king ubu

saw a great and a lousy concert last night (double bill): Susie Ibarra Trio w/Craig Taborn & Jennifer Choi - everybody by now knows uub's got a crush on her, I assume, and indeed she was terrific, very sophisticated approach, great groove, and a beautifully tuned set of drums, really a sound of her own... but, BUT... the other two were just so talkative, fake, boring - bullshitting all the way, nothing felt in there, all just made up facade... really annoying, and mostly pretty ridiculous, pathetic, Taborn doing boring neo-/pseud-romantic stuff, and Choi helping him making sure the music didn't breathe once in a 45 minute set... no space, no sense for pacing, a totally misled concept. The tunes all sweet and often almost like what's called "Salon-Musik" over here, muzak of the worst kind, all beautiful surface and nothing below that - and no, irony was NOT involved. Misguided in the sense that they don't know what they actually do there - bullshitting in what I assume is more or less the Harry Frankfurt way of defining it... Second was the Co Streiff Sextett - she's a local alto/soprano sax player and the Sextett have their second CD "Loops, Holes and Angels" just out on Intakt. The band includes another reeds player, Tommy Meier (tenor sax & bass clarinet), Russ Johnson on trumpet, a local bass/drums team, plus Ben Jeger on piano, accordion, farfisa and some other old synthesizers. They did a superb set, lots of the music being really group-music, not about egos and solos, but more about creating colours and grooves, doing a tune from Mali, some almost highlife like material, and lots of other great things, you can hear much of jazz history in there, from basic blues to Sun Ra and Roscoe (both of whom were covered on their first disc, "Qattara", also on Intakt) and Fela Kuti (nothing of his on disc, but they do some in live shows, not last night, though). Anyway, this more than made up for the pastiche banality of the Ibarra trio... Again let me stress that Susie Ibarra is a master percussionist, no doubt about that, just she ought to do different stuff... and Taborn is quite interesting and good when playing with Tim Berne... but then again his own disc "Junk" (?) on Matt Shipp's pretentious label is pretty boring, too...

oh, and I do like the cover of this CD a lot!

Finally got it, almost done with a first spin - pretty good! I think I like it better than the two "funky" GG albums I've heard. Only got "Alive" and "Carryin' On" so far... generally I like his earlier stuff quite a bit better.

I and Nate Dorward (visiting from Toronto) heard Golson live at the Jazz Showcase last year. He was in very fine form (i.e. Golson; Nate was in fine form too). That's good to hear Larry - too bad I had my only chance to hear him when he had a bad day/night, then He's really some kind of idol for me, so I was pretty sad after that concert - if his music wasn't so dear to me, I'd not have even bothered to type the above post, I guess...

I only have the Funky one on Arkadia... I don't like it that much, I have to confess. I also saw Golson live with his Clifford Brown homage band - not one of the best concerts, he seemed tired, no air, his sound was still there more or less, but much less powerful, and his lines were rather boring/clichéd most of the time. Sad, since he's one of my favourite tenor sax players of any era and I definitely would have preferred to hear him 10 years ago when he was still in full possession of his powers as a player. He also relayed much on his stories, they ended up often being half as long as the songs following them... I'm not critizing him still doing his thing, in fact it's wonderful that he still is able to do it, but it's just not the same thing as you hear on older recordings.

Yes, but "Free" is so good, just get for the worst case that you're going to miss the Mosaic (I wouldn't though, it's a great one!) Another for the Philadelphians (OOP as well, I think).

Indeed very good! Although French Amazon shows them with a 2007 date, they've been reissued in those nice cardboard packages by Owl/Universal over here several years ago. Here are the covers: These Sunnyside reissues are listed for just 8 euros on Amazon France - don't forget to order via big-o in case you feel like buying them!

Thanks a lot for posting that, Ed! Very helpful!

Thanks for clarifying - new name to me, will take a mental note and check it out if I have a chance!

Is this pianist Johnny "Manhattan" Taylor? I have him on that fantastic 1980 LP by ZA saxophonist Joe Malinga... never met his name elsewhere before...

That was it! Thanks Claude! No idea how that came to be checked, I never twitched with these settings!

no one?

seems that was one of the main sources, yes - check the introduction, other sources are mentioned there (I don't have any closer info btw, although I'm listed there...)

Yeah, and 1949 for 1948 and Birdland for Royal Roost is pretty exact in the Rosey world...

