soulpope

those were the days of japanese vinyl !!

Ordered this too...

Thnx for the hint

Thanks for the initial feedback

Thnx for sharing

Any experience reg sound btw other impressions of "The Basement Tapes Complete" (either the BOx or the 2CD-Set) would come highly appreciated.

Sirone`s performance on "Boody" (Dewey Redman "The Ear Of The Behearer" Impulse AS-9250)

thnx for sharing your impressions

"Almost like me" Odean Pope Trio feat Gerald Veasley (el-b) and Cornell Rochester (dr) (LP Moers Music 01092)

although me not being a fan of electric bass in jazz overall, here certainly is some incredible playing by Gerald Veasley, best augmented via (this album`s track) "Almost Like Me".......like one blogger once remarked "This ist the album Jamaaledeen Tacuma should always have recorded".....

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The memorial service for Kenny was appropriately brilliant. A stellar line-up with the cream of British jazz including Evan Parker, John Taylor, Dave Horler, John Marshall, Martin France and Chris Laurence and Stan Sulzmann. The were eulogies, all very moving and highly personal tributes from Stan Sulzmann, Evan Parker, Dave Horler and John Taylor. Norma Winstone was in fine voice throughout and there were some notable solos from Henry Lowther, John Paricelli, John Taylor, Stan Sulzmann to name just a few. The service lasted two hours with much more music than prayer and I suspect the church (St James, Sussex Gardens in London's Lancaster Gate area) hadn't seen such a capacity audience since Christmas. The music - all Kenny Wheeler pieces, naturally, with the emphasis on larger ensembles - was sublime (no other word for it) and illustrated perfectly the genius that was Kenny Wheeler. The concert ended with a vocal piece by the London Vocal Project led by Pete Churchill which was remarkably effective. Finally and most movingly, the service concluded with a poignant recording of Kenny playing a terrific solo, the notes of which reached far up into the roof. This was a fitting tribute to a much-loved and highly respected jazz musician whose many works will live on. Thnx for sharing

Do like Black Unity, Karma, Thembi (as mentioned, THE bass solo) and Live at the East from the Impulse days His later efforts didnt do a lot for me, omitting this release from 1981 on Theresa one track (former vinyl A-side) titled "You've Got To Have Freedom" out of nowhere burns like in the "good old days", to a vast extent also due to the propelling rhythm section John Hicks+Walter Booker+Idris Muhammad...wish this track would go on and on and on.....

worth the entry ticket for Cecil McBee`s majestical side 2 opener "Love" alone......

back then a hilarious attempt by DG to market Ms. Mutter "the sexy way".....