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It's one of the few times — or perhaps the only time — I'd say it about an artist on a specific label, but every title on Evidence is worthwhile. It's just a matter of personal preference on which ones to pick up. Eventually, if you get hooked, you'll want them all. Then you'll be e-mailing Evidence, asking why there hasn't been a Saturn reissue in over 4 years. 4 years ... and still so much in the vaults!

What I want to know ... are there any recordings of Keane on two trumpets (or flugel and trumpet), a la Roland Kirk?

What do you think of the music of Marion Brown?

I'd actually flesh out the Evidence collection first, if you haven't already. The 2-disc "Lost Albums" set is a must. Some amazing Gilmore there. Also, searching out the 1978 Cosmos is worthwhile (if not top priority), and the hat disc is essential. If you want to check out Ra with vocal groups, I'd look to see if your local library has a copy of The Singles. Some tracks work and some don't, but the tracks that work ("Sunrise in Outer Space," "I'm Gonna Unmask the Batman," and a wonderful pre-rap edition of "Rocket Number Nine") work well.

Interesting article on Shake Keane, probably best remembered, at least here, for his contributions to the Joe Harriott Quintet.

This one, from 1967, has now made it Stateside: Looks to be more in the hardbop fold, but I'd bet it's interesting nonetheless.

Nice photo, John!

"Franck" -- didn't even notice that! Anyone have a link to any of the original covers? I'll probably be picking up quite a few of these — am most excited about the Rudd session with John Tchicai. Any guesses as to whether these will be jewel case or digi-pack? (Not that I'll be deterred one way or another.)

So you did like his stuff, say, with the New York Art Quartet? Or the New York Contemporary Five? You might be pleasantly surprised by this session, from the 70's: Though Pukwana probably steals the show, Tchicai does sound good on this one.

Tchicai (which I learned is pronounced chee-kigh; "kigh" rhyming with "sigh") strikes me stylistically as right between Jimmy Lyons and Marion Brown, while certainly putting forth his own plaintive sound on the horn. Fans? Favorite albums, as leader or sideman? Favorite live appearances? Share away! I missed out on a chance to see him live last year and also back in '95. Argh!

Here's a quote from Cuscuna, from the latest True Blue catalog: "Bob Belden and I have also been able to put together several sets from important live recordings by Miles from Carnegie Hall (1961), the Blackhawk (1961), the Plugged Nickel (1965), and The Fillmore East (1970). And we are by no means done. Bob Belden and Adam Holzman have prepared a 6-CD set of the Cellar Door recordings, and Antibes '69 still needs to be addressed. Then there's a vast amount of Miles from 1972 on." A "vast amount"? Hmmm ...

Thanks for posting! Just in time to spin this: ... other recommended albums with Graves?

Here's just a part of that Downbeat article, about practicing, that struck me the most: “These things are possible if you really want them, but you’ve got to pay dearly and you’ve got to sound terrible, so pathetic and hopeless and hapless for a long time until it turns the corner and starts to sound better. To go through those pains, not everybody wants to do that. But the difficulty of playing a thing like that gives it expressive power automatically. It has tension because it’s not easily won. It is per se dramatic because ... maybe you won’t be able to do it.” Steve Lacy

Interesting story, Spontooneous. (I would have wagered middle D!) Steve Lacy did the same thing, though between middle B and C (which interchanges the second and third fingers on the left hand), slowly going back and forth between them. In fact, he described the process in a Downbeat article a few years back. He did this at home for hours, virtually to the point of hallucination, until it felt like the pitches B and C, instead of being a simple half-step apart, were "worlds" apart, and he was traversing between them through the horn. Apparently, after this exercise/meditation, Lacy never viewed the horn, with all its chromatic possibilities, in the same way. What I wonder about Redman — how does he switch from "normal" sound production to that vocalizing affect he produces? My guess would be that he takes in more of the mouthpiece than usual, and then "sings" without making the reed vibrate. Regardless of how he does it, it's damn cool.

Maybe sometime in January, or February? If so, just tap! Dewey Redman: The Ear of the Behearer ... it's the first time I've actually liked listening to the musette, an otherwise torturous instrument.

Revisiting this album tonight with a pounder of Imperial Stout. Damn! What a fine, fine album. Just as the Ornette influence seems to creep in too heavily, Redman comes out with a track like "Boody," proving he's his own man on the horn. What an under-remarked saxophonist ... Highly recommended, this one.

Some great Joe Maini on this one ...

And ... Never have heard it, but would like to!