So for Ozone 5 your info is the same as mine... will need to sort things out some day. I also have copies of the two Jazz View discs (thanks mmilovan!) and of course the Fantasy... and checking with Bruninckx (I photocopied that quite some time ago, not sure I still find these copies... will have to look some day) I think I miss a few songs from these broadcasts.

I have a little problem with WinAmp: I drag several tunes into it, play the first, and after that it just stops, instead of continuing to play all the tunes in the playlist... anyone have an idea what setting is wrong?

I'm having more money than I ever had... got a bonus and a one-off gratification at the place where I work part-time besides studying, and so I took another plunge in the Universal/OJC sale (sale means 9€ per disc, but this time they made me pay for one less than what I picked) - Pres in D.C. Vols. 3-5 (missing Vol. 2) - Wynton Kelly "Full View" - Duke Latin "American Suite" - Lee Konitz Duets - Gil Evans & Ten - The Hawk Relaxes (RVG) - Poll Winners "Straight Ahead" - Jackie Mac "Makin' the Changes" & "McLean's Scene" - Lockjaw "Cookbook Vol. 1" (RVG) - Bruceck "Jazz at Oberlin", "Octet" & "Stardust" - Nat Adderley "Much Brass" - Montgomery Brothers "Groove Brothers" - Stitt/McDuff "Stitt Meets Brother Jack"

I totally missed this thread before - great to see Hank Jones is better, and great about Abbey as well. Here's more best wishes to them!

Brötzmann/Drake - The Rat-Dried Dog

ha, I thought of Tam and Pommy

The Lyle Ritz on bass is the uke chap? Same one?

just made me put it on... I bet there's almost no raga there either, but plenty o'fun, fersure! ha!

just heard about this, looks very nice! http://www.angelfire.com/planet/galatabridge/

Maybe if their bored they can roast their spouses in there?

Thank you but that won't be necessary, I think I have the Ult-Tadd LP as well - just wondered about the completeness. Here's my info for the Ult-Tadd (though it's old and I haven't checked it): Tadd Dameron - Ultimate Royal Roost Nights, Vol.3 ULT-TADD TDFNXX1500 side one 1. Wa-Hoo 1 2. The Squirrel 1 3. Wa-Hoo 2 4. Lady Bird 5. Good Bait 1 6. S’Wonderful/They Can’t Take That Away From Me 7. Stella By Starlight 8. Sweet Georgia Brown side two 1. Dizzy Atmosphere 2. Good Bait 2 3. Webb’s Delight 4. Focus 5. Wa-Hoo 3 6. Good Bait 3 7. The Squirrel 2 Recording Information: Broadcast from „Royal Roost“, N.Y.: A1/2: October 30, 1948: A3: November 6, 1948: A4/5,B1: November 13, 1948: Kai Winding (tb), Allen Eager (ts), Tadd Dameron (p), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d). A6-8: 1848/49: probably: Anita O’Day (voc), Tadd Dameron (p), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d). B2-5: February 12, 1949: Leonard Hawkins (t), Ted Kelly (tb), Sahib Shihab (as), Benjamin Lundy (ts), Cecil Payne (bs), Tadd Dameron (p), John Collins (g), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Carlos Vidal (cga). B6/7: March 5, 1949: Tadd Dameron Big Ten: Miles Davis (t), Kai Winding (tb), Sahib Shihab (as), Benjamin Lundy (ts), Cecil Payne (bs), Tadd Dameron (p), John Collins (g), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Carlos Vidal (cga). And here's the info from the other Rose LP I have: Fats Navarro Tadd Dameron - Modern Giants of Jazz Ozone 5 side one 1. The Squirrel 2. Good Bait 3. Pennies From Heaven 4. Anthropology 5. The Kitchenette Across The Hall 6. Lady Be Good side two 1. Tadd Walk 2. Our Delight 3. Wa-Hoo Recording Information: Broadcast from „Royal Roost“, N.Y.: A: August 29, 1948: Fats Navarro (t), Allen Eager (ts), Tadd Dameron (p), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d), Kenny Hagood (voc A3/5). B1: October 9, 1948: B2: October 16, 1948: Fats Navarro (t), Rudy Williams (as), Allen Eager (ts), Tadd Dameron (p), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d). B3: November 6, 1948: Kai Winding (tb), Allen Eager (ts), Tadd Dameron (p), Curly Russell (b), Kenny Clarke (d).