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Alan: Sent you an e-mail with my order yesterday. Regards, Agustín

FYI Further recommendations on Chano Domínguez: Imán (2000, Nuba Records) Hecho a mano(1996, Nuba Records) 10 de Paco(1995, Nuevos Medios?)

Be sure I´ll buy one copy for each of my friends.... though they don´t like jazz

Exactly my thoughts!

Thanks for the recommendations! I will be looking for "Footloose" and "Not two not one".

I don´t know if it´s still available, brownie. I´m afraid it isn´t, as some amazon and google research doesn´t bring any results. But I could help, if any of you is happy enough with a CD-R of it! Yup, a CD-R would be just fine with me So, let´s change the usual Zurich-Belgrade-Madrid route for a much more direct Madrid-Zurich this time! B)

Just ordered Ornette´s OOP Blue Note "Love call" from a member of this forum.

There´s a new McCoy Tyner CD on Telarc, released on June 22: "Illuminations". Gary Bartz, Terence Blanchard, Christian McBride and Lewis Nash on board. Not a bad team at all! Any comments? PS: sorry if this has been discussed before: the search function doesn´t work now!

Same here!

Same here!

I have this on the Swingtime ST 1004 LP Coleman Hawkins Vol. 1 (there never was a Vol. 2), which says "probably Los Angeles, early 1945". I don´t have my copy here, but I believe it says something like "...the exact recording date remains unknown, but it´s supposed to be recorded about two years before he recorded his famous "Picasso" for Norman Granz..." And regretfully I don´t have any Coleman Hawkins discography/sessionography. Is there any available?

Have you noticed who´s on drums? B) That critic (and former drummer) who is almost as hated as the trumpet player that irritates so much so many people around here... Please, let's not discuss this right now! I have already commited a major sin today by praising a Wynton Marsalis on another thread. One major sin a day is more than I can already take

I don´t know if it´s still available, brownie. I´m afraid it isn´t, as some amazon and google research doesn´t bring any results. But I could help, if any of you is happy enough with a CD-R of it!

As I only have two Paul Bley CDs (this one and a volume of the Bley-Giuffre-Swallow trio), I´m opened to any further recommendations!

I think this two volumes Copenhaguen concert it´s OOP, but I´m not sure.

Here´s the link for his website: www.chanodominguez.com/ ...but it seems that it´s no longer working!

Have you noticed who´s on drums? B) That critic (and former drummer) who is almost as hated as the trumpet player that irritates so much so many people around here...

You got it, Flurin!

Bolling, not Boland.

