Bluesnik

In the 80s I read Heartsnatcher, Scum of the Days and I'll spit on your grave (IIRC). Then I got me a Universal CD some years ago that contains a lot of Vian music knowing about his relationship with jazz. I think it was a reissue of Chansons Possibles et Impossibles issued on Philips in 1956, but I'm not sure (can't find it now). But right now I'm intrigued by that title brownie mentioned. The trompinette album.

That is true and it's something I've been thinking lots of times. But the thing is they're still there, because they offer a good way of communicating around a topic. And the very social networks come from here... There was another forum I followed and around 2006/2007 it had the same thought and went Twitter. Since then I don't follow it any more.

That album is excellent and it features all-star personnell.

I still use Itunes, though old "freezed" version 10.1 because I don't like newer version 11 and its features. But I have heard from a lot of audio guys that Itunes handles everything so strangely that it sucks. It is not a very standardised program. I know many people that hate it and use Foobar2000 and the likes instead.

I've got that book and it's a good read. And it IS jazz related, though also very strongly biased towards esthetics and other things.

Thanks for the rec. But on that cd I wrote about I have a Jackie Brenston version. I meant the tune. But I like Ike Turner and will sure dig deeper into him.

Love that tune. I got it on a compilation of Keith Richards favorite tracks.

Liked the interview a lot.

I use this a lot. Since many years ago. What I like are the cover and discographical data, like release number, label a.o. Everything specific to each release. I mostly use it for tagging but also as a lookup tool.

Yes, I have that one and it is a mighty fine album.

But I liked the cover of the Fresh Sounds better, with just the inset original cover and no additional margin or big lettering.

Yes, I think I have it. Wasn't it reissued sometime in the 90s or 2000s?

Yes, I agree wit that. What I listen to most of Mobley are his fifties BN sessions, collected on that Mosaic, and his early sixties "comeback" sessions, like Soul Station and Roll Call. And, of course the wonderful No room for Squares.

Disc one, with Russ Freeman and Dick Twardzik.

Ah, thanks.

Isn't that the one with Red Norvo? I have a RCA reissue, while I also have his Westcoast Classics album. Being interested in West Coast jazz I like Montrose a lot.

You exactly mirror my thoughts about this series. I've always been intrigued why there wasn't more interest in this first part of the BN history, with the (for me) fantastic 7000 series. Maybe because it was about Dixieland revival and boogie woogie and not the stuff BN got famous for, like the latter series 1500. I have some of them. I don't remember how I got them. I only remember it was hard. I have numbers 7, 11, 13, 15, 16. And some of this material came out in a US series (no reissues of albums, just comps), celebrating BN's 60 anniversary, with some Bechets and the great Blue Note Swingtets in 98. So I thought for the 70th there was going to be another great special collection from BN. But nope. Maybe by that time times were so troubled for them they didn't even consider it.

Me too, but in Django's Peche a la Mouche. But I still don't get the meaning.

Inspired by another thread here I listened to this again and enjoyed it a lot. And it gives a good insight into what Central Avenue must have been in the 40s.