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Just listening to a French RCA 3-LP set called 'From West Coast to East Coast' that has quite a bit of music in this vein, recorded under the 'Jazz Workshop' heading. A four-trumpet line-up called 'Cool Gabriels' that I haven't come across before. Conte Candoli, Nick Travis, Don Stratton and Bernie Glow. Also some work by the aforementioned John Carisi under the leadership of Tony Scott, Nick Travis with John Benson Brooks and Don Joseph with Chuck Wayne's group. Dick Collins also has a track on there with 'The Winter of My Discontent'. Nice stuff .... and a good introduction to some fairly obscure material. B)

http://ftp.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/classic/A152821

A customer walks in the door ........ Customer: Good Morning. Owner: Good morning, Sir. Welcome to the National Cheese Emporium! Customer: Ah, thank you, my good man. Owner: What can I do for you, Sir? Customer: Well, I was, uh, sitting in the public library on Thurmon Street just now, skimming through Rogue Herrys by Hugh Walpole, and I suddenly came over all peckish. Owner: Peckish, sir? Customer: Esuriant. Owner: Eh? Customer: 'Ee, ah wor 'ungry-loike! Owner: Ah, hungry! Customer: In a nutshell. And I thought to myself, "a little fermented curd will do the trick," so, I curtailed my Walpoling activites, sallied forth, and infiltrated your place of purveyance to negotiate the vending of some cheesy comestibles! Owner: Come again? Customer: I want to buy some cheese. Owner: Oh, I thought you were complaining about the bazouki player! Customer: Oh, heaven forbid: I am one who delights in all manifestations of the Terpsichorean muse! Owner: Sorry? Customer: 'Ooo, Ah lahk a nice tuune, 'yer forced too! Owner: So he can go on playing, can he? Customer: Most certainly! Now then, some cheese please, my good man. Owner: (lustily) Certainly, sir. What would you like? Customer: Well, eh, how about a little red Leicester. Owner: I'm, a-fraid we're fresh out of red Leicester, sir. Customer: Oh, never mind, how are you on Tilsit? Owner: I'm afraid we never have that at the end of the week, sir, we get it fresh on Monday. Customer: Tish tish. No matter. Well, stout yeoman, four ounces of Caerphilly, if you please. Owner: Ah! It's beeeen on order, sir, for two weeks. Was expecting it this morning. Customer: 'T's Not my lucky day, is it? Aah, Bel Paese? Owner: Sorry, sir. Customer: Red Windsor? Owner: Normally, sir, yes. Today the van broke down. Customer: Ah. Stilton? Owner: Sorry. Customer: Ementhal? Gruyere? Owner: No. Customer: Any Norweigan Jarlsburg, per chance. Owner: No. Customer: Lipta? Owner: No. Customer: Lancashire? Owner: No. Customer: White Stilton? Owner: No. Customer: Danish Brew? Owner: No. Customer: Double Goucester? Owner: No. Customer: Cheshire? Owner: No. Customer: Dorset Bluveny? Owner: No. Customer: Brie, Roquefort, Pol le Veq, Port Salut, Savoy Aire, Saint Paulin, Carrier de lest, Bres Bleu, Bruson? Owner: No. Customer: Camenbert, perhaps? Owner: Ah! We have Camenbert, yessir. Customer: (suprised) You do! Excellent. Owner: Yessir. It's..ah,.....it's a bit runny... Customer: Oh, I like it runny. Owner: Well,.. It's very runny, actually, sir. Customer: No matter. Fetch hither the fromage de la Belle France! Mmmwah! Owner: I...think it's a bit runnier than you'll like it, sir. Customer: I don't care how fucking runny it is. Hand it over with all speed. Owner: Oooooooooohhh........! Customer: What now? Owner: The cat's eaten it. Customer: Has he. Owner: She, sir. (pause) Customer: Gouda? Owner: No. Customer: Edam? Owner: No. Customer: Case Ness? Owner: No. Customer: Smoked Austrian? Owner: No. Customer: Japanese Sage Darby? Owner: No, sir. Customer: You...do *have* some cheese, don't you? Owner: (brightly) Of course, sir. It's a cheese shop, sir. We've got-- Customer: No no... don't tell me. I'm keen to guess. Owner: Fair enough. Customer: Uuuuuh, Wensleydale. Owner: Yes? Customer: Ah, well, I'll have some of that! Owner: Oh! I thought you were talking to me, sir. Mister Wensleydale, that's my name. (pause) Customer: Greek Feta? Owner: Uh, not as such. Customer: Uuh, Gorgonzola? Owner: no Customer: Parmesan, Owner: no Customer: Mozarella, Owner: no Customer: Paper Cramer, Owner: no Customer: Danish Bimbo, Owner: no Customer: Czech sheep's milk, Owner: no Customer: Venezuelan Beaver Cheese? Owner: Not *today*, sir, no. (pause) Customer: Aah, how about Cheddar? Owner: Well, we don't get much call for it around here, sir. Customer: Not much ca-- it's the single most popular cheese in the world! Owner: Not 'round here, sir. Customer: and what IS the most popular cheese 'round hyah? Owner: 'Illchester, sir. Customer: IS it. Owner: Oh, yes, it's staggeringly popular in this manor, squire. Customer: Is it. Owner: It's our number one best seller, sir! Customer: I see. Uuh...'Illchester, eh? Owner: Right, sir. Customer: All right. Okay. 'Have you got any?' he asked, expecting the answer 'no'. Owner: I'll have a look, sir... .....nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnno. Customer: It's not much of a cheese shop, is it? Owner: Finest in the district! Customer: (annoyed) Explain the logic underlying that conclusion, please. Owner: Well, it's so clean, sir! Customer: It's certainly uncontaminated by cheese.... Owner: (brightly) You haven't asked me about Limburger, sir. Customer: Would it be worth it? Owner: Could be.... Customer: Have you --SHUT THAT BLOODY BAZOUKI OFF! Owner: Told you sir.... Customer: (slowly) Have you got any Limburger? Owner: No. Customer: Figures.Predictable, really I suppose. It was an act of purest optimism to have posed the question in the first place. Tell me: Owner: Yessir? Customer: (deliberately) Have you in fact got any cheese here at all. Owner: Yes, sir. Customer: Really? (pause) Owner: No. Not really, sir. Customer: You haven't. Owner: Nosir. Not a scrap. I was deliberately wasting your time, sir. Customer: Well I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to shoot you. Owner: Right-Oh, sir. (The customer takes out a gun and shoots the owner) Customer: What a *senseless* waste of human life. :rsmile:

