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  1. Michael Cuscuna has died at 75

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    He effectively curated my whole jazz listening life, apart from the UK stuff. Right from the time I saw those brown bag twofers put out with Charlie Lourie in the little provincial shop window - as if from Mars. Huge and grateful thanks to him for this gift.

  2. Mal Waldron and Steve Lacy: The Mighty Warriors

    in New Releases

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    My local still had LP copies this morning so succumbed and will give it a spin later on.

    Bread and jam for the next month !

    On 2/15/2024 at 8:12 PM, tranemonk said:

    Zev is killing me with these releases... Why is he putting these out while I'm waiting on my tax refund....??? Uggh... 😕

    He has over-done himself with good stuff this year. Thank goodness this is only an annual thing.

  5. Record Store Day - April 2024

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    Picked up the Manne on vinyl earlier today - only spun LP1 as yet but the sound of that Monterey Fest gig is very good and the playing is strong. As with the Don Ellis recording about a decade later there is a booming USCG plane buzzing the stage during Manne's drum solo on LP1 side 2.

  11. British jazz reissues

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    12 minutes ago, romualdo said:

    a contemporary of Joe Harriott though a bit younger

    For full coverage of Beckett's recording career, the book by John Thurlow of Jazz In Britain is very useful. Long since sold out though, unfortunately.

  12. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by sidewinder

    4 minutes ago, soulpope said:

    Sounds tempting 🧐🤔 .... 

    These live recordings are great !  I'll bet they sound good on CD as well - mono sound but well recorded by INA. For any Adderley Brothers fans I would say don't hesitate on both sets, I am enjoying them very much.

  13. British jazz reissues

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    5 minutes ago, romualdo said:

    you're right there - everything I have him on (his sessions & as sideman) shines

    Last time I saw him live was in that Mingus tribute group with Chris Biscoe. He must have been at least 80 but was still playing very nicely. Apparently Harry was several years older than his publicised age.

  14. British jazz reissues

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    4 minutes ago, romualdo said:

    been listening to Harry Beckett's "Joy Unlimited" from 1974 on the Cadillac (John Jack) label

    A strong session with Ray Russell's guitar playing a real standout - the last track Not Just Tomorrow showcases Russel really "going for it"

    Highly recommended imho

    Great album. I remember hearing a couple of tracks on BBC radio at the time it came out and thinking 'gotta get that'. The thing was, I never could find a copy and it was many years until I picked up a very good original. The reissue has been extremely well done as well.

    I don't think Harry ever did a recording that was less than good !

  15. What vinyl are you spinning right now??

    in The Vinyl Frontier

    Posted · Edited by sidewinder

    Cannonball Adderley 'Burnin' in Bordeaux' RSD 2LP release, recorded 1969. Both of the Adderley RSD twofers on Elemental are absolutely burning, full of presence and sound very punchy in the vinyl format.

    Copy no. 73 !

    My local was well stocked with most of the releases, including Waldron/Lacy, Lateef and Sun Ra. They didn't get a delivery of the Rollins though.

  17. George Coleman Octet 1984

    in Discography

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    On 1/22/2004 at 9:10 AM, brownie said:

    This looks like the George Coleman Octet date from November 1977 that was recorded for VeeJay but remained unissued on that label. I have this on an Affinity LP. Don't think George Coleman had this octet working in 1984.

    Lineup for the 1977 date was:

    Danny Moore, tp, Frank Strozier, as, George Coleman, Junior Cook, ts, Mario Rivera, bar, Harold Mabern, p, Lisle Atkinson, b, Idris Muhammad, dr, Azzedin Weston, perc.

    Tunes include 'Green Dolphin Street' 'Body and Soul' and originals.

    Up for this very, very old thread but I saw the Octet with much of this lineup in London in 1980 I think - certainly Strozier and Idris Muhammad were present, also Mario Rivera on baritone and Sal Nistico I think on tenor, Danny Moore on flugel.

    Just been watching a UK Channel 4 TV broadcast recording from 1983, with the group recorded either 1981 or 1982 at The Roundhouse as part of the Camden Jazz Festival (those were the days). By then the alto chair had been taken by a young Bobby Watson. It's a nice broadcast, culminating with Coleman's tune 'Simone', also featured on Elvin Jones 'Coalition' album.

    George mentions in the broadcast the difficulty of finding time for rehearsals of the Octet in NYC with this busy group of musicians.

  18. Calvin Keys. R.I.P.

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    This is sad news. My only exposure to him was the RSD reissue of his that was put out a couple of years ago. I will give it a spin later today - RIP and particularly sad considering he was still musically very active.

  21. Album Covers showing women with big hats!

    in Miscellaneous Music

    Posted · Edited by sidewinder

    8 minutes ago, soulpope said:

    Things could get worse though 😂😂 ....

    Indeed !  As an aside, I believe that this particular group of exiles and their offspring have a decent claim to be the only 'real' Germans. The ones who were left were thoroughly latinized by Charlemagne et al..

    Food for thought !

  25. Toronto and Montreal Jazz Fests 2024

    in Live Shows & Festivals

    Posted · Edited by sidewinder

    Moe Koffman was (on flute) a already a Toronto jazz institution - his appearance at that Festival was at George's Spaghetti House, almost his second home.

    Loose Tubes were a young UK big band of that era, appearing in Toronto as part of a North American tour. Key artists were Django Bates, Ian Ballamy, drummer Martin France and guitarist John Paricelli. I'd already seen them a year or two before at the Bath Festival.

    The John Lewis recital on solo piano was amazing - at Cafe Des Copains. Due to lack of seating I ended up standing right next to John at his keyboard for a close-up view. He was enjoying every minute of it.

    Joe Henderson performed with a Canadian trio at 'Top O' The Senator'. Such a distinctive sound, like no-one else. 'Hollow-bored' is how I would describe it.

    Didn't see the Herbie Mann with Jackie and Roy but I could hear it from outside the club when I walked past. Wish I'd seen it now !

    Tony Williams Quintet (Wallace Roney, Charnett Moffett, Mulgrew Miller, Bill Pierce) were amazing - and loud. Tried to have a brief chat with Tony after the performance side-stage when he was sat having a cigarette and looking knackered but he was distinctly unfriendly ! Most unusual in my experience with talking to jazz musicians - caught him at the wrong time I guess.

    Sun Ra in his performance at Roy Thompson Hall played an astonishing 4 or 5 sets - started around 8 with the procession onto the stage with June Tyson and holding some sort of 'holy orb' and went on until way after midnight with breaks for the band to sell LPs ! Separate sets of Walt Disney and Fletcher Henderson tributes. I was left gobsmacked and very impressed after this one.

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