Joe

Well, I suppose if "Maiden Voyage" itself was originally just the theme to a perfume commercial...

2 scoops of James Moody please... AKA

SMACK UP! is as fine an introduction to Art Pepper as I can think of. Though there's much to recommend as far as the third volume of the COMPLETE ALADDIN RECORDINGS (the quartets with Carl Perkins) goes...

I like this one a lot because, with a little editing, it could easily double as a Dave Pell Octet album cover:

Some highly recommended late-period Pepper. (I'll spare you my full review of the set)... http://www.fantasyjazz.com/html/pepper_box4431.html

My first Cobb purchase: Cobb with Garland is, for me, a nigh-irrestible combination. For sure don't neglect the Black and Blue material. DEEP PURPLE, with Milt Buckner, is fine, as is the session with Al Grey

FWIW, another Don Martin Prestige cover (probably my favorite one, actually), for THE ART FARMER SEPTET Weren't some Prestige sessions originally ONLY released on 16 2/3 RPM? I'm thinking specifically of the Curtis Fuller / Hampton Hawes / french horns date...

You may know it as: But here's a new cover for it under it's original title:

RIP, Big Guy...

Feelin' elegaic this morning... Besides, this session was something of a tribute to the classic "Blue Note", "hard bop" sound.

Either: or:

But he left behind so many fine recordings. I'll miss him.

Very late 70's, Muse-y, Jim!!! But be careful. You can take this whole revisionism thing TOO far. I mean, what if Guidi Tri-Arts continued to design the covers for Contemporary Records into the late 1960's?

A session we'll never hear...

Alan is indeed on vacation. You can also reach him via: http://bagatellen.com

As requested. Kind of a combo of Reid Miles' classic typography, the mid-60's BN approach to cover art utilizing color photos, and the LT series "minimalism" Jim Sangrey digs so much... With apologies to Ron Carter!

THE COMPLETE ROULETTE RECORDINGS OF JOHN HANDY THE COMPLETE ROULETTE / ROOST RECORDINGS OF EDDIE "LOCKJAW" DAVIS THE COMPLETE RECORDINGS OF PAUL KNOPF THE COMPLETE IMPULSE RECORDINGS OF SHIRLEY SCOTT AND STANLEY TURRENTINE THE COMPLETE STANLEY DANCE-PRODUCED FELSTED SESSIONS

Of Lloyd's Atlantics, I prefer the live dates -- FOREST FLOWER, LOVE-IN, and LIVE IN THE SOVIET UNION in particular. Of the ECM's, I actually like NOTES FROM BIG SUR quite a bit -- having Ralph Peterson at the kit means its a little more, uhh, "dynamic" than some of Lloyd's post-"comeback" sessions. Oh, and don't fail to check out the veriosn of the Costello / Bachrach "God Give Me Strength" on VOICE IN THE NIGHT... It would also be nice to have Lloyd's Columbia dates back in wider circulation.

Ebay pics, so save 'em while you can... June's daughter on the far right, BTW...

Looks interesting. Ake Persson is always worth hearing, IMO.

Dave Burns siting on the Grey SNAP YOUR FINGERS, FWIW. (Worth a lot ot me, actually). Definitely picking up the Rich / Edison date. Here's the info on it: Buddy Rich Harry "Sweets" Edison Jimmy Rowles Barney Kessel John Simmons 1. Yellow Rose Of Brooklyn 2. Easy Does It 3. All Sweets 4. Nice Work If You Can Get It 5. Barney's Bugle 6. Now's The Time 7. You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me

If only David Rosenthal were still alive...

Probably so, but the irony is that he had just the opposite effect on generations after him. Or at least on many segments of those generations. Go figure. EXACTLY!!!

Is it me or did Coltrane perhaps have the strongest and most positive influence on sax players of his own and even slightly earlier generations? Art Pepper, Harold Land, Sam Rivers, Wayne Shorter, Jimmy Heath, even Charlie Rouse -- all these individuals were "tested" in some way by Trane, and emerged as more individual improvisors as a result. I would add Criss to this list on the basis of this record. Whatever the case, Criss' playing on this album is almost too intense, too excoriating for words. He sounds like a man finally liberated from... SOMETHING. (Remember how Teddy Edwards described the man, as "a closet full of coats with the shoes underneath".)