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  5. Live Streaming Concerts

    in Live Shows & Festivals

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    Experimental Sound Studio in Chicago has been streaming a nightly Quarantine Concert Series on Twitch, which I've been enjoying.

    Looking forward to Saturday: 

    Saturday, April 18
     Corbett vs. Dempsey presents Sequesterfest (Vol. 2)
     
    2:00pm
     Thurston Moore
     
    2:30pm
     Susana Santos Silva
     
    3:00pm
     Torbjörn Zetterberg
     
    3:30pm
     Ab Baars and Ig Henneman
     
    4:00pm
     Mats Gustafsson
     
    4:30pm
     Zeena Parkins
     
    5:00pm
     Moreno Veloso

  13. Loft Jazz Recommendations

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    Over the weekend I started reading Michael Heller’s book on the scene and while I’m not too deep into it yet, there are several references to loft performances and related festivals being recorded on professional equipment… it gives the impression there is (or was) lots of quality recorded material out there.

    It's been 5 years since this thread was active... any notable new releases in that time? 

    The Heller book brought my attention to the Juma Sultan “Whispers from the Archive” disc which had previously slipped my radar… very easy to do these days.

    Is No Business the one-stop shop previously unissued loft scene recordings?

    Any suggestions appreciated.

  17. Chicago Jazz Festival 2013 lineup announced

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted

    Thanks for the replies. The Umbrella musicians are pretty easy to keep track of via websites and social media. The AACM musicians and others who were Velvet regulars (I'm not sure if, for one example, Isaiah Spencer is AACM) seem to be much more difficult for an out-of-towner to keep track of...the AACM site is never current and related musician sites either don't exist or also are not current. Any direction as to where to keep an eye out would be appreciated.

  19. Blue Note Deletion email from True Blue/Mosaic

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    Ubu inspired me to search my old emails and I found this one sent 7-30-03:

    Dear Music Lover,

    We regret to inform you that the following CD titles are being discontinued in

    late August 2003. If you have been contemplating any of these titles for your

    collection, we suggest that you purchase them by August 15 through your local

    retailer or the Blue Note Web Site at www.bluenote.com.

    STEFANO DI BATTISTA - Stefano Di Battista featuring Jacky Terrasson and Elvin

    Jones

    ORNETTE COLEMAN - Love Call

    MILES DAVIS - Jazz Profile

    TANIA MARIA - The Best Of Tania Maria

    CHARLIE PARKER - Bird At The Hi-Hat

    BUD POWELL - The Best Of The Blue Note Years

    SONNY ROLLINS - The Best Of The Blue Note Years

    DINAH WASHINGTON - In Love

    A small quantity of the following deleted titles are still available on the web

    site while supplies last.

    MADREDEUS - Os Dias Da Madredeus

    LEE MORGAN - Infinity

    JACK SHELDON - Quartet & Quintet

    THE THREE SOUNDS - Live At The Lighthouse

    VARIOUS ARTISTS - Jump N Jive

  20. Mark Charig / Keith Tippett - Pipedream (Ogun)

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    For anyone, like myself, who had never heard Pipedream before (although I had heard of it), this may be a useful link - I certainly found it so - Squidco - Pipedream excerpts. To my ears there is a passing similarity between Pipdream and Ian Carr's Sounds and Sweet Airs but only a passing one. Tippett and Charig's music is quite unique (as is Carr's) and Pipedream seems from these short excerpts to be nearer to Tippett's Blueprint (and beyond) material. Certainly sounds excellent and I will no doubt be buying this.

    Thanks for the link. I intend to buy it too (like pretty much every other Ogun reissue.)

  21. Sidney Bechet recommendations

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    This morning while listening to Runnin' Wild I decided to figure out just how much of the Blue Note material I'm lacking by having only the (US) BN CD reissues and not the Mosaic box. Judging from the conversation on this thread it appears that others may be interested in knowing the same thing so I figured I'd share my findings.

