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pryan, I have that Bebop disc. It has four sessions. Two with Don Byas, featuring fellow sideman of the Don Redman band (which toured Europe in 1946 - a broadcast of theirs has been released on the swiss TCB label, in their Swiss Radio Days Jazz Series TCB Homepage), a Howard McGhee session featuring Jimmy Heath (then still "Little Bird") on alto, among others, and James Moody session (which has another tenor aboard, but I can't remember who it is). The Byas material features Tyree Glenn as co-leader and is of the transitional swing-to-bop kind, while the McGhee and Moody are pure bop. Then there are three Jazz in Paris with Lucky Thompson. One has him paired with the blues pianist/singer Lloyd Price, the others belong to his very nice Paris recording legacy from 1957, if I remember correctly. They're in a similar vein as the Vogue recordings (in case you know these), they have two sessions each, one with quartet (Henri Renaud, if I remember correctly) and three nonet or tentet sessions. The main attraction is Thompson himself. These are among his most cherished sides, I think. In the Mosaic Select wish list there was some talk that it would be nice to have a Thompson Paris select. ubu

Sorry, pryan! Didn't remember. But I always mix the Commodore and the definitive, so I might have supposed others do this as well... However: if you don't have the Keynote CD (I'm not a fan of theirs, but sometimes it's an easy way to get some nice material) and can't find it, the definitive might be the one to get. The quartet session with Johnny Guarnieri, Slam Stewart and Big Sid is a bitch! ubu

A friend of mine is looking for a version of "Cute" (the Hefti chart for the Basie band) done as a bass feature. He heard somewhere, that this exists. Anyone knows anything? I only have the one version on the live Mosaic (which is a drum/flute feature) help very appreciated! thanks, ubu

Got the Distel set yesterday - this is one very fine set! Some great Bobby Jaspar on it, too! Those two live tracks (Half Nelson and I'll Remember April) with Hubert Fol (as), René Urtreger (p), Pierre Michelot (b) and "Mac Kac" Reilles (d) are nice to have, and from the Sacha Distel-Bobby Jaspar Quintette (with René Urtreger, too) you get six tracks, among them a great take on Everything Happens To Me - Jaspar is really moving on this one! Anyone knows what #2-? might include? Any news out there? ubu

Got two others (but the fact I forgot to list them is quite telling...): New Agenda and Summit Meeting. Picked them up in some sales bin last year. Anyone knows the recording dates of these? (AMG gives Nov.18, 1976 for the later). Anyway, these are a mixed bag. Featuring Al Dailey on electric piano, some guitar by one Roland Prince (and what a hype they make about him in the liners!). Summit Meeting has Clark Terry, James Moody and Bunky Green, but somehow it seems both records do not work right. ubu

His only session as a leader I have so far is "Live at the Village Vanguard" (enja, recorded 1968). This has Elvin's then working trio of George Coleman (ts, as) and Wilbur Little (B), and add "Hannibal" Marvin Peterson on one long track. I really love this record! (and I know, by the way, that some time, sooner or later, I'm going to have the Mosaic...) Then yes, the Art Pepper Village Vanguard box is very cool! One hell of a band! ubu

A note on the Commodore and Keynote K.C. sessions: I think, pryan, what you got is the definitive disc called "Kansas City (something)". This disc has the masters only of the Commodore and the Keynote sessions as well as of another session (which I cannot recall the original label). Now I have that definitive disc, too, but I also have the Commodore Kansas City Prez disc, which has the alternates and includes another K.C. session without Prez, which is nice to have, too. The Keynote CD might be pretty hard to find. I don't have it. ubu

Indeed it is! First heard his clarinet on the few tracks of the Village Vanguard box. Intriguing, to say the least. ubu

Now this is interesting to know, Mike! I knew the tune was not Sonny's, but somehow always thought it was a carribean tune. ubu

that's why I (honestly, for a change) voted top 20. His early Blue Notes and his recent work I like very much, but listen to less, I have to admit. From the seventies and eighties I don't know much of Hill's recordings (Spiral and Eternal Spirit are the only ones I've got). I like his compositions as well as his piano style. It's a very unique style of music he creates. However I can relate to feeling it to be a little cold or detached sometimes. He seems to be the last in the row of the great 40ies' and 50ies' piano innovators (Monk, Bud, Herbie Nichols come to mind). ubu

Dan, I'd suggest the Japan concerts 4CD box! 60 minutes of My Favorite Things! B) Seriously: either start with some Atlantic recordings (Coltrane Jazz rather than Giant Steps, maybe My Favorite Things and Plays the Blues) or start with earlier Prestige records (Settin' the Pace, Soultrane, Traneing In) or with with any Miles Davis record with Coltrane as a sideman. Another one might be Blue Train, or Sonny Clark's Sonny's Crib. Then the Ellington/Coltrane is nice, as is Ballads (though a beginner might like it as easy mellow jazz, I think there's more to it, but that you might realize only after having listened some more hours to some other *jazz*) ubu

Now you're asking I'm not sure, but I think they didn't. Must check. ubu

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Thanks, brownie! I don't think this movie will ever make (or has ever made) it to the US. Seems a very *european* (and extremely italian) picture soaked in the seventies. But I love this kind of movie! As I have the Rhino CD, I don't have any liners, so thanks! ubu

