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Too bad the Japanese release of this title was cancelled (a number of years ago.) Listening now to a vinyl rip.

Marion Brown's Porto Novo is being reissued in November, this time through the Muzak label (out of Taiwan, if I'm not mistaken) and with the original UK cover: In mini-LP format. All of the discs I've purchased on Muzak sound pretty good. I'll be getting this reissue for sure. I think it's Brown's masterwork. 1967, with Maarten Altena and Han Bennink. Bennink is a drummer who, for me, a little goes a long way; on this record, however, I think he's perfect. His playing is less tongue-in-cheek.

Giuffre's collected Verve recordings would've made a fine Mosaic box set. All these sessions have been out on compact disc — either in the U.S., Europe, or Japan. The last two sessions have of course been out on ECM for some time. Below (and attached) is a complete list ... I think. Please post corrections/additions! What sessions are under-remarked? Personal favorites? Sonny Stitt Plays Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements with Jack Sheldon, Lee Katzman, Frank Rosolino, Jimmy Rowles, Buddy Clark, Lawrence Marable, Al Pollen February 16, 1959 7 Pieces with Jim Hall, Red Mitchell February 23 & 25, March 2, 1959 Herb Ellis Meets Jimmy Giuffre with Art Pepper, Bud Shank, Richie Kamuca, Jim Hall, Lou Levy, Joe Mondragon, Stan Levey March 26, 1959 Cool Heat: Anita O’Day Sings Jimmy Giuffre Arrangements orchestra conducted and arranged by Giuffre April 6-8, 1959 Lee Konitz Meets Jimmy Giuffre with Hal McKusick, Ted Brown, Warne Marsh, Bill Evans, Buddy Clark, Ronnie Free May 1959 Ad Lib with Jimmy Rowles, Red Mitchell, Lawrence Marable August 3, 1959 The Easy Way with Jim Hall, Ray Brown August 6 & 7, 1959 Piece for Clarinet and String Orchestra ~ Mobiles with the Sudwestfunk Orchestra of Baden Baden March 1960 In Person with Jim Hall, Buell Neidlinger, Billy Osborne July 19, 1960 Fusion with Paul Bley, Steve Swallow March 3, 1961 Thesis with Paul Bley, Steve Swallow August 4, 1961 Jimmy Giuffre on Verve.docx

Yes. With what appears to be new remastering, e.g. different than what's in the Mosaic Select (which already has good remastering). Also, these will be in mini-LP format. I might spring for March of The Tadpoles. Tabackin's 2008 Live In Paris is excellent. Warmly recommended.

Time Capsule:

An excellent Tabackin solo here.

Perhaps Binky doesn't enjoy Coltrane, but, a la Trane, it looks like he enjoys sweet potato pie. Look at all those missing teeth! Floss, Binky, floss.

Yvonne Loriod is probably best known as a piano pedagogue and Olivier Messiaen's wife. Hopefully this new-ish box set changes that perception. She's also a great pianist. Her recordings of her husband's compositions are likely reference recordings. And her Mozart, as one example, stands up there, to my ears, with Clara Haskil. There's still a lot I'm learning — I'm only about halfway through the set — but wanted to enthusiastically recommend it. The sound is excellent mono.

Even the sound samples sound great. Amazon has these at $9 a pop.

I'm down with that.

The new [official] Graz release has prompted me to go back through my Giuffre collection, and now I've been on a "marathon" too. (Marathons are actually fun — especially when you're not running them!) The first two discs of the Mosaic set are not to be overlooked (— I'm guilty of overlooking them in the past). Wonderful music, and Jack Sheldon is surprisingly well-matched to the music. One thing about Giuffre on clarinet: the dude's intonation is ON. Listeners take it for granted, but no. Ain't easy. Sometimes, listening to Giuffre, I start daydreaming. Did Coltrane ever listen to Giuffre? Giuffre does some false fingering on clarinet, circa 1956, that sounds not unlike figures Coltrane would play about three or four years later. (John Gilmore's false fingerings also seem to pre-date Coltrane's recorded evidence of the same.) Thoughts? At any rate, Giuffre is AVANT GARDE — in the best of ways. And before a lot of other musicians who boldly, and conspicuously, wore that badge. Bam!

