Brad

The Gigolo, to save Soul Station's sanity! Plus, I don't have this or Delightfulee so either is goood, but let's help SS

Very nice Jim. You may have a future as a graphic designer . I can't say I feel bad to have finally obtained all of his leader sessions. I feel exhilarated to be able to get all that there is of Hank as a leader and that there's nothing I won't have or not be able to be here. However, that doesn't mean I have everything of his a sideman and those are recordings people would want to check out also. Plus, getting everything out doesn't mean we can't appreciate what we already have. My first experience with Hank was the Mosaic and the quality of the music makes it my most prized collection of music, not to mention my favorite Mosaic. I've obviously bought a lot and listened to a lot since then but the music of that Mosaic has a special place in my heart. I too would like to hear that Tete session. If I'm not mistaken, it was a photo from that session that prompted quite a discussion on the BNBB several years ago. It was not a good looking picture but a picture of what drugs and not clean living had done to him. Based on that, I wonder what the music sounds like. Probably not as good as from the 60s or early 70s.

Last night, before heading to bed, I put on the new Johnny Hammond Smith reissue from Fantasy, which features Gator Jackson, and he sounds remarkably like the tenor player on #8 so I'm pretty sure it's him. What the recording is, I have no idea.

I've got 46 of these and I do like the feel and look of the lp. That really comes through in the japanese cds and not just the Blue Notes. I have them in plastic sleeves but not designed for the mini lps but the ones for regular cds. They work nicely. Perhaps when I'm in the city (NYC) next I'll pick up a whole bunch of the special mini lp sleeves.

Thanks for Jazz Desktops. Now I can look at Bird when I turn on the computer.

I've had the pleasure of seeing him Bill Charlap several times at Shanghai Jazz in Madison, NJ (he comes there often) and it's alwasy rewarding. I've seem him do it solo, with Peter Washington and with a friend of his on sax. He does have a great touch and a wonderful feeling for the standards. Occasionally, he explains why he's playing what he's playing and why he does it a certain way.

Continuing on, I relistened to #6 and I want to say Dameronia did this but in certain spots I say then but I don't hear Philly Joe's strong presence, so who knows. 7. Billie's Bounce. Anyone who doesn't know this should turn their card in at the door. I'd like to say Sonny Stitt or Charles McPherson but not sure. It sounds a little bit like Sonny but the way he's playing makes me say. The trumpet really gets into it and really gets the lion share so it can't be Sonny. Basically, I have no idea. However, this is not my favorite version of the song. You just can't duplicate Bird. Piano has too strong a role here. 8. I love this tenor-organ combination. Don't know who it is (Gator Jackson?) but it's very soulful, great example of soul-jazz. This is meat and potatoes jazz (I mean that in a good way). No idea on the guitarist. Pat Martino? I'd buy this in a heart beat. 9. No idea. The sax player gets a real nice feeling. Just him playing to you. Pianist does fairly good job here and blends well with the mood. 10. This sounds vaguely familiar but I can't place it. Bluesy piano, who steals the show. I was surprised to hear the brief bass solo somehow I didn't think that would pop up. That's all so far.

I've just started to listen to this so I have only partial comments: 1. I liked the gospel feel of this. It makes you want to get up in the aisles and ask for deliverance (and I'm not even a religious person ). I really like gospel. You can see how this can sway you and this recording does. I thought Gene Harris but Dan's not that obvious. He'd want to make us think that. 2. Nice boogie woogie bluesy material. Could be Joe Williams but I didn't think the singer's voice was deep enough. Maybe he had a cold as somebody intimated. 3. This struck me as very r&b-ish and rather commercial, not jazz so much. I think's it's King Curtis. I had a Collectibles cd that I sold of his and I think this was on it. It's nice but doesn't really move me totally. 4. Nice rendition of Watermelon Man. No idea however. I thought maybe Lockjaw but I think it's #4. If I'm correct, I'd like to get this. 5. No idea. But really mellow relaxed blues material that just keeps building. Great piano work. The saxes really handle the material. Another must get. 6. My favorite so far. I can't just get enough Tad Dameron. He could really write. One of my favorite composers. The melodies are timeless. Don't know who did it, however. Another pickup however. That's all so far.

I believe that they've been using 24 bit since the Byrd/Adams or the Parlan sets.

