Cliff Englewood

You're very welcome.

Nice one Robert, I'll have to check this one out now.

No, they didn't copy your notes and they probably didn't copy the Mosaic either, as it doesn't have any of the alternative takes that the Mosaic has. They have some generic interview snippets from Konitz where he mentions Tristano and Barry Ulanov's notes from "Tristano". They also have the studio tracks from "Tristano". Product Description This Collection Includes the Complete Master Takes of the Lennie Tristano Quartet with Lee Konitz at the Confucius Restaurant’s Sing Song Room in New York. All of These Tracks were Recorded on the Night of June 11, 1955. We have Added a Studio Session that was Originally Issued on LP with the First Batch of Confucius Material, Combining Live and Studio Tracks on the Same Release. Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Sweet and Lovely 2. Background Music 3. If I Had You 4. 317 E 32nd 5. These Foolish Things 6. 'S Wonderful 7. You Go to My Head 8. All the Things You Are 9. Lennie-Bird 10. My Melancholy Baby Disc: 2 1. April 2. Pennies in Minor 3. Mean to Me 4. Confucius Blues 5. Ghost of a Chance 6. Whispering 7. There Will Never Be Another You 8. Donna Lee 9. East Thirty Second [*] 10. Line Up [*] 11. Turkish Mambo [*] 12. Requiem [*]

I don't know why but Tower in Dublin had this on sale late last week for the very reasonable price of €20, normally doubles are in the €25-€30 range. It's a similar situation to the Monk/Trane at Carnegie disc, in that they had it early and at a bargain price, €10, only for it to go up later, it's now nearly €20. Also I think Blue Note are doing something similar by calling it the "CHARLES MINGUS SEXTET W/ ERIC DOLPHY", getting two name artists on the cover. I mean, I don't think Mingus gigs were advertised "with Eric Dolphy" or even "featuring Eric Dolphy" back in the day but I could be wrong. The artwork is also kind of similar to the Monk/Trane release as well, so if you didn't like that one. I have listened to this twice now and I'll start off on the negative side, if you had problems with the sound of the recently released "At UCLA 1965", I didn't by the way, you might not like this. The liners say "Mastered by Mark Wilder, Sony Studios", and I think the "Editorial Review" on Amazon sums it up quite well, "The sound here is less crisp than The Great Concert, thick in the middle and ill-defined when it comes to Richmond's drums, leaving the group's interplay like an ear-magnet." Nothing majorly bad though, disc one seems a bit better that disc two to my ears, and it's definitely better than some of the Bootlegs from the '64 Tour of Europe. Another minor gripe is on the first disc they have track 1 listed as "Opening", it's just 17 seconds of applause; don't know why they needed to have it as a separate track. The booklet liners are by Gary Giddins, nothing major, just functional and informative,(Keepnews take note, you fuck head) but he does make a good point about the fact that no one knew this Concert existed before Sue Mingus found the tapes, it was not listed anywhere before now, which is kinda weird. Also that Dolphy went and recorded "Point of Departure" three days after this, you know, as you do. I thought there were too many people involved in the liners for the Monk/Trane disc, some of them were so shit, so it's good in that respect, however I think they could have put a few more photos in this one, especially considering that the one photo they do have doesn't even show Coles. :crazy: The tunes that really impressed me are "Fables of Faubus", maybe the best I've heard it, but I haven't heard all of them mind you, "Take the "A" Train", which is totally manic and I get the impression that it went on longer than they originally intended, "Jitterbug Waltz", which is so good you'll wonder why they didn't do it more often on that Tour. "Orange Was the Colour of Her Dress, Then Blue Silk", "Meditations", "ATFW You", "Sophisticated Lady" are at the level of other recordings from that Tour i.e. excellent and "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" is a bit of a laugh, nothing more nothing less. It's only "So Long Eric" that is a bit of a let down for me, not as good as it would be a few weeks later on "Town Hall Concert", which I think is a high point of Mingus' career, never mind that Tour. The version here seems a bit too slow or something, Mingus seems to be unhappy with Coles' solo and when Coles finishes and Byard starts his, Mingus seems to saying something like "get us straight, get us straight", like he feels they've gone off the boil. And boiling would be a good word to describe the performance as a whole, they really do kick ass, and both buttocks at that. Mingus seems to be in a great mood because he is doing loads of the famous hollering throughout. Byard is so good and Richmond's solo and exchanges with Mingus on "Take the "A" Train" have me thinking of Max Roach. All in all a really excellent listening experience and well done to everyone involved in getting this released.

