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Yes, of course there is! Hey, I was the only one to mention Doug Watkins, too... if this would be a "who are you're favourite bass players"-thread and not a poll, people would have posted longer lists (I would have, for sure).

Played the entire Haden Black Saint/Soul Note box this afternoon. As expected, the O&ND albums were fine (I've heard the first one before but never owned it), the album with Allen had lots of great bass playing, not bad, the one with Chet I'll have to revisit... and the final one, same trio minus Chet (Pieranunzi-Haden-Higgins) sounded very good again. Will revisit that one soon, too! Now into the second album of the Pieranunzi set (sort of logical to listen now, as Pieranunzi was on the final two Haden discs). Some good hardbop on the first, I thought the few spots by Massimo Urbani outshone most of the rest though, Farmer didn't sound that great here (hey, he's always good, he was a pro! But didn't sound "on" to me here).

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Ah yes, Dyani and Miller! Didn't think beyond US when posting yesterday...

favourites, off the top of my head: Oscar Pettiford Charles Mingus Doug Watkins Paul Chambers Richard Davis young Gary Peacock and yes, Charlie Haden also! weird, a poll about bassists and Ming and Pettiford missing...

bonus added to reissues from the series? so they finally get in line with the usual silly practices we've been used from the music business in the past years? what an annoying thing that would be!

Do you usually do? I saw a DVD (off european TV) which I enjoyed a lot, recorded in Burghausen, Germany, on March 20, 2009. Mighty fine concert, too bad I never had a chance to see The Cookers live! But at least I have that DVD! (In case anyone wonders: Craig Handy was on alto then, not Azar Lawrence, and EJ Strickland on drums.) [...] As for the other comments, I don't know what to say. It's interesting what people read into things. We recorded a CD right after these gigs that will be out in the Fall in Europe and next year in the US. I think it came out great and one can listen to it (and hopefully enjoy it) without being distracted by one's lack of stage presence. Interesting discussion there! On the DVD I mention above, that never even occurred to me. I guess there's plenty of variety as far as expectations to jazz musicians go... I can kind of take it all, from aping around nervously or a gentelmanly conferencier (Benny Golson, telling the same stories over and over again...) to the most introspective kind - as long as it seems to be natural and in line with the personality/character of the performing artist! Never thought anything was weird about your behaviour on said DVD, David!

... bring us the effing Horos!

Mine too. Don't know if it has been "silvered" as they used to say. Yes it has! That's how I've owned it for many years! Seems it's only available as a download (or rather pricey used disc) now, though. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1100/1122.php?cat=%2FArtists%2FRava+Enrico%23%23Enrico+Rava&we_start=0&lvredir=712 http://www.amazon.com/Enrico-Rava-Quartet/dp/B000024I7W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1272155709&sr=1-1

I think my top Rava still remains "Quartet" on ECM, with Roswell Rudd, JF Jenny Clark and Aldo Romano!

Yes, I played the first four discs in a row! Then time ran out... very good! Not so sure about the second and fourth, but the first one with its funky beats and guitar was great, and I liked String Band a lot, too! The second was at the same time a tougher "jazz" date as it was also a venture into more hymnic, post-Milesian, ECM-expressionist territory, which kind of went on with "Secrets". Not that I disliked either of these, not at all, just found them a bit less fun, so to say. The first few tunes I heard of "Electric Five" sounded like a motherload of fun though, looking forward to play it in full tomorrow!

loved that first album from the box! not quite as convinced of the rest of the box, but that one is really fun... Just playing that first one... fun indeed! Will report elsewhere how I'll like the rest...

Jeez - I don't even know how many CDs and LPs (let alone 45s and 78s) that I have. I've been scared to count for years. Maybe I'll do that this weekend. I'm in the same boat there... I guess the CDs would be around 6000 or so, just a very rough guess... might be 5000, might be 7000. Add to that about 250 LPs or so. No clue what it would be worth, and no idea how to insure it here, but I don't have much trust in insurances anyway.

I bought the Lieb/Beirach and Tolliver Selects from amazon.fr for quite nice prices - also somewhat cheaper than the rest of the sets. No idea why this happens, but I said to myself: carpe diem! - he he... still, my remark was tongue-in-cheek of course, as we're in the vinyl corner here

Ok, so now we definitely want to see some photos... Alan and Jim, Alan and Lon, Alan and Rod, Alan and Clifford, etc etc, and Alan and his haircut, of course!

vinyl?!