And now let´s head for the bonus disc: BFT #13, BONUS DISC 1.- ORIGINAL DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND Dixie Jass Band one-step (Nick LaRocca/J. Russel Robinson/George Crandall/Joe Jordan) The first jazz recordings 1917-1921 Timeless, 1917 Nick LaRocca (cnt); Eddie Edwards (tb); Larry Shields (cl); Henry Ragas (p); Tony Sbarbaro (d) That´s where it all began, as far as recorded jazz is concerned. Side B of the first jazz release ("Livery Stable blues" on side A). This CD is a very good compilation on Timeless, superbly remastered by the now defunct JRT Davies. I know this is placed way before the medium organissimo member favorite era, but I must tell you "there´s life before bebop" or "life goes beyond hardbop" http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ajm6gtr6wkl1x 2.- JOHN LEWIS Body & soul (Johnny Green/Robert Sour/Edward Heyman/Frank Eyton) The wonderful world of jazz Atlantic, 1960 John Lewis (p); Herb Pomeroy (tp); Paul Gonsalves (ts); Jim Hall (g); George Duvivier ( b ); Connie Kay (d) Another tribute to Ellingtonia, with that wonderful Paul Gonsalves´ long solo, one of my all-time favorites from him. A beautiful version of the classic. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A1zpyxdkb8ols 3.- MICHEL PETRUCCIANI Brazilian like (Michel Petrucciani) (arrangements by Bob Brookmeyer) Both worlds Dreyfus, 1997 Michel Petrucciani (p); Steve Gadd (d); Bob Brookmeyer (tb); Anthony Jackson ( b ); Flavio Boltro (tp); Stefano di Batista (sax) Some latin tingle here..... Nice arrangements by Brookmeyer. I thought somebody would nail it (if not for the piano player, only for the arranger). http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A2g27gjtr16ip 4.- COLEMAN HAWKINS Hawk´s variations (Part 1 & 2) (Coleman Hawkins) The Hollywood sessions. The entire story of a group Selmer / Ocium, 1945??? Coleman Hawkins (ts) More Bean: this is a rare recording that I didn´t know about until I bought this Ocium release. It is previous to Hawk´s "Picasso" tenor solo side (recorded for Norman Granz), but its exact recording date remains unknown, AFAIK. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ac26ibk09aakx 5.- PERICO SAMBEAT QUARTET Wonderful, wonderful (B. Raleigh/C. Edwards) Dual force. Recorded live at Ronnie Scott´s club Ronnie Scott´s Jazz House, 1993 Perico Sambeat (as); Steve Melling (p); Dave Green ( b ); Steven Keogh (d) Another good Spanish musician. He´s also been involved in the Flamenco-Jazz stuff, but I find his music to be much more eclectic, varying from some hard bop oriented discs, to much more modern-jazz sounds...... http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A21r67ul0o0jw 6.- DIZZY GILLESPIE & THE MITCHELL-RUFF DUO Woodyn´you (Dizzy Gillespie) Dizzy Gillespie & the Mitchell-Ruff duo Mainstream Records, 1971 Dizzy Gillespie (tp); Dwike Mitchell (p); Willie Ruff (b & french horn) Sincerely, I bought this disc a couple of years ago, without knowing who was Willie Ruff..... Late Dizzy but unmistakable it´s him. Many recognized the tune and Dizzy´s trumpet, BTW. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Alkjn7io8g71r 7.- ORNETTE COLEMAN QUARTET Song for Che (Ornette Coleman) Quartet 1971 Ornette Coleman (as, v & tp); Dewey Redman (ts, oboe); Charlie Haden ( b ); Ed Blackwell (d) Bootleg I got in the same Verve collection released in Spain above mentioned. It was, in fact, my first Ornette, and I haven´t really appreciated it since a few months ago, when I started to collect all his classic recordings (still haven´t got all of them, though). http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Abwv8b5p4psqh 8.- ROY ELDRIDGE (CHU BERRY & HIS LITTLE JAZZ ENSEMBLE) Forty six, West fifty two (Chu Berry) Heckler´s hop Commodore/Hep, 1939 Chu Berry (ts); Roy Eldridge (tp); Clyde Hart (p); Danny Barker (g); Artie Shapiro ( b ); Sid Catlett (d) BIG Little Jazz... My thumbs up for those who, not knowing the recording, discovered it was Chu Berry and for those who saw a Hawkish playing here! http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A5ldqoa9auij9 9.- BUCK CLAYTON ALL STARS Swinging along on Broadway (Buck Clayton) Copenhagen Concert Vol.1 Steeplechase, 1959 Buck Clayton (tp); Emmett Barry (tp); Earle Warren (as); Buddy Tate (ts); Dicky Wells (tb); Al Williams (p); Gene Ramey ( b ); Herbie Lovelle (d) My tribute to some Basie-ites. Not the best track in the disc, in my opinion, but my favorites featured Jimmy Rushing and thought it would have been a bit too obvious.... Anyway, swingin´ music! No Sweets Edison here, you see... http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A9t5h8qpbbtm4 10.- PAUL BLEY Turns (Carla Bley) Homage to Carla Owl, 1992 Paul Bley (p) Not among my favorite pianists: my list´s too long and he´s here, but there are many (I´d say too many) above him. Interesting recording, though. Two or three participants guessed it was Bley, but nobody dare mention the recording. 11.- CANAL STREET JAZZ BAND Original Dixieland one-step (Nick LaRocca/J. Russel Robinson/George Crandall/Joe Jordan) Album nº3. Directo en el Café Central (Madrid) Nuevos Medios, 1998 Robert Borde (ss, cl); Jim Kashishian (tb); Pepe Núñez (tp); Fernando Sobrino (p); Antonio Domínguez ( b ); Antonio Calero (d) I played tricky here: clearly, it´s the same tune as the first one on this bonus disc (though the name is slightly changed). Surprised that only mikeweil discovered it (or at least he was the only to post it). This is a Spanish group very habitual of the Madrid jazz clubs. My hommage to those local artists who give their life in every concert in those small scenarios in front a bunch of jazz lovers... and in front of a bunch of drinkers who don´t know and don´t care even who Louis Armstrong or Duke Ellington were. To them, my thumbs up!. BTW: I was expecting you would start guessing this was some New Orleans revival of the 40´s-50´s.... I took great delight in it! THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!

