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Recording data for this one: Spiritualizing the Senses (Silveto SPR 102) Bobby Shew (tp) Eddie Harris, Ralph Moore (ts) Horace Silver (p) Bob Maize ( b ) Carl Burnett (d) vocals NYC, January 19, 1983 Smelling Our Attitude Seeing with Perception The Sensitive Touch Exercising Taste and Good Judgement Hearing and Understanding Moving Forward with Confidence Which song would it be?

Disc 2 I dedicated less time to this second disc. But here are some thoughts/guesses: 1.- No idea of what that kind of experimentation could be. Glad to hear something new, anyway. 3/5 2.- I don´t like the percussion. Sounds a bit tedious to me. No idea who could be. 3/5 3.- Marvin Gaye, no doubt! Which is this song? I did some research based on the lyrics, but couldn´t find anything! Beautiful. 4/5 4.- Interesting bass guitarist! Don´t know who he is, however. The piano is a bit minimalist, skeletal. Interesting, but not my cup of tea. 2,5/5 5.- This is a New Orleans revival disc (I´d say late 40´s, but because of the sound I would place it in the 50´s). Many players could fit this description: Bud Freeman (ts), Pee Wee Russell (cl), Kid Ory or Jack Teagarden on trombone (well, I don´t think they´re on this track). I like the trumpetist´s work. Could he be Billy Butterfield? Or Jimmy McPartland? The track title? Obviously “At the jazz band ball” (Edwards / LaRocca / Ragas / Sbarbaro / Shields this means the ODJB) I love this song. My favorite all time cover of this song is, of course, that one with the great Bix Beiderbecke!!! Definitely, THIS IS MY CUP OF TEA!!! 4,5/5 6.- Alto saxophonist with big band. No clue about them. The sound/arrangements of the orchestra are not familiar to me. Good, very good! 4/5 7.- Wonderful amalgam of horns playing together uptempo! But I have noooooooo idea of who could be! 4/5 8.- The swingingest band ever. Ladies and gentleman, salute the Count. Yeah, this is the Old Testament band. I must check my Basie collection to identify the song: first stage, eliminating small ensembles and big band with vocals (sorry old Rush…). Caviar, caviar… Maybe we´ll have to wait for my good friend mmilovan to post for identifying every piece of this song. I´m sure he will give us all we need (even the name of the third trumpeter´s grandmother or the beers the second trombonist had taken before this recording session) 5/5 9.- If this is not a pianoless trio date by Sonny Rollins, it´s near it and very influenced by Sonny. If it´s Sonny, I´d say this is from the 60´s better than from the 50´s. Good bass solo!!! 4,5/5 10.- Not my cup of tea (I´m and old-fashioned bastard, but hey, that´s me). 2/5 11.- Another unknown region for me. Couldn´t bring a guess at all! 3/5

MEAT In my first post, I included a link to a AMG review of a JB disc where this song is included: AMG review

He´s in my top five jazz pianists list for sure! His playing is deep, intimist, lyrical. Not many pyrotechnics, only those you need to express your feelings. It´s difficult to pick one album or one era. I love every recording by him that I have (many, many, too many I guess). If I had to choose I´d pick his Riverside recordings, EVERY RIVERSIDE DISC IS WORTH: New jazz conceptions, Everybody digs BE, Portrait in jazz, Explorations, Sunday at the Village Vanguard, Waltz for Debbie, How my heart sings!, Moonbeams, Interplay. I love his trio dates! (yes, Interplay is not a trio date, I know -Jim Hall and Freddie Hubbard are included- ). From his late recordings, I enjoy especially his solo dates.

