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Saw him live on one occasion with Louis Hayes and he was really excellent - Charles Tolliver was also in that band. Some good albums on Enja - 'Bushman's Song' is particularly recommended. Very sorry to hear that he is unwell, with best wishes to get well soon.

In terms of overlooked Blue Note 'classics', I would definitely put forward Kenny Drew's 'Undercurrent'. This is a very fine hard bop session with 'dream team' front line of Freddie Hubbard and Hank Mobley. In fact, a real sleeper in the Hank discography. He plays superbly throughout. Can never understand why this one is always so overlooked..

Any offers for a bundle of emails from Scott?

Here's a link to the Zildjian site with an anouncement of this sad news.. Elvin RIP

Sorted ! B)

The disk 4 also has 'Three Card Molly'. That's one of the tunes that I really associate with Elvin, he played it at most of the gigs I saw him.

I have '5/4 Thing' on Disk 4 playing at this very moment - nice and loud. This is as good a way as any to remember Elvin.

A great drummer and creative artist, yes, but also an extremely kind and down-to-earth guy. So rare in this world. My thoughts go out to Elvin's family and I hope that he is now in peace.

Woops I nearly forgot numbers 14 and 15: (14) Hmm. Sort of Bobby Timmons-ish in parts but it definitely isn't him. Mingus? (15) Recognised the alto player immediately. It's track 11 from This one... Great collection of music and, again, many thanks ! Disk 2 goes on now - sounds like a pretty good attempt at Jazz/Rock 'n Roll Fusion... Caught a snippet of Eddie Jefferson so this should be just grrrrreat !

Thanks for the disks, RDK, they have just arrived. I have track 5 playing just as I'm typing here and have had a quick listen to all of the tracks. Here's the first thoughts:- (1) Got this one straight away. It's This One... David Izenzon on bass and dear Elvin on the drums. Fine stuff ! (2) Sounds like Lester Bowie. Haven't a clue about the session or group though. (3) Its track 3 from This one... I have this on a 'Blaxploitation' various artists CD set. (4) Wild guess, Mark Feldman on violin? Need to have another listen to this one. (5) 'Money Jungle' ? (at least that's what it sounds like they are saying). A total blank on this one. (6) Sounds like John Lewis - a 50s recording. George Duvivier, Connie Kay? (7) Again, a loss on this one. (8) 'Baltimore Oriole' - don't recognise the vocalist. Sort of doo-wop backings so late-50s I guess. (9) 'Un Poco Loco' - guitar and drums. Sort of Tal Farlow-ish guitar style. (10) This one sounds as though it might be These guys..version of Jim Pepper's Wichi-Tai-To. (11) 'I Got Plenty Of Nothin' from 'Porgy and Bess'. Don't recognise the big band, sort of Stan Tracyish piano player. Scandinavian vocalist? Hmmmm - Willem Breuker? (12) Sounds familiar - from This one..? (13) Nice female vocal plus trio. Don't recognise it..

Fantastic choice, indeed one of Farmer's best, not to mention also one of Benny Golson's. Almost a 'strawman' of the Jazztet recordings soom to follow, as mentioned above. Listened to this one in the car a few weeks ago and the shear quality of the performances was a revelation. Strange how this one is often overlooked.

After ordering the sets and then enquring about the likely timescale of these sets being available, I got the following response from Mosaic about 1 hour ago. Quote:- "The sets may be available for another few weeks but it is very difficult to predict. Regards, Mosaic Records" I feel better for ordering these two 'honourary vinyls' B)

Good grief ! Weren't these two sets supposed to sit in 'Running Low' for a few months and then hit 'Last Chance' near the end of the year when the licence runs out? What the heck happened? In the interest of not missing out on these fine sets I guess its time to hit the magic button and cover my ass on this one...

Amen, brother, to all of that ! :rsmile:

I had the LP of John Surman 'Tales of the Algonquin' on the platter earlier this weekend. Closely followed by Andrew Hill 'Dance With Death' ( x 2). Then comitted the cardinal sin of playing a CD ('heresy') but there again it was disk 1 of the Mobley Mosaic so I guess I'm absolved..

Looks like Paris Jazz Corner has just got the third disk of this one in on vinyl, as a limited edition.

Stonkin' !

Interesting to hear this, Eric, sounds like Bowie may be having trouble adding a fresh angle to his music after all these years. As a jazz/Bowie aside, I think I read somewhere that good ol' Ronnie Ross actually taught Bowie how to play the sax...

"There's no use crying over spilt milk" has a certain ring to it...

If it has sold out then time, I guess, to wheel out for action 'The Procrastinator'..... :rsmile:

Excellent, I'm glad that this choice has got some positive feedback from the cognescentii Gave the first LP another spin this morning. The track featuring Evan Parker (I think it's the second track on side 1 of LP1) has some stunning playing from him in almost a straight-ahead style. I'm impressed. . That final track on side 1/LP1 is also a mighty fine, swinging number. I really like the way that John Abercrombie's guitar comes through the ensemble sound and adds to the colouration. As also mentioned above, the first track on side 2 LP1 has a beautiful lead with Winstone's vocal in combination with the Wheeler flugel. A combination that they perfected par excellence on the Azimuth albums with John Taylor (who also sounds great on this set). Anyone got any thoughts on how this compares with 'Windmill Tilter'?

Very true re: the Garrick. 'Peanuts With Attitude' sums it up nicely..Great track ! The Harry Beckett 'Rolli's Theme' has to be my fave though. I didn't hesitate to pick up the recent CD issue of this one, which is absolutely A1.

Well I've finally got the rampant lions off my back at work and am able to announce this week's AOTW. I noticed that we haven't had any Kenny Wheeler so far so hopefully this will fit the bill. It's on ECM so should still (hopefully) be readily available both sides of the Atlantic. This is a great work of orchestral and small group jazz which features Wheeler's astonishing arranging capabilities (first displayed way back in 1969 I think on 'Windmill Tilter') with the cream of UK jazz of circa 1990 and with some good US ringers such as John Abercrombie in there too. My copy is the 2LP set but presumably ECM also came out with a 2CD box. Here's the AMG reference: Music For Large & Small Ensembles Further thoughts on this fine album to follow - the floor is now open to opinions/thoughts/observations.... :rsmile:

One of my faves too over the past year and it gets lots of listening.

Just a quick heads up to confirm that I'm pondering the next AOTW selection and details will be posted as soon as poss over the next couple of days.