king ubu

Very fine pianist indeed. Only caught him live once, in a four piano affair, first him and Kenny Barron, then Benny Green and (I think) Eric Reid - and finally an encore with all four of them. The older guys taught the younger ones plenty of lessons that night! All the best to Mulgrew Miller, hope he'll recover and lighten up our days many more years!

Better than any of us deserves, so no need to buy

(good shop, even though they do sell lots of dubious stuff, too)

Ella sings Kenny G.

Got you beat. My oldest horn is a c. 1920 curved soprano, nominally a Wurlitzer (really made by Beuscher). Or rather, that's my oldest playable horn. I have a Millereau double-octave-key soprano from 1900 or 1901 that I've never even tried to get into playable condition. It's just a cool object. Very cool! I'm not a collector or by any means a musician, but I obviously got that alto to play (I got it in playable shape, but it has its warts and all ... but I love it, though I don't play these days). Anyway, my old Lenco rekkid player surely qualifies, too. No idea from what time it dates, but it looks more or less like this one below, but doesn't have a suspender for the cover (which no doubt was added later), and it doesn't have that wooden frame at the bottom, either: oh, and the lid/cover of mine is in much better shape, no holes or tears or anything!

a Selmer Mark VII alto from 1971 ... not sure it's outdated, though

Very cool! Thanks for sharing details, Ricky!

What a messy website! And not even a search function! Taylor is all over the start page (scroll, scroll, scroll, and you'll see) - but indeed seems not to be available!

Are you asking (question mark forgotten) or making a statement (word order botched)? I'd just drop Mike a line and ask about that, he said he still has the latest disc in stock, not sure about the rest (he knows I got all the rest, so no need to mention that).

well, let's see these many good talents ... but I do give them points for Ambrose Akinmusire, at least - more of that, please!

Alas I'm afraid your doubts are right on the money ... I still love the idea though.

Oh yes, absolutely Don Byas!

Seems so ... was in touch with Mike a couple of days ago. Most discs can still be had via this outfit (for whom Mike mentioned doing some work, too, not sure for what label or how exactly he's involved there, but he also mentioned continuing his work for Cuneiform): https://www.gonzomultimedia.co.uk/labels/Reel%20Recordings https://www.gonzomultimedia.com/labels/Reel%20Recordings First link is for yurp and all, second for the US of A.

Need proof? There:

It's been a while that I played it, but yeah, it always sounded familiar, but I'm really bad in recognizing tunes ... thanks!

Okay, thanks - so they grabbed the most recent incarnations of these over on dime .... suckers!

That reminds of me JG who mentioned in some interview how he practised in a cork-coated room ... until he got his HUUUUUUUUUGE sound right in that, uhm, narrowing surrounding. And then when he came out of there .... BOOOOOM in your face! JG=Johnny Griffin? Yes!

My info says it's a blues and it's incomplete (theme may be missing, if there ever was one) - need to dig for the CDRs, too. Also, my info says it's from March 1968, and "Rhythm-a-Ning" is placed at the beginning of it all: CD1/67:40 1. Rhythm-a-Ning (Thelonious Monk) 3:16 2. The Vamp (Hank Mobley) 20:36 3. Alone Together (Schwartz-Dietz) 6:58 4. Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham) 16:15 5. Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk) / The Theme (Miles Davis) 8:09 6. If I Were a Bell (Frank Loesser) 12:24 CD2/61:29 1. Workout (Hank Mobley) 18:13 2. Up Over and Out (Hank Mobley) 26:59 3. Third Time Around (Hank Mobley) 16:16 CD3/37:24 1. Delauny's Dilemma (John Lewis) 5:01 [inc] 2. Summertime (Gershwin-Heyward) 17:22 3. Airegin (Sonny Rollins) / The Theme (Miles Davis) 15:00

Happy birthday, Chuck!

Dear King Ubu, This session is included in the 3CD bootleg set in sale in Japan. It contains 2 CD from Copenhagen, April 1968 and 1 from Koln, September 1 or 10, 1968. All the best, Claude It runs several minutes longer than 160, so doesn't fit onto two discs. But more interesting: do they give timings and did the steal (I wouldn't use that word if they weren't making money of it) the fixed version of the Mobe/Griff? Except for the Left Bank gig with Wynton Kelly in 1967, this is the only live recording I know of Hank Mobley fronting a group in a club. To hear Hank stretch out - for a very long time - on his own tunes - (despite the obvious inebriation) is priceless. I hear Trane's influence more pronounced in Hank's later years as this tape clearly demonstrates, especially on Third Time Around. This is also some of the best Tootie Heath on tape foreshadowing his playing on The Prisoner. I played this for George Coleman a few weeks ago and he was particularly enamored with Tootie's playing on here. The sound might not be ideal but really, who gives a fuck? Maybe my dub is a little better than yours Kevin, but I hear Hank clearly throughout the tape. :tup

there's also this one ... the most complete version so far, yours truly had a (modest!) hand in putting it together: __________ Hank Mobley / Johnny Griffin - Quintet Jazz am Rhein 1968 Köln (DE), Rheinpark, Tanzbrunnen September 1, 1968 Hank Mobley - tenor sax Johnny Griffin - tenor sax Bora Rokovic - piano Jimmy Woode - bass Kenny Clare - drums 1. Stage Announcer Intro (0:51) 2. Sophisticated Lady (Ellington) [JG] > My Funny Valentine (Rodgers-Hart) [HM] (11:29) 3. Wee (Best-Gillespie) > Applause > Stage Announcer Outro [cut] (13:53) 4. Some Other Blues (Coltrane) 10:09 [italian voiceover 2:55-3:01] TT: 36:25 Source: radio broadcasts __________ It comes from (at least) two different sources ... the usual version misses #4. Not sure about the previously linked boot - it has the date, but I don't know if it just adds #1-3 to the third disc or if it has it all ... it was also badly in need of a speed correction, the above timings reflect the fixed versions, but include applause and all.

Sheesh, seeing such offers, I nostalgically think back to the days of "trees" ... if digital is an option, this stuff is around.

time was ...

Yep, Carney is usually given as singer plus conga player, so he probably was more of the star of the show and emcee and showmaster or whatever ... would certainly be fascinating to hear a glimpse of it!

furthermore, Don Was not exactly generous when he did that Dylan album ...