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Listened to and enjoyed my emusic download of One More Time - Steve Lacy and Joelle Leandre. With emusic you miss liner notes, so I'm wondering if anyone might post a translation of the French phone message that ends the CD. The final "Love you baby, au revoir" needs no translating and is a touching ending.

I think the same poet has collaborated with Dennis Gonzalez and MP3s are among the many full CD mp3s available at www.dennisgonzalez.com. I think his recent Old Time Revival has one broken link, though.

Having much more to choose from later in life really favors early acquisitions and perhaps leaves some quality stuff out of the running. It's probably Bruce Springsteen Born To Run. Coltrane's Africa/Brass, Neil Young Live Rust, Woody Shaw Love Dance, Walt Dickerson Peace and Stevie Wonder Innervisions would be in the running. Might be some Santana, Jim Croce and Elton John in there from my teen years. I still love 'em all.

Anybody heard Alex Skolnick? I haven't but I'm intrigued by the descriptions I've heard.

I dont guess you've heard the date he did with Frank Wright late in his career

The Piano Quartet version of The Star Crossed Lovers is a fascinating piece of music. Marty Ehrlich approaches Hodges part with much reverence, as if he feels that what he is trying maybe can't be done, but the best results will come from staying close to the source. Braxton's piano is in direct contrast - the impression I get is "Duke Who??". Of course Braxton selected the composition for his album and you know darn well he knows, but reverence is nowhere to be found in the piano playing. If I listen to it fifty more times I may be able to decide whether I like it, but I know I won't be bored.

Don Redman orchestra? or maybe Horace Henderson?

and Town Crier with Sir Roland Hanna, Paquito D'Rivera and Frank Wess.

Other new labels with jazz interest. Black Orchid (Joe Bonner) Synergy (Jim Ridl, Art Lande) MidLantic (David Eyges and Arthur Blythe) Songlines (Ellery Eskelin, Brad Shepik, Chris Speed) Passin Thru (Oliver Lake)

MAXJAZZ just landed, with Jeremy Pelt and Mary Stallings likely to hit my basket when I refresh on Monday. Hadn't noticed the Pi, will go check that out.

2-1 Modern day trad. The march rhythms at the beginning make me think the group may have Brass Band in their name - Empire maybe? 2-2 Johnny Hodges voice clip? 2-3 Johnny Hodges, I'm guessing as leader. 2-4 Duke Ellington 2-5 Slow lyrical clarinet over big band. Not much clue. I'll say Artie Shaw just because it doesn't really remind me of Benny Goodman, and it seems to be among giants 2-6 Louis Armstong 2-7 Roswell Rudd and Steve Lacy? 2-8 Wayne Shorter 2-9 Ahmad Jamal 2-10 Larry Goldings 2-11 Is this some of the mellowest Archie Shepp known to man? Dexter Gordon and Johnny Griffin were other possibilities I considered 2-12 I'll try Dexter Gordon here. 2-13 Perhaps the voice of Clark Terry 2-14 Sidney Bechet?

Great Set, very varied! 1-1. Tatum Webster? Nah, piano not ornate enough. Lester with Nat Cole and a whispered rumour of Buddy Rich? Nah, it's live. Stan Getz with Kenny Barron? Thats my final waver. 1-2. Coleman Hawkins featured with Fletcher Henderson 1-3. Fletcher Henderson. I just can't come up with a better gues for either 2 or 3. 1-4 Good tenor from the days before good sound. Chu Berry? 1-5. Lionel Hampton? 1-6 Pretty sure this is a well known Horace Silver tune. Sister Sadie maybe? 1-7 Anita O'Day? 1-8 Can accordion really be this good?! Richard Galliano the only name I barely know. 1-9 Hard to guess anybody but Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers here. 1-10 Post Cecil, I'll choose Marilyn Crispell over Myra Melford for my guess. 1-11 Sounds like a Blue Note boogaloo, late 60's - early 70s style. So why am I guessing Bobby Watson. 1-12 Love the droning bass, I'm suspecting Thomas Chapin, although Arthur Blythe and Rob Brown also came to mind. 1-13 I was suspecting Anthony Braxton & Evan Parker until the bass came in, no bass on that date. I'll still go with Braxton. 1-14 Hampton Hawes 1-15 Quite lovely. Is this the Don Grolnick London concert that just came out? 1-16 Funky. There's an album where Charles Earland plays Rhodes instead of organ. This it? 1-17 Ayler's Ghosts on guitar Marc Ribot? 1-18 Duke's announcement. : )

The Meters' Rejuvenation!!!

