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The AAJ review by @RogerF is out now (when I last looked, google found it but it wasn't yet published, I think?) Dave Gelly has done a short one for the Guardian, too: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/03/mike-westbrook-concert-band-review-last-night-old-place-ronnie-scott

Outstanding recording!

Thanks @Dan Gould - so a Bob Belden thing, it seems. Probably no compilation then.

What's that "Shades of Blue" one? http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/UCCQ-9373 From those in this batch I really like the McLean/Onishi ... and a few months ago got Ralph Peterson's "Triangular" (also Japanese and SHM CD, I think), and it's indeed very good! And the Eliases are very nice if you dig her. Interested myself, I think, in the DeJohnette (M-Base Special Edition?), the Onishi, the two Adams, the Peterson and the Super Blue, maybe the Jimmy Smith and the Rosnes snd some Rubalcaba ... and hoping for more to follow! Saw Carrott the one time I managed to catch Muhal ... excellent!

Reading the name of Frank Haynes ... this one (missing in his Wiki entry) should not be forgotten (for CD folks such as myself, Freshsound has reissued) it: https://www.discogs.com/Randy-Weston-Blues/release/3304377 Mighty good!

We do in Zurich (where, so he says currently) he will stay put as musical director of the opera. Haven't heard him do any concert/symphonic repertoire, but his tenure here (together with director Andreas Homoki) has brought plenty of freshness into a house that was relying too heavily on stars and (Italian) core repertoire and not nearly adventurous enough during the long tenure of Alexander Perreira (who whent to Salzburg, breached his contract, went on to La Scala in Milan, where at least so far he didn't stop the tradition of ending their season with a contemporary/20c opera ... going to catch the upcoming Kurtág opera based on Beckett, "Fin the partie", in November!) But back to Zurich, the Homoki/Luisi team has indeed opened up in many directions and made the place a very interesting one for sure. We got some fine premieres, plenty of great baroque opera (with the likes of Christie, Dantone and Antonini conducting the period instrument ensemble that is also part of the house) and much more. Either way, based on this I'd just be curious and in a generally positive mood about this.

Started listening to the Basie material over the past weekend ... but somehow wasn't in the mood for swing (mood swings?) ... but yeah, looking forward a lot! Regarding if the Waller material is good or not, I'm curious ... I've got the JSP sets around but haven't dug into them too deeply yet, and when playing the Waller from the previously available DLs, I found it just right, though certainly not among the highlights (how about Hawkins's "Body and Soul"!?!)

Maybe.... but I've had parcels routed via Prague ... and jazzmessengers uses Dutch post (but the parcels are delivered by Swiss post). I've stopped trying to understand all that.

Did they send you my tracking number? The only friend I know from Switzerland who also ordered it got his set today, again no fees and taxes. So as so often in life, what works for some people doesn't work for others. I'd also wish DHL would get outta here, btw. Lousiest service ever as far as postal service goes ...

Ha ... and my parcel with Wilson and Savory just slipped through customs thanks to the fake sticker outside the box - which contains a full declaration ("music item") but a less than full value (30$). But I had all kinds of experiences: getting letters asking me to provide a real bill (which is a pain as it delays delivery by two or three weeks), paying the regular tax (including the applicable, ridiculously high fee) because someone was smart enough to check the website for value, and estimation of value by customs and tax/fee based on that.

Good set, though I'm not too big on Woods in general.

Okay, cool. Will be picking mine (and the Teddy W.!) up at the post office first thing tomorrow morning!

Mine has just been announced by the post ... planned delivery tomorrow - so (not being home during the day) I should be able to pick it up on Friday morning! I did ask Scott about the liners during the pre-order process/waiting time and he was - I guess - diplomatic in not getting specific but mentioning that the set's booklet will be "much more in depth" than the PDFs we got along with the downloads ... eitherway, that discussion about airchecks vs. studio productions (and transcription sessions are another case in point were often longer takes were recorded, it seems) is interesting and I guess this set would indeed have been the ideal place to summarize it.

Sheesh, and without even knowing I added 15$ ... glad to be in!

