king ubu

ah well, I'm just plain wrong... it was the Hodges chair he had, anyway... Hodges came back later as we all know (but I won't say he replaced Jefferson, since maybe Procope replaced Jefferson and Hodges thus replaced Procope... )

I wonder, is this the record labels' new pricing strategy for stuff of limited/historical interest? this has been the normal retail prize over here for all of these Miles boxes (except of course those with less discs, BB and IASW, mainly, JJ was almost the same as the 6CD ones). when's the european release date?

I liked it a lot. Maybe it's a bit stiff, yes... but then it has that joyful vibe to it that I enjoy that much with SA jazz. Not the loose, free-wheeling one from Harry Miller or Chris McGregor, but that jive thing, the simple grooves, the nice hummable melodies... I have that one Zim Nqgawana alubm, and I think it compares rather favourably with that but is in a similar bag... more organized, more arranged than the Nqgawana, but that's simply due to the group's size... and I like it if there's more than one horn... the KAZ sampler "African Horns" is still one of my favourites for that kind of sound. (Though that again isn't the best reference, as the whole sound on the Mrubata disc is a lot more polished, of course...) Will try and give it a spin again soon and report more thoroughly... I've only played it once as background listening, so it's hard to really judge yet...

Of course you're right... I got the two Hopkins discs and the Jordan (and the Shorty & Doc, too) all on the same day, must have mixed things up!

Too late now. yeah, ok, I see... but why?

why did I do this? and even worse, why do I keep doing it? do I need help? I guess I ought to change the part now and offer to answer all your stoopid questions, instead of asking more them, myself...

No problem, Jim - it is how it is... if one day I'll connect better with Roach's playing here, I'll gladly report it! Interesting about that bass... I never liked these kind of in-between basses a lot, however... not that it's all bad, necessarily, but I've heard them played in live concerts, too, and it's just sort of a lame excuse, more often than not... (but then there are still nowadays sound men - or bassits who ask them to do so? - who mix the bass like say Buster Williams sounded in the late 70s and early 80s, with that metallic slid-ey twang... doesn't get uglier even on such an in-between thing, so it's not necessarily about the instrument.

retarted? but you're merrily posting away, which makes your face look gay I'm quite sure!

by stalking poor polish kings around stoopid korners? I hope that makes you gay!

and why twiddle and fiddle diddle? and why does sevenfour always post just where I post? am I being followed? is the sevenfouri actually the fbeye?

an i for an i?

and why keep I saying I? did I catch keepnews-I-tis? (that would not be funny, I guess, would it?)

If I had "Forrest Fire" blasting out here, I'd not be bored... and why the hell does it keep raining?

Anyhow there were quite a few Ellingtonians: Clark Terry, Jimmy Hamilton, Al Sears, Taft Jordan, Shorty Baker, Rex Stewart, Barney Bigard, Britt Woodman, Wendell Marshall come to mind. That Taft Jordan twofer is great! Forgot to mention I have that one as well! Here's the cover - one to grab quick!

Probably these Ellingtonians where still in a position do do a record date on their own, now and then, opposed to guys like Claude Hopkins, Buddy Tate or sidemen like Hilton Jefferson (on one of the great Hopkins albums on the "Swing Time" twofer - btw. for a short while, Jefferson was an Ellingtonian, too - Capitol years, replacing Hodges... an underrated period, I'm glad I have the Mosaic!)

why do I find this funny right now? what state of mind must I be in to do so?

why again does the struggle continue? (or why not?)

why do I need money to live? (do others, too?)

why do I have to work?

why am I at work?

why am I so bored?

why do I bring this up again?

why?

Here's Losin's list, just because... Swingville series (12" LPs) 2001: Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio (Coleman Hawkins) [8/12/59] 2002: Tiny in Swingville (Tiny Grimes) [8/13/59] 2003: Tate's Date (Buddy Tate) [12/18/59] 2004: Callin' the Blues (Tiny Grimes) [reissue of 7144] 2005: Coleman Hawkins All-Stars (Coleman Hawkins) [1/8/60] 2006: The Happy Jazz of Rex Stewart (Rex Stewart) [see 7728] 2007: Buck Jumpin' (Al Casey) [3/7/60] 2008: Swingin' with Pee Wee (Pee Wee Russell) [see 7672] 2009: Yes Indeed! (Claude Hopkins) [3/25/60] 2010: Rockin' in Rhythm (Swingville All-Stars] [3/31/60] 2011: Jive at Five (Joe Newman) [5/4/60] 2012: The Bud Freeman All-Stars Featuring Shorty Baker (Bud Freeman, Shorty Baker) [5/13/60] 2013: Stasch (Prestige Blues Swingers) [2/5/59] 2014: Tate-A-Tate (Buddy Tate, Clark Terry) [10/18/60] 2015: Let's Swing (Budd Johnson) [12/2/60] 2016: Night Hawk (Coleman Hawkins, Eddie Lockjaw Davis) [12/30/60] 2017: Buck and Buddy (Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate) [12/20/60] 2018: Swing's the Thing (Al Sears) [11/29/60] 2019: Good 'n' Groovy (Joe Newman, Frank Foster) [3/17/61] 2020: Let's Jam (Claude Hopkins a.o.) [2/21/61] 2021: Shorty & Doc (Shorty Baker, Doc Cheatham) [1/17/61] 2022: It's About Time (Jimmy Hamilton) [3/21/61] 2023: Blue Stompin' (Hal Singer a.o.) [reissue of 7153] 2024: Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Coleman Hawkins a.o.) [4/14/61, 5/19/61] 2025: Years Ago (Coleman Hawkins a.o.) [4/14/61, 5/19/61] 2026: Uptown and Lowdown (Cliff Jackson's Washboard Wanderers, Dick Wellstood's Wallerites) [7/20/60, 7/27/61] 2027: Joe's Hap'nin's (Joe Newman) [5/9/61] 2028: Can't Help Swingin' (Jimmy Hamilton) [4/4/61] 2029: Groovin' with Buddy Tate (Buddy Tate) [2/17/61] 2030: Buck & Buddy Blow the Blues (Buck Clayton, Buddy Tate) [9/15/61] 2031: At the Jazz Band Ball (Leonard Gaskin a.o.) [11/30/61] 2032: B.B.B. & Co. (Benny Carter a.o.) [4/2/62] 2033: Darktown Strutter's Ball (Leonard Gaskin a.o.) [8/23/62] 2034: Mr. Allen (Henry Red Allen) [see 7755] 2035: Blues Groove (Coleman Hawkins) [reissue of 7138] 2036: For Basie (Paul Quinichette a.o.) [reissue of 7127] 2037: Basie Reunion (Buck Clayton a.o.) [reissue of 7147] 2038: Soul (Coleman Hawkins) [reissue of 7149] 2039: Hawk Eyes (Coleman Hawkins) [reissue of 7156] 2040: Dixieland Hits (Leonard Gaskin a.o.) [8/28/62] 2041: Swing Time! (Claude Hopkins, Budd Johnson, Vic Dickinson) [5/22/63] 4001: Things Ain't What They Used to Be (Swingville All-Stars) [2 LP set including 2024, 2025] I don't have many of them, but the ones I have I enjoy a lot! What I have are some of the Hawkins ones (w/Garland, Night Hawk, Soul, Hawk Eyes, the all stars on the twofer with Pee Wee Russell), the QUinichette, the Hal Singer, the two Claude Hopkins twofers (four albums all in all), the Bud Freeman, and Shorty & Doc.