First of all, thanks to Jim for bringing this music to us: varied, wide-opened music. I received the 2CD package yesterday (thanks, Tom) and I´ve only listened to disc 1 twice (repeating a few tracks)... it sounds great!!! I´ll try to bring some thoughts/guesses about Disc 1 without reading the previous posts: 1.- It´s a Monk tune I should recognize... or at least is a very monk-ish tune. First I thought it was "Ask me now" and then "Ruby my dear" but after checking previous versions... I think it´s not one of these two. I like the piano introduction -in fact, I thought this was a piano solo and then, after a few minutes.... the group comes and it sounds really good-. The tenor sax sounds familiar to me, but I can´t give any name. That tone (sharp, penetrating)... maybe some Texan tenor??? No idea about the trumpet player!!! 4,5/5 2.- No idea. Terrible fuzzing on that vinyl. But the music is good (really almost good ) 3/5 3.- Wonderful track. The rhythm section really cooks!!! Looks like a trumpeter date (no idea who this trumpeter may be… Woody Shaw??? Freddie Hubbard??? I don´t know) 4/5 4.- Big band stuff. Ought to be something from the 70´s???. Shocking electric guitar. 3/5 5.- The Godfather doin´ ballads. Here is the link to my guess: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Aeghe4j575waw (track 11 of that linked CD) 4/5 6.- Wonderful vocals with string arrangements (Nelson Riddle???). Rosemary Clooney is my guess. The track is “How will I remember you?” (Gross/Sigman). Could it be this one???: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ao1rj284u05na (track 122 of that linked box-set) 4/5 7.- I like the duet alto sax/piano. Steve Lacy??? (I really don´t think so). Another monk-ish tune. Yeah, it´s “Little Rootie Tootie” for sure! 3,5/5 8.- I´m a dummy regarding organ dates!!! But this sounds good. I like the sound of that tenor (I really dig him!!!) over the groovy sounds of the organ. To throw a couple of names: Sonny Rollins –more for the tone than for the phrasing- (did he ever recorded with organ???) or Charlie Rouse. Great theme!!! 4,5/5 9.- What on hell is this? No idea of the drummer not even of the singer!!! 2/5 10.- I think it´s a drummer of the older style (but WTF do I know about drummers? ). I´ve always been bored about drum solos, but this sounds OK to me. Baby Dodds? Zutty Singleton? 3/5 11.- I should say something about this track, because this is a kind of very oooooold stuff that I do like (call me old-fashioned if you want). This songs comes from late 10´s or early 20´s. The singer? I have this guy somewhere on my shelves but can´t throw in a name. 3,5/5 12.- Give “FREE”-dom to the people. This is “too free” for me. Who´s that guy screaming on trumpet? And that one crying “Yeah, yeah!!!!”??? No idea. AEC??? Or anybody from the AACM??? 2,5/5 13.- One of the most beautiful tracks on this disc. Big band sound (late 40´s???) somewhere between swing and bop (nearer swing, I guess). Who´s that tenor? Zoot Sims??? And I should know who´s that clarinetist… I know I should!!! (anyway I won´t bring an obvious name like Woody Herman) Superb music. Five thumbs up for this one!!! 5/5 14.- This is extracted directly from the Lester Young cavern (but it´s not Lester and if it´s Lester, it´s veeeery late Lester, because the phrasing is less fluid). Very Prezidential sax! My first choice would be Stan Getz (did he ever recorded with a guitar in the early 50´s? –I´ll check my shelves- ). Beautiful, very beautiful… but IF YOU CAN HEAR SOME LESTER YOUNG SOUNDS… IT´S ALWAYS BEAUTIFUL, SO BEAUTIFUL… Damn it, I´ll have to take a Lester Young ride one of these days!!! I owe it to him!!! BTW, the song is “Almost like being in love”, I guess… 5/5 15.- Yeah, a vibe date! This sounds (to these ears… don´t believe these ears ) previous to Milt Jackson, so the obvious choices would be Lionel Hampton or Red Norvo, but I can´t give a name. Wonderful music!!! 4/5 -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Thanks again to Jim Sangrey for bringing us this music, eclectic music. My first BFT: I´m enjoyin´ it. You really have to concentrate on the music to say something about it! I will listen to disc 2 and post my impressions, and then again back to disc 1 & 2 after reading the other members´ posts.

