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Thank you, I'll correct that above. I got the info for these last sessions from jazzdisco.org, since a sampler of it came out on Blue Note and is listed there, with that wrong info, as it seems...

Roy Hargrove is the trumpet player and of course Willie Jones III on drums. Correct !! But Ray Brown should have been 77 and my bass player is more a youngster ... 75 years old at this recording !! Both players passed away recently. 350 x | Keep swinging Durium Jimmy Woode played in that band, I think. On piano then Ronnie Matthews? seems you missed this?

Just quickly, I'm too tired to browse now, but I got the Allan track: Jan Allan / Christina von Bülow Quartet Stockholm (SE), Allan's Home Studio at Lindingö December 1993 Jan Allan - trumpet Christina von Bülow - alto sax Jacob Fischer - guitar Jens Skov Olsen - bass Don't know what title it is, but I guess it could be "Marionett"? Or that crabby Saga? Fischer is a fine player, I've got him on a CD somewhere, as sideman.

The Complete Recordings of T-Bone Walker 1940-1954 (not the official website disco, but what I found out searching the web myself) T-Bone Walker, g & voc; with: CD1 LES HITE AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Paul Campbell, Walter Williams, Forrest Powell, tp; Britt Woodman, Allen Durham, tb; Hite, Floyd Turnham, as; Quedellis “Que” Martyn, Roger Hurd, ts; Sol Moore, bs; Nat Walker, p; Frank Pasley, g; Al Morgan, b; Oscar Bradley, d. New York, circa, June 1940. Varsity T-BONE BLUES Freddie Slack, p; Jud De Naut, b; Dave Coleman, d. Hollywood, July 20, 1942. Capitol I GOT A BREAK, BABY A MEAN OLD WORLD with MARL YOUNG & HIS ORCHESTRA: unknown, tp, as, ts; Young, p; unknown, b, d; ensemble voc (-1). Chicago, poss. May 1945. Rhumboogie SAIL ON BOOGIE I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU YOU DON’T LOVE ME BLUES T-BONE BOOGIE(-1) MEAN OLD WORLD BLUES EVENING with MARL YOUNG AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Melvin Moore, Nick Cooper, tp, background voc; Nathan Jones, Frank Derrick, as; Moses Grant, ts; Young, p, background voc; Mickey Sims, b; Red Saunders, d. Chicago, December 19, 1945. Mercury MY BABY LEFT ME COME BACK TO ME BABY BLUES SHE IS GOING TO RUIN ME I CAN’T STAND BEING WITHOUT YOU prob. same session with JACK MCVEA’S ALL STARS: Joe “Red” Kelly, tp; McVea, ts; Tommy “Crow” Kahn, p; Frank Clarke, b; Rabon Tarrant, d. Los Angeles, September 30, 1946. Black & White NO WORRY BLUES DON’T LEAVE ME BABY BOBBY SOX BLUES I’M GONNA FIND MY BABY with AL KILLIAN QUINTET : Killian, tp; Jack McVea, ts; Tommy Kahn, p; Frank Clarke, b; Rabon Tarant, d. Los Angeles, December 1946. Black & White I’M IN AN AWFUL MOOD IT’S A LOW DOWN DIRTY DEAL DON’T GIVE ME THE RUNAROUND (last track on CD 2) CD2 with AL KILLIAN QUINTET : Killian, tp; Jack McVea, ts; Tommy Kahn, p; Frank Clarke, b; Rabon Tarant, d. Los Angeles, December 1946. Black & White HARD PAIN BLUES (first three tracks on CD1) Teddy Buckner, tp; Bumps Meyers, ts; Lloyd Glenn, p; Arthur Edwards, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, d. Los Angeles, September 13, 1947. Black & White I KNOW YOUR WIG IS GONE T-BONE JUMPS AGAIN CALL IT STORMY MONDAY SHE HAD TO LET ME DOWN Teddy Buckner, tp; Bumps Meyers, ts; Willard McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, d. Los Angeles, November 6, 1947. Capitol SHE’S MY OLD TIME USED TO BE DREAM GIRL BLUES MIDNIGHT BLUES LONG LOST LOVER BLUES TRIFLIN’ WOMAN BLUES LONG SKIRT BABY BLUES GOODBYE BLUES TOO MUCH TROUBLE BLUES Same personnel as above. Los Angeles, November 7, 1947. Black & White I’M WAITING FOR YOUR CALL HYPIN’ WOMAN BLUES (last two tracks on CD3) CD3 Teddy Buckner, tp; Bumps Meyers, ts; Willard McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, d. Los Angeles, November 7, 1947. Capitol SO BLUE BLUES ON YOUR WAY BLUES (first two tracks on CD2) same personnel as above, but George Orendorff, tp for Buckner. Los Angeles, November 12, 1947. Black & White THE NATURAL BLUES THAT’S BETTER FOR ME FIRST LOVE BLUES LONESOME WOMAN BLUES same personnel as above, but Joe Davis, b for Hadnott. Los Angeles, November 13, 1947. Capitol/Comet VACATION BLUES INSPIRATION BLUES DESCRIPTION BLUES BONE SHUFFLE Jack Trainor, tp; Bumps Meyers, ts; Willard McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, d. Los Angeles, December 16, 1947. Capitol THAT OLD FEELING IS GONE THE TIME SEEMS SO LONG PRISON BLUES HOME TOWN BLUES same personnel as above. Los Angeles, December 17, 1947. Capitol WISE MAN BLUES MISFORTUNE BLUES (last two tunes on CD4) CD4 Jack Trainor, tp; Bumps Meyers, ts; Willard McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, d. Los Angeles, December 17, 1947. Capitol I WISH YOU WERE MINE I’M GONNA MOVE YOU OUT AND GET SOMEBODY ELSE (first two tunes on CD3) same personnel as above, but add unknown speech (-1). Los Angeles, December 18, 1947. Black & White SHE’S THE NO SLEEPIN’ EST WOMAN PLAIN OLD DOWN HOME BLUES (-1) BORN TO BE NO GOOD GO BACK TO THE ONE YOU LOVE same personnel as above, but George Orendorff, tp for Trainor. Los Angeles, December 29, 1947. Black & White I WANT A LITTLE GIRL I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU YOU’RE MY BEST POKER HAND WEST SIDE BABY Eddie Hutcherson, tp; Eddie Davis, ts; Jim Wynn, as, bs; Edward Hale, as; Zell Kindred, p; Buddy Woodson, b; Robert “Snake” Sims, d. Los Angeles, April 5, 1950. Imperial GLAMOUR GIRL STROLLIN’ WITH BONES THE SUN WENT DOWN YOU DON’T LOVE ME same personnel as above. Los Angeles, April 5, 1950. Imperial TRAVELIN’ BLUES THE HUSTLE IS ON BABY, YOU BROKE MY HEART EVIL HEARTED WOMAN (last tune on CD5) CD5 Eddie Hutcherson, tp; Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, ts; Jim Wynn, as, bs; Edward Hale, as; Zell Kindred, p; Buddy Woodson, b; Robert “Snake” Sims, d. Los Angeles, April 5, 1950. Imperial EVIL HEARTED WOMAN (first two tunes on CD4) unknown, tp, saxes; Marl Young, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Oscar Lee Bradley, d. Los Angeles, circa September 1950. Imperial I WALKED AWAY NO REASON LOOK ME IN THE EYE TOO LAZY unknown, tp, as; Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, ts; Maxwell Davis, ts; Jim Wynn, ts, bs; William McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Robert “Snake” Sims, d. Los Angeles, August 15, 1951. Imperial ALIMONY BLUES LIFE IS TOO SHORT YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND WELCOME BLUES same pers., Los Angeles, August 20, 1951. Imperial I GET SO WEARY YOU JUST WANTED TO USE ME TELL ME WHAT’S THE REASON I’M ABOUT TO LOSE MY MIND prob. same pers., Los