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My somewhat weird take on her. I have seen her live and heard a number of her recordings and I find her talented and engrossing, but only for a brief moment. What strikes me is that because she strays so far from the melody and gets into her thing, that is because she so quickly dispenses with the melody of a particular tune, I find that over the course of a disc or a concert, that it all ends up sounding similar to me.

Sorry, I missed the earlier thread. I did not look at this Board for about a week at the end of last year and I guess that by then it was already on the second or third page. Thanks to those who noted it earlier and dug it out today.

Actually he died on Dec. 26th, according to my friends in Cleveland and The Guardian obit.

Not sure why this has received almost no attention, except that the guy pretty much dropped out of music for about 60 years. He was right there with the early beboppers and played to much acclaim from around 1945 to 1947. He died just about one month ago and I saw nothing in the New York Times, but the Guardian UK did have an obit. Just thought some of you might be interested.

By the way, just to let you know, I did try J&R in Manhattan with your label and UPC code which they told me to get. They told me they are unable to get this CD under any circumstances.

Someone please post this article. It is an interesting discussion of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

Thanks everyone for your comments. Many years ago I was in a blues band and it seemed that it was normal to formulate your hand position around the particular key you were in. For example, when playing a blues in the key of A, I found that my fingers spent most of the time around the 5th fret (which is the tonic note for the key of A) and 7th frets. Is that at all translatable to jazz playing?

I am taking up my guitar again after many years. I can read a bit of music and recently purchased a book, "Charlie Christian: the Art of the Jazz Guitar" which has some great solos written out in regular music notation, but no charts telling you what strings or frets to play the notes on. My question is this, unlike the sax, my other instrument, with the guitar the same note could be played on many different strings or frets, so when you get a book like this, what is a logical way to finger the solo? The only thing that occurs to me is not to have one's hand moving too much.

yeah thanks for posting this brownie. Another good one. I think this Ratliff series is great and love having the artist listen to music with the interviewer.

Interesting, as much as I like the Cellar Door box, I do not find it to be superior to the Jack Johnson box. These boxes are ripe for comparison, given similar instrumentation and personnel and even many of the same tunes, and as of now, I think certain versions of the same tune on the J Johnson box are actually superior to any version on the Cellar Door. Gary Bartz has never been for me the most compelling player. Just my two cents, I may change my mind but that's what I think now.

Coltane Jazz (AMCY-1156) Coltane Plays the Blues (AMCY-1157) Both cds are in mint condition: US $17 each, delivered to a US address, insured.

Can't add much to people's well stated comments, except that I am a fan too and very much like the Impulse and Flying Dutchman releases as well as the Last Tango soundtrack. "Ruby, Ruby" and those other Alpert produced records are really commercial compared to his earlier fine work.

Have a great one

Wasn't she Ruth Lion before she became Ruth Gordon?

Mint condition. Delivered to US address, insured $18.00.

I picked up Volume 2 of this, because that was what was available. I have to say that I wanted to like this, because I like Rollins of this period, but the SOUND QUALITY IS SO BAD that it really has interfered with my ability to get to the music. This recording makes A Night at the Village Vanguard sound like an audiophile recording. so, in sum, while there may be some great playing on this... I can not access it due to poor sound.

Price reduced to $50

these are the 20 bit, non RVG versions which you may or may not like better than the RVG. they are in mint condition as follows: A Night at the Village Vanguard (TOCJ-1581) A Night at the Village Vanguard,Vol. 2 (TOCJ-1613) A Night at the Village Vanguard, Vol. 3 (TOCJ-1614) the last two of the above, have a slight reverb or echo I am offering the 3 cds for US $60.00 delivered to a US address.

On further listening, it the RVG is definitely darker than the japanese non-RVG and sounds somewhat more distorted, but also sounds more upfront and the soudstage is bigger. Could be that the RVG is exposing more of the defects of the source tape. I may decide I like the RVG, but still working that out.

Generally Lon, I am in agreement that the US RVGs sound better, but this Rollins Night at the Village Vanguard is the exception, at least on my system and generally I have similar impressions of the US Blue Notes to yours. By the way, the other big exception for me is Blakey's The Big Beat, that US RVG sounded terrible on my system.

Ok Brownie, I am totally jealous! You happy now?

more first impressions: I agree with Lon that the booklet is better than I thought. The sound quality on the discs is really excellent- I don't think I have heard a better recorded live performance. I sort of regret that McLaughlin is only on the last 2 discs, although for some reason I think he sounds better on the Jack Johnson sessions. I have gotten through it all now, and really love Jarrett and Miles on these recordings - those two are the standouts for me. Interesting that Jarrett is the musician that gets the spotlight for a solo improvisation piece on most sets. My only concern is whether I needed 6 hours + of this, although I can't say that as of now, I could choose any particular sets that are superior to others and I would not have liked to be the one to whittle it down, just wonder how much of it I will return to?

I compared the RVG and Japanese "Blue Note Works" TOCJs a long time ago; I hated the RVG and sold it, and loved (still love) the TOCJs. yes, but do your volumes 2 and 3 of the "TOCJs" have reverb or some sort of slight echo?

I am listening to the domestic RVG double cd set and it seems a bit rolled off on the high end and while the sound is pretty round and fat, I think that another version I have heard - a japanese TOCJ which was not an RVG - sounded better. any thoughts?