Tonight: Doudou Gouirand - Chanting & Dancing Steve Eliovson / Colin Walcott - Dawn Dance Mick Goodrick - In Pas(s)ing Manfred Schoof - Horizons Not sure if I'll go on with CDs or the following: Jan Garbarek - Places John Abercrombie - Current Events Jiri Stivin / Rudolf Dasek - System Tandem

Bought "Dances" on vinyl - Garbarek with ogun? Couldn't pass it up, provided also the Penguin guide thinks it's one of his best albums (on piano and organ there's John Taylor - hardly much of a greasy player, I assume - the others present are Bill Connors and Jack DeJohnette).

He sings "It Takes Two to Tango" on the Verve set (maybe on a single cd too for all I know.) I think it was on the VME of Lester & Peterson, too - love it!

just got this one: And am giving it a first spin as I type... very cool! Thought with Dyani and Dorge it had to be cool! Paid about 14€ for it, which seems quite a nice price, it's in very good shape, no visible scratches, no tears in the cover, just some wear, but it looks like it was part of a collection that was taken care of very well, just as all the ECM vinyl I bought in the past weeks!

"Lester Young - Live and private recordings in chronological order" (mentioned a few posts further up). There was an LP version first, Japanese release. Brownie or Jazzbo would know more about it, I'm sure.

No, the info fits for #1-6 of CD1 and #7-16 of CD2 - this info is taken from that 16CD set, btw. No idea if it's actually what's on the Storyville. And I wouldn't bet on there being three unissued sessions... much of this was never officially issued outside of that (semi-official?) 16CD set anyway! (Storyville had some bits on their own Lester Young "Masters of Jazz" compilation.) Anyway, I'll be glad to get the correct detail as soon as someone knows! It's a pity Storyville doesn't post it on their website, for reference!

Thanks for that short rundown of Drakes' career - had no idea he had been around for so long and done so much! I don't think I've heard him anywhere else, other then with Pres.

first, the info from Storyville: CD1 May 19, 1951 Lester Young Quintet Birdland, New York City Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; John Lewis p; Gene Ramey; Jo Jones d 1. Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 7:23 2. A Ghost Of A Chance (Young-Washington-Crosby) 3:53 3. How High The Moon (Morgan Lewis) 6:28 4. D.B. Blues (Young) 3:13 January 15, 1953 Lester Young Quintet Birdland, New York City Jesse Drakes t; Lester Young ts; Horace Silver p; Franklin Skeete b; Lee Abrams d 5. Lullaby Of Birdland (Theme) (George Shearing) / Up ‘N Adam (Young) 5:36 6. Too Marvellous For Words (Whiting-Mercer) 5:48 CD2: December 8, 1956 (afternoon) Lester Young with Earl Swope & Bill Potts Olivia’s Patio Lounge, Washington DC Earl Swope tb; Lester Young ts; Bill Potts p; Norman Williams b; Jim Lucht d 7. Oh, Lady, Be Good (G. & I. Gershwin) 7:15 8. Blues In G (Up ‘N Adam) (Young) 7:53 9. Jumpin’ With Symphony Sid (Young) 7:34 10. Lullaby of Birdland (George Shearing) 1:36 December 15, 1956 Lester Young Café Bohemia, New York City Idrees Sulieman t; Lester Young ts; Sinclair Raney p; Gene Ramey b; Willie Jones d 11. Lester Leaps In (Young) 3:13 12. These Foolish Things (Morrell-Strachey-Link) 3:38 13. Three Little Words (Kalmar-Ruby) 4:41 December 22, 1956 Lester Young Quartet Café Bohémia, New York City Lester Young ts; Sinclair Raney p; Gene Ramey b; Willie Jones d 14. Pennies From Heaven (Johnston-Burke) 3:02 15. Polka Dots And Moonbeams (Burke-Van Heusen) 3:44 same, add Idrees Sulieman t 16. Indiana (Hanley-MacDonald) 4:01 ------ that's what I can find... it contraditcts, however, brownie's statement, that: And this may all be wrong... I'm just trying to fit my info with the setlist & timings of the Storyville release!

You won't be disappointed! Yup... had a first listen to "Late Spot" last night - pretty effin' great! And got a confirmation for "Down in the Village". The annoying thing, however is, I got a "new sealed" copy of "Late Spot", but it had imprints from a different jewel case on the booklet and looked like a used CD taht was sealed again. Also it had a magnetic sticker on the DISC! Imagine that! I was able to tear/peel it off, but some of the lacquer came off with it as well. I don't think it did any harm, but the top side of the disc is protected less good than the bottom side, so I'll be sure to make a burn of it soon, just in case... but I won't complain as I got it for around 12€ or so and these discs seem to fetch quite crazy prices by now.