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John Zorn? Gilad Atzmon! He's not strictly an alto player, plays just as much on soprano and clarinet, but he's an absolutely stunning musician, in my opinion! ubu

Ok ..ok....ok....ordered.... you better be right.........!!!!! arcana major, or what? search the rat for our "da shit"-posts... love that disc, one of the most impressive recordings I've heard so far! ubu

Dolphy, Legrand Jazz, and a live version I have by swiss tenor saxophonist Andy Scherrer. ubu

John B minus 7...

Box just delivered! ubu

Was shocked to read this in the Sunday paper! Very sad he's gone. ubu

but certainly not as cute as your little avatar lady! ubu

to state the obvious: GIANNI GEBBIA Born in Palermo, Italy, May 1, 1961. (homepage) best album of the year it came out: ubu

Another Frank.... Gratkowski: born Hamburg, Germany, 1963 (homepage) ubu

How about Frank Wess? Osby certainly is high up on my list! Check out all the live shows available for free on his website! Like Kenny Garrett, but haven't heard his latest efforts, same for Coleman, who's music I only encounter here and there. ubu

well, seems the Sangrey household has no Webster standing around

Do you have the option of making arrangements to visit their local distribution center and pick up the package? No, they just marked I should advise them for a new date of delivery. And I wouldn't feel safe would they delive to my neighbours... no sir! Also they didn't try, obviously, as certainly someone would have been home (all elderly people). They'll deliver to where I work (I hope I won't get any problem because of that, but I guess that box is worth a few problems!) ubu

Thanks, Mike & Mike I guess I can live believing I have all of it. Might be that one of the newer versions of that album had an alternate coming with a different title or whatever. "Out of This World" of course is the title of the disc, thanks for correcting! Was too lazy to check. ubu

Just listened to the first few minutes of Law, while starting recording it. Sounds great. Corneloup can play! And Échampard is great, too! Will check out that next one as well, sounds cool, and I love Geri Allen. ubu

How do you record it? Here's how: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...F%BDentry133254 Sorry, I thought I had the link in some old PM, but I did ask in a thread still up and found it there. ubu

Most musicians - and fans alike - expect funk to have repeating bass lines - ostinatos. Miroslav's bass lines were funky, but he changed the all the time, no two bars are played exactly the same way, even on his funky Shepherd album pictured above. I have found out many people have difficulties relating to that concept of playing all variations of the bass riff - I find it thrilling. But many musicians have trouble keeping the groove when you start to play variations of funky stuff in the ryhthm section. Guess they have to watch out too much and have to keep up their own rhythmic senses, and cannot slip that easily into their trance-like state of mind they like to improvise in. I love that concept of funk bass! I mean I also love a good ostinato if the bass player can groove it, but it gets really interesting once variations start, or if there is no real ostinato there. I just heard Kim Clarke two days ago, two hours of playing, and yes, she did a few simple licks here and there (obviously, as they were playing Hendrix compositions, see this thread), yet she did astonishing things, without EVER getting flashy (unlike all those Weather Report bassists who do get pretty flashy), and she HAS THE GROOVE! (Is Kim Clarke the Goddess of funk bass? I guess so...) ubu

Doesn't the Byrd/Adams Warwick Freshsound Reissue ("Out of this Time", I think) miss one track? I think I saw another boot of it that had one more track than my FS disc. ubu

Will have to listen to it again, but yes, I quite liked it. There's thread about it somewhere in the new releases part of the board. Mike, that's one of the ugliest covers ever made! ubu

So does Ellery's website.

Eskelin Ellery (1959) Seamus Blake (1969) Chris Speed (1967) Gregory Tardy (year?) Assif Tsahar (1969) Ken Vandermark (1964) Mats Gustafsson (1964) Chris Cheek (year?) VDMK wouldn't be considered favorite by many, I guess. More of a catalyst than a tenor great. Tardy has a vey nice album on Palmetto, Blake does some good things now and then (I love the Bloomdaddies' Criss Cross disc). ubu edited to spell Gustafsson's name correctly and add Chris Cheek

Perfectly right. That's why my first mention did go to Freeman - he's at least still "on the scene today". Another would be Wayne Shorter. How about Mars Williams (too old I suppose?) or Mats Gustafsson? Margitza I like as well, Mark Shim would be another good one. Bennie Wallace and Joe Lovano both are too old, I suppose.

Von Freeman, I don't know him for more than Fifty years yet... Listening right now to some Eskelin, and love him! High on my list, for sure, but there are others. I like Mark Turner a lot, too, as well as Chris Potter. There ought to be a handful of more, what shall I say, "funny-ratty" ones?

Holy shit! That was my set they wanted to deliver on Friday, 9 a.m. - am I supposed to be home then? Those private carriers are one of the most stupid inventions of modern civilization! Hope nothing goes wrong with office delivery on Monday! Can't wait!

This site here has two tracks from the Enja disc with the Porter Praskin Quartet up as Real Audio files: http://www.eastwestmusic.net/listen_08.htm ubu

Will check it out, thanks Bev!