Yeah, with Shelly Manne and Eddie Gomez air-brushed out of the picture. Weird. Don't forget about The Complete John Coltrane Accordion Recordings, either. Or, Count Basie's The Musical Saw Project as well.

This is one of the more spirited threads here. Nice reading. Can anyone here post the catalog number for the Japanese issue of Little Red's Fantasy?

Heh heh heh. There should be an Organissimo credit card. Introductory 0% APR, with bonus points redeemable for music and "O" merchandise!

VICJ's are actually still available in mini-LP format. It's just that they're now technically "out-of-print." I'd e-mail Hiroshi Tanno with a list of what you're most interested in — he might be able to help you out. In fact, he has some listed right now on his CD Stock list. A fair price for a new VICJ 6000 series, I'd say, is generally between $20-$25. Occasionally, you can find them for less, and I certainly wouldn't pay more than $25, unless you absolutely have to have it (which has happened to me before). When they initially came out in Japan, I'm pretty sure they were 2520¥.

EKE, this is a favorite of mine — with great J.R.T. Davies remastering! Hawkins' vocal on "Love Cries" always makes me laugh. Hawkins' playing (and Django's, where he's featured) is also superb. Any words on these Timeless recordings ... or sound samples somewhere?

Up, to go with the current K-2 thread.

