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ADRIAN MEARS NEW ORLEANS HARDBOP Last year the second album of the Adrian Mears New Orleans Hardbop Quintet has been released. This album is titled Birdseye View. On the album Adrian Mears, trombone player, with Domenik Landolf tenor saxophone and bass clarinet, Peter Madsen piano, Stephan Kurmann bass and Mario Gonzi drums. I learned about Adrian Mears a few years ago, thanks to his first New Orleans Hardbop album, titled Jump On In which surprised me. For most experienced jazz lovers, I think, this kind of unusual time-signatures make the music surprising and exciting. Adrian Mears Keep swinging Durium

Thanks all for your nice remembrances about Claude Williams. Jay McShann-Claude Williams: The Men From Muskogee Keep swinging Durium

JAY McSHANN - CLAUDE WILLIAMS Jay McShann and Claude Williams: Two veteran Kansas Ciy jazz musicians, that passed away, at a ripe age, some years ago. Jay McShann-Claude Williams: The Men From Muskogee Keep swinging Durium

DAVID FATHEAD NEWMAN (1933-2009) David Fathead Newman - a great jazz saxophone player has gone. His Early Days in Music | The Last Two Decades Keep swinging Durium

So did mine ................. Keep swinging Durium

Dear Blindfolders ....... A week ago i finished BFT # 61 and really enjoyed it, because I received a growing response from you, comparing to my previous BFT # 44 (Keep Swinging). In my answer thread I started to promise you to post some sugggestions, some rules of the game, that might make the discussion more lively. Now, each member post his own thoughts without any previous reading of the comments. The compiler of the BFT gives his comments after each posting. So did I. No problem, because I like that. But what if Mr. B finds out that the trumpet player is, indeed, Louis Armstrong and Mr. C. tells me, in his comments that he believes, after researching his collection of books and recordings, that the trumpet player might be Louis Armstrong, and so does mrs. C. who believes that the drummer man (?) might by Satchmo Armstrong himself. It becomes hard to keep the comments lively and interesting for each of you. My suggestion to make the BFT more thrilling is this: We have a time span of three (in fact four) weeks. First two weeks: Each Blindfold tester gives his comments on each (?) or some selected tracks. The compiler of the BFT gives NO comments. If there are no , or just a few suggestions, the compiler can decide to give some hints after the first week. As no-one gets any comments, it doens't matter if you're the first or the last one to participate. After two weeks the compiler gives comments to all postings in one, extensive (?) posting - maybe some tracks were identified, but not all details; others remain still untraced. Then we can start a (lively) discussion about the tracks that need to be discussed or identificated. And ............. last but not least, the compiler posts the answer thread in the fourth week. And then ................... who's next !! What are your ideas about this? Let us know! Keep swinging Durium

It was a pleasure !! Keep swinging Durium

You're welcome RDK. It's always great to learn new names, new music styles, to cross borders and re-find forgotten treasures in your collection. Keep swinging Durium

That's what I wanted to say too. Thanks King Ubu Keep swinging Durium

RONY VERBIEST - KOEN DE CAUTER - WASO DE CAUTER - DAJO DE CAUTER Love to point you to this great group in concert - sharing the great tradition of French Hot Club music, swing-musettes, French chansons, Yango's and Jazz !! Rony Verbiest and the De Cauter family in concert Keep swinging Durium

It isn't a Monk tune, although the cover of the album suggest that - it's the only track that was NOT composed by Monk but by Misha Mengelberg. So, your first thought about Dolphy and Bennink ( and Misha) wasn't so bad at all !! Keep swinging Durium

Ditto to that, is this release going to be easily available or do you have to order it directly from the manufacturer? You can order it here or on this site and pay by pay-pal. Keep swinging Durium

