Pete C

The Village Vanguard. Since 1935.

"Harlem," which was mentioned a couple of times is great, but it's not technically a suite.

This recent DVD is very good:

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In that case, what you saw was TEST, with Sabir Mateen & Daniel Carter on reeds.

I think if I had to pick one favorite Miles performance/album, period, it would be either the 1967 Paris (No Blues) or Antwerp (His Greatest Concert Ever) concert. Rooster Ties pretty much summed it up. I haven't heard other dates from that tour.

Is there documentation that they did live gigs together?

Hutcherson is still in prime form and all reports I've been hearing for several years are that Moncur's chops are totally shot.

I was wondering. Obviously the drummer won't be Haynes, or he'd have been announced as a headliner. Will it be a drummer from that era, like Pete LaRoca or Joe Chambers, or a younger guy? I wouldn't be surprised if Ridley was on bass, but Cecil McBee would be a great choice since he recorded with all those guys too, even if he wasn't on the "big 3."

I plan to attend the Handy gig. I doubt it'll be recorded since their 1995 reunion at Yoshi's was recorded and released as a 2-CD set.

She can play, but her music is pretty much smooth. I saw her in the Bay Area before she had a recording contract, playing with a Brazilian group, and she was pretty good, but I doubt her albums are.

Yeah! Cactus of Knowledge reminded me of another really interesting Enja: And that reminds me of Spaccanapoli - Lost Souls, great, raucous music from Naples on Real World records.

I'll add Muhal Richard Abrams to that list.

I actually agree with the illiterate.

I don't expect there was much overlap between acid & Kenton. Don Ellis, on the other hand...

I thought the Gary Peacock was a pretty bad sport when he refused to play behind Elvis Costello at Konitz's birthday gig, but he's still one of my favorite bassists. I guess both Jarrett & Peacock can be prima donnas. However, I heard the most glowing reports about what a great, down-to-earth guy DeJohnette is from a friend who worked with him once.

Uri Caine's take on Mahler, Urlicht/Primal Light is one of the more interesting "something different" things to come out of the jazz world in recent years.

I second that emotion.

The solo Maybeck performance is spectacular. I really like the duets with Art Pepper too.

Art Pepper Today is probably my favorite Galaxy studio session. The rhythm section is great: Stanley Cowell, Cecil McBee & Roy Haynes, plus Kenneth Nash on percussion on some tracks. The version of "Patricia" on the album is one of the greatest ballad performances ever.

What's so great about Hank Mobley?

I'm the furthest thing from a fan, however, I once saw a video of a late performance of hers and it was pretty impressive how she could tell a story with a song very simply, and with economical but significant gestures. Still, very few cabaret performers interest me. Only the ones who teeter on jazz.