    BN has reissued the following CDs in the US, all of which contain music also on the Bechet Mosaic:

    The Port of Harlem Jazzmen (1994)

    The Best of Sidney Bechet (1994)

    Hot Jazz on Blue Note - 4CD box (1996)

    Runnin' Wild (1998)

    The Fabulous Sidney Bechet (2001)

    These discs appear to contain everything on the Bechet Mosaic except for 6 tracks and 3 alt takes, including:

    Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen

    Sidney DeParis (tp) Vic Dickenson (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Manzie Johnson (d)

    WOR Studios, NYC, December 20, 1944

    BN207-0 Jazz Me Blues (alt. take)

    Sidney Bechet's Blue Note Jazzmen

    Max Kaminsky (tp) George Lugg (tb) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Fred Moore (d)

    WOR Studios, NYC, January 29, 1945

    BN216-2 Salty Dog

    BN218-1 Jackass Blues (alt. take)

    Art Hodes' Hot Five

    Wild Bill Davison (cor) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Fred Moore (d, vo)

    WOR Studios, NYC, October 12, 1945

    BN266-1 St. James Infirmary

    BN267-0 Darktown Strutters' Ball

    Bunk Johnson - Sidney Bechet Sextet

    Bunk Johnson (tp) Sandy Williams (tb) Sidney Bechet (cl) Cliff Jackson (p) Pops Foster (b) Manzie Johnson (d)

    WOR Studios, NYC, March 10, 1945

    BN223-1 Milenberg Joys Blue

    BN225-0 Lord, Let Me In The Lifeboat

    BN228-1 Up In Sidney's Flat

    Sidney Bechet - Albert Nicholas Blue Five

    Albert Nicholas (cl) Sidney Bechet (ss, cl) Art Hodes (p) Pops Foster (b) Danny Alvin (d)

    WOR Studios, NYC, February 12, 1946

    BN279-0 Weary Way Blues (alt. take)

    Incidentally, it appears the two Josh White Trio tracks aren't included on the Mosaic box. Does anyone know why? (Careless Love is on the Hot Jazz box and Milk Cow Blues is on the 3 disc Bechet EMI France box released last fall.)

    Josh White Trio

    Sidney Bechet (ss) Josh White (g, vo) Wilson Ernest Myers (b)

    Reeves Sound Studios, NYC, March 7, 1940

    RS671 A Careless Love (Blues)

    RS672 Milk Cow Blues

    Since all of the CDs listed above are OOP (I think) I did a quick search on Amazon and eBay to see how difficult/costly they'd be to track down. They're not. All the single discs can be had for $6-$10 and the Hot Jazz box is around $20. And, of course, with the Port of Harlem Jazzmen and Hot Jazz on BN releases you also get a good chunk of material from the Port of Harlem Jazzmen, Art Hodes, George Lewis, and Hall/Johnson/DeParis/Dickenson Mosaics too.

    Bottom line, I figure I've got enough of the Blue Note material to prevent me from entertaining thoughts of paying a premium for the Mosaic box (though I'd like to have it).

  24. Hank Mobley

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    Count me among those who will join the ensuing scramble. I've purposely not purchased any of the material on this set (I have most all of the 60s releases) knowing that one day I'll pull the trigger. That said, it's been over a decade now and my willpower is waning. Good news is, I'm pretty sure that my one-year-old son has got his eye on this one for me for Father's Day.

  25. Mark Charig / Keith Tippett - Pipedream (Ogun)

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    Just noticed that Ogun has issued this one on CD for the first time. My interest is piqued. Anyone have any thoughts on this one?

    Here's the write-up from Dusty Groove, peppy as usual…

    A really amazing little record -- quite different than anything else we've ever heard from British trumpeter Mark Charig -- and for good reason, too! This unique performance was improvised live in a country church -- Charig exploring the space magically with his trumpet, while Keith Tippett plays away on the church's organ -- making these really weird and wonderful sounds that create a similar vibe to some of the sparer improvisations you might hear from Sun Ra! The mix of organ and trumpet is amazing -- and other cuts feature wordless vocal sounds from Ann Winter, which are equally haunting, but in a different way too. Titles include "Bellaphon", "Vega", "Ode To The Ghost Of An Improvised Past", "Pipedream", and "Pavanne". Also features the previously unissued "The Trio Gets Lost In The Magic Forest". © 1996-2010, Dusty Groove America, Inc.
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