Sumi Tonooka's three Candid and Joken (Kenny Barron's private label) recordings are recommended. I think they can also be gotten from AllAboutMusic.com if you need liner notes. Some Grammavision stuff is starting to show up through Rykodisc.

I haven't listened to disk three of the Roscoe Mitchell solo yet, but I know its on percussion instead of sax. Could that be #4?

I'm guessing you mean singing rather than sinning or emitting sine waves?

Disk 2 1. Sun Ra! 2. Somewhat reminiscent of Maiden Voyage, but I'll guess Wayne Shorter. 3. Sounds like Bobby Hutcherson's Dialogue. Could be Andrew Hill leading instead 4. Vibes with organ. John Patton's Let 'em roll? 5. Very cool slow organ and trumpet feature. Tomasz Stanko? 6. Thad Jones- Mel Lewis big band? Nicely segued from previous, different styles united by mood. 7. More Hard Bop. Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers? 8. Nice elegant piano trio work. Tommy Flanagan? 9. Herbie Nichols composition, but not Herbie. Geri Allen? Frank Kimbrough is another logical possibility. 10. More greaze. Lonnie Smith? 11. Lee Morgan? Live band with vibes. Hmm. 12. The song is that Brazilian song heard on the Target commercial as Sweet Happy Life or something. I'm good for two Jimmy Smith guesses on this sad day. 13. Jobim tune. Gerald Wilson, maybe?

Nice set, lots of evocative mood pieces. Disk 1 1. Vibes trio, but not Walt Dickerson or Bobby Hutcherson. Lots of technique. Jay Hoggard is a possibility. 2. Solo piano. Maybe Barry Harris. 3. Bass clarinet with tap shoes. John Carter is my wild guess. Not even sure he pays bass clarinet. 4. Drums and a little touch of yodel. Ed Blackwell, maybe? 5. Hard bop tenor battle. Griff and Lockjaw? 6. Could this be John Abercrombie with Dan Wall. Larry Goldings also came to mind. 7. Quiet guitar with a touch of clarinet. I guess James Emery, though I can't rule out Ralph Towner. 8. Muted trumpet and guitar. Emily Remler perhaps? 9. Vibes and guitar in a mainstream groove. Kenny Burrell, for lack of a better guess. 10. Vibes and guitar with rock influenced drumming. Gary Burton, perhaps with Larry Coryell. 11. This could be Ben Allison 12. Fairly recent I think. Very enjoyable. I'm guessing Branford Marsalis and am prepared to look foolish. 13 Solo Monk Piano? 14. Vocals recorded in the next county for effect, but effective and understated singing nevertheless. Who's the lady that recorded a lot of albums for Concord before taking her own life? Susannah McCorkle. I'll guess her. 15. Dexter Gordon? 16. Jimmy Smith doin' What'd I Say?

I'm getting back on the train with the next BFT, but from JSngry's description of 18, I wonder if it isn't The Country and Western Pianos of Steve Kuhn and Toshiko Akiyoshi. Sight unheard.

PM Sent. I too always post my first guesses without using outside research materials. Looking forward to hearing 'em.

It looks like the complete Sun Ra Evidence catalog is now available for download at www.emusic.com. I'm so there.

I always file Sun Ra under R. After all he was in the Philly phone book that way!

Ted Curson's The Trio! Drummond and Haynes are absolutely brilliant in the rarely heard trumpet-bass-drums format. Three of the five tracks were rerelased on a :Ted Curson-Dizzy Reece" compilation

After a bit of a dry spell during which I caught up on some Leo artists, Emusic has come through with some good new jazz reissues. Three from pianist Sumi Tonooka and several from violinist John Blake. A nice opening assortment from Evidence Records including 4 Sun Ra releases and Billy Harper's Somalia. I pulled out my copy of Sumi Tonooka's Secret Places and have been enjoying it greatly, in the same neighborhood as Geri Allen and McCoy Tyner. Looking forward to checking out the two Candid reissues tomorrow.

Welcome. The next two recommendations are Peace on Steeplechase, a record of unearthly beauty that's more free form than Impressions, and To My Queen, the highlight of his Prestige/New Jazz period featuring Andrew Hill. I have them all, absolutely no duds. Some of the later Steeplechases have some humming along that only distracts slightly. I love the sound he gets out of his bassists.