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This is a good thread. Good excuse to recall all of those great jazz names seen over the years, both in Europe and North America. Off the top of my head I have fond memories of seeing: - Gil Evans & his UK Orchestra - Bill Evans Trio (with Johnson & Labarbera) - Elvin Jones - Hank Jones - Buddy Rich - Woody Herman - Maynard Ferguson - Andrew Hill - Miles Davis - Sonny Rollins - Tony Williams Quintet - Sun Ra - John McLaughlin - Jackie McLean - Herbie Hancock - Bobby Hutcherson - Wayne Shorter - Louis Bellson - Harold Land - Arturo Sandoval - Louis Hayes - George Coleman - George Adams/Don Pullen - Mingus Dynasty - Paul Motian - Carla Bley/Steve Swallow - Woody Shaw - Julian Priester - Martial Solal - Dizzy Gillespie - Art Farmer - Jimmy Heath - Lee Konitz - Art Pepper - Art Blakey - Gerald Wilson - Cecil Taylor - Johnny Coles - Joe Henderson - Sheila Jordan - Bobby Watson - Archie Shepp - Pat Metheny - Red Rodney - Oliver Lake - Benny Golson - Teddy Edwards - Bud Shank - Bill Perkins - Lennie Neihaus - Cedar Walton - Mulgrew Miller - Wallace Roney - George Russell - Hilton Ruiz - Pat Martino - Freddie Hubbard - Curtis Fuller - Charles Tolliver - John Stubblefield - Stanley Turrentine - JJ Johnson - John Hendricks - Reggie Workman - Pharoah Sanders - Mongo Santamaria - Lester Bowie's Brass Fantasy - McCoy Tyner - Buster Williams - Bennie Maupin - Bill Holman - Chico Hamilton - Sir Charles Thompson - Joanne Brackeen - Jay McShann - Ronnie Scott Great memories !

Just picked up an original NYC vinyl pressing of Grant Green's 'The Latin Bit'. £3 in the bargain bins no less ! A few OOP Mosaics on LP as well to devour. Taylor/Neidlinger, Desmond/Hall and Quebec/Hardee.

Wayne's 'Etcetera'. McBee's playing is phenomenal on this one.

Baritonist Ronnie Ross on Lou Reed's 'Take a Walk on the Wild Side'. Great solo !

Now THAT's madness ....

Interesting ! That description of the liner view without the horizon from his Miami condo sure sounds like the front cover of Phantom Navigator...

Gotta go with Jazzbo on this one and vote for the Miles & Gil. The CD set was phenomenal enough but when I heard it on the Mosaic LP it was a revelation. Almost too many highlights to list - 'Miles Ahead' in stereo, all those fantastic rehearsal takes of 'Ahead' and 'Porgy and Bess', the fascinating development of 'Falling Water' and the embryonic sketch-score of 'Time of the Barracudas'. This one is real desert island material for me, end to end. Number two in my order is the 65-68 Quintet - again, desert island material no question. Nice additional material with the Herbie compositions too. Really though, they are all brilliant and hard to choose between.

Interesting and wild... How much of his BN leader output is unreleased? Spring is still around, and LifeTime is RVG'd and still in print. Are you referring to his 1980s material for BN? Yes - the sequence of 'Foreign Intrigue', 'Civilisation', 'Native Heart', 'Angel Street', 'Story of Neptune' and 'Tokyo Live'. I think it would make a mighty fine Mosaic set, possibly coupled also with the 'Spring' and 'Lifetime' sessions. Maybe a 'Complete BN 80s' set would work best though. :rsmile:

I'd like to see: 'Complete Tony Williams Blue Note Leader Sessions' 'Complete Pacific Jazz Recordings of the Jazz Crusaders' (studio, live, the works ... bring 'em on... ) 'Complete Don Rendell/Ian Carr Quintet' (seeing as though their original LPs seem to be worth more than their weight in gold these days ) 'Complete RCA Jazz Workshop Sessions'. Plus all of the previous items listed of course !

Really? Every copy of this I've ever heard of this (on Muse or Douglas) has sounded as if it were recorded in the bathroom using Dean Bennedeti's portable tape unit

Strongly concur with that recommendation from DrJ of 'Jazz on Film'. Holds together beautifully, with great horn arrangements. Saw Blanchard's band in person a few years ago playing this stuff (with Gary Bartz in the lineup) and it absolutely smoked. Recommended ! On a nautical concept theme, Herbie's 'Maiden Voyage' works superbly. Theme of a maiden outing for a yacht, captures well the tentative air of discovery and apprehension. 'Eye of the Hurricane' the innevitable turbulence, 'Dolphin Dance' an ode to these kings of the sea and 'Little One' an appreciation of sub-aquatic food-chain critters. Other fine concept albums from Herbie which work for me are 'Crossings', with its African tribal themes and 'The Prisoner', with its dedications to Martin Luther King.

