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Happy birthday,David, wish you all the best!

Eric, what's on these discs? Style, artists? Now on Masekela: This disc compiles some of his early US recordings (66-70), and I believe that parts of the album mentioned above are included as well. I made a burn from the library, but don't have it here to check for sure. ubu

Sounds good! I will have to listen again to their Willisau set from '03 (or '02?) - it didn't grab me as the most interesting, I think. Time to give it another chance. Since I'm in bed with a bit of fever, headache and all, I am listening to definitely un-ratty stuff (Flip Phillips Mosaic right now - GREAT stuff!), but last night there was a broadcast of a solo Misha Mengelberg set, recorded Dec. 1 in Berne, Switzerland. I found it quite boring, to be frank. Or maybe not boring, but tame, too beautiful, too much surface. To fill up the 85 minutes of the radio show (the solo set was only 45-50 minutes) they played parts of ICP's Willisau 2001 concert (I've had most of that already), and wow! That was a great concert, playful, funny, maybe a bit too much of ecclecticism, but good music, in my opinion. ubu

Sounds good, Mike! Now what about the 3CD set? Worth, too?

It is!!! And your triple exlamation marks make me believe it is worth getting, right?

Does 'surface' mean it goes by ship versus by airplane? Do you know why the customs people are more apt to check the package if it's airmailed versus the surface route? I'm just wondering... Surface, I suppose, means by ship, yes, thus it is 6-10 weeks (I waited 10 on a couple of big orders, yes!). And no, I have no idea why they scan air-transported goods closer. It's just my personal experience. Thing is, if you order CDs for more than 50 Franks (+/- 35$), you have to pay customs, and usually around 20 Franks. So either you go big (I had Mosaic/Trueblue orders for 1000 Franks, if you have 40 Franks customs on that, it doesn't hurt), or you go small (which often sucks becasue of the high shipping rates of CDUniverse and the likes), or you just try and order an amount of discs that makes sense (say 50$ for four discs, or five discs), and hope the custom folks won't look too close... that's the deal. Then there are nice stores (Cadence, for instance) who mark the gift option, which means that you don't have to pay taxes at 50 Franks, but, as far as I know, only with goods starting at 100 Franks. (With books it's a whole different story, again, though they're a bit more generous, there.) Well, main thing is I have another black box I won't be able to listen to earlier than... say, April 2005...

...and got my box today! No customs this time! Cool, very cool! Only a month and a half till you received your Mosaic box? The shipment gets stuck going into your country? It simply sits in the customs building? For what? Till somebody looks at it and passes it on through? I ordered something from Belgium in the Spring of 2003. It was at my front door in Arizona, courtesy of UPS, in five days. No no, I went the surface way - chances are much smaller that the custom guys look close! There was a time they opened almost each airmail package I ordered from the US... quite a pain. And besides, my backlog is outgrowing me, at this moment, thus I can wait a bit. Airmail can arrive within four or five days, however a large Mosaic package would probably take around two weeks, too, if not more. The Shorter/Kelly VeeJays took six weeks with airmail, due to the custom fellows, thus I gladly wait six week for surface delivery AND safe possible custom fees.

...and got my box today! No customs this time! Cool, very cool! Would have cost me around 25$ if I had to pay them, but it seems this time they did believe the total value of "35$" on the custom-sticker... (last time, when I ordered the VeeJays, they kept them at customs, and asked me to send them the full invoice, and I had to send them a photocopy of the yellow thing. It took even longer with that shit, and I had to pay a mighty customs fee...) ubu

Someone better grab that Teddy Edwards! A fantastic disc! (Glad, by the way, my empty wallet lets me stay away from the Bethlehems...) ubu

Phil, thanks a lot! I have that Camden reissue - marvellous music! There are a few related threads in the artists section: Kippie Moeketsi Abdullah Ibrahim Johnny Dyani ubu

What I forgot to say: thanks a lot, jgthomas!