Angeles, December 1951. Imperial COLD COLD FEELING NEWS FOR YOU BABY GET THESE BLUES OFF ME I GOT THE BLUES AGAIN THROUGH WITH WOMEN STREET WALKIN’ WOMAN BLUES IS A WOMAN I GOT THE BLUES CD6 prob. pers.: unknown, tp, as; Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, ts; Maxwell Davis, ts; Jim Wynn, ts, bs; William McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Robert “Snake” Sims, d. February & March 1952. Imperial HERE IN THE DARK BLUE MOOD EVERYTIME I MISS YOU BABY Walter Cox, ts; Frank Fields, b; Robert “Snake” Sims, d. prob. 1952 LOLLIE LOU PARTY GIRL LOVE IS A GAMBLE HIGH SOCIETY Dave Bartholemew, tp; Wendell Duconge, as; Lee Allen, ts; Herb Hardesty, bars; unk, p; Walter Nelson, g; Frank Fields, b; Cornelius Nelson, d; Baby Davis or Tiny Brown, voc (sounds like Davis to me). New Orleans, March 20 (or March 6), 1953. Imperial LONG DISTANCE BLUES GOT NO USE FOR YOU I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU RAILROAD STATION BLUES Dave Bartholemew, tp; Wendell Duconge, as; Lee Allen, ts; Herb Hardesty, bars; unk, p; Walter Nelson, g; Frank Fields, b; Cornelius Nelson, d. November 6, 1953, Los Angeles. Imperial (or same as above, March 6, NO) WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN PONY TAIL WANDERIN’ HEART I’LL ALWAYS BE IN LOVE WITH YOU prob. band for following tracks: Eddie “Lockjaw” Davis, Maxwell Davis, ts; Jim Wynn, ts, bari; Willard McDaniel, p; Billy Hadnott, b; Robert “Snake” Sims, d; and others [confirmed for GOT NO USE FOR YOU, I’M STILL IN LOVE WITH YOU & RAILROAD STATION BLUES, Los Angeles, CA, January 1953 and BYE, BYE, BABY, Los Angeles, CA, October 21, 1953, no details known for other tracks - THIS IS OBVIOUSLY WRONG, BLAME www.jazzdisco.org FOR THAT!] VIDA LEE MY BABY IS NOW ON MY MIND DOIN’ TIME BYE, BYE, BABY I’LL UNDERSTAND HARD WAY TEEN AGE BABY STRUGGLIN’ BLUES ***************************************************************** CD1 1. T-Bone Blues (3:17) 2. I Got a Break Baby (3:18) 3. Mean Old World (2:55) 4. Low Down Dirty Shame Blues (2:40) 5. Sail On Boogie (2:40) 6. I'm Still In Love With You (2:55) 7. You Don' Love Me Blues (2:39) 8. T-Bone Boogie (3:05) 9. Mean Old World Blues (2:53) 10. Evening (3:31) 11. My Baby Left Me (2:55) 12. Come Back To Me Baby (3:08) 13. I Can't Stand Being Without You (3:12) 14. She Is Going To Ruin Me (2:57) 15. No Worry Blues (alt) (2:47) 16. No Worry Blues (2:44) 17. Don't Leave Me Baby (alt) (2:50) 18. Don't Leave Me Baby (2:50) 19. Bobby Sox Blues (alt) (2:39) 20. Bobby Sox Blues (2:40) 21. I'm Gonna Find My Baby (2:56) 22. I'm In an Awful Mood (2:46) 23. It's a Low Down Dirty Deal (2:56) 24. Don't Give Me the Runaround (3:02) CD2 1. Hard Pain Blues (3:03) 2. I Know Your Wig Is Gone (2:44) 3. T-Bone Jumps Again (2:43) 4. Call It Stormy Monday (alt) (3:04) 5. Call It Stormy Monday (3:02) 6. She Had to Let Me Down (alt) (3:15) 7. She Had to Let Me Down (3:11) 8. She's My Old Time Used To Be (2:41) 9. Dream Girl Blues (alt) (2:36) 10. Dream Girl Blues (2:41) 11. Midnight Blues (alt) (2:52) 12. Midnight Blues (2:45) 13. Long Lost Lover Blues (alt) (2:56) 14. Long Lost Lover Blues (2:57) 15. Triflin’ Woman Blues (alt) (3:03) 16. Triflin’ Woman Blues (3:05) 17. Long Skirt Baby Blues (alt) (2:49) 18. Long Skirt Baby Blues (2:52) 9. Goodbye Blues (3:11) 20. Too Much