king ubu

ordered mine here, unbeatable prize for us yurpeens: http://www.amazon.fr/Mosaic-Select-Vol-31-...5727&sr=8-1

Is that on Rhoda's album "Very saxy"? MG Not quite sure what you refer to, but "Very Saxy" has Ricky Ford on one disc, Houston Person on the other, and Lucien Dobat (drums) and Melvin Sparks (guitar) on both. It's from 2005, though. And just in case, though not related to Ricky Ford, there's another recent and mighty fine Scott disc out, "From C to Shining C" (available on cdbaby.com), with Red Holloway and Plas Johnson on tenors, plus Carl Lockett (g) and Lucien Dobat.

Good one, with Tony Scott! Yes, I'm enjoying this one quite a bit! Is that Tony Scott? Maybe playing under a different name? The name on the back says A.J. Sciacca. Tony Scott, born Anthony Sciacca. Thanks for clearing that up! I had no idea. Upon first listen, I was saying man this cat has a way with the clarinet...now I know why! Sorry for the confusion and not following up myself! Scott appeared as Sciacca on some early recordings, also on the "Modern Jazz Society" album on Verve (on CD in the VEE series - great one, but much OOP I'm afraid). No prob King Ubu. By some stroke of luck, some guy sold a bunch of VEE's at my local used cd shop and one of those (of which I bought virtually all but two of them) was the Modern Jazz Society disk, which I got for $7! I really like this album a lot and like the Hinton, had no idea that was Scott!! Glad to hear that! I love it a lot, and for 7$ it's just a plain steal (any VEE is a steal at that prize!) You should've seen my face in the store. There was like 5 or 6 VEE's on the shelves and I think I yelled out no way! in the store. Along with the Modern Jazz Society, which is an excellent album, I picked up the Blakey, Bellson, Brown, Farmer (Listen to...) among others! I was tripping! quite a haul! The Brown is great, so is the Farmer (but just in case, it's also in the Jazztet Mosaic), the Bellson and Baleky are good as well - the Blakey of course mainly being the Joe Gordon album! I bought the Quincy Jones Mosaic today, at a local store, for an ok prize (about as much as the Mosaic prize or a bit less, but no shipping and taxes!), and also ordered the Woody Herman Select yesterday, which French Amazon has for a great prize right now: Woody Herman Select @ Amazon.fr (via Org-link) edit: direct link to the Herman (I assume this still gives a share to Org?) http://www.amazon.fr/Mosaic-Select-Vol-31-...5727&sr=8-1

If you dig "Play The Blues" & "Back To Back" (who doesn't?), you will LOVE this set. It is without question one of my top five Mosaics. FYI, The "Blues-A-Plenty" session from the twofer you speak of is included in the Mosaic. I missed your reply, brute, sorry. I *know* I'll love the Hodges, the order will be sent in tomorrow or Wednesday! I've heard plenty of Hodges from the earlier 50s, as well as many many hours of Hodges with Ellington (all decades). And yeah, I know the "Blues-A-Plenty" album is included, but I'll keep that one anyway, for the two alternates and the two fine albums by Edison and Webster!

Gee, I definitely need more Tjader! I have "Black Orchid" with Silva on some titles, but more wouldn't be a bad thing!

so it's an adult bastard, really?

nice'n'friendly, huh?

I'm afraid not: Silver 'n' Brass (ca. 41') Silver 'n' Wood (ca. 47') Silver 'n' Voices (ca. 43') Silver 'n' Percussion (ca. 39') Silver 'n' Strings play Music of the Spheres (2 LPs - don't have it) The first 4 add up to 170' - if you add 80' more for the Strings double, that's 250' - too much for three CDs. I'd prefer these as individual Connoisseurs ... are they good? Mike, I think I'd rather prefer Conns, too, but then I think that's a ruther unlikely thing to happen... and how is that Conn, United States of Mind or what's it called? I have some catching up to do as far as Conns go (I have the Blackburn, Evans and Ilori discs, but nothing after that, and I miss some earlier ones, too)

saw Benson and Al Jarreau on tv this weekend - yuck! all the girls had their boobs out because this was so adulter... ahm, adultary?

no definitely not - he couldn't play like Satchmo, like Little Jazz, like Diz, Fats, Brownie, Miles, Hubbard, Woody... but hell, there's one reason he couldn't: he played just like Kirk, and that's good enough for me!