Well, for me the Brazilian guitar player Bola Sete was a great discovery. I saw him playing on the DVD with the Jazz Casual program for the very first time and became fascinated by his guitar playing, which sounded fresh and modern to me. That same feelings, impressions, although I know some of you find it too modern, too technical, I have with the Brazilian bandolim player Hamilton de Holanda. So, not Vince was the reason for me to insert his track, but Bola Sete. Keep swinging Durium

SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW Keep (it) Swinging The last ones ................. 16. (6:13) TWOBONES 2007 - GROOVIN' BONES featuring Dado Moroni TWOBONES Paul Haag tb - Danilo Moccia tb - Dado Moroni p - Isla Eckinger b - Peter Schmidlin dm Love Is Here To Stay ( George Gershwin) Recorded live at the Salzfass in Brugg (Ch), 8th of June 2007 Twobones 2007 17. (2:40) EST PLAYS MONK Esbjörn Svensson Trio Esbjörn Svensson p - Dan Berglund b - Magnus Öström dm Evidence ( Monk) Recorded January 1996 18: (2:40) HEATHER SIMMONS - I'M OLD FASHIONED Heather simmons vo - Ted Beament p - Roger Curphey b - Mart Cecil dm - Mike Piggott v Looking At The World Through Rose-Colered Glasses Recorded ca 2006 I'm Old Fashioned 19: ( 0:13) ANIMAL CRACKERS Animal Crackers ( Space SP-6 ) Etienne Francois co v f whistle - Reginald Gruetters cl as kazoo - Dick Turksma banj kazoo - Gijs Horstink tu - Herman Openneer washboard kazoo bells commends The Way I Felt This Morning Was Exactly The Same As My Girl Fell From The 2nd Floor in Indiana Blues Recorded Amsterdam 28th of October 1973 This "fun" band was complete unknown outside The Netherlands. They played traditional jazz with a smile and Dutch lyrics and I remember their concerts as small surprise parties. Well, this small track was the "encore" on their first album. I posted it because of the extreme long title used for the 13 second lenghtly tune. ) I deleted the introduction on the BFT # 61 so I own you the complete track: The Way I Felt This Morning Was Exactly The Same As My Girl Fell From The 2nd Floor in Indiana Blues Animal Crackers | Washboard Blues - Herman Openneer Hope you liked my selection !! Of course you're invited to post your "Oooohs !!" and "Sh... , I should have known that ... Keep Swinging Durium

SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW Keep (it) Swinging The rest of the best ....... 11. (3:02) CAN'T STOP PLAYING THAT BOOGIE WOOGIE OSCAR PETERSON TRIO: Oscar Peterson p - Bert Brown b - Frank Garlépy dm The Sheik of Araby (Snyder-Smith-Wheeler) Recorded Montreal the 30th of April 1945 I do have a copy of this track on the CD Can't Stop Playing That Boogie Woogie - Rare Classics From The Vaults ( JASMCD 2581), but I'm sure it's on other reissues too. Oscar Peterson (1925-2007) | Oscar Peterson - The Vocal Styling | Oscar Peterson's Van Gogh Story 12. (4:05) KANSAS CITY BAND or the HEY HEY CLUB ALL-STARS Don Byron cl - Cyrus Chestnut p - Ron Carter b - Christian McBride b Solitude (Reprise) (Eddie De Lange - Duke Ellington - Irving Mills) Recorded 11th of May, 1995 This album contains more music from this "jam-session".Robert Altmans Kansas City 13. (5:36) UGLY BEAUTY ROBERT JAN VERMEULEN QUARTET Benjamin Herman as - Robert Jan Vermeulen p - Frans van der Hoeven b - Han Bennink dm Kneebus ( Misha Mengelberg) Recorded Amsterdam 1-2 maart 2003 Ugly Beauty 14. (7:40) PIET KUITERS KWARTET (featuring BEN HERMAN) Piet Kuiters p - Ben(jamin) Herman as - Hans Ruikrok b - Ben Schröder dm Crossing Time (p. Kuiters) Recorded Amsterdam 11th of December 1993 Piet Kuiters is one of those almost forgotten piano players, but his colleagues remember him as a very gifted musician. He passed away in 2005. He made but few records, but the one which contains the selected track was recorded in the early 1990s with a young alto saxophone player Ben ( now Benjamin) Herman. When I asked Benjamin about Piet he was surprised that he wasn't forgotten and wrote on the front of my record copy Ik mis je wel hoor, which means in English I really miss you. I got into contact with Piet's son, Django, now living in Oslo, Norway, who told me his remembrances to his father. Piet Kuiters - A True Amsterdammer-1 | Piet Kuiters - A True Amsterdammer-2 15: ( 5:48) JOHN MARSHALL QUINTET John Marshall tp flg - Ferdinand Povel ts - Tardo Hammer p - John Goldsby b - Doug sides dm With A Song In My Heart ( Rogers) Recorded 2-4 August 2000 John Marshall is one of those American jazz musicians that live most of the time in Europe. Last year I heard him in concert with the Dutch tenor saxophone player Ferdinand POvel, both excellent skilled musicians on their instruments. I liked that concert very much and loved to share their music with you. John Marshall - Theme of no Repeat | John Marshall-Ferdinand Povel European Quintet | Concert photos | John Marshall - Bopera House That's for now. The rest will be posted later. Keep swinging Durium

SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW Keep (it) Swinging Next ones ...... 6. (2:10) I GOT RHYTHM - various artists Kicking Mule KM 132 ( = Sonet SNKF 125 / 106 (?)) Ton Van Bergeyk g Anno 1926 ( Oscar Aleman) Recorded July 1976 The Fingerpicking Wizard Still Kicking | Ton Van Bergeyk Discography 7. (4:53) LEO SLAB QUINTETTE Leo Slab v - Philippe Guignier (solo)g - Bernard Antherieu and Marc Roger g - Gilles Schlaf b A Pretty Girtl Is Like A Melody Recorded Marseille 23-25th of March, 2000 Leo Slab (1920 - 2007) (by Georg Lankester) 8. (3:48) YVES FRANCOIS YVES FRANCOIS SEXTET Yves Francois tp - John Gorman tb - Frank Jackson ts vo - Bud Johnson p - Jeff Lindahl b - Clay Grossman dm Hot Harlem ( James P. Johnson) Recorded september Chicago 1986 This track was an hommage to the tenor sax player Franz Jackson, who passed away May 2006. One of his friends and student of Franz is trumpet player Yves Francois, who released some recordings he made with Franz in the 1980s. He told me his remembrances and his fascination for his music after Franz passed away: Franz Jackson Remembered-1 | Franz Jackson Remembered-2 9. ( 2:40) NEPTUNE BAND OF ZIMBABWE Trywell Siankope co - Cesar Stephan Fratatoni co - Daniel Siankope tb - Cesar Joseph Fratantoni cl - Sabina Siankope banj vo - Junior Siankope b - Japhet Siankope dm Dippermouth Blues (King Oliver) Recorded in Breda May 1984 Even the picture I could find of this exotic band suggests as if we are talking about a rare 1920s field recording from the swamps of New Orleans. But, no - this band recorded in the 1980s in Europe. The musicians are not from the USA, they are inhabitants of Zimbabwe (Africa) and their leader is Papa Cesar Fratantoni, an Argentine dentists, who lived and worked in Salisbury, Zimbabwe. Fratantoni has been one of the founders of the well known Portena Jazz Band, then one of the leading jazz bands in Argentina and a purist if he is playing jazz. He used the time that he was working as a dentist in Africa to study the primitive music cultures to find out about the roots of the jazz. He uses, if possible, authentic instruments - Cesar jr. plays on a card board trumpet, a primitive trumpet from the 19th century. And he tried to find unspoiled musicians, to get the most basic New Orleans sound he could make. The results of this was the Neptune Band of Zimbabwe. I heard this band playing at the Oude Stijl Jazzfestival ( = Traditional Jazz Festival) in Breda in The Netherlands, a leading festival of traditional jazz in those days, and I still have the shivers when I hear the music. A great band - a great experience I loved to share with you!! The Neptune Band of Zimbabwe 10. (4:05) ANACHRONIC JAZZ BAND Patrick Artero tp - Claude Gousset tb - Marc Richard cl as tp co, Dominique Vernhes cl as, Andre Villeger cl as ts ss, Philippe Baudoin p, Lionel Benhamou g banj, Gerard Gervois tu, Dominique Obadia dm. reeds ( rest unknown) Salt Peanuts ( D.Gillespie - Kenny clarke) Recorded at the Theatre du Ranelagh, Paris, November 1978. The Anachronic Jazz Band | Salt Peanuts So far so good .................. I'll be back with the second half later. Keep swinging Durium

