Dan Gould

Another interesting one would have been Tough Young Tenors which featured Blanding, Herb Harris, Todd Williams, James Carter joining a Marcus Roberts-led rhythm section. I think everyone had a solo feature and was paired off with someone else on a second tune and then there was a round-robin jam at the end. Kind of a mixed bag-probably some here would find it too Wynton-dominated (even though he's nowhere in sight, almost all of the players were "Wyntonites" at the time) but its got some good tunes and nice blowing. Carter does a nice job on Chelsea Bridge.

An impossible choice but I went with KD (that is until I foolishly clicked on the "null vote" button instead of the "vote" button

Thanks Leanne. I wonder if Pine was the first ...

Kazaa is one of the successors to Napster. Welcome aboard, Evan!

We all know that an extraordinary number of people went through the "University of Blakey" and on to significant careers as leaders. Surely, being asked to join the Messengers was an important, if not critical moment in a lot of people's careers. My question: is anyone known to have turned Blakey's invite down?

B-3er, I hate to admit it but I had this CD and let it go earlier this year in a CD purge. So I would have participated in this one otherwise. The ironic thing is, I can't say that I hated it, it was one of those times where I was listening more with a "do I want to get rid of this?" attitude than a "is it good or not?" attitude.

and salutations.

Well since Moose hasn't nominated my avatar then I certainly will! Stare at the bouncing boobs ... I understand they're a great stress reducer.

Well, you can add me to the list of people motivated to go out and get this one due to the comments made here. Not to say that this was something totally new to me. Far from it, in fact. When I first started dipping my toe (OK, jumping headfirst) into jazz, the Ella and Louis albums were the first ones I heard, essentially. And so among the earliest purchases I made were cassette copies of the Columbia Jazz Masterpiece reissues of Plays WC Handy and Satch Plays Fats. Even though I had seen used copies of the latest reissue, it was this thread that motivated me to finally pick it up and of course I am very happy that I did, and not only to reacquaint myself with such excellent music but also to hear it in such excellent sound. Not much I can say to add to the comments above except to say that this album belongs in all jazz collections, and also to thank Lon for a very fine story and description of this album's significance to him.

I can't deal with Braith. However, I cannot understand how anyone could get rid of Star Brite which has excellent compositions and superlative Mobley and Wynton Kelly.

Yes! And I have seen reissues of Cos' best LPs at some used CD stores, $8 doesn't often bring that much laughter! I'd have to transcribe it but anyone who has Robin Williams two-disc set from last year heard a flat out hysterical description of how a drunken Scottsman invented golf.

I have no advice, but thanks for posting this anyway. My wife loves Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing and horror movies in general. Looked this up on the All Movies site and it looks straight up her alley. I'll definitely keep an eye out for this on ebay and either stash it away or give it to her when I find it.

This poll shall run until 6 pm, Eastern Time, Thursday, June 5 at which point a final winner will be determined. Please remember that interested parties are asked to contact me via PM regarding this Album of the Week. ********************************* Well folks, there you have it. The winner and the Album of the Week for June 15-21st is Lou Donaldson, Signifyin'. I'll start a new thread closer to the start of the AOTW. Thanks to everyone and all are invited to contact me via PM about this AOTW.

Well, one can say that in this age of Britney, *all* jazz artists are "Talents Deserving Wider Recognition." But the fact is that Horace Silver certainly he made his reputation in the fifteen years following his 1954 DB New Star award. Many of his albums have been reissued in the CD age and as you say, he had just finished a series of 5 albums for a major label. Being touted as "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" in 1999 was asinine. *************************** Well, I did some digging and while I haven't found the first DB letter, I did find this, published by Jazztimes in June 1999 (guess I was writing a lot back then!) Always thought I turned some nice phrases in that letter myself, if I do say so

Yup, that be me! I can't believe you found that and figured out it was me! (Nice to know I have a recognizable writing style though It would take some digging, but if I can find them I'll post them, I did have another Downbeat letter published, this time criticizing them for some non-jazz artist they put on the cover. I also had one published in Jazztimes, not a critique but rather a response to an article about Scott Hamilton and his troubles with reeds. I had seen Scott right around that time and shared a story about it.

I was going to post a link to the AOTW poll but then I noticed your request was for "obscure, in print" items. One that comes to mind is a very fine piano trio LP of Wayne Shorter tunes, Footprints by the Michael Cochrane Trio. Its on Steeplechase.

VERY bad, IMO. The old site "fit" with everything else they did to promote an image; it was clean and classy. This is busy and ugly, and it does look like it was taken from a lame webshop template. Ugh.

Miles Davis came from across the river in East St Louis.

OK, folks, since there have been no additional votes on either poll, here's how its going to go down: Voting shall continue in the original poll until 6 pm Eastern time tomorrow (Wednesday). At that point, the top two vote getters will move on to the final round of balloting which will begin at 6 pm Wednesday and conclude at 6 pm Thursday night, when a final winner shall be named. Please note that while the Organissimo server's location may be in Michigan (though it may not) the sole election monitor, namely, me is located in the state of Florida. The determination of what constitutes a vote and how those votes are counted are at the sole determination and discretion of yours truly. Chads of the hanging, swinging or Everett variety shall not count.

OK, maybe its just me, but isn't "A La Modal" lifted from another tune? I can''t put my finger on it, but I swear it sounds sooooo familiar ...

"dickhead" "Head Dick"-- you say "tomato" I say "tomahto"

And the trio is pretty good too, Brad. I have the CD they did with Teddy Edwards, I'll check to make sure that this isn't a comp. of issued material but is an unissued tune from the date.

