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Good point! Although I plead guilty as using some for introductory purposes, too (O'Day being the most recent one). Some of the earlier, smaller sets (like the Fuller or the marvellous Thad Jones which I forgot above) were good for introduction, but nowadays, boxes are almost all at least 6-7 discs... and the Selects again are probably in many cases not great introductions because they feature lesser known musicians and would for many include too much stuff by those... (people may want "Katanga!" and maybe the one with Booby, but they're not interested in the organ dates and no one ever heard the name of that 'bonist anyway...)

Wow, so much bad words on the O'Day? I haven't made my way through all of it, but I loved all of it, so far! She's a totally astonishing singer and artist, in my opinion! Plus this is one of the "good for money" sets where more or less each disc holds two albums. As for "overrated", throwing a bone some might find displeasant, but I think the ones I could easiest live without are in fact all the BN sets. Now that even the Hills are available as Conns or RVGs, I don't see the point... ok, I have many of them (Rivers, McLean, Morgan, Hill, Parlan, Fuller, Byrd/Adams, Tina Brooks LP - not sure that's all, going from memory) and except for the Brooks have not "upgraded" anything, but in the end it might be cheaper to get the RVGs and Conns, plus they're more easily accessible as single discs, and some may argue they sound better, too... of course you'd lack the nice booklets, but you can't have it all. Anyway, I still think Mosaic is best when doing things like the Classic Capitol or the terrific H.R.S. (single discs on Fantasy, btw - some on the Concord sale list, I think), or then doing more unlikely things like the Bud Shank (much better than its reputation, I'd say - but as JAW said above, it's all a matter of taste), the Jacquet, the Giuffre, the Tristano/Konitz/Marsh, collecting either stuff from various labels or from labels that are not having good reissue series going on (Atlantic - ok, I dislike Collectables... - or Pacific Jazz).

Cortazar's story is fabulous indeed - recommended reading for everybody here!

David, Lateef sounds interesting - I'm becoming more and more fascinated by this man and his music! Did you already read it? Is this a monthly or a bi-monthly magazine? #15 has two months on it, so...

well, bether than fegh one pixel for hours... neverno is on vacation - it's he who's to blame, thus! (q.e.d.)

another 21+ (prob. around 25-30... or more, with the Universal versions having been around for good prizes last year, over here in Europe).

Definitely! I went to their website to find out that no one in Switzerland carries this magazine - looks nice enough to buy now and then if it was around...

Is there some live material in there? I must have slept when this was discussed (I have it most likely, whatever it is - which is why I will only get the 2CD "Round About Midnight"-Deluxe set if I see it really cheap).

Fire eating?

Hm, I'm not sure... maybe I end up in favor of the "classic" ECM sound... as I said, I haven't heard the new one yet. But I just read an article about the engineer who built and maintains La Buissonne, and it's most definitely a very special place with a special atmosphere, in a remote area in the mountains etc. I am not one to be bothered a lot by ECM-sound (whatever that is, actually...), but with Stanko I feel like the live recordings I know and the two club nights I witnessed were very, very different, and thus my hope was that the new disc may be more in that direction... but guessing from what you posted about the material they play, it's musically rather close to the two previous albums, so maybe the typical sound would also fit nicely...

Looks great to me, too - much better than the old homepage! As couw said, some more empty space between the text would be an improvement and would make for a slightly more elegant look, less cluttered (which the site is not at all, but the text itself is...). Maybe choose a more elegant font than Verdana? One of the Frutiger fonts, maybe? Just thinking aloud and nit-picking... it looks fine, all together!

Just looked it up there: "Bird prepared three of his finest and most sophisticated compositions - Chasin' the Bird, Donna Lee (named for Curly Russell's daughter) and Cheryl (named for Miles' daughter). His fourth original, Buzzy (named for Lubinsky's son), is a simple, but attractive riff blues." (from James Patrick's article on "The 1947-1948 Sessions" in said 5LP "Complete Savoy Studio Sessions" from 1978)

Hm, I think it's being mentioned in the liners to the 5LP Savoy box, no? I am sure I've read it somewhere.

I got that magazine a day before you, EKE! I enjoy the photos mightily - I'd certainly love to see more of these! Why not just publish some book about the American expat jazz scene in France in the late 60s? BYG would be at the heart of that, and your photos would be a terrific documentation! Also you could widen it a bit by including those who were merely visiting (Taylor... terrific photo of his included in the magazine!), and it could also include the photos of Marion Brown and others even if shot in New York... there'd be enough ties and connections there, no?

That's one of the most special studios where they recorded! All or most Sketch discs were done there. Very nice sound, not at all ECM like, not cool... I wonder if they screwed that up later on, though? Will have to get this one soon!

Funny thread here... I wonder has Chuck bitten l p or what was the later's problem? And can anyone answer Aric's question?

