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I've agreed with SS1 since the old BNBB days; THE GIGOLO is my choice.

I think that's definitely a possibilty, considering Person's a pretty "soulful" tenorman, not unlike Stanley Turrentine. But is that Green on guitar (my guess is no) or Robert Lowe, the other guitarist listed on the AMG page? I think I'm going to have to listen to this one again.

Ironically, my last post had the identical "protocol" error message that the PM had. Strange....

Ditto. I assume the PM I sent went through, but the error message still appeared.

Just got my copy this morning (thanks Dan). Here are my initial responses to each track: 1) Gene Harris (and the 3 Sounds?). Sounds like a traditional tune - perhaps a hymn of some kind. 2) The piano intro sounded slightly like Oscar Peterson, but not quite. No idea who the vocalist is, although it's probably an easy answer for those more into the blues realm. I'll guess it's B.B. King. 3) Lou Donaldson, in one of his obviously more commercial-oriented efforts. His playing, at least in the opening moments, tends toward the "less is more" style, for him anyway. The multi-noted Birdesque licks seem to have disappeared. The bass riff is familiar, but I can't name the tune; must've been a pop hit of the day. 4) "Watermelon Man". The tenor player has a great, relaxed, in the pocket feel - he's really showing some soul too. I'll say Johnny Griffin, but not with much confidence. 5) Another blues with a two sax front line. I wasn't expecting the walking bass for two choruses at the start, following the head. I'm stumped as to who the saxes are. 6) A Tadd Dameron tune ("Tadd's Delight", perhaps). This could be Griffin on tenor again but the tone is what's throwing me off. Then again, maybe it is Benny Golson, yeah, I'll go with that. Curtis Fuller on trombone, amazing fluidity, nice solo. The recording sounds a lot "newer" to me - the group could be the re-organized Jazztet or whatever it was called from the 80s or even 90s. 7) A Charlie Parker blues line, "Billie's Bounce". No idea who the alto player was, ditto for the trumpeter. Both horn players didn't seem too original, mainly re-hashed licks; I wasn't digging it. Nice comping behind the bass solo. Overall, though, an unremarkable performance. 8) "Since I Fell For You". The sax player has that Stanley Turrentine feel. Kenny Burrell on guitar, possibly? Now that I think of it, this could be one of those CTI all-star sessions.... or not. 9) A nice tune, played beautifully, without overdoing the sentimentality. No idea wo any of the musicians are. Joe Lovano on sax is my only guess. 10) A nice groove to this tune. Everything seems as "natural" as can be. Stumped again as to who the musicians are. 11) "Footprints". Nothing too "fancy" from the pianist but he/she is a very tasteful player, influenced by Herbie Hancock, no doubt. Although I haven't heard much of her stuff, I'll say it's Renee Rosnes. 12) Another blues. Groove Holmes with the Gerald Wilson orchestra, possibly. Or maybe Jimmy Smith, from a more recent era. 13) Gene Harris, that's my guess. The tenor has that Turrentine thang going on, but I don't think it's Stan. Superb solo, though. Gee, I wonder if the blues is a theme in this test.

Thanks to this thread, I recently picked up ROCKIN IN RHYTHM. Ghost, you're in for a treat when you decide to get it; great stuff, especially the title track and the ballad (forgot the name).

I'm going to have to see if I can find that Barney Wilen. Those "Jazz in Paris" discs are sold up here from 7-10 dollars (Cdn). Speaking of the Wilen, I kept wanting to say it was Clifford Jordan, but there was just a little something missing. I really dig his (Wilen's) playing, though. I think the tone/sound is closer to Dexter, although some of the phrases were closer to Jordan's. I guessed the J.J. one, Stuff Smith, and that's about it. Hopefully I'll do better next time. The J.J. Mosaic is one I've coveted for a long time, but it seems it's never right at the "top" of the Mosaic to-get list. For sure, I'll get it before it goes OOP.

Hmmm, I've seen this one at a local used record shop. I know it's a great session music-wise, but didn't know for sure about the sound quality. Looks like I'm gonna have to go back and see if said shop still has this Lp. Thanks for the tip!