Trouble Blues (alt) (2:45) 21. Too Much Trouble Blues (2:45) 22. I'm Waitin’ for Your Call (3:03) 23. Hypin’ Woman Blues (alt) (2:51) 24. Hypin’ Woman Blues (2:48) CD3 1. So Blue Blues (3:10) 2. On Your Way Blues (2:54) 3. The Natural Blues (3:05) 4. That’s Better For Me (2:39) 5. First Love Blues (alt) (3:06) 6. First Love Blues (3:10) 7. Lonesome Woman Blues (alt) (2:31) 8. Lonesome Woman Blues (alt) (2:26) 9. Lonesome Woman Blues (2:40) 10. Vacation Blues (2:56) 11. Inspiration Blues (alt) (2:48) 12. Inspiration Blues (2:49) 13. Description Blues (alt) (3:03) 14. Description Blues (3:08) 15. T-Bone Shuffle (alt) (2:37) 16. T-Bone Shuffle (3:00) 17. That Old Feeling Is Gone (2:54) 18. The Time Seems So Long (2:47) 19. Prison Blues (2:50) 20. Home Town Blues (2:57) 21. Wise Man Blues (alt) (3:15) 22. Wise Man Blues (3:00) 23. Misfortune Blues (alt) (3:02) 24. Misfortune Blues (2:59) CD4 1. I Wish You Were Mine (alt) (2:57) 2. I Wish You Were Mine (2:54) 3. I'm Gonna Move Yout Out and Get Somebody Else (2:58) 4. She’s the No Sleepin’est Woman (3:06) 5. She's the No Sleepin’est Woman (3:06) 6. Plain Old Down Home Blues (3:07) 7. Born to Be No Good (3:13) 8. Go Back to the One You Love (alt) (2:29) 9. Go Back to the One You Love (3:05) 10. I Want a Little Girl (2:48) 11. I'm Still In Love with You (2:57) 12. You're My Best Poker Hand (alt) (2:55) 13. You're My Best Poker Hand (2:56) 14. West Side Baby (2:48) 15. Glamour Gal (2:44) 16. Strollin’ with Bone (2:29) 17. The Sun Went Down (2:20) 18. You Don’t Love Me (2:55) 19. Travelin’ Blues (2:21) 20. The Hustle Is On (78 take) (2:34) 21. The Hustle Is On (LP take) (2:29) 22. Baby Broke My Heart (78 take) (2:45) 23. Baby Broke My Heart (LP take) (2:41) 24. Evil Hearted Woman (2:31) CD5 1. Evil Hearted Woman (alt) (2:37) 2. I Walked Away (2:18) 3. No Reason (alt) 2:32) 4. No Reason (2:31) 5. Look Me in the Eye (LP take) (2:10) 6. Look Me in the Eye (78 take) 2:27 7. Too Lazy (78 take) (3:04) 8. Too Lazy (LP take) (3:28) 9. Alimony Blues (2:41) 10. Life Is Too Short (2:45) 11. You Don’t Understand (2:39) 12. Welcome Blues (2:26) 13. I Get So Weary (2:43) 14. You Just Wanted to Use Me (2:25) 15. Tell Me What’s the Reason (2:39) 16. I'm About to Lose My Mind (2:23) 17. Cold, Cold Feeling (3:12) 18. News for My Baby (2:21) 19. Get These Blues Off Me (3:04) 20. I Got the Blues Again (3:16) 21. Through With Women (3:09) 22. Street Walking Woman (3:05) 23. Blues Is a Woman (2:48) 24. I Got the Blues (2:53) CD6 1. Here in the Dark (3:02) 2. Blue Mood (2:52) 3. Everytime (2:29) 4. I Miss You Baby (2:54) 5. Lollie Lou (2:56) 6. Party Girl (2:10) 7. Love Is a Gamble (2:55) 8. High Society (2:55) 9. Long Distance Blues (3:03) 10. Got No Use for You (2:40) 11. I'm Still In Love with You (3:06) 12. Railroad Station Blues (2:40) 13. Vida Lee (2:25) 14. My Baby Is Now on My Mind (2:38) 15. Doin’ Time (3:02) 16. Bye, Bye, Baby (2:46) 17. When the Sun Goes Down (2:31) 18. Pony Tail (2:23) 19. Wanderin’ Heart (2:31) 20. I’ll Always Be in Love with You (2:17) 21. I’ll Understand (2:06) 22. Hard Way (2:08) 23. Teen Age Baby (2:06) 24. Strugglin’ Blues (2:31) ***************************************************************** I don't vouch for any of this info and I'd be glad if anyone could correct it or complete it (mostly the last sessions).

