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I'm not the seller, don't know the seller, to my knowledge haven't bought from this seller, etc etc etc - 44€ is too good a price to pass this, if you're looking for it! http://www.amazon.de/gp/offer-listing/B000...;condition=used

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Is this one worth upgrading? Not sure the VME is still easy to find, but so far I never bothered... did it also come out again in the more recent Newport series from Universal?

As long as she doesn't vocalize... Well, playing with Newton, she obviously did... I thought their fake arias were hilarious! (I'd never listen to it on CD at home though, but live it worked for me.)

beautiful album - here's the edition to get:

just dropping by to say I enjoy Chambers' arco playing... and to throw in another name: Joelle Leandre (or Joëlle Léandre) http://www.joelle-leandre.com/ http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mleandre.html I guess she's best checked out live - a consummate artist of intriguing breadth and scope... saw her live in duets with Lauren Newton and Roy Campbell, both were great concerts!

bought the Quadromania Jacquet yesterday. It contains (much of) the material from the 1945-50 Mosaic but ends with the final tracks on the 47-51 Classics. I still have some gaps there... I got the Lonehills last week, and I have the great Verve Elite disc, so I'm not sure I really need the 51-52 and 53-55 Classics (they seem to be hard to find by now, all of Jacquets Classics).

I can't answer your question (I grew up in the CD era...), but there was some discussion about it before, maybe it helps finding out? http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=659 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=11184 (this is about the Fresh Sound disc, the BN might be discussed as well... threads often get derailed here...) http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=487

I recently got hold of the whole run of Black Saint discs by/with Lyons - marvellous music there! I wish the Hat albums were available!

November duty went on with two highlights: Friday night it was Carla Bley & The Lost Chords. I went there more to hook up with a friend whom I've not been in touch with for years than for the concert... he's a jazz musician by now (we were in the army band together), here's his website. Anyway, we were both mightily impressed! I guess the most astonishing about the band is how they manage to keep things at low volume, almost low-key, but then do so much inside this self-imposed restriction. For instance, how Andy Sheppard did lengthy stretches of overblowing on tenor, or circular-breathing stuff (mainly on soprano), yet always kept it down and completely controlled, that was very impressive! Same goes for Billy Drummond, who played A LOT but never, ever covered the others. He also had a weird drum set-up, using three ride cymbals, but no other cymbals at all... THE highlight, to both of us though, was Steve Swallow. How he nailed every note, just where it ought to be, and just the note that ought to be there... or so it seems. And his groove is just amazing! (I've seen him about five times by now, in various settings, Lee Konitz, Bobby Previte, his own Damaged in Transit trio... and was impressed each time!) The arrangements were great of course - as is to be expected with Carla Bley. They did songs from the Lost Chords and Songs with Legs discs (and possibly also some from the Fresu disc, which I don't have), and highlights included "Misterioso" (what a hard song to pull! Sheppard's solo opening was slightly reminiscent of Rollins' great opening on his Volume 2 Blue Note album, but of course in a subdued way...), Carla's take on Mogie's "Sidewinder", and then - opening the second set - a duet of Carla & Steve's, from the new christmas carrols disc. Then last night, The Klezmatics. Great party music! Lorin Sklamberg was great, I loved the Woody Guthrie songs they included in the second set... Matt Darriau could have played a few solos more, and Frank London could have... well, he was sort of over the top after maximum four bars into each solo, which got a bit tiring. There was also an excellent violin player, a good bassist (with one of the ugliest basses there is... the contrast between it and Swallow's beautiful hollow-body bass couldn't have been bigger), as well as a young guy who happily bumped away on the drums (including 8 toms, allowing him to play little melodies and stuff). Party music for the global village, I guess... I'm back in the Zurich village for now, waiting to fulfull November duties with some of the concerts at the Unerhört festival. Not sure what December will bring, but Depart (Harry Sokal/Heiri Känzig/Jojo Mayer) will play and I'm sure they'd be great to hear live!

sad news - r.i.p.

This was discussed before, I think... yup: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=29380 http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=28579

Saw Carla Bley & The Lost Chords last night - terrific concert! As opener for the second set, Carla & Steve did a duo of one of the songs from this album - one of the highlights! Swallow was incredible! Groovier than thou, and each note perfectly nailed... amazing!

No Django in the earlier series... and no Bechet, save for the Bechet/Solal album.

in a couple of hours: Carla Bley & The Lost Chords

Too late to the party once again... Happy Birthday, Bill!

Flurin, you'd think this book would be mandatory reading for all postal workers. In all honesty, I've never read the book. But based on the many glowing reviews on Amazon, I really should pick this up. Sounds like a very interesting read to say the least. Tom - Having worked for the postal service (like you) and having read the book, I think you'll find a lot to identify with. Bukowski (Chinaski) may be an extreme case, but the book has a lot of hilarious truth to it. I've never worked for the postal service, but I remember the book as exciting (yes, stimulating as well, as usual with Bukowski), amusing, depressing, and very funny... sort of a roller coaster, I guess, but well worth reading. I guess I should buy me a copy and re-read it, too!

Nat Su (alto sax) and the late Fredi Lüscher (piano) did a nice Strayhorn album, too: (CD on demand @ amazon.com) I can't check on www.altrisuoni.com if it's still available as the site doesn't work in Opera or Firefox (and I can't install MSIE on my computer - it tells me I have a newer version installed when I try and get the latest one from microsoft's site...)

As for Monk tributes... yes, I like Lacy a lot, also doing Monk, with or without Mal Waldron! Their Ellington tributes (or rather: Ellington & Strayhorn) are terrific, too! Mostly of course the album "Sempre Amore"! And Monk's Casino are cool (they're "Die Enttäuschung", a german quartet including Axel Dörner and Rudi Mahall plus Alexander von Schlippenbach). I saw them live a couple of years after their Intakt release came out and they were terrific. I've not felt like getting the album however... I can't really imagine it working that well at home.

Must get hold of that ! This one? Splinters - Split the Difference (Reel Recordings RR013)

agreed! and the rest is boring... agreed again!

Ah, I see, thanks

The Bluesbreakers disc with Peter Green is really great! Filled to the brim, it includes the EP they did with Paul Butterfield, a single or two, as well as the one BBC session with Green (which is great, although Green isn't that prominent). Green also turns up as guest on a track on "Laurel Canyon" and the "Bare Wires" album contains another single with Green (and Aynsley Dunbar - is that the "same" Sly Dunbar of Sly & Robbie, btw?). As for Mick Taylor... I'm not as much of a fan that I'll go and search for his stuff. I first heard him with Dylan and still like "Real Live" a lot, and his contributions are quite responsible for that, I think (but there are a few very fine overall perofrmances on that album as well).

Which ones? Aura and We Want Miles are my favourites, I think, but there are fine things on Amandla and Tutu as well. Decoy is mostly boring, the ugly leather jacket gun album is totally boring, the first comeback album is marred by the two tracks with the bad band (Vince Wilburn already, I think?), and the hip hop (Doo Wop), well.... There's the live music of course (the Warner single disc and the huge Montreux box) that's generally better, I think.