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I guess it's got to be Wayne, but Hank runs him close.
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I posted this elsewhere too. Sweet Sapphire Blues by John Coltrane could go on for another round of solos as far as I'm concerned.
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I love the way Red kicks off Sweet Sapphire Blues on Black Pearls. I love the rest of it too, everyone's relaxed and comfortable and the tempo's just right. A great way to spend eighteen minutes.
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Let's talk about Tina Brooks' Minor Move.
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Don't overlook the John Patton.
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I don't know about these items but I was playing Beirach yesterday. Nice stuff with the George Mraz trio (Peter Donald is the drummer) on the Czech ARTA label. There's some nice Beirach on Double Time as well.
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True, but buy three, have them shipped in "jewel box begones" and you get shipping for the price of one. That comes in below the import duty level in the UK and will be cheaper than buying locally. And of course they want to encourage subscitions to the magazine.
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I'd like to see some more posts as I like the idea too. Is there a nominating process and a facilitator?
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Lon, On reflection maybe I thought differently at the time. I must have liked Ghetto Music enough to buy Happening a few months later. Or perhaps I was just a Blue Note Junkie.
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Lon, I like the voices on the Hill disc (perhaps the best example of this type of thing, same goes for Hill's writing for strings)-and the Sun Ra vocal additions are fine with me. But these are somehow....
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Talking of Ragin; his latest release Feel The Sunshine on Justin Time hasn't had a great deal of publicity. It's pretty much a straight ahead date with Assif Tsahar, Craig Taborn, Jaribu Shahid, Tani Tabal and Bruce Cox.
Still have my lp of Snurdy. Not played for a while but I remember being quite excited by it when it first came out. As I recall the Barefield, Tabal and Shahid trio was something completely fresh to my ears then. I'm about to give it a play.
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It's listed as a new release on Blue Note in the UK this month-presumably a Rare Groove. Buyers should treat with caution though. I don't think I have ever had any urge to play it again since I bought the lp when it first came out. Ditto Ghetto Music. It's those voices.
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Cadence stock some nice things you'll have a job to find elsewhere. Unfortunately they make a $2.50 surcharge for non-subscribers to Cadence. I still think they are a good bet.
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Right now
Ethnic Heritage Ensemble; Freedom Jazz Dance.
Earlier
Jon Jang and David Murray; River of Life
Jim Hall; Live
Eddie Lockjaw Davis and Johnny Griffin; Battle Stations
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I'd certainly go for the World of Cecil Taylor and any other of the Candid cds assuming they are still in print. I'm especially fond of the earlyTaylors, Looking Ahead on Contemporary and Jazz Advance are well worth having. These are hard swinging dates, very exciting imo and not at all off putting.
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I'd want to keep Bull's Eye. I heard it briefly years ago and wasn't that impressed but I really enjoyed hearing it again on the OJC cd. I'd wan't to keep the Lee Morgan disc too. For me the rest would be dispensable.
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Incidentally the UK members have a get together in a couple of weeks time. I've no idea what it will be like but it should prove to be an indicator on the state of IAJRC in the UK. I'll post something here on the outcome.
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I'm sure it's Rudy Collins on Love For Sale. I'd not noticed that the drummer is listed as Charles. Thanks for bringing this up.
Coltrane Time is indeed Taylor's date. It was originally titled Hard Driving Jazz but later incarnations were isued under Coltrane's name.
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A good word for Cadence. Ordered on Thursday 27th(mid afternoon EST), posted 28th, delivered in the UK 31st. The cd Jon Jang and David Murray, River Of Life on Asian Improv.
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I've lived with the vinyl for years but it was always overshadowed by Juju, Night Dreamer and Speak No Evil. The RVG edition was an opportunity to reappraise it. I rather like the larger ensemble and the added colours the arrangemnets provide. I feel though that the feel and the flow of the record is disrupted by Genesis and Face of the Deep. To me the players are uncomffortable with the free parts of Genesis. Shorter sounds less melodically disciplined than on the previously mentioned records.
Lots of good things though, Chambers' drumming throughout but especially on the title track and the channce to hear an original and fragile solo from Alan Shorter.
A good record then but not up the standard of the three classics I've already mentioned
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I'm also a member. But every time my subscription becomes due I agonise about renewing. The only benefit for me is the magazine but like Mike I skip a lot of the articles as post war jazz is my primary interest. For me then the subscription is quite a lot to pay for a four times a year magazine. However the idea is good and with more members to give it a wider scope it could be very useful
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Still down!
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I've enjoyed all I've heard by Roy Campbell. It's not that much, notably Other Dimesions in Music and Ethnic Stew . I've overlooked Krunch Time but it looks tasty from the lineup. Ghost of Miles, can you post your impressions.
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Just a thought on Pepper-I'm playing Bull's Eye by Barry Harris at the moment. The instrumentaion is the same as on Byrd In Hand but Adams seems much less reliant on his licks than on the Harris date than he does with Byrd.
Miles at IOW festival on DVD
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My neighbour was there. When I see him I'll ask him if he has any recollection of what took place.