Thanks for your long reply, Durium! So that's Toshiko on #8? Not Jan Allan on #6? And then #7 was a tour in memory of Chet?

These I have! Had them way before I got any other live recordings or boots and was pretty excited to have them (plus that UltTadd and another Dameron/Navarro, plus a Chakra Miles, all similar b/w or black/blue layout with empty back covers and no information).

should I say "hélas!" next time?

Roy Hargrove is the trumpet player and of course Willie Jones III on drums. Correct !! But Ray Brown should have been 77 and my bass player is more a youngster ... 75 years old at this recording !! Both players passed away recently. 350 x | Keep swinging Durium Jimmy Woode played in that band, I think. On piano then Ronnie Matthews?

Alas they only have a listing of the Alto releases!

The Mingus ones, courtesy of the unauthorized releases list on the Mingus page: Alto Records AL 714 - Vital Savage Horizons Session Disk 118 - Hooray for Charles Mingus Ozone 1014 - Charlie Mingus Cecil Taylor I only have the Ozone one of these, but I've seen Session 118 in that store as well.

googling a bit I found this list here: Alto record label 703 Dizzy Gillespie 704 Stan Getz 705 Woody Herman 710 Duke Ellington 713 Sarah Vaughan 714 Charles Mingus 715 Bud Powell 719 Bill Evans 721 Buddy Rich 722 Cannonball Adderley 723 Herbie Mann Session record label 125 Esquire Jazz Concert 126 Fletcher Henderson Ozone record label 3 Billy Holiday 11 Oscar Peterson 12 Duke Ellington,Ben Webster,Billie Holiday 17 Dizzy Gillespie,Sarah Vaughan 20 John Handy,Bill Evans 22 Ben Webster 23 Junior Mance 24 Sonny Stitt Posted over at AAJ in January. Maybe this chap has a list of all releases, why not drop him a PM over there? (or is he a member here, too?)

Miles, the Coltrane/Dolphy Session, the Mingus/Taylor one, I think some of the Tadd Dameron live stuff was on Ozone, too (also on other similar labels, one called "UltTadd"...) I used to see this in the one jazz vinyl store here in Zurich, they moved out of town now and I haven't been there for a while, no idea if they still have these boots. Very cheap production, btw, no info on musicians/dates, just the leader and the songs on the front cover, back cover is empty...

I like it a lot, too, but somehow it's more of an intimate jam thing than an actual album, no? It has a loose, slightly unorganized feel, sounds like you're there and all, but it may rather be for people who like Lacy, Evans, or both, or for people who like this kind of informal thing, rather than it's a great "album", no? Edit: how is it rated in Penguin?

