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BTW, what the heck is going on over at www.cheap-cds.com ? They used to be right on the ball with the new Conns and RVG's, even shipping them out before the street date. ( I have bought LOTS of cds from them). But they don't even have the new Conns listed. And their back stock has reduced to nearly zilch. Most CD's (except for the very latest) for most artists are listed as NONE.
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As Pryan pointed out, we here in Canada will have to wait a bit longer for these Conns. But I am already looking forward to what you guys are going to say about them. I expect to see reviews beginning on Oct 7th starting around 12 Noon EST. I'm really looking forward to comments re the Hill, Morgan and Mobley CD's.
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The problem with the one star review is that it will forever drag down the average review of this set. Both these reviews should be removed from the site.
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Mach 3 and they're very good, though expensive ( I wish the patent would run out soon so we could start to get the generic kind), plus whatever shaving cream my wife buys on sale - either Foamy or Edge gel (which I prefer, thankfully she brought home 3 cans just the other day).
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This is a great album (in spite of Costello) and I think may be their best since Nostalgia in Times Square. And don't forget that it's not just the Big Band on this CD but the Mingus Orchestra on half the tracks, a smaller band, and very interesting.
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I agree with those who advise not getting rid of stuff too quickly. I can't tell you how many times I've given something a listen or two and thought, "Well, that's OK, but not great," and filed it away. But then I came back to it years later, listened to it anew, and raised my opinion of it. Sometimes it works the other way, of course, but usually the movement is upward.
I have 4,000 + jazz CD's, Lp's and cassettes amassed over the past 30 years. Not excessive, perhaps, and I'm not a big seller, though I did sell 500 or so LP's about 20 years ago, when I returned to school for three years. But I'm glad I have all of them, and going back to listen to something I haven't heard for a long while (especially my LP's) is almost like listening to it for the first time. it's a very enjoyable experience. And I'm glad I have many of the AOTW's.
I have a job where I work alone some of the time and so can listen to a lot of music on the job. And to be honest, I find jazz just as enjoyable and exciting as ever. I don't consider myself a collector but a big fan. I rarely if ever, buy anything just for the sake of buying it. I buy to listen. And I especially enjoy discovering new artists. I'm with Bev on this. So many times I've bought a recording just out of curiosity and probably 95 times out of a 100 I've been more than pleasantly surprised.
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Oh man, I thought you were talking about listening to jazz and collecting jazz records!
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Zero here. Ok by me.
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I don't have too long to comment, other than to say this is just a wonderful album, which I thoroughly enjoyed revisiting. And Shad Collins - what a trememdous trumpet player, beautiful tone, flowing solos, sadly underrated.
There is one long and very subtly "bent" blue note in his Old Fashioned Love solo which is a joy to hear. Also the tune Sir Charles at Home is small group swing at its best. Great choice for AOTW.
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Tenor man David Schnitter has a nice version on his first Muse album ("Invitation"). The Mickey Tucker thread brought it to mind since Mickey's on the date. I think they were both in Blakey's group at the time ( '76). BTW, whatever happened to David, a really fine hard-bop tenor player?
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I have this LP, but haven't heard it for a LONG time. As I recall though, it's a real good one. I have several of Mickey's records from the '70's on Xanadu and Denon. Whatever happened to him?
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All over the map in the last couple of weeks:
Jackie McLean - Let Freedom Ring
Lee Morgan - Search for the New Land
Kim Richmond Concert Jazz Orchestra - Refractions
Dizzy Gillespie - Dizzy's Diamonds
Archie Shepp - Four For Trane
Vic Dickenson - The Essential (2 LP's)
John Taylor/Marc Johnson/Joey Baron - Rosslyn
Keith Jarrett - Koln Concert
Cecil Taylor - For Olim - (yes really, and I actually dug parts of it)
Jim Snidero - Storm Rising
Jazz MN Big Band
Bob Florence - Whatever Bubbles Up
Kenny Wheeler (with Winstone, Taylor & the Maritime Jazz Orch) - Siren's Song
Carmell Jones - Mosaic Select
Bill Charlap - Distant Star
Up next
Grover Mitchell's All Star Big Band - Hip Shakin'
The Maritime Jazz Orch. (w. Wheeler, Winstone & Taylor) - Now and Now Again
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The only one I've gotten so for is Lee's SFTNL. I've never heard it before and I really like it, esp. the title track and Mr. Kenyatta. The sound is just fine as far as I'm concerned, and including Grant Green on this album was an inspired move. I think Canadian guitarist Sonny Greenwich must have listened to this album a great deal. There's a lot of Green influence in his playing, esp. from this album's title track.
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My wife is about five weeks pregnant. I'm amazed, scared, elated and horrified at the same time. I have always wanted children, but it's really frightening to think about it.
That said, I'm looking forward to it!
Jim: That's exactly how I felt in January '94 when the doctor told my wife she was expecting. My wife was much calmer about the whole thing than I was! In October this year, our daughter Julie will turn 9 and I can tell you that fatherhood is one of the very best things that ever happened to me. It's amazing the things you can do for your own child, that you've never done before, didn't know you could do, and wouldn't think of doing for anyone else. So take it easy. It should work out just fine. And I'm sure everyone will understand if it takes a bit longer to fix Board glirches in the first 2 or 3 months after the baby's arrival! One thing that was really helpful was to have the baby's room and furniture ready about two months before she was born. I can't imagine trying to do that right after the child is born. There's just too much other stuff to do.
