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What a pity Johnny Hodges played it so rarely! The RCA Centennial notes state he refused to play it when Duke refused to pay him more as a "doubler". Agree on Lucky T! Wonderful soprano (and tenor, to be sure) on "Lucky Strikes!". ubu

What may sound cryptical is simply the touring all star package of Hancock-Shorter-Holland-Blade, sorry! I heard a couple of broadcasts (saw one on TV, too), and they're taking almost as many risks as the Shorter quartet takes. Fascinating to see/hear Herbie in that context (though he fails to always convince me in this group, I have to admit). ubu

Just found the Storyville disc "The Continental Sessions, Vol. 2". Lots of Hawk & Byas there, under the leadership of Cozy Cole. ubu

Besides the fantastic HUM 3CD set, here's another one that I was very impressed by: Why are those discs so expansive!?! I'd love to get a whole bunch of them, the Humairs, the Mirabassis, Oliva's Sept variations..., Waldron's "One more time", Urtreger's solo disc... Anyone has opinions/reviews on the Graillier, Viret/Ferlet/Banville, Carrothers or any other Sketch releases? The other two that I own, besides those I already mentioned, are Marc Ducret's "Qui parle" and the Taylor/Wheeler/Del Fra disc. Don't know the Ducret very well so far, the Taylor/Wheeler/Del Fra is ok, but not a must-have, in my opinion. ubu

Check the photos on Peter Schmid's homepage. Also check out the list of instruments to learn everything you ever wanted to know about strange wind instruments... ubu

Go to this site: http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/newreleases.php and choose "Stereo Time" on the left. ubu

I have all but Dot Com Blues... but then I have the VME of "The Cat", as well as what I suppose is the original first pressing... does that make good for missing that other one? B-)

You're in! I'm in no hurry, I just want to make sure people have their discs once I start the thread. Mailing the discs to the US will take a week or so, then they need to be copied and sent on, so there's still plenty time to sign up! Also if some European posters jump in later, I can make another set and mail it, no problem!

I only have the one with Eddie Harris and find it to be very enjoyable!

Gave the Art Farmer and Benny Carter discs a spin this weekend. The Farmer is very fine, Art being in a lyrical mood. There is no fusion guitar (someone was wondering, I think ), but on one tune, "Art for Lunch", the guitarist does some funky licks etc. Otherwise he's playing in a very nice, strictly jazz style. The mostly scandinavian band is very fine, and Sabu Martinez adds some colour, too. One small question: two drummers are mentioned on the front and in all personnel listings, yet the liner notes only mention one of them, and to my ears if two drummers were playing on these sessions, I suppose they were not playing on the same tracks. Anyone knows for sure? Then the Carter: very nice one! Mainstream, but very nicely performed by Carter, Nat Adderley, Red Norvo and Horace Parlan. There are three bonus live cuts (one of the originally released tunes is from that same live date, too) which add quite some. Again there is a small goof on the cover (not referring to the Farmer, as I don't know if there's a goof or not, but referring to the Braff): the last tune is not mentioned on teh back of the traycard, but only inside the booklet. Seems they could have done a little bit better proof-reading. Also one liner is said to be from Samuel Charters (title on top of the liners) and Red Mitchell (listed at the end of the same notes). However, as Red is mentioned ("Red Mitchell", "he"), I guess the notes are not from him, but from Charters. This is in the Farmer booklet, I think. ubu

It's true! But his best solo on "Miles Smiles" is with both hands on "Circle". Herbie's solo on "Circle" is indeed awesome! Now let's hope for some HSHB official release (a tree is just being distributed, as I understand). In this company, Herbie shines, too, as does Shorter (though I think I slightly prefer Shorter's own quintet). ubu

David, you happen to know where the "Oort-Entropy" recording was made? I have both the concert we saw and the one from Basel, day before or day after somewhere in the pile of yet unedited broadcasts... Had a listen to this little Leo thingie: Keshavan Maslak Loved by Millions It's a trio recording with John Lindberg (b) and Sunny Murray (d). Maslak is a muscular tenor player with a full-bodied sound (guess Hawkins was influenced by him ), and he also appears on flute (whimsical) and bass clarinet. Murray is playing strong and heavy, yet usually quite straight. A nice & refreshingly short (47 minutes of something) trio recording. Btw, I went back to that mean mean Leo sale and picked up some more discs, among them the two other Collective 4tets, one more Remote Viewers, Jon Lloyd's "Head", Gies' solo sax disc, Not Missing Drums' Nietzsche project, Giancarlo Nicolai Trio with John Tchicai. ubu

I urge everybody to get this fantastic disc as long as it's still around: I'm aware it's been mentioned above, and I'm also aware I championed it in some Lacy thread last year. It's a great one. ubu

There's two very nice Jazz in Paris discs with Byas, and there also was a nice Original Vogue Masters release of his, featuring Bery Booker and M-L Williams' trios. The "Tribute to Cannonball" is a nice one, too! Haven't heard the Black Lion disc mentioned. I love his sound. ubu

up! I'll mail out the "odd" ones and the US distributors' discs in a couple of days. ubu

Sad news! A very nice label!

Up! Now's the time to sign up for some *unexpected* free tunes...

If you like this one, you can go for all of the other Cllective 4tet discs you find - they are all good (I haven't heard the very recent one, though). As for Willism Parker, as I mentioned, I believe that Collective 4tet features some of his most creative low-cliché playing in recent years. Interestingly, I 've been lately listening to a couple of CDs from late 70s and early 80s with Parker (trio with Wayne Horwitz and Butch Morris on Black Saint, and "Through Acceptance of a Mystery Peae" on Eremite), and he sounds like a much more diverse and explorative musician there. Thanks! I'll see if that sale is still on...

Gave the Collective Quartet's disc "Live at Crescent" (one of Chaney's "unloved babies") a listen last night. I'm quite impressed, I have to say. Freely improvised music that at the same time sounds pretty focused. Heinz Geisser is a very subtle drummer, Parker is rather good here, the trombonist is ok, too (though he is often just adding a bit of colour or some textures, rather than being an impressive solo voice), but the main man here, in my opinion, is pianist Mark Hennen (who's name I haven't heard before). Thanks a lot to Chaney for letting my CD rack (or rather, my piles of CDs on the floor) being the asylum for this nice disc! ubu

24, most of them Blue Notes (only 50s and 60s), a few VMEs (The Cat, the one with Wes, Organ Grinder Swing, Blue Bash, Root Down, and the great first Verve disc he made), and the one with Eddie Harris. Never checked out much of Smith's post 1965 music.

You'd think it'd gotten there before the Switzerland relay was complete, wouldn't you? All mail to California has to pass through Austria first, didn't you know?

got mine today, will hopefully find time to listen on the weekend! thanks, impossible & tjobbe! ubu

that's the Blue Note I meant, couldn't remember the title...

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