Not sure what a tumblr link has to do with it ... need to be signed up to tumblr to be on Mosaic (Universal?) mailing list? Frankly I'd totally not miss the jazz courier (though I'd welcome a Jazz Couriers set).

Legit in Europe but not in the US is my assumption (which actually is true for the flood of PD releases that we saw in the past dozen or so years).

There's a new film on the label as well ... my parents asked me to join them for the Sunday matinee next weekend - not expecting all that much but am curious. https://bluenoterecords-film.com/en/film/ blurb from there: The film explores the vision behind the iconic American jazz record label. Since 1939, Blue Note artists have been encouraged to push creative boundaries in search of uncompromising expressions. Through current recording sessions, rare archive and conversations with iconic Blue Note artists, the film reveals an intimate perspective of a legacy that continues to be vital in today’s political climate. Legendary artists Herbie Hancock and Wayne Shorter come together with today’s generation of groundbreaking Blue Note artists such as Robert Glasper and Ambrose Akinmusire to record an All-Stars album. These reflections lead us back to the highly influential figures of the past on which the legacy of Blue Note is built: Thelonious Monk, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Art Blakey, Horace Silver and Miles Davis. The Film strives to transmit the values that jazz embodies and that Blue Note has been promoting since its inception: freedom of expression, equality, dialogue - values we can learn from and that are as relevant today as they were when the label was founded.

No idea @Big Beat Steve, and frankly not sure there's any such thing as "Erfahrungswerte" with the current state of affairs anyway. On the positive side, they arrived towards the end of the alphabet and have just sent me a shipping notification

Last night heard Pierre Favre (celebrating his 81st birthday today!) with a quintet and an all Monk programme ... gee, that was fun! Line-up: Nils Wogram (tb), Samuel Blaser (tb), Philipp Schaufelberger (g), Bänz Oester (b), and Pierre Favre (d). They were crazy enough to do "Brilliant Corners"!

No shipping notice yet ... ordered months ago, to be shipped together with the Teddy Wilson. Hope it works out ... maybe dropping them a not tomorrow.

Ha, same here! Three Threadgills actually as I was still missing out on "Old Locks" too.

First spin right now ... just got took out of the mail box on the way home from the daily grind - and yowzah, my feet keep dancing! Did @Alexander Hawkins forget to alert us all in good time or did I just visit the site too seldomly to catch the news? Either way, saw the group play in Italy around two years ago, and it was a hoot. And so is the disc. The tracks segue into each other and the whole thing builds and builds, Edwards and Hawkins are intense and it seems that's what's needed these days to really push Mr. Louis to deliver his best. I think that gig in 2016 was the last one I heard where he really hit it hard ... I've heard him several times after, in London as well as in Italy, but never in working groups and not with groups that really pushed him constantly, though he's of course always wonderful to hear and see! Anyway, the rhythm section gels and the two horns match wonderfully on this recording from a bit over a year ago at London's Café Oto. Yarde contributes some mean soprano - dig him on #4, "Ezontakana (Those Little Birds)". But I guess the best thing is how beautifully they melt together, i.e. on #5, a drop-dead gorgeous take on Dudu Pukwana "B My Dear". So yeah, finally documented on disc

Well, it is a mess ... the two Laserlights are fully covered by the Frémeaux (CD1 plus CD2#1-2) it seems, then contains a whole bunch of addiitonal tracks (CD2#3 to end). The Fantasy/Universal Alhambra disc contains a few tracks not on the Frémeaux then, and also a "Rockin' in Rhythm" (without "Kinda Dukish"? I didn't double check) that may be different ... Bottom line: I don't really trust the info provided by these releases (dates/venues) ... not sure anyone has cleaned this up (the DEPanorama site just lists the Fantasy disc for instance, didn't check Lord or Bruyninckx yet).

I don't think so ... and would strongly consider him a much more interesting, involving and characterful player than Potter or Russell ... funny enough that the other really good Bird/40s bop bassist, Al McKibbon, is on the other Nichols sessions for Blue Note.