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Thanks Ghost for archiving this early.

Don't know if this has already been posted, but here's the homepage for Milt Trenier. He appears to still be gigging in the Chicago area. milt trenier

Thanks for posting this...time to go back and listen more closely. I love this album. I remember first hearing it on a WKCR tribute to Elvin Jones when he died and the music was really moving. Richard Davis sounds great on this too!

From the Vaults: Art Pepper (Mosaic Select) Bird/Diz at Town Hall Edmond Hall--Petite Fleur Harry Edison--Sweets Count Basie (Mosaic) Andrew Hill--Judgment Sound samples available here: CraigHarris

2005 releases David Binney: Bastion of Sanity (Criss Cross)--I was hipped to Binney by the folks on this board and what a fabulous discovery (for me). Great compositions, lots of energy and drama (love those vamps), with great playing by Binney. This was a real winner for me. Ralph Peterson: Fo'tet Augmented (Criss Cross)--Technically, this may have been released late in 2004, but I'll include it. Don Byron sounds great on this. Relaxed and having fun. I love jazz recordings where the drummer's just a little bit out of control--thwacking away just a little too loudly for comfort--and that's Peterson. Bryan Carrott on vibes splashes colors all over the place, in a beautiful way. SFJazz Collective (Nonesuch)--Some great compositions on this, particularly from Zenon and Rosnes. Bobby Hutcherson is fabulous and I love Brain Blade. Very well recorded and the energy from the audience is palpable. Honorable Mention Jason Moran: Same Mother (Blue Note)-- Good stuff. Vijay Iyer: Reimagining (Savoy)--this one is growing on me. I really like the saxophonist on this. I need to think about my vault 'best of'. to be continued..

Well, I'm gonna have to pick me up some of these--I definitely respect the collective wisdom on this board. The love for the Herwig disc is interesting because on the surface the 'Latin side' of Miles just sounds like a transparent marketing ploy. Just goes to show you can't judge a book.... That's one I'll check out. JimS., thank you for the synopses. I'm curious what you mean by 'Mr. Elegant'??

I agree. The Monk and Bud Powell CDs I have from this series sound wonderful.

He'll probably play plenty of old time blues and probably some jazz too based on interviews and Dylan's stated musical heroes. I wonder if this means the neverending tour is winding down?

I had a Mayfield CD--a Gordon Parks tribute-- that was OK, but kind of boring. Mayfield is talented but the CD was too long and, as I remember, the music was all over the map stylistically. Plenty of good young jazz musicians could benefit from a strong producer with a good ear and intuition..calling Alfred Lion. I've heard the "Jaz Sawyer & Irvin Mayfield" CD a few times on XM, however, and thought it sounded pretty good.

Some of these look interesting. Any comments on this series? How's the sound? New York Cool: Live at the Blue Note [LIVE] Donald Harrison, Out of Nowhere James Carter Organ Trio Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis Conrad Herwig Nonet Live at the Blue Note Arturo Sandoval Detained at the Blue Note Jeff "Tain" Watts Quintet Remember Love Mary Stallings The Truth: Heard Live at the Blue Note Elvin Jones Native Lands Will Calhoun Live at the Blue Note Roberta Piket Trio Live at the Blue Note Will Calhoun Quintet Peace Kenny Werner Trio Live at the Blue Note Irvin Mayfield Sextet Live at the Blue Note Jaz Sawyer & Irvin Mayfield Three Point Landing Tony Vacca Live at the Blue Note Roland Guerin Sextet Edited (forgot these): VON FREEMAN'S 75th Birthday Celebration featuring Chico Freeman Quartet and Special Guest Dianne Reeves Miri Ben-Ari Sahara Onaje Allan Gumbs Return to Form Bill Watrous Quartet link: halfnote

Very disappointing news. Isn't Universal the conglomerate that owns the Verve catalog along with the Decca, Argo/Cadet, Impulse etc catalogs? I hate to think that so much valuable source material is in the hands of an indifferent caretaker.

Lon's description of the remastering for the Condon CD is also apt for the Hall CD. I really love the Edmond Hall release...it swings like crazy. Hall and Vic Dickenson make a great partnership. Looking forward to picking up the Adams next!

Geez, this is a fallow period for me. I've got none of the CDs suggested. Thanks, for the ideas.

I started listening to jazz in the 90s--most of my listening has concentrated on the mid 30s through the mid 60s, with some newer releases thrown in for good measure. I realize I'm casting the net very broadly, but where are some good places to branch out--what interesting stuff was happening in jazz during the 80s?

This has been a favorite of mine since picking it up this summer. Barney Kessel adds a lot to this session, I think--both the comping and the solos. In some of the mainstream sessions of the 50s I hear a tendency for the rhythm sections to lag or coast a bit, but not here--everything is brisk and tight. A bright sunny session--a wonder that the Vervian conglomerate let it languish for so long.

That Billy Haprer's a real good 'un! I preordered the new Gregory Tardy release from Steeplechase and ordered Woody Shaw's Stepping Stones from BMG today. Also, I gave Santa a list today of three Mosaics and told her to pick one (Max Roach, the Jazz Crusaders, or Columbia Swing).

I enjoy this set a lot too. Edmond Hall and George Wettling are two of the somewhat unsung heros here (for me).

I just think Max was always a problem for "the other guys".

mention of a bio here aaj

Coincidentally, I was listening to Ellington's Far East Suite last night. I must have played it 100 times, but it's been awhile, and for the first time I really heard the drums and I was thinking "man this is great, much better than Woodyard, who is it?" Rufus Jones. Learn something new everyday.

Any opinions on Grant Stewart's recent recording on Criss Cross with Eric ALexander? Haven't heard it but I'm curious.

Why doesn't Blue note remaster from the vinyl on this track rather than from the damaged tape? I agree this is fine music--the arrangements sound a bit dated at first, but they hold up OK after repeated listening and they certainly don't get in the way of some fine playing by Blue and Junior Cook (or is it Junior Henderson, or Joe Cook).

I love Lockjaw; his cookbook music with SHirley Scott may be my favorite within that genre. And I love his work with the early 50s Basie band. Lockjaw, with Basie on organ, shows the way forward.

Geez, I've gotten some beat up CDs in the mail, but nothing like that! It looks like somebody snapped on some jack boots and danced on it like zorba the greek. Then sent it on its way. Yourmusic will send you another one when you return it, but what a hassle.

Boy, you ain't kiddin' I've been loving Fat Albert Rotunda recently. And I like Herbie's playing on Red Clay too. I used to completely avoid anything with electric piano, but I've learned to appreciate it, to an extent, for the color and texture it brings. I like that late 60s early 70s era, too bad it devolved into fusion-- the Full Cleveland of jazz.