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Guess we all have this, but at less than 10€ this is a steal: http://www.amazon.de/Complete-Columbia-Studio-Recordings/dp/B0041PIJOO/ Somehow I can't help feeling sad about this whole development... 30 or 40€ would already be a steal in my book - this music really is beyond any price tag!

I've not heard "No Problem" for I guess 15 years... failed to connect back then, guess I ought to give it another chance. I do love "Peace" and "Broken Wing" a lot. And the Criss Cross with Warne Marsh is mighty fine. As for the trio albums, I'll hand over to Niko... he knows them much better than I do, but I do really enjoy "Strollin'", the first I've heard of Chet's trio with Philip Catherine. And "Mr. B." (recently reissued) is pretty good, too (though with Michel Graillier in Catherine's place).

What errors? Will type them down as soon as I find the time ... Thanks, no rush!

Sorry, can't help - never went to Basle shopping for rekkids... too bad you don't visit Zurich (not that I knew too many record stores here, either, but we could have a beer together)! rockefeller center was living in Basle last time I heard of, but the CD-buying folks won't necessarily know good stores nowadays (I do buy vinyl, occasionally, but I don't go around searching for it too hardly). from the discussion Niko linked to: this one looks good: http://www.ohrwurm-oase.ch/ should have some jazz, too - click the menu links on the left side to find a map and opening hours etc. maybe this one, too: http://www.plattfon.ch/about/ sorry Niko, didn't look close enough to see you posted those links already...

belated best wishes! :party:

Happy Birthday :party:

Sounds excellent, thanks a lot, Volkher!

Very cool, thanks! "Moshi Too" (Two?) sounds just as great! Wow! Seems after the debacle with their last attempt (with the release of "Le Jardin Aux Sentiers Qui Bifurquent") the heirs might have found someone else to collaborate with... On the first link it says CD & LP, on the website it says CD & MP3... well, I guess I'll go for CD anyway, so I won't care what else they offer. (from Niko's second link above)

Do you get a decent discography with it? Line-ups, dates? Any liner notes? My Bechet was only just sent out... guess it will take a week or so to arrive. And lest I forget: always a pleasure to see you around here!

:excited: Seems some rare Barney Wilen is upcoming: found here: http://www.sonorama.de/ :excited: Anyone knows anything about this? :excited:

"Diane" is otherworldly! One of the most gripping, fascinating discs I've heard... it's as if Chet was visiting us back from the other side.

ok, that's fine with me, just send me that Mosaic certificate now, willya?

for those who haven't looked into the other thread yet, this is upcoming, it seems (nothing on the site yet except the pic):

me too want all

Okay, so last night at the Unerhoert... it was really, really good! Only that I had to leave before the final set was through was a bit of a drag, but I had to get up early today. First was Christoph Grab's quartet: Christoph Grab’s RAW VISION & Ronny Graupe Christoph Grab: Saxophone, Clarinet / Silvan Jeger: Bass / Maxim Paratte: Drums / Ronny Graupe: Guitar No Frank Moebus - he's in hospital with tuberculosis! Holy shit! Hope he pulls through that - no idea how bad it is. Ronny Graupe learned the music (some of it seemed very tricky) in the afternoon and did a great job. Jeger was too low in the mix mostly, but then this was Grab and Graupe's show. Grab played tenor (sounded like Joe Henderson was his main inspiration) and alto, some of the tunes were terrific, most outstanding was his homage to Charles Mingus (title "Melancholeriker" - melancholeric) - beautiful moody stuff with great tenor playing. He then went on with a solo cadenza on alto, into the next tune. Those 15 or 20 minutes were great! Then, looooooooooooooooooong break... effin' radio guys recording it all (and because of that the whole evening was torn apart a bit and made the final concert start too late for me to stay through... suckers!) - either way, the highlight of the night and one of my top-5 concerts of the year (the others being the Brözzimann Tentet, Bob Dylan, Matana Roberts' Coin Coin Chapter 1 and Henry Threadgill's Zooid): CO STREIFF – RUSS JOHNSON – GERRY HEMINGWAY Co Streiff: Saxophone / Russ Johnson: Trumpet / Gerry Hemingway: Drums Their programme was all Dolphy, with one Ken McIntyre tune ("Lautir") included between "Les" and another Dolphy tune in a medley kind of thing. Highlights were certainly "Hat and Beard" and that medley... and it was a joy watching Gerry Hemingway! That guy is amazing! First time I saw him live... his bass drum made up easily for lack of a bass, his musicality allowed him to kind of represent an entire rhythm section! Johnson is a lyrical trumpet player, amazing chops yet hardly in need of showing them off - or rather he only does so when it makes perfect musical sense. Streiff on alto was rather intense, maybe a bit too warm and upbeat in mood for Dolphy, but she did some amazing playing, some terrific solos! (Steve: in the US they'll play with their quartet... in that band, they appeared at Unerhört last year, but I missed them, so can't tell you anything specific about that band - but I'm sure it's worth hearing!) LAKE-WEBER-ULRICH FEAT. NILS WOGRAM Oliver Lake: Saxophone / Christian Weber: Bass / Dieter Ulrich: Drums / Nils Wogram: Trombone Finally, at half past 11, the stage was set for a further appearance of a trio that had its initial appearance at the Unerhoert festival four years back (see my post above w/link to a photo from back then). Weber is a great bass player, intense, kind of a Mingus-type though not necessarily too close to Mingus as far as bass playing goes. Ulrich is a good, old-fashioned power drummer, laying out polyrhythms and spreading an exciting carpet for the music to strut on... Wogram was a very fitting addition, it seemed to me. The last of three pieces that I heard (about 30 minutes of music) was - so it seemed - by Wogram and presented some most amazing trombone playing over kind of a walking tango beat. Kitschy? Maybe, but who the hell cares - wonderful! Too bad I had to leave, as it felt as if they were only just getting into the music, really. Great night that was, that's for sure!