My Shepp is short. I DO need some more Shepp. Could have searched on AMG but I prefer to know your recommendations and comments. No general thread on Shepp found at organissimo. This is what I have from this guy up until now: As a leader: Four for Trane (Impulse, 1964) On this night (Impulse, 1965) Mama too tight (Impulse, 1966) The way ahead (Impulse, 1968-69) Yasmina, a black woman (Charly-Le jazz, 1969) Attica blues (Impulse, 1972) As a sideman: The world of Cecil Taylor (Candid, 1960) Ascension - John Coltrane (Impulse, 1965) Love his playing. I would place it (I´d like to know your impressions on this matter, I´m sure you´ll put me in my place if this is nonsense ) between Coltrane and Ayler´s. Sometimes Archie´s near mid-to-late Trane (his phrasing, even his tone) and sometimes I find him near Albert Ayler´s "screaming", short phrases, almost inarticulate crying.... What do you think? Thanks in advance

Martial, sporting, rural... a couple of years ago!

Jim (Sangrey): As a distributor/collaborator in Europe... I haven´t received your package yet. I think I read you sent it on Dec 2 and now it´s Dec 10. Let´s wait a few more days... Airmail from USA to Spain isn´t as fast as desirable!

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Duke Ellington´s recording sessions on July 14: July 14, 1933. London. English Oriole recording session at Oriole Studios. Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington, p. 538 BluDisc 1003 AT4:11 Souvenir Of Duke Ellington (Ellington) [Duke Ellington, Percy Mathison Brooks, vocal] 539 Oriole unnumbered C33:20 Souvenir Of Duke Ellington (Ellington) July 14, 1960. Los Angeles. Columbia recording session at Radio Recorders. Duke Ellington: Ray Nance, t; Lawrence Brown, tb; Johnny Hodges, as; Paul Gonsalves, ts; Harry Carney, bs; Aaron Bell, b; Sam Woodyard, d. RHCO46703 Columbia JC-35342 US:1 Everything But You (Ellington-James-George) RHCO46704 Columbia JC-35342 US:2 Black Beauty (Ellington-Carruthers-Mills) RHCO46712 Columbia JC-35342 US:3 All Too Soon (Ellington-Sigman) RHCO46716 Columbia JC-35342 US:4 EsCo:3/14 Something To Live For (Ellington-Strayhorn) RHCO46720 Columbia JC-35342 US:5 Mood Indigo (Ellington-Bigard-Mills) RHCO46725 Columbia JC-35342 US:6 EsCo:3/15 Creole Blues (Ellington) RHCO46726 Columbia JC-35342 US:7 Don't You Know I Care (Or Don't You Care To Know) (Ellington-David) RHCO46727 Columbia JC-35342 US:8 A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing (Strayhorn) RHCO46728 Columbia JC-35342 US:9 Mighty Like The Blues (Feather) RHCO46729 Columbia JC-35342 US:10 Tonight I Shall Sleep (With A Smile On My Face) (Ellington-MEllington-Gordon) RHCO46730 Columbia JC-35342 US:11 Dual Highway (Ellington-Hodges) RHCO46731 Columbia JC-35342 US:12 Blues (Ellington) July 14, 1969. New York. Duke Ellington recording session at National Recording Studio. Duke Ellington: Duke Ellington, celeste. Pablo 2310-815 Inte:1 Moon Maiden (Ellington) [Duke Ellington, vocal]