I always think of chicks with their boobs out when I hear of "adult contemporary"... by the way, I am smooth, too, so to say, a smooth operating blue blood, we might add

He was with J.J. Johnson for a while (80s, too, I think? or into the 90s?) but those Universal (Gitanes/Universal France/EmArcy/whatever sub-label it was) are rather hard to find by now. He's on the fine "Let's Hang Out" (also featuring Jimmy Heath, Stanley Cowell, Lewis Nash and Terence Blanchard, in addition to the working group of Renee Rosnes, Rufus Reid and Victor Lewis). And then he's on the live recording "Quintergy" (reissued last year or the year before in one of the Universal France series with those glossy digipacks), of which exists a companion volume, "Standards", which I own and like quite some. That one I have in its old Antilles CD incarnation, I'm not sure it has been reissued since.

What a sorry assed thread... sorry to derail it even further, BM - I have no clue who these other acts are (ok, ok, I've certainly heard the Staple Singers here and there) and even less of an idea how you could locate any tapes. I share your love for Rahsaan, though, that's for sure! And I have to look up that Wolfgang's Vault thread now, I'm clueless what that is...

oi oi oi... too many things I have and didn't get right - Nat Adderley, the Mitchell... The Williams I have but not played it yet, and the Smith I do not yet have... I stood away from the CD reissues, figuring I'd eventually get the Mosaic... (all I have is the session with Getz, hence my misguided guess). Thanks again, looking at the replies, I can see that most of what's on this disc should be rather more to my liking than I thought while listening...

Good one, with Tony Scott! Yes, I'm enjoying this one quite a bit! Is that Tony Scott? Maybe playing under a different name? The name on the back says A.J. Sciacca. Tony Scott, born Anthony Sciacca. Thanks for clearing that up! I had no idea. Upon first listen, I was saying man this cat has a way with the clarinet...now I know why! Sorry for the confusion and not following up myself! Scott appeared as Sciacca on some early recordings, also on the "Modern Jazz Society" album on Verve (on CD in the VEE series - great one, but much OOP I'm afraid). No prob King Ubu. By some stroke of luck, some guy sold a bunch of VEE's at my local used cd shop and one of those (of which I bought virtually all but two of them) was the Modern Jazz Society disk, which I got for $7! I really like this album a lot and like the Hinton, had no idea that was Scott!! Glad to hear that! I love it a lot, and for 7$ it's just a plain steal (any VEE is a steal at that prize!)

Ford pops up on the european scene now and then. In January 2006 he appeared in Paris (one night was broadcasted on French radio) with the following band: Rasul Siddik (t), Ricky Ford (ts), Tom McClung (p), James Lewis (b), Doug Sides (d), and before that, in May 2005 he played an Austrian festival with a co-led band with Kirk Lightsey (Tibor Elekes on bass, Sides on drums) The most recent thing I have is from July 2006 with Rhoda Scott (and Lucien Dobat, who's on some of Scott's CDs, too), from the French Vienne jazz festival, and an October 2006 appearance with Bennie Wallace and Joey De Francsesco at the Leipziger Jazztage in Germany. No idea what he's been up to in 2007, but 2006 seems to have been quite a busy year! And his playing on these shows is marvellous!

In the end, who really cares? Su is great (one of the very few who searched his path in the footsetps of Konitz and not took the Charlier Parker freeway), and as with guys like Mark Turner or Kurt Rosenwinkel, whom I feel a bit ambivalent about, I'd not consider their music revivalist.

