EKE BBB

Not a fan of Chick Corea here. Saw him live with Origin, some years ago (Auditorio de Madrid, by the end of the 90´s, I guess) and was very impressed by the overall sound of the group and by his playing. I remember it as a very good concert. Oh, but I was so much older then, I´m younger than that now Through the years I´ve picked a bunch of his albums, here and there, and I must recognize that I haven´t been impressed at all... not my kind of stuff... though the guy has been involved in many musical developments. The only disc I really dig is "Now he sings, now he sobs", a great trio date. And from your comments, I´m sure I would like "Tones for Joan´s bones - Inner Space" (I don´t have this one). But a classic such as RTF´s "Light as a feather" is so.... boring to me!!! That´s one of those classics you (I) can never get into! And what to say about "Friends" or "My Spanish heart"... I can´t stand those two discs. They rarely, very rarely, are pulled off my shelves. Maybe I should explore him a bit more...

Two for the price of one... GENE AND COZY ...and being a drummer, and only for your eyes , one more:

PUD BROWN... ...and his sticks in Pirate´s Alley

(blushed roboticon EKE) I searched through many New Orleans / Brass Bands sites, did some Google research and found many pictures of early (very early) NO Brass Bands, but not THE NO Brass Band with Black Benny

Help required! Couldn´t find a single photo of BLACK BENNY!!!

I was about to start a new thread on TENOR/FALLEN ANGELS disc, which I have been listening to during the last week on my car stereo... but I found this thread and thought this was the place to post it: My thoughts on this CD oscillate BETWEEN: "what the fuck is this guy playing?", "this is what my two years old child would do with a tenor sax" or "is this guy playing a chain saw?" AND "hey, I should listen to this kind of stuff much more, laying aside my Duke-addiction", "this is some of the wildest discs I´ve ever listened to" or "free jazz to the people!" I´ve read Jim Sangrey´s post and he has answered some of my questions, but I would appreciate any further thoughts on this disc, or on this kind of stuff... as I´m not much into what I call "NMON-jazz" (No Melody, Only Noise jazz)

Not that I´m an expert in "Young lions"... (quite the opposite). Not that I dare criticize or praise Payton, Hargrove, Pelt, Blanchard or even Marsalis, but I really dig "Gumbo noveau" and "Fingerpaintings" (mentioned above), and some of his earlier work with Elvin Jones, such as "Youngblood". Guess he´s too "classical" for some of our members

"Count" me in!

DIZ DISLEY Diz Disley, Nic Jones, Phil Beer (Norwich Festival)

Ditto!!!

J.C. HEARD

MUTT CAREY

Mercer´s book is an interesting one. He shows mixed feelings, IMHO: on the one hand he had a total admiration and respect for his father; on the other, he had wounds regarding the attitude Duke had with him.

PEANUTS HUCKO

OK. That was Tete´s photo . Now here´s Tootie in the spotlight

Yeah, Tootie! Great drummer, who was part of Tete Montoliu´s trio and recorded in some of the most outstanding Tete discs, basically for Steeplechase. TOOTIE HEATH Ferdinand Povel, Tete Montoliu, Albert "Tootie" Heath, Henk Haverhoek

Old Jimmie Rushing in the frontline...

Count Basie, Ray Bauduc, Herschel Evans, and Bob Haggart, Howard Theater, Washington, D.C., ca. 1941 (from Gottlieb´s website)

Count Basie, Aquarium, New York, N.Y., between 1946 and 1948 (from Gottlieb´s website)

We have a Lester Young thread (thanks, ubu!) but, after some research, I didn´t find any "general" thread on this jazz giant, COUNT BASIE... and I couldn´t stand it! Just to start, I´ll resume my feelings on this matter: -the OLD TESTAMENT BAND IS THE SWINGIN´EST BAND EVER -the NEW TESTAMENT BAND IS ONE OF THE SWINGIN´EST BAND EVER His organizations (the big band and the small combos) were a "who is who" in jazz. I´m amazed the incredible ammount of wonderful musicians that went in and out his band through the years. And I really dig his work as a pianist, his skeleton and swingin´ style. A true giant. God bless him!

ZIGGY ELMAN

PAPA CELESTIN Original Tuxedo Jazz Orchestra: (Left to Right) Bill Matthews, Guy Kelly, Papa Celestin, Jeanette Salvant, Narvin Kimball, Joe Lawrence, Chinee Foster, Joe Rouzon, Simon Marrero, Clarence Hall

Stay round here, PD, and not only lurking!

BUDDY DE FRANCO

Now my Sam Rivers set is on its way to Madrid! B)