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I feel the same way, on both counts. I hesitate to be overly critical — because what plays is great (exciting soloist, clearly full of ideas)… …but, I just cannot get with his tone. Or, rather — to me — he always sounds like he’s chewing on his mouthpiece as he plays. I know that can’t literally be true, but that’s the analogy I’ve used for 20 years when describing why I don’t like Lovano better than I do. And I have tried… I’ve owned at least 15 discs by or with him over the last 30 odd years — a few Paul Motian and John Scofield discs, and by others (Osby) — and 6-8 of his leader-dates. But, and I say this sheepishly, when I culled my collection a bunch a dozen years ago, I got rid of most everything I had that he was on. I don’t say he plays ‘badly’ — but his is a sound I just can’t get with, much as I’ve tried. I think the only things I have by him currently are Universal Language, and the disc he did with Gunther Schuller — and I think(?) I got rid of everything he was a sideman on. Though I do have a whole bunch of respect for him — he’s just not for me.
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John Zorn Masada DIW/Tzadik box set - due October
Rooster_Ties replied to romualdo's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
The original volume 4 (forget the specific name) was just 3 songs — barely 19+ minutes long iirc. It was the ‘bonus’ release after vols 1-3 first came out, and I think(?) it was only available if you bought all of 1-3, or you could get it free if you got 1-3 — I never figured out those details (I got mine used). I’m fairly sure they added the bonus stuff to vol 4 — since it was SO short to begin with. -
I think(?) I saw them up in Iowa City 20+ years ago. Pretty high energy, as I recall, and definitely a good time (but definitely ‘good time’ music, fwiw). I don’t recall there being more meat on the bone than I was expecting, but they were definitely good within their oeuvre.
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I got a copy from The Bastards several weeks ago, and it’s a real winner. The CD has a whole separate session, which is also wonderful (even “…Ipanema“, easily the best version of the tune I’ve ever heard). https://www.discogs.com/release/30623134-Clifford-Jordan-Beyond-Paradiso-1969-1970 The first session (which is all that’s on the LP version) contains 3/4ths of the tunes found on In The World — in versions stripped down for a simple quartet. As fine a document of Clifford Jordan around that time as you could ever hope for.
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Has anyone heard this new release yet? I’d hoped to add it to a Dusty Groove order by now, but alas… they seem not to have had any sort of stock yet at all, best as I can tell.
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Ornette Coleman Quartet Berlin '71
Rooster_Ties replied to romualdo's topic in Live Shows & Festivals
Damn! I’m trying to remember ever seeing any(?) other Ornette footage that’s even half that compelling — in terms of line-up, footage and sound quality, compelling era, etc. Or what am I forgetting? Is there any footage of Ornette and Don Cherry for instance? (I’m not recalling. ) -
Feten: Rare Jazz Recordings from Spain 1961-1974
Rooster_Ties replied to Rooster_Ties's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Now only $2.00 a disc, brand new and sealed, from Dusty. This is a really tremendous comp, imho. https://www.dustygroove.com/item/634774/Various:Feten-Rare-Jazz-Recordings-From-Spain-1961-to-1974 Carpe diem!! -
Yeah, that Tolliver session has never be issued as a single release under his name (nor on CD) — both of which are crimes. Ditto on both for the Dusko session too. Both deserve complete releases on programmed in session order (or broadcast order, whatever) — and NOT chopped up across multiple vinyl-only releases.
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Buried down at the bottom it also says: “A 2-CD issue is announced for September 2024, it should be available at Squidco.com (USA), jazzmessengers.com (Europe), Diskunion.net (Japan), Ajazz & jpc.de(Germany)” — and presumably(?) elsewhere.
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Footage from Rudy Van Gelder's studio in 1965
Rooster_Ties replied to Daniel A's topic in Miscellaneous Music
Seeing this clip, I’m astounded at the proximity of the cars (headlights) passing by the studio barely a couple hundred feet away — out the window. How in the hell did the sound of traffic not f’ things up royally, and with some frequency?? It’s a recording studio, for cripe’s sake!! -
Unrelated to your comment, but it’s interesting that the older I get, the more I see older shows — sitcoms, WKRP, etc, Carol Brunette, and the 80’s & 90’s Star Trek series too… …the more I see them NOW (literally now, as I’m watching the original episodes) I’m often imagining what the actors were experiencing creating and inhabiting these characters, and interacting with each other (as actors) both in and out of character. And what fun it must have been, or what it was like to ‘be’ these characters before they were fully developed. Maybe it’s a byproduct of the VAST about of interviews now available online (both contemporaneous, and also years later in roundtable interviews, cast reunions, etc) — many of which are great fun and interesting to enjoy. There’s also a vast episode-by-episode fan wiki for damn near every Star Trek series, with tons of episode-specific quotes from actors taken from fanzines of the day, and Trek convention appearances and other interviews over the years. (Thus, NOW, it’s easy to imagine — almost hard NOT to imagine — the making of all those Star Treks while watching them.) Anyway, it must have been incredible fun bringing those two Bob Newhart centered sitcoms to life — and Bob must have been such an interesting, VERY different and unique kind of ‘star’ to have at the center of everything.
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One of my favorite clips of Bob… an outtake where he forgets the character name of his wife in the “Newhart” series — and Mary Frann’s response and timing are just perfect.
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Mosaic Records V-Disc set(s) + Vanguard info
Rooster_Ties replied to ghost of miles's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
Wonder what there could be from the 1960’s?? Have to confess I’m not at all familiar with the label, so I don’t even know who was on it in the 50’s either. -
My Dusty Groove watch-list (more a ‘curious’ list really, in most cases, than a true ‘want’ list) is literally 3,087 items long (I just checked). Anytime I go CD shopping, I try — if I have time — to go thru everything A-Z, even if it’s just very quickly. You never know what you might find, especially things you knew existed, but hardly ever see. I would NEVER frequent a place like this article describes. At a minimum, I would have to give the guy a list of 50 names, and ask him to tell me everything he has by them — but that wouldn’t even hit any of the sideman appearances by those people. Browsing has netted me hundreds of titles (maybe 1,000?) that I would have never otherwise even thought to look for.
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Bobby Hutcherson Boxed Set
Rooster_Ties replied to tranemonk's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
The world may never know!! -
Bobby Hutcherson Boxed Set
Rooster_Ties replied to tranemonk's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
Good question!! -
Mosaic Records V-Disc set(s) + Vanguard info
Rooster_Ties replied to ghost of miles's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
Ah, I’d overlooked that there were two separate V-Disc sets — thx!! -
Mosaic Records V-Disc set(s) + Vanguard info
Rooster_Ties replied to ghost of miles's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
Am I missing something? (I only count 3.)