Found this one on sale two weeks ago and finally had time to give it a freaking loud and joyful spin - great one! Many of the usual suspects are on hand to turn in the "jazz" solos, the whole thing being another of those Banda affairs. Soloists include Enrico Rava, Gabriele Mirabassi, Battista Lena himself on guitar, Gianni Coscia on accordion. It's on Label Bleu, as is the previously mentioned Lena disc.

Good one, with Tony Scott! Yes, I'm enjoying this one quite a bit! Is that Tony Scott? Maybe playing under a different name? The name on the back says A.J. Sciacca. Tony Scott, born Anthony Sciacca. Thanks for clearing that up! I had no idea. Upon first listen, I was saying man this cat has a way with the clarinet...now I know why! Sorry for the confusion and not following up myself! Scott appeared as Sciacca on some early recordings, also on the "Modern Jazz Society" album on Verve (on CD in the VEE series - great one, but much OOP I'm afraid).

and to make a positive contribution (to the bad - and ugly in VDMK's case - but that of course is in the eye of be behearer), I'd add Roy Campbell as a "good" one - lots of blues, lots of emotion and sincerity in his playing, and to me at least it felt like he had truly absorbed the tradition and paid his dues, not like some of those fake guys (Shipp to me is somewhere in between, sometimes I like him, sometimes I don't). Now William Parker would be another one... I'm no fan, so... but maybe he's just about old enough not to be considered a re-goer? And of course he played with a huge number of important avantgarde musicians, no denying that. Hamid Drake, too (again I'm no fan). And also somehow but different, Brötzmann. Different because I give the benefit of doubt to the european improv scene of the mid/late 60s, meaning I don't just consider that a derival of black american free jazz - guys like Bennink, Mengelberg, Schlippenbach, Parker etc. are also older than most of those others like Shipp, Ware, or Campbell.

VDMK? David Ware, Matt Shipp? To define there has to be kind of a dateline - who has played already by 19XX is not a revivalist but the real thing, or something like that. But then David Murray (vs. Albert Ayler) was mentioned in the other thread, so I guess the above three all qualify (vs. Ayler and Taylor, but who cares anyway).

BTW great movie, it might seems a bit dated today, only because you're used to that camera's work and editing style. Lot of believers and followers, but only ONE John Cassavetes. Very impressive film, even to me who only caught it on TV once (in original version luckily, with subtitles). Wasn't aware Macero was involved!

