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I posted the McPartland cover when on vacation, hence I was a bit short... anyone knows the disc and can recommend it (or not)?

I didn't know that. Can someone recommend an album that fits that description? "Stellar Regions" maybe? That's a rather restrained (weak?) compilation of posthumously released material from one of his last studio dates - haven't played it for quite a while. His "Sun Ship" from 1965, one of the starting points of his going free (and hence probably not what you're looking for) is one of the most beautiful and melodic free(-ish) albums I know, in case you want to check that out, too...

Yes, Fol is on quite a few nice discs, but I usually forget about his presence... certainly if his contributions weren't good he'd be noticed in a bad way... but he seems to be indeed an unsung guy... will have to play these two Lafittes again soon - always loved "Blues in Summertime"!

Yes, Fol's "Les quatre saisons" is a good one - all too easily overlooked! Griffin is a great asset, of course, but the whole disc is fine! Have yet to get the JiPs from 102 on... Hubert Fol, his alto sax playing brother, can be heard on a marvellous short session on the "Saxophones" JiP compilation - that one is recommended, anyway, as it adds more fine Sonny Criss tunes to Criss' own "Mr. Blues pour Flirter". It also contains a short date by Michel de Villers.

Yes, Paris sounds more than fine, but this releases pairs the Lenox set with the Newport set, so...

Happy Birthday, Agustín! :party: There'll be a big belated present coming your way in a couple of weeks...

If the sources are anywhere near what I've heard, yes, mediocre sound to be kind... but great music, of course!

Paris 64 line-up is: Thad Jones - cornet Garnett Brown - trombone Joe Farrell - tenor sax George Russell - piano Barre Phillips - bass Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums

Apologies for the mix-up, it's not a Freshsound release at least, and RLR is well-known to make money out of traded boots by now... I was mis-lead since the link went to the Freshsound site... but they're uncaring enough to distribute all that shit...

Is that around? You're not mixing it up with the MPS "Beethoven Hall", I assume? (Good shit, too!)

What sucks even more is that the Freshsound chaps were too lazy to check the exact date of the Newport gig - *just* as it was shared on dime initially - can't be a coincidence, no sir! And what about "Around Midnight"... really a bad hack-job, there!

This is my own guess for #10: Thad Jones - cornet Joe Farrell - reeds Garnett Brown - trombone George Russell - piano Barre Phillips - bass Albert "Tootie" Heath - drums and this is the probably correct Newport line-up: Thad Jones - cornet Brian Trentham - trombone John Gilmore - tenor sax George Russell - piano Steve Swallow - bass Albert Heath - drums Sheila Jordan - vocals info taken from: Burt Goldblatt: Newport Jazz Festival, Dial Press, NYC, 1977, p. 269 (see attachment). Don Ellis played his own gig at that year's NJF, too, btw. (Don't have that recording, though... don't know if a recording exists at all.)

This looks badly like fresh sound uses dime-seeds as their source - all including the unknown track from europe!

Thanks guys, good to see some positive reactions! Colin, do get the Camdens - all four by Ibrahim plus the two "Jazz in Africa" plus "African Horns" are all great ones! The African Jazz Pioneers isn't that great, just in case... but I liked the one tune I picked a lot! I have the "Mankunku" disc on special order from HMV for two months now, sucks badly - anyone has an idea where I could find a copy?

I saw Kim Clarke in double bass backing Joe Henderson on his European tour with all-female backing (Renée Rosnes and Sylvia Cuenca were on piano and drums, all excellent). She was five months pregnant at the time and had to reach even wider over her belly for the bass strings, making it a little uncomfortable, but she swung the band! AFAIR she was with Material or some Jazz/Funk group of musicians as well etc. etc. - one of many underrecorded female jazz musicians. Didn't she play with Defunkt? I remember being wowed by their female bassist and I think it was Kim Clarke. This was 20 years ago and those were the party days so not sure if it was her. Yes, she played/plays with Defunkt - last I know is an early 2000s recording of a Zurich gig - mostly new guys, except for her and Joseph Bowie, but a smokin' gig! Didn't follow the band in the years before or after, though. Now on topic: Vitous has a second helping of "Universal Syncopations" coming out - doesn't sound like it's of interest to me, but I just got the news in a mailing and seing this thread up, I thought I'd share it nevertheless: info in german http://www.jazzecho.de/miroslav_vitous_uni...s_ii_126406.jsp the band includes among others: Randy Brecker (Trompete), Gary Campbell (Saxes), Bob Mintzer (Sax, Klarinette) und Adam Nussbaum (Drums) Tracks: 1 Opera 2 Breakthrough 3 The Prayer 4 Solar Giant 5 Mediterranean Love 6 Gmoong 7 Universal Evolution 8 Moment

cover courtesy of couw: get it here thanks a lot, Sir!

cover courtesy of couw: get it here thanks a lot, Sir!

Played some of "Hammond Bond" yesterday in a store... not that great, I assume... I'd be much more interested in hearing the full album with Thomas, instead of the Bond material (with Pierre Cavalli & Volker Kriegel on guitars). But even two of the three Thomas titles on that CD sound too much time-bound... but as I know me, I'll still get this one, eventually, even more since it's so cheap. And I kind of like Hoffmann's heavy-fisted hammond approach, too (got the 4CD Klaus Doldinger Early Philips box soon after it came out when I saw it cheaply in a local shop and enjoy that one a lot - that's where I first really heard Hoffmann).

They have several "Timeless" releases, all of which (I think) lack some tracks compared to the other compilations listed in this thread. In the case of the Art Pepper set for example I really don't see what the point of yet another compilation was. does the Mingus lack anything? (it adds a tune from late in the game, totally unrelated to the early Savoy dates)

All the best for your health issues, Sir! And enjoy Africa! (Never been anywher on that continent, not even tourist spots like Morocco, Tunisia or Egypt...)

Ouch, another hurting thread... only have "Newer Than New" from his OJCs so far, and I guess these will all soon be gone, too... "Luminado" seems to be pretty much impossible to find, already - sucks!

just look beyond the pond and order it from red octopus - their store is great and as others said, they're nice and easy to deal with!

Saw other jewel case editions in Vienna stores - seems they chose to reprint some/many/all(?) titles that way, except of course for the latest batch which looks like they used to (and still do, in my shelves...)

Just ordered, thanks! Saw one of the volumes at Red Octopus for half the prize last week and almost got it... glad I didn't and glad I took time to check out to board a bit during this very, very rainy day...