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Here's a guess: It's the only listing of "bt" — which I'm guessing is short for bass trumpet — that I see from this page.

The huncher is Max Roach. Don't know the mystery trumpet player. I'm guessing the photos were taken at the Lennox School.

From this page: TOCJ 50086, The Fabulous Slide Hampton Quartet is the loudest jazz reissue I have ever heard. I think this session may have originally been recorded on the "hot" side, but for me this particular reissue is almost instantly fatiguing. A shame; it's one of my very favorite trombone-led quartet sessions. There are at least three different CD reissues of this album. I'll have to search others out. Of the new "Jazz 999" TOCJ 500xx series, I've heard three titles so far. All are unusually loud. Even more of a shame; some titles are seeing their very first issue on compact disc. Maybe some other titles in the series will have more dynamic range than the ones I've heard.

My first three CDs, purchased in August 1988, were Giant Steps, Outward Bound, and Go!. I hadn't actually heard the latter two albums before. I'd only started buying records three years earlier when I was 15. At the time, my LP collection consisted of only five artists: Coltrane, Rollins, Dolphy, Coleman, and Bird. (I had one Coleman Hawkins record, but I didn't get it yet.) Twenty-two years later, I'm still a CD junkie. I'm afraid to count, but I think the collection is somewhere around 5,000 discs. The LPs are at a miniscule 14. I had to sell most of what I had way back then in order to fund the purchase of my first CD player. I also had to sell my turntable, amp, and speakers. For a number of years, my only setup was a Sony Discman and headphones. When all those Blue Notes came out on disc in 1988/89, I was in heaven. Nearly every single one of them was new to me. I particularly remember being riveted by In 'N Out and Dialogue. I hadn't even heard Miles' Second Quintet yet. I wish I'd collected classical CDs in the late 80's and early 90's. Now that I listen to classical music these days more than jazz, I'm finding that there are so many out-of-print discs I'd like to hear.

One of the classiest acts in the biz.

Just check out his solos on that early Tadd Dameron date (from the Blue Note Lost Sessions). Very "in the bag." I hope this set is a Mosaic big box, but I'll be happy if it's a Mosaic Select — as long as it actually comes out! Here's the purchase I'm imagining for myself later this year (or some time next year): • Lucky Thompson Mosaic Select • John Carter/Bobby Bradford Mosaic Select • Sam Rivers Trio Mosaic I'll probably add the Akiyoshi/Tabackin set as well. Whew. Time to raise some dough. Feel free to buy my discs in the Offering forum!

Didn't know she'd played with Braxton, but that makes sense. Kind of a Taylor Ho Bynum vibe. How long has the flugabone been around? I've never heard of one until today. Maybe the bop parallel would be when J.J. played the trombonium.

An Israeli trombonist and "flugabone" player, Ms. Regev is putting something out there that's fresh (if not wholly "new"). One track ("Hula Hula") from her 2009 album is currently available at Amazon as a free download. Right here. Check it out (it's free!), and see what you think.

Up for air after six years. Listening to this right now (TOCJ 6115), and I have to say that it might just be the best-recorded album on Pacific Jazz. Staggeringly present soundstage. Really, really beautiful. The kind of CD that stereo shops should use (yeah, right) to show off their high end gear. The breath coming from the sides of Bill Perkins' mouth is almost a separate instrument — like brushes on the most delicate snare head. But never mind that — the music is sublime. The low flames are sometimes the most concentrated. On the surface this album would seem sleepy, but everyone seems actually quite alert, placing notes here and there with deliberate care. If something can be paradoxically low-key and intense at the same time, this album would be a model example.

Happy 101 Ben!

A heads-up for Ben fans — the complete No Fool, No Fun sessions are available for download at Amazon for $7.99. Here. These are the rehearsal tapes (with master takes included) which I normally wouldn't be too excited about, but — in this particular case — the music and studio chatter is actually pretty engaging. Ben is in good form (both musically and comedically), the music swings, and listening to what actually went down in the studio gives a fair amount of perspective. Ben cracks the band up a number of times. Check it out! Original cover.

