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Got to get this one, love that Atavistic Sun Ra reissue series!

Great! Thanks!

Soundwise as well as great music: http://store.acousticsounds.com/browse_det...?Title_ID=14089

Ah, looks great! Anyone knows if there will be more Art Tatum after the brilliant 1949-1953 on Chronological Classics?

That's a wonderful session, I've got the "Complete Jazz Chronicle".

The most complete discography I could find seems to be over at allmusic: http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&a...iftxqy5ldse~T21 Could have loved to see a sessionography too. Thanks for the link to the Laubich book, I will check that out. Does anyone know what session is on this one? http://www.audiophileusa.com/item.cfm?record=52690

Hi, Does anyone know if there is a complete Art Tatum discography and/or sessionography somewhere around the net or in print? The Solo Masterpieces CD's are listed at French Amazon as released in October 2007. Are these new remasterings? http://www.amazon.fr/Tatum-Solo-Masterpiec...6858&sr=1-2 The original releases seems to have been from 1990.

Looks like a great read! I have heard some interviews with Lee Konitz, and he has a lot of interesting to say on music and improvisation. This book also is dedicated to the great Lennie Tristano, and has a foreword by Joe Lovano. Review on AllAboutJazz: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=25703

Love their Tatum's! http://www.storyvillerecords.com/Default.a..._text=Art+Tatum

Looks great. Two other french labels that are doing great reissues with fine sound and remastering are "Fremeaux" and "Le Chant du Monde". The french are doing a great job with reissues. http://fremeaux.com/ http://chantdumonde.com/en/label/jazz.php

Honest Jon's got it too in Europe: http://www.honestjons.com/shop.php?pid=31551

Sun Ra's does "Disco 3000" released by ArtYard: SUN RA DISCO 3000 COMPLETE CONCERT RELEASE, ARTYARD CD001 Now Available To Order Direct, at £14 EACH TWO CD SET, 24BITMASTERED FROM THE ORIGINAL TAPES, WITH LINER NOTES FROM MICHAEL RAY. DISC ONE 1. Disco 3000 2. Sun of The Cosmos 3. Echos of The World 4. Geminiology 5. Sky Blues 6. Friendly Galaxy Running Time 67.07 DISC TWO 1. Third Planet incl, Friendly Galaxy 2. Dance of The Cosmo Aliens 3. Spontaneous Simplicity 4. Images incl, Over The Rainbow 5. When There is no Sun 6. We Travel The Spaceways Running Time 62.38 Recorded at The Teatro Cilak, 23/01/1978, Milan Italy. Sun Ra { piano, organ, moog synth, rhythm machine, vocals } John Gilmore { tenor sax, drums, vocals } Luqman Ali { drums, vocals } Michael Ray { trumpet, vocals } June Tyson { vocals } Enterplanetary Koncepts BMI In the winter of 1977-8, philosopher, pianist and bandleader Sun Ra was to be found in Italy. He may have made two trips there, or made one extended stay: at this distance from these events it's difficult to be sure. (There's usually a mystery where Sun Ra is concerned.) Sun Ra's musical activity that winter is well attested: a CD from a piano concert in Venice in November 1977, two double albums cut in the studio for the Horo label in January 1978. The Italian tour also resulted in releases on Sun Ra's own Saturn label, Although the records have long been out of print and all but impossible to find.With the re-release of DISCO 3000 and MEDIA DREAMS, two of these elusive Saturn albums and arguably among the most important documents of Sun Ra's long musical career, are now once more available. They represent a real pinnacle of creativity, even for this prolific period of the late 1970s, when his record output hit a peak: 1977-8 saw some twenty Sun Ra albums, plus two video documents. DISCO 3000 and MEDIA DREAMS are pivotal: a unique chance to hear Sun Ra's music expounded in live performance by a quartet, rather than his full Arkestra. Sun Ra was joined in Italy by saxophonist John Gilmore, trumpeter Michael Ray and drummer Luqman Ali. Sun Ra himself played piano and electronic keyboards, including a Crumar Mainman.† January 1978 was a fruitful month for Sun Ra. As well as days spent in the recording studios in Rome, Ra, played several gigs in Italy before flyimg back to the US. The magic music from one night in the Teatro Cilak, on 23/01/1978 in Milan, is preserved on Disco 3000.† Chris Trent

I dig the english version. Bad restaurants getting some waking up and help to find the way is a good thing.

There's seems to be 2 audiophile 180 gram vinyl releases of these too on Soundstagedirect: http://www.soundstagedirect.com/Sun-Ra-The...1-BYG-40H.shtml http://www.soundstagedirect.com/Sun-Ra-The...2-BYG-41H.shtml

Thanks, I'll check out those Sunspots!

The classic Sun Ra record "The Solar-Myth Approach" vol.1 and 2 have been reissued several times by different record labels in the last years. Does anyone know which of these that have the best mastering and sound? Here are the different versions: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_m/102-44...o.y=0&Go=Go Vol.1 & 2 2-CD at label 'Fuel 2000' reissued 2004? Vol.1 & 2 2-CD at label 'Snapper UK' reissued 2006 Vol.1 & 2 2-CD at label 'Charly' reissued 2001. Vol.1 & 2 2-CD at label 'Charly' reissued 2004 Vol.1 & 2 2-CD at label 'Varese' reissued 2001 Vol.1 1-CD at label 'Sunspots' reissued 2002 Vol.2 1-CD at label 'Sunspots' reissued 2004 Vol.1 Vinyl at label 'Get Back Italy' reissued 2001 Vol.2 Vinyl at label 'Get Back Italy' reissued 2001 Vol.1 & 2 as "Strange Worlds" 2-CD at label 'Atom' reissued 2006

They've got a lot of great 2-CD compilations on their "Le Chant Du Monde" label too: http://www.crazyjazz.co.uk/labels/l/lechant.htm http://www.chantdumonde.com/en/label/jazz.php

A comment: http://www.livingwithmusic.com/index.php/m...resors_du_jazz/

The Candid release? I do not think this is a solo piano performance. Sorry, a little fast there. I go for this as a favourite Taylor solo record:

Some of my favourites: Lennie Tristano - Manhattan Studio Art Tatum - Over The Rainbow (Dreyfus Records) ... 'In a Sentimental Mood' in the version on this CD is just incredible Cecil Taylor - World of Al Haig - Esoteric Thelonious Monk - Solo Monk Thelonious Monk - In San Francisco Sun Ra - St.Louis Blues Phineas Newborn - The Great Jazz Piano of

I am Norwegian, and we are proud of this wonderful guitarist. Sadly too unknown. His playing is really worth hearing. His Norwegian site: http://www.robertnormann.no/indexuk.html

Do you have the link to this new release? "Descent" is a classic, I have the japanese reissue on CD from some years ago.

R.I.P. to a great inventor. On Sun Ra and the moog: http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2006/03/su...-interview.html http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2005/12/mi...g-gear-prn.html

http://www.amazon.com/Crumb-Special-Robert...9204&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Robert-C...9318&sr=1-3

Here it is: http://www.jazzinchicago.org/educates/jour...un-ra-1956-1967