SOMETHING OLD SOMETHING NEW Keep (it) Swinging Love to post the answers of the 19 tracks BFT # 61. I really enjoyed the discussion, although I think that it might be wise to discuss the way how we organise the discussion. I'll be back later with that in a seperate topic. Thanks for all your comments, remarks, additions and nice words. I will post the tracks that have been identified (15 from the 19 tracks is very good) without further comments, because I posted that before in the discussion thread. Of course, feel free to post your comments later. The Answer Thread. 1. (2:49) AKI TAKASE plays "FATS" WALLER AKI TAKASE SEXTET Aki Takase p - Eugene Chadbourne vol, banj, g - Nils Wogram tb - Rudi Mahall bcl - Thomas Heberer tp - Paul Lovens dm. Lookin'Good, but feelin'bad ( Lester A Santly-Thomas Fats Waller) recorded Hamburg - 2-3 June, 2003 (Enja CD 9152) Aki Takase plays Fats Waller 2. (2:02) FRANK MORGAN - A LOVESOME THING FRANK MORGAN QUARTET Frank Morgan as ss - George Cables p - David Williams b - Lewis Nash dm. When You Wish Upon A Star (Harline-Washington-Porter) Recorded New York City, 5th - 6th of September, 1990 ( Antilles 422.848 213) I heard Frank Morgan playing in one of his last concerts before he passed away a year ago. A very nice man with a great sound. Peace and Love he wrote above his autograph. A Lovesome Thing | The concert | Pictures made during the concert | Frank Morgan ( 1933-2007) 3. (2:46) ROBERT NORMANN - The definitive collection, vol. 5 ROBERT NORMANN Robert Normann g - Håkon Nilsen b - Per Nyhaug dm - John Svendsen vib - Bjørn Helberg rhythm guitar Django (John Lewis) Recorded NRK studio in Oslo (Norway) 1st of May 1989 A great video was released with this TV stuff. You can see some fragments in the contribution Harry Lime Theme (scroll down) Robert Normann - Sweet Sue | Ding-Dong-Dang | Smålåt 4.(3:53) VINCE & BOLA VINCE GUARALDI & BOLA SETE Vince Guaraldi p - Bola Sete g - unknown b and dm People ( Merrill-Styne) Recorded 1966 live at the El Matador San Francisco Vince Guaraldi and Bola Sete 5. (2:50) HAMILTON DE HOLANDA - Musica das Nuvens e do Chao Hamilton de Holanda bandolim 10 cordas - Daniel Santiago g - André Vasconcellos b - Marcio Bahia dm Samba Nova (Baden Powell) Hamilton De Holanda Recorded Rio de Janeiro December 2003 and January 2004 Rest will follow later !! Keep swinging Durium

Thanks Relyles. no, I didn't hear the album, but I liked the music they played at the concert. BTW: This is his Jaki Byard tribute album you mentioned. Keep swinging Durium

