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I knew I had read about it somewhere, I just didn't realize I had read about it right here. Time to head over to cdbaby. I hope no one is offended if I add maldoror is da shit! An awesome disc, really! I think you should love it, John! And yes, I got it from CDBaby as well. ubu

Dude, standing on the stand right next to him while he plays is as closely as you CAN listen to him! Talk about a blessing, anybody who had that opportunity got one. Well, the point of above statement of mine was that I didn't know Miles transposed Pres licks to his trumpet. It is whole new dimension to listen to Miles from. You do have that one track they recorded together in Europe, in 1956? Pretty sad, as far as Lester's concerned...

I heard this band live last year. Boring pretentious bullshit. Bruno Chevillon definitely should record a solo record (actually, that's what I told him after that concert - and he said that solo bass is kinda boring for listeners, I gently argued that the shit he had been playing that night was kinda boring for listeners, but he didn't seem persuaded). Another guy who absolutely should record solo is Jean-Jacques Avenel. Dolphy criticue is coming, don't worry . Will give the Ducret band a chance, I usually like himself quite a bit (also in Humair's crew, with Chevillon in, too). Avenel, yes! Have a burn of one trio disc of Lacy's (The Window, Soul Note) and he's fantastic there, as in the larger Lacy groups. I hope you at least have the VV master takes CD - "Chasin' the Trane", in trio is a stunning performance - one of the best takes Trane ever committed to record!

Thanks, John! So I guess it really is all in the box. ubu

"Living Space" is in the Coltrane Impulse! Quartet box. It's post - "Love Supreme", but before "Meditations". I don't have the Village Vanguard box, so my only exposure to these perfomances is from the "Impressions" album ("India" and "Impressions") and I thought Coltrane's playing was pretty limited on those. Given this experience and my ambiguos attitude towards Dolphy at the moment, I'm not too interreested in exploring any further right now. Oh yes, I remember your strange Dolphy remarks... anything to post here? I'm ready ... Enjoyed your solo bass post - the Phillips has been on the "list" already, and it will stay right there. Don't know any of the albums you list, but I have one of Weber's ECM solo discs. Got it cheap and used, listened once, wasn't all too impressed, and put it on some "to listen to again some day"-pile (have many of those piles all over my place and my girlfriend's as well...) It's not a usual solo disc, as Weber works with overdubbing etc, creating soundscapes of bass. The last sentence in Weber's self-written liner reads: "The bass as orchestra - if that isn't a challenge."... Got his "Colours of Chloë" as well, that day, and was even less impressed with that. Will revisit those in time. Listened to two hours of live stuff recorded off Bayerischer Rundfunk last night, from Jazzwoche Burghausen 2004 (early in May): Sam Rivers' trio (with Matthews & Coles), Zorn Electric Masada (Ribot, Saft, Dunn, Wollesen, Baron, Baptista, Mori), and E.S.T. Still same opinion on Svenson, and not too fond of the Rivers (four rather short tracks), but the Zorn was pretty good. Now waiting for an hour of Marc Ducret, coming 12pm on France Musiques, a recording from September 11 this year, with his quintet: Alain Vankenhove (tp), Christophe Monniot (sax), Bruno Chevillon (b [not he'd be a candidate for a solo record!]), and Éric Échampards (d). ubu

Hey what's on that "Living Space" thing? Anything not available elsewhere? Can someone type out all the info for me, please? There are a few Coltrane discs I never heard (Olatunji, Expression, Vanguard Again), and it's similar for me as with John: there is a need to step back, every time I've listened to any of his music. It's just so intense. David, do you have the 1961 Village Vanguard 4CD set? I hope so, because if not, you have to get it immediately - some of the best music I've ever heard! ubu

wait, make that 1072

Here's the VSOP catalogue: http://home.earthlink.net/~magnebit/ Of the four you list I have the Candoli and the Paich. The Paich is for those who like laid back and very easy west coast piano (I like it). The Candoli is quite good. ubu

Hey Shrdlu, will you then play all those funny jam blues numbers you composed for Norman Granz back in the days? (Is that where your nick comes from, anyway?) Now seriously, have a listen of the Muthspiel up now - a fantastic set of music, in my opinion! And about shows playing albums/CDs on radio: my problem is: if they'd play whole albums, that would be fine with me, but there's no station within reach of me (I receive the few Swiss, many German, as well as some French and Austrian stations) that do play the whole thing. Also, if the Shrdlu show would play rare live recordings of the "greats", that would be really cool! Get your show on BBC, and bring us all the rare live Bird and what there is around... Me, I'm just tired of hearing "nice swinging" jazz from records, and that is what many jazz programmes here do. There is one station in Switzerland dedicated to jazz & blues exclusively, but they don't do anything beyond that, and: no bass solos (too boring), no drum solos (too loud), nothing beyond classic modern mainstream (no noise, we're a cultivized bunch of people, aren't we?), short: your nice streamlined oh so cultural and sophisticated mainstream muzak... ubu

Same here... couldn't come up with any "serious inquiry"... ubu

Don't forget to add the Getz and Griff when you order ubu

Can't help on the CBBB thing, but thanks for that link, Sidewinder! I picked up this one by Giorgio Azzolini recently in a sale, and it's great! Perfect bft material... ubu

Atavistic UMS. Have listened to the Jeanne Lee disc, "Natural Affinities", and that one is a rather strange affair. It starts with a moody reading/chanting from Mingus' "Beneath the Underdog", accompanied by Dave Holland. Then things proceed with a composition by Gunter Hampel (playing flute and vibes on that one tune), an excerpt from an opera each by Sharon Freeman and Leo Smith, and several other (strange and a bit less so) things. Smith plays on some cuts, usually the rhythm team is Lisle Atkinson and Newman Baker. Don't know what to think of it. I'll have to listen to it once, without reading any of Lee's comments. Just listen to the music, maybe I can offer any opinion then. ubu

me likey! The whole CD is a rather chaotic affair, a good mix of old-fashioned funk (the bass player doesn't just play "bass", no, he plays "fender bass", of course...), and free jazz, eruptive at moments, grooving at others. J.D. Parran adds some of the best solos, in my opinion, but while there are (long) solos here and there, this is very much group music. Recommended! ubu

Thanks, Gary!

Thanks, John - will put that on my "list"... ubu

Konstipulation... I heard Ferrell's first disc on BN (at least I think it was her first), and didn't really like it. She tries a bit too hard, in my opinion. Da king's in da house! ubu

the King suffers from Konstipation? Anyone been talkin' about me? Have I heard something?

Hey John, how's this one? Don't forget to post! Looks tasty! ubu

Can anyone tell me when the Jazz on 3 shows are updated? thanks, ubu

same here...

Hey, wait a minute, Evan Parker, Wolfgang Muthspiel, and Brian Blade ARE the greats! Ken Vandermark, some would say, as well... Maybe not your typical Blue Note kind of sound, but hey!

Funny, same here - Friday night is the weekly broadcast on swiss radio, as well. So the online recording of the Jazz on 3 show is available right until the new one is up? Do they change right after the actual broadcast occurs?