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The Durve de Frank Seven - Live at The Rebate Room

I'm sure that nice people made this nice record. I have played it once and enjoyed it as many times. Nice! It's from Belgium, home of Adolphe Sax. Yet Sax invented the saxophone in Paris, so there is no saxophone on this record. I sense no animosity in this decision. Pianist Nathalie Loriers consistently catches the ear.

Not sure. How much Oscar Peterson/etc will there be? And how much, if any, fresh Bird/Pres will there be? What, if any, " surprises" will there be? Not at all sure if this excites me

Pretty good record as it is, and John Hicks certainly adds value.

He wasn't always funny, but when he was (which was usually(, he was killer. RIP.

Floridation!

Scott Cell - Why Not Walls AND Windows?

Those alternates all run together after a while, imo. Of documentary interest, at best

I just found him too florid. Some people went for that then, and some people still do. By the same token, some did not, and still don't.

...with some, that is...

Here's what seems to be a CD iteration of the Herman: https://www.discogs.com/release/8470413-Members-Of-The-Woody-Herman-Orchestra-A-Tribute-To-Woody-Herman

I think that Davis' name had been dropped by the third or so Crown iteration. It was always "members of the *** orchestra", which was not inaccurate. An example: https://www.discogs.com/master/482941-Members-Of-The-Charlie-Barnet-Orchestra-A-Tribute-To-Charlie-Barnet-In-Hi-Fi-By-Members-Of-The-Charl

Nothing at all like that one, not in any way. Have no fear, Joe Chambers is here.

That, I do not know. If so, probably not in any recognizable form.

What I really like about this record is how Bob took three of his formative influences (Wayne, Herbie, and Gil) and fused them into a single voice for small and smaller groups. I don't think there's ever more than a quintet here, and yet it's orchestrated beautifully, for just those few pieces. And the tempos are just right, languorous might be a way to describe it

Last I heard, he was working on surround installations for public interactions. No buying a record and taking it home, no, you'd go into a gallery or some other space, and the sound would just be there, invisible in every way but totally present in all the air.

Thanks, I needed that!

Something about the Puccini estate blocking it iirc?

It's a perfectly cohesive stand-alone jazz record and is, I believe, best appreciated as such. Watching the movie for the first time last night, I was actually angered by how the music was used. It's just not good. Neither is the movie. The record by itself, though, is magnificent.

Not of a tragedy that the bassist and drummer remain anonymous. That tempo, that pocket...truth lives there

I watched the movie last night. It's not very good and they chop the music up into bits. So disregard the movie. The album itself is magnificent, truly magnificent

As they say, "moody", only significantly more than "they" tend to understand when they say it. I long ago lost interest in Joe Lovano, so it is not lightly that I say he plays great here. And yes, Joe Chambers.

Mihihippi Bulforg - Meditations On A Hollow Stump and Subsequent Lamentations On The Loss Thereof