According to my discography, these are the only dates with Dexter plus organ: Wardell Gray - Dexter Gordon Quintet Wardell Gray (ts, 1-4) Dexter Gordon (ts, brs) Gerald Wiggins (p, org, cel) Red Callender ( b ) Chuck Thompson (d) Gladys Bentley (vo) Hollywood, CA, June 9, 1952 1. The Rubaiyat Fontana FJL 907 2. The Rubaiyat (alt. take) - 3. Jungle Jungle Jump - 4. Citizen's Bop - 5. My Kinda Love - * The Master Swingers! / Wardell Gray, Dexter Gordon (Fontana FJL 907) Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars Howard McGhee, Clark Terry (tp) Dexter Gordon, Sonny Stitt (ts) Jimmy Smith (org) Gary Burton (vib) George Duke (p) Al McKibbon ( b ) Art Blakey (d) `Newport Jazz Festival', Newport, RI, July 6, 1972 Blue 'n' Boogie Cobblestone 9026 2 * Newport in New York, '72 - The Jam Sessions, Vol. 3/4 / various artists (Cobblestone 9026 2) Dexter Gordon Quartet Grover Washington Jr. (ss, 1,2) Dexter Gordon (ts) Shirley Scott (org) Eddie Gladden (d) Philadelphia, PA, March 8, 1982 1. The Jumpin' Blues Elektra/Musician E1 60126 2. For Soul Sister - 3. Besame Mucho - * American Classic (Elektra/Musician E1 60126)

Kenny Drew (look at AMG "appears on" to see an impressive list of good recordings). Sonny Clark is very close (if only for "Go!" and "Swingin´ affair"). And special mention to the great Tete, who appeared in many SteepleChase dates.

LIONEL HAMPTON

During his period in Europe (1934-39), Hawk did some vocals. Well, at least I remember one, included in the Timeless release "Hawk in Europe 1934-39". Must check the song.

And talking about trumpet/cornet players, we have Rex Stewart (he made some vocals in Duke´s men small ensembles) and Ray Nance (with the whole orchestra i.e. Newport ´56)

Earle Warren did many vocals for Basie´s band... but I prefer his alto sax playing!

I ordered "Live Tatum vol.1" from CDUniverse. It hasn´t arrived yet. Will post when I listen to it. My hunger for Tatum grows and grows dangerously. PS: No need to worry for being an egoist, ubu. Who´s not an egoist nowadays?

Well, I´ll quote myself too And this one answering to king ubu´s quote:

These crazy completists and scholars... BTW: I´ll pick the latest CD-Rom version for Christmas... though I´m not a scholar

November release: Art Tatum Live Vol. 5, 1951 Storyville Records CATALOG NUMBER: 101 8335 GENRE: swing jazz BARCODE: 717101833528 Art Tatum- piano - Everett Barksdale - guitar - Slam Stewart - bass Tenderly / The Man I Love / Body And Soul / Flying Home / My Heart Stood Still / How High The Moon / Come Rain Or Come Shine / Begin The Beguine / Body And Soul / I Know That You Know / Honeysuckle Rose / Sittin' And Rockin' / Memories Of You / The Kerry Dance / Interview of Tatum by Leonard Feather / Taboo / Come Rain Or Come Shine / Honeysuckle Rose / Don't Blame Me / Taboo / Gershwin Medley:The Man I Love/I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'/It Ain't Necessarily So This 72 minute (21 tunes) live CD was recorded at the newly-opened Embers Club in N.Y.C. in 1951. The first four tunes are trio numbers with Everett Barksdale on guitar and Slam Stewart on bass; the rest are solo piano. Pianist Art Tatum is a true, unique genius of jazz; his lightening speed, his dynamics, nuances and complex ideas on the keyboard have never been equaled. The repertoire consists mostly of "crowd pleasers", including compositions by Duke Ellington, the Gershwin Brothers, Benny Goodman, Rogers and Hart, Harold Arlen and of course Art Tatum's mentor, Fats Waller.

You may be interested on this ART TATUM THREAD (started by king ubu)

For those interested, the above mentioned FSR "In private" is part of the Storyville release "Complete Jazz Chronicle Solo Session STCD 8253" (2000) So, completists, go and pick the Storyville!

Vol. 1 was in my last CD Universe order. Will post when I receive it.

Hey, what happens? No comments on this wonderful disc? This is one of my favorite Bud Powell Blue Note discs, up there with TABP vol.1 and one of the FEW reissues where alternative tracks are REALLY worth and you can say "These are better than the masters tracks". IMHO et al. Will give it a few more spins tonight.