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Hope the neighbors are not too upset with the current LP: Playing Billy Bang and Charles Tyler 'Live at Green Space' (Anima) Charles Tyler plays harmonica and bells in addition to his reglar alto and baritones saxes.
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No, Shorter's "Witch Hunt". I'll sleep a sound sleep tonight Night dreamer? B-)
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HaPpY bIrThDaY John Tapscott!!
brownie replied to Free For All's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
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From AFP: Clapton seems to have been caught well above the 130-kilometer speed limit on French highways.
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From the Kansas City Star:
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I say: GET THIS!
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I was lucky enough to have been at the Studio Davout in Paris in the Summer of 1969 when Shepp et al recorded 'Blase' and still remember how overwhelmed I was during the session! Hope this reissue will bring the late Jeanne Lee the recognition she deserves. She was beautiful in all senses of that word!
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Eric Dolphy at the Five Spot (New Jazz) to be followed by vol. 2 (Prestige). These albums - with Booker Little - were my real introduction to Dolphy...
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Tony Fruscella and Brew Moore at the Open Door!
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Happy Birthday
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Disc 1 is a problem. My reaction when I first heard this was a bit negative. Most of it was just not the music I really like. On second hearing, the compilation started to make sense. But I could not identify any of those sides. I have kept listening to it. These are impressions, no guesses. 1- a quartet with vibraphone going into a lovely tune. But is that really a vibraphone? or is the player using special mallets? doubt it is a xylophone although the instrument sounds a bit like one. Good player anyway. Also the piano player who was right to the point in building a neat and very swinging solo. Enjoyed this unpretentious music, 2- I did not go for that one! Funk drums, electric bass, electric piano plus nonsense vocals. The mix was really too much. Things went a bit better when the sax player burst in. Nice solo from him. 3- Failed to get excited about this type of music. The sax player is obviously from the current generation but does not make much of an impression. The drummer does his thing but does not add a lot to the proceedings. 4- more organ but this sounds more interesting. The baritone player is excellent, so is the trumpeter. Good up to the point solos from both. Same for the solo from the organist. This is good enough for me. I will have to investigate these players when the truth will be revealed. Liked that track very much. 5- a bop warhorse. Who's here? My problem with too many of the current musicians is that most of them lack individuality. I really could not identify the two tenor players and thought the second one had a small edge over the other. The drummer lended support and knew his kits. A good man, obviously. 6- after several listening to that Strayhorn classic, I could not decide whether I really liked this interpretation. I would say this would have been better if the pianist had played a shorter version of this instead of diluting his (or her?) ideas. 7- Paper Moon. Another track that does not do too much. Don't see the point in scatting this Harold Arlen classic. The bass player did a commendable job. 8- More organ. With guitar. But I did go for that one. A groovy interpretation. Will check on the album when Mike tells it all, 9- a lesser effort from Freddie Hubbard? or from one of his clones? I did not care for this music when it came out and still don't. 10- the tune is so identifiable. And there is our old friend Jon Hendricks aboard. But a search of an album with Jon and the tune proved fruitless. A problem with these so successful tunes is that one gets very easily tired of interpretations from other musicians after the original hit the chart lists. I stick to Lee Morgan's classic on that one. 11- a harp? Mike's got to be kidding was my first thought when I started listening to that one. But it turns out the music makes sense. Harp and prepared piano going into variations of Flamingo. I'm really intrigued about that one. 12- bass and vocal! Not again! This went from one ear to the other and failed to leave an impression on what remains of my brain... Must say I liked BFT disc 2 much better but found several tracks on disc 1 that have me waiting for the results announcements. Need I thank the perpetrator when he set up so many boobytraps on his discs? I just hope the injuries will not be too severe. Oh OK Many Thanks, Mike
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Revenant is planning big Albert Ayler box
brownie replied to ghost of miles's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
The music in the box puts everything else back in its proper perspective! Ayler as Grand Canyon, that suits me. I caught Brotzmann live at the Comblain festival in Belgium back in 1967 (with Han Bennink and Peter Kowald) after hearing Ayler live in New York (and later in Paris). The experience was from two continents apart, so was the impact of the music. I'm open to this music and like Brotzmann but I have to admit I am a bit surprised at the unabashed enthusiasm he raises! -
On the street where you lived....
brownie replied to Christiern's topic in Miscellaneous - Non-Political
Superb reading, Christern. All this cries for book publication... Very interesting thread. -
This is a fantastic site. Just for a sample, I took a look at how they were rating Godard's 'Breathless'. Illuminating! I'll check the site from now on before making further DVD purchases. Thank you, billyboy. Wish there was an equivalent site to evaluate the jazz discs reissues as grafically!
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Marion Brown 'Afternoon of a Georgia Faun' (ECM) What a beautiful album this was! Still a pleasure to get into this one.
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Tal Farlow Mosaic set released in Europe?
brownie replied to andersf's topic in Mosaic and other box sets...
Mine too. Didn't even notice this when I got the set. Those European boxes are bound to be collectors' items! -
Marjorie Barnes indeed! She takes all the vocals on the 4CD set. A quiet good singer. Her brand new website is here
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From the International Herald Tribune today:
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Jazz Pictures
brownie replied to jazzbo's topic in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...
Those jazz trading cards were from Robert Crumb. I have a set But missed the set he did on the Blues Greats -
Quite a lot of interesting releases in the Rhapsody Films catalogue: http://www.cinemaweb.com/rhapsody/dvd.html Anybody seen the Roland Kirk/John Cage Plus the Ornette Coleman Trio double feature?
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Oops, he has not been mentioned yet? The best of them all. RAHSAN! RAHSAN! All of his live recordings... With as special fondness for the Newport tracks from 'Volunteered Slavery' and the Montreux performance 'I, Eye, Aye'
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Albert Ayler 'Bells' Kenny Dorham at Cafe Bohemia Grant Green 'Live at Lighthouse' Charles Mingus 'The Paris Concert' Lee Morgan 'Live at Lighthouse' Bud Powell at the Golden Circle Barney Wilen At Club Saint-Germain Other favorites have already been mentioned.
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Welcome here, swingj2. There was a discussion on this soundtrack in the early days of this Board: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...cks+in+the+sand
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If you think that was funny, then I'm an old fart