I hope is that the political crap won´t be spilt through the rest of the forums. -_-

I used to have one of those. Is that all your hi-tech armaments? B-)

Really?

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Track 7 Hey, YOU and I love this girl!!! click here, you cheater Is she doing the Japanese thing?

Yep, saxophonist is not Hawk and trumpeter is not Howard McGhee, but...

Hi, Flurin! Just starting with disc 1. Nice openers! Sorry but, since you allowed us to do so, I couldn´t resist "playing the detective game". And it was quite easy for Track 5, obviously Coleman Hawkins´ "Mop mop". Just because of the instrumentation (ts, tp, vib, g, p, b, d), and "with a little help from my friend" (Lord, that is B-) ), I concluded Track 5 is included in this compilation: EDIT: link removed by kind request of our dear compiler By some Swiss Be Bop Team, and recorded on Basel, January 31, 1948. Among others, there´s a cheesy trumpet player, a couple of burgers for tenor sax and piano, and some Italian horse on guitar. Looking forward to listening to the rest of the disc. Cheers, Agustín

Got my discs on Friday. Can´t wait to hear them, Flurin. Thanks!

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