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There's this great solo disc by pianist Stephan Oliva (I'm a fan of his - a specialist in brooding darkish solo performance, he also collaborated with François Raulin on a Tristano project and leads his own small groups or peforms in duos, for instance with Joey Baron - www.stephanoliva.com): The label is Illusions (www.illusionsmusic.fr), it came out in 2007 (recorded last december) and it's a limited edition of 2000, packed in the nice cardboard digipack style that the Sketch label was using (it looks like some kind of Sketch offshoot, with Philippe Ghielmetti producing and designing the cover, recording at Studio La Buissonne by Gérard de Haro, all very Sketch-like). I gave it a first spin yesterday and found it very good! Here's part of the liners (by Oliva I guess, but it doesn't say so): "I never try to play his music in totally faithful fashion, and am perfectly willing to make allowances for subjective alterations that may arise through tricks of memory, improvisation or the transposition of orchestral work over to piano; yet when I was recording this CD, I had a twofold feeling -- that of re-experiencing all those films and melodies* as they re-emerged at random inside me, according to the emotions evoed, plus the even stranger feeling of being in the actual process of creating the music for yet another film where the subject would gradually draw a life portrait of Bernard Hermann himself, with allt he complexity that implies. For me, he's a phantom figure, the ghost who'll haunt the spirit of these timeless films for evermore" (typos are mine, of course) *) music is from "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir", "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "Obsession", "Vertigo", "Psycho", "Fahrenheit 451", "Citizen Kane", "Taxi Driver" and a couple of other films, from 1947 (Mrs. Muir) to 1976 (Obsession). If you enjoy piano music (I bet you do!), Oliva's disc from the 5CD box "Jazz n (e)motion" is fantastic! It's an all solo thing, too (the other pianists tackling film music are Martial Solal, Steve Kuhn, Alain Jean-Marie and Paul Bley, the box contains a short bonus disc but it may be easier to find some of the discs on their own, as it's all been OOP for a while). Seems the Hermann disc isn't even listed on the FNAC website and FNAC is the only store in Paris to carry it... if I had known, I'd have gotten a copy for you when I was there last week, but now I'm home again...

Oh well, there you go... the thieves are once again offering best value for money... this is sad, but eventually it will lead more and more people to buy their stuff, I'm afraid!

on a sidenote, why does Cannonball not turn up on the set with his rhythm section (on Vol. 2, Feldman/Jones/Hayes, with Dizzy, J.J. and Getz)? Kind of weird, no? Would he have asked for too much money to do more than just the two first numbers? Or was he at odds with Granz?

Playing this one: It's part of a Stockholm concert from November 21, 1960, originally a double LP (never on CD, I think, I have a vinyl rip) that contained mostly those parts centered around Dizzy's quintet (w/Leo Wright, Lalo Schifrin, Art Davis, Chuck Lampkin) and guests (two tracks with Cannonball Adderley, Benny Carter and J.J. Johnson, Wright out; one track with Roy Eldridge, Don Byas, Stan Getz, Coleman Hawkins and Jo Jones, Wright and Lampkin out; three tracks, including a smokin' "Kush" with J.J., Getz and Candido added to the quintet). There seem to have been other volumes with the more traditional/mainstream parts. Here's the info from jazzdisco.org: This once again makes me dream of a box or several boxes collecting all the 50s and early 60s JATP sessions in a thorough way!

Thanks for clearing that. I have the 1201 (or is it 2101? whaterver, it's that DA Music/Black Lion successor label) version of "Reaching Out", with all the bonus tracks, but I haven't got it with me... seems "Gettin' into Somethin'" I don't have. I have one more though, that's been released under several others' name, I think. Mine is under Flanagan's and on Prevue and OMITS the bonus track that were part of another reissue (I think on Black Lion under KD's name). Anyway, Frank Haynes is there, too, and doing great! Is "Gettin' into Somethin'" available? If not, Lonehill might be my way of choice - though maybe not, as I always enjoyed Sony/Legacy reissues a lot soundwise, and I'm sure these will sound good, too! (Koch even though they had that HD stuff going on, always kind of left me indifferent, but then I own only five or six Koch CDs.)

what does this one from Lonehill contain, in addition to the two Gutter albums? Disque : 1 1. Slop Jah 2. Little Old Mongoose 3. Evad Smurd 4. Blues for J.P. 5. One Foot in the Gutter 6. Well You Needn't 7. Sandu Disque : 2 1. Brownie Speaks 2. Comin' Home Baby 3. Two Feet in the Gutter 4. Shiny Stockings 5. Lady Iris B 6. Coffee Walk 7. Reaching Out [*] 8. Our Miss Brooks [*] 9. One for Elena [*]

Amazon.fr - Release date: October 29

some more: Can't find Vol. 2, sorry. Now back on topic, please

I found this one yesterday while looking for an Arnett Cobb cover: It's by far the largest scan I found.