Heritage of Jazz Series These CDs were issued in several batches throughout 1999-2000. Original issues were in cardboard sleeves with liner notes and original cover art. VICJ- 60261: Sonny Rollins, Saxophone Colossus 60262: Sonny Rollins/John Coltrane, Tenor Madness 60263: Miles Davis, Bags' Groove 60264: Miles Davis, Walkin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60265: Miles Davis, Cookin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60266: Miles Davis, Relaxin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60267: Miles Davis, Workin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60268: Miles Davis, Steamin' with the Miles Davis Quintet 60269: John Coltrane, Soultrane 60270: John Coltrane, Coltrane 60271: John Coltrane, Stardust 60272: Modern Jazz Quartet, Django 60273: Modern Jazz Quartet, Concorde 60274: Eric Dolphy Live at the Five Spot, Volume 1 +1 60275: Kenny Dorham, Quiet Kenny 60276: Jackie McLean, 4, 5, and 6 60277: Stan Getz Quartet +4 60278: Red Garland, Groovy 60279: Ray Bryant Trio 60280: Thelonious Monk Trio 60281: Miles Davis and The Modern Jazz Giants 60282: Sonny Rollins with the MJQ 60283: Sonny Rollins, Worktime 60284: Kenny Burrell and John Coltrane 60285: Eric Dolphy Live at the Five Spot, Volume 2 60286: Sonny Criss, Up, Up, and Away 60287: George Wallington, Live at The Cafe Bohemia 60288: Mal Waldron, Mal-1 60289: Roy Haynes, We Three 60290: The Tommy Flanagan Trio 60291: Bill Evans, Portrait In Jazz +1 60292: Bill Evans, Waltz For Debby +4 60293: Bill Evans, Sunday At The Village Vanguard +5 60294: Bill Evans, Explorations +2 60295: Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Himself +1 60296: Thelonious Monk, Brilliant Corners 60297: Wes Montgomery, Incredible Jazz Guitar 60298: Wes Montgomery, Full House +3 60299: Wynton Kelly, Kelly Blue +2 60300: Kenny Drew Trio 60301: Miles Davis, Dig +2 60302: Miles Davis, Miles: The New Miles Davis Quintet 60303: John Coltrane, Lush Life 60304: George Wallington, Jazz For The Carriage Trade 60305: Red Garland, Soul Junction 60306: Bill Evans/Jim Hall, Interplay +1 60307: Bill Evans, Moonbeams 60308: Bill Evans, How My Heart Sings +1 60309: Thelonious Monk, Monk's Music +1 60310: Don Friedman, Circle Waltz 60311: Art Pepper Meets the Rhythm Section +1 60312: Sonny Rollins, Way Out West +3 60313: Hampton Hawes, The Trio Vol 1 60314: Shelley Manne, My Fair Lady 60315: Phineas Newborn, Jr., Harlem Blues 60316: Joe Pass, Virtuoso 60317: Sarah Vaughan, Autumn Leaves 60318: Sarah Vaughan, How Long Has This Been Going On? 60319: Ella Fitzgerald/Joe Pass, Take Love Easy 60320: Art Tatum/Ben Webster Quartet +3 60321: Sonny Rollins +4 60322: Thelonious Monk and Sonny Rollins 60323: Stitt, Powell, and J.J. +3 60324: Art Farmer/Gigi Gryce, When Farmer Met Gryce 60325: Modern Jazz Quartet and Milt Jackson Quintet 60326: Lee Konitz, Subconscious-Lee 60327: Tommy Flanagan/John Coltrane, The Cats 60328: Booker Ervin, The Song Book 60329: Milt Jackson Quartet 60330: Cannonball Adderley/Bill Evans, Know What I Mean? +2 60331: Bill Evans, Everybody Digs Bill Evans +1 60332: Cannonball Adderley, Cannonball in San Francisco +1 60333: Nat Adderley, Work Song 60334: Thelonious Monk with John Coltrane 60335: Bobby Timmons, This Here 60336: Johnny Griffin, The Little Giant 60337: Wes Montgomery, Boss Guitar +2 60338: Wynton Kelly Piano +1 (Whisper Not) 60339: Red Garland, Nearness of You 60340: Chet Baker/Bill Evans, Chet +1 60341: Miles Davis, The Musings of Miles 60342: Miles Davis, Collectors' Items 60343: Miles Davis, and Milt Jackson 60344: Clifford Brown, Memorial Album 60345: Kenny Burrell, Bluesy Burrell 60346: Red Garland's Piano 60347: Red Garland, A Garland of Red 60348: Blue Mitchell, Blue's Moods 60349: Bill Evans, Green Dolphin Street 60350: Bill Evans, New Jazz Conceptions +1 60351: Thelonious Monk, The Unique Thelonious Monk 60352: Thelonious Monk, Alone in San Francisco +1 60353: Thelonious Monk, Misterioso +2 60354: Abbey Lincoln, That's Him +2 60355: Benny Carter, Swingin' the 20's +3 60356: The Poll Winners 60357: Barney Kessel, Easy Like +2 60358: Art Tatum Trio with Red Callender 60359: The Quintet, Jazz at Massey Hall 60360: Dave Brubeck with Paul Desmond +8 60421: Miles Davis, Miles Davis and Horns +1 60422: Sonny Rollins, Rollins Plays For Bird +1 60423: John Coltrane, Traneing In 60424: John Coltrane, Settin’ the Pace 60425: John Coltrane/Tadd Dameron, Mating Call 60426: Wardell Grey Memorial Vol. 1 60427: Wardell Grey Memorial Vol. 2 60428: Gene Ammons, Boss Tenor 60429: Eric Dolphy, Outward Bound +3 60430: Eric Dolphy, Far Cry +1 60431: Jackie McLean, A Long Drink of the Blues 60432: Phil Woods, Woodlore 60433: Sonny Criss, This is Criss 60434: George Wallington, The New York Scene 60435: Gill Evans Ten 60436: Prestige All-Stars, All Night Long +2 60437: Jimmy