Daniel A

This was one of my first "jazz" experiences at age 4-5:

Actually, the original sound is just as ridiculous, slightly diminishing the humour of the "shreds" version. As mentioned above, especially Herbie's playing.

The article is not a review, but a quite long interview with Byrd. However, the article states that the recent Black Byrd album is a "success". In general, Byrd doesn't appear to be that happy. This is maybe the most amusing section: Driving to Dunhills he talks about African music and why tribal music was played at certain times of the day. Then he shifts to a newspaper article he read once that claimed that loud music, like rock, killed plants. “That’s absurd. Do you know that some people talk to their plants? The next thing you'll hear about is loudspeakers in corn fields because corn has ears.”

TTK, I've been following your posts in this thread, and so much that I want to check out is coming up! Never knew about the Kai Olé! album, but now I need to hear it...

Oh, I see... At least everything is in the 20th century domain, then - recording, editing technique and sound carrier.

I suppose that if you are able to remove vocals (or perhaps any instrument as well), you could also put them back at a different level in the mix.

To me, the "lo-res" is definitely enough for recordings from the 1920s. Thanks for the tip!

There's a link to a PDF: 64. Rollins, oral history by Appelbaum. 66. "Music is music,” Sonny said. "There's only good music—and I'm saying good to me—or bad music, bad to me." Rollins, interview by Bendian, 39.

Just not to spread potentially misleading information - it turns out that the trombonist is frequent session man George Vernon.

The basist was Nate "Lloyd" Hygelund, now apparently a resident of Oregon. This is from another message board, eight years ago: "Nate Hygelund is nearly 80 years old and lives in Central Oregon. His memories and experiences playing with many of the greats of the bebop era are incredible. He taught at Berklee and was the resident bassist at the Jazz Workshop in Boston during the 60's." https://rec.music.bluenote.narkive.com/fba8yOuj/nate-hygelund

Excellent track! I would never have guessed it was a Russell tune. I wonder who pulled together the band. Do you know who trombonist "George Bernard" is? I cannot find a trace of him online. He looks as if he might be in his 50s, so somewhat older than most of the other players.

I love the way he presents everybody in the band before they start to play. A trombonist I play with participated in some of Russell's other projects in Sweden at the time, and I seem to recall he has told that the rehearsals were not always smooth.

I was looking for Bernt Rosengren videos, prompted by his recent passing. I happened to find this recording of George Russell and a (mostly) Swedish Big Band, including Rosengren, from 1967. Audio is missing from the last couple of minutes, but there is a link to another video with the missing part in the YouTube description.

For several years I played in a big band, and "Basie Straight Ahead" was a tune I never tired of. I don't know why, but it feels so good every time; the voicings and the interplay between the piano and the band. I also fully support the idea that music can be everything at once. One example of things I am endlessly attracted to is Clare Fischer's arrangements for George Shearing's bossa nova album on Capitol. On the surface, it's easy listening. But if you actually listen to the voicings for the woodwinds, they are super sophisticated - and jazzy!

Sad, but maybe not unexpected. Obituaries in main Swedish newspapers do not state on which day he passed, but some sources say yesterday, May 15.

I believe you're thinking of "mmilovan". Catesta was one of the "original" members here, as was Jim R.

I think we are spoiled. How much was a CD 30 years ago? $16.99? Considering the inflation that would probably be more than twice as much in today's money. $35. For one CD.

I was 26 when I got my first set and 40 when I made my latest purchase, but that was almost a decade ago. There are still a couple of sets I might want to get second hand (e.g. Jackie McLean), but mostly I have what I need.

Crippled left hand from childhood polio.

Nice story, Clifford. Hope to see you here at some point! I would never have thought that Andra Jazz would live on and retain some of its character post-Harald, but the shop's still there.

If the source for this compilation was Swedish Radio, I assume there might be additional tapes there (I don't own the CD, so I don't know what the liner notes say).

I found this on the Downbeat site: "Due to Switzerland’s public domain laws, material recorded prior to 1970 doesn’t require any licensing agreement, so Uehlinger, with the massive help of recording engineer Michael Brändli, has been releasing new packages of previously issued work from artists like Marion Brown, Archie Shepp, John Coltrane and Paul Bley, to say nothing of vintage Charlie Parker work." https://downbeat.com/news/detail/ezz-thetics-reissues-60s-free-jazz-classics As far as I can tell, the duration of so called "neighboring rights" in Switzerland is still 50 years, i.e. they have expired for anything recorded and/or released up to 1972.

Some estates obviously have an opinion, which might or might not be in line with what the artist would have wanted. I remember when a planned reissue of Stan Getz' "Sweet Rain", which was supposed to include unreleased material was allegedly blocked by the estate. But sometimes this kind of stories seem to be about money rather than "art". Some 30 years ago a friend wanted to rearrange a Leonard Bernstein composition for an orchestra we played in. He contacted the publisher, which said that the estate opposed of everything, adding that "Had Lennie lived, the answer would likely have been different, but..."

I sent an email to Hat Hut a couple of months ago, asking whether these recordings were licenced. There was no reply.