Well, it´s time to post the answers. I hope you have enjoyed this BFT, have discovered new music and musicians or, at least, have felt the need to take some old discs from your shelves! DISC 1, THE OFFICIAL BFT #13 1.- CLAUDE BOLLING BIG BAND Cotton tail (Duke Ellington) Jazz brunch. Live recording at the Meridien – Paris Columbia, 1985 Jacques "Kako" Bessot (tp); Maurice Thomas (tp); Jean-Claude Verstraete (tp); André Paquinet (tb); Charles Verstraete (tb); Emile Vilain (tb) ; Jean Eteve (as); Pierre Schirrer (ts, ss) ; Dominique Vernhes (ts) ; Claude Tissendier (bs, cl) ; Claude Bolling (p); Pierre-Yves Sorin ( b ); Vincent Cordelette (d) My BFT had to start with a Duke Ellington song. I bought this disc in a trip to Paris a few years ago, and have enjoyed it ever since. The whole disc is fantastic, full of swing and with very good arrangements and solos. Any further recommendations for Claude Bolling? brownie? (I also had "First class" with Stephane Grappelli and it´s another interesting one). Annette Lowman on some daring vocals, doing both vocalese (over the famous head line) and scat (right after this solo) on this track. Here´s here website: http://www.annettelowman.com/welcome.htm. She has also recorded with Archie Shepp, for instance. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Aqjjw7i28g75r 2.- ELVIN JONES Have you seen Elveen? (Nicholas Payton) Youngblood Enja, 1992 Nicholas Payton (tp); Joshua Redman (ts); Javon Jackson (ts); George Mraz ( b ); Elvin Jones (d) I had decided to include a Elvin Jones leaded side long before he passed away, but now I´m even happier with my decission. In a reduced scale, his Jazz Machine was as wonderful and long lived school for new players as Blakey´s Jazz Messengers. This is a great disc, probably my favorite of him (I haven´t got the Mosaic, I know I´m missing many great sessions), where the machine regenerated with a new sound. Payton, Redman & Jackson, three Young Lions roaring! As liner notes don´t mention solos order, could anybody whose tenor is playing each? I guess Javon Jackson´s is first, as he´s got a bigger tone. And this disc includes some of my favorite Nicholas Payton solos. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A8uaxqj1yojaa 3.- RENÉ THOMAS L'imbécile (René Thomas) The real cat (Jazz in Paris vol.16) Barclay LP 84 / Universal, 1954 André Ross (ts); René Urtreger (p); René Thomas (g); Jean-Marie Ingrand ( b ); Jean-Louis Viale (d) My discovery of this Belgian guitarist took place a few years ago with the other Jazz In Paris disc by his name ("Meeting Mr. Thomas") and was impressed by his very boppish playing. This CD combines two separate dates originally made for Barclay and Polydor. BTW: I still haven´t picked "Guitar groove", ubu ...but I know I should. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A6p9yxd7b3olg 4.- CLIFFORD BROWN (GIGI GRYCE - CLIFFORD BROWN SEXTET) Salute to the band box (Gigi Gryce) The complete Paris Sessions vol.2 Vogue / BMG France, 1953 Clifford Brown (tp); Gigi Gryce (as); Henri Renaud (p); Jimmy Gourley (g) ; Pierre Michelot ( b ); Jean-Louis Viale (d) Brownie... nuff said! http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A5pkzu3ejan6k 5.- J.J. JOHNSON Deak (J.J. Johnson) Pinnacles Fantasy / OJC, 1979 J.J. Johnson (tb); Oscar Brashear (tp); Joe Henderson (ts); Tommy Flanagan (p); Ron Carter ( b ); Billy Higgins (d) JJ was out of the scene for a seven years period, from 1970 to 1976. This is one of the albums he did after his comeback (this one for Milestone, a few others for Pablo). I´m not very fond of electric keyboards, electric bass or exotic percussion, so I shouldn´t like this CD because there´s plenty of them (Tommy Flannagan shows a big arsenal of electric keyboards in half of the selections). However, I find it very pleasant and it contains some good JJ, Oscar Brashear and Joe Henderson solos (not in "Dreak" for the later). http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ac098s31ya3zg 6.