Brad

Chuck is THE MAN!!

Considering the number of member at AAJ and here and the number of posts at both places, it's quite startling. There's more than 3 times as many members, but only 1.37 as many posts. That's not startling, that's amazing!

Dan said what I thought. Somehow, A La Modal seems familiar but I can't fiugure out where it's from.

In a word, it sucks! I wonder if Tom Evered helped design it

Sal, What Lon said and more. The music here is constantly great. I mean, what can you say about Dex. NHOP was a real relevation for me as was Alex Riel and Tete Montoliu, artists I never had a chance to listen to. I have been listening to Discs 7 and 8 in the last day or so and am really loving A La Modal and Skylark. I'm finding that all of his SteepleChase material very enjoyable. The packaging is nice and compact and the book has a lot of nice photos and the text, while not offering great insights into the music, is good. At the back of the book, there are reminisences of some of the musicians who worked with Dex as well as bios of Dex's sidemen (although I'm not sure sideman is the right term for people like Barry Harris, Billy Higgins, NHOP or Horace Parlan; these guys are giants) on the sessions.

I got that email and completely missed the one you pointed out. That is definitely one to get: Dexter, James Clay, Charlie Rouse, Herb Geller. How could you go wrong? Thanks for pointing that out Dan.

I was just advised by cd universe that it shipped today so depending upon the mails I may not see this until next week.

Lon, Thank you very much for the answer. Hopefully, it'll show up by Thursday.

This is probably a dumb question. But I preordered this from cd universe. Since it's to be released tomorrow, does that mean they ship tomorrow or they've already shipped and I should receive sometime in the next few days.

Good luck Daniel. I hope you do well with your thesis. See you soon. What's your thesis on?

Can anybody (Lon, Tod) comment on these Wilens.

Bev must be a lawyer. If this poll isn't enough, I've got a few insurance policies, tax codes for him to dissect

Night of the Cookers Volume 1 Dizzy Gillespie - Live at the Village Vanguard - Volumes 1 and2 Cannonball Adderley - Sophisticated Swing Bobby Hutcherson - San Francisco

How would y'all rate the Mosaic they did with the material on the one coming out. A lot of those vocals turned me off. Regarding the Phillips set, I have the Phillips cd Verve put out last year "The Swing'inest Band Ever" and if that was any indication, it would be a great set.

I think it all depends if you can afford to get a new one. If you can, sell it. Over 100,000 more things are going to go wrong. This could be just the beginning. For a car that's already that old, putting in $2000 seems like a lot to me. BTW, what happened to you also happened to me a few years ago and I got rid of it.

I finally received this cd, as part of my shipment of Spanish Blue Notes and I have to agree with those who criticized this session. I listened to Volume 1 and while the first cut is generally listenable, it seems like the trumpets are trying to out duel each other and because it's so long, the solos seem to meander. However, on Walkin' there seems to be little connection between the trumpet solos and James Spaulding's solo, which I found almost unlistenable and quite jarring. A 19 minute version of this song is just way too long. And this is one record where the quotes just don't add a lot. I read somewhere where a quote just shows that the musician at that point has temporarily run out of ideas. While I don't normally agree with that, here it seems to fit the bill. The one exception here is the work of the conga player, Big Black. He lays down a nice beat and background in the first cut and that saves the piece.

As a further elaboration and not to diminish Dizzy's role here, in Ira Gitler's Masters of Bebop, by 1939 Dizzy was moving away from the Eldridge school and between 1939 and 1943 was, according to Milt Hinton, trying for harmonic evolution and setting the basis for modern jazz, a/k/a bebop. On the Jerry Newman recordings on Esoteric, on Stardust, Dizzy was making the "harmonic evolution" and although the Eldridge presence was still there, he was injecting nuances that were soon to be widely imitated. According to Gitler, during this period Kenny Clarke felt that Dizzy was the most advanced harmonically of the Minton regulars (which included Monk) and pointed out Dizzy was the first to play How High the Moon in other than its regular form (which latter became the anthem of 52nd Street). When Dizzy and Bird finally did meet (the date is open to speculation but now believed by some to be in 1940), Dizzy said that he was astounded by what Bird could do, the way he assembled notes together. Dizzy had been an Eldridge fan until then but was moving on. He said that he and Bird were moving in practically the same direction. Gitler goes on to quote Leonard Feather to say that Dizzy's half chorus on Jersey Bounce when he was with the Les Hite band in 1942 was probably the first example of pure bebop on record. When Bird said that Dizzy was the other half of his heartbeat, he was probably referring to, among other things, their co-inventorship of modern jazz (without any slight to Klook, Monk and others who pushed it along).

You just ain't whistling dixie when you use this dude :rsmile:

I haven't listened to or heard much of his work in years but he always had a distinctive sound and I loved Light My Fire. It was very heart felt, completely different, obviously, from the Doors. Another favorite and you can't miss at Christmas is Feliz Navidad.

I think it's a mistake to try to say one or the other was more important. What was happening was that both Diz and Bird were working on the same things independent of one another for a while. It wasn't until Dizzy came through Kansas City with the band he was playing with that they realized they'd been moving along parallel paths. You can hear the styles somewhat converge on the Stash recording The Birth of Bebop, especially in Red Cross, although for your purists the sound's not that great. Bird seems to get a little more credit than Bird but it wasn't for nothing that Bird called Dizzy "the other half of my heart." One of the reasons may be that Dizzy was exploring other things such as afrocuban rhythms and trying to maintain a big band. But in my mind, he deserves just as much credit as Bird.

I just received an email from Mosaic, which, among other news, contained the following information: Dear Jazz Lovers, Bunny Berigan Update Some last minute refinements in remastering and pitch corrections has delayed the Bunny Berigan set. This historic set by this jazz giant is now expected to ship on or about June 16th. You may preorder by calling us or visiting our website and please note that your credit card will not be charged until the set is shipped. 2003 Schedule A couple of revisions and additions to our last update of projects we are working on. In July we will be issuing the vinyl version of Miles at the Blackhawk on 6 LPs. We then have two more Mosaic Records sets planned for the year that have been on our wish list for a very long time. In September we will issue The Complete Verve Gerry Mulligan Concert Band on 4 CDs and in November we will release The Complete Verve Roy Eldridge Studio Sessions on 7 CDs. Our popular Mosaic Select series will continue with 2 releases in September; Paul Chambers and John Patton and at the end of the year we are working towards 2 more Selects, Curtis Amy and Duke Pearson. A full slate of releases that requires a lot of gratifying work which we wouldn't be able to do without the great music these artists have given us and the support that you give to this music.

Grey, welcome. Now I can curse myself for always arriving too late for the sales of yours I always seem to miss!

Well, I got my shipment and that's pretty darn fast considering I ordered it on Sunday. Of course, shipping was 17 Euros so that obviously explains the speed. The TOCJ reference is a bit curious because some of them have them and some have the US catalogue number. For example the Leo Parker does have the TOCJ number. Has that not been reissued in the US previously? Maybe they just copied these and got a license to do from BN US and BN Japan.

Jim, I hope I didn't give the wrong impression. Your post never "intimidate." You overwhelm (in a good way) with your ability to express your feelings, perhaps this comes from your being a musician where expression is your bread and butter. Us corporate types are taught or learn to not be that expressive. This is obviously a must album, a meeting of the gods as probably would not happen again.

Haven't listened to it for awhile so good opportunity. Thanks Jim.