BruceM Posted December 29, 2007 Report Posted December 29, 2007 (edited) I wasn't expecting this until the new year, but it turned up today! With King Curtis, John Wright, Leonard Gaskin & Jump Jackson. MG How is it? Good. Arbee is from the same generation as T-Bone, but a different part of the country, so there are differences. But this has a lot of the same laid back feeling that you get with T-Bone working with some jazz musicians, which he often (even usually) did. His guitar playing is more "primitive" than T-Bone's - but that's only to be expected of a contemporary who didn't make the breakthrough. As an earlier style, Arbee plays well, I think, though I haven't heard much of the pre-T-Bone/Christian styles to be able to judge well. As for Wright, I haven't focused on his playing yet. The little blurb OJC and OBC CDs had on the back call him "John Young" MG MG Are you sure its not John Young, ie the piano player who recorded for Delmark and later backed Von Freeman? I think he was on T-Bone Blues as well. Seems possible. As I said, I haven't focused on the pianist yet. But the personnel in the album notes lists it as Wright. So does the Prestige discography. And it was recorded the day before Wright's own album "Nice n' tasty" (both at RVG's). In the interview with Arbee in the sleeve note he mentions that Wright was one of his favourite jazz musicians, and there are refs to his "South side soul" in the note (by Joe Goldberg - who was probably pretty careful about that sort of thing). Do you mean T-Bone's Atlantic album "T-Bone blues"? Unless there are some additional tracks on a CD release, there are none with Young on my LP copy. One session is with Ray Johnson, another with Lloyd Glenn and a third just says "band accompaniment". MG OK, that sounds pretty definitive. BTW , the Atlantic discography I use lists John Young as pianist on T-Bone Shuffle and Papa Ain't Salty. Edited December 29, 2007 by BruceM Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted December 29, 2007 Report Posted December 29, 2007 How is it? Good. Arbee is from the same generation as T-Bone, but a different part of the country, so there are differences. But this has a lot of the same laid back feeling that you get with T-Bone working with some jazz musicians, which he often (even usually) did. His guitar playing is more "primitive" than T-Bone's - but that's only to be expected of a contemporary who didn't make the breakthrough. As an earlier style, Arbee plays well, I think, though I haven't heard much of the pre-T-Bone/Christian styles to be able to judge well. As for Wright, I haven't focused on his playing yet. The little blurb OJC and OBC CDs had on the back call him "John Young" MG MG Are you sure its not John Young, ie the piano player who recorded for Delmark and later backed Von Freeman? I think he was on T-Bone Blues as well. Seems possible. As I said, I haven't focused on the pianist yet. But the personnel in the album notes lists it as Wright. So does the Prestige discography. And it was recorded the day before Wright's own album "Nice n' tasty" (both at RVG's). In the interview with Arbee in the sleeve note he mentions that Wright was one of his favourite jazz musicians, and there are refs to his "South side soul" in the note (by Joe Goldberg - who was probably pretty careful about that sort of thing). Do you mean T-Bone's Atlantic album "T-Bone blues"? Unless there are some additional tracks on a CD release, there are none with Young on my LP copy. One session is with Ray Johnson, another with Lloyd Glenn and a third just says "band accompaniment". MG OK, that sounds pretty definitive. BTW , the Atlantic discography I use lists John Young as pianist on T-Bone Shuffle and Papa Ain't Salty. Damn! I should have taken the LP out of its sleeve! On the inner sleeve, I'd copied the entry from the Atlantic discography (which I don't have but got from the library many years ago), and yes, there's John Young in there! :rsmile: MG Quote
tonym Posted December 29, 2007 Author Report Posted December 29, 2007 The complete set of Arnold symphonies and Arnold Bax String Quartets 1-3. All on Naxos at a very good price! (even lower than the £5 they sell for here!) Quote
mikelz777 Posted January 1, 2008 Report Posted January 1, 2008 (edited) What does a jazz lover do with Christmas money? Buy jazz CDs! These were my final purchases for the old year which will help me ring in the new year. I'm hoping the embarrasing amount I've been spending on CDs the last couple of months will help me resolve to lay off purchasing for a while. I've been eyeing this one for quite a while and look forward to hearing some great stuff on this box set. Fleshing out my Horace Silver collection. A lot of you would probably wonder how I could already own 9 Horace Silver CDs and not have either of these titles yet. The following were ordered from the Concord sale. I'm hoping there are no order fulfillment problems since I heard that some of the sale titles have started to disappear. According to the Concord site, the 2nd CD shown here is by "Howard" Land. I'm really hoping I get this King Curtis CD. It's a 2-fer that brings together THE NEW SCENE OF KING CURTIS and SOUL MEETING, both done for Prestige in 1960. King Curtis (ts), Nat Adderley (cornet), Wynton Kelly (p), Paul Chambers/Sam Jones (b), and Oliver Jackson/Belton Evans (d). The song samples I heard sounded great! Edited January 2, 2008 by mikelz777 Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted January 2, 2008 Report Posted January 2, 2008 http://www.etuderecords.com/Ferranfages/Ferranfages.htm Quote
Van Basten II Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 Here's the thread http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...c=38497&hl= here's my bill Tales Out of Time - Peter Brotzmann (Hatology) Stock No. 4642 1 $4.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Ornette - Hybrid Identity - Theo Jorgensmann (Hatology) Stock No. 3919 1 $4.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thingin - Lee Konitz (Hatology) Stock No. 2628 1 $4.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Dance - Anthony Ortega (Hatology) Stock No. 3505 1 $4.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scattered Clouds - Anthony Ortega (Hatology) Stock No. 2208 1 $4.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sunrise In Different Dimensions - Sun Ra (Hatology) Stock No. 2843 1 $4.88 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Signs and Epigrams - Sylvie Courvoisier (Tzadik) Stock No. 12128 1 $14.99 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subtotal: $44.27 Shipping (First-Class Mail International): $9.66 Tax: $0.00 Total: $53.93 Quote
