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Interesting thread... I am not familiar or barely familiar with many of the musicians you mention. You might be interested to check out Eric Legnini. He played/plays both with Bunky Green and Stefano di Battista. He's got at least one disc under his own name (on Label Bleu). Another good one is Stefano Bollani. He played with Enrico Rava, both in quintet as well as duo settings. I don't know any official releases of his, but he's great! If you want to go into territorry completely unknown to the folks here, you might check out also a few fine young Swiss pianists: Colin Vallon - he's got two discs, "Ailleurs" (hatOLOGY) and another one (Altrisuoni) - don't have the discs, but heard him live and on the air, he's great! Hans Feigenwinter - again, I don't have any of his discs, but several live broadcasts and also heard him live... Malcolm Braff - one of my big favourites! http://www.malcolmbraff.com/ Pierre Luc Vallet - he's also a good organ player (homepage) Thierry Lang - a very lyrical player, important chap on the Swiss scene, several albums on Blue Note Then there's George Gruntz - leader of his great Concert Jazz Band (previously "The Band") for several decades by now, who did a solo album for the German ACT label recently, "Ringing the Luminator" Another very fine young Swiss pianist is Jean-Paul Brodbeck who recently did an album of songs by Tschaikovsky (heard a live show and the disc in store but don't have it yet) (homepage)

Thanks Lon - that's interesting, that ESP is reissuing this... I wonder how that comes!

This has the Impulse stuff - among the best, I find - but be warned that some may be mad at this release... the legit US one has been OOP for quite a while (GRP jewel case reissue it was, in the early 90s):

The Impulse material - both the trio/quintet material as well as the two ABC albums under Oscar Pettiford's name! There are two volumes of Lucky T. in Paris in the "Original Vogue Masters" series and also two discs (plus a third w/Sammy Price) in the "Jazz in Paris" series. All good stuff! Among the best Lucky T. are his dates with Milt Jackson (mostly on Savoy) - I only have some of that, that music hasn't been collected in proper fashion, as far as I know.

What new Hilversum edition? I have the Coppens CD, seems it's been pretty elusive but as far as I knew still around: http://www.ayler.supanet.com/html/the_hilversum_session.html On what label's the new edition? Anything special about it (notes, photos, bonus material)? It's one of my most beloved Aylers - I prefer it quite a bit over "Vibrations"!

I do like box sets, generally... the readability of the booklet often is a bit of a problem though. In that respect, Mosaic and Fantasy, as well as the smaller boxes by Blue Note (Getz Roost, Nichols, Morgan Lighthouse) are perfect. Highlights for me would be the Ayler box, the Ray Charles set. I always liked the Rhino Atlantic boxes (Mingus the least, but it's still nice, Coltrane is fine, Ornette is fine, too). The Fantasy Cube boxes are too fat, using the normal jewel cases - even more stupid since except for tracklists, there's no info at all in the booklets - Mosaic beats them there. In fact, Mosaic is pretty good in that respect: you can read the liners and have the discographical info from the booklet and the tracklist from the traycard in front of you, all at the same time. Less liked boxes include the Parker Savoy/Dial - it's the best there is, musically, but the packaging isn't that easy to handle, also the infamous Evans Verve. The booklets of several otherwise great boxes are lacking in different respects (Billie Holiday Columbia and Duke RCA - almost falling apart, Miles Columbia - hard to read, Billie Verve, Dexter & Hancock Blue Note - they'll always close again unless you virtually break them apart, which I don't, also the JATP - too fat for its small size, not bound well enough). The Granz Jam Sessions with its open back is also a bit of an oddity... though the packaging of the CDs is nice, as well as the booklet! The Coltrane Fearless is a bit annoying with the layering of the discs, and the Coltrane Impulse has another awkward booklet and rather annoying disc placement, too (the Pres Verve is much better done).

Seems I need to reassess "Stellar Regions", then... sorry for stating its a compilation... didn't mean it that way, actually, rather "a disc compiled posthumously". I still wait for a nice reissue of the other date that made up the majority of "Expression"... never came around buying that and hoped for a nice digipack release ever since I started buying jazz, but so far it hasn't happened and hence it won't likely happen at all now. Too bad! Will have to look for the old disc!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks Steve - will put it on my huuuuuge list then... I love her Piano Jazz shows a lot, including her own playing both in duos and her adorable improvised portraits of her guests... haven't heard anything so early by her (except maybe a short appearance with husband Jimmy from the 50s)

seems I missed a whole flurry of birthdays while on vacation and only browsing through the board for a quick minute every now and then... hope it was a good one, Barak, all the best!

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?