One more vote for the Aladdin. This was my introduction to Prez, and it has some of his very best recordings. Once you'll get started with Lester Young, you sure would replace the Proper box, so why not just omit it and get the real thing! Another good one would be the Commodore disc (called Kansas City Sessions or something similar) ubu

thanks, Mnytime & Lon, appreciate it! I like the sound on the RCA, too, so really no need. And thanks for that solo Jelly Roll recommendation, Lon! And anyone knows the ethymology of the name "Jelly Roll"? Someone I know once thought it does include some sexual allusions? Anyone knows more? ubu

pryan: no, but I once ordered their catalogue and receive it ever since (yearly). Seems they're a nice bunch of enthusiasts! Their main jazz thing might be their releasing the complete Django Reinhard recordings (still in progress). I really don't know more, sorry! But maybe brownie does? Do try and send him a PM! ubu

Lon (or whoever knows about this music), should I get the JSP collection when I already have the RCA 5CD set and the Commodore disc? And how about the Library of Congress stuff? What more besides that? thanks! ubu

Good idea, Lon! (though I have not yet come around to listen to all 12 CDs...) Scott: I don't really know about Hamilton as a leader. I guess that the sound the band as a whole gets is Chico's. He might be too subtle to put his mark on the band (as say Art Blakey or Max Roach did), but I do like this band-"concept" of Hamilton's a lot. ubu

Maybe the Jazz Factory release (which started this thread) is a rip-off of the one I posted above. Don't know. ubu

Holiday/Young intégrale This is a link to a small french label's (Frémeaux) Complete (?) Holiday/Young release. They have a single CD, two CD and the above 3CD Lady Day/Prez compilation. They are not cheap rip-off (as definitive), I believe, but they don't have wide distribution, not even in Europe, it seems. ubu

so it's clear: get the Tristano! The solo and overdub stuff is really great great music! The live sessin with Konitz is not successful in every way, but some tracks are very nice, too. Then the Konitz/Marsh album is one of their greatest, I think, while the Konitz albums fall a little behind. The Marsh album is another good one, though with Philly Joe, it seems Warne is sometimes almost blown away... On Hamilton: yes, it may be cleaner than other west coast stuff, but I think Chico is a marvellous drummer. His touch is so light yet he really drives the band in a terrific swinging manner. I got this with my second batch of Mosaics (I'm now back to buying only those that are running low - money won't allow much more, these days), and I like it a lot more than I expected. ubu

Scott: the Tristano/Konitz/Marsh was my very first Mosaic, so many fond memories. Then: do you have the Chico Hamilton? This is on the last chance list and definitely one to have if you like a close-knit west coast unit, swinging much harder than usually thought, and with Buddy Collette, Jim Hall, Paul Horn and John Pisano, there are some very good musicians aboard. And Hamilton himself is one of the great drummers of the west coast. ubu

Yesterday I saw Elio Petri's great movie "Todo Modo" (featuring Marcello Mastoianni, Gian Maria Volonte and Michel Piccoli). The soundtrack was by Morricone, but: Charles Mingus composed and recorded a soundtrack for this picture, too (released as the B-side of "Cumbia Jazz Fusion" on Atlantic in the seventies). Now: why was Mingus' soundtrack not used? Anyone knows this? In my opinion, the Morricone-score is alright, but I know not many scores by Morricone that are so pale, so far in the background. Mingus' music, on the other hand, might have been almost too strong... ubu

The Sherman-Quill date is on CD: the following information is from the freshsound.com site. I have this double disc set, some very nice music by some virtually unknown musicians. Can't remember which tracks are the Sherman-Quill ones. Would have to look this up home tomorrow. Jazzville - 2 Cd Various Artists Featuring: Dick Sherman, Eddie Mattson, Frank Rehak, Melba Liston, Gene Quill, Norm Marnell, Marty Flax, Dick Katz, Walter Davis Jr., Alex Smith, Teddy Kotick, Nelson Boyd, Paul Worthington, Art Taylor, Charlie Persip Tracklisting: CD 1 1. Blues For The Camels 2. Lover Man 3. Achilles Heel 4. Everything Happens To Me 5. Rubbin The Genie 6. Insomnia 7. Very Syrian Business 8. Never Do An Abadanian In 9. Zagres This 10. Donnybrook 11. Limehouse Blues 12. Darn That Dream 13. That´S Earl Brothers 14. Nothing Could Be Finer Than Mi 15. Have You Met Miss Jones 16. Body And Soul CD 2 1. Blues For Sal 2. Flying Home 3. Aaron´S Blues 4. You´re My Thrill 5. Platter Pie 6. Why Shouldn´t I 7. Ah The Pain 8. Everything I´Ve Got 9. Irma 10. Things I Love The 11. Why Was I Born 12. Suddenly It´s Spring 13. My Future Just Passed 14. Enchanted April 15. Lover Come Back To Me 16. Ain´t Misbehavin' REFERENCE: DCD 114 BAR CODE: 84 27328 44114 8 PRICE: 12.00 € By the way: freshsound's running a Dawn special offer: single CDs 6.5 Euros. The above one is the only double, for 12 Euro - not too bad prices, I'd say. Shipping for Europe is alright, but I have no idea how much it costs to the US. Anyway, there's some nice music by the likes of Zoot Sims, Al Cohn, Randy Weston, Joe Puma, Dick Garcia, the Jazz Modes and some others. ubu