The Sam Rivers "Contrasts" album, too, right? Also Dewey Redman 's "The Struggle Continues"

So that's Roy Hargrove? With Ray Brown? Willie Jones III on drums? (#12 I mean)

disc two was another fun compilation, although towards the end I found my attention got a bit less... probably it's just a bit too much music and not enough sleep... #1 Merdre alors! #2 More retro stuff? Tune sounds familiar but I can't pin it down. Nice one. #3 "Sweet Sue"? If it's Django, it would likely be Rostaing on tenor? Not sure where to put this one... #4 This is a similar performance, same tune as #3, but now definitely a new and retro one. Not my favourite, but pleasant enough. #5 Now this is another one played to death, I guess, but it took me years of jazz listening until I finally heard it, and I love it! It's "Skylark" (Hoagy Carmichael), right? Lovely trombone sound, but I'm not sure at all who this could be, guitar and sound of this makes me think it's not that old... maybe Carl Fontana or someone similar? Bill Watrous in a quiet peaceful moment? Guitar is very nice, too! Oh, wait, is this J.J.? The second solo reminds me of him a lot, but I don't have anything of his with guitar backing... #6 Nice and mellow one... Chet Baker? (That would make me guess Philip Catherine, Jacques Pelzer) #7 A Mulligan-associated tune... is that "Bernie's Tune"? I haven't heard the album with Annie Ross... sounds like it could be indeed Mulligan himself on baritone. I enjoy the baritone a lot, this laziness and the dry sound. Doesn't really sound like what I've heard of Annie... #8 More nice trumpet... nice piano solo, good groove going on beneath. Trumpet and alto are good, too, but I don't really have an idea who this could be, although the alto sounds somewhat familiar. Nice to have kind of a shout-chorus before the final theme arrives, something pretty old-fashioned that not many bands do nowadays. #9 "I'll Remember April" again. A few quotes too many in the violin solo... Retro stuff again, not bad, but not really my cup of tea, sorry. #10 More old-fashined stuff... not bad at all, I think, but the Django-like sentimental guitar doesn't really work for me. It does swing, though! Sax is nice. #11 Another latin track with nice trumpet... tune sounds familiar, but maybe that's just because of the deceptively simple melody. #12 More lyrical trumpet with guitar... is that one of your preferred combinations? This one doesn't do a lot for me, it may be fine, very good musicians, but it just doesn't reach out to me. #13 Entering fun territory again to end? Very nice! Al & Zoot? I like this a lot, it's very simple with just the two tenors, but it sounds like much more! #14 A lullaby? Ah, nice, there enters the tuba! A cute outro! Thanks a lot for these two discs!

I thought that was Joris, not "Jorvis"? Pretty nice one! I did royally wrong on some cuts, should have been able to guess Ellis and "Cheryl"... too bad about the Blakey cut, but I'm glad to realize at least someone from those days is leading pack, even though it's a much later recording... and then I never really was that interested in these retro things - the only thing putting this above any kind of Wynton M. schtick is that there's and oldster in it who was around back in the day (makes a big difference, but there's too much other stuff around that I find to be a lot more exciting).

#12 "What Is This Thing Called Love". A great performance, they're definitely on, whoever they are! Sounds like some old US pros, but in the end the tumpet player says thanks in German, so I don't know... the trumpet player has iron chops, but enough good taste to not just show off - I really like this, it's old-fashioned (a tune played to death, too, I think) but it's very well done! #13 Lee Konitz circumcising "Cherokee" - clear from the first tone that this is Lee! The old man still is in pretty great shape (or at least he has been up to around 2001-2003 or so, I haven't heard much of more recent vintage, and one or two 2005 or 2006 live broadcasts I heard were a bit less exciting, I thought). Is this from the Konitz/Mehldau/Haden "Alone Together" on Blue Note? I have to play those two discs again, long time since I did! Mehldau is pretty restrained, but that suits Lee's dryness quite well, in fact his full-blast romantic side would be totally misplaced! And of course this is another tune played to death decades ago, but if it's revisited like this, no one cares about that! (Phew, at least one I could pin down!) #14 And a fun closer... "I Want to Be Happy"?

Yes, I've heard recent live shows of Garbarek (in quartet with Brüninghaus/Weber/Mazur, I think) that were pretty fine, but it seems he (or Eicher? likely both...) is not interested in producing disks along those lines.

