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Yeah .... will buy, too - if only just for Copenhagen. Still think they should have gone for the *other* half of the tour that has not yet been (semi-)officially documented. Lamest in the series, but then the Lost Quintet set was already somewhat flawed.

It's indeed excellent ... three spins in, it has started to really grow on me. You do have to pay attention, it's intense and at least myself, I can't make too much sense of what Elaine Mitchener does when I'm just having this on in the background ... the Jeanne Lee reference does make sense in lots of ways, I think, although the singing voice is quite different at least to my ears. With the upcoming Taktlos gig in Zurich, I hope you'll get to do more Intakt projects eventually, Alex! Way to go! -- Btw, can't make Brescia, I know that much now ... not sure about Stuttgart yet, but a duo with Surman and free improv could work wonders, I think (saw Surman in trio with Helias and Favre doing free improv, actually right across the road from my new working place - and that was terrific! I think it was Favre who was asked to invite whoever he wished and that was the bill) ... with Sons of Kemet on the bill and Lee Konitz the next night, it would be interesting, but I have a hunch I'll just make it in Zurich this time. Looking forward a lot to that, too!

International shipping is available, too - but quite costly (for Canada, there's yet another link): http://www.thadmelvjobook.com/most-other-countries http://www.thadmelvjobook.com/canada

Ordered one, too - thanks @grooveyard!

Back in Zurich by now ... starting a new job tomorrow ... I know most of Antonioni's films, have some gaps in the early ones. Anyway, maybe my favourite director if I had to pick just one. So yeah, fits well

They played a concert at Jazzfest Berlin 2016 ... Off topic, sorry.

Nice reading - keep it comin'! @chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez which Brian are you talking of the one from "Life of ..."?

That. And Tyrone Washington ferchrissakes!

Okay, great! After reading the review above I kinda lowered my expectations, but seems that was unnecessary then - all the better! And yes, it's cheap. 7€ in the store I think. No wonder majors don't do jaz reissues any more when they're practicality giving them away from day one (Miles' "Bitches Brew Live" was another sich case, Sony as well).

Monk's first and arguably finest solo record has been reissued recently with some intriguing (but probably not very good) bonus tracks from the concerts he was brought over for (the album was a by-product only I assume). His French accompanists (Jean-Marie Ingrand on bass and Jean-Louis Viale on drums, the later replaced prob. by Gérard "Dave" Pochonet on the last incomplete track) had a hard time it seems to figure out what was happening ... Have bought the CD in Milan on Sunday (was there to hear the new Sciarrino opera at La Scala) and will only be able to listen once back home (Wednesday evening earliest, still in Ferrara now, the most beautiful city on the planet ) Found this review though: http://www.londonjazznews.com/2017/09/cd-review-thelonious-monk-centennial.html?m=1

Not sure I care in this case ... hardly any of Solal's records made/owned by the majors have been in circulation ... where's all the brilliant stuff from the sixties and early seventies (three RCA albums are notable exceptions of course: At Newport, En Solo, Sans tambour ni trompette)? All those with access to MPS (until revently for two decades Universal) ignored Solal (see the brilliant bunch of albums above ... "Suite for Trio" and the one with Hans Koller and Attila Zoller were on CD, other than that they reissued bland silly fusion by Germans but none of those great Solal albums!) Probably none of those were involved in the productions in question, but with the current state of record business, Fresh Sound has advanced to be one of the best, no matter some shady aspects.

Thanks Jim - on vacation till Wednesday. Let me check after my return (btw. my order did include another disc, just in case). Not sure I was initially entitled to get the bonus material from the option I'd chosen, but as I'm a CD listener putting in a new order was fine either way!

Somewhat annoying news, me having shelved out too much for that overpriced Japanese disc ...

Oh, cool! Got the mail and wondered why they announced the large ensemble companion disc to the recent box once again ... now I understand

Okay, will try at home on my computer then. The app on the pad is just called "Music" (more of that disguise nonsense - though Samsung does that generic naming too) - it however allowed me to locally save the files (but not to put them into my dropbox or anything). What a nuisance it is, dealing with apple - doing it exclusively for the Savory compilations. At least the music makes up for the pain!

The Solal/Liebman is nice, if somwhat understated. But this here looks mighty good: ---- Martial Solal SOLO PIANO: UNRELEASED 1966 LOS ANGELES SESSION · VOLUME 1 Fresh Sound Records In June 1966, invited by the shrewd American producer and author Ross Russell, Martial Solal traveled to Los Angeles to record these forgotten and unreleased solo piano sessions. Russell, who had launched the legendary label Dial Records back in 1946 to record Charlie Parker, had spent several years away from the jazz scene after shutting Dial down in 1949. When he decided to return to the jazz record business, he organized a series of recordings at Glendale’s Whitney Studio, which had a wonderful Steinway. Unfortunately, Russell’s new project didn’t come to fruition, and so Solal’s recordings never saw the light.Now we can finally hear them in two CD volumes. They show Martial Solal at his best, his incontestable talent, dazzling virtuosity and invention, but also his good taste and sense of humor in the execution. The originality of his conception, paired with his elegant control and technique, put him on a par with the great American pianists.Tracklisting:01. Groovin' High (Dizzy Gillespie) 4:0202. Scrapple from the Apple (Charlie Parker) 5:5403. I Can't Get Started (Duke-Gershwin) 3:4404. Night in Tunisia (Dizzy Gillespie) 8:5305. Ornithology (Charlie Parker) 5:4306. Yardbird Suite (Charlie Parker) 4:3107. Embraceable You (G. & I. Gershwin) 4:1708. Now's the Time (Charlie Parker) 4:3609. Lover Man (Davis-Ramirez-Sherman) 6:1010. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) 4:3811. Billie's Bounce (Charlie Parker) 5:0112. 'Round Midnight (Thelonious Monk) 5:2813. Un Poco Loco (Bud Powell) 3:20Martial Solal, Solo PianoRecorded at Whitney Studios, Glendale, California, June 18, 19 (#10 & 13) & 21 (#3,9 & 12), 1966Original recordings produced by Ross RussellProduced for CD release by Jordi PujolStereo · 24-Bit Digitally Remastered

That´s the problem: it was there when I bought the album, but is not listed in Apple Music (the pre-installed music player ... do I need to install another, although it is all Apple, just to read the pdf?)

Finally remembered to buy this (have my unuses ipad with me on vacation ...). Listening now ... needless to say it´s great fun! But where the fegh can I read te booklet on this silly secty locked mystery device?

It has been pulled because it combines half of the album with half of the next one ... bit of a goof. So go for the Japanese reissue if you want to get it.

No rush from my side ... there was a date going with the announcement of "coming on CD as well now", I may still be ahead of schedule but as I don't remember where I saw that date I just wanted to check quickly.

Maybe not quite THE ONE for me, but agree on all accounts, it's wonderful!

@Jim Alfredson any updates on the CD-version of the SpeakEZ tracks? I put in an order on Sep 7 (adding another CD), nothing here yet ...

Haven't listened to the samples, but ordered mine already - great to see Bertrand continue his work!

Pre-order in

... which is the case pretty often. Their database is a real mess.