Niko

very nice article posted by a friend of Draper: http://jazztimes.com/community/articles/25890-i-never-met-john-coltrane

just stumbled across this italian article from last december it says: so "bimestrale" means every two months, i.e., they are behind schedule already... of the mentioned artists (Lacy, Lewis, Dixon, Taylor, Roach, Russell, Motian, Moye) three are in the next batch apparently (Taylor, Russell, Motian) which seems to imply that the list is old but pretty accurate (david ayres, where did you get the info re braxton, taylor, douglas you posted above?) so it looks as if Dixon, Lacy and Roach are on the horizon...! wonder what a Don Moye Set would include...

one more new boxset appeared on the website, paul motian with the albums JACK OF CLUBS MISTERIOSO THE STORY OF MARYAM ONE TIME OUT NOTES the group on the first three is Bill Frisell, Joe Lovano, Jim Pepper, Ed Schuller, One Time Out is a Trio with Frisell/Lovano, Notes is a duet wit Paul Bley; strangely it's billed as 6 CDs so unless one of the above is a double album, one more album might be added... the individual albums from the cecil taylor and paul motian sets can already be streamed on the labels' page, e.g. Misterioso

i'm not registered so i just post a first impression of the first half.. #1: definitely a great opening, could be the theme song of a radio show; that said, it does not really speak to me, way to upbeat, and i'd be really surprised if i knew the artists well, can't really place it, a little bit what i'd imagine a wycliffe gordon album to be like :-) #2: more up my alley, definitely don't know this since i don't have anything in the line-up trumpet/bass/drums; i like this type of trumpet playing, tomasz stanko?, don cherry?, too simplistic music for Cherry? but there's this brief singing... all in all i find it a bit too cinema-like, but the bass solo was great - and i am not a big fan of bass solos usually... #3: Romano/Sclavis/Texier? clarinet player is a bit less polished and more bluesy in a superficial way than Sclavis, would not swear it's not them, but tend to say no... again the bass playing is the best part of the track... again this is nice to have around but the final spark is missing... #4: best track so far, i really like the backing of the alto solo, flexible and arranged (?) at the same time.., also the solo itself quite a bit; trumpet solo is definitely better than on #2, much more sparkling... overall the track has a great dynamic... i also like the contrast between the two saxophone players, the relatively focused, extroverted alto player and the freer but more introverted tenor player... #5: no idea what this is, drums and bass are instruments i pay less attention to than i should usually, but since there's nothing else to be heard here... sounds good to me! have trouble even counting the bass players, two of them, right? #6: once again it's a bit to soundtrack like for me in the head... (pink panther comes very dimly to mind) but the guitar player i find really interesting, obviously not afraid of dissonances, there's a rock influence, a bit of africa, great! i like how the drummer interacts wih the rest, drummer-deaf as i am... with the saxophone player i like the reflective moments a lot, the way he tries to build up intensity in places i liked a bit less... this is not early Rypdal/Garbarek? sounds more like Rypdal/Maupin to me... but what do i know... #7 clever music... but i like it, guess it's what they call post-modern django bates? henry threadgill? no clue... #8 this is the type of jazz you always hear on the jazz radio shows, overhere at least, don't really like the overall feel of the music although i do like something about the piano player and saxophone player as soloists, saxophone player is very focused, though not a way of playing i'd enjoy a lot... with the piano player i liked the simplicity... #9 a jazz singer is involved.. that said, i found the piano solo pretty interesting, almost like a classical piano player... #10 sounds like a real deal to me... strangely, i can't really decide between archie shepp and pharoah sanders... which dimly suggests it's neither of them, like david murray... so my best guess is one of pharoah sanders theresa albums... also like the piano player who plays a good deal lighter and more volatile than most i've heard in spiritual jazz settings like this

just thought i'd give a heads up that two of the Tchangodei/Archie Shepp collaborations, Ginseng and Eagle's Flight, made it to deezer, emusic and probably some other digital places as well recently... both are from the mid-80s, made a good impression on me, the former is a quartet with Wilbur Little and Clifford Jarvis, the latter a duett...

the end of the Baker/Mulligan Band was that Mulligan came out of prison (not for alcohol) and Baker demanded equal pay claiming (rightly) that he had just won the downbeat readers poll - if that story (from devalk's book) is true it's quite a bit against the legend that baker's drug problems messed it all up...

no! it's still in print, e.g., you can order it directly from the label... (18 Euro incl shipping) http://futuramarge.free.fr/ great to see the label is going again, e.g., a meeting of Hal Singer and David Murray recorded this April is announced for September... and the sound sample for the new Alexandra Grimal Album with Konitz/Peacock/Motian makes a good impression... if all this isn't worth supporting i dunno

Lost Sessions and Consequence on hold for me, please! and Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall

i would guess that whenever there is useful info in the textfile, it's already given on the page when ou scroll down (like on the one i linked to it says Melvin Sparks - guitar Jerry Z - Hammond B3 organ Justin Tomsovic - drums iirc i once looked through them all and didn't spot big names - but then i guess in your soul jazz book there are more big names than in mine guess you have to rely on annoucements for the early shows...

you can choose between different formats, at least on this one http://www.archive.org/details/msb2005-06-19.flac i just looked at... if you just want low quality mp3s for instance, you can take the files from column "64Kbps MP3" which are only about 5MB each; next level is "VBR MP3" and so on; if you download msb2005-06-19.flac_vbr_mp3.zip you have just one file in the higher mp3 quality; don't think you need those additional files (you certainly won't if you go for mp3) if you don't want to bother with downloading you can also just play them online in the upper right corner... just saw some of the older shows don't have that many choices... no idea about shn files, i doubt you need the little ones though!

thank you, guess i'll buy this in any case! there's some duplication though, as far as i can see, the two distel/fol tracks are also on the distel hors serie cd, one of the two Chevalier Tracks is in the St Germain des Pres Boxset (Le Calife), same for one of the Michelot tracks (Devil's dream); but it's great to hear more from players like Fol and Hulin!

happy birthday!

the first young lion to turn 50...? happy birthday!

more melvin sparks than you'd ever want to hear is to be found here: http://www.archive.org/details/MelvinSparksBand greg osby used to have a lot but apparently it's gone... on andrew hill's posthumous page is a solo concert and spiral on arista freedom, don't overlook the Smalls Jazz Archive though it's streaming only, no download...

Happy Birthday, Chuck!

this site: http://blog-shinjuku-jazz.diskunion.net/Page/2/ lists some more, i.e. ART BLAKEY / PARIS JAM SESSION BILL COLEMAN / FROM BOOGIE TO FUNK BOBBY JASPER / MODERN JAZZ AU CLUB SAINT GERMAIN CHET BAKER / AND HIS QUINTET WITH BOBBY JASPER DONALD BYRD / BYRD IN PARIS DONALD BYRD / PARISIAN THROUGHFARE ELEK BACSIK / GUITAR CONCEPTIONS GUY LAFITTE / BLUE AND SENTIMENTAL JAZZ AT THE PHILHAMONIC / LES TRICHUERS BOF LIONEL HAMPTON / AND HIS FRENCH NEW SOUND VOL.1 LIONEL HAMPTON / AND HIS FRENCH NEW SOUND VOL.2 MICHEL LEGRAND / PARIS JAZZ PIANO PIERRE MICHELOT / ROUND ABOUT A BASS QUINCY JONES / I DIG DANCERS RONNELL BRIGHT / THE RONNELL BRIGHT TRIO SLIDE HAMPTON / EXODUS SONNY CRISS / MR BLUES POUR FLIRTER STEPHANE GRAPPELLI / DJANGO is the Quincy Jones new? http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/quincy-jones/i-dig-dancers-557228 and having the Donald Byrd albums out with their original covers is pretty cool! otherwise, the tendency is that these cds contain less music, not more...

here are more details, pictures under the deezer links should work - for seeing the new art work - even where you can't play them... Toots Thielemans http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/toots-thielemans/blues-pour-flirter-543846 Maurice Meunier http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/maurice-meunier/and-his-orchestra-543845 Rene Thomas http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/rene-thomas/and-his-orchestra-543848 Vaughan http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/sarah-vaughan/sarah-vaughan-a-paris-543853 Willie The Lion http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/willie-smith/willie-the-lion-smith-543843 Max Roach http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/max-roach/parisian-sketches-543854 Lucky Thompson http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/lucky-thompson/modern-jazz-group-543850 Urtreger http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/rene-urtreger/joue-bud-powell-543849 Peiffer http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/bernard-peiffer/piano-et-rythmes-543842 Ponty http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/jean-luc-ponty/jazz-long-playing-543851 Django (Blue Star again) http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/django-reinhardt/the-great-artistry-of-django-reinhardt-543844 Jazz Boom No 1 http://www.deezer.com/de/#music/multi-interpretes/jazz-boom-n-1-543847 can't really say what the last one is, not even album or compilation, but it easily seems to be the most exciting of the bunch and it contains predominantly new music afai can see

going from what can be seen here there's indeed little new, just a bunch of reissues http://www.lastfm.de/label/Universal+Music+Division+Classics+Jazz/albums?page=3 the vaughan has alternate takes, the meunier is just half of the clarinettes a st germain des pres cd; this compilation looks new to me http://www.lastfm.de/music/Multi+Interpr%C3%A8tes/Jazz+Boom+N%C2%B01 will look more carefully later...

just found one of the new ones, apparently a straight reissue of René Thomas - The Real Cat under the name "René Thomas and his orchestra" - maybe someone else has more luck finding a list?

Feelin' the Spirit is my favorite Green album besides Talkin' About; i don't really hear it as a concept album - meaning, unlike with The Latin Bit i wouldn't notice a concept if i didn't know, also one of my favorite Hancock performances ... haven't heard Goin' West yet; the Latin Bit took me some getting used to but by now i greatly enjoy it, Green plays great on it, the setting doesn't really bother me anymore and if he liked having it around...

just a heads up, that there's finally a new Alonzo Levister Album out on CDbaby more info sample Track more Levister "After years of hustling to get funding for his theater projects, he’d decided the time was nigh to put together a CD with an eye towards accessibility. He wanted to make a record that would reach people, ála Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On," ... from what i've heard so far it's better than this description implies but i'm still unsure - actually i'd be very interested in comments...

as an aside, the (?) other singer on these early Ammons sides from Chicago is Marcel Daniels who would later appear together with Colleman on Elmo Hope's Rikers Island album; Cannonball Adderley recorded a tune by Daniels (Casa de Marcel) and he sings on a Howard McGhee session - that's all i could infd out about him (besides a brief note from a Chicago newspaper in the early 50s "Musician arrested for dope possession" or the like... arranger on a good deal of the Ammons sessions with Gail Brockman is AK Salim who would later record for Savoy and Prestige...

Three tunes are on the 32Jazz Compilation "Hey Chood" (which also contains material from three different Muse LPs), The Red Tornado, For Dizzy and I can't get started; sp at least 4 out of 6 tunes made it to cd...

Happy Birthday, Larry!

naive question, never having seen facebook - in order to not get emails anymore can't you just change the email address in your profile to a bunch of letters? maybe a bunch of letters that dimly looks like an email address?