pryan

Congrats AfricaBrass, you have now reached the status of 'Supa Groover'.

Over the last little while: Billie Holliday and Lester Young: A MUSICAL ROMANCE Wayne Shorter: ALEGRIA Lee Konitz and Warne Marsh: album of the same name Count Basie: 1939, VOL. 2 Lou Donaldson: THE NATURAL SOUL Jackie McLean: JACKNIFE

Ben Webster

I voted for Maiden Voyage, just edging out Empyrean Isles. MV was the first Herbie from this period that I bought, and must say it remains a gas to play even to this day (even if I have basically memorized all the tunes) I could play this album at any time of the day or night, no matter what my mood.

I've seen this one at a couple of different places here too--I'm in Canada, eh. :rsmile: P.S. - Brad (or anyone), do you know of any reason why this book would have a limited distribution in the U.S., in terms of which stores carry it?

Konitz or Morgan? Hubbard or Roach or Redd or ....?

Prez Bix Hawk Sweets

Personally, I like what Mosaic's doing (both with the Select and regular series). It's a good mix; something for everybody, if you will. Just wish the 'older style jazz' regular Mosaics were a bit smaller (due to $ factor), but it's great that they're getting this stuff out regardless of the size.

Not true, Brad. True Blue no doubt has a policy similar to the one CDNOW (or what is now Amazon) has. I thought I'd try to "trick" them (CDNOW) into selling me a Plugged Nickel box for $11.99 (which was the listed price, by the way); everything went through fine with the ordering part on the website, but after they realized their gaffe, they sent me an e-mail with a bunch of fine-print jargon saying how they reserved the right to cancel an order such as mine, even though, technically, it was their mistake. Sadly, I still don't have that set, just the "Highlights" one-cd sampler.

I e-mailed Mosaic this morning to inquire about the set, its size, when it's coming out, etc. Here's the reply I received, in less than an hour(!): 'This will be a 7 CD set that will be released at the end of May. It will be put up on the website under Upcoming Releases next week.'

Peter, this article has already been posted. For more on Jutta's death see this thread

I agree.

Daniel - Basically he made a joke (albeit a sick one) that, because Jutta was donating her body to be used for research purposes (I think), the scientists could look into how a body such as hers was so unable to swing. Please, anybody correct me if I'm wrong. BTW, on the subject of DEEP, I agree with the poster who said there is some profound thoughts/ideas in his comments once you get beyond the initial shock of his bluntness. Still, I find myself checking in here more often.

Never smoked cigarettes in my life (OK, one single smoke during high school), but did buy and smoke a few cigars, when our high school bands took a trip to Cuba. But as far as tobacco goes, that's been it for me. Both my parents used to smoke and I guess after seeing my Dad come down with lung cancer (and losing more than half of one lung), 16 years after he quit, definitely had a big impact on my decision to avoid nicotine. Last year here in Winnipeg, they put through a by-law banning smoking in indoor public places where minors were allowed. I couldn't believe they didn't just do a complete ban, but apparently they had trouble passing the new by-law as it was. This year, much to my approval, the city council seems to have come to their senses and the total ban (including bars) should be implemented by July, I believe.

Here's the website: Proper Records I bought the one Proper set I have (Fats Navarro) at a Canadian retailer, A&B Sound, for a fairly cheap price - something like 40 bucks Cdn, with a 20% discount. I can't comment on any of the US online places, but the Proper site does seem to have quite reasonable prices.

Grant Green - IDLE MOMENTS Carmell Jones - Mosaic Select (disc 2) David Holland - CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS

Here's a CD review from today's Free Press that illustrates what I was talking about in the above post. The review is written by Chris Smith: This review might not seem particularly monotonous, but if you read them week after week, it's as if they're all just variations on a theme; they all start to sound the same after a really short while. No real detail, just a superficial take on the album.

In Winnipeg, at least in the mainstream paper that I normally read, it's pretty weak. Basically one jazz article per week (on Monday), that normally includes info on upcoming concerts/club dates or maybe a feature of a musician; sometimes there's an extra article on Monday, or another day for a concert review. Also, on Saturdays there's probably one jazz disc reviewed, although it is only about a paragraph in length. The thing I dislike most, however, is how most articles/reviews have merely generic terms (eg. swinging, great, good, etc) in describing the music. It's as if the writer in question has only a limited grasp of musical terminolgy (not that that should necessarily make the articles or reviews of lesser quality) or if he is well versed in the area, the editors want him to tone it down so the average Joe can read the thing easily. I suspect the former and the articles, in his case, do suffer because they are predictable in their wording and content (or lack there of).

I'm surprised no one's voted for Clarence (C#) Sharpe.

I don't think you'll "hurt anyone" in being honest with regards to your opinion of a certain album. Although, what's the saying, "sometimes the truth hurts". And another, "if you don't have anything good to say about someone, don't say anything at all". But, seriously, if you've got something to say that's a constructively negative criticism, I think there's nothing at all wrong with voicing your opinion of dissent. After all, we're not going to all like the same thing, if we did the world would be a pretty damn boring place.

Or, you could speak your mind and say why you don't like the album in question. That would be far more interesting and would stimulate further opinions and conversation.

Don't forget some of his sideman appearances of the early sixties with Lee Morgan (on Vee-Jay, HERE'S LEE MORGAN and EXBOOPEDIENT) and J.J. Johnson (on Columbia, J.J. INC.). BTW, I really dig his tune 'Lost and Found', which appears on EXBOOPEDIENT as well as Blakey's THE WITCH DOCTOR; probably is done on other albums as well.

Soony Stitt, eh, I've heard he's a pretty decent saxophonist.

I got to see Shank about a year ago along with Pete Christlieb on tenor; one of the finer concerts I've been to. I think Joe Lababera was on drums with a couple of local musicians on bass and piano, Gilles Fournier and Ron Paley, respectively. I had never heard of Christlieb before, but man I really dug his playing. After doing a little research, I found out that Warne Marsh was somewhat a mentor of his (Christlieb), hmmm, that would explain things. Do you know who Shank is playing with, ss1?

I just tried connecting and experienced similar difficulties.