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Not playing together, if there is. Ok. Sorry. I remember seing this entry when I was looking for recordings with Henry Franklin some time ago: Dennis González - John Purcell 8tet DG (tp, pckt tp, flgh, tabla) / Rob Blakeslee (tp, fl) / John Purcell (ss, as, ts, fl, oboe) / Bob Ackerman (bs, as, picc) / Jim Sangrey (ts) / Henry Franklin ( b ) / W. A. Richardson (d) / Pat Peterson (vcl) · Hymn for Rivers · Little Toot · Hear Our Prayer {traditional, arr. by DG, Peterson} · Dos Cosas {traditional, arr. by DG} Dallas, TX: 1985 March 8

Hehehe! I think there's a Dennis Gonzales recording that has Jim Sangrey and Henry Franklin. Bravo Big Wheel.

ECM lists only the sideman date in their discography. That's what led me to think there could be another one.

No. But who knows what Eicher was up to in '74.

Apparently Maupin led ECM dateS in 1974. AMG has one ECM title listed. Is it an ECM release?

...I asked you not to respond re Summers (thank you for your comment though),

Bill Summers perc? Edit: No. It isn't him. Please don't respond. Thank you.

I've reached the point where one searches google for stuff like: 1974 Bennie Maupin $ 25 lp sale

Argh!

Hell, I have no idea what Ritenour sounds like! Desperate guessing!

At first I thought it could be the Harvey Mason album listed on top of this page: http://home.t-online.de/home/stamil/bmmtor.htm

Is Ritenour the guitarist (I ask although this would contradict one of Mike's previous statements)?

It's an upright, but with one of them dreaded pickups just coming up around that time, they sounded really awful, no bottom, no warmth. I'm thankful for technical progress in that particular respect. I see. Thanks for the info. Back to google...

With the exception of the sustained open string, the bass sounds like an electric.

you should have saved that one for your BFTest Don't worry. Plenty of stuff like this in my collection.

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1. Could be Gil Evans (arrangement reminds of Sketches Of Spain). 2. No idea. I like it. 3. Music like this has no place in my life at this point. 4. Hey, there's another vibraphone guy who makes music I can appreciate. Thanks Randy. 5. Not my cup of tea. Sounds like electric bass (more than 4 strings I believe) + acoustic bass... maybe Patitucci? 6. Music heavily influenced by the Headhunters. The rhythm section provides a very weak bottom in my opinion (could be me on bass) and the bass sounds so thin. At some points I'm under the impression as if the whole thing is about to collapse. Hello bass player/drummer - wake up! Wasn't the guitar players' most inspired date either. Don't know who this is - if it's the Headhunters band, I'll stop participating in these tests. 7. Don't know what to say about this. Nothing that caught my attention in these 18 minutes, a nice track. 8. No clue. 9. Thanks for bringing back the energy! It's a pity that the bass is buried in the mix. However, I'll have to check these guys out. 10. Atmospheric stuff, well done. Ned Rothenberg? No. 11. Holy couw, this tune sounds familiar but I can't name it. My question is whether the bass was in the same room when this was recorded. Very strange, most likely this was intentional. Keyboard bass? I'll have to listen to this one a couple of times to figure out what's going on. I think I'll like it.

1. 1940-1950 bebop date. A live recording? High speed stuff, I especially like the segue into the sax solo. Good start. 2. Fast pace continued, thank you. Hope it will go on this way! The drummer reminds me of Victor Lewis somehow, could be him. Cecil McBee bass, Woody Shaw trumpet? 3. Well, I know very few vibraphonists and usually avoid music that features this instrument (except for "Out To Lunch" and "Hotel Hello")... my guess is Hutcherson. For some reason, this tune reminds me of Mingus's composing style. 4. I don't like it. Perhaps a good track to dance to. Too repetitive for me to keep it interesting for over 11 minutes. No idea who these guys are. 5. Same comment as #4 except for the dancing thing. I think the drumming sucks. This is a strange track. The piano is most likely not this musician's main instrument. 6. Too sweet for my brain. Can't stand it. 7. Good tune. 8. This one has an atmosphere that fits my current mood, I like it. The drumming is pretty much focused on creating tension only, maybe it fits for this tune but this is too subtile for my taste. 9. Beautiful. No idea who. 10. Not recognizing this one immediately is fucking embarassing; I should consider to stop listening to music. 11. This is cool! The guitar player very much reminds me of Gene Bertoncini's playing on Shorter's "Odyssey Of Iska." Will get the album which this is from. I'll listen to disc #2 later. So far, this once again proves that I can't talk about music. Thanks for providing these discs, Randy! edit: crappy spelling, grammar.

#2 & #5 are the mp3s. Must have been a pain to go through that disc. Thanks for listening.

Happy birthday!

Alles Gute!

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Happy birthday!

Zweitausendeins.de has this 9 CD set for $57 (45 Euro). Has anyone of you seen it even less expensive? Any comments on this set? Thanks.

Happy b-day, God.