Now I have Ansermet's Brahms symphony cycle on order. Australian Decca.

track: "Strange Things Happening Every Day"

Well, if you contact Hirochi, you may very well end up with this: But if you contact Hiroshi, you'll certainly end up with this:

And Harden evidently played a rotary valve trumpet, at least for some of these Savoy sessions.

I wish I would have bought this when I had the chance.

The box set is a good way to go. If you don't mind paying import prices, I also strongly recommend the WPCR series (mini-LPs) of Coltrane's Atlantic output. These CDs have most of (if not all) the bonus tracks. Nice packaging, great sound, 24-bit blah blah. Keepers for sure.

That is the original Ensayo track order - 4 tunes per side of the lp. When I issued Did You Call? I reversed the sides (on purpose) and opened with Sweet Georgia Brown. I thought that worked better. Cool. Now I can re-program and hear the "Nessa order." Excellent live recording. A .

Listening to Did You Call? right now — not the original Nessa LP, but the Ensayo CD (the only version I could find). Is this the original track order? (I'm guessing the CD adds tracks?) 1. Ben's Blues 2. The Man I Love 3. My Nephew Bent 4. How Long Has This Been Going On? 5. Sweet Georgia Brown 6. Don't Blame Me 7. Did You Call? 8. Barcelona Shot Ben's 101st birthday is coming up soon! Have there been any new Ben reissues lately? I finally found the issue on Cat (Live at the Haarlemse Club)! Spun the attached earlier tonight. Beautiful.

I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together. See how they run like pigs from a gun, see how they fly. I'm crying. Sitting on a cornflake, waiting for the van to come. Corporation t-shirt, stupid Bloody Tuesday, man, you've been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus. Mr. City Policeman sitting, pretty little policemen in a row. See how they fly like Lucy in the sky, see how they run. I'm crying. Yellow matter custard dripping from a dead dog's eye. Crab-a-locker fishwife, pornographic priestess, boy, you've been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus. Sitting in an English garden waiting for the sun. If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain. I am the eggman, they are the eggmen, I am the walrus. Expert, texpert, choking smokers — don't you think the joker laughs at you? See how they smile like pigs in a sty, see how they’re snide. I'm crying. Semolina pilchard climbing up the Eiffel Tower. Elementary penguin singing Hare Krishna, man, you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allan Poe. ============ I felt like putting up these lyrics for fun. They're only my approximation. The Wikipedia link is actually pretty interesting regarding this song. I didn't know that "texpert" is a word that can be found in "urban" dictionaries, but I don't think it's current definition was what Lennon had in mind — but maybe so? I'm guessing that it was simply meant to be a nonce word.

I forgot to add that the only good thing about Orrin Keepnews' butcher job on "Modern Windows Suite" (the U.S. CD reissue) is that it contains a bonus track ("Desolation") from Tenor Stylings that the Japanese mini-LP edition left off. It's not an afterthought, but a very worthwhile ballad, with some Don Cherry-esque scraggly trumpet from Ted Curson.

I didn't see the three new Albert Ayler reissues on any of Hiroshi's recent lists, but they're now out as HQCDs on the Japanese Muzak reissue label. (My Name Is, Ghosts, and Spirits.) The Bards have them for $29.99 each, but Hiroshi's price is slightly less. All excellent albums, especially Ghosts. Cover.

I've wondered that same thing. The Japanese reissue retains the original photo — yay!

One of my favorite "obscure" piano trio albums is by Connie Crothers — Perception. One of the most interesting Tristanoites in my opinion. Her "Lennie's Scene" is how I'd play piano if I could. Luckily, this album is available on disc and is also available through iTunes. Check it out!

I think Motivation is Barron's best Savoy side. And it's ludicrous that there's only half of Modern Windows on the U.S. release. It's a flippin' suite for Pete's sake! Bill Barron is a vastly undervalued tenor player in my opinion. The Muse stuff, what I've heard of it at least, is uniformly excellent. Great original cover on Modern Windows, though I hate when a photo's negative is reversed for the print.