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Nah, just having some fun Seriously: it disturbs me more in museums than in concerts, though professional photographers in concerts can be a very obnoxious bunch (and having the entire thing filmed by various cameras - and even better if they drench the whole darned stage into blue light for later TV presentation - is a major nuisance and should be announced beforehand, since I would very likely not attend any such concert). I guess we're in the age where it does not count what you know and what you actually have done and seen in your life - rather it's all about "I know where I can find any information (not knowledge, mind me!) at any given time at any given place in orbit" and about "look world, I've been there, ain't I cool?" - the photo-mania to me is but an expression of that mentality, which is very alien to me. Call me a renaissance man

whose ashes? well, r.i.p.

Oh, I've had Mobley's "Slice" here for a few years ... but it's the last one I don't know. Can't yet bring myself to listen to it. No more new Mobley to discover after it - that will be a very sad day.

Alex Jarrett? Too many assholes with cameras wherever at cultural events - they turned viral long ago. When have you been to a museum last where people actually were looking at the pictures or sculptures or artificialised crapola, instead of just taking pictures? I don't understand that mindset at all - you miss the entire magic of the moment ... by preserving it for eternity (or rather until the memory card breaks or the hard drive goes amiss) ... and you'll never, ever, revisit those thousands and thousands of photos anyway ... and yeah, you're annoying those that don't want you to take all those pictures, so bugger off and eat your cameras or stick them someplace else, please.

Wow, I guess I'll jump in on this!

Uhm, so I mixed things up and those tracks on disc two are the Argyle Lounge ones? I guess then I've got it covere .... I was wondering already anyway Great stuff for sure! Too bad the new Uptown isn't out yet over here.

And Gene Norman ... and that Elk's Auditorium concert. But then you'd have to turn and change disc every other second ... Other question: usually things only came to jazz a few years late, did live recording of classical concerts start earlier? (of course there's another nimbus there - like not even Horowitz would play several sets a night for two weeks at Carnegie Hall ... so you can't really compare, but still ...)

I'm not on FB, but yeah, good suggestion, will try like this! @Dan: I know, but I'm not into buying MP3 albums that cost nearly as much as CD. (And yes, I'm willing to pay more for a CD, but less for MP3 than they usually go for.)

A biggish chunk of the Savoy Ballroom material is on this set (disc 2 tracks 11-20, I think): http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000067FTL Some don't like the sound, I think it's okay, but I got low-fi equipment and am not that touchy. There's about three CDs worth there. As for the Argyle material, I see I only have a part of it, and with the rhythm section given as unknown - but some more details are to be found here: http://www.jazzdisco.org/kenny-drew/discography/#500402 The above Savoy set is complete only as far as studio material goes, I guess (or it might contain all the Savoy stuff that's ever been out on Savoy, which again is not the entire material). Guess I got to look for this material, then! The Savoy is out in the internets, or as Mr. Sangrey sez: the internet is your friend

No. The opposite is probably true, this is a minority opinion. Hmm... there's the great Bohemia recording of the original Messengers, there's Birdland with Brownie - at least those are staples. Then I'm very fond of the hippsippy chicken 'n dumplins double set with a returning Mobley, there's the other Birdland double set w/Shorter, which by comparison both to that band's studio sets and the other live sets I never really warmed to that much ... then there's Three Blind Mice (United Artists, right?), and next the fine Limelight one with Frank Mitchell, and by 1968 another label caught the band with Billy Harper ... plenty to choose from, really. But no desert island material except for the first two. My essential Blakey would be a mix of studio and live - first I'd pick the Bohemia material, next Free for All ... and that band, at that point in time, would be my big wish for a live recording to turn up.

So ... there is a CD (amazon only has custom CD-Rs), but no international shipping? I've had the amazon page open for weeks, hoping a real CD might turn up there ... anyone knows how this guy from Switzerland could buy one?

can we also take part via skype?

You sure you don't listen to too many ECM discs?

Isn't that a very normal thing to do for smartass teabaggers and other republikins? And officer Unbewust, right? Her superior must be Sergeant Uberich ...

Yeah, but you'll only get one if you publicly abjure from ever again listening to avantgarde ... and if you violate your word, you'll be made into ... guess what? Takes quite some beating!

amazon.de has it with a release date of July 16, but I'm sure it will be cheaper elsewhere. amazon.fr and amazon.it list it as not available, no date, no price - so far, but that's often the case with new/upcoming releases.