I didn't know about this one myself, this is the cover from Amazon;

The Board looks excellent and seems to be running faster, well done and thanks for all your hard work.

Cornell 1964 is available in Dublin as I bought it last week; Only listened to the first disc so far and it's excellent, good sound too, I will post more when I have more time.

"yeah i was very impressed by that album too, on first listen." Well, we'll both have to listen to it again then.

Funny you should post this today because yesterday I was buying a few CDs, even after I told myself I wouldn't for at least a month, , and I happened to see Dorothy Ashby -- Rubaiyat Of Dorothy Ashby in a second hand rack for a very reasonable €8. As I am a fan of Afro-Harping I decided I would go for it and after listening to it last night was complely blow away, it's an absolute mind bender, , and actually much better then Afro-Harping. So in answer to "How is this working anyway", on the strength of this one I would say very well.

"All roads lead to Scarlett." Yea Shawn, you need to get over it. Big time. You're a few steps away from a restraining order.

Thanks Late, I believe this is the session where Tristano was really into Warne Marsh's solos when he heard a personal copy, and in a round about way, this got the session released, or am I confusing it with something else?

Thanks Niko.

Will any kind soul answer my query???

I mean save them to your PC as a video file or whatever??? So many things I'd like to keep, like this stuff for example; The Lennie Tristano Quintet Thanks in advance.

Is this... UCCV 9326(DSD Mastering)(2 CD) Konitz,Lee(as) & Bill Evans(p)/Live at the Half Note* 3900 basically this... Disc: 1 1. Palo Alto 2. How About You? 3. My Melancholy Baby 4. Scrapple From The Apple 5. You Stepped Out Of A Dream 6. 317 E 32nd Disc: 2 1. April 2. It's You Or No One 3. Just Friends 4. Baby, Baby All The Time 5. Lennie-Bird 6. Subconscious-Lee

Or maybe even one more once.

A 5 minute turnaround, is this a record? Should be able to post it tomorrow.

Milt Jackson: "Bags Of Soul", one of the Proper 4 CD Boxsets. Track Listings Disc: 1 1. Third Song 2. Red Shoes 3. Bebop Blues 4. Royal Wedding 5. Find and Dandy 6. Milt Meets Sid 7. D & E 8. Yesterdays 9. Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea 10. Autumn Breeze 11. Moving Nicely 12. `Round About Midnight 13. Bluesology 14. Softly As In A Morning Sunrise 15. Love Me, Pretty Baby 16. Heart and Soul 17. True Blues 18. Tahiti 19. Lillie 20. Bag's Groove 21. What's New? 22. On The Scene 23. Opus De Funk Disc: 2 1. Wonder Why 2. I Should Care 3. My Funny Valentine 4. Stonewall 5. Moonray 6. The Nearness Of You 7. Opus De Funk 8. Opus Pocus 9. You Leave Me Breathless 10. Opus and Interlude Disc: 3 1. Come Rain or Come Shine 2. They Can't Take That Away From Me 3. Wild Man 4. Soulful 5. Fred's Mood 6. Flamingo 7. Bright Blues 8. How High the Moon 9. Lover 10. Can't Help Lovin' That Man 11. The Lady Is a Tramp Disc: 4 1. Angel Face 2. Sometimes I'm Happy 3. Now's the Time 4. Ellington Medley: In A Sentimental Mood/Mood Indigo/Azure 5. Minor Conception 6. Soul in 3/4 7. So In Love 8. They Didn't Believe Me 9. Solitude 10. The Song Is Ended 11. Gerry's Blues 12. These Foolish Things It's really good for the most part as it has most of the Savoy stuff with Lucky Thompson, but as always with these things there's a few real fuck ups. They have "Come Rain Or Come Shine" listed as the first track of disc 3, from the January 5, 1956 Sessions, but it's actually "Angel Face" from the January 23, 1956 Sessions, which is also the first track of disc 4, and they also miss out on "What's New?" from the January 23, 1956 Session, which is a bit of a pain the the ass as the music is amazing. They also ignore the track " Hello" from the January 17, 1956 Sessions that ended up on the Atlantic album "Ballads And Blues" but have all the rest of the tracks from it !!!!!!!!!!! Also, they only have one track from the June 16, 1954 Session with Henry Boozier, and completly ignore the February 23, 1949 Sessions that ended up on Roll 'Em Bags. But anyway, Hank Jones, Kenny Clarke and Lucky are present on alot of these Sessions and if, like me, you've never heard them before check it out in whatever form you can. If only Mosaic would do a Set with Milt's Savoy and/or Atlantic recordings.

