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I was mainly a lurker in the old BNBB. When it crashed, I joined AAJ and organissimo almost at the same time, but was a more frequent poster at AAJ for some months (don´t ask me why, I simply had to choose one!). Then, and basically because most of the posters whose knowledge I was more interested in, were hard core members here, I decided to change my main board (and the home page on my computer, be sure!). And that´s all for now! ...though I have recently discovered a couple of Spanish jazz forums (both of them quite interesting!), and though it´s much easier for me to post in Spanish than in this strange Shakespeare´s language... THIS WILL BE MY JAZZ CYBER-HOME FOREVER!

At last we got a good picture of you without clothes...

As far as beer was concerned it was cold turkey when I was around. Red wine - and some more - it was! I should have supposed... BTW: I´m still waiting for some recommendations on those Languedoc wines from you... Maybe I should start a wine thread here! (though during summer I reduce drastically my wine consuming, not having a good "cava" for it at home: I hate 30º Celsius red wines... )

BTW: do vocalists count here? If so, I´d go with Sheila Jordan....

Tete Montoliu has a very peculiar tone, very percussive. But I´m not sure if I would recognize him by his tone or, as John L said, for the phrasing and the notes he chose, played with "that" tone. I think Ben Webster is a good example of a very recognizable player with just one (well, maybe a few) notes, specially in his later years.

Rooster, welcome back! Couw has been holidaying and is now heading back home slowly. Saw him when he was in Paris. He did not look depressed to me Surely you left a long row of empty glasses of beer behind you...

... in the Nessa LP 12": N 13 ... but there´s also a LP on the Spanish Ensayo label (Ensayo LP 12": ENY-35) and it´s called "Soul´s nite out", as the CD reissue (Ensayo CD: ENY-CD-9774)

Another great for that disc. I´m currently listening to it and it´s a gem, IMHO. Lucky T plays soprano on 6 tracks and tenor on 4. I´d point out a beautiful version of "Body and soul" on soprano, and his originals. BTW: I have the 1999 Ensayo CD reissue:

Up!

I´m sure that, if my wife would ever know this, she would think you´re a very baaaaaaaaad influence! She hates me each time a big black box comes...

And again, thanks to all those who are contributing to this project! There are guys I didn´t even know, sending us mails with additional material (lists of releases, discographical data for broadcasts, private sessions, live dates...). THANK YOU!

You´re welcome! As I´m listening to it now, I will recommend another weakness of mine: "Blues for myself", a 1977 date recorded for the Spanish "Ensayo" label. It´s a wonderful trio date with Wyboris (d) and Peter (b), that shows Tete´s mastery in playing the blues. Oh, that "Blues for Llorach" really moves me....

12 new additions to my ever-growing Tete Montoliu collection (for a few of them I previously had a CDR but wanted to contribute to the Tete Montoliu estate ): -Momentos inolvidables de una vida 1965-1992 Fresh Sound Records (65-92). Bought this 2 CD compilation though I previously had almost, if not all, the material included, because it has a 24 booklet I needed to read for our discographical work (not that interesting at the end) and a complete list of releases (this was really interesting) -Songs for love Enja 1971 -Lush life SteepleChase 1971 -Boleros Ensayo 1975 -Temas brasileños Ensayo 1973 -Temas hispanoamericanos Ensayo 1973 -Tête à Tete SteepleChase 1976 -Live at the Keystone Corner Timeless 1979 -Catalonian fire SteepleChase 1974 -Soul´s nite out Ensayo 1970 (actually, this is a Lucky T date) -Charlie Mariano with the Tete Montoliu trio: It´s standard time vol.1 Fresh Sound Records 1989 (I hadn´t managed to get this one so far) -Tete Montoliu interpreta a Serrat Fresh Sound Records 1969 One more step in my completist Milky Way! (though I´m still very far from Gordokae...) Oh, and don´t ask me how much some of them did cost me!

For me it´s Johnny Hodges.

BIG THANX! (reply sent)

Charles: It´s hard to pick just a few recordings, but I´ll try to pick some: -for his solo recordings, you could start with the two volumes of the Boston Concert (released on SteepleChase) -in a trio format, among my favorites are the three volumes also released on SteepleChase called "Catalonian Nights" with John Heard and Tootie Heath -and as for his output as a sideman, I have a love affair with a date called "Gentle Ben" (Ensayo, 1972). Beautiful music with Ben Webster in the leader role, Tete, Peer Wyboris and Eric Peter.

Don´t give´em ideas...

