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Welcome Spontooneous!!!

'up' - for a lost cause...

Excellent!! Really glad 1) that you got this CD (and as (relatively) quickly as you did), and 2) that you didn't loose your money on the deal. Looking forward to your further comments (Connie) about this date, as I think this is one that you'll really like.

Perhaps Richard Williams (trumpet) might have been very interesting to hear with Hill, especially in light of his contribution to Booker Ervin's "The In Between" in 1968 (particularly when considering the three more 'out' and/or progressive tracks on "The In Between").

Found it in an interview with Hill, so I got this right from the horse's mouth. I'll provide the answer before the end of the day, today.

Perhaps this is a widely known fact, but I had forgotten all about it until I encountered this interesting piece of trivia recently... Which musician who was on Andrew Hill's "Point of Departure", wasn't originally supposed to be on the date?? And what musician, who was originally supposed to be on "PoD", couldn't make the date - resulting in the substitution??? Let the speculation begin...

*FIND**RUIN*DESTROY ANYONE!! LEGALLY!!

Yeah, I went in to the Wherehouse closest to me when they were down to 40%-70% off. Nothin' but crap to be found. I even looked through all their Rock/Pop CD's - and it was like they had already cleaned out the whole place of anything of any real value, and (presumably) shipped it off to some other store that wasn't closing -- or else they sold all that stuff (in bulk) to some other chain. I did see a handful of decent jazz titles (perhaps 5 CD's out of the 150-200 jazz discs they had there), but they were all discs I already had, but didn't love enough to snap them up at about $5-$6 a disc (for give away or trade away). I think I bought one disc, a Dave Douglas if I remember right - and that was it.

Link: http://www.steeplechase.dk I think most of my SteepleChase CD's are nearly all from dates recorded in the 70's. But I know there's a ton more on this great label from the 80's and 90's, and even the past 3 years -- but the names on the spines are much less familiar to me. You all know my tastes (Andrew Hill, Larry Young, Woody Shaw, Charles Tolliver, Jason Moran, Greg Osby, Dave Holland, Tyrone Washington, Joe Henderson, etc...) What SteepleChase recordings since 1980 can you recommend???? Also, what's the best/most-reliable/cheapest place to get SteepleChase CD's here in the U.S.??? - presumably on-line.

I really love this CD as well. The sound-quality might not be as perfect as a studio recording, but the performance is amazing. I've heard a couple others complain about the sound, but frankly - I really don't think it's nearly as bad as some people make it out to be. (I wouldn't call it the best sounding modern CD recording I've ever heard, but it's no worse than average.)

'up' for another try...

Oh my...

OK, answering one of my own questions... The "Fresh Sound" 1970 material was recorded at the "Both/And", San Frabsisco, June ?, 1970. Still no idea (at least not for sure) what the mis-titled tune or tunes are - anybody got 'em??? Looking in the Blue Note discography (the 2001 edition), I see the following tunes are unlreleased from that session with Frank Michell (recorded on Sept. 13th, 1968). Blues For Mr. Tatum The Sleepwalker The Chief My memory of a thread long, long ago - on a server far, far away -- says "The Chief" is the tune from this session (unreleased) that is on the "Fresh Sounds" release ("Live at the Lighthouse '70"), and that the version of the "Fresh Sound" release was the only time this tune has ever seen the light of day. (Can anybody confirm that it's "The Chief" that I'm thinking of??) Also, which tune on the "Fresh Sound" release really is "The Chief" - and not what it's labeled as?? (Assuming I'm remembering right that it's "The Chief" that's really the one on this disc.) And are all the other tunes labeled correctly???

Given my reaction to all the Albert Ayler I've ever heard, I wonder if I might like this album better if Ayler were edited out, and the vocals were left in.

I just got burns of the "Fresh Sound" Lee Morgan - Live at the Lighthouse '70 discs (for the very first time), and I had some discographical questions. (And this thread seemed like as good a place as any to post them.) I know the "Fresh Sound" Lighthouse material wasn't really recorded at the Lighthouse, but rather (I think) a couple weeks(?) earlier, at another venue (the name of which escapes me). I think it was also on the West Coast (wasn't "The Lighthouse" somewhere on the West Coast??) I wanna say that this Fresh Sound release was recorded, like, maybe somewhere in San Francisco?? I know all the tunes are not labeled correctly. At least one of them is a previously unreleased tune that was otherwise never recorded by Lee Morgan. Or (rather) it was recorded - as part of the extra session that's on the U.S. "The Sixth Sense" CD, meaning the session with Frank Mitchell. (Isn't that right??) So, then, are all the other tunes otherwise labeled correctly?? And which tune (or tunes) are labeled wrong??? Who wrote the mislabeled tunes?? (particularly the one recorded on the date with Frank Michell, which is otherwise unreleased). 4) Anything else I should know about this release?? If all this has been discussed here before, please point me in the right direction. I did a search, and came up with dust. I know I've read all this info before, somewhere, probably back on the old BNBB. Thanks!!!

cute...

You may be right about Disc #5, Jim. I usually listen to the first four discs to most, and probably haven't listed to disc #5 more than twice since I first got the set. My favorite album is the one with Lee Morgan. Or maybe I just love hearing Lee play in interesting and unique contexts. If I'm not mistaken, this was the only piano-less date Lee ever did (excluding organ dates he was on, of course). No wait, there was that one Moncur/McLean disc that Lee's on - with Hutch in tow too (too lazy to look it up, but you all know which one I'm talking about). Well then, those two are probably the only "piano/organ"-less dates Lee played on. Or am I forgetting one???

Hey, I'm just one of those guys Shrub calls a 'revisionist historian'.

75% of this set is top-notch. And the 25% that isn't, really isn't all that bad. Seriously, it's a 8-disc box set. The first four discs, and the last two discs (the two 'live' ones) are all outstanding. Discs 5 & 6 leave a lot to be desired. I got the set, and am glad I did!!!

Seems like "Speak Like A Child" would be perfect for a little animation. The guy is standing there by himself, and the gal walks into the frame from the far right side. She's a bit coy, and stands there a second (near the far right of the scene), before rushing to her beloved... ...for a little smooch!!! ( Never realized until now that the original album had a Liberty-era logo, and notice the ground at the very bottom on the LP?? - and how it's not there on the CD version. Damn revisionist historians!! )