Raney 60438: Pat Martino, El Hombre 60439: Red Garland, All Kinds of Weather 60440: Barbara Lea 60441: Miles Davis, Blue Haze 60442: Sonny Rollins, Moving Out 60443: John Coltrane, Black Pearls 60444: John Coltrane, Standard Coltrane 60445: Dexter Gordon, The Tower of Power 60446: Benny Golson, Groovin' with Golson 60447: Gene Ammons, Bad! Bossa Nova 60448: Jimmy Forrest, Out of the Forrest 60449: Eric Dolphy, Out There 60450: Latin Jazz Quintet/Eric Dolphy, Caribe 60451: Jackie McLean, McLean's Scene 60452: Eric Kloss, In the Land of the Giants 60453: Jerome Richardson, Roamin’ 60454: Art Farmer, Early Art 60455: Lem Winchester/Benny Golson, Winchester Special 60456: The Return of Tal Farrow 60457: Pat Martino, East 60458: Red Garland, It's a Blue World 60459: Barry Harris, Magnificent 60460: The Jaki Byard Experience 60461: Lee Konitz/Miles Davis, Ezz-Thetic 60462: The John Eardley Seven 60463: Thelonious Monk Quintet 60464: Eric Dolphy Memorial Album 60465: Mal Waldron/Eric Dolphy, The Quest 60466: Phil Woods/Red Garland, Sugan 60467: Sonny Criss, Portrait of Criss 60468: Jaki Byard, Hi-Fly 60469: Ron Haynes Trio, Just Us 60470: Cedar Walton, Spectrum 60471: Bill Evans, At Shelley's Manne-Hole 60472: Thelonious Monk Plays Duke Ellington 60473: Mulligan Meets Monk +3 60474: Sonny Rollins, The Sound Of Sonny +1 60475: The Wes Montgomery Trio 60476: Milt Jackson/Wes Montgomery, Bags Meets Wes +3 60477: Cannonball Adderley/Milt Jackson, Things are Getting Better +2 60478: Milt Jackson, Invitation 60479: Art Blakey, Ugetsu +3 60480: Johnny Griffin, The Kerry Dancers 60481: Chet Baker, It Could Happen to You +2 60482: Nat Adderley, Much Brass 60483: Charie Byrd, The Guitar Artistry of Charie Byrd 60484: Barry Harris, At the Jazz Workshop +3 60485: Kenny Drew Trio, Pal Joey 60486: Don Friedman, Flashback 60487: Junior Mance, Happy Time 60488: Bobby Timmons, Born to Be Blue 60489: George Russell, Ezz-thetic 60490: Abbey Lincoln, Abbey is Blue 60491: Thelonious Monk, Thelonious in Action +3 60492: Sonny Rollins, Freedom Suite 60493: Cannonball Adderley, Portrait of Cannonball +3 60494: Chet Baker in New York +1 60495: Nat Adderley, Naturally 60496: Blue Mitchell, Blue Soul 60497: Harold Land/Wes Montgomery, West Coast Blues 60498: Jimmy Heath, Triple Threat 60499: James Cray, Double Dose of Soul 60500: Don Wilkerson, The Texas Twister 60501: Julian Priester, Spiritsville 60502: Matthew G, Jazz By G 60503: JFK Quintet, New Jazz Frontiers From Washington 60504: Charlie Byrd, Bossa Nova Pelo Pasalo 60505: Red Garland, Bright and Breezy 60506: Bobby Timmons, Trio in Person +2 60507: Barry Harris, Promenade 60508: Junior Mance, At the Village Vanguard 60509: Billy Taylor with Four Flutes 60510: Joe Albany with Warne Marsh, The Right Combination 60511: Thelonious Monk, At Town Hall 60512: Cannonball Adderley Quintet, in New York 60513: Chet Baker, with Fifty Italian Strings 60514: Ben Webster/Joe Zawinul, Soul Mates 60515: Johnny Little, Nice and Easy 60516: Red Garland, Solar 60517: Junior Mance, Big Chief 60518: Joyce Collins, Girl Here Plays Mean Piano 60519: Dick Morgan, See What I Mean 60520: Evans Bradshaw, Pieces of 88 60670: Art Farmer Quintet Featuring Gigi Gryce 60671: Freddie Redd Trio/Hampton Hawes Quartet, Piano East/West 60672: Gene Ammons, Jug 60673: Roland Kirk, Kirk's Works 60674: Arnett Cobb, Sizzlin' 60675: Ronnie Matthews with Freddie Hubbard, Doin' the Thing 60676: Bobby Timmons, Chun-King 60677: Carmell Jones, Jay Hawk Talk 60678: Booker Ervin, Heavy!!! 60679: Pat Martino, Strings! 60680: Jaki Byard, Sunshine of My Soul 60681: Oliver Nelson, Meet Oliver Nelson 60682: Gigi Gryce, Quintet The Hap'nins 60683: Walt Dickerson, To My Queen 60684: Coleman Hawkins with the Red Garland Trio 60685: Various Artists, Swing Journal Readers Request Prestige’s Best 60686: Cannonball Adderley and His Orchestra, African Waltz 60687: Lee Morgan Quintet, Take Twelve 60688: Milt Jackson Orchestra, Big Bags 60689: Kenny Drew, A Harry Warren Showcase 60690: The Soulful Piano of Junior Mance 60691: Barry Harris, Newer Than New 60692: Sonny Red with Blue Mitchell and Grant Green, Images 60693: Blue Mitchell, A Sure Thing 60694: Sam Jones Trio + 10, The Chant 60695: Charlie Byrd at the Village Vanguard 60696: The Mundell Lowe Quartet 60697: Johnny Griffin, Do Nothing 'Til You Hear from Me 60698: Jean Thielemans, Man Bites Harmonica! 60699: Clifford Jordan Quartet, Bearcat 60700: Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra, The Magic Touch 60701: Various Artists, Swing Journal Readers Request Riverside’s Best One thing to bear in mind is that part of this series is now being re-reissued in Japan, in jewel cases, with new catalog numbers (4000 etc.), and the price for a single disc is 1500¥, as opposed to the previous 2520¥. Somebody here can probably come up with that list.