Yup, you're right, Lonehill it is - they're all out of stock on the Fresh Sound site at this moment, here's the info (and the cover of the first, they all look likely): J. Hodges / W.b. Davis Project Vol. 1 (2 Cds Set) Johnny Hodges Featuring: Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis, Lawrence Brown, Jimmy Hamilton, Kenny Burrell, Mundell Lowe, George Duvivier, Osie Johnson REFERENCE: LHJ10283 BAR CODE: 8436019582831 PRICE: 19.45 € INCLUDES THE COMPLETE LPs: "Con-Soul & Jazz", "Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City" AND ALSO "Blue Pyramid" PLUS BONUS TRACKS! Tracklisting: CD 1: 1. On The Sunny Side Of Th e Street 2. On Green Dolphin Street 3. Lil' Darlin' 4. Con Soul And Sax 5. The Jeep Is Jumpin,' 6. I'm Beginning To See Th e Light 7. Sophisticated Lady 8. Drop Me Off In Harlem 9. No One 10. Johnny Come Lately 11. Just Squeeze Me 12. It's Only A Paper Moon 13. Taff y 14. Good Queen Bess 15. L.B. Blues 16. In A Mellow Tone 17. Rockville Total time: 70:22 mins. CD 2: 1. I'll Always Love You 2. It Don't Mean A Thing 3. Belle Of The Belmont 4. Blues For Madeleine 5. When I'm Feeling Kinda Blue 6. Pyramid 7. Nonchalance 8. At Dawn 9. Th e Brown-Skin Gal In The Calico Gown 10. Stormy Weather 11. Rabbit Out Of Th e Hat 12. Hash Brown 13. Blue Notes* 14. Say It Again* 15. I Can't Believe Th at You're In Love With Me* 16. Broad Walk* 17. L.B. Blues*, 18. Sandy's Gone* 19. Candy's Theme* 20. The Caretakers Theme* 21. Again* * Bonus Tracks Total time: 73:53 mins. CD 1, #1-10: "CON-SOUL & SAX": New York, Jan 7, 1965. CD 1, #11-17 & CD 2, #1-3: "IN ATLANTIC CITY": Grace's Little Belmont, Atlantic City, Aug 10 & 11, 1966. CD 2, #4-12: "BLUE PYRAMID": New York, Nov/Dec, 1965 & Jan 17, 1966. CD 2, #13-17: From "BLUE NOTES": New York, Aug 15 & 19, 1966. CD 2, #18-21: From "SANDY'S GONE": New York, Sept 3, 1963. Vol.1, the only 2-CD set of the series, comprises the only two albums in which Wild Bill Davis was the primary session leader, and in which his name preceded that of Hodges in the original cover art (Con-Soul & Jazz and Wild Bill Davis & Johnny Hodges in Atlantic City). These albums usually appear on jazz discographies under Wild Bill's name. In addition, we also have the album Blue Pyramid, in which Hodges' name is, as usual, the first one mentioned. The three albums, recorded in '65 and '66, were the last small group albums by this amazing team. As fillers at the end of Disc Two are 5 songs from the Hodges album Blue Notes and the four tracks featuring both Hodges and Davis from the album "Sandy's Gone". Personnel: JOHNNY HODGES (alto sax), WILD BILL DAVIS (organ) plus collective personnel: Lawrence Brown (tb), Jimmy Hamilton (cl), Kenny Burrell & Mundell Lowe (g), George Duvivier (b) & Osie Johnson (d), among others. J. Hodges / W.b. Davis Project Vol. 2 Johnny Hodges Featuring: Johnny Hodges (as), Wild Bill Davis (org), Grant Green (g) .... REFERENCE: LHJ10284 BAR CODE: 8436019582848 PRICE: 13.45 € INCLUDES THE TWO COMPLETE LPs: "Joe's Blues" and "Wings & Things", in which guitarist Grant Green plays with the two masters! Tracklisting: 1. Joe's Blues 2. I'll Walk Alone 3. Harmony In Harlem 4. Warm Valley 5. Wild Bill Blues 6. Somebody Loves Me 7. Solitude 8. Clementine 9. Wings And Things 10. Spotted Dog 11. Casanova 12. Dow De Dow Dow Dow 13. Peg O' My Heart 14. The Nearness Of You* 15. Imbo* 16. Take The "A" Train*. * Bonus Tracks, where Hank Jones (p) replaces Wild Bill Davis Total time: 72:41 mins. Personnel: Johnny Hodges (as), Wild Bill Davis (org), Grant Green (g) on all tracks, with: #1-8: "JOE'S BLUES": Lawrence Brown (tb), Bob Bushnell (Fender bass) or Bob Cranshaw (b), Grady Tate (d). Recorded in New Jersey, January 6, 1965. #9-16: "WINGS AND THINGS": Lawrence Brown (tb), Hank Jones (p, replaces Wild Bill Davis on 14-16), Richard Davis (b), Ben Dixon(d). Recorded in New Jersey, July 