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Some fine work recorded with the Oscar pettiford Orchestra too (for example 'The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi Fi', put out by MCA, and Victor in Japan). One of the finest exponents of the trombone in jazz - and (along with Frank Rosolino) must definitely the bone exponent with the best tone ..

Soul jazz deep groove LP heaven over the past few days .. :rsmile: - Horace Parlan 'Speakin My Piece' - Don Wilkerson 'Preach Brother !' - Lee Morgan 'The Sidewinder' and: - Clifford Brown 'Memorial Album' - Qunitet of the Year 'At Massey Hall' - Bud Powell 'Bud' plus: Wes Montgomery 'Complete Riverside Recordings' (CD)

I seem to recall reading in Mike Zwerin's book mention of him touring with Earl Hines and Bud Johnson to the countries of the former communist block back in the 1970s.

Insane - but excellent ! Thanks for the heads up ! I've been looking for the excuse to pick up the Pepper, Evans and Monk sets. At that price it's a steal .. I already have the Wes Montgomery and Coltrane Prestige sets. Sound quality is just fine - although they come in a different box arrangement compared with the US sets. Microscopic liner notes too but the music and mastering are indeed the same. :rsmile:

The vinyl 'Still Life' blows the CD away, as does the vinyl of 'Secret Story' and 'Letter From Home'. Much more detail and better soundstage. I just wish that 'Speaking of Now' had also been put out on audiophile vinyl...

The 50s set by a gnat's whisker - but really Lee's playing throughout the Blakey set is just as phenomenal. Haven't heard the VeeJay material yet ...

Oh .... and not forgetting Tolliver's work on Roy Ayers 'Virgo Vibes' either ! B)

Yes, McEwan was a pleasant suprise on Big John's 'Boogaloo'. Almost an avante-garde Melvin Lastie ! Great list ! Apart from whetting my apetite to hear Toliver on the (just ordered) King pressing of 'It's Time' (another 'wow!') the only additions I can think of at this time are Woody Shaw again on Corea's 'Tones For Joans Bones'/'Inner Space' and Hubbard on 'Breaking Point' and 'Blue Spirits', which both have at least partial experimental content. Oh, and Alan Shorter's 'Orgasm' too, of course ...

Blackstone Legacy for sure, the second session on the Andrew Hill 'Lift Every Voice' has some good Maupin too. Also very honourable mention for the triumvirate of 'Mwandishi band' classics by Herbie Hancock ('Mwandishi', 'Crossings' and 'Sextant'). Excellent Maupin on these. Not to forget either the two Eddie Hendersons on Capricorn ('Realization' and 'Inside Out'). Both of these gems have recently been reissued here in the UK on Soul Brother Records.. :rsmile:

'Black Fire' - yes, great album. The way 'Land of Nod' kicks off the Mosaic set at such a high level of performance without doubt wins my award for Mosaic set which hits its groove in least time. Within 1 second, in fact .. !

Enjoy ! If you like those you'll definitely want to pick up the 'Five Spot' disks too. The Eric Dolphy 'Complete Prestige' box is a good way to acquire these on CD. On vinyl, it may be possible to pick up the 3-LP Prestige green label set second hand.. Or even an original deep groove ..

Yes, it's another nice film soundtrack - recommended. Quite pastoral and laid back, very reflective in mood and with some very nice solo classical guitar features. In typical Metheney fashion, also superbly recorded. More rain and lightning effects in this one also !! The ECM vinyls were a good find. They were sitting there in a cardboard box at a local vinyl specialists - just in and not sorted or priced. Pretty well all of the early ECMs plus 'Still Life' on Geffen. The sonic quality of these early ECM vinyls is a real pleasure. :rsmile:

He's just visited this board ! Check out Hans's Hiroshi Tanno thread...

Welcome !!

Not sure about the past few years but when I last saw him in LA and Western canada about 6 years ago he was in excellent form, very approachable and very appreciative of the receptive audiences. He was certainly keen to get his message across so good luck with the arrangements for this Fest.

It might be worth taking a look on their site at hmv.co.uk

Thanks Claude, I thought so - that's another £5.99 contribution to the HMV collection box !

Yep, he's been very active posting the live reports on the AAJ board.

The 'Jim Hall and Pat Metheny' disk is one of the few I haven't heard. Was lucky enough some time ago to pick up about 10 of the ECMs on 'German' vinyl, fairly mint pressings for about £5 each, which I thought was a pretty good deal. The 'ringer' in the batch is probably 'First Circle'. I had a bit of a hard time with the discordant umpa band on the first track (I guess Pat and Lyle Mays didn't enjoy their time in the school band) but from then on the album (and sound quality) is superb. I'm looking forward to the new album. 'Imaginary Day' and 'Speaking of Now' were both excellent and Pat's concert tours in each case first rate. And he always puts 110% into every performance that I've seen him do.. There's also an obscure filmtrack release called 'Pasaga Il Paradiso' (I think) which is well worth picking up but seems to be pretty hard to get hold of these days.

That Woody Shaw 'Iron Men' with Braxton and Muhal Richard Abrams is an absolute cracker ! :rsmile:

Anyone got any opinions on the Clarke/Boland Big Band set in this series? (sounds like a no-brainer at £5.9 in any case).. :rsmile:

Wilbur Harden

Hmmm...this looks suspiciously similar to the voting form Sadaam used at his last 'election' 'Gigolo' is a real fave along with that hardy perennial 'the sidewinder' but I have to admit to being particularly fond of 'Sixth Sense' and 'Caramba'. Those two really groove...

surely?.... !

A really excellent selection of music on this programme, honourable mention also for the extract from the 'Five Spot' date with Dolphy. A shame that there was nothing from the quartet session on Time (also reissued I recall on vinyl as 'The Legendary Quartet session' on Island). Having said that, a very good overview of a musician whose importance increases with every year that goes past.