That was fast, it's yours.

I would like to donate a copy of Elvin Jones "At This Point In Time", that is surplus to requirements. This CD is Disc 6 of the OOP Mosaic, which I have, and as the Mosaic has that crucial extra 4 bits of re-mastering goodness, I feel I can let this go to a good, or indeed bad, home. First person to reply to this post and then PM me their address gets this bad boy.

Are you sure about that? Or have you just had a relapse?

king ubu, I have this one, but haven't really listened to it all that much. It has alot of Broadcasts of Christian with the Goodman Band and alot of tunes are repeated. The sound is only OK if I recal correctly. I'll give it a spin over the next few days and get back to you, in the meantime here's the amg review; "Review by Jim Smith Read the title carefully: These are broadcast recordings that Charlie Christian made between 1939-1941. A majority of these shows were recorded with the Benny Goodman Sextet, but there is also material by the Goodman All Stars, the Benny Goodman Orchestra, Count Basie & Friends, and the Kansas City Six. The real meat of this box, however, are the now-famous jam sessions recorded at Minton's Playhouse, Clarke Monroe's Uptown House, and the Harlem Breakfast Club. Over the years, these have been prized by Christian's fans as the purest examples of his genius and the possible birth of bebop, and there are enough of them here to warrant the purchase of the whole set. As for remastering, the quality of sound of the broadcasts is fair to poor, occasionally good; the jam sessions, however, are mostly clean, and sometimes surprisingly so. People interested in Christian's essential legacy need to first digest Columbia's Genius of the Electric Guitar box, but JSP deserves credit for assembling this rare material at an extremely affordable price." Disc 1: 1. Flying Home 2. Stardust 3. Flying Home 4. I Got Rhythm 5. Stardust 6. Tea For Two 7. Flying Home 8. Stardust 9. Memories Of You 10. Rose Room 11. AC/DC Current 12. Flying Home 13. Soft Winds 14. Memories Of You 15. Shivers 16. South Of The Border 17. Seven Come Eleven (Roast Turkey Stomp) 18. AC/DC Current 19. AC/DC Current Disc 2: 1. Dinah 2. I Got Rhythm 3. Flying Home 4. Memories Of You 5. Stomping At The Savory 6. Honeysuckle Rose 7. Paging The Devil 8. Way Down In New Orleans 9. Good Morning Blues 10. Oh! Lady Be Good 11. Pick A Rib 12. Till Tom Special 13. Gone With What Wind 14. Gone With What Wind 15. The Sheik Of Araby 16. Soft Winds Disc 3: 1. The Sheik Of Araby 2. Seven Come Eleven 3. Six Appeal 4. Honeysuckle Rose 5. Six Appeal 6. AC/DC Current 7. Gone With What Wind 8. Benny's Bugle 9. Wholly Cats 10. Honeysuckle Rose 11. Wholly Cats 12. Flying Home 13. Gone With What Draft (Gilly) 14. Breakfast Feud 15. Gone With What Draft (Gilly) 16. Six Appeal 17. Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk) 18. Flying Home 19. Good Enough To Keep (Air Mail Special) Disc 4: 1. Wholly Cats 2. Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider 3. Breakfast Feud 4. Song Of The Islands 5. Flying Home 6. Topsy (Swing To Bop) 7. Stomping At The Savoy 8. Honeysuckle Rose (Up On Teddy's Hill) 9. I Got Rhythm (Rhythm -a- Ning, Paging Dr. Christian, Down On Teddy's Hill) 10. I Got Rhythm (Guy's Got To Go) 11. Stomping At The Savoy (Lips Flips, On With Charlie Christian) 12. Benny's Bugle 13. Rose Room 14. Solo Flight (Chonk, Charlie, Chonk) Also, check this out; Link to Amazon Review and Sound Clips

