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huh, what was that? sounds cool! please give some info! ubu Majesty, none of your business Ubu, I traded discs with Brad to get the Barney Wilen 'Passione' Venus CD - with Enrico Rava - and a Herb Geller VSOP date. They're no longer on the list since I am enjoying those two now. Thanks for the info, brownie. I thought you were talking of a disc featuring both Wilen and Geller, hence my astonishment and interest. (I have "Pasione" and it's very very godd!). ubu

huh, what was that? sounds cool! please give some info! ubu

Agus, you got my address, I'm in! Two discs of course! Looking forward to hearing what you chose for us! ubu (free tunes! )

my only Metheny so far, except for the one with Ornette. (his group never really grabbed me, I'm afraid) ubu

I guess you're right... I was only dreaming aloud

"YOWSAH, YOWSAH, YOWSAH", "MY FEET KEEP DANCING" Thanks for announcing this, Jim! ubu

I was told by Mosaic that their license for these Vee Jay sets was with Rhino, who had a deal with the holders of the Vee Jay masters. Apparently, this agreement between Rhino & Vee Jay was suddenly terminated. Since Mosaic's deal was with Rhino and Rhino no longer had the rights, Mosaic had to stop selling the sets. Later, Kevin That just plain sucks. Sucks big time! Money is what kills so much! The only jazz store here will be closed down end of the week, the big ones almost annihilating their jazz sections... Jazz just doesn't sell enough... and those just doing it for the love of it don't seem to succeed, really. ubu

Listened to a very fastinating piano solo disc over the weekend: Sergey Kuryokhin, "Some Combinations of Fingers and Passion" It's a pretty un-pianistic piano disc, I guess. Very strange and fascinating techniques used. I think Kuryokhin has also composed "serious" music (whatever that really is, don't pin me down on this!), and this can easily be heard. The music he plays (mostly the first, almost half-hour long tune), often has a cinematic quality. Often reminded me of piano players accompanying silent movies (there are a few good ones playing in Zurich, occasionally). Thoroughly fascinating. I shall explore it further and listen to it some more! The other disc I listened to on sunday was: I think it's pretty fascinating music. Quiet, almost a bit meditative at points. The mix of electronics with Gebbia and Wogram works quite organically. Also, Gebbia and Wogram are two fascinating instrumentalists. It's not one to shine from the start, but one that has to grow, I think. I shall definitively listen to it again. (I got it from the libary, by the way). ubu

I'm a huge fan of "Work" - there he sounds pretty much like he sounded when I heard him live last november (so glad I went there, my first, and sadly turns out my last, chance to see him). "Morning Joy" is very good, too. I would rather avoid "Straight Horn" for starters, it's not the best one (though it's certainly not bad). If you like to hear some solo Lacy, check out the hatOLOGY "Clinkers". It's my only Lacy solo disc so far (I've heard others, more out ones, but this is the only one I actually own). For a few more recommendations, do a search, there has been some discussion some time ago. ubu

Found some more information here: I guess brownie, you looked on this website. (I only found out about the other one fairly recently myself.) I wish someone would collect all these october 62 CT dates, clean them up and release some nice little box - how about we all write some mails to Jan Ström about it? ubu

It's very good but the audio is way off! Never heard of this one, thanks! Sounds cool - no matter what the audio on such stuff! I'd love to hear it! ubu

And don't forget the sides with Stan Getz!

It's great to know Haynes is still around! I have three of his own records, and they're all very good, in my opinion: "Out Of The Afternoon", "Cymbalism" (with Frank Strozier, Ronnie Mathews and Larry Ridley), and his relatively recent Verve trio disc with John Patitucci and Danilo Perez. That one's very good, too, in my opinion, with Haynes being pretty important to the sound and style of the trio, without though being in the foreground all the time. Haynes is about style, I think. He never was one of those obviously displaying their virtuosity. Yet his playing is very individualistic, he's got his own sound. Some sideman highlights have been mentioned, something else that should be checked out are the few studio and live dates with Coltrane, Haynes subbing for Elvin ("Dear Old Stockholm" and "Newport '63") - this was discussed before here or somewhere else, Haynes makes a big difference to the way the quartet sounds. And it's in no way less compelling than with Elvin, no sir! And I love those Monk dates, brownie! I think those were the albums that made me realize of what calibre Haynes is! He is also on the BN disc with that Monk/Coltrane date. I think that saying of Max being the good, Elvin and bad, and Haynes the mean one sums it up pretty well. ubu

Can you (or someone else) give more info on that one? thanks, ubu

deus? That you? Happy pre-order Birthday then! I'm not late after all! Gotcha! That's why I wrote your name wrong in the first place ubu

another many happy returns! ubu

I think we discussed that alread, but with Avenel, Chevillon and Texier, there's some great french bass players around lately, with that great sound, too. Others? ubu

... and many happy returns! ubu

You're right. Uh, now I have forgotten what I actually wanted to substance-wise add to this thread Maybe it was something about Freddie Hubbard?

No problem at all, 'cause those who do not know will not get it, and those who know will post Well, I don't know him (I swear!), but hell, don't I have to something for my post count?

This one didn't really grab me - sounded more like some sort of a "concept" record... but quite a..hmmm...underdeveloped and disrupted one. Solos seemed rather abrasive also. I like it better with each new listen, it seems. It might be a bit erratic, a bit gruff, a bit under-rehearsed and under-inspired, yet there's something about it that I start to like better and better.

I believe the Jacquet set also had other labels' logos on at least one of the discs. Right! The stuff on disc four was from RCA and I also remember there being some special logo kind of thing on that disc (as opposed to just the usual "Sony Special Products" or whoever being mentioned).

Good call! Love his octet album (Mode/V.S.O.P.)! ubu

Listened to "Clinkers" today - first listen, one of the hatOLOGIES waiting to get acquainted with my ears... very very good! And beautiful, even in its abstract passages. Then "Trickles", a Lacy-Rudd-Carter-Harris date on Soulnote. Very good, too. More on the playful and funny side, full of allusions to older jazz (not only by Rudd and his sound, but also by Lacy himself). Very groovy stuff, too, though in a rather wierd and somewhat distorted way. Now half-through "Morning Joy" (a sencond first, got that burned from some kind soul recently) - wow! I don't think Potts is a drag at all. I like this pensive way of "constructing" solos (dig Oliver Nelson doing it on one track of his "Blues And The Abstract Truth" right after an awesome and eruptive Dolphy solo - Nelson far out wins!). For my ears, Potts creates a very good counterpoint soundwise, fuller, fruitier, whatever, against the cool and somewhat distanced (yet always fully there) Lacy. Avenel is quite a bassist, too! A week or two ago I listened to "The Window" which is the same group, some months later, minus Potts - very good, too! ubu

In my case it didn't go to sleep, I went to Seattle. Sleeping is not healthy anyway, is it? I see it's 3:21 am here and me and D.D. still here Well, that's normal thing for weekend, isn't it? Will be listening to Lacy these days (starting with phenomenal Morning Joy on hatOLOGY). Well, the only problem is I will be up tomorrow at half past 8... that's why I'm off to bed now, even if it's not healthy... Will spin "Morning Joy" tomorrow, too. ubu