Recently placed on the BBC radio website is a concert recording from George Russell's orchestra from 2 weeks back. Recorded at the Barbican in London and with a mixed US/UK lineup including Palle Mickelborg, Andy Sheppard, Stanton Davis and Dave Bargeron. A mighty fine evening, in celebration of Mr Russell's 80 years on the planet. Some very nice solo Mickelborg, 'Electronic Sonata For Souls ..' and 'The African Game', 'So What' plus a couple of other pieces featured at this concert. Wonderful evening - great that it's been put out on the BBC site. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/radio3_aod.shtml?jon3# :rsmile:

I believe that this Baker album features Phil Urso on tenor and Hal Galper on piano. I guess that it was recorded around the time that Baker temporarily lodged with Tadd on return to the US and signed the infamous 'deal' with Richard Carpenter which led to all sorts of problems. There's a very nice version on it of Dameron's 'Mating Call', featuring Baker on flugelhorn (presumably the instrument that was pawned at some stage around this time). Glad to see this one re-issued !

It's been torture having to pass up on CD copies of the Blackhawk set seen in the racks - holding myself for the Mosaic vinyl .... B)

18-25 eh:- learnt to scuba dive saw Miles, Bill Evans, Woody Shaw, McCoy T, Woody Herman, Art Blakey and quite a few others finished college started work in Engineering took out a home loan .......

How about Mal Waldron's 'The Quest'. Some pretty fiery Dolphy and Booker Ervin on this one !

'Xocia's Dance' and 'Damisi' are both well worth hearing. These are in the style of the excellent 'Mapenzi' and feature Harold's late-70s and early 80s lineups. Don't forget the gerald Wilson albums either - particularly 'Moment of Truth', 'Portraits' and 'The Golden Sword'. And particular mention too for the lovely tenor-plus-strings album (and swansong) 'A Lazy Afternoon'.

This one for Miles and Gil should be interesting .... B) http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...&category=43690

Hank's 'A Caddy For Daddy' has never really grabbed me - this one comes across as a pretty routine session. The cover art is classic though !

I would go with Mark Johnson - but I'm biased due to having seen the wonderful Evans/Johnson/Labarbera lineup at Ronnie Scotts back in 1980 and having enjoyed a recent playing of the Mosaic set by this band. At times the interplay between Evans and Johnson (and Labarbera, for that matter) borders on the telepathic.

There's a couple of nice Coleman Hawkins and Ben Webster sessions that definitely merit reissue (I've only ever seen the double LP set of these, put out in the 70s). Front line pairings are with Clark Terry and Harry Edison, respectively, and the recordings were done over at 30th St. This would make a very nice single CD release ..

