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Basie zieht den Hut vor Gott... ubu

Now that ain't Basie, but it's the first hit of a google image search for "basie swing"... ubu

Thanks brownie! I should know that, as I have an LP set of Lunceford with lots of fine Trummy Young. I did indeed mix Young and Morton up - strange thing to happen (at least I know I never was good with names...) ubu

Thanks for starting this, EKE! The swingingest indeed! My exploring of Pres (thanks to Milan, my dear friend, and thanks to Lon for being so generous!) has led me to explore early Basie (first testament). Before that, all I had was some Verve albums and the Live Mosaic box. Now I had the pleasure of hearing for the very first time the Decca set, and I also bought that 4CD Columbia set (I sure wish they'd give us all in such great sound, though!). And this is really a revelatory trip for me! No rhythm section was that tight and swinging in such an easy, floating way in the thirties, I guess. Then there's all the great soloists: Prez, Herschel Evans, Clayton, Sweets, Washington (wish he'd have more solo space), Warren (as long as he stick to alto he's fine with me), and all the great trombone men, Trummy Young, Dickie Wells, Vic Dickenson... later Byas, Jacquet, etc. I'd love to beam me back to the Savoy, 1937, and catch them in full flight, accompanying the Pres (which is what they were there for, no? ) ubu

Milan, you're the best in hooking others to some musician What would you say, it the Self Portrait box a good way to get acquainted with Shaw? Or is this a set to get rid of as soon as one becomes really involved? ubu

Listening to the Melford disc right now. Love it! Douglas and Ehrlich both shine, and the music has plenty of interesting things going on all the time without ever becoming dull. I noted that the older of my Penguins (4th, I think, I'm lagging behind) gives it 4 stars and a very positive write up. Me thinks they're right (as they are very often, I think). ubu

Good idea, ubu! Hans (and everybody else interested): Mr Uehlinger did reply two hours ago (while I was having dinner). He wrote that the Marsh will be reissued. No release date set yet, though. He added that this depends on the "course of business"... Let's stick to the good part: it will be reissued! ubu

Thanks, Luca! Sounds good to me, too! Will have another listen. I don't know Gojkovic that well, so I could not identify him, for sure, but your list makes sense. ubu

Thanks for sharing this, Hans! The swiss jazz scene is having quite a hard time - the great Willisau jazz festival almost folded, too, because their sponsor decided jazz was not the right thing anymore to spread the word. Similar problems at hat, as far as I know. However, the hatOLOGY discs are coming pretty fast (almost too fast for me, to be honest!), and let's hope Uehlinger is able to continue as long as he wishes! Should some more people ask him about the Marsh? If he said it depends on the market, this might fasten things. ubu

I'm currently having my second listen to Art Farmer's "Art Worker", a live disc on Moon Records. Several things are pretty strange: Titles: Delphine Stars Erwägung Orientierung Eau Sovage (should this be "Sauvage"?) Gratuliere Ala Nova I know Farmer lived in Europe (Vienna?) for quite some time, but was he in Europe as far back as 1968 (that's the date given) AND giving his tunes such strange german titles? (Dolphins, Consideration, I Congratulate...) Then the applause on this "live recording": sound very dubbed in, to me. Then the the music: the first three tunes sound like Farmer alright. The fourth is a strange groove number (sounding like a Lou Donaldson tune, "The Scorpion"? I don't have that disc to check, but it sure sounds very familiar. Cheap ugly electric piano and maybe electric bass, too). Then tune #5 is absorbing freer sounds (octave trombone - by Jimmy Cleveland!?!). The musicians: Art Farmer (t, flh) Ernie Royal (t) Jimmy Cleveland (tb) Oscar Estelle (as, ts, bari) (never heard of him) Harold Wabern (sic!) (p, not listed on el p but playing one on #4) Jimmy Woode (b, unlisted on el b, but maybe playing it on #4) Roy McCurdy (d) Anyone has this disc? Anyone knows more about it? Is the personnel correct? Is there a more exact date, and maybe a place of recording? What's up with the tunes? Are they really titled as I listed them? By the way, just finished another listen to #4 - the tune's faded while the applause begins - this sreams BAD EDIT! However strange this whole disc might be - the rather traditional tunes (#1-4 and 6-7) are very fine. ubu

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Found some used discs today which I really couldn't let at the store... - Myra Melford, Even the Sounds Shine (hatART) - Schlippenbach/Murray, Smoke (FMP) - Rivers, Portrait (picked it up for a friend as I have it already) I have not yet started exploring Schlippenbach, so I am looking forward to do so now! ubu

Here's the link to our good old Charles Lloyd corner: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...l=charles+lloyd ubu

deus, this shit happened to me once - not with a Mosaic order, if I remember right, but with a rather big one from CDConnection or some other US seller. I did not do anything about it (except paying that bill), and felt rather bad about it, afterwards. Switzerland is the worst place to live for a jazz freak! We do produce hat, but hell, they sell it for 25 Euros here! ubu

That's our way of celebrating x-mas, isn't it? ubu B)

Love Dix! There would certainly be some paintings by George Grosz, too! ubu

Want to know how king ubu treats his friends? Here you are: have fun! ubu

forget it, man!! king ubu loves noone! get it? NO ONE! (mère ubu shouting in the background: STOP SCREAMIN' MAN! YOU F*ç@IN' KRAZY MAN! king ubu: MERDRE! ubu

I was lazy too, and yet some love-making guy offered me huge help... And Roulette albums are usually pretty bad-covered at AMG, I think. ubu

I have some of the Conns on LP - MUTHAS all! (The Jordan/Gilmore, the Griffin, the Cherry, the Walter Davis, Ready for Freddy - all sound beautiful!) Will keep my eyes open to find this one on LP! ubu

Sure it's more entertaining, but: why not just focus on some serious stuff in between? Look at Cannes, Venice, Locarno... even Berlin is a lot more interesting than the AAs, in my opinion. And after they gave their awards to some seriously dedicated cineasts last year (Polanski etc), nothing else than what did happen could've been expected for this year. ubu

me too That's the best description I could wish for her looks. Would be cool to see her acting (if she can, of course). ubu

First thing when I get discs (Mosaic or else), is open them - so there's no shrink-wrapped stuff at my place, never. ubu

That one I have and LOOVE!! But I would love to have the studio stuff, too! couw - you're my friend, aren't you B) ubu

Yes I do! So what? B) He was a heavy influence on Cannonball, that's for sure, more than Parker, in some respects. You know exactly... B) I'll drop you a PM ubu