B. Goren.

Great choice Mike. I am not a vocal jazz fan but this one, or let's say Abbey Lincoln, is really something different.

All the best, Mike!

All the best, Hans!

Happy Birthday, John!

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This statement is not correct. The group with George Adams and Don Pullen is as good as any Mingus group. This is a question of taste. I can easily agree with you that the group with Pullen and Adams was the best group Mingus led between 1964 and his untimely death in 1979, but IMHO his recordings for Atlantic for example or Candid are much better than his recordings with Pullen & Adams. There is only one exception: Mingus recorded Let My Children Hear Music in 1971 and this album is in the same league as his early recordings. This is a good idea for the next AOTW….

Charlie Mingus was one of my first discoveries when I've started to listen to jazz music many years ago, and since my first exposure to his music I remained faithful to him. If I take a look at his career, I think in the late 50's and early 60's he was at the peak of his career. Nothing he recorded in his later period of time can be compared to his achievements during these 5-7 years. His recordings for Atlantic and Columbia are my favorites. But we can't ignore also two other great sessions: Tijuana Moods and East Coasting. Mingus himself said that Tijuana Moods is his best recording ever. In the same year of Tijuana Moods, Mingus recorded another great session, lesser known: East Coasting. It featured most of the same musicians as on Tijuana Moods: trombonist Jimmy Knepper, saxophonist Shafi Hadi, trumpeter Clarence Shaw, and drummer Dannie Richmond. At the piano was sitting this time Bill Evans instead of Bill Triglia. Playing with Mingus was Evans’ last stop before joining Miles Davis for the classic Kind of Blue. His ability to fit into Mingus’ compositions and the various moods they create here displays another side of Evans' musical personality and shows how gifted he was. I think Mingus always knew how to utilize the gifts of musicians and how to deal with all kind of influences including the music of Duke Ellington, gospel, blues, traditional jazz of New Orleans and even the music of JS Bach. Mingus has a unique ability to make a sextet sound like a complete big band and this album demonstrate this ability almost in each of the tunes the sextet plays. If I have to pick one specific highlight of this album in addition to Evans' playing, I would probably say that it is the amazing solo Knepper plays on "Memories of You" but all the sextet members are doing a perfect job. Also "West Coast Ghost" is a beautiful composition with an impressive trumpet playing (sounds a bit muted) by Clarence Shaw. Mingus' compositions and playing are always fueled by his emotions and for this reason it is always a great pleasure for me to listen to him. In my humble opinion this is one of Mingus' best recordings, not less than Tijuana Moods. It was neglected over the years just because it surfaced in the shadow of Tijuana. I think it took too long for Bethlehem to reissue it on CD but eventually they did. If you consider yourselves as Mingus fans, and I'm sure you do, you must have this album in your collection. And if you have it already, please give it a listen and let me know your thoughts.

Exactly my thoughts.

This will be his 2ed visit in Tel-Aviv.

Thank you both, Niko & brownie.

After searching again, I found his name on one more CD of Charlie Mingus, one of The Complete Debut Recordings. He was a member of the Jimmy Knepper Quintet and recorded with the quintet for Debut on June 1957.

Bill Triglia is the pianist who recorded Tijuana Moods together with Mingus in 1957. Tijuana Modds is the only album in my collection his name appears on. According to the discography I found, he has not recorded between 1961 -1979. If you know some more details about him I'll be happy to learn something.

Happy Birthday and all the best!

19° C (66° F) in Tel-Aviv and the sun is shinning. Exactly as I like…

Just ordered 3 sets:

Another Crispell thread: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...arilyn+Crispell

Two years ago I wrote a few lines about M Crispell and Gaia: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=15743

Another favorite of mine is the duet she recorded with Joseph Jarman: Connecting Spirits.

Her solo recordings are also recommended.

I think her recordings for Leo and for Music & Arts are much more interedting than the ECMs. Live in Zurich, Gaya and Destiny are my favorites. I think M Crispell is one of the most interesting pianists of the contemporary jazz.

Black Magic Woman.

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http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/31/...D8N06QH80.shtml

Sad news. RIP Mr. Kessler.

David *Fathead* Newman: Mr. Gentle & Mr. Cool: