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MG, the Verve Elite Edition twofer "Swinger/Mr. Swing" is another sideman appearance worth metnioning! Superb music, as the other guy from Zurich (not Lake Zurich, Illinois... we have a lake and a city, we don't need to have it all in one!) already mentioned. I have three of the OJCs, grabbed them when Concord started clearing the warehouse, haven't played them very often yet, but they all sounded good to me! They are "Forrest Fire", "Sit Down and Relax", and "Most Much!" I've wondered about this one - worth hearing? For Forrest and/or Miles? source: http://www.plosin.com/milesAhead/Sessions.aspx?s=520000

Shouldn't that be "Pago Libre" (a band)? And "Lawn Chair Society" is by another Kenny (Werner, not Wheeler). Are these duplicates, or just stuff you don't really enjoy any longer?

How about the (Jazz) Crusaders? I'm only just getting started with the live Blue Note albums (excellent! Though I couldn't say which one's my favourite yet), next up might be the Mosaic or some of the early Crusaders (without the Jazz in the band name) albums now out in Universal's "Originals" series. The BN albums are all on the going-OOP list, by the way!

Thanks a lot! I have the Dragon disc, but it's been a long time that I played the interview part. Here's the Ted Blume interview: http://www.slought.org/content/11161/ info:

That must be new. These CD-Rs have been discussed at least twice in other threads, there others also pointed out that only in the small print below somewhere, it said that these were CD-Rs, while on the top of the listing it said "Audio CD". I wouldn't have bought one of these, otherwise (it was Patton's "Accent on the Blues", I think it cost 13.99 - I'm also of the opinion that 10$ is the maximum prize to ask for a lossless download, or if they prefer selling that, a CD-R) I haven't read this whole thread yet, but why don't they give us the option to get a download and then ask a bit less for that? Like that, they could justify the higher costs for a CD-R by comparison, as that needs to be manufactured by someone (burned at 52X I'm sure! I'll have to rip the Patton and make my own burn of it!) and then brought to a post office as well.

Ok, so that's the Two Bones then? I thought it could be them, but I've heard very little of their music so far! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twobones Or here as well, of course: http://keepswinging.blogspot.com/2008/08/t...ado-moroni.html (I've seen Dado Moroni once playing at a private party, a great pianist!)

I see you're from Switserland? Well - then you should recognize the musicians of one of the unsolved tracks Durium Ah well, I don't know all about Swiss jazz, even less so about the traditionalists... but Henri Chaix might be hidden somewhere in your collection? I only have a track of his accompanying Ben Webster, and frankly I could never identify him...

Keroac is incorrect as well Very enjoyable film! Had a chance once to see it on the big screen. Some other of the notorious beat generation characters are in the film, as well as Dave Amram (who did some work as a jazz french horn player).

Happy Birthday, Tom! :party:

Thanks for your comments, durium! I'll have to do some reading now in this thread, and I'll wait for the answers to find out about some of the titles I really liked!

Thanks a lot for sharing this compilation, durium! I'm afraid my reactions in general weren't that positive. I usually like my jazz a bit more challenging, more on the modern side (like the Monk track, or like other projects from Aki Takase, though her Fats Waller project is nice as well!) Anyway, I hope you're not offended by my comments, tastes are different, I guess, and that's how it should be! #1 - That's Aki Takase and her Fats Waller band, right? Eugene Chadbourne singing, Nils Wogram doing the great trombone solo... Thomas Heberer, Rudi Mahall (rather constrained here), and Paul Lovens on the swinging drums... the opening cut of the CD, "Lookin' Good But Feelin' Bad" - good opener, though of course it's a dubious retro thing... I enjoy this particular band, though (and I also liked Takase's W.C. Handy project, which used Fred Frith instead of Chadbourne, I think). #2 - Short, nice - no clue who it could be. #3 - Harp? No, guitar, but in the intro it almost sounds like harp to my ears... what's that tune, ah "Django" by John Lewis! Love the song, not sure if I find this a good version though... rather easy listening-like, I'm afraid. Gets better once the gypsy swing settles in. But I prefer such music on acoustic guitar, also the bass is a bit too much (soundwise that is, blame the engineer...) #4 - The tune sounds familiar... from Ahmad Jamal? But this isn't him, right? Not bad, but a bit too much on the easy side again, tinkling along... hm, or is it him? There are some sings, but I'd not rate this as a first-class performance though I love his trio with Crosby/Fournier (which I suspect this is whom we hear here, then?) #5 - Not quite my cup of tea, I'm afraid. And again the sound of this recording I quite don't like. #6 - This one though starts out somewhat charming, I confess! And it keeps it going to the end, nice one. #7 - Not a violin sound I particularly enjoy. Is this "Sweet Sue"? The tunes continue to be over before I start getting into them really. #8 - Another charmer here! Lovely tenor sound, fat and old-fashioned, with a nice muted trumpet. I don't venture a guess though, except that I assume this is another retro band thing? #9 - This sounds more authentic for a change, good one. #10 - "Salt Peanuts", another retro crew doing it dixieland style. Good idea, but not really my cup of tea. Or well, maybe after all it may be more of a novelty, rather than a good idea? #11 - "Sheik of Araby", weird presentation of the theme, but not bad I find! #12 - "Solitude" by twin bassists, nice! This is also nicely recorded, none of that dreadful sound here! Not so sure about the clarinet... #13 - This isn't half bad, in fact the piano and later the alto are quite good, but the rhythm is too much retro again for my tastes... don't like the sound much, once again. #14 - Another bop tune, this time executed in fitting fashion... this is nice, but still as most of the music on this disc so far, it's a bit too smooth for my taste... very tastefully done and all, but it doesn't really connect to me all that much. #15 - This tune sounds again familiar but I can't put a name to it... nice one. #16 - "Our Love Is Here to Stay" by twin trombones, smooth, lovely! #17 - A Monk tune, but as usual I can't name it... doing Monk covers is extremely difficult, and I'm afraid I don't approve of this attempt here... it's not all bad, but it doesn't do Monk justice I think. It gets as it goes on though! In fact it gets quite good! Who's this guy, not by any chance Misha Mengelberg? I start liking this as it goes on! #18 - Another retro two-beat accompaniment... the singer's voice is too high/light for my taste, but she's pretty ok. And with violin again present, this starts a wrapping up process, I guess, returning to the beggining? #19 - Ha! good one!