Congrats, Jim.

Speaking of BLUE TRAIN, I kind of like the picture(s) of Trane, Lee, and Curtis all playing together. Man, what a front line!

I saw him a couple years ago, along with Pete Christleib. At that time, he really blew; two sets of intense stuff. Not sure if he's had any health-related problems since then. I believe SoulStation saw him fairly recently (ie. in the past six months or so). You might want to hear his opinions on Shank's playing of late.

I counted fifty, which is more than I had anticipated. Great series, though.

Congrats, David! Here's hoping to many years of health and happiness.

I'm not sure, but the joke was definitely used a lot on the old BNBB.

Warne Marsh - A BALLAD ALBUM (been playing this one a lot since receiving it in the post about ten days ago) John Coltrane - BLUE TRAIN Donald Byrd - SLOW DRAG Grant Green - GRANTSTAND

I wonder what Booby Hutcherson thinks of all these spelling gaffes?

I'm all over the Chambers set. The only session I have is WHIMS OF CHAMBERS; everything else is "new" to me. Can't wait to hear BASS ON TOP and the Blakey duets for the first time!

I always hesitate to "re-buy" music, but I bought this one yesterday because I only had the eighties version which doesn't have the alternates on it. It was interesting to hear them for the first time, and you definitely tell why they are the "lesser" takes. A cool tidbit from Blumenthal's notes (which were pretty good, IMO), is that Curtis Fuller remembered himself and Lee Morgan looking at each other during Trane's solo on the master take of the title track, and kind of gulping as if to say they better produce good solos, 'cuz Trane's was a motherfucker (the practice at the time was to keep the take where the leader's solo was the 'best'). Oh yeah, the sound is pretty damn good too, I'm hearing nuances that never came through on the earlier version.

The Lee Morgan photo was also used in the booklet for THE SIDEWINDER (the RVG edition). I'm thinking it's from that session. Nice picture, but it does seem to be used a little too frequently. You'd think they could dig up something a little different. But really, it's the music that counts right; and look at all the good/obscure stuff that's coming out next month, it's hard to whine about that.

After hearing many positive comments on the book, I will soon be acquiring David Rosenthal's "Hardbop", from the local library.

I received my copy this a.m. and am listening to it as I type this. So far, things aren't looking to good, although there's many a "maybe it's so and so". I'll report back later with, hopefully, more answers than I have right now (about two out of eleven). There's a lot of good stuff that I don't recognize, however, and that'll only expand my jazz horizons, which is something I've really been trying to do for the past year or so.

I guess this is obvious, but the most ironic thing is that he re-uses this sentence for a TRIO album. Perhaps he's just displaying his copy and paste abilities. They seem quite sound, by the looks of it.

Looking at various sites about (new) issues of Pres music (that is thing Pres fans often do) I found Columbia/Legacy compilation. http://www.legacyrecordings.com/catalog/ja...z/jazz-v-z.html Is it the same compilation you saw/obtained? No, it is this one (taken from the Sony France website):

So I walk into this cd shop last night that I'd never been to and spot these "Columbia Jazz" compilations under the "jazz" section (these were the only "jazz" discs they had, BTW). I kind of skimmed the titles, which included many big name artists, but of course I had to have the Prez one. I knew it was a comp, but there were many tunes on it that I hadn't heard, so I made a beeline for the cash register. The guy there was of no help in telling me about the series, so I thought you guys might know something about it. The fine print reads "Compilation, 1996 Sony Music Entertainment (France)" and then underneath that it says the same thing, except that the date is 2003. So, did these comps come out a while ago and were simply "re-issued" again? I'm slightly confused on the whole matter. Please edumacate me.

I don't mean to sidetrack this thread, but how is that book, GofM? I've seen it at stores a couple of times but never really felt compelled to pick it up, for one reason or another. I think I'll pick up MODE FOR JOE as well as ADAM'S APPLE (which is one I've held off buying many times - not sure how, but I resisted the urge to get the McMastered edition). Hopefully it'll be worth the wait.