Tete Montoliu - A Spanish treasure (Concord), via e-bay for a very reasonable price (including shipping): $6.99

And here´s one more I´ve found: 1952 Gay Crosse and His Good Humor Six James Robertson (tp) John Coltrane (as, ts) Gay Crosse (ts, vo) Charles Ross (p) John Latham (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Philadelphia, PA, January 19, 1952 GC1 Fat Sam from Birmingham Gotham 279 7GC1 Fat Sam from Birmingham (alt. take) Gotham 7279, Krazy Kat [E] KK 838 Bitter Sweet private tape 7GC2 - Gotham 7279, Rhino R2 71255 GC2 Bitter Sweet (alt. take) Gotham 279 Slow and East private tape No Better for You - * Gay Crosse Sextet (Gotham 279) * Fat Sam from Birmingham/Bittersweet / Gay Crosse (Gotham 7279) * Stompin' with Bill / various artists (Krazy Kat [E] KK 838) * The Last Giant / The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino R2 71255)

Perhaps some of these recordings are covered by the above posts, but are these reasonably easily available? I've never seen them anywhere, although I have come across the Rhino set (but didn't get it as I have all but the two early tracks). I´m afraid you won´t find any release for the first two: 1945 Jimmy Johnson Big Band Henry Beckett, Henry Glover, Mose Williams (tp) Miff Cooper, Gino Murray (tb) John Coltrane, Calvin Marshall (as) Benny Golson (ts) Ray Bryant (p) Tommy Bryant (b) Jimmy Johnson (d) Philadelphia, PA, middle 1945 unknown titles rejected U.S. Navy Band John Coltrane (cl, as) Hawaii, December, 1945-July, 1946 unknown titles rejected And for the rest, I don´t know about its availability, but here´s the discographical information: 1946 Dexter Culbertson's U.S. Navy Band Dexter Culbertson (tp) John Coltrane (as) Norman Poulshock (p) Willie Stader (b) Joe Theimer (d) Benny Thomas (vo, 1,4,5,7) Hawaii, July 13, 1946 1. Embraceable You 4 SP discs, not numberd 2. Ornithology - 3. Sweet Miss - 4. It's Only a Paper Moon - 5. Sweet Lorraine - 6. Koko 4 SP discs, not numberd, VideoArts Music [J] VAVJ 165 7. Now's the Time 4 SP discs, not numberd 8. Hot House 4 SP discs, not numberd, Rhino R2 71255 * Dexter Culbertson (4 SP discs, not numberd) * The World According to John Coltrane (VideoArts Music [J] VAVJ 165) * The Last Giant / The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino R2 71255) 1949 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Willie Cook, Don Slaughter, Elmon Wright (tp) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Matthew Gee, Charles Greenlee, Sam Hurt (tb) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (as) Paul Gonsalves, Jesse Powell (ts) Al Gibson (brs) John Acea (p) John Collins (g) Al McKibbon (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Tiny Irvin (vo) NYC, November 21, 1949 4316 Say When Capitol M 11059, Capitol [J] CR 8084 4317 Tally Ho - 4318 You Stole My Wife, You Horse Thief - 4319 I Can't Remember Capitol [J] CR 8084 * Strictly Be Bop / Dizzy Gillespie (Capitol M 11059) * Jazz of the Forties - Hot VS Cool / Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano (Capitol [J] CR 8084) 1950 Dizzy Gillespie and His Orchestra Willie Cook, Don Slaughter, Elmon Wright (tp) Dizzy Gillespie (tp, vo) Matthew Gee, Charles Greenlee, Sam Hurt (tb) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (as) Paul Gonsalves, Jesse Powell (ts) Al Gibson (brs) John Acea (p) Floyd Smith (g) Al McKibbon (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Carlos Duchesne (cga) Francisco Pozo (bgo) Joe Carroll, Tiny Irvin (vo) NYC, January 9, 1950 4330 Coast to Coast Capitol M 11059, Capitol [J] CR 8084 4331 Carambola Capitol [J] CR 8084 4332 Oo-La-La Capitol M 11059, Capitol [J] CR 8084 4333 Honeysuckle Rose Capitol [J] CR 8084 * Strictly Be Bop / Dizzy Gillespie (Capitol M 11059) * Jazz of the Forties - Hot VS Cool / Dizzy Gillespie, Lennie Tristano (Capitol [J] CR 8084) Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Dizzy Gillespie (tp) John Coltrane, Jimmy Heath (as) Milt Jackson (vib) Percy Heath (b) Charles `Specs' Wright (d) Chicago, IL, middle 1950 Nice Work If You Can Get It private tape A Night in Tunisia - Emanon - 1951 Dizzy Gillespie Sextet Dizzy Gillespie (tp) John Coltrane (as, ts) Milt Jackson (vib, p) Kenny Burrell (g) Percy Heath (b) Carl ``Kansas'' Fields (d) Fred Strong (vo) Detroit, MI, March 1, 1951 4010 We Love to Boogie Regent MG 6043, Savoy MG 12204, Rhino R2 71255 4015 Tin Tin Deo Dee Gee 3601, Savoy MG 12047 4020 Birks' Works - * School Days / Dizzy Gillespie (Regent MG 6043) * Dizzy Gillespie - Milt Jackson - Joe Carroll (Savoy MG 12204) * The Last Giant / The John Coltrane Anthology (Rhino R2 71255) * Tin Tin Deo/Birks' Works / Dizzy Gillespie (Dee Gee 3601) * The Champ / Dizzy Gillespie (Savoy MG 12047)

