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That's an interesting read, thanks for posting the link brownie! He was on quite a few great albums and played with almost everyone it seems! Very wide range!

Gee, sorry to read this, paps! Hope you'll get better soon!

Sad news. I absolutely love his albums with Helen Merrill - some of the best vocal jazz ever recorded, and I guess Katz had quite a hand in there. And indeed he was a fine writer, I always enjoyed his liner notes (mostly on reissues where he wrote new notes).

No, it went straight to last chance - I just ordered one. You know, this is funny... my first post ever, back on the old BNBB, was about the Reece select... Mosaic spread the news that they would start release these smaller 3CD sets, and I sent them a mail suggesting a Reece Blue Note Select. So they answered something along the lines "yes, that might be a possibility", and a while later, there it was... of course I wouldn't consider my mail having had any influence, but I really want to buy this one, finally, although I've got all but "Soundin' Off" on single discs by now. Has "Soundin' Off" been reissued as RVG or not?

Improv is part of that label family (the Terronès labels, so to say).

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In Lund 1975, Evans performed with Monica Zetterlund (voc), and the rhythm section of Eddie Gomez (b), Eliot Zigmund (d). Not sure if this new release contains that portion or some trio material from the same time. The Helsinki show is with Gomez/Marty Morell (d), I've seen the footage, very nice!

Yes, makes sense, and I thought about this, too... adding the two earlier ones just as an option. Having them and the Waldron duo in would broaden the picture, but having just the late 80s group albums would be more focused. Momentum is 63 minutes The Door is 59 minutes Anthem is 59 minutes Live at Sweet Basil is 69 minutes Too much for a Select. But maybe there's more live material to add and expand it, like the Tolliver select? (This is pure speculation) And yes, having all the duos with Waldron in one place would be terrific, but the hats will unlikely ever appear anywhere else, same, I guess, for the Soul Notes... I think the Lacy/Waldron discography is spread too far to bring it all together.

June Christy Miranda July Emperor Augustus hm, for obscurity, I guess I should have gone with June Tabor... then Craig Taborn...

Shepp on Horo: Body and Soul Cicci Santucci (tp) Charles Greenlee (tb) Archie Shepp (ts) Irio de Paula (g) Alessio Urso (b) Afonso Vieira (d) Rome, September 28, 1975 Tropical (1) Horo (It)HZ10, (Jap)RVJ-6076 Note : See following sessions for rest of the above issues. Jazz a Confronto No. 27 Charles Greenlee (tb) Archie Shepp (ts,sop) Dave Burrell (p) David Williams (b) Beaver Harris (d) Rome, September 28, 1975 Lybia Horo (It)HLL101-27, (Jap)RVJ-6048 My heart cries out to Africa - , - Dogon (It)HZ10, (Jap)RVJ-6076 Mariamar Cicci Santucci (tp) Charles Greenlee (tb) Archie Shepp (ts,sop,p) Irio de Paula (g) Alessio Urso (b) Afonso Vieira (d) Rome, October 16, 1975 Mariamar Horo (It)HZ01 Tres ideias - The magic - Shepp's mood - Body and soul (cs,cg out) (It)HZ10, (Jap)RVJ-6076 Note : All titles from Horo (It)HZ01 also on Horo (It)CP12024. The Tradition Archie Shepp (ts,sop,p) Cameron Brown (b) Clifford Jarvis (d) Rome, October 12, 1777 Hooray for Mal Horo (It)HDP13/14 Sophisticated lady - Things have got to change - I didn't know about you - Note : Entire session also on Horo (Jap)RVJ-9001/2.

JazzBeat, JazzTrack... there are some others, too. Lonehill and Gambit often do as well. Fresh Sound and Definitive rarely included original covers, though.

Just sent it in, including a link to this discussion here!

I'll do so, but I thought I'd bring it up here first, to see what people think!

Gee... I hope I don't miss out on too many that go out of stock before I can order! Bought so much lately, I got to take a break for a while!

There are two "like new" copies of Illinois Jacquet/Ben Webster's "The Kid and the Brute" on priceminister.com: http://www.priceminister.com/offer/buy/568...4-CD-Album.html For those who don't know: these compiles two albums (both 10 inchers, I think), Webster is on two long tracks of the first, the remainder is Jacquet's great little band. Plenty of good music! Forgot to mention: they cost 10-11 € only!

Others have... I think it might be worth a try to write a mail if you plan to order more than three discs, you might get some kind of offer (less than 10€ per disc, that is). I dimly remember someone mentioning that, longtime ago, so maybe it's no longer like that, who knows... That Pepper Adams one with Arvanitas looks fine! Anyone has heard the Byard and Redd discs? The Boni is discussed above a bit... And hellyeah, I want that Reece as well!!!

Now that RCA is part of SonyBMG and Mosaic has access to their vaults (see Henry Threadgill), the thought came up: how about a box of Lacy's RCA/Novus albums? Looking around here: http://senators.free.fr/web_stuff/NavbarFr...et_Welcome.html What we'd get is: ---------------------------------------- Steve Lacy: Momentum Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, tambourine, Steve Potts alto & soprano saxophones, tambourine, Bobby Few piano, Jean-Jacques Avenel double bass, Oliver Johnson drums, Irene Aebi vocals, violin, cello Ind. Title Composer / Author Dur. 1/ The Bath Steve Lacy 13:03 2/ The Gaze * 11:10 3/ Utah * Steve Lacy / Giulia Niccolai 6:58 4/ Momentum Steve Lacy 7:58 5/ Art Steve Lacy / Herman Melville 8:56 6/ The Song Steve Lacy / Brion Gysin 15:02 * not on LP release. Recorded on May 20-22, 1987 at Family Sound, Paris (F). Engineer: Daniel Vallancien. Assistant engineer: Nicolas Thevenin. Digital transfers by Ray Hall. Producer: Ed Michel. Series Director: Steve Backer. Cover painting: Olivier Agid. Cover art: J.J. Stelmach. 1987 - Novus, 3021-2-N (CD) 1987 - Novus, 3021-1-N (LP) ---------------------------------------- Steve Lacy: The Door Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Steve Potts alto (1,2,5), soprano saxophone (8), Irene Aebi violin (8), Bobby Few piano (1,2,4,5,8), Jean-Jacques Avenel bass (1,2,3,5,6,8), sanza (3), Oliver Johnson drums (1,2,5,6,7,8), Sam Woodyard drums (8) Ind. Title Composer Dur. 1/ The Door Steve Lacy 7:26 2/ Ugly Beauty Thelonious Monk 7:48 3/ Clichés Steve Lacy 8:27 4/ Forgetful George Handy, Jack Segal 7:21 5/ Blinks Steve Lacy 9:13 6/ Coming Up * Bud Powell 4:43 7/ The Breath * Steve Lacy 4:25 8/ Virgin Jungle Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn 9:21 * not on LP releases. Recorded on July 4-5, 1988 at Family Sound, Paris (F). Engineer: Daniel Vallancien. Assistant engineer: Nicolas Thevenin. Producer: Ed Michel. Series Director: Steve Backer. Cover painting: Kenneth Noland ("Parisian Bar"). Cover art: Pietro Alfieri. 1989 - Novus, 3049-2-N (CD) 1989 - Novus, 3049-1-N (LP) 1989 - Novus, PL83049 (LP) ---------------------------------------- Steve Lacy: Anthem Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Bobby Few piano, Steve Potts alto & soprano saxophones, Jean-Jacques Avenel bass, John Betsch drums, Irene Aebi vocals, La Velle vocals, Sam Kelly percussion, Glenn Ferris trombone Ind. Title Composer / Author Dur. 1/ Number One Steve Lacy 9:01 2/ Prayer Steve Lacy 9:21 3/ J. J.'s Jam Jean-Jacques Avenel 6:53 4/ Prelude And Anthem Steve Lacy / Osip Mandelstam 15:48 5/ The Mantle Steve Lacy / Mary Frazee 9:22 6/ The Rent Steve Lacy 7:17 Recorded on June 27-28, 1989 at Family Sound Studios, Paris (France). Producer: Steve Lacy. Series Director: Steve Backer. Cover painting: Arthur Secunda ("Another Vortex"). Cover art: Pietro Alfieri. 