David Gitin Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 I bought THINGIN' as well. By the way, Theo J's quartet was a highlight at the Vancouver Jazz Festival three years ago. Quote
Van Basten II Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 Theo's vibes player is something else, isn't he ? Quote
Durium Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 JOHNNY VARRO Great swing á la Teddy Wilson The Two Of Us Keep swinging Durium Quote
king ubu Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 Theo's vibes player is something else, isn't he ? Yes, he's the 'star.' I assume you guys are talking of Christopher Dell? He's very good indeed! If you have a chance, do check out his own project, DRA (Dell-Ramond-Astor, the names of vibist, bassist and drummer, respectively). I only have several live broadcasts from that trio so far, but I think they have three discs available! As they're getting better and better with the years, I'd go with the latest disc if you intend to buy one. Here's Dells homepage: >http://www.christopher-dell.de/< Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 3, 2008 Report Posted January 3, 2008 The first album of the year - and the first of three I have on order of Lucky Millinder Listening to it now - very, very enjoyable indeed!! MG Quote
Noj Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 A post-Christmas gift card from my boss yielded... I'll be listening to both albums for the first time tonight. Quote
David Gitin Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 Theo's vibes player is something else, isn't he ? Yes, he's the 'star.' I assume you guys are talking of Christopher Dell? He's very good indeed! If you have a chance, do check out his own project, DRA (Dell-Ramond-Astor, the names of vibist, bassist and drummer, respectively). I only have several live broadcasts from that trio so far, but I think they have three discs available! As they're getting better and better with the years, I'd go with the latest disc if you intend to buy one. Here's Dells homepage: >http://www.christopher-dell.de/< Thank you! Quote
Big Al Posted January 4, 2008 Report Posted January 4, 2008 Sonny Rollins and Big Brass (VME) As well as the first two KISSOLOGY DVD sets and the KISS Alive box. Sick, I know.... Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 The second of my Lucky Millinders turned up. Actually, the earliest of the three. So glad I've gone into this guy's music! MG Quote
Noj Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 Traded in a bunch of stuff at Amoeba, and got: Big John Patton - Mosaic Select Duke Ellington - Such Sweet Thunder Jackie McLean - Action Jackie McLean - A Fickle Sonance Bobby Hutcherson & Harold Land - San Francisco Quote
AndrewHill Posted January 9, 2008 Report Posted January 9, 2008 Found all used yesterday: Sun Ra-Black Myth/Out in Space-MPS 2 cd set Sun Ra-Dance of the Living Image Vol 4-Tranparency 2cd set John Coltrane-Kulu Se Mama-Impulse! John Coltrane-Living Space-Impulse! Listen to Art Farmer and the Orchestra-Verve Elite Edition The Modern Jazz Society Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music-Verve Elite Edition Ray Brown-Bass Hit!-Verve Elite Edition Louis Bellson-Skin Deep-Verve Elite Edition Ornette Coleman-Dancing in Your Head-A&M Not a bad haul! Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Today's delivery was A 2CD set containing all the Spirit of Memphis recordings for King and the first dozen for Peacock, between them covering 1949-1954. Amazing! Been looking for an album of these recordings for years! Amazing! Fantastic! And the sleeve notes say that one of the main lead singers - Wilmer "Little Axe" Broadnax - lived as a transvestite. Bet the churches the group appeared in didn't know that! MG Quote
Durium Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 RALPH SUTTON Live Keep swinging Durium Quote
paul secor Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 (edited) Today's delivery was A 2CD set containing all the Spirit of Memphis recordings for King and the first dozen for Peacock, between them covering 1949-1954. Amazing! Been looking for an album of these recordings for years! Amazing! Fantastic! And the sleeve notes say that one of the main lead singers - Wilmer "Little Axe" Broadnax - lived as a transvestite. Bet the churches the group appeared in didn't know that! MG Louis Opal Nations' notes state that "Little Axe" "was in in fact a man living as a woman". I've read elsewhere that it was just the opposite - "Little Axe" was a woman who lived as a man. Whatever the case, Willmer "Little Axe" Broadnax was a great singer - that's all that matters. Edited January 10, 2008 by paul secor Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 10, 2008 Report Posted January 10, 2008 Louis Opal Nations' notes state that "Little Axe" "was in in fact a man living as a woman". I've read elsewhere that it was just the opposite - "Little Axe" was a woman who lived as a man. Whatever the case, Willmer "Little Axe" Broadnax was a great singer - that's all that matters. Absolutely - but very strange that there are two exactly contradictory stories on this. MG Quote
Aggie87 Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Was at the mall this afternoon, so my daughter could spend a gift certificate she got for Christmas. I ducked in to F.Y.E. while there, just to see what overpriced stock they have left (and not much seems like 70% of their inventory is compilations now). But they DID have the Art Pepper Village Vanguard box, and it appeared to be new, for $49.99. Couldn't resist. Turned out it looks like it's a remaindered item, but that's ok with me Quote
Uncle Skid Posted January 11, 2008 Report Posted January 11, 2008 Holy crap, Agg, that's a good deal... if I ever saw that set for $50, it would be a no brainer. Quote
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