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soon to begin, about a kilometer from where we live (but moving away then): http://www.streetparade.ch/ the "boom boom boom" will likely go on until Sunday afternoon or so, but lucky enough for about the second or third time this has been going on (18 years, I think, but it started very small and funny), it's raining, he he more seriously: Cecil Taylor & Tony Oxley - Strasbourg, Oct. 2, 2009 - very, very excited!

see my first post - not sure about those +3 on "We Want Miles" and "Isle of Wight" (audio version)

yesterday from the sales bins: Ry Cooder

I have the Grand Bahamas one, will post about it later on... but for now, I'm tremendously fascinated by this Tap compilation!

Don't have much Braff, off the top of my head just the sessions in the Mosaic Swing box, and this one, which I love a lot: Ruby Braff - Them There Eyes (Sonet/Universal) It seems the Sonet reissues (just one batch of 10 discs, the announced additional instalments never materialized, alas) are going the way of the dodo by now... most of them are very nice, this one stands out in my opinion!

some Eccentric Soul reissues

I scored lucky yesterday and picked up two of these releases... (got a third one a while back). Playing it now: here's what dusty says about it: This is only just the beginning... the story behind it is truly hard to believe. One Teddy Thompson (who had small acting parts in several big productions, including one along Sophia Loren and one in the Bond flick "Live and Let Die" in 1972 - no listing on IMDB though) turned Jeremiah Yisrael, self-made producer, paranoid maniac, sect founder (Jewish fundamentalist/fanatist)... There's not even an entry on Wikipedia, it seems... but this is an utterly fascinating reissue, picking the best sides Thompson/Yisrael produced on his label "Tap Records" in 1981/82, one side from 1980, and tagged at the end of the CD (probably no on the vinyl version) two tracks from 1972. I don't know any of the artists involved (Arnie Love, Jackie Stoudemire, Missy Dee, Annette Denvil, Fabulous 3 MCs, and in 1972, Bonnie Freeman), but some of this stuff is terrific, kind of disco-soul (standout are the Jackie Stoudemire tracks, I think, but I need more time with this disc), and some early rap, including the great Missy Dee & the Melody Crew cut "Missy Missy Dee". Much of it was done in very expensive productions, Gene Redd (instrumental in the success or at least the beginning of the career of Kool & the Gang - again no wiki entry or anything much about him on the webs, it seems) having been the partner/arranger/musical mastermind behind Yisrael. Some more info and samples can be found here: http://www.numerogroup.com/catalog_detail.php?uid=00331

well, it does only contain stuff from the Sony labels, so... no Prestige or other early stuff, and none of the albums from the final period...

What the hell is this? The Complete Miles Davis A complete set of all his Columbia releases? DetailinformationenLabel: Columbia Bestellnummer: 8969977 Tracklisting 1 Paris Festival Int. de Jazz May, 1949 2 Round about midnight (1955-1956) 3 Circle in the round (1955-70) 4 Miles ahead (1957) 5 Milestones (1958) 6 1958 Miles 7 At Newport 1958 8 Porgy And Bess (1958) 9 Jazz at the Plaza (1958) 10 Kind of blue (1959) 11 Sketches of Spain (195960) 12 Directions (1960-70) 13 Someday my prince will come (1961) 14 In Person: Friday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco (1961) 15 In Person: Saturday Night at the Blackhawk, San Francisco Complete (1961) 16 At Carnegie Hall / The Complete Concert (1961) 17 Quiet nights / Blue Xmas / Devil may care (1962) 18 Seven steps to heaven (1963) 19 In Europe (1963) 20 My funny valentine (1964) 21 Four & More (1964) 22 Miles in Tokyo (1964) 23 Miles in Berlin (1964) 24 E. S. P. (1965) 25 Live at the plugged Nickel (1965) 26 Miles smiles (1966) 27 Sorcerer (1967) 28 Nefertiti (1967) 29 Water Babies (1967-68) 30 Miles in the sky (1968) 31 Filles de Kilimanjaro (1968) 32 In a silent way (1969) 33 Bitches brew (1969) 34 Big fun (1969-72) 35 A tribute to Jack Johnson (1970) 36 Live at the Fillmore East / It´s about that time (1970) 37 Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore East (1970) 38 At Fillmore: Live at the Fillmore East (1970) 39 Isle of Wight (1970) 40 Live / Evil (1970) 41 On the corner (1972) 42 In Concert (1972) 43 Dark Magus (1974) 44 Get up with it (1972-74) 45 Agharta (1975) 46 Pangaea (1975) 47 The man with the horn (1981-81) 48 We want Miles + 3 bonus tracks (1981) 49 Star people (1982-83) 50 Decoy (1983) 51 You´re under arrest (1984-85) 52 Aura (1985) 53 + DVD: Miles Davis in Schweden 1967 I wonder... would that mean that the Paris set (#1) and Agartha/Pangaea will be reissued? And the the comeback albums? What are the bonus tracks on We Want Miles? That will be a 2CD set, then... (and it's mighty fine, in my opinion!) Also, #39 (Isle of Wight) and #53 look tasty... but why not add a DVD of "Isle of Wight" as well (I have the DVD "Electric Miles" though, but no audio-only of that). Release date is given as October 26, 2009.

