mikeweil

Bird was a player who really improvised, conceived very different solos in each take. In that respect he was largely superior to his sidemen who often had to learn the tunes during the session. So all alternates merit listening, although he sometimes lost interest while the other were still finding their way through the tunes. I for one like both approaches to listening, just for Bird's incredible creativity, but listening to the music as the jazz world first got to hear it is hard to beat.

I enjoyed this one as an alternative to the complete sets, it covers the arly career including sideman dates in good remasterings. As I already had the Complete Savoy box on LP and all the Spotlite LPs including those with recordingd beyond the Dial label, it was a satisfying choice on CD. But I also have the two Ezzthetics discs.

Indeed!

Gheorge, good to see you enjoy your life! Now playing the third disc of the seriey with German Southwest Radio recordings:

Marcelle Meyer again - her Ravel is fantastic. She learned the music from Ravel's favourite pianist, Ricardo Vines.

This morning: Disc 1 with the concertos.

Stravinskij, Ravel, Debussy from this box. Meyer is the greatest as she never overplays the score.

That's the exact reason for starting this thread. 🤗

I am in a process of inspecting and evaluating stuff stored in dozens of boxes on my shelves, and while dusting the CDs with British music it turned out the missing Pentangle CD was correctly filed with the band's other discs. Blind man ....

The person depicted on the upper cover is not him, btw, it is a distant relative from the Thuringian Bach branch, Johann Christan Bach, who was his student in Halle (not his half-brother).

..... plus another recording of this brilliant collection of non-liturgical organ music.

This one?

One set could be all the sessions with Clare Fischer, Gary Foster, and Warne Marsh.

Saw her perform in a trio with Ralphe Armstrong and Sherman Ferguson (a real swinging drummer playing for the benefit of the trio). It was excellent. I liked her piano playing much more than on the records.

Looks good. I prefer dark roasts. My brand this morning is from a local roaster.

Last night this one was missing. A thorough inspection of the shelves with classical CDs revealed I had my Bizet recordings in two places. Compilations with works of several composers are a drag. This CD has, btw, the most terrific recording of the Carmen Suite you will ever hear. Most conductors tend to take it too fast - this one is right on spot and grooves the hell out of the piece.

This late afternoon:

Sound varies depending on the original alums. Some is very rare. The Verve with Brookmeyer is the jazziest, with a killer solo from Schifrin on the longest track. As with Sergio Mendes or Joao Donato all is a bit on the lighter side. They all were under more commercial presurd than jazz pianists, it seems to me. I would like to tell you more, but ghis is one of my temporarily misplaced items .....