Niko

It's been 30 years when I read the Nisenson book from the public library but I distinctly remember thinking back then that this was a particularly weak biography... My only comparison regarding Miles biographies is the Szwed which I think is very good, similar to his Ra book in this regard...

I've wondered about Alex Foster on those albums... His best moments are amazing... But he also comes across as someone who know exactly how to respond to "let's play this as a slow bounce with a samba backdrop in sixth"... And in many ways it's great that he knows his craft... But maybe, from time to time, it would have been even better if he would have said "I don't know how to do this" with the subtext of "I know exactly how to do this but what an awful idea"

I'm fairly proud of my "Ken Peplowski for Lovers" playlist on Spotify... Not saying it's better than his regular albums, only saying it works better for me...

I think Cosmic Chicken is invaluable listening in order to place the (old) Directions albums on ECM in time and space... it's even less consistent but it gives you a sense of what is Eicher and what is DeJohnette on those later albums...

I know 26 from the list, some better than others, my favorites are Low Flame and You talk that talk.... Regarding Patterson's People, the tracks are not used on Shangri-la, are they? (Patterson's People got ***** in Downbeat Back in the day, I have a Dutch Jazz magazine from back then which starts out with the question how that could happen)

I played Jackie McLean's Demon Dance these days, it's another McLean favorite with great DeJohnette...

It's 6 CDs, not 4... The Tracklist can be seen here at Bandcamp https://corbettvsdempsey.bandcamp.com/album/the-bottle-tapes Thanks for the hint!

Earl Hines - Blues in Thirds radio broadcasts of a 1967 big band with Budd Johnson, Vic Dickenson, Snooky Young and others...

Donald Bailey with Hampton Hawes

I've been wondering quite a bit about Coltrane as an artist who plans and records albums... In some cases he obviously did this, like A Love Supreme or Giant Steps... For things like the Prestige recordings or some of the Atlantic albums he clearly didn't .... With the majority of the Impulse material, the case is less clear but my feeling is that often he mainly wanted to document his art but that he did not really plan the step from sessions to albums... In which case compilations are fair game...

Except for that legendary TV show where had to represent real jazz as opposed to Brötzmann's version, that was a bit embarrassing... Will think of him every Sunday when Tatort starts with his famous theme song (which we also played in the school orchestra back in the day)... And I agree that his 60s albums are nice...

You convinced me, I need the Brooks as well...

I thought we had a good discussion about Huss Charles last year... And I also liked the detective work around the second tenor player or about what went wrong with the licencing of Palo Alto... Those discussions were not off topic when they happened... And I do think that these problems happen a bit too often to this particular producer - then again, he's quite productive ... Be all that as it may, what I wanted to say is this: a dedicated thread for negativity about Zev Feldman would not solve any problems, it might even create new ones.

The outsized ego might or might not deserve a separate thread but the QC issues like Denis Charles last year or the uncredited tenor player the year before are still best discussed in connection with the releases to which they belong...

No worries, even though I am in the mood for a new Dolphy release...

Which new release? (Fully agree with the first sentence)

Noodling is also quite specifically what jazz sounds like to those who don't get it - either temporarily or just in general... When people don't get Terry Riley or Wagner or Death Metal, they probably don't talk about noodling... Be all that as it may, what matters is that we don't lose further members to stupid discussions that got harsh just out of nothing

Now that is a bottle that gets my attention... Know the beer well from the small bottles but never saw the big ones, it looks beautiful... (Musically, that Joe Henderson is a bit closer to home though, a long time favorite)

I'll prefer an orchestra over a quartet that's being called a trio any time... Now playing, one of today's finds:

thanks for sharing!

I have the limited edition of Lester Young Vol 1, the number is somewhere in the 1200s iirc... good to know it also exists in an unlimited version in case I lose it

I remember when the entire series was on display at the big Saturn store in Cologne, as a group they actually looked kind of nice... that label made some pretty weird choices for cover art... here's more (often you need to click on the record to find the cover in this design) https://www.discogs.com/label/59478-Jazz-View

That CD is an exact copy of Ambrosia 010 I believe... One big plus of those Ambrosia LPs is that on the back cover there is a nice overview of the contents of about 20 different bootleg LPs of this type (Ambrosia, Session Disc, CP records, ESP Disk, Session Disc, Queen Disc etc etc). Unfortunately, that list does not come with lineups... So those must have been added later and with possible mistakes

That was one of my very first CDs as a kid 30 years ago, back then I didn't get it... But following our recent discussion, I bought a handful of those Boris Rose LPs and it didn't set me back by much (except shelf space)

Thanks! Will stick to my Ambrosia LPs then...