- DONALD LAMBERT Hallellujah (Vincent Youmans/Leon Robin/Clifford Grey) Recorded 1959-1961 Storyville, 1961 Donald Lambert (p) A very recommendable disc by one of the (sadly) most underrated and underrecorded stride pianists, Donald Lambert, the Lamb. From the very good Dick Wellstood´s liner notes: "Hallelujah: this is Lambert´s major effort on this record. After playing the verse, which is pretty even if it goes on a bit, Lambert plays nine choruses as follows: (1) he states the melody with no attempt at fancy harmonies (2) here comes the Jersey Rocket again, with his tricky bass line and some fancy reharmonization. How clean Lambert could play on good days! (3) now we get syncopations in the bass and some tricky phrasing. Notice how the bass carefully outlines the tonic triad just before the bridge (4) we change key for the interpolation of the Marine´s Hymn. Wonder who was in the house that night (5) we play a chorus similar in feeling to #2. After the bridge Lambert adds what I like to think of as a drunker waterfall (6) after a fancy bridge, he closes with swinging "shout" figures in the right hand, and one would expect him to end there, but he doesn´t (7) and now the Mexican brass make their appearance; and the waterfall again (8) the waterfall keeps up good-naturedly and gets Lambert a little fuddled, so that he goes to the bridge eight bars too son. But no one cared that night, and I don´t care now (9) more shout figures, a fancy bridge, and some Walleresque wallpaper to close. What a lovely rich way to play the piano. It has been lost to us, probably in accordance with the operation of Wellstood´s law, which is that we get what we deserve..." http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A68rv284l054a 7.- PAOLO FRESU Que reste t´il de nos amours (Charles Trenet) Mèlos BMG France, 2000 Paolo Fresu (tp); Roberto Cipelli (p); Attilio Zanchi ( b ); Ettore Fioravanti (d) This prolific Italian trumpet player came out of Enrico Rava´s Sienna Summer Jazz Seminars. I find his style highly indebted to 50s Miles (as most of the participants, now I see... ). He has mantained a very stable quintet since more than fifteen years ago: tenor and soprano saxophonist Tino Tracanna, pianist Roberto Cipelli, bassist Attilo Zanchi and drummer Ettore Fioravanti. This 2000 release is not one of his most known CDs, such as Mamut, Ballads or Ensalada Mistica. ""Que reste t´il de nos amours" shows him with the rhythm section alone. Another European musician to follow. couw, tell us why you hate Fresu. 8.- EDDIE LOCKJAW DAVIS - BUDDY TATE - COLEMAN HAWKINS - ARNETT COBB Lester leaps in (Lester Young) Very saxy Prestige / OJC, 1959 Eddie Lockjaw Davis (ts); Coleman Hawkins (ts); Arnett Cobb (ts); Buddy Tate (ts); Shirley Scott (org); George Duvivier ( b ); Arthur Edgehill (d) A more than highly recommendable blowin´ session. Not a tenor contest or a battle of saxes, by any means. As the liner notes state "when four veterans like Hawk (55 at the time), Tate (49), Davis (38) or Cobb (41) get together, no longer young bucks who have to promote themselves, they still like to assert their musical masculinity. It is like four old friends in their shirtsleeves or T-shirts, having and old fashioned bull session over beer and pretzels or an equivalent. There is talk of old times, back-slapping, head-shaking, low humor and high hilarity. Troubles of the present are forgotten temporarily as old bonds are reweaved". The order of the solos is (surely many of you have already identified them): Davis, Cobb, Tate, Hawkins (followed by four bar exchanges in same order). In fact this is a Lockjaw Davis Quartet date, with bassist George Duvivier, drummer Arthur Edgehill, and organist Shirley Scott (whose Hammond gives a groovy background for the reeds). http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=A0vdaylm8xpsb 9.- JOHNNY DODDS - SIPPIE WALLACE I´m a might tight woman (Thomas) Blue clarinet stomp Victor / Frog, 1929 Natty Dominique (cnt); Johnny Dodds (cl); Honore Dutrey (tb); Sippie Wallace (p, voc) My intention was to include some early NO clarinetist and some early female blues vocalist, avoiding more obvious and easily recognizable choices as Bessie -well, now I see Bessie was not so recognizable -. It was easy to pick a song with both, as many, many early blues sides are fulfilled with top-notch jazz instrumentalists. Not one of the most outstanding or recognizable Dodds works, but a nice track, featuring other two NO heroes, Natty Dominique and Honore Dutrey. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ant2ibks9hakc 10.- CHANO DOMÍNGUEZ Alma de mujer (Chano Domínguez) En directo. Piano solo Nuba Records, 1997 Chano Domínguez (p) I wanted you to discover this Spanish pianist, one of the piers (another one´s Jorge Pardo) of the so-called Spanish Jazz-Flamenco movement. He is a very capable player, highly technically skilled and Monk-influenced, in spite of some mannerisms and gimmicks when playing live (I´ve seen him playing solo or in small ensembles four times). If you can find it, this double CD of solo piano is a great choice to start, as it´s not as Flamenco oriented as other releases and it doesn´t include any Flamenco chant or clapping. "Alma de mujer" a song "por colombianas" is evocative of his Spanish cultural background. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ay3ke4j475wa4 11.