JohnS

Thanks for posting Mark, lovely stuff!

Portsmouth's Millennium Tower back in March. Four years behind schedule, millions over budget etc. etc.

I saw Yusef at Ronnie Scott's. It was notable for a late start and real difficulties getting home. Can't recall the date but if was recorded at during the same season in was mid-sixties.

I can remember reading somewhere that this was reserved for a Horace Silver date.

Sacha's passing was headline news in the UK, musical tribute as well. His jazz legacy was small but intruiging. I heard him recently on BBC's "Desert Island Discs", he seemed a charming man with a deep interest in jazz.

Usually yes. But lately I'm trying to be more selective.

Sad news indeed, nicely put jazzhound.

Have a great day. And many more to come.

Russell is a real individual, instanly recognisable. I love his scoring for the horns and guitar, no one else ever did quite the same thing. And the compositions have a driving quality which again is quite individual. All the players here fit Russell's music perfectly. I dig that siren too. Does the session with Paul Motian sound a bit muddy compared to the other dates? It had a different enginer. Thinking about this period I'm not sure that the recordings by Hal McKusickon RCA and Decca ever got the the critical attention they deserve. Same goes for Teddy Charles.

Guy Berger gets the proverbial tap for AOTW 26 July.

TOCJ 1612. That makes sense.

BLP1612?? BLP 1512 is Smith's A New Star-A New Sound, Jimmy Smith At The Organ Volume 1. Any help?

I don't spend a lot of time with European jazz, there's more than enough of the US product to cope with, but a friend has just introduced me Pieranunzi's "Play Morricone 2". This is great stuff, fine backing from Marc Johnson and Joey Baron and it has excellent sound. I'm told that there's more by this group and that it's worth seeking out. I'd recommend it to lovers of the art of the piano trio.

Right on Wesbed.

Thanks for the tap Mike. I was thinking about "Sonny Rollins Plus Four" or the Gillespie/Stitt/Rollins "Sonny Side Up", both fine albums and good candidates for AOTW but it seems that Geprge Russell has it by popular demand. This is a great album that can be listened to time and time again.

it has recently (last week) been reissued in the Verve LPR series. Doesn't appear to have surfaced in the UK yet.

My Brookmeyer select is 0008, my Moncur 0041. Just got the Kenton Presents, that's 3413.

If you like the single album "Origin Live At The Blue Note" then you'll probably enjoy the box set which contains an awful lot more of the same. $32 seems a good price. I sold my set on ebay a week or so ago for $40+.

Any sign of a Verve "International" set yet?

I've never even heard of this disc let alone seen a copy. Definitely my loss. For some reason Argo albums never got much of a distribution in the UK.

Thanks for the tap Mike. I'll post something in a day or two.

From the opening notes of Bley/Haden/Motian's "Memoirs" you know it's going to be great.

Bob, The RVGs are a vast inprovement on the vinyl. The session rambles a bit and it's a tad rough and ready as might be expected with four 20 minute live tracks but with Freddie and Lee it can't be all bad. I'd take a chance

Just got "Night Of The Cookers". I didn't hear the last issue but the RVG sounds pretty good all things considered.

Fine with me.