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  1. Sad news indeed. He plays some tasty accordian on one or two tracks I have. Swinging on that instrument takes some doing.
  2. Well, my vinyl copy lives in the cellar. I doubt it would have come out if it wasn't for this thread. And this is the great thing about AOTW. I've had it since its initial release and I can't say I'm that fond of it but on the other hand I've always found it interesting and not too hard to listen to. Hardly foot patting stuff but I can get involved and taken along by the flow of the music. There's the usual scuttling right hand but also some introspective moments to gve it some variety. For me Taylor's best on the more straight ahead 50s and 60s sides. but this album's still a keeper and I'll probably dig it out again if I want to sample some 70s solo Taylor. Incidentally the jacket has a sticker "RECORD OF THE YEAR 1975 - Downbeat International critics poll".
  3. Happy birthday, and many more.
  4. JohnS

    AOTW

    Brad, I'm happy to do this, see above. John My plan is to keep a master list going scheduling members for a few weeks ahead. Pming them a week before there are due to post. I'll start this week if there are no objections, kicking off with Nate Dorward on 14 Nov and Sidewinder on 21 November.
  5. JohnS

    AOTW

    I like this thread. I'm happy to have a go at keeping things organised and running smoothly. If there are no objections to me doing it those who have volunteered in this thread so so far will get first crack of the whip.
  6. Johnny Dankworth; What The Dickens.
  7. JohnS

    AOTW

    Shall we go for EKE BBB's suggestion of Silent Tongues?
  8. JohnS

    AOTW

    Things are slipping here again, nominations or a volunteer please.
  9. I don't know but I would imagine they are collectable. Problem is finding a buyer. have you tried an ebay search? Google?
  10. Small donation sent - my USD balance is very low.
  11. The Blue Notes first certainly. If you like them then Dizzy's UK recordings on Tempo, reissued on Jasmine, are well worth a listen.
  12. Very sad news. A great loss. I an echo all that Sidewinder has said.
  13. Happy birthady Chris and many more. PS. Looking forward to returning to your neck of the woods before too long.
  14. Happy birthday, belatedly.
  15. Happy Birthday
  16. A nice refreshing album when it first came out. I still have the vinyl so I guess it must have some value for me though it's not been played for a while. I suspect it wont have stood the test of time.
  17. I had the vinyl set. Pleasant enough but not enough to have a permanent place in my collection.
  18. Such is life. I rememebr when Mole had a batch of these, hand painted covers and all for about £4.00. Passed 'em all by.
  19. Yeah! Great news. I love this band.
  20. JohnS

    Abdullah Ibrahim

    Yes that one too. I've seen Ibrahim on several occasions, solo, trio, quintet and with Ekaya. The first time was a solo concert from the "South African Sunshine" period. Incredible communication with the audience, I came extremely moved by the performance. A later solo concert (should have been a duo with Basil Coetze who didn't show, shame) in a church was utterly boring and I left at the interval. The last concert I attended was a trio gig, again it didn't communiocate with me for the most part, an hour plus medley, slow tempos and not much harmonic or rhythmic variation. Seemed like he was was just going through the motions. I was definitely getting fidgety. Fortunately the second half was livlier. In between I saw Ekaya several times, they put on a good show, but why did they always look so serious and humourless. At one gig in particular only Kenwood Dennard seemed to be enjoying himself, smiling and laughing continually while the rest of the band looked on dourly.
  21. JohnS

    Abdullah Ibrahim

    For my part the best are on Enja with Carlos Ward. My favourite by a whisker is probably the "Montreux" disc which introduced me to Craig Harris as well as Ward.
  22. Amazon.uk still show a release date of 11 Oct. My copy hasn't arrived yet (not from Amazon though).
  23. At my age it makes semse to stop collecting. Apart from my records and cds I still have my Doulton tobacco jars and enough fishing gear to enjoy the odd day out by the water.
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