Don't give a flying shit ... but then y'all expected that, didn't you?

That all sounds very intersting! Somehow I ended up reading several long articles about and interviews with Henze in the past ten or so years, despite the fact that I hardly ever listened to anything (I did listen to the world premiere of his tenth symphony though, if I'm not mistaken ... I think I even taped it ... so it must be quite a while back, before it all turned digital ...)

Actually, as a complete Henze newbie ... what texts do you mean? Sung texts? Or anything he wrote that was published along with the records? Or anything included in that earlier version? Just wanting to make sure, but I assume it's sung texts, right?

Moving this over here: Despite having a long way to go to even scrape the surface of the Boulez box I can't see myself holding out against this one. Again there will be some overlap and repetition but I'd imagine it will be mainly completely unknown to me. Haven't seen a breakdown of the actual contents of each disc yet. The contents are on the DG website. It is basically a re-issue of their earlier 14CD Henze box, all material from 70s or earlier, plus the Knussen recording of Ondine, plus a few short odds and ends from elsewhere in the catalogue. The earlier CD release included full texts and notes, but this one seems to have gone for original jacket (even though the CDs correspond to the earlier CD issues, not to the LPs) all of which may mean we don't get texts - which would be messed up really... The prestoclassical website says this about the box: Source: http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/DG/4791522 And the full contents are listed here: http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/us/cat/single?PRODUCT_NR=4791522

Happy Birthday!

