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Dig Alice's Jaguar! (Is that Ravi in the back seat?)

I thought Joe Montana's number was 16!

Too bad there doesn't appear to be a CD issue to go along with the upcoming vinyl. But at least the vinyl's green!

Hermeto (1970)

Bam.

Kristian St. Clair's documentary is very much worth watching. Especially recommended for listeners who are already fans. This Is Gary McFarland

Today

Their chronologies don't line up, but I wonder what Clifford playing over Gary McFarland charts would've sounded like. Oh — but Tadd Dameron ... very much yes to that.

As long as the alliteration is maintained, then yes. Same. He was put (musically) into a tight constraint ... but what he did in that space! For me, Clifford Brown is the epitome of "articulate" when it comes to trumpet playing. Every idea already crystalized when it comes out of the bell.

It's true that the album is somewhat weighted to the "polite" side, perhaps in the hope of attracting listeners who wouldn't otherwise purchase a "jazz" album. But, yes, it would've been great to hear Brown let go for a few choruses! Still, what he does do within the constraints of the recording date ... And that sound!

That's a good call. This is 1955. Who else? So much of Brown's playing here ... Lee Morgan must've listened very closely. And many, many spins.

I love Clifford Brown's playing on this album — a perfect balance between melody and embellishment. (And always in tune!) But Neal Hefti's arrangements? They seem heavy-handed at times ... and almost always the same tempo, which can get tedious if you listen to the album straight through. Anyone here feel the same ... or differently? What arranger would you have liked to hear instead? And ... favorite track? "Where Or When" is the highlight for me.

New Yorker Review, by Richard Brody

This is a collection of short stories, so not really "Jazz in Print," but Suzuki was famously married to Kaoru Abe, so, tangentially I suppose, related to jazz. It's classified as "science fiction" — think Philip K. Dick — but I think it fits just as well in the larger genre of literary fiction. The translations are excellent here. I wanted to give the book a warm recommendation (even if I misplaced such a recommendation) in this forum. While most these stories were written over 40 years ago, they feel timely today.

This latest batch is out now. Anyone picked any titles up?

Is this the cover? ... and this is the other Spencer Clark record: I want to hear these records! They don't appear to have been transferred to any digital format, but I did find the first record online for $10. I don't really buy vinyl these days, but I do still have a functioning turntable, so maybe ... Oh — I'm listening to Rollini right now ... as part of the Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang 2-disc JSP set. LOTS of tasty Rollini solos there. Really a treat.

After Hours was reissued in the previous batch of Japanese enja titles. A fine record indeed!

This is a full-size sub-contrabass saxophone. It stands 9' 2". Wiki.

Sometimes Bix is the healing force of the universe.

Oh man, what a night! I need to read that novella. The first place I ever heard a bass saxophone (live) was ... at Disneyland! The player was actually pretty good. I talked to him a bit later. He had a music degree, and didn't seem thrilled with the gig. I still enjoyed his playing.

Yes! But I don't think there are very many sub-contrabass saxophones out there. That YouTube video (posted above in 2013) gives a good example of what it sounds like. The soprillo, in contrast, is ridiculously small (and, it appears, very hard to play in tune). The bass saxophone documentary, linked above, is REALLY good! I watched the whole thing this morning without intending to. Some great footage of Adrian Rollini (though not playing the bass saxophone, alas). Medjuck — your friend Josef Skvorecky is in the documentary!

Spencer Clark on bass saxophone. A bass saxophone documentary!!!

Listen here.

Last CD reissue was 2013. It's being reissued again November 24, 2021. 1500¥.