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That's true NE-german beauty, yes? ubu

great thread, really ubu I'm afraid it is a typical OrgBB thread. Or am I not afraid? I am too lazy to care and blame catesta. Yeah, I always sensed it was his fault! ubu

great thread, really ubu

Uh, now, with the possibility to relate to myself (eating stinking cheese, sleeping while talking...), I can understand perfectly well... ubu

Currently lots of short texts by: Robert Walser, Joseph Roth, Walter Benjamin, Siegfried Kracauer, Franz Hessel. Feuilletons and book reviews, mainly, searching for the "flaneur"... Also Alfred Döblin's "Reise in Polen". ubu

Huh?!? Is this what dutch people do and look like? (Don't tell Hans! Or, rather: maybe Hans can explain!) ubu

Milan, did you check the alternates (on disc 7) from the Albert & Gene Ammons date? Some great tenor playing! Also, I really like Helen Humes singing with those Clayton bands. Hardee and Wilson are a joy to hear, as is Humes herself! ubu

That's why we over here get payed around 24th or 25th... (no fear, I have it almost since I can remember ) (and it's very bad awful music, really! I would not spend a penny on that one!) ubu

So this would mean there's some tracks missing from the Mosaic, but the Mosaic also has one track not reissued elsewhere? ubu

some of my favorites, too (though I don't have "Come Dance With Me" - love all the others)! ubu

I think you answer your own question: there are some good musicians around! Not that I'm all that well acquainted with the swiss jazz scene of today, but I hear interesting things here and there pretty often. By the way, Pearson is an englishman who lives in switzerland (Zurich, I think, but I'm not sure) for pretty long, now. There are other imports, as Nils Wogram, or Billy Cobham (if you're into GOOD classic piano trio playing standards, check his "Art of the Three" with Kenny Barron and Ron Carter, one of the most surprising albums of recent years, in my (and Sngry's - see his thread in the recommendations section) opinion) ubu

Another for the Helen Carr! Also I'm a big fan of Tormé's Bethlehem dates. Like "Lulu" is my favorite, but "Sings Fred Astaire" comes close. Also there are some very good things on the live at the Crescendo albums! The "Porgy & Bess" 2CD set is a good one, too. Then, the Chris Connor dates are all very good, in my opinion. Carmen McRae's album is good, too, but not as interesting, in my opinion, as the Connor dates. The two Hartmans mentioned are alright (but I should listen to them again soon, it's been some time. Then I'm not sure about Faye. Would have to spin it, too. ubu

I also think so, but neither do I have the set. I have those five Candid CDs, too. The music's good, some of it great, all of it worth hearing. Shepp's very first record dates, different groups (p-b-d-trio, quartet with Shepp added, some large band stuff) make things interesting, too. ubu

Lon, thanks a lot indeed! Seems like some Beatles I could really like! ubu

Drop jodigrind a PM - he's up to choose someone. If he chooses you, you choose someone to follow after, etc. ubu

You know, I'm so sad Charlton Heston won't be able to join in here! ubu

I don't have "It Might As Well Be Spring", but I had "Live at the Sands" before I got "Sinatra/Basie", and I think I still prefer it! A great one, lots of fun, lots of ambiance. (Although if I had to name one favorite tune, my choice would be between "Please Be Kind" and "I Won't Dance", both from "Sinatra/Basie") ubu

I have all of them, and they're all fantastic, indeed! And really don't miss the Salvador, it's very good! (Eddie Costa, too...) My favorites are the Mellé, Watkins and Foster/Wallington, with the McGhees close behind. ubu

HRH!?! I have that other one, too, picked the two up together in a sale - wanted to give it a close listen too, over easter, but didn't make it. I'll post about that too, once I come around. P.L.M.: on the "Willisau" - that's the usual high swiss standards Seriously: I have never been to a festival here (I mean real festival, with budget on organisator's side etc), where they had a bad piano! And the man who did the recording (he recorded lots of my botleggers' treasures) for swiss radio broadcast was Martin Pearson, nowadays working quite regularly for ECM (he did some live Jarrett records that are fantastic, as the 2CD "Whisper Not"). As he lives in Switzerland, he often does jobs for swiss radio broadcasts, which is very cool! ubu

Ubu, if you dig the George Russell Jazz Workshop, you'll flip over the Atlantic Tentet album. I will remedy that situation you're in at the next occasion Cool! Looking forward! ubu

Huh, what's the matter with these 13 mexicans? I think you lost me now! ubu

I don't know Hartman too well, but I grew to like him pretty well on the album he made with Coltrane - I'll send Milan a copy of that one. ubu

Yes indeed! But they're a bit too costly... I only have the Hayes/Shaw, Jones/Lewis, Redman, Mulligan CJB, and the one above so far. ubu

Hey you forgot to list our perennial favourite... Earle Warren... How could I? He´s as good as Johnny Hartman on ballads, you know! I did not discuss that with our dear friend about that one, but that was one of the best laughs I had lately! ubu