mikeweil

I rarely see this mentioned when McDuff is discussed. Anyone else here who has and likes it? This may have been my first exposure to a good conga player in a jazz context. Fred Walker, later changed his name to Derf Reklaw Rahim.

I have read this and thought it was very well done. R.I.P.

Epistrophy was Monk's closing theme.

I once had a Japanese LP of the Blue Note but sold it when the Conoisseur CD was isued, which I never bought it seems. The whole album is on YouTube, I am listening to it right now. Burrell is always great, Jenkins has a nice sound, much nicer than McLean, I like the Parkerisms in his playing. Just thinking out loud. It seems my days of continuous Blue Note listening are over. But it is a very nice album.

Similar thoughts here. I only have a not really good sounding Spanish Polygram CD of Night Train. Somehow his trio does not thrill me nearly as much as Ahmad Jamal or others. I was given the recent LP reissue of the MPS album as a gift, it sounds really great, but still ..... I can't spend so much any longer, so I may rather get me the Vanguard sets.

You want raw music in clean sound? Now isn"t that a contradiction?

Music that's 100 years old!

Birthday gift from a friend. He is into all kinds of rock music, and thought this might be of interest, as I played with Kurdish/Turkish musicians for eight years. This is a successful band residing in the Netherlands, their tribute to the late folk singer Neşet Ertaş. Well done, but methinks the basic approach of such bands hasn't changed much over the last thirty years. https://www.discogs.com/release/36649081-Altın-Gün-Garip

Just finished listening to the first disc. The copy I had ordered for twenty € including shipping turned out to be a double vinyl in pristine condition. 55 years ago I used to listen to classical radio while doing my school homework. This was my introduction to early 20th century avant garde, Ives and Ruggles included. This music is as unsettling now as it was back then.

R.I.P.

Hardy Rittner. So far he reclorded five volumes. Excellent sound. https://www.discogs.com/artist/2702384-Hardy-Rittner For the late pieces, this is my unsurpassed favourite:

During Sunday afternoon:

Discogs lists a few at varying prices. But I found a used copy in good condition from an Amazon seller for twenty bucks. 🙂 Thanks. I remember hearing Sun Treader on the radio during my later school days.

It was around that time that he played with John Martyn.

That was aleady in 2015! https://www.discogs.com/release/7480681-John-Stevens-Away-John-Stevens-Away-Somewhere-In-Between-Mazin-Ennit

Is that a portrait of Ruggles used for the cover? Very nice. Who panted that? I should look for this release.

Spinning this once more. I really like this compilation, made with love and understanding, and good sound. Quite a few alternate takes used. Vocalists were an important part of Ellingtonia and are not really done justice, me thinks.