JohnS

I've seen him on AAJ too.

Search For The New Land does it for me too, but then what about all the others, especially in the 1500 series, that's where the action really is.

Easy, well nearly. Empyrean Isles just makes it over Maiden Voyage.

This set is a real treasure. Despite the shortcomings already mentioned my recommendation is buy it. I've played as much if not more than anything I've bought recently.

This is hard, how do you choose? Plugged Nickey certainly but in the end I went for Filles. It fits every mood and can be played anytime.

It's cool, but I'll stay with purple for now.

I was never very keen on Spaulding until I heard him with David Murray. He seemed to fit right in there, he didn't always sound comfortable to me on some of those 60s dates. Maybe he was a man out of place or time. Murray usually mentions The Night Of The Cookers and Louis Armstrong's "Its A Wonderful World" when he intoduces Spaulding. Not a bad heritage.

PD. From your description I'd say he the Proper "Tea for Two"is the same as the Philology version.

Hi Bertrand, I searched the Lord cd on the title as given. Jackie Mac has an "Offspring".

A search on Lord didn't come up with anything.

PD, I agree, there does appear to be second trumpet towards the end of "Tea For Two"

More music I would have been unlikely to pull from my shelves without this topic. Thanks for the suggestion. The later Morgan sessions are not his most enjoyable for me. For that I go back to 1957, listen to "Dishwater" on Dizzy Atmosphere for example to see what I mean, where Lee is full of youthful enthusiasm and the joy of life. Nevertheless the Lighthouse set is hugely enjoyable and exciting with the focus on the horns. Apart from one or two moments on the longer pieces where ideas seem to be hard to come by there is some very fine playing here. The closing "Sidewinder is especially effective and rounds the set of in fine style. Maupin sounds particularly impressive to me on this play through. The compositions which include Lee's splendid "Speedball" as well as "The Sidewinder" are all originals by band members (only Roker doesn't get a composer credit) are above average and give variety to the date and contribute to it's success. For me then it's not the very best of Morgan but it is a fine, in some places excellent, example of his playing at the time. It's also a great document of a tight working band playing live in club situation. The audience must have had a great time. The pictures of Lee on the inserts are rather nice too.

Jemeel Moondoc

It seems Miles probably played for between 35 and 45 minutes. Most of the sets were relatively short.

I have this version of "Walkin" on a 2cd set from Proper, The Gold Collectin, R2CD 40-86. A budget issue. It's a collection of live Baker from 1955-1963. It seems to duplicate the Newport tracks but the remainder are European small group recordings. Incidentally there is no mention of Clifford Brown in the notes. I'l have to play it again.

I have the vinyl. Four bossas, with a blues and a ballad ("Say You're Mine" and "Blues for Alvina") put in for good measure. Melodic and very pleasant. The BN discography lists an unissued track and two rejects. Another Pearson bossa album you don't hear much about is It Could Only Happen With You, BN LA 317G

As well as the two Public Theatre records they also recorded a couple of years later in Atlanta GA. This appeared on a Black Saint lp. They must have got togther again, presumably for a short tour or festival.

Jason, I get the occasional bee too. Nothing wrong with that apart from the Meldrewish feeling afterwards.

I don't know the the Three Of A Kind cd with Turrentine but I used to see one with Golson (I think) in the used racks frequently. What is nice is the Three of A Kind trio disc, Peter Madsen is fine pianist who should be better known. There some nice things on Minor Music, the odd clunker too.

"Yellin' Blue" is an agreeable listen, not essential but a nice straight ahead tenor, live with bass and drums. The earlier "Twelve and More Blues" is a better buy imo.

No need Weizen, it's a common ailment.

Oh dear. Did I buy those 200 Murray cds for nothing? I like Murray. It goes back to when I auditioned the "Flowers For Albert" lp in Rays Jazz Shop around 1976. I loved it straight away. It was something genuinely new and different at a difficult time jazz. Since then I've followed his career with great interest. I've bought his records and heard him live solo, trio, quartet, quintet, octet, big band, WSQ. He's never disappointed me live and only very rarely on record. Along the way he's employed some of the best players around, if I just mention Craig Harris, Roy Campbell, Wilbur Morris, Fred Hopkins, Hamiett Bluiett you'll see where he's comimg from. Just give the guy a chance, you'll probably enjoy him. B)

It's also as well to get the "gift" box ticked on the grren customs label. Mercandise is probably dutiable in any event. I used to work for Royal Mail and this problem arose from time to time. Take it with C&E. In my day they used to be fairly helpful.

It has to be MINOR MOVE. I can still remember the thrill when I got home with my Japanese lp and played it ffor the first time.

David, Anything coming into the country with a declared value of over £18.00 is liable to duty. On top of that there is a handling charge. With an ebay purchase ask the seller to declare the value at less than the equivalent of that amount. That said some items will get through unchecked. In my experience items coming by post are less likely to be inspected by HM Customs than those coming by air freight(for example a Mosaic set).