Okay RDK, let's continue ...................... 11. Yeah! Yeah !! 14. I should know this tune, but can’t think of it. Nice version. Might be, a lot of other listmates had that same feelings, but it is an own composition by the rather unknown piano player. 15. Another standard. Very nice! One of my favorite tracks on this disc. Great you like it - so do I. This track is still unidentified! 17. Another familiar tune that I can’t identify at the moment. Monk, iirc. Feels a bit reserved and tentative, though, and I wish the players would be more aggressive in their playing here. It improves for me several minutes in (3-4 min or so). Sure, a Monk composition, Evidence. Some contribuotrs to this discussion found it too modern ...... 18. The too-glib singer is fun, but the playing behind her is really good. I like this! I can agree in every word you say. Snoozer identified her as Heather Simmons. 19. Now this I like! The Way I Felt This Morning Was Exactly The Same ........ Thanks RDK for your listening to this album, titled Somethoing Old Something New - Keep (it) Swinging Keep swinging Durium

Thanks RDK that you share your thoughts and suggestions right at the end of this discussion. Most tracks have been identified and discussend, so I'll keep my comment limited to prevent double comments 1. Fun at first, but too silly in the long run. Liked this the first time, but often skipped through subsequent listens. Sure, this kind of "cartoon" music has no deeper musical thoughts - see it as a great opener and parody of the Fats Waller music style, as artists draw cartoons from politicians. 2. Lovely version of “Rainbow.” I think I may have this. First thought it was maybe Phil Woods, but now I’m not so sure. No, it isn't Phil Woods !! 3. One of my favorite jazz standards. I’m tempted to say “Django” played by Django. I’m not so fond of the guitarist’s little “frills” and I like this more when it opens up after about a minute in. I posted this Robert Normann track to introduce this unknown Norwegian Django of the North to all of you!! 4. Like this one a lot. Should be able to recognize the pianist’s “moans,” but I know it’s not Jarrett. Correct, it isn't Keith Jarrett. 6. Dude can play, but I find the style a bit too quaint for my tastes. I enjoy stuff like this a track or two at a time, but an entire album would have me pulling my hair out. Okay, that explains why I lost my luxuriant hair during the last ten years ........... Well, for your protection I only posted one track by this great fingerpicking guitar player, here on the small uke. 7. Is Grappelli too obvious a answer? In any case, a more modern Hot Club Quintet Yes it is - he is not !! It is a modern Hot Club Quintet and Django asked the violin player, Leo slab, top replace Grappelli when he was not able to play. You can find the story in a previous post. 10. “Salt Peanuts,” of course. Love the tune, but perhaps done in too old fashioned a way for my tastes. It is really played in an old fashioned way - it is even an anachronism: a bebop tune played by a dixieland band. That's for now. I'll be back soon. thanks so far RDK Keep swinging Durium

Bingo ...... you hit the correct album. I gave a lot of hints using the words "two bones" rather often, but no-one took up the challenge. It's the Twobones 2007 album featuring the two Swiss trombone players Danilo Moccia and Paul Haag. Both are fascinated by the music of Jay and Kai. The bass player, Isla Eckinger, the liner notes read, started as a trombone player and inspired his musical career. I bought this album because of the presence of guest player Dado Moroni, I heard in concert one and a half year ago with the Bert Joris Quartet. A great piano player. Let's give the details: 16. (6:13) TWOBONES 2007 - GROOVIN' BONES featuring Dado Moroni TWOBONES Paul Haag tb - Danilo Moccia tb - Dado Moroni p - Isla Eckinger b - Peter Schmidlin dm Love Is Here To Stay ( George Gershwin) Recorded live at the Salzfass in Brugg (Ch), 8th of June 2007 Twobones 2007 Thanks King Ubu !! Keep swinging Durium