All the best.
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I've really been digging this record. There is much to enjoy here. The arrangements, Rudd, and the swinging rhythm section are just some of the highlights for me.
But I have significant reservations about Shepp's playing. I think he plays quite well here when he's interacting with the other horns, but on his own, especially when the tempo is up a bit, he sounds flat-footed, at least to me. On Syeeda's for example, the rhythm section is swinging very nicely, but Archie never quite gets in the groove, or catches the wave, so to speak. A lot of his phrases don't get "fit". It's not quite as noticeable when the tempo is down, but it's still there all the same, and for me, mars his work. Yes, I know it's an avant-garde technique to play against the rhythm section, but to do it all the time indicates to me a player who has some time problems. (Ornette sometimes played against the time, but he could also swing like crazy with the rhythm section. ) And I'm not sure Archie ever really solved this problem, not even on the later Sheep records I've heard. To put it simply, Archie doesn't swing enough for me. Also, I can't say I find his tone particulary pleasant, though I will grant that some people really dig it.
Part of my problem, perhaps, is that I've been listening a lot to "Mode for Joe". Joe Hen is such a masterful tenor player, that when I hear Archie's playing, I honestly feel I'm listening to someone who's not in the same league.
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Well, I don't have this one but it would have to be good because did Vic ever make a BAD record?
Lon, your reputation is slipping. It was rumored that you had EVERYTHING!
I have this on a 2LP set and am really looking forward to giving it a spin. This AOTW thing is great and has pulling out some records that haven't seen the light of day in a long, long time.
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Just did it - ordered the Mulligan - my first Mosaic pre-order ever!
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I guess I'll let you decide for yourself....
From "Horace Silver Trio"
Selecting the most significant Horace Silver Quintet albums is a tricky business. Ever since he began his career as a bandleader in 1956, it has been hard to think of the name Horace Silver without the word quintet attached. Silver's immediate and ongoing success in presenting a unit with a two-horn front line tempts us to overlook his earlier triumphs in the trio format, sessions that were the source of his initial popularity.
To me, it doesn't look as if he's intentionally using the same opening sentence for effect. Just that the same sentence seemed like a good opening, two different times. I guess it's all in the eye of the beholder. To me, along with the "Blue Train" notes, it seems like he might be tiring.
Seeing it in context actually makes it a bit worse, in my view. The opening sentence is superflous for the Trio album, because he doesn't go on to speak about any quintet albums. If he had started the trio notes with the second sentence it would be just fine. I agree with the poster who says that it looks like a cut and paste job. I think he opened the file for "Finger Poppin' in order to write the trio notes and forgot to cut the first sentence. Bob either needs an editor or a proof reader. I would gladly offer my services for the very cheap price of
one CD.
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I voted for the Dickenson, because it's the only one I have (and there's no way I could get one of the others by next week).
But I have a question. I'm for democracy and all that, but is a poll now necessary for the AOTW? I think the person selected should just choose one. "Here it is, go for it." That's what I'll do if I ever get the chance.
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Yes, a very good choice, though I haven't heard it for a while. I have it on vinyl, and will have to retrieve it from the basement this evening. Really looking forward to giving it a spin or two.
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My local HMV is having a sale on certain ECM titles and I picked up this one yesterday, which was released a few months ago. It's a trio session with Marc Johnson and Joey Baron. I gave it a couple of spins this morning and man, I REALLY like this disc. This one's going into my 'heavy play" drawer for a while.
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I can't wait for the Mulligan. It will be the first time I've pre-ordered a Mosaic set. It will cost me about $100 Canadian. So far I have about $35 of that, but maybe before the end of Sept. the tooth fairy will drop by!
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I happened to pull out Horace Silver's "Finger Poppin'" and "The Horace Silver Trio" RVGs today and was reading Bob B.'s liners one after the other. Then I noticed something.... Both sets of liner notes start with the SAME SENTENCE!!!!
"Selecting the most significant Horace Silver Quintet albums is a tricky business."
....yeah, and I guess so is selecting an opening sentence Bob.
I guess this is obvious, but the most ironic thing is that he re-uses this sentence for a TRIO album.
I have generally enjoyed Bob's writing over the years and I think his Mosiac essays are pretty good (no doubt a bigger payday for those), but he has run out of gas on the RVG's. Granted it must be tough to write up every RVG like it's one of the 20 most significant Blue Note albums ever, but if you can't get up some enthusiasm for Blue Train, then I agree, it's time for BN to spread the work around.
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Hank Mobley Mosaic
Thad Jones small group Mosaic
ChickCorea/Gary Burton - Native Sense
Joe Henderson - Mode for Joe
Bob Florence - Whatever Bubbles Up
Kenny Dorham - Cafe Bohemia
Ken Peplowski/Howard Alden Duo at Maybeck
Paul Chambers-Wynton Kelly
in Mosaic and other box sets...
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Gee, I don't know. Maybe for a symphony or studio musician, but I'm not sure it's a necessity for a jazz musician. This topic probably deserves its own thread. Now I will admit that Strozier is far from my favorite alto player (I have this session), but Jackie McLean is one of my favorites, and nobody ever accused Jackie of playing in tune. In fact, it's his wayward pitch which makes his alto sound so personal. I love it. To stay with altoists, I 'm not sure Art Pepper's playing
(especially after his comeback) was in always in tune, either. But I wouldn't get rid of any of it.