Wow, Mike, collaborating with you would be a pleasure!!! I´ll send you an email later. EDIT: message sent

And: JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, soprano, alto, tenor saxophones, percussion; Pharoah Sanders, alto, tenor saxophone, percussion; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums. Location: 'Sankei Hall' Tokyo Japan Date: 7/11/66 Engineer: Tokyo Broadcasting System Radio Technical Group a. "Afro-Blue" (M. Santamaria) 39:10 Imp(J) YB 8508/8509/8510 b. "Peace On Earth" (J. Coltrane) 26:15 Imp(J) YB 8508/8509/8510 more © . "Bass Introduction" (J. Garrison) 7:30 Imp(J) YB8508/8509/8510 more d. "Crescent" (J. Coltrane) 41:45 Imp (J) YB 8508/8509/8510 more e. "Leo" (J. Coltrane) :53 Imp(J) YB 8508/8509/8510 more 660722 JOHN COLTRANE QUINTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, soprano, alto, tenor saxophone, percussion; Pharoah Sanders, alto, tenor saxophone, percussion; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums. Location: 'Kosei-nenkin Hall' Tokyo Japan` Date: 7/22/66 Engineer: a. "Peace On Earth" (J. Coltrane) 26:04 Imp(J) IMR-9036C more b. "My Favorite Things" (R. Rodgers - O. Hammerstein) 56:14 Imp(J) IMR-9036C more c. "Meditations/Leo" (J. Coltrane) 45:31 Imp(J) IMR-9036C more NOTE:"Meditations" (660722c) refers to excerpts from that suite which introduce "Leo". NOTE:"Meditations" (660722c) refers to excerpts from that suite which introduce "Leo". (quoted from David Wild´s Wildplace)

And: JOHN COLTRANE QUARTET: Personnel: John Coltrane, alto or tenor saxophone; Alice Coltrane, piano; Jimmy Garrison, bass; Rashied Ali, drums. Location: Van Gelder Studios,Englewood Cliffs NJ Date: February 15, 1967 Engineer: Rudy Van Gelder a. "Sun Star" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 8:05 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 b. "Sun Star" (J. Coltrane) 6:05 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 c. "Stellar Regions" (J. Coltrane) 3:31 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 d. "Stellar Regions" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 4:37 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 e. "Configuration" (J. Coltrane) 4:01 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 f. "Iris" (J. Coltrane) 3:50 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 g. "Offering" (J. Coltrane) 8:20 Imp A9120; more h. "Seraphic Light" (J. Coltrane) 8:54 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 i. "Tranesonic" (AT) (J. Coltrane) 2:48 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 j. "Tranesonic" (J. Coltrane) 4:14 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 k. "Jimmy’s Mode" (J. Coltrane) 5:58 Imp (CD) IMPD-169 NOTE: John Coltrane plays alto saxophone on both takes of "Tranesonic". The composition "Stellar Regions" was recorded a week later (February 22, 1967) as part of the Interstellar Space duet session, under the title "Venus". Titles for the different compositions from this session (with the exception of "Offering") were provided by Alice Coltrane. "Expression" was originally credited to this session but was in fact not recorded at this date. See the notes for a discussion. (quoted from David Wild´s Wildplace)

-1945 sessions with Jimmy Johnson big band & US Navy Band (rejected at their time); -1946 sessions with Dexter Culbertson´s Navy Band -recordings with Dizzy Gillespie Orchestra (1949) and Sextet (1950) -Gene Ammons All Stars sessions on 1958?

Thanks to all for your help and support (and to those who are contributing by mail as well!). This is just a project. I´m very busy now (Basie website, tons of work at my job, family....), but by the end of September I´ve planned to start with all this stuff.