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Joe Harriott/Ronnie Ross & the MJQ Manchester 59
king ubu replied to romualdo's topic in Offering and Looking For...
Just in case my remark wasn't clear enough: this is stuff that ought to "float around" or "be in circulation" - earning money from it is not a thing that will bring good karma. -
Joe Harriott/Ronnie Ross & the MJQ Manchester 59
king ubu replied to romualdo's topic in Offering and Looking For...
yes of course... thanks for this one go out to tooter! -
Got me the "Cool Jazz at Saint-Germain-des-Prés" 10 incher from the Jazz in Paris series... with lots of help from riverrat (from an amazon.com "domestic shipping only" marketplace vendor)... full total was still rather ok for such a rarity (45$): Yowzah!
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Which Mosaic Are You Enjoying Right Now?
king ubu replied to Soulstation1's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
going for all of it... about to finish disc two right now. -
Happy Birthday! :party: (I still owe you payment for that Bobby Jaspar disc! Not that we forget!)
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Are Woody Allen's Films Less Highly Regarded?
king ubu replied to Teasing the Korean's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Farrow is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay more creeeeeeeeeeeeeeepy than Woody will ever get! A complete nutcase as far as I'm concerned! Funny should call "Scoop" the worst! I liked it a lot better than the over-rated "Match Point" (because Johansen just to look at won't suffice for me... she's a fine comedian and that got quite clear in "Scoop"). The worst must be that that Cooky Thief one and "The Curse of the Jade Scorpion". Also I love "Zelig" and "Radio Days" and "Sweet and Lowdown"... guess I'm partial to the minor films of his, too... -
Are Woody Allen's Films Less Highly Regarded?
king ubu replied to Teasing the Korean's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
And he made some *very* bad films in the 90s... also the one with (as others think, not me: hottie) Scarlett J. wasn't nearly as good as it was hyped up to be... (it had a different audience from the regular Allen audience is my guess). Anyway, to me he remains a big name for sure! -
ok, so after all it works - forgive my stupidity
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Yes! And that's the one it didn't seem to accept - so it DID work, but I couldn't see it at first - weird!
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Porcy, that Gordon "Settin' the Pace" is just a single CD, right? Someone should be all over the OOP Mosaic Selects! I paid more for several of these!
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Digging up this thread rather than starting a new one - hope that's ok. I can't change my avatar. Tried several JPGs, all smaller than 100 x 100 pixels, all just about 3-6KB in size. No way it will accept any of them. Even better, it took the settings of the last new one I tried to upload and now shrank my 100 x 100 pixels one out of ratio.
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Paul Gonsalves Rex Stewart Rex the Walkie-Talkie Robot Man
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I guess not really, but these JiP Collector's discs (just out in Germany and it seems they should be around for just 5€) are nice! I've got this one and the "Jazz Boom N°1" so far.
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Thanks Ray! Glad you enjoyed it! 1 Shepp-like, but not him. I really like this “traditional” stuff done with the gritty passion of a 60’s firebrand. I should know this – one of those old Louis Armstrong “Blues” numbers. Ellington it is... 2 Sounds much older than I think it is. Is that an electric guitar? Sounds odd, but I like it. It's fairly old, but yes - sounds older than it is. Electric guitar indeed (at least that's what my crappy ears tell me). 3 Nice, moody piece, but almost a bit too minor, depressing in its tone. There are times when a trombone is my favorite jazz instrument. It works here, but I don’t think I’d want to hear a whole album of this. Did something get mixed up in the sequence here? This is a trumpet/piano duet... 4 “Street of Dreams,” apparently, but I’m unfamiliar (I think) with the vocalist. Sounds like it could be from a motion picture soundtrack circa 1940. 5 Jack Sheldon. I’ve seen Jack perform many times here in L.A., but not recently and I feel terrible about it. He plays every Thursday night (and has for years) at a place not 10 minutes away, and yet it’s been several years since I’ve seen him there. He’s a local (if not national) treasure. Another Jack here... but I'd love to have Jack Sheldon perform weekly in my hometown, that's for sure! 6 I like the sound of the bari, but the tune’s just okay. There’s a faraway quality to the sound/recording – it’s obviously live, but maybe an amateur or bootleg recording? It's a tenor - and yes, the sound isn't too good, but I love the sax playing! It was officially released, btw. 7 Love the energy here – great track! 8 Okay, but not a favorite 9 Love the intensity of the sax solo juxtaposed with the coolness of the ensemble horns. Very curious about who this is. #7 is a favourite of mine, too! But then so are the others, or else I'd not have picked them 10 Least favorite? 11 Better, but only okay Both of these may need undivided attention... but I can also see some not liking them! 13 Poinciana – I do like the guitar solo So do I... but we're in a small minority here!
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It doesn't seem to have too many friends here - but I know that brownie and me, we both like it a lot! Just be aware that a few cuts that turned up later on from the "I Dig Dancers" album were missed by Mosaic. They're currently available on the reissue that's part of the Jazz in Paris Collector's Edition.
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I agree very much with this sentiment!
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Sad news. I like what little I've heard of Ferrara's... some with Konitz, Mulligan. Allen (and anyone else interested): there's some fascinating and interesting discussion of that "school" of trumpet players (Joseph, Ferrara, Fruscella) in the Tony Fruscella thread.
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2 Hour Coltrane Film - available at Blockbuster
king ubu replied to AllenLowe's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
constipated christ! -
I'll need it, too... although the bonus as so often is wasted... it was already on this fine Fantasy twofer: (how did it end up there, after all?)
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for typographical reasons? also because this might have come out in a time when he was a bigger selling point than Bird or Diz?
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The Brownie date can be found on a CD, paired with the Gil Evans material (but about a third of that album is missing - which is a drag since the music would have easily fit in, but it seems Evans wasn't involved in one of the three dates).
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2 Hour Coltrane Film - available at Blockbuster
king ubu replied to AllenLowe's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
constipated Jesus! -
Previously Unavailable Vic Dickenson recording
king ubu replied to Ted O'Reilly's topic in Offering and Looking For...
received today already halfway in - lovely stuff! Given the discussion elsewhere, that's pretty good mail service. Ordered Feb 1 from Toronto, arrived in Zurich on the 10th... And I'm delighted you're enjoying it. I've had a couple of buyers come back to me for another copy -- they want to get a copy for a friend. Now THAT'S a trend I have to encourage. Yes, that was pretty fast, indeed! And yes, I think I'd know at least one friend who'd enjoy a copy, too... -
Digression thread: Coherence is overrated
king ubu replied to AllenLowe's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Coltrane with Bert Kaempfert (felt creative tonight...)