Here's the blurb from their site for anyone interested; Complete 1955-1957 Quartet, Quintet & Sextet Sessions (6 Cds Box Set) Jackie McLean Featuring: Jackie McLean, Danald Byrd, Bill Hardman, Webster Young, Curtis Fuller, Ray Draper, John Jenkins, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Elmo Hope ... REFERENCE: JC 1001_6 BAR CODE: 8427328510011 PRICE: 34.75 € This is a tribute to one of the most misunderstood jazzmen in the history of modern jazz and to his music. Jackie McLean belonged to the second generation of alto sax players who were greatly influenced by Charlie Parker, but it was not long before he found his own voice. His cohesive, solid phrasing and his distinct, harsh-like sonority would make him into one of the most representative jazzmen of a blues-full hard bop style. All the sessions represented here took place in the famous studio that legendary sound engineer Rudy Van Gelder had in Hackensack, New Jersey, and features some of the most representative jazzmen of its time, including Donald Byrd, Bill Hardman, Hank Mobley, Mal Waldron, Paul Chambers and Philly Joe Jones among others, appearing in a sequence of eight exciting albums originally cut for the Ad Lib, Prestige, New Jazz, and Jubilee labels. This 6 CD box set is a comprehensive and chronological collection of the altoist-composer first recordings as a leader, illustrated by a 20-page book let full of historic pictures and detailed sessionography. Tracklisting: CD 1 1. It's You Or No One 2. Blue Doll / Mood Melody 3. The Way You Look Tonight 4. Little Melonae 5. Lover Man 6. A Foggy Day 7. Kerplunk 8. Up 9. Lorraine 10. Lights Out Total time 79:54 CD 2 1. Inding 2. Sentimental Journey 3. Why Was I Born? 4. Contour 5. When I Fall In Love 6. Abstraction 7. Sweet Doll 8. Just For Marty 9. Dee's Dilemma 10. It Could Happen To You Total time: 77:45 CD 3 1. Su-blues 2. Steeplechase 3. Gone with the Wind 4. McLean's Scene 5. Mean To Me 6. Flickers 7. Help 8. Beau Jack 9. Mirage Total time:79:58 CD 4 1. Minor Dream 2. Hear A Rhapsody 3. Embraceable You 4. I Never Knew 5. These Foolish Things 6. Our Love Is Here To Stay 7. I Cover the Waterfront 8. What's New 9. Old Folks 10. Bean and the Boys 11. Strange Blues 12. Outburst Total time: 74:48 CD5 1. Bird Feathers 2. Easy Living 3. Windy City 4. Pondering 5. The Lady Is A Tramp 6. Alto Madness 7. Disciples Love Affair 8. Millie's Pad 9. Not So Strange Blues Total time: 73:18 CD6 1. Jackie's Ghost 2. What's New? 3. Chasin' the Bird 4. A Long Drink of the Blues 5. Filide 6. Millie's Pad 7. Two Sons 8. What Good Am I Without You? 9. Tune Up Total time: 79:10

I would agree with all the positive comments on this set, I was suprised how much I enjoyed it myself, and would endorse the, "I was suprised by the listenability of this set" comment. It's not as mad as you might think. I bought it after getting "Live Evil" and thinking this is great, it's like Fela Kuti, and since getting the Box Set, I would agree that the McLauglin-less shows do seem to have a slight edge, and again, there is definitely something special about Disc 4. Oh, and I paid a load of cash for it but it was worth it.

Mike, The CD arrived this morning, excellent packaging, haven't had a chance to listen to it yet, but thanks again. I will find a CD or two to put here myself pretty soon so watch this space.