Now that's a refreshing comment! You're not pulling any legs here? Thanks for clearing this up! I didn't yet have a close enough look... sounds like they got it right, then! What errors? The thing about the missing timings bugs me with all of Hip-O's jazz sets... same for the smaller ones such as the Ella in Japan or Jazz at the Hollywood Bowl. Don't get it why they don't print the timings anywhere, when they have at least two tracklistings with every set!

Oh, they're great! Johnson has played with Streiff's earlier band, her sextet (it had Weber on bass) and I've seen a great live show by them and enjoy the disc (also got the earlier sextet disc with another trumpet player - all on Intakt of course). That festival looks quite impressive: I'd definitely go on 3/6, 3/9, 3/10 and 3/11, maybe also on 3/7 and 3/8 and other nights... wow! I'd love to get to see all of these concerts, really!

Oh, Lake, Weber and Ulrich have appeared in Zurich before, in trio - as part of an earlier edition of the same festival! That was great... you got Trio 3 (with Irene Schweizer), Reggie Workman solo, and Lake with this local rhythm section. Christian Weber is an amazing bass player, young guy, big sound. Ulrich is a fine, old-fashioned drummer, I think age-wise somewhere in between Weber and Lake. The trio hit it off right away, it seems, so they needn't much thinking when they were invited again, and Wogram is a welcome addition (amazing trombone player that needs to be heard live). The Lake-Weber-Ulrich trio has also made a CD for Intakt: http://intaktrec.ch/172-a.htm Their initial encounter was broadcast on Swiss radio, and a photo from that concert can be seen in the above linked page. (Edited to add: I don't know the CD yet)

That sounds interesting, Mike! So far, all I know from Dell are a few (great) radio captures of the D.R.A. trio.

The Satchmo price is weird... will come down, I guess (40€ is the price on amazon.fr for most of them, btw). Guess I'll grab me the Bechet... still want the two missing RCA Tribune 2LP sets (Vol.3/4 and Vol.5/Delauney), but this would be nice in the meantime, I guess.

The recent "Dogon A.D." reissue has revived my own interest... got hold of a pair of WSQ LPs recently ("Plays Duke Ellington" and "Dances and Ballads") - while I can relate to the comments above about preferring Hemphill and Bluiett in more open settings, the Ellington LP is still masterly and beautiful. The other fairly recent Hemphill acqusition of mine was "Live in New York" - very good, too! That duo with Warren Smith, I need to dig it up... I've owned it for years but I can't even remember having listened to it - gee!

Tonight at the 10th (already! congrats!) Unerhoert festival in Zurich: CO STREIFF – RUSS JOHNSON – GERRY HEMINGWAY Co Streiff: Saxophone / Russ Johnson: Trumpet / Gerry Hemingway: Drums LAKE-WEBER-ULRICH FEAT. NILS WOGRAM Oliver Lake: Saxophone / Christian Weber: Bass / Dieter Ulrich: Drums / Nils Wogram: Trombone Will miss the first set (by local sax player Christoph Grab) as I'll catch a movie first ("The Libeled Lady" with Jean Harlow, Spencer Tracy, Myrna Loy and William Powell). Good way to start the weekend, I think... but there's still half a dozen office hours between now and then...

That must be one of the most moronic sentences ever posted in a eulogy-thread... Motian is up there in that league, and you know it. Does it offend you that he wasn't of African-American heritage? Is it a plain and simple fact that he can't be in the big league because of his complexion? Do you use rest- and other rooms designated "for whites only" or what? Gee... You know, when I saw Motian live first (of two times), in 1996 with the "Three Guys" band (Konitz, Swallow, Motian), Lee Konitz played totally unamplified in a huge hall... that alone was amazing enough, since his fragile and lyrical sound had so much force and projected amazingly strong. Motian, though, played dense and driving drums, yet he never, ever was overbearing. The whole mix of power and intensity with lyrical, melodic playing, was most impressive!

Know him from the great Erich Kleinschuster Sextet - r.i.p. November strikes hard this year... the final curtain seems to fall on the golden era of jazz.

Per Paul Motian, Jimmy Crawford was "a motherfucker"! I think the consensus is that Paul Motian was, also. quite definitely, in my humble opinion!!!