From Mr. Crawford. I've bolded the one that I definitely am interested in. New Releases - Shipping: June 3, 2003 Available from: Stateside Distributors 1004 N. California Chicago, Illinois 60622 Tel: 1-888-776-0436, Fax: 773-862-8630, e-mail: stateside@prodigy.net SteepleChase SCCD 31538 - John Abercrombie/ Andy LaVerne - "Timelines"- This is the second outing for SteepleChase as a duet for Guitarist Abercrombie and pianist LaVerne (see SCCD 31301 "Nosmo King). Both students of Jim Hall and Bill Evans have been playing together since the late 60's. Eight Standards and three LaVerne originals are presented here. UPC# 716043153824 SCCD 31539 - Ted Brown "Preservation" - Tenorman Brown is a graduate of the formative Lenny Tristano groups of the late 40's which included players like Lee Konitz, Wayne Marsh, and Bily Bauer. At 75 years of age he is backed here by the Harold Danko Trio in his second outing as a leader for SteepleChase. The first (SCCD 31466 - "Dig It") which he co-led with Konitz has received much praise from critics. This 24 bit recording features seven standards and 2 Brown originals. UPC#716043153923 SCCD 31540 - Steve LaSpina - "Remember When"- featuring: Steve LaSpina (bass), Dave Ballou (tpt.), Andrew Rathbun (ten, sop sax), Vic Juris (guitar), and Jeff Hirshfield (drums). This 24 bit recording features nine original compositions from LaSpina. UPC#716043154029 SCCD 31541 - LeeAnn Ledgerwood Trio - "Walkin' Up" featuring: LeeAnn Ledgerwood (piano), John Graham Davis (bass), and Brandon Lewis (drums). Aggressive renditions of Bill Evans' "Walkin' Up", Tyner's "Passion Dance", Wane Shorter's "This is for Albert" among 8 performances presented here on this 24 bit recording. UPC# 716043154128 Further information on these and other SteepleChase recordings available at http://www.steeplechase.dk. Stunt Stu 03062 - Enrico Rava - jazzpar 2002 sextet- "Happiness is…." In his 40 years as a professional musician, trumpeter Enrico Rava has made over 100 recordings, toured with Mal Waldron, Steve Lacy, Roswell Rudd, The Jazz Composer's Orchestra, Gil Evans, Cecil Taylor' big band, and many others. This "live" recording features Gianluca (trombone), John Abercrombie (gtr.), Stefanp Bollani (piano), Jesper Bodilsen (bass) and Morton Lund (drums). UPC#663993030623 Stu 03072 - Bob Rockwell 5 - "Bob's Wilder"- featuring: Bob Rockwell (tenor, sop sax) Marten Lundgren (tpt. Flh), Kasper Villaume (piano), Marc Davis (bass), and Karsten Bagge (drums). Tenor giant Rockwell leads the quintet as they cover 13 tunes composed by the great American popular composer Alec Wilder. This one swings! UPC# 663993030722 Stu 03082 - Josefine Cronholm & IBIS "Hotel Paradise"- Original music featuring Cronholm (vcl. gtr), Flemming Agerskov (tpt. electronics), Henrik Sundh (piano, rhodes,korg MS 20, sampler), Thommy Andersson (double bass), and Lisbeth Diers (drums, percussion). UPC# 663993030821 Stu 20312 - Thomas Agergaard - Jazzpar 2002 Octet - "Little Machines" Ten avant-garde compositions by Agergaard recorded live for Danish Radio. This veteran band includes: Geraldine Keller (vcl.), Thomas Agergaard (ts), Peter Fuglsang (ts, b clarinet), Klaus Lohrer (b tbone, tuba), Hank Roberts (cello), Krister Jonsson (gtr), Miroslav Vitous (bass), Jim Black (drums). UPC# 663993203126 Further information on these and other Stunt recordings available at http://www.sundance.dk. Timeless CDSJP 465 - Rein de Graff "Now is The Time" Live Duo/Trio/ Quartet/Quintet recordings from over the years when de Graff's trio backed many American jazz giants on tour. Performances and cameo appearances include: "Days of Wine and Roses" w/ Dexter Gordon, "Tenderly" w/Teddy Edwards, "Now is the Time" w/Charlie Rouse, along with performances by Tom Kirkpatrick (tpt), James Clay (ts), Bob cooper (ts), Herb Gellar (as), and Bud Shank (as). UPC#8711458046534 CDSJP 464 - Deborah J. Carter - 'Round Moonlight"- Fourteen tunes (some original) from vocalist Carter backed by piano trio w/ occasional vibes, sax and guitar. See www.deborahcarter.com. UPC# 8711458046435 CDSJP 463 - Stepko 'Steve' Gut - "Sketches of Balkan" Ten original tunes penned by Tenorman Gut as he leads a quintet including: Alec Jacimovic (tpt, flg), Peter Mihelich (pno), Predrag Revishin (bass), Luka Boskovic (drums). UPC# 8711458046336 CDSJP 462 - Marc van Vugt's Big Bizar Habit- "Strings Only" - Original music featuring an 11 piece ensemble which includes a jazz string quartet, a 3 piece horn section, guitar/banjo, bass, drums, and vocal. 17 tunes on two CDs priced as one. See www.marcvangut.com. UPC# 8711458046237 Further information on these and other Timeless recordings available at http://www.timeless-records.com

It occurs to me that with so many to choose from, it might be best to have a second round vote to determine the AOTW winner. What do you think?

Yes indeed I do. Please go to this poll for details: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...=ST&f=20&t=1524