The official distribution partner in Europe was Abeille Musique - if they don't list the new releases, they're not (yet) released, I guess.

I'd assume that what's not available in France is not available anywhere else. And by this point in time, I'd assume the label to be gone (at least as a CD selling label).

I think that one went OOP a bit earlier, but I grabbed a copy of Bobby Hutcherson's "Montara" while on vacation in Budapest a month ago (gee, it seems so much longer...). Pretty nice one, though I'd not say it's essential.

actually, i think about that almost every day just wanted to point out that their policy of putting stuff online looks a bit erratic to me... which let's the future where nothing is available on cd but some of the back catalogue is online look less bright to me than it would otherwise... Yep, that's true. If they really go online, offering the music lossless and with all the relevant information (discographical data, covers, liners), they should really be able to offer the product in a variety of ways and in ways that satisfy both anal completists (such as yours truly) as well as anal album fetishists... they could sort of offer various bundles and packages (i.e. get all Jimmy Smith, or get the original album of "The Sermon" or get "The Sermon" RVG version or get "The Sermon" old CD version w/compelete sessions... there'd be need for only one file per track, but it should be accessible through various filters or searches...) That kind of online distribution, I'd certainly enjoy! (Of course the long-term storage issue would still not be solved... and the possibilities to share these files and all that...) But then, with the history of the majors in recent years, they certainly will f*ck up the online offerings eventually, as well, instead of trying to offer a well thought-out product for once... they'll continue to re-sell "Blue Train" or "Kind of Blue" forever, I guess.

just in case, here's the other thread - lots of discussion/recommendations there: http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=48133

you know a copy of "Katanga!" is lying around here, waiting to be shipped, don't you?

Thanks for the info regarding the slipcases. I don't mind my copies not having them. I think most of those first ten I either bought used or I bought copies that were lying around in local stores for years, so the slipcases likely were thrown away after dozens of customers had a listen and they grew ugly...

quite a sorry-ass thread here... not much to add to, but I still don't buy the freedom of speech is worth much more than any kind of civility policy... I'm too yurpeen for that, I'm afraid. Anyway, just two things: Belated welcome to Carole, and good luck with your writing! And a shout out to Allen Lowe - never would have thought to read the name of Bruno Schulz here!

That's the same list that was posted before and elsewhere, I though the thread-starter spoke of yet another (unpublished?) list.

Which ones had slipcases? The only one I have w/slipcase is the Hank Jones (and the lousy orange colour has sort of faded away...). Never saw any of the others w/slipcases, but needless to say, I picked them up nevertheless...

I'm still much into The Band... waiting for "Northern Lights, Southern Cross" to arrive I'm taking a break now, having played each of the earlier albums multiple times in a row. Again exploring some Oscar Peterson, namely the Ellis/Brown trio (the Zardi's set, the Verve live albums, last night the collaboration with Louis Armstrong). George Russell, as well... though there, the discovery is about the later recordings, as I've cherished the Decca, Riverside etc. early albums for a while by now. I just got a used copy of "The London Concert" 2CD set (on Label Bleu) and will be digging into that soon. What's recommended from his later albums? My thorough Russell collection ends with the MPS double album... I have "The African Game" (Blue Note), "The Essence" and "New York Big Band" (both Soul Note) and now "The London Concert". That's not exactly a lot of music, for the past four decades... there aren't many live shows in circulation either.

Yeah, finally watched it (again... I think, I have at least some footage of this somewhere...) - wonderful!

Happy Birthday, Lon! :party: And a speedy recovery, too!

recently: The Band The Band - Stage Fright The Band - Cahoots The Band - Rock of Ages The Band - Moondog Matinee waiting for "Northern Light, Southern Cross" to finally arrive from a slow amazon marketplace seller...

Talking Heads - The Name Of This Band Is Talking Heads (Rhino 2CD):

actually it's not just Horace Silver, but the whole rhythm section w/Percy Heath and Kenny Clarke (Art Blakey on a few of the earlier dates)