- ROY HARGROVE QUINTET Valse hot (Sonny Rollins) With the tenors of our time Verve, 1994 Roy Hargrove (tp); Brandford Marsalis (ts); Ron Blake (ts); Cyrus Chestnut (p); Rodney Whitaker ( b ); Gregory Hutchinson (d) Probably my favorite Sonny Rollins composition. This disc was part of a 100 CDs collection that Verve and Time Life put out in Spain a few years ago, with original discs and covers, including some rare and even to my knowledge OOP discs. My first release leaded by a Young Lion, as well: Roy Hargrove quintet with Blake, Chestnut, Whitaker and Hutchinson. I discovered who Brandford Marsalis, Roy, Ron Blake and Cyrus Chestnut were here. The rest of the tracks also include Johnny Griffin, Joe Henderson, Joshua Redman and Stanley Turrentine. Sorry to hear many listeners didn´t like the track, as it´s an old fav o´mine. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ay69as36ua3mg 12.- DAVID MURRAY AND THE LOW CLASS CONSPIRACY Flowers for Albert (David Murray) Flowers for Albert West Wind, 1977 David Murray (ts); Don Pullen (p); Butch Morris (cnt); Fred Hopkins ( b ); Stanley Crouch (d) This music was recorded on August 18, 1977 at the Bimhuis, Amsterdam. This CD, released on 1990, consists of the material on the DAVID MURRAY AND LOW CLASS CONSPIRACY LIVE vols. 1 & 2 LP volumes, with ""Dewey's Circle"" omitted. It has no connection with the earlier issued album of the same name. The eight notes melodic line, repeated ad nauseam with horns almost out of tune, may perforate your brain till you shout ""Stop!"" and it does, as it´s a very short track. Cover: http://members.tripod.com/go54321/dm/ww2039.jpg 13.- GEORGE SHEARING QUINTET WITH NANCY WILSON The things we did last summer (Cahn/Styne) The swingin´s mutual Capitol, 1960 Nancy Wilson (voc); George Shearing (p); Warren Chaisson (vib); Dick Garcia (g); Ralph Pena ( b ); Vernell Fournier (d); Armando Peraza (per) Guessed it would be easily nailed (and it has been!!!) as I think it has been recently reissued. Nice vocals and a great pianist, somehow neglected due to his more commercial side. But a guy who composed "Lullaby of Birdland" (one of my all-time favorites, just listen to THE VERSION with Clifford Brown and Sarah Vaughan) deserved to be included here! http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Axev8b5p4bsqf 14.- ERSKINE HAWKINS AND HIS ORCHESTRA Tuxedo junction (Bill Johnson/Julian Dash/Erskine Hawkins) 1938-1945: The original Tuxedo Junction RCA-Bluebird, 1939 Erskine Hawkins (tp); Sam Lowe (tp); Wilbur Bascomb (tp); Marcellus Green (tp); Edward Sims (tb); Robert Range (tb); William Johnson (as); Jimmy Mitchelle (as); Julian Dash (ts); Heywood Henry (cl, bs); Avery Parrish (p); William McLemore (g); Leemie Stanfield ( b ); James Morrison (d) Another tribute to bing bands, in concrete to a lesser-known orchestra. Despite creating three significative hits, all three included in this disc (Tuxedo Junction, After hours and Tippin´ in), the Erskine Hawkins Orchestra never received more than an aside comment in jazz books. Maybe this is because they played almost entirely for black audiencies. So, although the band was highly popular with that following, it simply did not generate anything like the publicity given to comparable white groups. Yet for nearly a decade it suceeded Chick Webb´s band as the favorite at Savoy Ballroom. Tuxedo junction was named for a street-car terminal near a dance pavillion where young EH had made on of his first public appearances on trumpet. Put together in an oral arrangement by Hawkins and saxophonists Dash and Johnson, it was a great hit with dancers (and even more when Glenn Miller did his copycat version the following year). Introduced and concluded by EH, it features Bill Johnson on alto, Heywood Henry on clarinet and Dud Bascomb on a memorable chorus (Bascomb´s inventive and lyrical style impressed many other trumpeters among them reputedly Dizzy and Clifford) this track became the band´s theme and opening track in concerts. So, it should have been the first in the disc and not the last one, but again, I wanted to start this BFT with EKE! http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Agr4zeflk7gfo THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!

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Another free jazz batch. This time, more Cecil Taylor. At last I have a "decent" collection of his pre-1966 output. -Nefertiti, the beautiful one has come -Dark unto themselves -Silent tongues -Cecil Taylor Unit From amazon marketplace, some new, some used.

GO AND GET IT WHILE YOU CAN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!