Anybody heard Good 'Nuff from Johnny Hammond Smith. This one just came out last week also.

If the music is worthy and I believe we're all reasonable in that regard, then nothing is offbounds. From what I've heard of the discs from Tony and Dan, the music is outstanding. I don't see this so much as a game as a way to broaden my ears and a good way to pick up some more music. Already, I've got a bee line on Zbigniew Namyslowski's Lola cd.

How come I'm the only one fessing up to dumping certain Conns? Yeah, I just got sick of the songs awful quickly. They were short and seemed to lack meat. And that alto sounded screetchy after awhile. I think that could be an initial impression because the more I listened to it, the more I loved that disc (how you cannot love Sonny Clark) and started really to appreciate what and how he was playing. They're recordings that really grew on me and by the time I had finished listening and I must listened for about a week, I couldn't believe how good they were. BTW, I have 35. I think I may have gotten rid of one. I know I didn't buy some that I had as japanese versions, such as the Wilkerson.

Speaking of Jack McDuff, any views/review of Prelude from the Jack McDuff Big Band? This came out on September 9. BTW, if you're looking for a nice recording, organ/sax, check out Groove Holmes and Gene Ammons, Groovin with Jug, from the Pacific Jazz catalogue, reissued a few years ago.

Besides Green, I'd rate (imho) Kenny Burrell, Jimmy Raney and Tiny Grimes highly. Tiny has a very distinct sound. There's one recording that Jimmy Raney did on Xanadu with Sonny Clark, Together, that I'd rate highly. That is a dynamite recording.

This was posted by Bertrand in a thread in the Reissues forum about the reissue of Breakthrough (Cedar Walton and Hank Mobley): "Ian McDonald in the U.K. is indeed working on a Hank bio. He already published one on Tadd Dameron. There are several books on Lee Morgan in the works. The one that will most likely come out first is being written by a French journalist. Based on the work he has done so far, I think it will be excellent. Both Lee and Hank were the subject of Master's Theses at Rutgers. Jeff McMillan's thesis on Lee came out a few years ago. Sam Miller probably just finished his Hank thesis this year. I think he is about to give a lecture at the Institute of Jazz Studies (or it may already have happened?)."

Once again, I'm late to the party. Happy Birthday to one of the great guys here. If I can relate a story: one time back on the BNBB, woodymaggie (where is Pete anyway?) posted about how he was looking for a Dameronia burn and so I chimed in that I'd like to get one too if anybody was offering. Next thing Dan posts "guys, check your mail boxes." Plus, I can't tell you how many Sounds burns he's given me and he wouldn't take any burns in return for them. Simply a great guy. Well, next year we can make with the wisecracks when he turns 39. Happy birthday once again

Hmm. Hasn't the demise of Baby Face discussed elsewhere repeatedly. I seemed to recall that he had in fact died. I don't know that to be a given fact. I just did a google search and couldn't find that much. I just seem to recall it.

Well, I've played this a couple of times lately and I have to agree with the observations or criticisisms if they can be called such. His sound is very twangy, sometimes very close to blues guitar or a folksy style. I wouldn't rate him as my favorite (I'd have to go with GG there). However, I do like Getz here, as well as Eldridge. Those two make this date for me.

Soul Stream, does that mean that the different design gives a slightly different sound or to your ears do they have the same sound?

Speaking of pointing, may Bennie is glad that this recording is "back on the scene" B)

Vibes, Ah, to be 27 again. That's neat that your wife got you those for your birthday. Happy Birthday again! Brad

I recently picked up this for a light price (thank goodness) and I don't know if it's me but the sound on this makes it almost unlistenable. The notes indicate that it was recorded in Germany. Now I don't know if the master is bad and Rudy did what he could but it's hard to listen to. I can't say the music is that great either. I found her treatment of What's New, for example, strange. I'm no pianist but it seemed like she was trying to limit the harmonic effect.

I was wondering about that myself. It seems to have been down for 2 or 3 days. That seems like more than normal maintenance.

I have to confess that I bought this when it first came out and haven't listened to it. Guess what I'm going to do right now

I have a vague idea about what a remix is but from what I've read here it doesn't sound very good and it doesn't sound likke something I'd want to buy. It sounds desecrating to me.