mikeweil

Of all those Americans in Germany making careers as pop stars, he remained the jazziest. He moderated the Sunday jazz radio show in Frankfurt's Hessischer Rundfunk for many years.

Blue Serge is a baritone sax classic!

I had the original LP, and have the CD, and like this album, but compared to Carmen McRae with the CBBB and partly the same songs you notice that McRae sings in a higher league. No concerts near where I live, and if so, probably too expensive for my budget.

I once saw him live as a guest with a local big band. He played a long solo filled with bop, blues, and r&b licks but they all sounded amazingly fresh. You cannot hear that quality in any of the younger players.

It was originally issued in both versions!

Our Spanish friends reissued this. The Fresh Sound is a reissue of the pure jazz version. Both editions are oop. https://www.discogs.com/release/9786341-Various-The-Complete-Triple-Play-Stereo-Sessions https://www.discogs.com/master/579951-Benny-Golson-Just-Jazz

This afternoon:

This afternoon:

I just tried the CD on three different players we have here, Marantz, micromega, and Pioneer, and all three play it back without any problems. Even my more than 30 years old DVD player accepts it. Maybe your machines do not like the music?

July 16, 2023 - Baroque Night at the Frankfurt musical academy, period performance department. (detailed review to follow - elaborate renovation work in our apartment kept me busy)

It is only the second time some of his music has been recorded, although he had a good reputation and three of his collections were printed. Rebecca Pechefsky was the first to play some of his pieces, which I put in the player follwing above CD, bought today after a concert of Karla Schröter. http://concert-royal.info http://www.quillmusic.com/images/QC_1005_large_MINI_website.jpg http://www.quillmusic.com

Listing corrected after the listing in the Mosaic Select booklet. No idea what "Tambauri" is supposed to be. Trumpets and French Horn changed for the last session, I made a collective listing. Oh how I love those alphabetical instrument listings on discogs ....

Contrary to the recent Coltrane "discovery", no info about the circumstances of the find. Sound is good, bass a bit too low in the mix, and the sound man took a few bars to open the vocal mic, but otherwise it's okay.

The Complete Clef/Norgran/Verve sessions of Louis Bellson If they can do Buddy Rich, why not Bellson? Lots of Ellingtonians and other good soloists here.

R.I.P.

I once received a CD with totally different music on it - print and all was correct, but what came from my speakers was not what was written. Amazon has a menu in your purchase page for such things.

Received it today - it's great. She seems a bit more subdued than usual, but that only raises the intensity level. 33 minutes, standard for a Newport performance. For Simone fans, a must have.