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  4. Album of the Week April 9-16

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    Definitely a favourite of mine too the only Pharoah I consistently go back to.

    Bought this in Australia on a working holiday in 91. Hadn't had a lot of work and when a truck driver offered me a lift from Armidale in NSW to Melbourne it meant I could cover some miles and hook up with a friend of a friend there. The speed assisted truck journey was crazy but I saw some country and had a great time in Melbourne the south east corner. A bargain bin yielded this and a Hal Wilner Disney album which were duly taped and provided a soundtrack via walkman to travel around the right hand half and long distances down through the middle of that amazing place.

    Enough about me what about the music. Its excellent. Great ensemble playing and I love the vocals too. Its a psychedelic crossover for me from rock to jazz and wigs out just enough without losing me. Pharoah's other recordings never grabbed me the same. The other impulses don't get to me and the later stuff is fine but not outstanding and what I've heard could be Coltrane repertory. To be honest Pharoah with Coltrane tests me, though I like some of it (Nature Boy and Meditations?) Karma just nails it for me but maybe its the memories of blistering sun and the limitless miles of listening.

    Oh and by the way that first cd (now replaced) kept the break for flipping the lp over. What were they thinking...

  5. The Birth of Bebop Scott Deveaux

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    The Birth of Bebop - Scott Deveaux

    My wife bought me this book ages ago and I'm finally getting round to reading it. Seems great on the browsing I've done so far. Problem is, (for me) there's a lot of the music it discusses that I don't have.

    I have a bit of the Hawkins in a 10 cd cheap box but I'm really short of early bebop and have litttle of the swing/big band. The discography doesn't help the compiler in me either being organised by tune title.

    Anyone out there help or have any suggestions? Any recommendations of the Minton's private recordings/ Eckstine stuff?

  13. Gato Barbieri

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    Been listening to Gato this morning and apart from putting me in a great mood it got me thinking that Latino America is an astonishing reissue. I've never heard the original Chapter One and Two but am amazed that stuff could be cut from these performances. Love the "single" cuts too.

    Anyone comment on the how the originals compare? I have Chapter 3 too and have loved it for years but would love to hear the rest of the impulse stuff. Any views on Chapter 4, recently reissued?

    I like the Flying Dutchman stuff I have (Third World Revisited and a live one?) but they are a bit more raw.

    Anything later than the impulse stuff worth investigating?

  15. Ogun Records

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    I'll answer my own question and say that Viva la Black the album isn't great, sounds a bit unfocussed in general and the sound isn't the best. Nice document of a live band though and since there isn't that much out there I'm not complaining...

    Likewise with Spirits Rejoice can't imagine the later stuff being bad and the more thats put out there the better. Ogun needs supporting so its got to be worth a purchase.

  18. Paul Bley

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    I'd agree with David above that some of the records I like the idea of rather than listening to.

    Exceptions to this are:

    Closer on ESP and again to agree with David its short measure but marvellously concise. Still wish he'd stretched some of the tunes out a bit further...

    Turning Point on IAI with Gilmore on board this is an underrated classic (also available as a Savoy compilation)

    Open, to Love on ECM Not everyone loves the sound but the reading of Ida Lupino here is magesterial.

    Close behind are:

    Introducing...

    Footloose

    and an unlikely live festival duets album with Gary Burton

  19. Kenny Wheeler

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    I've ordered Abstractions Of The Industrial North so will report back.

    Back to Kenny...

    Any thoughts about the Kirchin? I notice that the LP version has sold out (damn - I should have sprung for it).

    I've not really warmed to this that much. Its instrumental mood music very much of the period. Fine playing I'm sure and the timelocked nature of it is fine (I love The Avengers/Prisoner and stuff like that) just haven't really felt like playing it that much. The other sessions they've released may be more interesting.

    Have a cdr of Windmill Tilter and interestingly I think that it is the germination of most of Kenny's writing: it seems to all start from there...

  20. AOTW Nov. 13-19, 2005

    in Album Of The Week

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    Meant to post on this and though I enjoyed it when I first got it I've not returned to it until it came up here, and definitely prefer Joe's more "rehearsed" Blue Note albums. That said its a great document of something I'd love to have seen. Not the greatest meeting of minds but solid enough performances. Funnily enough I've always thought the rhythm section sounded a bit looser than I'd have expected though Joe is fine. The sounds doesn't flatter them certainly. Nice to hear Joe doing Stardust

  21. Jazz Cameos Revisited

    in Miscellaneous Music

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    I remember a couple of years back a friend of mine playing a David Sylvian (ex of 80s New Romantic band Japan) album when my ears were drawn to some beautiful trumpet playing.

    Unmistakably Kenny Wheeler.

    Don't remember the name of the Sylvian album.

    Kenny's on Brilliant Trees and maybe 2 follow ups (Gone to Earth, Secrets of the Beehive?) David Sylvian's latest features Derek Bailey...

    Oh and Tony Williams on PiL

  24. John Fahey / Leo Kottke

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    Also, it looks like a lot of the Davy Graham 60's releases are finally making it back to CD, with bonus material. Less well known than Bert Jansch or John Renbourn, Graham was sort of the Fahey of English folk music. Incredible technician with some serious jazz smarts, too. Seems like he recorded for Kicking Mule in the late 70's.

    http://www.daveygraham.moonfruit.com/

    http://www.thebeesknees.com/bk-fr-ct.html

    Where to start with these? Any one a clear best? I heard a live track on a magazine comp roots of Led Zep and loved it...

  25. John Martyn

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    That album made me believe, for a while, that Joe Locke was British .....  ;)

    It's a very atmospheric album, some loose, kinda funky fusion version of Martyn, who roams marvellously over all of the grooves with a raspy voice. My favourite latter day Martyn.

    Can't disagree. Its as good an example of later Martyn as there is esp. the long last track

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