king ubu

"I" - although he was Dollar Brand for me too, when I got to know him.

Haven't yet really started exploring his work. The only things I own are "Black Orchid" and that other partially live disc, with additional tracks, and Harris on organ, can't remember teh title. If there was more available on Blue NOte, I might go for it... Happy birthday! ubu

It seems to be OOP already, so you better look for it fast! Here's a link to the Sketch homepage: http://www.sketch-studio.com/sketch-jazz/01hum.html ubu

Now this is one of the most amusing threads I've seen on this board! Can't offer any help, as these dreaded formulas never stuck to my head (had a programmable calculator for such stuf...)

A very kind person on this board presented me this great 3CD set: An great one! The Humair-Urtreger-Michelot set in three recordings, the first a live one from 1961 (?), the second late seventies (?) and the third a new one done for this release. Great booklet and all, a magnificient one! ubu

So I guess poor kings will have to get that centennial thing... thanks, EKE!

Can't help with you inquiries, Mike, but I'll soon have some more for your Barron discography... On topic: an awesome set! Some may remember that last year when I was on vacation, I had both Pablo Tatum boxes with me, as well as the Capitol and Verve 2CD sets. And that was my first real exposure to Tatum, and -wow- I was astonished! I was able to make it through maybe 2CDs a day, half a CD at the time or so. The solo masterpieces might be considered the holy grail of jazz piano, or whatever. Certainly one of the most impressing achievements made in jazz! ubu

How come you know that? My Taylor CDs are in a mess (packed up in bags, partly, without any order, and several layers of CDs... I'll do my best!) ubu

Great story, D.D.! Thanks for sharing. I guess that would be a session to have with alternates and false starts and farts and sirens included... couw: I am not sure about Kirk in Freeman, didn't hear it, so far. I'll listen to "The Improvisor" over the weekend, and will listen for it. The only other Vonski disc I have is the "Tenors" with Lateef. Sometimes there I find it pretty hard to tell them apart. Both got that full-bodied sound, loose phrasing etc. Love it! ubu PS: on these "Tenors" discs: haven't heard the Ford, but couldn't warm to the Shepp.

Tell me - I still owe you some, anyway!

Jim, here's the link to Amazon, forgot it in my post above: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...=glance&s=books Just in case you really want to go deep... ubu

another for the Haynes! Really like it. Can't comment on the "Directions", as I don't have it, but I'm a bit sceptical about such programme albums... of course the Haynes falls in that bag, as well, but as I know that already, there's no need to be sceptical about it ... ubu

Thanks, it's on "the list"... (as are many of those Verve LPRs, too many) This is turning into a very expensive discussion we are having here!

I've never heard the Mosaic but those other ones (Free Fall and the 1961 set) are the only discs by him I have heard, and I enjoy all of them. I was lucky enough to find those at the local library back before I moved. Get the recent The Easy Way Verve reissue. It's from pre-Free Fall era (in a trio with Jim Hall and Ray Brown), so it is quite different, but very charming, clever and quetely experimental (but much less so than the Free Fall trio, of course). It should be available cheap everywhere. Thanks, it's on "the list"... (as are many of those Verve LPRs, too many) Sounds like the Atlantic trios - though the later Atlantics, with Giuffre/Brookmeyer/Hall are something else again, replacing bass with a second horn was quite an idea! Quietly innovative, that's what Giuffre was, yes. Also his playing and that folksy vibe he had was sort of like a "poor man's" Horace Silver, or rather: a countryside version of the "folksy" (or rather "bluesy" and "urban") hard bop music happening at the same time. I don't know the Sanders ESP, by the way. Have some Impulses, but don't really know them too well, would have to listen to them all to post any impressions. ubu

I've never heard the Mosaic but those other ones (Free Fall and the 1961 set) are the only discs by him I have heard, and I enjoy all of them. I was lucky enough to find those at the local library back before I moved. Ok, so you should like the Paris disc! The first (1960) concert has the original trio's Jim Hall on guitar, Giuffre on tenor/baritone/clarinet, and Wilford (Wilfred?) Middlebrooks on bass. They play music that is quite similar to what you could hear if you had the Mosaic. Several of the Atlantic albums have been reissued, separately, but they might be a bit too nice'n'easy if you like the Bley/Swallow trio. The second part then should be a nice addition to the Giuffre/Bley/Swallow trio discs. As I said above, I think it's quite different, but not less fascinating. ubu

Again Giuffre - John, are you familiar with him? The Mosaic is great (and OOP), and "Free Fall" (Columbia/Legacy) as well as the two Verve albums (reissued on ECM, a two CD set called something with "1961" it the title) are standout recordings! If you're not yet familiar with Giuffre, I'd start with the original "Giuffre 3" album (Atlantic, part of the Mosaic, but available separately, too), and the ECM set. ubu

I've added it to "the list" along with the Von Freeman mentioned above. That one sounds fantastic! John, I haven't yet found the time to listen to the "Improvisor" by Freeman, but from what I've read it has to be just as good, if not better. There's a third recent one, as well. An Amazon search will bring up the title fast. I'll post my impressions of the "The Improvisor" latest on the weekend. And @ all concerned: I haven't forgotten the Brotzl thing, but I just put almost all of my jazz/music/listening/www-browsing etc. time into the Basie website, for several weeks now. ubu

To quote Chaney and D.D., from back in May: "QUOTE (?.?. @ May 18 2004, 02:23 PM) Both are solid, if not outstanding works. I like this and so I've decided to honor it with a newly created acronym - full credit to David - we'll split the royalties: SINOW So often, when I've wanted to recommend a particular CD, I've searched for the proper words to convey the idea that you'll like this one alot but it probably won't change your life. A good, solid effort which you'll enjoy but may not revere. SINOW Doesn't quite roll off the tongue but it'll do." Thanks, makes sense! Let me again recommend the Giuffre I mentioned above - I am impressed by the tracks with Phillips/Friedman. ubu

wish it was... ubu

Read about this Blythe, and heard one tune of that group, but from the late nineties. Will keep it in mind. You know "Lenox Avenue Breakdown"? I think that one's great. It was on Columbia, and Koch did a reissue. And what again is SINOW? I'm too lazy to search (and I hate abbreviations - they're usually used in places like armies, so I really think we ought to keep the rat free from them...) "Hipnotism" is of the same vintage it seems as "Retroflection." As I only get these from the library, I am not too hard on them, the most I can lose is a CDR I hardly listen to anymore... ubu

Now since this is a music board... ubu

Jim, that photo is by the late (and great) Jean-Loup Sieff. Get this book instead of the disc: One of my favourite books of photography. ubu

Hank Mobley sucks!