Remember to include couw's booklet with it, that's worth more than the original anyway! And don't forget couw's piece of the €5000 cake, either I'll travel to Stralsund and pass over some couple of small change personally, but only if he accomodates me for free, of course

Ordered 9th, it says 18 Oct - 26 Oct for me... I'll offer the 2001 version (with neither booklet nor box) for 5000 € on Amazon Marketplace if they deliver!

haven't gotten a reply to my first mail (written when this thread ended), so I wrote again, forwarding the original mail and kindly asking for any kind of reaction... they're going to replace the faulty disc, the mail was a bit weirdly put, so I hope I'll not just get a burn...

Donald Byrd Sextet Donald Byrd (tp) Bernard McKinney (euph) Yusef Lateef (ts) Barry Harris (p) Alvin Jackson (b) Frank Grans (d) Detroit, MI, August 23, 1955 Parisian Thoroughfare Transition TRLP 5 Yusef - Shaw 'Nuff - Torsion Level - Woody'n You - Dancing In The Dark - Blues - Donald Byrd - Byrd Jazz (Transition TRLP 5) That's the one that was put out on CD by Delmark: (cover of the 1991 CD) Is it good? I have the Byrd Transition 2CD set on BN and it's pretty good, but I never came around getting this one - of course here I'd go with the Delmark, as the bonus cuts are of no interest to me and Gambit generally has too many items in their catalogue that float freely among collectors... (I think I have not one Gambit disc so far)

