What music did you buy today?

[tonym]

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Well, the postman came today and brought me some goodies from Amazon France. The two I ordered were:

Amazon also sent me a freebie:

This compilation was issued by UNICEF earlier this year, to support efforts to demobilise child solders in Africa. Damn good album! Not sure about the value of giving it away free, though.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Got three cheapo swing band CDs in Ponty today

The other two were in the same series by Count Basie and Chick Webb (no pix on the web). Nice stuff, generally not many of the bands’ best known singles, it seems. Which gives me scope for more compilations in due course.

MG

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Here ya go MG.......

Fine stuff at cheeepy prices:

Knock yerself out!

Mine were cheaper than e-bay

Where did you get the images, Rod? Post them yourself?

MG

[Guy Berger]

At JazzLoft:

Paul Bley, Turning Point

Andrew Hill, Shades

Texier/Romano/Sclavis, Suite Africaine

[ep1str0phy]

Some contemporary material:

-Anthony Braxton w/the Creative Jazz Orchestra: Composition No. 175/Composition No. 126

-Dudek/Niebergall/Vesala: Open

-Bailey/Lewis/Zorn: Yankees

-Frank Wright: Unity

...listening to the Braxton right now, and it's pretty dense. Fascinating, but packed.

[Matthew]

Well, checked how much I had left on my credit card, closed my eyes, prayed for courage, and bought this....

The Complete Bill Evans on Verve.

Supposed to be "like new," the Amazon seller had 100% positive feedback. What the heck, you only live once.

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

Edited November 19, 2006 by Matthew

[brownie]

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

The rust is what makes this set disctinctive! A rustfree box would be a first!

[Matthew]

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

The rust is what makes this set disctinctive! A rustfree box would be a first!

But I want it to be my rust.

[Ron S]

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

The rust is what makes this set disctinctive! A rustfree box would be a first!

But I want it to be my rust.

[paul secor]

The Dynamic Sound Patterns of the Rod Levitt Orchestra

Michael Hurley: Down in Dublin

[Aggie87]

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

The rust is what makes this set disctinctive! A rustfree box would be a first!

But I want it to be my rust.

[Guy Berger]

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

The rust is what makes this set disctinctive! A rustfree box would be a first!

How thick is the metal? Bulletproof?

Guy

[Matthew]

PS: this picture is not the copy I bought, my copy should not have rust on it -- I hope.

The rust is what makes this set disctinctive! A rustfree box would be a first!

How thick is the metal? Bulletproof?

Guy

No. Anything above a .22 should go through it.

[brownie]

Got two DVDs from the Impro-Jazz series:

- Chet Baker Torino 1959 (with Lars Gullin) and Stuttgart 1988

- Rahsaan Roland Kirk in Europe 1962-1967 that has a video of Rahsaan with Tete Montoliu, Tommy Potter and Kenny Clarke.

All this material seems to have been unissued so far!

[jlhoots]

Ted Nash: In The Moment

Los Lobos: The Town & The City

[LAL]

Received in the mail from various sources:

Frank Rosolino - Thinking Of You (Sackville)

Cecil Taylor - Air (Candid)

Rolf Billberg - Rare Danish Recordings 56-57 (Storyville)

Vincent Nilsson Quartet - Jazz Trombone Spirituals (Storyville)

Ralph Sutton/Bob Wilber Quartet Vol.3 (Storyville)

Al Sears - Swing's The Thing (OJC)

George Wallington - Jazz For The Carriage Trade (OJC)

George Lewis - 65th Birthday Session In Japan (GHB)

[Guy Berger]

I went somewhat berserk at Tower's 40% off + 5 for the price of 4 sale. (Only "somewhat" -- I only picked up 10 cds.) The following cost me $88.89:

Art Ensemble of Chicago, Fanfare for the Warriors

Albert Ayler, Spiritual Unity

Gil Evans, Out of the Cool

Jan Garbarek, Witchi Tai To

Charlie Haden, Liberation Music Orchestra

Charlie Haden & Hank Jones, Steal Away

Roy Haynes, Out of the Afternoon

Paul Shapiro, It's In the Twilight

Archie Shepp, Four for Trane

Bobo Stenson/Anders Jormin/Paul Motian, Goodbye

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

This one turned up this morning - "Apala messenger" by Haruna Ishola & his Apala Group. Very many thanks to Rod for putting me on to its availability.

I've been looking for a good compilation of Haruna Ishola's work from the '60s and '70s and this is great. I only had a couple of tracks I taped off the radio many years ago. Ishola was the leading exponent of Apala music, popular among the northern Yoruba who generally follow Islam. Very different from the Highlife that is more popular along the southe coast of West Africa.

MG

Edited November 25, 2006 by The Magnificent Goldberg

[Swinger]

Paul Bley: Reality Check

Paul Bley: Bebop....

World Saxophone Quarter: Selim Sivad

and not purely jazz but one of my favorite bands of all time:

King Crimson: Night Watch (at last!)

[7/4]

Ordered these from CD Universe today, mostly Nonesuch Explorer reissues:

1 Debussy: Images, Estampes / Paul Jacobs

1 Debussy: Preludes for Piano, Books 1 & 2

1 Debussy: Etudes for Piano, En Blanc & No

1 Bali: Music From The Morning Of The Worl

1 Bali: Gamelan Semar Pegulingan-Gamela

1 Java: Court Gamelan

1 Bali: Golden Rain

1 West Java: Sundanese Jaipong & Other Pop

1 Java: The Jasmine Isle: Gamelan Music

1 Bali: Music For The Shadow Play

1 Java: Court Gamelan Vol. II

1 Java: Court Gamelan Vol. III

1 Complete Gamelan In The New World

[LAL]

Just ordered some non-jazz albums. :excited:

[tonym]

[B. Goren.]

[Hoppy T. Frog]

That's a fun one!