paul secor

Too many passings. Who will take their places? Rest In Peace, Mr. Campbell.

Have a great one, Lon!

Thanks for all of the music music you gave us, Mr. Thompson.

I do remember renting Blue Monday years ago, but don't remember anything about it. Must be the result of trying to blot out the memory of seeing Sting in a film. (There was a NY area dj who used to refer to him as "Stinky". That's stuck with me & that's what comes into my mind whenever I hear or see his name.)

Can't wait for the Chu Berry. Ditto the Monk/Trane - either the CD or the LP, depending on how Mosaic does it. Have a fair amount of the Bechet and maybe half the Pacific Jazz piano set, but I'll go for those too. I love Sidney Bechet's playing and I'm interested in hearing Clare Fischer for the first time - hope I'm not expecting too much from Fischer and end up being disappointed.

Hope that Clem's out there somewhere, taking all this in, and enjoying it.

All Alone - Mal Waldron Live 2 (Fontana-Japan) - One side is duets with Japanese pianist Masabumi Kikuchi, who has a real feel and ear for Mal Waldron's music. The other side is Mal solo.

Just curious - who's on those two records?

Got talked into going to see them live about 12-13 years ago and wasn't impressed - not much substance there.

Don't recall seeing clem on Board for a while. Have I missed something? Hope he hasn't left.

Great to see that there's a fellow Insect Trust fan on Board!

Also a brief piece of live Cannonball footage in that film iirc. ← Some live Johnny Otis Band also.

I have very little Toshiko in my collection, but I always enjoy Toshiko Mariano Quartet - with Charlie Mariano on Candid - whenever I listen to it.

I've just been browsing this thread and found a number of recommended titles that I missed when it was current, so I thought it might be worth bringing up for others to check out again. A few more recommendations (apologies if I missed them being mentioned previously - this thread runs 21 pages!): Tiny Grimes with J.C. Higginbotham: Callin' the Blues (OJC 191) Stan Getz/Zoot Sims: The Brothers (OJC 008) - Two sessions - one is a blowing date (albeit with good tunes and arrangements by Gerry Mulligan and Al Cohn) with good playing by Allen Eager, Brew Moore, Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, and Stan Getz - a chance to listen to and compare the five tenorists. The other date is a sextet with Al, Zoot, Kai Winding, George Wallington, Percy Heath, and Art Blakey. Carmel Jones: Jay Hawk Talk (OJC 1938) Pee Wee Russell: Swingin' with Pee Wee (Prestige 24213) - The Portrait of Pee Wee and Swingin' with Pee Wee (very fine Buck Clayton) dates combined - not to be missed. The Red Rodney Quintets (Fantasy 24758) - I actually only have this on an OJC LP which is titled Modern Music from Chicago and includes the Fantasy sides with Ira Sullivan. The CD adds an earlier date with Jimmy Ford which I haven't heard. The Sullivan date is well worth listening to. The Lee Konitz Duets (OJC 466)

My deepest condolences. I hope that it helped at least a little to be able to share your loss with us.

RIP, Mr. Mangelsdorff. Thank you for all of the music you gave us.

Bud Powell in Paris (Discovery)

Over the course of this afternoon: Archie Shepp & Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen: Looking at Bird (Steeplechase) Sidney Bechet: Basin Street Blues (Blue Note/King-Japan) Sonny Stitt w. Charles Kynard: My Mother's Eyes (Pacific Jazz/King-Japan)

Document is a good source for gathering complete recordings of nearly every pre-WW2 blues artist and many gospel artists also. The sound quality of their issues is variable, and they're one of those labels that seem to taken much of their material from other labels who have done their work for them through previous reissues. If you're looking for completeness, Document is probably the way to go.

Happy Birthday(s)!

Douglas Woolf is one of my favorite writers. The neglect of his writings by the literary establishment (and most everyone else) is criminal. Great to see someone else reading his stuff. An aside - on page 35 you'll find - "He only stopped to pee in Fishkill." I believe that was Doug's way of saying hello - he had stopped by to visit (in Fishkill, N.Y., where I used to live) some time before The Timing Chain was published. P.S. - Thanks for posting the link - I hadn't seen it and I'm going to print and save it.

Find me a six year old whose music can stand with Cecil's and I'll buy his/her records and attend the concerts.

The first time I listened to Nine To Get Ready it didn't get through to me. The next time I listened (a couple of months ago) I was able to hear more of what was there and was very pleased with what I heard. Haven't heard the other two - perhaps I should ....

Nice stuff. His use of colors grabbed my attention.

The Italian Secretary by Caleb Carr The Final Solution by Michael Chabon Two novels featuring the character of Sherlock Holmes - the former more traditional, the latter, depicting an elderly Holmes, more interesting.