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  5. Stephane Grappelli, any thoughts on him?

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    There is a guy named Tim Kliphouse (Kliphuis...dutch I think), who captures the Hot Club Grappelli style very well. He performs with various gypsy jazz players (and sometimes in other contexts as well, I believe). I have him on Fapy Lafertin's recent cd "Fine and Dandy" which is magnificent. Fapy is an amazing Django style player, who also brings his own styleto it as well. I highly recommend this cd for a modern day sample of the classic Hot Club sound.

    I think Tim is coming to Birdland NYC this fall as part of their Django tribute. I wish Fapy would venture over here as well.

  12. Roy Eldridge ...

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    A bit off the subject of Roy Eldridge, but on the subject of time - I guess that this might explain why you don't hear any Jimmy Reed imitators/followers in the blues world these days. Jimmy Reed was a man who was never in a hurry, but he always got to where he was going.

  22. Impulse (Verve LPR) Reissues of March 9

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    Besides what' been mentioned, this one is good: Louis Hayes featuring Yusef Lateef and Nat Adderley on Vee-Jay.  Not sure how available it is, however.

    I have this one for sale...$8 bucks to US or Canada. PM if you like, it is a good one.

    Like Lon, I am chomping at the bit for the rest of the Lateef Savoys.

  23. Spanish Blue Note reissues...what are they?

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    Exactly what are these things, you know, the ones with the blue tinted covers, some say "The Blue Note Collection." Are they just like US reissues from the same period? Who did the remastering, and with what sources? How do they compare with US or Japanese versions. Anybody have the scoop on these things?

    Thanks for sharing any info.

  24. Why I hate Miles

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    Couw, I think I understand exactly what you are saying re:Miles, although I have the opposite opinion. I like the spontaneity and ideas in Miles solos and his fragile, some say ugly tone. I seem to remember a similar, but opposite, sort of opinion concerning Dizzy, that he was not soulful enough and full of empty displays of virtuosity. There was also big thread (on BNBB I think) about Johnny Coles playing on Brooks' The Waiting Game and how lame (or great) it was. I am not a trumpeter, but I love to listen to it and I think one thing I enjoy the most is hearing all the different approaches to the instrument in terms of tone, technique and ideas. I do think Miles played with a lot of soul at times.

    I just listened to Something Else yesterday, and I think that that album could not have sounded just like it did without Miles. Like him or not, he contributed a lot more than just trumpet to the overall vibe of a session.

    I think Miles shared a trait with Lee Morgan sometimes, and that is the habit of haphazardly throwing out some ideas in the beginning of a solo and then challenging himself to find other ideas to make it all work. I can see how some of Miles' ideas might turn off some people in this way.

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