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Thanks Allan! Will wait a few days (hoping their discount will still be valid) and make up my mind. I forgot that I also have the "Jazz Epistles" disc on my wishlist... hoping it contains the few titles that the Camden/KAZ "Jazz in Africa, Vol 1 - The Jazz Epistles" omitted (didn't check yet).

Not Michael Gregory Jackson, that is... obviously

I'm thinking of ordering some more South African music (mostly jazz related, but I still feel this thread is fitting better than the ZA Jazz one) - here's what I have on my kalahari.net wishlist - any comments? Elite Swingsters/Dolly Rathebe - Woza Elite Swingsters/Dolly Rathebe - A Call for Peace McCoy Mrubata - Phosa Ngasemwa Basil Coetzee - Monwabisi Basil Coetzee - B African Jazz Pioneers - Live at the Montreux Jazz Festival African Jazz Pioneers - Afrika Vukani Linda Kekana - Kodumela Linda Kekana - I Am An African The Best of Allen Kwela (Sheer Sound) I am aware of MG's endorsements of both Linda Kekana discs, and I'm familiar with the African Jazz Pioneers, Mrubata and Coetzee (though I only know him as a Dollar Brand sideman so far). And I definitely have the stray Elite Swingsters and/or Rathebe cut on compilations.

Never happened upon that DVD, but you know how it is in Switzerland now... not sure I need any Jaco on DVD, but I've loved the "Birthday Concert" for many years... it's exactly that loose feel that I enjoy! The version of The Chicken there is the best I've heard so far! Both the sax and Melton Mustafa's trumpet solo, and of course Jaco himself is incredible! I'm still not completely into "Word of Mouth"... still needs some time to grow, I guess.

Alles Gute zum Geburtstag, Rolf! :party: Alas, I don't have anything at hand that would justify a toast, but I'm sure you'll have some good stuff later today Fräulein Maria, Herrin von Jever, sends her regards...

It must contain something else - that nice 3-tune gig at this private house runs for 29 minutes only. The DVD is said to be 71 minutes on Amazon.

Thanks, that site is new to me! And apologies... I'm sure you missed some important rugby or tennis on tv because of me Seriously: quite some tracks on "Invitation" seem to have been edited - how silly is that?! Is the Aurex 2CD set worth looking for, or is "Birthday Concert" better anyway? (I think it's far better than "Invitation")

ah well ok... found this on the Jaco Pastorius website: Jaco Pastorius - Invitation Warner Bros. 23876 (U.S. compilation of Twins I & II ), on CD as a Japanese Import WB, WPCP 4932 (ubu: it's also part of the European "Warner Bros. Masters" series of digipack releases. I'm still posting this, as others might have stumbled over it... ------------------ Can someone tell me more about these releases? I have "Invitation" (originally released 1983) and "The Birthday Concert", and a bootleg of what seems to be from the same dates on which the Aurex Jazz/Twins releases were taped (what I have is the full set from 1982-09-01 - all but one edited track, "Invitation", previously unreleased). Anyway, Bruyninckx says that the the set from Mr. Pip's, Fort Lauderdale, December 1, 1981 released on "Invitation" was released in its entirety on "The Birthday Concert" as well. But the timings don't match, except possibly for "Reza" (10:02 and 10:36, respectively). Futhermore, "Sophisticated Lady" from "Invitation" isn't on "The Birthday Concert", and the total playing time of the later is much longer as well. So, is this the same date, botchered up on "Invitation" and with complete versions but still not the full set on "The Birthday Concert"? Or are these two completely different releases? The confusion continues then with the Aurex/Twins material: the release "Punk Jazz: The Jaco Pastorius Anthology" (Warner/Rhino, 2CD) contains a few live tracks from 1982, said to be from 1982-09-01 (only an edited "Invitation" from that date was released), as well as 1982-09-04 and 1982-09-05 in Tokyo (and said to be originally released on "Twins I" and "Twins II". So far so good... but then it says that some of these tracks (in fact three of the four contained on the anthology) were also included on "Invitation". To me, the correct version seems to be that "Invitation" was more or less a partial US release of "Aurex/Twins I" and "Aurex/Twins II" (omitting and shortening a few titles). And then "The Birthday Concert" (1981-12-01) has nothing to do with either "Invitation" nor those "Twins" releases. Hence that would mean that "Reza" on "The Birthday Concert" and "Invitation" are two different versions as well, right? Is that correct? So Bruyninckx goofed there?

Yes, just had some of that half an hour ago. Before it worked alright.

I got less enthusiastic about "Enchance" as time went by... it was discussed here a few times (I think first it was in the "funny rat", a search for "enchance" w/results as posts display option might bring it up). It doesn't keep the promise made by the line up.

Thanks! I thought it might have turned up in the meantime... another one that could be used if BN were to do further batches of RVGs or any other straight reissues.

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).

Little Brother Fat Man Fatty Arbuckle

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!