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Sad news I first heard him on this fine disc: ubu

Listened to this one today: Pretty boring, no? Maybe I wasn't in the right mood, but I don't think I'll really love this one. Robinson is cool, but other than that.... Then: Better, but a bit too nice, and not really ratty enough... will see. Will have to listen to both of them again, soon. ************ David, welcome back! I won't complain about having to wait for FREE MUSIC, of course! Got the Guy, but not yet on CD, didn't forget the Stanko - is there more I promised? Check the Gumpert soon! ubu

I think it's kind of ironic that Western mental health professionals in the 21st century still equate mental illness with possession by demons. If taken literally this is pretty close to the way traditional African cultures view this phenomenon. Now can't you stop bugging us with your f****ng african culture?

You'll like it! And it will make up for waiting some... ubu

Spinning the disc right now, and clearly: ubu

Probably a Ducal punishment Seems he was not the only one with this tactic - Basie applied it, too...

I have a recording from the Sixties, where it seems Gosalves was late on stage. As soon as he did show up, Duke called two numbers that heavily feature him... Thanks for sharing the Scott things! Very interesting read! Funny enough, Britt Woodman comes away very good, and as much of a nice person as Scott says, in Mingus' "Beneath the Underdog." ubu

Of course!! I'd love to hear it! But I don't think we'll see more of these West Coast Conns too soon... no matter if they come from Jazz: West, Pacific, or whatever label's vault. ubu

We'll have it on our site soon - be a little patient (or drop me a mail and I'll look it up tonight). ubu

big laughs from the Basie website folks... we try to do it better, of course!

What brownie said. A great film, "King Kong"! ubu

(our man?) ubu

An mp3 from the SKETCH records website: http://www.sketch-studio.com/sketch-jazz/sons/20vestiges.mp3 Nice! Compositionally reminded me of Andrew Hill a bit. The whole disc consists of a rather short opening tune, and one suite, taking up all the rest. That suite is subdivided in several tunes again. I think the compositions are rather beautiful, and rather personal, too. If you see that disc at a good prize, go for it! I never heard the name of Ms Domancich before, by the way! ubu

Some weekend listening: Sophia Domancich - Pentacle A beautiful album. I've given it the critical three spins, and I still love it as much as when I first heard it. The band features Jean-Luc Capozzo on trumpet (also with Louis Sclavis lately), Michel Marre (euphonium), Simon Goubert on drums, and Claude Tchamitchian on bass, plus Domancich herself at the piano. I find her to be an impressive piano player, as well as an interesting composer/arranger. The two brass frontline makes this a rather unusual affair, although it's far from being free or funny-ratish. However, the CD features beautiful playing, thoroughly european in quality, often full of "melos", sometimes almost like dancing music - definitely not jazz as far as hardbop-fascits criteria go..., but definitely beautiful music by a handful of great musicians. Then I finally got into the "Two Ts for a Lovely T" box of Cecil's, having listened to the first four CDs in a row - very good, very impressive, and very easily accessible! ubu

That one was on Jazz: West, not on Transition! http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/jazzwest.htm ubu

Both released on Delmark: http://delmark.com/delmark.411.htm, http://delmark.com/delmark.414.htm

Not many photos online of Catesta, but this one here looks pretty smelly, if you ask me: ubu

Can't really smell him, either, but he'd certainly smell of beer, wouldn't he? And as the saying goes: blame Catesta - and history was made... ubu

And together with mère ubu, they form the ubu family - two issue all in all, you see? Anyone has issues?

And issue no. 2

And here's issue no. 1 (don't kid yourself was a true word, although not if you understand it in proper english...)

Don't kid yourself, you've got issues my friend. I don' have no issues, just some Basie-bugs... Here's King Ubu:

Funktastic thread, guys! Now if only had a few issues, myself... Btw: anyone here knows the meaning of "issue" in Indian English? ubu

That Coltrane/Fuller was announced on the liner notes to the Transition LPs and one track was included in the sampler. That sampler was $1.98 when it was released. The other LPs were at $3.98 back in those days. The BN Paul Chambers twofer had what was available from the material recorded at that session. Nothing else available unfortunately! Another reason to consider them lost... Cuscuna would have certainly put them on the Chambers Select if they were still around! What a pity! Lon, I like those early Dylan albums too! I guess Wilson DID make a difference with Dylan. And then he was the first (or so one says, at least) black producer in the pop/rock business back then. ubu

brownie, I wonder, the Coltrane/Fuller/Chambers tracks (I have them on that brown Chambers/Coltranee 2LP set), were they released separately, or were they the teasers that made people buy that sampler? And do you know there's more from that date?¨ Here's what's on the Chambers Select: (B) John Coltrane, tenor sax; Pepper Adams, baritone sax; Curtis Fuller, trombone; Roland Alexander, piano (on “Trane’s Strain” only); Paul Chambers, bass; Philly Joe Jones, drums. Recorded in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 20, 1956. #1 originally issued JAZZ IN TRANSITION (Transition TRLP 30). #2 & 3 originally issued on HIGH STEP (Blue Note BNLA 451-2) DISC TWO 1. Trane’s Strain (B) 11:00 (improvisation) 2. High Step (B) 8:09 (Barry Harris) 3. Nixon, Dixon And Yates Blues (B) 8:26 (improvisation) I would tend to believe this is all (either all that was recorded, or all that has survived). ubu