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I WISH SOMEONE WOULD RE-ISSUE ALL THOSE MASTERS OF JAZZ, AND THEN CONTINUE THE SERIES!!! IT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE ABOUT 15 (!!!!) CDS BUT ONLY HALF OF THEM EVER CAME OUT, AND THEY'RE ALL OOP AND IMPOSSIBLE TO FINED!

Mann playes many instruments in the fifties... including bass clarinet, not just on that one album. Though in hindsight, it's clear whcih was his main axe. It used to tenor sax early on though, I think. There's also a nice Bud Shank album all on tenor: and thinking of altoists on tenor, Charlie Parker did a two sessions on tenor exclusively, both under Miles' leadership.

You'd be surprised at how much better this album gets with optimal sound quality Yeah, I guess so - but with the time of CDs running out and my resources being small as ever (and stretched to the limits - frequently over the limits, alas), I simply stopped caring to upgrade things. I have maybe a dozen of those ZYX 20bits (including all five of those Baker sessions with George Coleman, some Cannonball Adderley, Nat's "Work Song", one of the Brubeck Jazz at the College of the Pacific, two of the Blakey Riversides and maybe a few more).

Oh, and yes - the Impulse material of the Jarrett American Quartet is great indeed! Pretty intense often! I don't have the ECM material (one album, two?) but I assume the sound alone makes for a rather different listening experience...

That Mike Osborne twofer "Border Crossing" is great, I find! A favourite Rivers album (vinyl) of mine is "Paragon", a trio with Holland/Altschul (Fluid 101). Also "Rendez-vous", a pairing with Mario Schiano, one of Italy's finest of the border-crossing kind, is pretty good (Vedette VPA 8375, vinyl again, also with Holland/Altschul).

Are you referring to the Gato Libre listing? It is correct, a band consisting of: Natsuki Tamura, trumpet; Kazuhiko Tsmura, guitar; Satoko Fujii, accordion; Norikareu Koreyasu, bass ... (I think I have all those spelled right). Gato Libre is well worth checking out if you haven't yet discovered them. Yet another fine project from Fujii and Tamura (does this couple ever sleep?)... oops, sorry for that! never heard of Gato Libre, will take a mental note! I still can't push myself to sell discs, that's why I was wondering... I see myself as a collector (ah heck, I *am* a collector) who wants to own as much by a particular artist as possible. But somehow I admire those who can got the "less is more" route. Can't buy that Berne, have got no money... but I was having a glance at your list nevertheless (masochist, I guess...)

I disagree with that. I had the SACD and thought it sounded poor because the tapes were in bad shape. But then I got the a japanese CD reissue (VICJ-60299), which sounds much better. Mike's and my reviews are available on SA-CD.net: http://www.sa-cd.net/showtitle/1610 Since then I also bought the 45rpm LP reissue, which again sounds better than the japanese CD, and provides state of the art Riverside sound. It shows that the SACD is a greatly missed opportunity to offer this album in the best possible digital reissue form. You guys are crazy! I have this one in a cardboard ZYX 20bit edition and will not replace it... it's far from the greatest ever hardbop album anyway, in my opinion!

one that fits and I just got: Freedom Sounds: People Get Ready (with Wayne Henderson) (Atlantic) edited to add AMG review - source: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:kbfrxqukldse

another sale at allegro: http://www.allegro-music.com/label_search.asp?label=HEP

Yes, that Bennie Green album is great! Still have some vinyl of that one (Bainbridge reissue I think, ugly green cover), but by now also got it on CD...

Sorry, forgot to say it was by Edison, but I see others jumped in. It has Jimmy Jones on piano, just in case you don't like him (some seem to not like him very strongly here).

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)