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The Night Albert Died Another Death Fine title for an Boneploitation flick

Someone did. It is coming out in June. Wow, really?! That's great news!

Here's Marc Myers' biography: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:h4CPVbX_4jsJ:www.halmckusick.com/jazz/biography/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ch&client=opera some bits from there: I wish some recordings would turn up! Someone must have had a tape recording running the 70s or 80s!

http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f31/rip-steve-neil-640593/

Discs 3-6 now - the Louis Armstrong Story sessions

(both originally on Jef Gilson's Palm label, I think - definitely the Lancaster which I have here, not sure about the fantastic Singer/Gilson disc) Then there's also a Kippie Moeketsi (with Singer on one track) titled "Blue Stompin'" (as-shams), and a Singer done in Johannesburg: Hal Singer - Soweto to Harlem (AsShams/The Sun, 1976)

Wouldn't really compare it to "Nation Time" directly, but to a lot of stuff that's been mentioned here: Hal Singer & Jef Gilson - Soul of Africa also, reissued on the same label (Kindred Spirits): Byard Lancaster - Funny Funky Rib Crib

dimly remember reading about someone trying to reissue that one and not getting past either wadud or phillips who was against a reissue for some reason or other... (Ubu?) (clips on youtube sound pretty great to me though... on page 60 here is more on this band Yeah, that's a killer LP. It's not earth-shattering in the broad sense, but as far as intense free jazz records go, it's mighty fine. Agreed - but as I said above, I think that's not quite up to JLH's scrutiny. alas...

earlier today: Discs 1-3 - wonderful! Dan Morgenstern provides a great introduction - I'm really having a hard time understanding why these recordings, this band, was bad-mouthed so often! This is royalty at work, and it gets quite clear why that's so!

Very sad... love his mid-50s recordings with Galbraith. Must confess that I had to read up what happened to him after he vanished from the jazz world - seem she still played some jazz. There are no recordings, however?

I fell in love with his and Wayne Jackson's great horn riffs while in my early teens... always great when they were aboard! r.i.p.

after having finished with disc 7 of the Storyville Satchmo box, it's now on to discs 3 and 4 of the RCA box

Very few things of interest, to be honest... and most of these albums - those not rare in CD age - were also out in various European editions that sound alright to my ears - first there were the Original Sound digipacks, then the Masters digipack, and there were a few that were out in the US(?) series with the piano keys (the Bryant, for instance). Anyway, the Rufus Harley, George Wallington (was on Koch, wasn't it?), Roland Hanna, Jack Wilson, Eddie Higgins, and maybe one of the Bags' and that Steve Marcus (anyone knows it? how is it?) might be of interest...

Understandable though against the background of grade inflation in the reviewing industry in general. No disrespect, but we all know that reviewers get a little, uh, enthuasiastic and I dare say editors are wary of seeming to hype just everything that comes along. On the other hand, if no one ever got enthusiastic any more, we'd be extinct pretty soon (might be a good thing though*, all things considered...) *) was there ever a Blakeyley album by that title btw? and will they ever get to Gaylayle, too? or will the world have gone undder before?

into disc 5 and the Nice concert - lesser sound, still fine playing...

That's why you throwin' a 3CD set at us? (A great one, btw - thanks!) You're right about Gayle's sound, I think. It comes though beautifully on the new disc, in the sparse setting with just bass, drums, an his glorious tenor (I think that's the perfect setting for hi anyway, but I don't yet know or own too many of his discs). Oh, and clifford, that sucks about the editors downgrading your rating!

disc 3 by now...

Yes, this is another one of Pujol's common tricks - including an album ("A Story Tale", in this case) that was never released on cd individually, but on a compilation of sorts. A cd issued under Clifford Jordan's name called "Mosaic" includes "A Story Tale", alas. It's "Breezing" indeed. "A Story Tale" was part of the twofer CD "Mosaic" by Clifford Jordan (which combined Jordan's "Starting Time" with Jordan/Red's "A Story Tale"), while Red's twofer "Red, Blue and Green" combined "The Mode" and "Images". Some fine music there, and an official Fantasy 2CD set would definitely have been wonderful!

I'd say so... in that it's more settled, with the rhythm section often going into some kind of weird but in the pocket grooves, kind of monk-ish as I hear it. This new disc should not fright anyone away, I think - and yet it's not mellow or easy on the ears or anything. I really like it (and to me, clifford's 4 of 5 rating is rather on the low side, I'd give 4,5 or maybe even the full 5!)

Yes indeed! But it will, alas, likely stink, soundwise... I'd love to see a proper reissue of Gryce's "Reminiscin'" - can't someone tell the Japanese to please do that one? Also would love to see that one Sonny Red album that's not been out (with Lateef, nevertheless!) in a separate, proper reissue. Hate buying these sets just to get a quarter of their contents.

There's a great article on Gayle in the current (April) issue of The Wire - and his new album is da shit, as dey say: Guess this will easily be my album of the year! Highly focused, burningly intense, honest and straight from the heart no bullshit music.

You must be listening to quite some Hemphill lately That's a pipe organ indeed on #13! Had to include it, just for the fun of it... the sax player on that tune is sort of the hero of this BFT #14: Wynton's age could still be counted on the fingers of two hands when that was recorded... And #16 seems to be an excerpt indeed (the track comes from a compilation LP which I don't even own, but I've got another LP by this band, and there's even some out on CD - still have to get that, though)

- but then usually in such situations the employees don't get a $, but a pink slip -

Happy Birthday, Evan! :party:

Or bandS. Cannonball obviously had a strong enough sense of self to hire tenor/flute players like Lateef and Lloyd who could potentially upstage him. For me, Lateef is the highlight of the Jazz Icons DVD. Well, I was specifically talking of the sextet with Lateef - don't think Lloyd is up on the same level, sorry. But then I know just that weird concept/musical album (Fiddler on the Roof) which may not show that band its best...