ah well, Brönner... he's a mighty fine trumpet player, I once heard a complete set with a classic late-Chet accomopaniment of just guitar and bass (Dieter Ilg on bass, some scandinavian guitar player, Leonhufvud or something like that, never heard of him but he's fine, too, Ilg is great of course!). In such a setting, he can do some nice things, but his usual pop-jazz stuff has no appeal for me, at all.

Thanks Claude!

Would anyone happen to know if the label called "Vid Jazz" is legitimate or not? Here's a release of theirs: http://www.worldsrecords.com/pages/artists...ngton_7498.html DUKE ELLINGTON IN AMSTERDAM & ZURICH This is a video. Total running time: 58 minutes. Medley: Black & Tan Fantasy - Creole Love Call - The Mooche (a) My Funny Valentine (a) Mr. Gentle And Mr. Cool (a) All Of Me (a) Medley: Don't Get Around Much Anymore - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me - In A Sentimental Mood - Mood Indigo - I'm Beginning To See The Light - Sophisticated Lady - Caravan - I Got It Bad - It Don't Mean A Thing - Solitude - I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (a) Satin Doll (b) I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart (b) Basin Street Blues (b) Diminuendo In Blue (b) Personnel: a- Clark Terry, Cat Anderson, Harry Carney, Johnny Hodges, Ozzie Bailey, Jimmy Hamilton; b- Ray Nance, Quentin Jackson, Russell Procope, Paul Gonsalves Label: VID JAZZ Number: 31 Item Code: 7498 Format: VID Genre: Jazz Dates: (a- Amsterdam 1958; b- Zurich 1959)

That's got to be one of the coolest Strata East covers I've ever seen! Take that its not available on cd? Here's another one designed like that: Cecil Payne - Zodiac

ahem, you might want to tell this to those britons and their atheist buses... he he

Did you contact the radio stations? They might have some files about recordings etc. SWR, DRS (as he played the Zurich Amateur Jazz festival) etc - maybe someone there can give you more info, or lead you to retired radio people who might remember some stories? maybe you could ask here about any swiss-related activities: http://www.jazzorama.ch/index2.html

Wow, thanks so much for sharing these photos! Some priceless ones among them!

Yeah - I got a DVD of that performance through dime. It's most enjoyable ! Hm, I must have skipped that for lack of space and bandwidth... though for Rhoda I should have got it, I assume!

I assume you all know this discography? http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/izenzon.htm it's not a complete discography/sessionography, but it's a good starting point, I assume... and it lists some private recordings, too.

Do get the RVGs of the Ornette albums - much additional music on them! Among my favourite 60s albums, that's for sure! Here's the jazzdisco.org entry of that Rollins date - one of the highpoints in Rollins' discography, I dare say: Izenzon is on bowed bass, and of course who else could have been at the piano if not Herbie - one of the most lyrical recordings in modern jazz, I dare say... I know, a few superlatives too many, but both this and the Golden Circle albums range high on top in my book!

Never liked her - no real organ sound there, all too clean (and I don't dig her electronic extensions of the organ) - sorry. Ok, now on to disc 2... and hopefully soon on to BFT #61 as well! Wow - I thought she was pretty big in Germany/Austria/Switzerland ! She seems to be big in Germany, don't know about Austria and not really about Switzerland either.... she once played the prestigious Berne jazz festival with Rhoda Scott in a special ladies ogun night, of course Rhoda smokes! No way for me Dennerlein comes even remotely close. But then this is just my opinion, and being of that opinion, I don't really care to know if she's "big" here or not...

My sentiments exactly. Nice one for getting the Ammons and identifying Farmer, Shaw and Henderson ! Yes, as far as identifying some of the musicians go, I was a bit better here! I'll still need to sit down and study the answers thread a bit more closely!

Thanks! I quite made a fool of myself here though But that happens to the best of us...

Oh, and isn't he on Sonny Rollin's magic "Trav'lin Light"? (on one of the RCA albums - two takes exist)