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Yeah, but so what? He has other virtues. I'd rather listen to Jon Hendricks off-key than Kurt Elling in tune. But I tend to forgive off-key-ness more easily than most people. I never heard any Elling (in fact Mahoganny is the only singer I've heard some of, years ago... of course Jarrett, too, but I'm not one of his general haters, not at all). Anyway, Hendricks is cool... enjoy him a lot, but then again I don't know much, except some of LH&R (and LH&B, including the fun "Jazz Casual" show), and his great Pacific album that came out again on CD recently.

Yes, a 1941 or 1942 item with unknown band and possibly Young singing... very, very bad sound quality, though...

Pam Grier?

"Lito", Ward's CD on Leo with Woody Shaw, is quite interesting. Woody Shaw on Leo?! Will take a note, thanks for the recommendation!

quiz: which alto player (which is roughly as famous as the ones from the list) is hidden in this article: http://homernews.com/stories/061903/ent_06...art001001.shtml I know... but I won't tell... 20 years, bah...

best drink to get sober: 4 oz Irish Whisky (Jameson is fine) 2 oz honey 2 oz cream

Interesting evolvement here... or evolution? (Jackie mac?) I saw Lake w/Trio 3 and he was soooooo boring, really a letdown, total. As for the Shank Mosaic, I agree with his clemness - very good one! A secret fave here, too! Also Ward can be quite fine (not with Cecil but on some of those live Ibrahim Enja albums from the early eighties he's smokin' and of course he's the one soloist totally in charge of the classic "African Marketplace"). Also agree on earle Warren - much underrated on alto and hated because of his yucky yuck singing... but on alto he's mighty fine, on the few occasions he can actually stretch out a bit... Hilton Jefferson, too!

Pres should have sung more often... I love "Two to Tango"!

Because I guess very few Russians have very much more money than they can use... that's democracy Putin's way, with his Putin youth and other infiltration...

I wonder what they'll actually ship your way - please let us know!

Yes, that one. Only one of his leader albums I have. I don't care that much for the artwork/packaging stuff... of course I like well-done box sets and nice photos, but the main thing is the music... as for Selects, I don't like how they're designed a lot, but with the normal boxes having gotten so big, I think they're a great idea. I like a lot some of those 3CD and 4CD big ones I have (Jacquet, Thad Jones, Sam Rivers, Blue Mitchell, to name a few) and think it's somewhat a pity that these small ones are now only possible as Selects... Anyway, this should be about Pomery... so where could I continue looking for more?

this is the one:

You'll find only few members here are really into any kind of freer stuff... there used to be this very active thread here, but it's come to almost a halt of late: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=5071 The Wadada album is fine (better, I think, than the yellow one on Tzadik). Two I just picked up are the second of Billy Bang's Vietnam albums (liked the first one quite a bit) and one of AEC's Pi Recordings, [sirius calling]. Haven't played them yet, though... Not sure if Kahil El'Zabar goes under free... I also got that live set of his with Billy Bang (the band's made up of Yoron Israel and Ari Brown), where they do that great groovy homage to Malachi. All together though I found the disc too long to really sustain interest...

yes, of course I know... i have 4000 CDs NOT by Mosaic... (and 50 Mosaics...) just I don't think nobody bothers to put out any of Pomeroy's Roulette stuff these days (I have one disc on Freshsound - one of their ugly 80s releases).

Played all four of the Krupa discs plus the 1945/46 Krupa Classics (only Classics I have, recently found on sale) - very nice stuff! Some of the singing I could live without, but there's plenty of good playing by Charlie Ventura (yeah, got to take the Ventura/Phillips out of the shelf again soon!), Red Rodney and Charlie Kennedy. The arrangements and tunes and all are nice, good quality stuff in many cases, I assume... and Krupa is great, most of the time! Glad I got this one (still have yet to play the James stuff all the way through... Willie Smith is the main reason some of it may really be interesting, I gues...)

Interesting thread here... I quite agree with clem & chuck on Spaulding - interesting colour/vibe, and yes, those long lines have a certain charm in a setting they fit in or add something - I like his part in quite a few of those BN albums. About Bunky Green, I don't know any of his early stuff, but I love him with his european quartet (Eric Legnini on piano, Rosario Bonaccorso on bass and Franck Agulhon on drums). His sound is huge by now, and his playing is mature, almost overflowing with emotion at times - the kind of alto sound I love in a mainstream setting. Also he's quite a great blues player...

Sad news I don't have much of his music, though... would be a good case for a Mosaic Select, I guess.

Also all the missing Lateefs, the four Randy Westons, the Patterson/Ervin Legends of Acid Jazz, too...