Sounds good! I wasn't aware of this new album. I have both of the quartet's earlier albums, seen them live twice and have amassed some nice live recordings, too... they went places since 2001 or 2002! I assume it's best to see them live - they are not at all ECM-ish live... I saw them twice in the same club in Zurich, about two years apart (2002 and 2004, I think) and that second concert was terrific.

Kenny G? Ahem... Prez?

Thanks again Dan, I enjoyed this disc more than disc one - a splendid compilation! Here's some thoughts... #1 WHOAH! Very nice. Some Hawkish tenor, but a bit more modern. Basie-like rhythm secion, but again a bit more modern. Very nice oen! #2 Uh yeah! Sounds like a groove the Jones-Lewis band could play... not sure though. Enjoy this a lot! #3 More hawky tenors... nice, almost a jump tune, but not quite. Enjoy this one, too! I assume I won't be surprised to hear who's playing on these opening cuts, but I have no clue really - not familiar enough and not spending lots of time with this kind of music of late, so I won't take any chances and embarass myself with unlearned guesses... #4 All the Things You Are... I have heard this arrangement before, but I'm not sure if I have heard this very recording. Funny how streamlined this sounds after the more honking tunes before! Sounds slightly Konitz/Marsh like (only the arrangement, that is, not the performance) #5 What's that tune again? From Miles' second quintet, but I can't pin it down right now. Nice tune. Alto sounds a tiny bit too fluent/noodling at some spots, not digging into the tune too deeply. But the solo builds nicely, too. Then he quotes "Poinciana"... at least that one I can pin down... nice piano, but again I have the impression that the tune is played rather on the surface... wouldn't be a problem, but since the bass is constantly playing that vamp the actual melody remains very present and thus the solos not digging into that melody do bug me a bit. Uh, another quote... Dear Old Stockholm? I've heard Antonio Hart doing Miles tunes, but I guess he'd be a bit more intense (not sure if deeper, but louder, fuller sound...) that this player. #6 "Moanin'" - like this tune a lot. This alto sounds great! I like the vibrato and the sound a lot! Could this be from James Williams and Bobby Watson? I don't know Williams at all and Watson not that well, but this sounds nice! (http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/jwbw) #7 Very nice. Love the low-fi jaunty guitar at the beginning! Pretty basic horn arrangement, very nice. Reminds me of B.B. King's Louis Jordan hommage disc, for whatever reason (there's only three horns there...). I preferred the opening mood of this tune, but it's still nice, all of it. #8 Nice one, not more to say... #9 Big band - for some reason already the drum break at the beginning makes it clear that this is a big band recording. Driving drummer here! Piano slightly Basie-ish first, but then going places... nice fat tenor! Dizzy-ish trumpet... The trombone entry is hilarious! I like the alto quite some, too! Trombone sounds older than Dizzy (Roy? but there's a lick in his solo that sounds exaclty like Dizzy... #10 Slightly harmless? Ah, some trumpet, too... Clark Terry? Is this OP on piano? Sorry to say this doesn't do a lot for me. #11 Uuuuuh, yeah! Sounds like a modern band doing Jimmie Lunceford... I prefer the original, but this is nice enough. What's that tune? Or is it just reminiscent of a Lunceford tune? Ah, yes, just reminds me of "Tain't What You (It's the Way That You Do It)", but obviously it ain't... I don't like this one too much, but I love the groove it builds upon - I love what it refers to (Lunceford)! #12 "Since I Fell for You". Very nice! From the fifties? Stands in the same line that the "Blues Boogie & Bop" Mercury box explores, I assume. I like this one a lot! Nice drummer again here! #13 Hm, what's that again? Like these tenors!

I may put sugar in my coke, but never on tomatoes... pu-leeaze, Sirs!

I agree... but there's still an Urtreger disc and an announced Oliva disc! Both fine with me!

pm sent on above (less what ubu snatched up before me! ) ubu snatched Ptaszyn and Namyslowski, he hopes and is confident about... he should have mentioned the Trzaskowski as well, but that's what happens when he's in a hurry

So Sketch discs will be reissued on Minium, as well as new projects recorded? Same layout, it seems, same packaging - that's nice, since I enjoyed that with Sketch! The director of the feu label Sketch Philippe Ghilmetti has found new partners and is back on business and from what i saw it's basically the same style, same musicians. http://www.miniummusic.fr/ Carrothers, Viret etc. Too bad they are out of my price range Ah, sorry, I thought you were somehow involved with the label, that's why I asked that question. But does someone know if Sketch discs will be back in print, too, and under what label (Sketch or Minium, or that Japanese label linked to above - or isn't that a label but just a distributor? My Japanese isn't that great... )

Thanks! I hope once at home tonight I'll be able to use my email again!