1990 - Novus/BMG/RCA, 3079-2-N (CD) 1990 - Novus/RCA, 3079-1-N (LP) ---------------------------------------- Steve Lacy / Mal Waldron: Hot House Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Mal Waldron piano Ind. Title Composer Dur. 1/ House Party Starting Herbie Nichols 6:14 2/ Hot House Tadd Dameron 4:13 3/ I'll Keep Loving You Bud Powell 9:17 4/ Friday The 13th Thelonious Monk 6:07 5/ Mistral Breeze Mal Waldron 3:33 6/ The Mooche Duke Ellington 5:55 7/ Petite Fleur Sidney Bechet 7:04 8/ Snake Out Mal Waldron 6:39 9/ Retreat Steve Lacy 5:26 Recorded July 12-13, 1990 at Studios Ferber, Paris (F). Engineer: Laurent Peyron. Assistant engineer: Véronique Ferraro. Mixed July 14, 1990 at Ramses Studio, Paris (F). Engineer: Laurent Peyron. Assistant engineer: Bruce Dunnet. Mastered July 18, 1990 at BMG Recording Studios, New York City. Engineer: Joe Lopes. Assistant engineer: Vince Caro. Producer: John Snyder. Series Director: Steve Backer. Cover art: Jacqueline Murphy. 1991 - Novus, 3098-2-N (CD) ---------------------------------------- Various Artists: A Merry Jazzmas Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Mal Waldron piano Irene Aebi voice Ind. Title Composer Dur. 11/ A Merrier Christmas Thelonious Monk 5:00 Note: This record features Marcus Roberts, Roy Hargrove, Hilton Ruiz, Vanessa Rubin, Antonio Hart, Christopher Hollyday, John Hicks, Carmen McRae, Steve Coleman, Steve Lacy and Mal Waldron. Recorded on July 13, 1990 at Studios Ferber, Paris (France). 1991 - BMG, Novus 63126 (CD) ---------------------------------------- The Steve Lacy Sextet: Live At Sweet Basil Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Steve Potts soprano & alto saxophones, Irene Aebi voice, violin, Bobby Few piano, Jean-Jacques Avenel double bass, John Betsch drums Ind. Title Composer / Author Dur. 1/ Prospectus Steve Lacy / Blaise Cendrars 10:48 2/ The Bath Steve Lacy 12:38 3/ Morning Joy Steve Lacy / Bob Kaufman 16:11 4/ The Wane Steve Lacy 14:55 5/ Blinks 14:29 Recorded live July 6 and 7, 1991 at Sweet Basil, New York (USA). Engineers: Joe Lopes, Warren Schatz. Assistant engineer: Suzy Fink. Producer: John Snyder. Series Director: Steve Backer. Cover painting: Zao Wou Ki. Cover art: Jacqueline Murphy. 1992 - Novus, 01241 63128-2 (CD) ---------------------------------------- plus, some earlier stuff from the same family of labels could be added: ---------------------------------------- Steve Lacy Sextet: Flakes Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Steve Potts alto & soprano saxophones, Irene Aebi cello, Michael Smith piano, Kent Carter bass, Kenneth Tyler percussion & drums Ind. Title Composer Dur. 1/ Weal Steve Lacy 5:45 2/ The New Duck 7:45 3/ Snorts 6:00 4/ Flakes 7:35 5/ The Shoals 9:50 6/ The Rush 2:50 Recorded in Rome on May 12, 1974. Engineer: Franco Finetti. Musical assistant: Gianni Dell'Orso. Producer: . Executive producer: . Cover photography: . Cover art: Graphic design: 1975 - RCA-Vista (Italy), TPL1 1097 (LP) ---------------------------------------- Steve Lacy: Disposability Steve Lacy soprano saxophone, Kent Carter bass, Aldo Romano drums Ind. Title Composer Dur. 1/ Shuffle Boil Thelonious Monk 5:17 2/ Barble * Steve Lacy 3:25 3/ Chary * 2:51 4/ Tune 2 Cecil Taylor 8:26 5/ Pannonica Thelonious Monk 3:30 6/ M's Transport * Steve Lacy 4:05 7/ Comin'on The Hudson Thelonious Monk 3:30 8/ There We Were * Steve Lacy 3:02 9/ Generous 1 Carla Bley 3:40 * improvisations Recorded on 21 & 22 December, 1965 in Roma (Italy). Engineer: ??? Producer: Alberto Alberti. ???? - KCD (Italy), KCD-002 (CD: BOOTLEG) 1966 - Vik (RCA Italia), KLVP 200 (LP) 1983 - Vik (RCA Italia), KLVP 200 (LP) ---------------------------------------- Just a thought... but I'd buy it without much thought, that's for sure!