info for the Lonehill discs, taken from the Fresh Sound Records page: Swing's The Thing Illinois Jacquet Featuring: Illinois Jacquet, Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown, Jo Jones, Kenny Burrell, Wild Bill Davis, Johnny Williams REFERENCE: LHJ10228 BAR CODE: 8436019582282 PRICE: 13.45 € The Illinois Jacquet Project: The Complete 1956-1966 Recordings Volume #1 Contains The Complete Albums: Clef’s October 1956 LP Swing’s The Thing Verve’s April 21, 1958 The Cool Rage Session The first CD of this collection of five includes Jacquet’s complete October 16, 1956 album Swing’s The Thing, with Roy Eldridge, Jimmy Jones, Herb Ellis, Ray Brown and Jo Jones as well as all of the tracks recorded on April 21, 1958, that were later released on the album The Cool Rage featuring Wild Bill Davis, Kenny Burrell and Johnny Williams. This CD also includes a version of Robbin’s Nest, recorded on August 11, 1959, as the only alternate take of the session Illinois Jacquet Flies Again, which we’ve included on this edition due to a lack of disc space on the collection’s second CD. Tracklisting: 1. Las Vegas Blues 2. Harlem Nocturne 3. Can’t we be friends 4. Achtung 5. Have you met Miss Jones? 6. Lullaby of the leaves 7. No sweat 8. Flying home 9. The fluke 10. Nite out 11. Robbin’s Nest (alt take) Personnel: #1-6: Illinois Jacquet (ts), Roy Eldridge (tp), Jimmy Jones (p), Herb Ellis (g), Ray Brown (b), Jo Jones (d). Los Angeles, October 16, 1956. #7-10: Illinois Jacquet (ts), Kenny Burrell (g), Wild Bill Davis (org), Johnny Williams (d). NYC, April 21, 1958. Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra Illinois Jacquet Featuring: Illinois Jacquet, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Kenny Burrell, George Duvivier, Jo Jones, Russell Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Haywood Henry, Jimmy Jones, Al Lucas, Oliver Jackson, Barry Galbraith REFERENCE: LHJ10229 BAR CODE: 8436019582299 PRICE: 13.45 € The Illinois Jacquet Project: The Complete 1956-1966 Recordings Volume #2 Contains The Complete Albums: Epic’s 1962 LP Illinois Jacquet and His Orchestra Roulette’s 1959 LP Illinois Jacquet Flies Again The second CD of our collection contains the complete master takes from the Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra sessions, recorded between February and May 1962, featuring Roy Eldridge, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Kenny Burrell, George Duvivier, Jo Jones and with arrangements by Jimmy Mundy & Ernie Wilkins. This edition also includes all of the master takes from the August 11, 1959, Illinois Jacquet Flies Again album featuring Russell Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Haywood Henry, Jimmy Jones, Barry Galbraith, Al Lucas and Oliver Jackson. Tracklisting: 1. Satin Doll 2. Pucker up 3. banned in Boston 4. Indiana 5. Ydeen-O 6. Reverie 7. Frantic Fanny 8. Stella by Starlight 9. Imagination 10. How now? 11. Sleeping Susan 12. Robbin's nest 13. Lean baby 14. Bottom's up 15. That's my desire 16. Black velvet 17. Teddy bear 18. Pleasingly plump 19. I don't stand a ghost of a chance 20. Potpourri 21. The King Personnel: #1-10: Illinois Jacquet, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Kenny Burrell, George Duvivier, Jo Jones. Arrgts: Jimmy Mundy and Ernie Wilkins. NYC, February-May 1962. #11-21: Illinois Jacquet, Russell Jacquet, Budd Johnson, Haywood Henry, Jimmy Jones, Al Lucas, Oliver Jackson, Barry Galbraith NYC, August 1959. The Message - With Kenny Burrell Illinois Jacquet Featuring: Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Wally Richardson, Wendell Marshall, Ben Tucker, Ray Lucas, Willie Rodriguez REFERENCE: LHJ10230 BAR CODE: - PRICE: 13.45 € The Illinois Jacquet Project: The Complete 1956-1966 Recordings Volume #3 Contains the complete albums: - "The Message" (Argo LP, 1963) Featuring Kenny Burrell, Wally Richardson, Ben Tucker, Ray Lucas and Willie Rodriguez. Recorded on May 7 & 8, 1963. (Tracks 1-7) - "Desert Winds" (Argo LP, 1964) Featuring Kenny Burrell, Tommy Flanagan, Wendell Marshall, Ray Lucas and Rodriguez. Recorded on February 13, 1964. (Tracks 8-14) Tracklisting: 1. The message 2. Wild man 3. Bassoon blues 4. On Broadway 5. Like young 6. Turnpike 7. Bonita 8. When my dreamboat comes home 9. Desert winds 10. Star eyes 11. Blues for the early bird 12. Lester leaps in 13. You're my thrill 14. Canadian sunset Bosses Of The Ballad & Strings Play Cole Porter Illinois Jacquet Featuring: Patti Brown, Billy Buttler, Eric Gale, George Duvivier, Grady Tate, Candido Camero REFERENCE: LHJ10231 BAR CODE: - PRICE: 13.45 € The Illinois Jacquet Project: The Complete 1956-1966 Recordings Volume #4 Contains the complete albums: - "The Bosses Of The Ballad" (Argo LP, 1964) Featuring a 19-piece orchestra with arrangements by Tom McIntosh and Benny Golson. Recorded on October 29 & 30, 1964. (tracks 1-12) - "Spectrum" (Cadet LP, 1965) Featuring Patti Bown, Billy Butler, Eric Gale, George Duvivier, Grady Tate and Candido Camero. Recorded on April 29 & 30, 1965. (tracks 13-21) Tracklisting: 1. I love you 2. Get out of town 3. So in love 4. I concentrate on you 5. You do something to me 6. Everytime we say goodbye 7. Use your imagination 8. All through the night 9. Begin the beguine 10. It's all right with me 11. Do I love you 12. I've got you under my skin 13. Blues for Bunny 14. Black foot 15. Big music 16. Blue horizon 17. Goin' out of my head 18. Spanish boots 19. Elise 20. I remember her so well 21. Now and then Go Power! Illinois Jacquet Featuring: Illinois Jacquet, Milt Buckner, Alan Dawson, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Kenny Burrell, George Duvivier, Jo Jones.... REFERENCE: LHJ10232 BAR CODE: 8436019582329 PRICE: 13.45 € The Illinois Jacquet Project: The Complete 1956-1966 Recordings Volume #5 Contains the complete album: "Go Power!" (Cadet LP, 1966). Live trio performances with Milt Buckner and Alan Dawson at Lennie's On The Turnpike, in West Peabody, MA. "The distinctive tenor roars...and is heard throughout in prime form. Buckner's heavy organ sound pushes Jacquet to some fiery playing." - AMG Also includes: All five alternate takes from "Illinois Jacquet And His Orchestra" (Epic LP, 1962), included here due to a lack of space on the first CD in this collection. Tracklisting: 1. On a clear day 2. Illinois Jacquet flies again 3. Robin's nest 4. Watermelon man 5. I want a little girl 6. Pamela's blues 7. Jan 8. Satin doll (alt. take) 9. Ydeen-O (alt. take) 10. How now? (alt. take) 11. Frantic Fanny (alt. take) 12. Stella by starlight (alt. take) Personnel: #1-10: Illinois Jacquet (ts), Milt Buckner (org,p), Alan Dawson (d). West Peabody, Mass., March 1966. #8-12: Illinois Jacquet, Leo Parker, Sir Charles Thompson, Kenny Burrell, George Duvivier, Jo Jones. Arrgts: Jimmy Mundy and Ernie Wilkins. NYC, February-May 1962. I know their reputation here isn't too great, but this kind of project to me makes them a worthwhile thing for me... it does seem to pay off to put out this stuff in such rather thorough compiled forms, so I still wonder why those who keep the masters and own the rights don't see the least bit of interest in releaseasing it themselves.