Late - Just about any of the Rivers Blue Notes could find a place in my slippers rack. 'Contours' and 'A New Conception' for sure. 'Dimensions and Extensions' (fine session as it is) pushing it though. I can listen to that Mosaic set of Sam's from end to end and be in seventh heaven ... Lots of cool points too for the cover art on 'Contours' and 'A New Conception'. 'Fuchsia' is a little bit too brown for my liking ! :rsmile:

Although John Gilmore toured with Blakey over 1964/1965 (including a recording for the BBC documented on Jazz 625) I believe that he declined Blakey's invite to stay on so that he could concentrate on the 'residency' with Sun Ra. Gilmore made a very nice fit indeed in the Blakey lineup. Added an element of 'unpredictability' that filled in somewhat for the gap left by Wayne Shorter. Too bad that the Morgan/Gilmore lineup never recorded for Blue Note.

The 'Complete Prestige' set is, for me, documents the cream of Sonny's output. There's a level of inventiveness, spontaneity and general overall brilliance in these sessions that (for me at least) he's never surpassed. This set is a dream from start to finish and the music, much of it 50 years old now, still sounds amazingly fresh. Landmark material ... I still particularly treasure the old twofer set 'Sonny Rollins' put out by Prestige around 1973. That double album is just incredible I like some of the Impulse sessions also - 'Alfie' and 'On Impulse' in particular. 'East Broadway Rundown' has never grabbed me as much - maybe though I should give the disk a spin and reconsider .. Of the more recent material, 'Nucleus' is probably my favourite. I've been less than enthused by some of the Milestones but was gratified when I saw Sonny live to see that he could still pull out of the hat the occasional jaw-dropping ballad cadenza amongst the carribean riff material that he favours these days.. :rsmile:

Hi Leanne - welcome, hope you enjoy the board !

Propping up the slipper cupboard this week we have: Johnny Coles - 'Little Johnny C' Herbie Hancock - 'Speak Like a Child', 'The Prisoner' and 'Maiden Voyage' Lou Donaldson - 'Aligator Bogaloo' (again) Sam Rivers - 'Fuchsia Swing Song Count Basie - 'Chairman of the Board' :rsmile:

Literally rendered speechless. So you are one of those irritating people who normally talks throughout the concert, eh.... Au contraire .......

I totally agree. There's something about having the original LP of releases such as this (brilliant as the Mosaic and its sound quality is, CD and LP versions) that adds another dimension to the listening experience. The first Solid State album is a good example. Nice gatefold sleeve with track-by-track notes by Thad & Mel, piccies of the band and Manny Albam, Phil Ramone (interesting !) and Sonny Lester at the recording booth and all those 'period piece' comments about the joys of fully transistorised sound . I've seen at least two versions of the Solid State - a colleague has the mono issue without gatefold. It was one of the happier days of my life when I stumbled across the first two Solid States and 'Potpourri' all in mint vinyl at about £6-7 each. :rsmile: :rsmile:

I wrote a review for the Gerald Wilson set under the heading 'Masterful Orchestrations'. I'd seen Gerald live at the Hollywood Bowl some months before this set came out and was literally rendered speechless by the fantastic sounds coming from the stage, with Gerald conducting the band with gusto. What was astonishing that day was that 99.9% of the crowd were chatting away and chumping on burgers and not paying the slightest attention to the music on stage (which included ace renditions of 'Viva Tirado', 'Theme For Monterey' and a host of others). If Kenny G had come on stage, there would have been 100% attention ! This was one of the few sets that a pre-ordered - based on that experience alone ..

A little bit of reverb on these compared with the Mosaic but both well worth picking up at that price. The first Solid State set is worth having for Thad & Mel's sleeve notes and the photos alone. 'Poutpouri', on Philadelphia International is also a real sleeper of an album. This one really grooves ! :rsmile:

These Q-LP sets are so good that I'm salivating just at the thought of placing an order for the forthcoming 'Blackhawk' set ! Maybe I need to go into Mosaic rehab ? ...

Appreciated ! :rsmile: This one came from Mosaic's very cool Francis Wolff sale gallery (man, you could do serious $$ damage on there) and Stanley T's pretty damn cool anyway so it has to be a winner. Lots more pretty cool potential avatars up for grabs on that site ... For my own nomination, I would award cool points to Weizen/Son-of-Wezen's assorted 'Middle Eastern' thematic material .....

I'll second that. All of the Miles Mosaic LP sets sound very nice indeed, to my ears. The Miles/Gil set in particular, is phenomenal. You can't go wrong with the Q-LPs !