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So, are you going to give Simon your copy? Heartfelt thanks in advance, John !

I hope so ! I recently saw one on ebay but missed my chance. The Bley-Levinson-Altschul trio is great on « Ramblin’» ; I expect « Blood » to be as memorable.

Hello ! I'm looking for Paul Bley's "Blood" on CD (with Mark Levinson & Barry Altschul), released by Fontana in 1966, and reissued on CD in 1990 (Fontana #PHCE-1006) - not to be confounded with the live set "Blood: Paul Bley in Haarlem". Here's the tracklist and the cover below . Let me know ! 1. Blood 4:20 2. Albert's Love Theme 5:05 3. El Cordobes 3:45 4. Only Sweetly 6:15 5. Seven 2:40 6. Mister Joy 5:40 7. Ramblin' 4:35 8. Kid Dynamite 2:55 9. Nothing Ever Was, Anyway 5:45 10. Pig Foot 2:35

While looking at Pete LaRoca discography, I came upon this formidably enticing info about a lost session, that could be best described as Mose Allison...avant-garde trio: Mose, Henry Grimes and Pete LaRoca ! Date: October 7, 1965 Location: New York City Label: Atlantic Mose Allison (ldr), Mose Allison (p, v), Henry Grimes (b), Pete LaRoca Sims (d) a.9376 Power House (Mose Allison) b.9378 What's It To You c.9379 That's The Stuff You Gotta Watch (Buddy Johnson) d.9380 Tell Me Something (Mose Allison) e.9381 Gumpo f.9382 I Feel So Good (Mose Allison) g. 9383 Big Brother (Mose Allison) h.9384 Fool's Paradise (Mabel F. Cordle, Jerry Fuller) i.9385 Sweet Lovers No More j.9386 If You Really Love Me Baby This session probably destroyed in Atlantic warehouse fire. Composer not known for following: 9377 Sanctuary, 9387 Soliloquy Anyone knows about this ? I'd sure be great if it survived the fire...

!! That is surreal bikering (sic).

I think I found the forum while looking for unheard/undersung/neglected jazz records. I used to take part of the jazz forum on amazon, but got tired of the (surreal) bikering that often took place there. Glad to have found organissimo. Simon

Paul Bley, Mark Levinson & Barry Altschul bowlin' through "Ramblin'" !

Thank you all for the info !

I'd like to acquire Paul Bley's "Ramblin'" (CD), but I'm not sure which one to get: are there any differences between these two editions ? soundwise ? Which one is the "original" release ?

Kind of.

I never took the time to get to know Gil Mellé. Spurred by your account, I borrowed his Complete Blue Notes: fun, fascinating music. So thanks for that ! In the (maybe) overlooked dept.: A unique piano trio: Martial Solal accompanied by two bass players - Jean-François Jenny Clark & Gilbert Rovère. Makes for bewitching, hard to describe music: whirling, suspenseful, humorous, cinematic. The trio had been playing and experimenting for 2 years when this was recorded (1970) and it shows. Exceptionally well recorded, too. Found very few mentions of this album in the forum. An oddity in the Evans canon, but one that is well worth a listen. Seven Evans originals, no standards, with Zoot Sims & Jim Hall upfront, Ron Carter & Philly Joe Jones providing a thick, springin' bottom. At turns intricate ("Loose Bloose", an excellent, sort of mellow Tristano tune), lyrical ("Time Remembered", "There Came You"), tough, ragged ("Funkallero"), contrapuntal ("Fudgesickle Built For Four")! Each track is interesting, original in one way or another. I feel George Russell still doesn't get the love he deserves ! ( "G.R. Sextet at The Five Spot", "Stratusphunk", "Ezz-Thetics", "The Stratus Seekers", "Outer View" - all recorded between 1960 and '62 - is a mighty purple patch in the midst of one of jazz's purple patch). "G.R. Sextet in K.C.: Original Swinging Instrumentals", recorded in 1961 and released by Decca, is another superlative record and perhaps my favorite. Again, highly stimulating music: tricky, funny, madly swinging. Don Ellis, Dave Baker and Dave Young form a burning frontline. Russell himself is great on piano. Baker and Bley originals, an epic version of "Sandu" and "Tune-Up"... One problem: the CD has been released by a Fresh Sounds subsidiary...

Kevin Bacon plays euphonium on two tracks.

I recently got hold of FOOTLOOSE ! and it is rapidly becoming one of my favorite piano trio record. The recording quality is so-so, the piano sounds a little out of tune, but Bley, Steve Swallow and Pete La Roca are... somewhere else, digging in, at once fiercely swinging, deeply lyrical, in & out & in again - "sort of like Ahmad Jamal with certain kind of drugs" (said long time admirer Keith Jarrett...). Ethan Iverson (Bad Plus pianist and keen jazz commentator) does a great job of describing the record, its players and influence: http://destination-out.com/?p=576

On Miles' My Funny Valentine (the concert album), there's some long, audacious silences in Tony Williams playing.

I'm all for the understatement school... Bill Evans, certainly (those lingering, melancholic notes on ballads). Art Farmer always shows tasteful restraint. Jim Hall on guitar. Lester Young, Jack Teagarden ?

early Billie Mose Allison Jack T. Special mention: Jimmie Lunceford's guys.

An excellent one-disc selection of her best - and most swinging - Columbia sides : "Getting Some Fun Out of Life"...

Does anyone know by any chance what kind of trumpet and/or mouthpiece Fruscella played ?

Thanks for the "warning", Dan

re: "Locomotive" I think nobody mentioned the first, excellent version of this tune on Monk's MONK (Prestige, 1953) with Ray Copeland and Frank Foster. I wish that quintet would've recorded a lot more. Foster sounds great (and Copeland has a most remarkable solo). Regarding Rouse, I love his sound and directness, and I like Monk's Columbias, but for me the tunes tend to run too long for both Rouse's and Monk's good.

Yes - especially re: Don Joseph. I wrote to Uptown Records: they said that Don Joseph's "One of a Kind" has been remastered by RVG and that, "hopefully", it will be issued next year.

Hello ! What album (leader or sideman) would you recommend to hear Brew Moore at his best ? I really enjoy his playing here. re: Don Joseph - It would be great if Uptown reissues "One of a Kind": a chance to hear Bill Triglia as well (really like his subtly incisive, intelligent contributions, on this and on Fruscella's self-titled album).

A short but sound review by Doug Ramsey here: http://www.artsjournal.com/rifftides/2011/10/recent-listening-fruscella-moore.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Rifftides+%28Rifftides%29