Probably 'What Is There To Say' by Gerry Mulligan with Art Farmer, Dave Bailey and Bill Crow. Beautiful session, superbly recorded by Columbia. Hugely undervalued Mulligan album, IMO.

The best back bacon I ever ate was organic. The pigs had been hand-reared and allowed to forrage in the wild in some forest. The difference in the taste was just astonishing, compared with the mass-produced crap !

On LP: Sonny Clark 'Sonny's Crib' (Toshiba BN) Buster Williams 'Something More' (In&Out) Don Cherry 'Art Deco' (A&M) Joe Henderson 'In & Out' (BN DMM) Bill Evans Final Village Vanguard Set (Mosaic) Thad Jones Blue Note/UA Set (Mosaic) On CD: Donald Byrd 'Slow Drag' (BN RVG) Joe Henderson 'So Near, So Far' (Verve)

The United Artists LP 'Three Blind Mice Vol 1' is a fave, as is the previously mentioned Prestige 'Childs Dance'. The latter is one of the more unusual Blakey sessions, almost an attempt to update the music with tunes by Stanley Clarke. Woody Shaw, as mentioned, is an absolute ringer on 'Can't Get Started'. 'Ritual' on Pacific Jazz is another one that tends to be overlooked. I've always liked the interplay between Blakey, Hardman and McLean on this one, although the Duke Jordan 'Scotch Blues' does sound a bit of an oddity

There is - a couple of free-range eggs 'sunny side up', a wedge of fresh Northern black pudding, baked beans, freshly squeezed orange juice, a pot of fresh coffee, rack of toast (served with Frank Cooper's 'Oxford' thick orange marmalade) and a copy of the daily paper. Now, back to the muesli and prunes ...

That's true John - I don't think the concept of back bacon ever caught on in the States. All I ever get served up is the stuff we call 'streaky' over here. No contest ! B)

It's great ! Many years ago over here the BBC did a jazz season on TV and broadcast two programmes of (I think) 1 hour each taken from the Town Hall concert. I've certainly still got a copy of the show with Smith (accompanied by Kenny Burrell and Grover W Jr, Grady Tate on drums). The same programme also features Woody Shaw and Jackie McLean. At one time I also had a video of the other half of the show but couldn't find it on my last 'trawl' through the video archive. Time for another search ! Intro on both shows was pretty low key, with Joe Henderson playing an unaccompanied 'Recorda Me' on a staircase ! Don't recall ever seeing any footage of Hank Mobley - reports though were that he was in the audience that night.

'Bye-ya' would be just fine as-is or alternatively 'San Francisco Holiday (Worry Now)' 'Played Indefinitely' 'Bumsha Swing'

I seem to recall hearing of the liquid vitamin B and hypodermics during the filmed house raid in the mid 60s - the needles were found by the cops and nearly got Mingus in jail .. Building on a previous point made, I would agree that there was definitely more of a focus by Mingus on composition in those final years, as distinct from the bass playing and aggressive direction of the band. I still very much like the recordings made during these final years though, although I've not heard 'Let My Children Hear Music' and 'Me, Myself, Eye' in full. Also remember seeing the Mingus Dynasty on one of those early European tours around 1980/81 - they did several seasons at Ronnie Scotts. Recollections are hazy now, wish I could have a recap of the music. Very much dominated by Dannie Richmond (who was superb), George Adams and Sir Roland Hanna. Not sure if John Handy was also in the lineup. It was the only time I ever saw Johnny Coles, who was on trumpet and flugel, Jimmy Knepper was there too. Bass player was Aladar Pege, who I believe was given one of Mingus's basses. Sometime after this engagement, the Adams/Pullen Quartet played the club - I recall them doing the tune 'Don't Lose Control' from the Soul Note album.

On LP so far - probably the Grant Green/Sonny Clark and DeFranco/Clark, of the ones that interest me. These were tough

Scanning through an old copy of Jazz Journal today (circa 1980) I noticed that then-purveyors of Jap vinyl Mole Jazz were listing Pisces 'on special' at £6.25, along with other King goodies like 'Oblique', 'Clubhouse', 'Minor Revelation' and 'Matador' ... Now where's my time machine ?

From your list Michael, didn't Bill Russo and Conte Candoli pass away fairly recently? I have the feeling Idrees Sulieman might have also (maybe it was mentioned on the BNBB).

This is a fantastic set - a delight from beginning to end. $175 for a mint set is a pretty good find too. Most of the boxes for this one seem to have been pre-programmed to self destruct after about 10 years, judging by the usual standard of sets for sale I wonder how many of the Shorty LP sets were pressed in the end?

Ubu - I'm inclined to agree. Fine as the 'Changes' and 'Moves' albums are, one listen to the content of the Mosaic Candid does seem to indicate that a degree of fire, commitment and (likely) general all-round fury, was lost after the mid-60s. Mingus seems to have generally operated at his very best when under pressure and pursuing the real and imaginary demons. Incidentally, wasn't Mingus taking Mellaril (liquid cosh) under prescription for a couple of years in the late 60s?