some live sessions that are documented by recordings: _________ Julius Hemphill Trio Paris (France) December 31, 1977 Baikida Carroll - trumpet Julius Hemphill - alto & sopranino sax Alex Clure - drums FM / 28 min _________ Julius Hemphill Quartet Willisau (Switzerland), Hotel Mohren – Saal June 7, 1980 Julius Hemphill - alto, tenor & soprano sax, flute Olu Dara - trumpet Abdul Wadud - cello Warren Smith - drums AUD / 101 min _________ Julius Hemphill Florence (IT) June 16, 1980 Julius Hemphill - flute, tenor saxophone Olu Dara - trumpet Abdul Wadud - cello Warren Smith - percussion unknown / 97 min (second set inc) _________ Julius Hemphill Trio New York (USA), Public Theatre December 18, 1981 Julius Hemphill - alto & soprano sax, flute Jamaaladen Tacuma - electric bass Michael Carvin - drums AUD / 58 min _________ Julius Hemphill & Abdul Wadud Washington DC (USA), DC Space November 12, 1988 Julius Hemphill - alto sax Abdul Wadud - violoncello AUD / 114 min _________ Julius Hemphill Swing Plaza, New York City (USA) June 18, 1983 Benefit/Tribute to Papa Jo Jones organised by Max Roach. Julius Hemphill - soprano sax Michael Carvin - drums Julius Hemphill - tenor & soprano sax John Hicks - piano Michael Carvin - drums AUD / 41 min _________ some WSQ: World Saxophone Quartet - The Real New York Sax Quartet New York City (USA) February 5, 1977 Julius Hemphill - alto & soprano sax, flute Oliver Lake - alto & tenor sax, flute, poetry David Murray - tenor sax, flute Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax, flute SBD / 95 min _________ World Saxophone Quartet Willisau (Switzerland), Jazz Festival September 1, 1979 Julius Hemphill - alto & soprano, flute Oliver Lake - alto & soprano sax, flute David Murray - tenor sax, flute Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax AUD / 48 min _________ The World Saxophone Quartet Plays Duke Ellington JazzFest Berlin Berlin (Germany) November 5, 1987 Oliver Lake - alto & soprano sax Julius Hemphill - alto sax David Murray - tenor sax Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax 1. In A Sentimental Mood (7:02) 2. Take The "A"-Train (5:59) 3. band intros (1:37) 4. Come Sunday (7:57) 5. Lush Life (6:45) 6. (6:56) 7. Afrobossa (5:47) 8. Sophisticated Lady (8:38) 9. announcement (0:25) 10. Love You Madly (2:50) 11. (2:43) Digi-Sat / 57 min _________ World Saxophone Qrt. with Max Roach & M'Boom "The Grand Collaboration" St. John the Divine Cathedral, New York City, NY (USA) June 26, 1981 -WSQ- Oliver Lake Julius Hemphill David Murray Hamiet Bluiett -M'Boom- Max Roach Freddie Waits Joe Chambers Roy Brooks Ray Mantilla Omar Clay Fred King Warren Smith CD1/51:14 *** WSQ & Roach *** 01. Bluiett's Blues (3:20) 02. Funny Paper (4:30) 03. Two Sheet (6:48) 04. Fast Life (3:33) *** M'Boom *** 05. Onomotopea (9:45) 06. Twinkle Toes (4:09) 07. Epistrophy (5:09) 08. Morning Midday (3:59) [cut] 09. Cudgi-chockolea (9:58) CD2/53:15 *** WSQ & M'Boom *** 10. Intro (0:28) 11. (11:57) 12. (5:47) 13. (9:35) 14. (15:14) 15. (5:59) 16. (4:12) FM / 104 min _________ David Murray Big Band New York City (USA), Public Theatre July 2, 1978 Olu Dara - cornet Baikida Carroll, Leslie Ford - trumpet Grachan Monchur, Lester Lashley, Michael Keith - trombone James Newton - flute John Carter - clarinet, alto sax Julius Hemphill - alto sax David Murray - tenor sax Henry Threadgill - tenor sax, flute Pat Patrick - baritone sax, clarinet, flute Jaki Byard - piano Fred Hopkins - bass Steve McCall - drums Amira Baraka - poetry Irene Datcher - voice Rrata (?) Christine Jones - dance Lawrence “Butch” Morris - conductor AUD / 93 min _________ Murray David Octet Jazz Jamboree 1983 Warsaw (PO), Sala Kongresowa October 23, 1983 Baikida Carroll, Roy Campbell - trumpet Craig Harris - trombibe Julius Hemphill - alto sax David Murray - tenor sax Curtis Clark - piano Wilber Morris - bass Billy Higgins - drums 1. 3 D Family > Band Intros (14:50) 2. Dewey's Circle (20:33) 3. Home (6:39) [inc] SBD / 42 min _________ David Murray Octet Jazz Jamboree Warsaw (Poland), Sala Kongresowa October 23, 1983 Baikida Carroll, Roy Campbell - trumpet Craig Harris - trombone Julius Hemphill - alto sax David Murray - tenor sax Curtis Clark - piano Wilber Morris - bass Billy Higgins - drums digi-sat TV / 29 min _________ Hamiet Bluiett Big Band New York City (USA), Brooklyn, 40 W. 17 February 17, 1977 Frank Gordon - trumpet Ahmad Abdullah - trumpet Olu Dara - cornet Hamiet Bluiett - baritone sax Henry Threadgill - reeds, flute poss. Chico Freeman - reeds, flute poss. Julius Hemphill - reeds poss. David Murray - reeds Muhal Richard Abrams - piano Don Pullen - piano poss. Abdul Wadud - cello Fred Hopkins - bass Brian Smith - bass Don Moye - drums Ajaraamu - drums Phillip Wilson - drums AUD / 107 min _________ Since the tribute band is listed above, there's one by it, too: Julius Hemphill Sextet Berlin Jazz Festival Berlin (Germany) November 27, 1992 Julius Hemphill - alto sax Marty Ehrlich - alto sax Carl Grubbs - alto sax James Carter - tenor sax Andrew White - tenor sax Peck Allmond - baritone sax 1. Variations on A-Train (3:33) 2. The Answer (2:20) 3. Fat Man (7:30) 4. Three Steps (2:21) 5. Opening (3:28) 6. Hard Blues (9:07) 7. The Moat and Bridge (12:07) 8. Anchor Man / Floppy / Blued Up (9:23) 9. Flush (9:53) FM / 60 min (timings would need double-checking) I am not offering these here or anywhere ... in fact I wouldn't really know where to locate them right away. There's definitely much more than this, this is just what I've found without doing much searching.

Thanks brownie. This one (partly quoted and linked at the end of the Monde obit) is a good read, too: http://www.drame.org/blog/index.php?2013/07/04/2626-bernard-vitet-ne-souffle-plus

Sad news. Just found this lengthy interview (in French) - seems like a very fun read: http://www.allumesdujazz.eu/~blog/index.php?2007/01/15/13-bernard-vitet-memoires-dun-dilettante

Yes indeed! Most obviously, I love all their Barney Wilen releases ... "Moshi Too" is amazing!