I see you're from Switserland? Well - then you should recognize the musicians of one of the unsolved tracks Durium Ah well, I don't know all about Swiss jazz, even less so about the traditionalists... but Henri Chaix might be hidden somewhere in your collection? I only have a track of his accompanying Ben Webster, and frankly I could never identify him... I suggested that you and Mike should contact each other according track 16. Keep swinging Durium

Tan Thanks Relyle for your little research on the web. you're correct. Benjamin Herman is one of the leading alto saxophone players nowadays in the Netherlands and some weeks ago I heard him in a great concert titled Hypochristmastreefuzz, which is the name of his latest release, dedicated to Misha Mengelberg. The album by the Robert Jan Vermeulen Quartet is titled Ugly Beauty and dedicated to the music of Monk, but one track is a Misha Mengelberg composition titled Kneebus. Eric Dolphy played his "last date" for the Dutch radio in June 1964 with a Dutch Trio featuring Misha Mengelberg on piano, Jacques Schols on bass and Han Bennink on drums. And ............... guess who's playing the drums on this Ugly Beauty album? Enjoy the great music clip by the Robert Jan Vermeulen Quartet to promote their album Talkin' Cows, dedicated to the music of ............... Misha Mengelberg! Let's give the details: 13. (5:36) UGLY BEAUTY ROBERT JAN VERMEULEN QUARTET Benjamin Herman as - Robert Jan Vermeulen p - Frans van der Hoeven b - Han Bennink dm Kneebus ( Misha Mengelberg) Recorded Amsterdam 1-2 maart 2003 Thanks Relyles !! Keep swinging Durium

I'm back !! # 11 - I expected "One O'Clock jump" after that intro. Excellent player. Tatum gone boogie? No, another giant on the keys, a Canadian giant ...... # 12 - Recognized this during the first bar. Great stuff, great way to finish the long night of playing. I love this music and the two movies concerned. http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...10:dzfyxqrhldse Thanks Mike for identifying this track as a final reprise in the film Kansas City. Really great !! The film itself is a story that is situated in Kansas city during the 1930s, the time of Al Capone and other Mafia guys. Well, the film wasn't a hit, I believe, but Robert Altmans who produced the film invited a lot of great jazz musician from the 1990s to play in the so-called Kansas City Band or the Hey Hey Club All-Stars: Nicolas Payton, Jesse Davis, Don Byron, Curtis Fowlkes, James Zollar, Kevin Mahogany, Don Byron, James Carter, Fathead Newman, Joshua Redman, Russell Malone, Geri Allen, Cyrus Chestnut, victor Lewis and the two bass players Ron Carter and Christian McBride, both in duo on the track. ( Don Byron was the clarinet player). This band was dressed like 1930s jazz musicians and in the film they are the house band of this Hey Hey Club. In the film the story is the most important part - now-and-then you hear and you can se the band play. But .......... these guys have recorded the soundtrack during a recording session in the club in their 1930s outfit playing the traditional Kansas City Swing tunes and these shots are released on two CDs ( Kansas City - A Robert Altman Film)( Verve 529 554) and some trracks left in Kansas City Band - KC After Dark ( More music from Robert Altman's Kansas City) (Verve 537 322). Robert Altman's used the film fragments of the band to make a documentary titled Jazz'34 and you should see it !! A must have !! Find a film fragment in my blog. The details: 12. (4:05) KANSAS CITY BAND or the HEY HEY CLUB ALL-STARS Don Byron cl - Cyrus Chestnut p - Ron Carter b - Christian McBride b Solitude (Reprise) (Eddie De Lange - Duke Ellington - Irving Mills) Recorded 11th of May, 1995 # 13 - Kind of Dolphy-inspired. Sax has a sound as if Steve Lacy were playing alto The name Eric Dolphy has been mentioned several times by others and he has do to indirect with this tune. No, the alto sax player is one of our Dutch leading alto saxophone players !! # 14 - some Bud Powell tune? I don't think it's Bud - too sloppily played, rather unimaginative. Not too much happening. This is a Dutch piano player, almost forgotten, who passed away a few years ago, indeed, inspired by Powell and Monk. # 16 - two bones, inspired by Jay and Kai, but not them. A little lackluster. You're really close to the correct answer. Maybe you should PM with King Ubu # 18 - a truly rosy singer - voice like Bev Kelly. Who is this? This is a young English vocalist who sings on her first album, titled I'm Old Fashioned.: Heather Simmons. # 19 - Uh - already over? nice closing tag! Well, The Way I Felt This Morning ...... Thanks for your comments Mike - glad you liked it! Keep Swinging Durium