Well, I'm not opposed to expensive watches in general (not that I could afford one), but a classic IWC "Portugieser" for instance, I'd certainly wear it if I had one! But most expensive watches are just ugly in my eyes... Btw, the x-mas album is on its way, two copies, one for me dad

It's interesting that there are three fine young French lady sax players around right now - Alexandra Grimal with her fine organ trio (that is: ts/org/d), Géraldine Laurent with the Time Out Trio (as/b/d, sometimes with piano or fender rhodes added - saw her live and got her CD, highly recommended!), and Sophie Alour (ts, usually with p/b/d or elp/b/d, sometimes adding guitar as well). I've first heard all of them thanks to live broadcasts on French radio, and I want to get their discs (in the cases of Grimal and Alour, and if Laurent has a new one out, I'll look for it as well). Good to see that Grimal has one out on such a nice label now!

bump here's a thread about Ted Curson's "Pop Wine" (which I got, in the meantime). http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=14208 and a thread about James Spaulding's fine "Down With It": http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=48794 seems Futura/Marge have been doing some interesting reissues lately: Marge 45 Tribute to Albert Ayler - Live at the Dynamo Roy Campbell (trompette, trompette de poche, flûte de bambou, effets sonores et voix), Joe McPhee (saxophone ténor, trompette de poche et voix), William Parker (contrebasse et voix) & Warren Smith (batterie, percussions et voix) Pantin (France) le 21 novembre 2008 Blue Marge 1005 (upcoming) Sam Rivers - Crosscurrent Sam Rivers (saxophones ténor et soprano, flûte, piano & voix), Jerry Byrd (guitare), Rael Wesley Grant (basse électrique) et Steve Ellington (batterie) Paris-La Défense le 4 avril 1981 Futura Swing 01 (upcoming) Hal Singer - Blues and News Hal Singer (saxophone ténor), Jacques Bolognési (trombone), Jean-Claude André (guitare), Siegfried Kessler (piano, orgue hammond & flûte), Patrice Caratini (contrebasse), Art Taylor (drums) et Alain "Paco" Charlery (percussions) Paris le 18 mai 1971 Marge 43 Sophia Domancich / William Parker / Hamid Drake - Washed Away / Live at the Sunside Sophia Domancich (piano), William Parker (contrebasse) & Hamid Drake (batterie) Paris les 1er et 2 juillet 2008 Marge 42 Alexandra Grimal Trio - Shape / Live at the Sunset Alexandra Grimal (saxophones ténor et soprano), Antonin Rayon (orgue Hammond et Clavinet) & Emmanuel Scarpa (batterie) Paris le 30 juin 2008 Marge 41 FAB trio (Fonda / Altschul / Bang) - A Night In Paris / Live at the Sunset Joe Fonda (contrebasse), Barry Altschul (batterie) & Billy Bang (violon) Paris le 19 avril 2008 and more on their new releases page --------------------------- also I wasn't aware of some other rather recent releases that look tasty: Marge 40 Trio 3 - Wha's Nine / Live at the Sunset Oliver Lake (saxophone alto), Reggie Workman (contrebasse) & Andrew Cyrille (batterie) Paris le 28 octobre 2007 Blue Marge 1009 Ted Curson - In Paris / Live at the Sunside (Double CD) Ted Curson (trompette, trompette piccolo, bugle & voix), with Alain Jean-Marie (piano), Gilles Naturel (contrebasse), Philippe Soirat (batterie), Pierrick Pédron (saxophone alto), Guillaume Naturel (flûte), Julie Saury (percussions), Sylvia Howard (voix) et Ferhat Öz, Evrim Özsuca, Daiva Starinskaite, Jaanika Ventsel (voix & choeur) Paris les 30 et 31 août 2006 Futura Ger 34 Sahib Shihab + Jef Gilson Unit - La marche dans le désert Sahib Shihab (Saxophone baryton, et varitone soprano saxophone), Jef Gilson (piano électrique, ondoline et percussions), Pierre Moret (orgue Hammond, ondoline et percussions), Jean-François Catoire (contrebasse), Jean-Claude Pourtier (batterie, percussions et sifflet), Maurice Bouhana (batterie, percussions et flûte) et Bruno Di Goia (balafon, bongos et flûte) Paris le 15 février 1972

Yes, Filet de Soul! I think this must be the third or fourth thread were brownie and me recommend this one in tandem, so to speak The Sonet looks tasty but I guess it's hard to find if there are no used vinyl stores around...

...but he was Riverside's house drummer (or almost), appearing on dozens of albums for the label including three under his name. I wasn't aware he was on so many Riverside sessions! Yes, I have that, I think it was reissued by Fantasy, not strictly an OJC. Of course! That was a typo... I love "Cool Struttin'", but I think I love "Trio" even more!

That's what I was afraid of...

That's the trio track on "Milestones" (Columbia), right? "Ahmad's Blues" (the trio feature on "Workin'") is fun, too! More prime Philly Joe can be heard on "Sonny Clark Trio" (Blue Note, with Paul Chambers). The same trio with Jackie MacLean and Art Farmer cut Clark's classic "Soul Struttin'" (Blue Note as well). On many of the Coltrane sessions, btw, Art Taylor's on drums. Philly Joe would have been better, musically, but I guess his "issues" got the better of him too often, and he wasn't Prestige's (nor Blue Note's) preferred session drummer, alas.

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