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Continuing disc 1: #11 - Very nice one! No idea, but this ins one of my favorite cuts so far! #12 - Wow! Things get even better! Love this one, great big tenor sound, nice deep bass, and yet another drummer who knows how to handle them brushes! #13 - Yesterdays... great! #14 - I guess I stop my comments now, I don't know sh*t... I really really enjoy this last bunch of tunes! #15 - Oh wow! This one sounds very familiar, for a change! Love the Booger, love the bass trombone here, love the tune, and love its composer! A great CD this is from! What a pity it's OOP... #16 - Greaze... if it's not the late master himself it's one fo those who learnded a lot from him. Late sixties or seventies? Kenny Burrell or Phil Upchurch? Don't like the drummer that much, but organ and guitar are so good, it doesn't really matter. Don't have any post '65 Smith (except for "Root Down" and the Eddie Harris live album), so I can't really tell. more guesses coming in a few minutes in the other thread. ubu

Me fan of HUM, too, Garth another... I enjoy the live set that starts things off a lot more than you do, it seems, but I'll have to give those discs another spin soon. I think there was a thread dedicated to it some time back, do a search if you're interested. I might have posted some thoughts there (or not). ubu

funny rat calling in... welcome Martin, to funny rat internet forum here's the way to go: ubu

No, the blow was towards ubu - some fun exchange. "darstardly" is too harsh a word to use. But each to his own taste. and obviously it took me two months to notice...

And on topic: why not get the European longbox release ("Spiegel Edition" or what is it called)? I spent a couple of days with this box when I was in hospital last year (pretty exactly a year back now) and love it! The jazz violin session is great, and I have to admit I liked a lot of the "pop" numbers - I mean, they're not just pop numbers, they got the Ducal or - in many cases even better - Strayhorn treatment, creating many a jewel out of dubious origins. The Paris concert I think is still available in its 2CD Atlantic incarnation, no? That was not part of the Reprise box anyway. ubu

Yup! They should use the standards of Koch, as far as reissuing Atlantics goes.

I wasn't sure if you might come in with "he hasn't really got his changes together" or something, but from recent evidence (I heard him live a few years ago and also heard a recent concert broadcast) I think he's got his bag together pretty well - although he seems to have weak days/nights more often than one would wish...

Hey Allen, how about adding Dewey Redman to your list?

Wait, I could sell my user-ID, complete with all posts included! How bout that? Let's have 5000$ for starting bid!

Uh, is this board for sale?

...he's (I'm posting in pieces, as I was advised to do) singing "Cottage for Sale".

yup. only here...

Sorry, I wasn't aware of any new posts in this thread... Nate, I don't really like the disc with Minton. I mean, he's most impressive and all, but it just doesn't fit the music, in my opinion. The new project is much, shall I say, simpler, more direct, closer to (if not just that) rock music. Also the absence of keys made the settings and arrangements more transparent, and Kim Clarke does not have the need to show off her skills. The question is whether or not you can take Stucki - on stage she's got a fascinating presence, contributing a lot, musically and show-wise. Now on disc I'm not sure how well she comes over. There will soon be an FM broadcast of parts of their concert at 2004's Leipziger Jazztage (Germany) and I'll definitely try and have a minidisc running then. Oh, and I'll soon post a new topic here, providing a link to last Sunday's Jimmy Smith memorial show I did. Soon, that is, as soon as the show is online. ubu

recently reissued, and a very nice one: (seems like the amazon.de images grew larger!) ubu

I read somewhere that Roach was pretty mad about Columbia replacing that great original photo by a nice portrait of his. ubu

The mistery continues... I'll have to spin that disc again, too!

Interesting discussion here! I have two Murray discs (a Terrones one with Johnny Dyani and a japanese quartet standards disc, no idea what it's called) and I never felt like getting more, and I guess that has a lot to do with what several people here observed. There is much more facade than substance, it seems, and indeed, Allen's list is quite accurate! Luca: thanks a lot for sharing these wonderful photos! Seems like after Sangrey's post (and some other things I heard of recent Grimes) I'll be on the lookout for the Grimes Ayler CD, though! ubu

Finally began spinning the discs last night, did make it through 10 tunes so far, here's a few thoughts. As usual I never looked at this thread before, and as usual I'd done the listening away from my computer (no CD lists, no AMG, no google) and away from my collection... #1 - Bebop... is this the tune of the same title? Pretty nice vibe3s! Nice setting, too! No idea really, but I'll go with Bags... #2 - One of those Monk tunes I never remember the title of... performed by the highpriest himself, I assume. Love it! And I got a feeling this is on one of the many Monk discs lying around here (got the Riverside sans booklet in that ifamous zweitausendeins.de sale, also have the Columbia solo 2CD set). Can't pin it, don't have the discs here to compare. #3 - More Monk. Very nice! I guess Monk performed by trumpet/bass clarinet/drums & tap-dancer is rare enough that one of the skilled googlers has identified this already. Love it, terrific groove! #4 - More fancy rhythms... what are these tuned drums? Interesting, sure, but no idea once again. #5 - Nice sequencing here! Pretty nice tune! I don't dare to guess on the identity of the first tenor, neither of the second... love it a lot. Nothing earth-shaking or inventive, but solid good music. Could be Ammons-Stitt (I hardly know their output)? Nice drum-solo, too, that builds and nicely segues into the theme at the end. #6 - Another one I like. Fairly recent, I think? No idea... #7 - Again very nice sequencing here! I like this one a lot. The guitar at moments has a ring that almost makes it sound like a sitar. Clarinet is played lovely, very soft. #8 - Good opening. The guitar sounds a bit too soft for my likings, but the trumpet is very nice! Great drummer, too! Very nice to hear trumpet with just bass/drums. #9 - I like this one a lot! The tune sounds very familiar. Yet another great drummer! I suppose this is another fairly recent recording and again I have to admit: no idea. Guitarist sounds a bit like Mark Whitfield? (I only know that one disc he did with Christian McBride and Nicholas Payton) #10 - "African Flower" - what a beautiful composition! Great to hear some doorbellists on this disc! Some 70ies Gary Burton? Sam Brown? seems like I'll draw a blank so far... more to come, I won't read here before I finish listening to all of it! ubu

not exactly early Ella, but I *love* this one! "Whisper Not" is... oh, just wait for my BFT... ubu

Someone better get that McShann! A great disc at a more than fair prize! ubu

uh oh, I missed it

I'm sorry to say, but... no A few select member who got other stuff from me recently already got my discs. The US discs seem to drop in at the distributors' homes, so again: UP FOR MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS!!! ubu

Alles gute zum Geburtstag Mike! Wow, another year since your last birthday... (at least so it seems, unless you cheated like deus...) Wish you all the best! Flurin

Up for US subscribers!

Tony, please do post some about "Ear Mix"! P.L.M. is a just but hard judge, usually. I never noticed anything wrong about the covers, but I bought most of mine open (we're allowed to listen to discs in stores, they're not shrink-wrapped but have some re-usable plastic things wrapped around them to protect them).