* polaroid photos of Babyface with Brigitte Bardot, Julie Christie, Michelle Phillips, Angie Dickenson-- he fugged 'em all, dude!! * movie posters in Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French for Jean-Luc Godard's supressed acid Western, "The Man From Topeka" that Babyface starred in with Lee Van Clef, Lee Marvin, Ernest Borgnine & Isela Vega. (I have a dodgy nth-gen vhs if yr interested) there's a lot more but these are some of the highlights-- elder don clementine

Thanks a lot for your fun compilations, Hans, and thanks for sending me that reminder! I've had your BFT on the ipod for a couple of days and gave one background listen to all of it yesterday, and now did a second round while at work, typing up some impressions and comments. So far I've got #1-11 of disc one, I will not read the threads before having posted comments on all tracks of the discs! #1 Is this one serious or not? Very groovy! Could be some of these Dutch maniacs in retro mode? The drummer builds a great swing, I love this kind of brushes playing! Bennink? First alto is a bit lazy in execution and the sound fits perfectly with that... second alto is nice, too, and the piano backing is quite nice as well - a great start for this disc! #2 Nice one, no clue who it is... #3 This one does sound familiar, but I can't pin it down. Ye olde hardbop, but pretty nice, especially the drummer! Playing it again... who the hell could this be? Is it less old than it sounds first? Tenor solo is pretty nice, is this from a Donald Byrd date? The Mobester? It's been quite some time since I played any Byrd... but who'd be on alto? The entry sounds like it could be Jackie Mac, but later the sound and execution gets a bit tamer... Hmm, I suppose I'm making a fool of myself with these comments... #4 I know this tune, but once again I can't pin it down... nice combination, trumpet/guitar/bass/drums. I enjoy both the guitarist's old-fashioned sound (with that slight twang! pretty nice!) and the sound of the trumpet player. I don't know of many trumpet players who worked with this format, Tom Harrell comes to mind, but then I'm not familiar enough with his playing to tell if this is him... but could be. #5 Nice ballad. The alto sound is rather pretty, but for my taste a bit inconsistent (changing between pretty full - which I like - and rather etheric and thin - which I don't enjoy... main reason why in 9 of 10 cases I prefer tenor...) Piano solo is nice, a bit flowery in between... all rather old-fashioned, bass and drums mostly staying out of the way, although the drummer does a few fills here and there, and nicely so. #6 More alto, a bit beafier, I prefer this one. Jackie Mac influence? I enjoy the alto solo a lot! Good backing by the drummer! Piano is good, too, out of a Tyner bag, a bit? #7 Ouch, this almost hurts! Quite a change of style! Not bad in itself, but it doesn't fit here, in my opinion. #8 This one's nice! The stop-and-go feeling is nice, could be one I ought to be able to identify... Herbie Nichols? Longtime I played his BN material, but the box has recently been added to the listening pile. #9 Rhythm-A-Ning by Monk, not easy for any pianist to cover Monk, and likely bound to fail, I think... not bad, but nowhere near Monk, sorry. #10 One of those Bird tunes... "Blues for Alice"? One of the moaners on piano, but a nice solo, sounds at some moments like late Bud Powell. Alto makes a nice, understated entry, pretty cool sound for a hot player... nice one, but I'm clueless once more! #11 Another abrupt stylistic change, but this is a fun track, right from the bass-lick and congas to the stacked horns. Trumpet has nice bits! Electric piano fits in well here, too. A pretty enjoyable track!

adult contemporary? (aka the US version of ECM euro smooth...)

Oh yes, "On a Clear Day" is great!

You first have to put together a valentine compilation of "Sun Ra for Lovers" - no full-size images before that! (use the img-logo on top, the one with the tree, and insert the images url there - it's merely linked into your post that way and not attached. downside is if the link is gone, so is the image, but it saves lots of space for the board, too, I assume)

Garbarek had bad electronics before, nothing new under the sun.... but you'd be quite alone among serious jazz fans if you still considered him someone to watch... true, he was quite ok on the Katché Neighbourhood album, and probably also on the Vitous one, but that's about it, as far as Garbarek goes, in the last 15 or so years...