27, 1965. J. Hodges / W.b. Davis Project Vol. 3 Johnny Hodges Featuring: Johnny Hodges (as), Wild Bill Davis (org), Kenny Burrell (g) .... REFERENCE: LHJ10285 BAR CODE: 8436019582855 PRICE: 13.45 € INCLUDES THE RECORDINGS IN WHICH GUITARIST KENNY BURRELL PLAYED WITH WILD BILL AND JOHNNY HODES: the complete LP "Mess of Blues" and three tracks from the LP "Blue Rabbit". As a bonus, this CD contains the complete 1966 Johnny Hodges/Earl Hines LP "Stride Right", also featuring Kenny Burrell. Tracklisting: 1. Jones 2. I Cried For You 3. Love You Madly 4. Little John, Little John 5. Stolen Sweets 6. A & R Blues 7. Lost In Meditation 8. I Let A Song Go Out Of My Heart 9. Tangerine 10. Creole Love Call 11. Caution Blues (Blues In Thirds)* 12. Stride Right* 13. Rosetta* 14. Perdido* 15. Fantastic, That's You* 16. Tale Of The Fox* 17. I'm Beginning To See Th e Light* 18. C Jam Blues* 19. Tippin' In* * Bonus Tracks Total time: 74:26 mins. Personnel: JOHNNY HODGES (alto sax), WILD BILL DAVIS (organ), KENNY BURRELL (guitar) on all tracks except where otherwise indicated, with: #1-7: "MESS OF BLUES": Joe Wilder (tp), Osie Johnson & Ed Shaughnessy (d). Recorded in New York, Sept 3 & 4, 1963. #8-10: Taken from "BLUE RABBIT": Ray Jackson (organ) replaces Wild Bill Davis, Jack Lesberg (b on #8 & 9), Wendell Marshall (b on 10), Bobby Donaldson (d). Recorded in New York, May 15 (#8 & 9) & May 17 (#10), 1963. #11-19: "STRIDE RIGHT": Wild Bill Davis out. Earl Hines (organ and piano), Richard Davis (b), Joe Marshall (d). Recorded in New Jersey, January 14, 1966. J. Hodges / W.b. Davis Project Vol. 4 Johnny Hodges Featuring: Johnny Hodges, Wild Bill Davis, Les Spann, Mundell Lowe REFERENCE: LHJ10286 BAR CODE: 8436019582862 PRICE: 13.45 € Tracklisting: 1. And Then Some 2. I Wonder Why 3. Azure Te 4. Blue Hodge 5. Hodge Podge 6. It Shouldn't Happen To A Dream 7. Why Are You Blue? 8. Knuckles 9. Stand By Blues 10. There Is No Greater Love 11. Blues O'Mighty 12. Fiddler's Fancy 13. Things Ain't What They Used To Be 14. Wisteria 15. Satin Doll 16. Mud Pie 17. Rent City* 18. Sometimes I'm Happy* 19. The Midnight Sun Will Never Set* 20. Sneakin' Up On You* * Bonus Tracks: Wild Bill Davis Out Total Time: 79:28 mins. PARTNERSHIP: the complete LP "Blue Hodge" (their first collaboration) and the remaining tracks from "Blue Rabbit" (without Kenny Burrell). As bonus tracks at the end of this volume are the four remaining tracks from Hodges' LP "Blue Notes". Personnel: JOHNNY HODGES (alto sax), WILD BILL DAVIS (organ) on all tracks, with: #1-10: "BLUE HODGE": Les Spann (g & fl ), Sam Jones (b), Louis Hayes (d). Recorded in New Jersey, Aug 23 & 24, 1961. #11-16: From "BLUE RABBIT": Mundell Lowe (g), Richard Davis (b), Osie Johnson (d). Recorded in New York, April 28 & 30, 1964. #17-20: From "BLUE NOTES": Wild Bill Davis out. Recorded in New York, October 24, 1966. This special one-off project contains 10 complete original albums, spread over 5 CDs (three single CDs and one double CD set): "Blue Hodge" (1961), "Mess Of Blues" (1963), "Blue Rabbit" (1964), "Joe's Blues" (1965), "Wings And Th ings" (1965), "Con-Soul & Sax" (1965), "Blue Pyramid" (1965), "In Atlantic City" (1966). Two of these ten albums are included as a bonus: two complete 1966 Johnny Hodges' albums (without Wild Bill Davis): "Blue Notes" & "Stride Right" (the latter with Earl Hines) and also four tracks featuring Johnny Hodges and Wild Bill Davis from the rare 1963 big band album "Sandy's Gone". Celebrated jazzmen with deep blues roots, Johnny Hodges (1906-1970) and Wild Bill Davis (1918-1995) formed a prolific musical team with exquisite chemistry that was apparent from their first recording together (the 1961 album Blue Hodge) and would continue for nearly a decade. Hodges and Davis recorded a total of eight albums as co-leaders. The majority of these recordings, however, remained lost in obscurity