Thank you Mike, good to learn that you have found time to listen to the compilation. Let's have a look at your comments. # 1 - great opener, no idea who it is, nicely over the top. Wonder if they play like this all the time. Is this a serious trad band or a fun band? Oh no, Aki Takase is very serious, normally, but her Fats Waller projects has some great killer dillers like this one. Aki Takase was recognized by Nate. # 2 - very nice version of "When you wish upon a star, if I'm not mistaken - great lyrical alto. Not Konitz - would like to hear more of this player. [ You're right - a great alto saxophone player, but, sorry, you should search for his records as he passed away December 2007. # 4 - I'm sure I have some of this pianist - Vince Guaraldi comes to my mind. Great - Vince indeed with Bola Sete on the guitar. Indentified by MG # 5 - This sounds more like a mandolin than a guitar - with drums and electric bass? I think I once had a CD of that guy, but can't remember his name. Oh here it comes - is it these guys? http://www.jazzmandolinproject.com/ - they know what they're doing. Well, you're moving in the correct direction. Mandolin is (almost) okay - it's a bandolim and a professor in the musicology can list you dozens of differences, but I think both instruments belong to the same family. The Bandolim is from Brazil and the mandolin is from the eastern parts of Europe I believe. the bandolim player has been identified already as Hamilton De Holanda - so, not your jazzmandolinproject-guys. This young banmdolim player, who plays an enlarged instrument ( not eight but ten strings ( bandolim 10 cordas), plays normally in the Choro music style, sometimes labeled as Brazilian dixieland. Both music styles have a lot in common and I heard it for the very first time when I was in Denmark (Copenhagen) played by a group called Choro Brasil Scandinavia. Hamilton de Holanda has been in France several times for concerts and I was lucky to see him at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Roterdam summer 2007. A great concert! This tune is a samba and not Choro-related at all, but I selected this tune as it was written by one of the best Brazilian guitar composers Baden Powell. It is titled Samba Nova Let's give the details: 5. (2:50) HAMILTON DE HOLANDA - Musica das Nuvens e do Chao Hamilton de Holanda bandolim 10 cordas - Daniel Santiago g - André Vasconcellos b - Marcio Bahia dm Samba Nova (Baden Powell) Recorded Rio de Janeiro December 2003 and January 2004 A very popular Brazilian bandolim player who makes a mix between Brazilian music, like Choro and Jazz.Hamilton de Holanda at the North Sea Jazz Festival # 6 - now that's more tradtional, but only on the surface. David Grisman? Nice how he keeps the balance between old and new, blues and western swing. No, not David Grisham, but a Dutch fingerpicking guitar player, here playing the uke. Snoozer shared his remembrances to this great guitar player, now the guitar player of the Dutch Swing College Band: Ton Van Bergeyk # 8 - Now that's cute, I'd say European guys. Nothing too original, but nice. No, wrong - they are all American guys !! # 9 - is this "Wolverine Blues" - Rather close to the original, but well done. Within a few days I'll open the curtains .................... # 10 - This is great - "Salt Peanuts" done older style - this shows howe closely bebop was connected to preceding jazz styles. Who is this? The idea playing new music in a traditional band sems to be rediculous, but the French Anachronic Jazz Band did do it !! Okay, time to have a break !! Thanks so far - I'll be back soon Keep swinging Durium