I have the Mosaic and like it a lot. After that I only got one of the Prestige in last year's zweitausendeins ZYX/Fantasy sale (I think it's the explosive one, but I didn't love it that much) and the Verve Elite reissue of the album with Ben Webster (actually two 10 inchers, I think). I'd love to have all of the Verve stuff compiled somehow! Lonehill has a series of Jacquet twofers, I think it's more than the two you indicate, MG! I'll look for the one with "Go Power" first, then... but not right now!

my order ships today - even though I'm broke and even though shipping costs are a blatant rip-off, I just had to go for this, seeing it was back up! thanks for starting this thread, sidewinder!

ok, I can see that point - as I said I like them alright, seen them live once, too (with Stubblefield, shortly before he died, much too early). anyway, they're still kind of "derivative", even if not an actual ghost band... and in mainstream jazz, they might indeed be one of the liveliest outfits around these days (for instance, I find Holland's music more and more boring, can't help it... I realize it's not the music that changes much - though maybe that in fact is part of the problem - but my perception of it...)

I have the set on now. It's really a beautifully done box, and it was $45.97 shipped for a five CD set from Amazon. In addition to the Dameron, Elmo Hope, and Ray Draper sessions, it's also missing the Red Garland sessions. Hope the third box with those sessions sees the light of day. This and 'Fearless Leader' were obviously labors of love. These are not missing, as these are "sideman" dates, as opposed to Coltrane taking part in jam sessions (which is the focus of this set). Glad to hear it's a nice box, will have to get it eventually! And here's more hope they'll really bring the third (sideman) box, too! The context of the discussion WAS what would be on the sideman box set. "Missing" didn't indicate that it was supposed to be on the co-leader box set, rather that it was left to go on the sideman box set. I really would like to see this set. Would be much more efficient that a bunch of loose pieces, it's up to each person to decide what's "not that exciting", and the presentation is so wonderful on these sets. So you were replying to my own post #16, i guess - sorry, wasn't aware of that. Anyway, as I said, I love the "Fearless Leader" box for it's great presentation, and I will want to get this new one, too, eventually... might make a nice x-mas gift...

well, I jumped in head first, getting the Mosaic, after having known but "Spiral" (a so-so album on Freedom, with Ted Curson, Lee Konitz and others in various settings) - I then proceeded listening to all of it chronologically, and love the twin basses and the extremely sharp and smart drumming of Hayes a lot... however, I loved stuff like "Out to Lunch" for a long time before, so I was used to some "odd" sounds...

I've seen your listening to this again and again... but I'm broke now and shouldn't buy too much, really! Sounds definitely interesting to me, though...

Smokestack, too! This and Judgement may in the end by my favourites! (with Point of Departure running close third) edited to correct the album's title (thought it was "Smoke Stack"...)

another great one: http://www.newjungleorchestra.com/ Pierre Dørge & New Jungle Orchestra (from the homepage) I've got three of their Steeplechase discs (the self-titled one, Brikama & Johnny Lives) and like them a lot. Also got a live show on DVD - terrific! Harry Beckett, holy crap! And John Tchicai, Johnny Dyani, Marilyn Mazur and others were all part of this group at one time, keyboardist Irene Becker still is with them, it seems. Great outfit, for sure! I think I'd recommend "Johnny Lives" for those not familiar, but I don't know any of their more recent efforts.

Dedalo (Enja Winckelmann) by Gianluigi Trovesi & WDR Big Band: Ekapa Lodumo (Enja Winckelmann) by Abdullah Ibrahim & NDR Big Band: These are just two examples, of course... I don't have either but heard live broadcasts on tv and radio of these programmes and loved the music quite some!

not sure what I'd vote here... maybe ICP? and wtf is the mingus bb doing here if there's supposed to be no ghost bands? I like them alright, but with all their repertoire being from mingus, I consider it a ghost band. and just because Schneider did a project with the DRBB... there are other very good radio big bands over here, though just a few ones remain by now, NDR Big Band and WDR Big Band deserve mention just as much as the DR BB, I'd say!

bumping this up because of this thread over here: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=36577