I have the original hatART discs, which don't contain the extra tracks that Emanem issued. Any way to hear those tracks online? And then there's this intriguing 2016 quote from Martin Davidson: Three LPs from [the 1961] tour were issued in Italy in the 1980s, two from Graz and one from somewhere else, but their sound is atrocious. There also is a well-recorded concert from Tübingen, but the piano is so far out of tune that it cannot be considered usable, especially as there are these two superlative concerts from Bremen and Stuttgart. I don't care if the piano's out of tune! (How many dates did Monk record on out-of-tune pianos?) Now I really want to hear the Tübingen concert. Anyone here heard it? (And, per this new release, it turns out that the Graz concerts don't have "atrocious" sound after all.)

Booed in the 60's, but Time Will Tell (by Nate Chinen)

Finally picked up a copy of this disc (Giuffre 3, Graz 1961). Wow. The recording quality is excellent, and the playing is intense — particularly the version of "Suite for Germany." And the track "Trance"? Bley manages to swing the hell out of just one (prepared/altered) note, making it sound like a banjo player gone mad. It's hilarious and groovy at the same time. This was one of the tightest trios of all time. Giuffre's 60's work has been monstrously neglected. Elemental put out that wonderful set a few years back, but after this new release, will that be it? I hope not. Giuffre had a trio with Don Friedman and Barre Phillips after the Bley/Swallow unit (at least one boot exists), and later a trio with Don Pullen and Cecil McBee. I wonder if any tapes exist of that trio.

This is indeed a legitimate release. I'm eager to purchase a copy! (I've never heard the bootleg.) Hat Hut Records relaunches.

Received my copy today. Sonics are excellent. If you're already familiar with Buckner and appreciate his wackiness, you're going to like this set. It's jazz that makes you feel good to be in the world.

That would've been great: • The Complete Shirley Scott on Prestige. • The Complete Don Patterson on Prestige. • The Complete Johnny "Hammond" Smith on New Jazz/Prestige etc. For Trudy Pitts, I just want to hear the complete Club Baron recordings (if any additional tracks exist).

When Branford played alto with The Jazz Messengers, his solos (I'm thinking of the Blues Alley video) sounded a lot like Wayne's solos from the Plugged Nickel recordings. (I actually mean that as a compliment.) I like some of his early work on Columbia. His treatment of Kenny Kirkland's composition "Dienda" in particular is outstanding. I wonder if his comment on Hancock, Carter, and Williams was meant as a testament to their level of mastery coming into Miles' band. Of course they learned from Miles. Bill Evans learned from Miles. Herbie Hancock learned from Bill Evans. Musicians jumped at the chance to play with Miles. Any bandleader is a teacher in some form or another. Did McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones learn nothing from Coltrane? Did Jaki Byard learn nothing from Mingus? Did John McEnroe learn nothing from Bjorn Borg?

I agree. This shouldn't deter people who simply want to hear the music, of course. But if the Grundman transfers are out there (and those I've heard are excellent; Wayne Shorter's Schizophrenia is an example), I wish they could be used. But maybe your thought — using older remastering as a deliberate choice — is accurate. At any rate, I'm happy that a reissue program for Blue Note still exists. Now if only the the pre-1947 Blue Note material was considered for reissue! (Maybe in 2039?)

Ditto that. I wonder if the Japanese market has access to Bernie Grundman's transfers. It seems like those would be a much better choice than Larry Walsh's 1994 work.

At the age of 24, Shirley Scott recorded her first session as a leader for Prestige. Seventeen tracks in one session, which would then be spread out over four records (Shirley's Sounds, Great Scott!, Now's The Time, and Workin'). Shirley Scott: organ George Duvivier: bass Arthur Edgehill: drums May 27, 1958 1. It Could Happen To You 2. There Will Never Be Another You 3. Summertime 4. Brazil 5. The Scott 6. Baby, Won’t You Please Come Home? 7. Indiana 8. Cherokee 9. Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You 10. Trees 11. All of You 12. Goodbye 13. Four 14. S’posin’ 15. Ebb Tide 16. Slaughter On 10th Avenue 17. Miles’ Theme (The Theme) An auspicious debut.

Because Shirley Scott is one of my favorite organists, I went ahead and purchased the download. Listening right now. There isn't any organ so far, just a lot of talking. (Must be one of the reverends unreleased sermons.) But suddenly my cats are: and

Doing some discographical research, I came upon this Shirley Scott record. I haven't heard it. I didn't know that Shirley was a reverend, but I do think I remember having read something about her being an internationally known communicator.

Though Elvin's solos are very long on this series of records, I actually think they're some of his best. (I haven't heard Vol. 4.) It would be nice to have these records as a compact disc set. The music is well above average.

Bam. This quartet is burning. Who's the saxophonist?