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Thanks for this disc, Agustín! Wow, so it's Bolling on the opening number! Should check that out! And did I mention you ought to buy "Guitar Groove" soon? So Fresu is that Milesian trumpet man... the only CD of his I have is with the "Treya Quartet", their Fauré project, which I consider very successful. The pianist, Waters being his name, is at home equally in classical music and in jazz, while the rhythm players are jazzers (Tony Overwater and Gilbert Paeffgen). Check it out, EKE, I guess you would like it! ubu

Flurin, don't miss their JazzBaltica 2004 concert in Salzau (Germany), which will be broadcast on 3Sat (free TV ) on Friday night August 28th. http://www.3sat.de/musik/65763/index.html Thanks! I'll make a note not to forget it! ubu

I wonder if this is the same John Oswald who did Plunderphonics and Greyfolded? What instrument does he play on that disc? Oswald plays alto, Plimley piano. Just read the liners - they are both Canadian and seem to be two of the best on that free jazz scene. They were actually billed to play because Taylor seemed unable to make it, but then he did make it indeed, and thus what would have been a concert of Crispell and Taylor, became a three-set concert with them included. Was all recorded on May 22, 2000 at Festival International de Musique Actuelle in Victoriaville, Canada (Quebec, I guess - that whole Victo label seems Frenc (if one can call that strange idiom of the Quebequois French)). Will report on the music once I get to know it a bit. ubu

We all (you included) know you'll have it before that procrastinator gets posted again here ubu

If you don't mind waiting a bit and maybe missing it a couple of times, go here and put it on your notification list. Works wonders, sometimes. And prizes are more than fair. ubu

lucky me that I don't have it then... scary psycho! (second one today...)

John, I guess I'd be *almost* willing to kill for this disc... a GREAT one, really!

That box sounds cool indeed! Never heard of it! I won't be able to buy it right now, though. What I HAD to buy (at the prize of ~10 Euros) today is this one: Has anyone heard it? I got if for Taylor mainly, but getting a bit more of Crispell, who I hardly know yet, is not bad, either. Plimley and Oswald I have both never heard. ubu

you do? woa! scary customers we got here! now now now... just spilled some beer... oh, forget it

They're both good. No: the Massey Hall is of course not good, but FREAKIN' GREAT! As I said, i'd go with the 4CD set on Savoy.

Next time you hold that album, get it. It's the music that makes the album excellent! And Marion Brown is a master saxophonist. What a shame he is so often overlooked! I will, thanks for the

I'm on page 142, too lazy to adjust anything... and if you don't like that I'll tell you that PRONTO! is just some crazy shit and that I was fooling y'all...

Not so sure I would agree, but then you've lived with these so much longer than I. I had the Savoy LP box as my very first Parker acquisition after the Massey Hall (which was among my first CDs, and I got it actually mostly as I was getting into Mingus then). The Savoy recordings might have some weak moments, some erratic playing, not as much consistency as the Dials, but then there's such great moments on the Savoy! Nothing beats Koko! (And those stories about who was on piano during what parts are a funny read, too...) bottomline: get the Dials, get the Savoys, after that get the 4CD live set on Savoy, then get the Verve stuff, then start on all that live recordings... ubu

How would you compare his singing to the vocals he delivers on this one here? I have always had a soft spot for this, and not just for the great sidemen soloing. ubu

I guess you have already helped yourself, right?

Next on the list is the Hank Mobley, Kenton Presents, and the Hot Record Society. I was not going to buy the Kenton Presents or have any interest in it. Then I read a thread at AAJ where a couple of people had given it rave reviews. If you like West Coast jazz, they'd written. Of course, I like both East Coast and West Coast jazz. So, I have to get the goddamned Kenton box. I'm afraid I might be one of those, right? B) Makes me feel sick, really, making you spend money! The Holman sides are so good (and so previously unissued, many of them), you wouldn't want to miss them... ubu

Damn it, another endangered species. I feel a mosaic purchase about to happen. So who's the odds on favorite for the next running low? If I'm going to pick up Teddy, might as well get another....who should it be? So glad I have mine...

Yeah, but the catch is finding a friend with a cd burner AND copies of the McMasters of these... Do I incidentally happen to have a friend here who has a) a cd burner, B) the "House Party" McMaster, c) an unused CD blank, d) some spare time, and e) some dimes to send me a copy? That would be cool! I do have the old version of "The Sermon" and would of course be willing to burn that for anyone, too. I never managed to find the old "House Party". Someone European (to save some postage)? ubu

That's a cool cover! I haven't picked this one up so far, but I've had it in my hands looking at that cover several times! ubu

Get the 8CD Complete Savoy & Dial set! This might help: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...highlite=parker Some threads discuss probably exactly what you're looking for! ubu

explain? (asking seriously!) Taken on its own terms, sepearate from all the historical aftermath of itself, "Birdland" is indeed a marvellous piece of music, a compact little multi-sectioned gem worthy of late-30's/early 40s Ellington (and I do mean that!). It was hugely interesting and exciting when it first came out, at least in my circles. But... It's kinda like putting together a "straight ahead" jazz compilation for "general" educational purposes and including "Take Five" or some such. Why? A) the artists in question have done meatier work elsewhere (and don't get me wrong, I like both cuts immensely, but still....) B) it's something that a lot of people have already heard, if only through osmosis and C) (following from B), it's something that some people have heard so often in so many different versions (and contexts) that they've developed a distaste for it, and that might turn them off on whatever else they will hear in conjunction with it. If I wanted to present a cut from HEAVY WEATHER (and why not?), I'd maybe go with "Palladium", every bit as catchy and "accessable", but significantly less familiar to the "civilian" population. Just my opinion, and not a particularly strongly held one at that! Makes perfect sense what you say (I only was afraid a bit that you might not like "Birdland"... but as I see that's not the case at all, I may sleep quietly ) ubu

tjobbe, these reissues are pretty chaotic! First came the jewel case boxes (the Trema ones), then the digipacks (I think some of them are still around on Amazon France, do a search for "Olympia", "Salle Pleyel" and the other locations where they were recorded), then came the cheapo Laserlight editions. I have that CBBB 2CD set, and it's great! Can anyone tell me: need I replace my Miles Trema 4CD set with the two Laserlight sets containing the same music? Are they different as far as remasterings are concerned, or has each edition just used the same masters again? Another good one is the 2CD set by the Gerry Mulligan CJB (it was discussed some time ago). And before you get the "Fellin 712" check if you don't happen to have the mid nineties MPS disc "Three Latin Adventures", as the Fellini album is included there. (In good enough sound, for my ears) ubu

I had another listen to the "Dissection and Reconstruction..." album over the weekend, and I like it a lot! Some very spirited writing, and, so it seems, Schifrin dug deeply into renaissance and baroque music. I think it's more than a jazzed-up Bach thing, really. And then there's Richard Davis, the anchor man of the album, there's Grady Tate, and there's some great Jerome Richardson (dig that one lengthy tenor solo somewhere near the end of the album). ubu

Great story, Chris! Thanks a lot for sharing! There's a CD with the 1957 Stratford set and several bonus tracks, that has some snippets of Billie talking. I don't know what the source of these snippets is, though. ubu

explain? (asking seriously!)