Finally got this one! A great compilation, indeed! Only I'd wish for a complete discography! Amazon UK has it for 9 £. ubu

Wise decision. Let us know about Silva. brownie thought for 8 Euros it's worth a try, but that it wasn't one of his favourite Silvas, so I decided to give it a try. The Mori/Parkins is great, by the way!

Ordered the Silva, and skipped the Parker.

Just listening because, haven't seen the movie, but when he died, I recorded a 93 Las Vegas performance and a 2000 (or later) swiss performance off TV. Good stuff. Then a shop here has an Atlantic/Rhino etc sale, and I picked an Otis Redding, a Booker T, and said Ray Charles discs... and I really really enjoy the Charles! I will look for the DVD, it seems! European edition available? Guess I need to read that thread, right?

would be very cool in this case! Is there the -option here, as well? How are these? And is the "Birth of Soul" box that "complete" collection of his R&B recordings, or is that yet something else?

Thanks Mike! But now, what to do? The Charles/Bags is the old 2CD set, in a big old double-size jewel case, right? I could get that here. What else do I need? Can you give me the album/CD titles, please? I'm only just getting into Charles (believe it or not)!

That's strange because I really like WHISTLE STOP. Everyone is in fine form: Hank, the leader, a top-notch rhythm section that is just cooking. Maybe you don't dig the compositions, although I find that hard to believe as well. Give it another chance. Whistle Stop is an awesome record, in my opinion! A love-at-first-listen affair, for me! Maybe my favourite Dorham, together with the Jazz Prophets' recordings.

I thought this one was quite weak. There should be my sort-of-review somewhere up wen we discussed Evan Parker - a couple of dozen pages above. Don't know the Silva thing. What reissue is that? - if ZYX I would sugest you skip it, as they have dreadful remastering. Not sure, it says ESP (NL), thus I'd say Calibre? AMG says the Parker is very good, but I'm not sure from their comments that it's one for me...

About 3 CD box: is it Mr. B. box you're talking about, or... No, this one: brownie linked it above, it's where those Prez tracks from the Carnegie Hall concerts come from... and you know where mine came from

Markus Stockhausen was there, too, with his strange small (C?) trumpet and some delay/echo stuff, very very nice musician, he, too! Bass and drums were Dieter Ilg and Jojo Mayer. Yusef is a vey charismatic person, I think. His singing is rather idiosyncratic, and I think not everyone would like it. Live though it propels tons of energy! I have this CD of his: It features some of the same musicians I saw him with live, but it's more of a laid-back affair. I find it very very nice. Somehow I cannot take Abou-Khalil anytime, I think I slightly prefer Yousef, but then also I see that Abou-Khalil's projects are more interesting, more elaborate, and have higher ambitions, too.

Thanks Mike, seems like I can live for some time without getting the Eckstine (though I have his VME and actually like it rather well, it's sort of a time capsule). I plan tough to get the nice little box, so thanks, nothing missing.

Re: Mr. B.: I got an earful of the Spotlite disc last night - great stuff! I realized the track in question is not on that disc, but I don't have the studio recordings. Any CD recommended?

I know the question wasn't directed at me, Mike, but I thought I'd respond anyway. I don't exactly have "doubt"- I know it's not from SONGS FROM THE HEART, and not Hartman. I have nearly all of his recordings, and although Hartman is not a "bad" guess in that he did have that lush baritone voice, he never crossed my mind on this track 15. I'm convinced it's Joe Williams (and seeing that a certain other member with pretty decent ears had already gone with JW, I'm even more convinced. ). Quite a relieve to read this! Mike, I had no time to check (and was already offline when you posted, sorry), but my ears thought about Williams, too, when I listened to the disc, however, as I chose not to offer insight-less track-by-track comments, I did not mention him. And, no, I don't have that whole 3CD box (it's very expansive here, would have to search online, but not right now) - I just have the Prez-featuring tracks, and guess from whom I got them?

Anyone here knows these two CDs? Alan Silva Skillfulness (ESP) Parker/Akchoté/Casserley/Ryan Live at les instants chavires (Leo) I want to get the Parkins/Mori disc, and the above two are available at the Mego-related (?) distributor mdos.at for 8 Euros. ubu