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r.i.p. Kay Davis

Thanks Jeff for confirming! I'm not sure Giuffre really had any comfort zone at all, JETman... he does seem to me to be among the few (Konitz is another one, and Wayne Shorter much of the time, too) that seems to get along without that for most of the time. The WSQ box is fine... I found two great Elektra LPs a few months before, and heard some more of their stuff already and love the sound.

That website hurts the eyes... what does that all mean (including John L's post)? That the Horo reissues aren't boots ("fake")?

You do know about Steve Lacy, don't you? Some of his solo Monk would certainly fit your bill! Also maybe Gianni Gebbia, from his "Arcana Major"?

Me, I ordered the second French 10LP box a couple of days ago! Got the first one in November, now hoping the copy of the second one I scored will be in similarly fine condition! These should've really been reissued in 2004 by Mosaic... Now I still want a "real" copy of the RCA material... was there ever a good LP release there? A box? Or several of these Jazz Tribune thingies?

Not at home, hence can't check the discographies... took the Giuffre box to work and just noticed the date of "Dragonfly". The generic CD back-cover gives Jan. 14 & 15, 1989, but the disc is located first within the box (dates given for "Quasar" are May 3 & 5, 1985 and for "Liquid Dancers" - LP back-cover - it gives April 24, 1989). Allmusic gives Jan. 14 & 15, 1983 and so does Discogs... I assume the Giuffre box hence is in correct sequence but the date on the back-cover of "Dragonfly" is printed wrongly?

use this to soothe your pain if it won't come out in time:

Don't know any of that stuff myself yet... but the CD from Rearward will slip into some online shopping cart some day! There's vinyl, too, for those who prefer (I actually do in some cases but never bought any from Rearward so far).

couple more:

I enjoy those two albums a lot, too! He's got a website which includes a biography: http://www.amedeotommasi.com/en/biography.html And in the discography section, it mentions an Italian record from 1960, "Zamboni 22" (with Cicci Santucci, Enzo Scoppa, Giovanni Tommaso and Franco Mondini). This one was reissued by Rearward (and is listed on amazon.com, among others): Amazon Italy has some more recent discs on offer: http://www.amazon.it/s?_encoding=UTF8&search-alias=popular&field-artist=Amedeo%20Tommasi Youtube has some tracks as well (including ones from those disc on offer at Italian amazon):

Yeah, welcome back, AB!

So the Ayler already sold what, 2000 or 3000 units?!

"Nan Madol" is the earliest I have, and also "Twet" - both mighty fine! Also got one of his Leos, "Heavy Life", and a few later ECMs, "Lumi", "Ode to the Death of Jazz" and "Invisible Storm". Though I feel like I barely scratched the surface...

Very nice, thanks for linking!

Rather less than more to be taken from Doug Ramsey's notes to the Mosaic box: OPUS DE FUNK: "Kamuca, Touff, a muted trumpet who may be Walp, and Woody are the soloists." I REMEMBER DUKE: only Woody and Nimitz are mentioned PIMLICO and COOL CAT: only Woody's fine clarinet is mentioned CAPTAIN AHAB: "Touff and Kenney (most likely), Kamuca and Hafer, Walp and Travis (I think) play tag. Woody pipes up, Nimitz and a trumpet player have a bit of Dixieland fun, and Flores boots the band to a big finish." BUTTERCUP (Mosaic-only): "Herman, Nimitz, Kamuca and Pierce do it justice." SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY: "...with Herman and Bauer harmonizing the melody and Collin's full-bodied statement of the bridge. (...) Touff (...) Pierce (...) Herman SKINNED: just Flores is mentioned WHERE OR WHEN: no one mentioned

Happy Birthday, Mike! Alles Gute zum Geburtstag! :party:

I'll have a download, too, please - can't promise to post much though!

Happy Birthday, Hans! :party:

Happy Birthday, John! :party:

Playing last night's "Nuit Thelonious Monk" from France Musique - hosted by Franck Médioni, with Yves Buin (Monk biographer) being there and talking, as well as various pianists testifying... more details here: http://sites.radiofrance.fr/francemusique/ev/fiche.php?eve_id=285000151 The music (so far) has all been taken from regular releases, but the chatting is fairly interesting and it's great to hear such a big dose of Monk in one go!

A tongue-in-cheek record cover that should sit well with quite a few around here. For the record, that EP includes the following tracks from various 1958 sessions: Count'Em (the title track, obviously) / Meet Benny Bailey / Cherokee (the first two composed and arranged by Qunincy) All (and much more) found on Dragon DRLP 130/140. Fine stuff. Don't know that music yet... that page with Swedish covers over on Birka is amazing. I've merely scratched the surface with some Lars Gullin there.

Okay, thanks! So it's not that Soul Note bought some Strata East or Flying Dutchman masters... could have thought so!

I guess George Russell fits with the "up to a point" crowd, too... haven't really started exploring his Soul Notes, seems like a big investment of time will be needed there, too... what I've heard was fascinating enough to get the box, for sure, but I think with him, most folks go to the end of the riversides and maybe (if they can find it) add the MPS... but the two late Blue Notes are fine as well, and so is the London Concert on Label Bleu! Btw: what's the deal with some of the Russells having been on Strata East and Flying Dutchman? Soul Note/Black Saint got started in the mid seventies only - did they acquire these recordings later on? Any others where that was the case?

Agreed on all points!