after their original release and, with a few exceptions, have never been released on CD until now. All of these LPs are presented in their entirety on this project, which also includes numerous bonus tracks! THE COMPLETE SMALL GROUP RECORDINGS OF A SPLENDID BLUES TEAM. Celebrated jazz musicians with deep blues roots, Johnny Hodges (1906-1970) and Wild Bill Davis (1918-1995) formed a prolific musical team with exquisite chemistry that was apparent from their first recording together (the 1961 album Blue Hodge) and would continue for nearly a decade. Apart from making various albums as co-leaders with small groups, they were both members of Duke Ellington's orchestra (Hodges was, of course, an Ellington veteran) in the late Sixties, with whom they toured Europe in 1969. Will Bill was even present of the April 27, 1970 New York session (issued on the Ellington album New Orleans Suite), which turned out to be Johnny's last session ever: he died of a heart attack on May 11, 1970, while at his dentist's office. Hodges and Davis recorded a total of eight albums as co-leaders. A few numbers from some of these sessions (mostly ballads where a piano was better suited than the organ) featured pianist Hank Jones replacing Will Bill Davis. Their albums were met with great success and constitute a solid body of recordings, which combined standard songs and Ellington-related tunes with highly-spirited blues, mostly composed by Hodges and Davis. The majority of these recordings, however, remained lost in obscurity after their original release and, with a few exceptions, have never been released on CD until now. Chronologically, their collective albums are as follows: 1. Blue Hodge (1961) 2. Mess Of Blues (1963) 3. Blue Rabbit (1964) 4. Joe's Blues (1965) 5. Wings And Th ings (1965) 6. Con-Soul & Sax (1965) 7. Blue Pyramid (1965) 8. In Atlantic City (1966) All of these LPs are presented in their entirety in this project, which also includes numerous bonus tracks! Although this four-volume set includes all of their collective albums, the producers decided not to issue them in chronological order. Instead, the original LPs were grouped according to diverse musical criteria: Vol. 1, the only 2-CD set of the series, comprises the only two albums in which Will Bill Davis was the primary session leader, and in which his name preceded that of Hodges in the original cover art, plus Blue Pyramid. Vol. 2, includes the two albums in which guitarist Grant Green plays with the two masters. Vol. 3, includes the recording in which guitarist Kenny Burrell played with Hodges and Davis, plus three tracks from the Blue Rabbit LP. THE BONUS TRACKS: Hodges and Davis also participated on a ninth project, a Claus Ogerman big band LP titled Sandy's Gone fronted by Hodges. This project includes the four tracks which also feature Will Bill Davis, as a bonus at the end of Vol 1. The only other known recordings by Hodges and Davis together were as members of the Duke Ellington Orchestra. ADDITIONAL CONTENT: To fill up the discs in the project, the producers have also included two complete Johnny Hodges albums (without Wild Bill Davis) from the same period: Blue Notes (1966) and Stride Right (1966).

Aw, shit, lots of catching up for me there... still need all of those, also the live sets, Bremen to Bridgewater and the other one, also the Harry Miller Isipingo live set - got that as boot, but I feel like I have to replace that with the real thing, same for the recent 1971 BoB show... it's so good to see some labels actually releasing this that they shall have my full support! (Well, as soon as the bank account permits, anyway... first I'll have to grab the Hodges Mosaic and maybe the Prima/Manone, too...)

The Hodges/Wild Bill Davis recordings have been compiled recently by Definitive (I think two doubles and two singles). That probably nixes the chance of a Mosaic...