Is that Andy Scherrer the tenor sax and piano player? Didn't know he also was good enough to record on drums! Wow! Who's Ben Thompson, never heard of him...

disc 2 now - those trio sides are funny... the parody done by Elvin & Stan Getz in one of their Verve sessions is indeed great fun! Just started disc 4 - pretty nice stuff, I must say! Lots of good Ventura and some fine Charlie Kennedy and Red Rodney (up to disc 3, that is) as well!

disc 2 now - those trio sides are funny... the parody done by Elvin & Stan Getz in one of their Verve sessions is indeed great fun!

as his mikeness wishes, all in one post now: from the top of my head (post to be edited now and then as I remember/buy more): Jimmy Woods - Awakening (Contemporary) Jimmy - Conflict (Contemporary) Barry Harris - At the Jazz Workshop (Riverside) Barry Harris - Preminado (Riverside) Barry Harris - Listen to... (Riverside) Barry Harris - Chasin' the Bird (Riverside) Barry Harris - Magnificient (Prestige) Barry Harris - Bull's Eye (Prestige) (already had "Newer Than New", still missing "Luminescence" - hoping to get it from a marketplace seller but no sign so far) (>> more discussion here) Benny Golson - The Modern Touch (Riverside) Benny Golson - The Other Side of (Riverside) Benny Golson - Gone With (Riverside) Benny Golson - Groovin' With (Riverside) Benny Golson - Gettin' With (Riverside) Johnny Griffin - Quartet (Riverside) Johnny Griffin - Way Out (Riverside) Dorothy Ashby (the twofer w/Wess) Gigi Gryce - Hap'nin's (Japanese mini LP / Prestige) Gigi Gryce - Sayin' Something (Prestige) Don Patterson - Boppin' and Burnin' (Prestige) Red Rodney Quintets (Fantasy) Don Friedman - Circle Waltz (Riverside) Don Friedman - Metamorphosis (Riverside) Don Friedman - Day in the City (Riverside) BUddy Tate & Claude Hopkins (twofer / Prestige) Claude Hopkins - Swing Time (twofer / Prestige) Shorty & Doc (Baker & Cheatham, that is) (Prestige) Sam Jones - Soul Society (Riverside) Sam Jones - Down Home (Riverside) Wilbur Ware - The Chicago Scene (Riverside) Doug Watkins - Soulnik (Riverside) John Jenkins/Cliff Jordan/Bobby Timmons (>> thanks to this thread) George Russell - Stratus Seekers (Riverside) all but three (one still to get, two I already had) of the Griffin/Davis discs (>> see more discussion here) Jimmy Forrest - Forrest Fire (Prestige) Jimmy Forrest - Most Much (Prestige) Jimmy Forrest - Sit Down and Relax (Prestige) Jimmy Heath - The Quota (Japanese edition) Red Garland - Groovy (Prestige) (>> recommendations here) Red Garland - At the Prelude (Prestige / Concord 2CD set) (>> discussion here and here) Jaki Byard - Out Front! (Prestige) Jaki Byard - Hi-Fly (Japanese edition / Prestige) Jaki Byard - Live! (Prestige) (got "Last from Lennie's" in the 2001 sale) Jon Eardley - Seven (Japanese mini LP) (Prestige) Matthew Gee - Jazz By Gee (Japanese mini LP) (>> more here) Sonny Criss - Sonny's Dream (Contemporary) Sonny Criss - Up, Up and Away (Contemporary) Teddy Edwards - Teddy's Ready (Contemporary) Blue Mitchell - Big Six (Riverside) Gil Mellé - Primitive Modern/Quadrama (Riverside) Gil Mellé - and Friends (Riverside) Bill Evans - The Secret Sessions (glad I got the two Keystones, the Riverside and Fantasy from 2001, the Warner I already had...) Randy Weston - Solo, Duo, Trio (twofer / Riverside) Randy Weston - Get Happy (Riverside) Randy Weston - With These Hands (Riverside) Randy Weston - Jazz a La Bohemia (Riverside) Yusef Lateef - Other Sounds (Prestige) Yusef Lateef - Cry/Tender (Prestige) Yusef Lateef - The Three Faces of (Riverside) Yusef Lateef - The Centaur and the Phoenix (Riverside) Yusef Lateef - Into Somethin' (Prestige) (had the other two Lateefs before - Sounds of Yusef and Eastern Sounds, that is) Crazy! But still, so many more to get! And several I've given up hope on finding (Lucky's "Happy Days", Woody Shaw's "Song of Songs", Don Patterson's "New York Dues", for instance), and many that are probably tough to find (stuff such as Lennie Niehaus' series on Contemporary). and also the RVGs of Wes Montgomery's "Full House" and the Cannonball Quintet - though these (as the Garland Prelude) are likely not going OOP too soon... but I got them cheap (and the Garland I got since I just wanted some by him, got it with Groovy).

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last night: Gene Krupa disc 1 - to be continued today if I'm in the mood for more big band music...