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I can quite well imagine "L'etranger" still having a big impact, yes, but less so with Camus' others books... the one I'm thinking of mainly is "La chute", which I found the most impressive of the lot when I was reading them in my teen years.

two favourites here! add Jackie McLean to that list

I forgot: "c'était le soleil qui lui poussait au crime" - or how does that great sentence go?

How does it hold up? I still have lots of respect for Camus, but somehow I tend to file most of his books in the "stuff I liked when I was 16" box... the post-humous "Le premier homme" might be different, and also more generally his philosophical position seems to hold up quite well (much better than Sartre's, for sure), but I'm no expert there...

Still have to look for those Jazz Icons... I like what you call middle period Evans a lot, those Verve albums are great! I still haven't thoroughly listened to the Fantasy set, but I have played most of it over the past years, and it sounded good to me, both musically as well as sound-wise. I'd probably still consider it the least interesting period in Evans' recorded output, but that doesn't mean much, as it's still Evans!

If you're bored by the Dianas, Norahs, Amys and Melodys, I suggest you check out Maja Solveig Kjestrup Ratkje... But I can't guarantee you'll like it, he he he

I guess 100$ for the Kenton alone is a steal! It was more expensive than that when it was new! It's formative stuff, but there's a lot to enjoy! The Quebec has been reissued by Blue Note - fine music!

anyone?

Yes indeed! Sad! I'm glad I spent so much in the past years... at least Universal is bringing some stuff back in yurp, but I guess you can't find those in the US. The Universal re-prints contain few of the less obvious titles, but of course plenty of Basie, Ellington, Peterson (Pablo material), Miles, Coltrane, Tyner, Brubeck etc is around again. Among the less obvious ones I'd count "When Farmer Met Gryce" and the "Jazz Scene San Francisco" session, also the Mingus Esoteric or whatever it was 1954 date with Thad Jones, Macero etc, as well as some (all?) of the Debut Rarities.

About time she got mentioned! She was the first that sprang to mind! The Laubrock disc I just bought - missed her local gig alas. And yes indeed on Carla Bley! Her music keeps astonishing me again and again, the more I hear the more I like it... but the liking sort of goes up exponentionally Has Karen Borca been mentioned?

Peter Gay's classic on the Weimar republic: not that surprising as I know some about the subject alreay, but a very good synopsis, and also a pleasure to read.

Happy Birthday! :party: :party:

Yeah, but I can't help thinking of the lyrics whenever I hear it... and it's more or less a one-idea tune, isn't it? Other idea for a topic: top riff tunes... not many good ones around, I think - Baby Baby All the Time comes to mind. Or top one-note tunes - one of the best is listed above, "Night and Day" (Monk did a great one as well, of course... and maybe "Straight No Chaser" would sort of fit as a twisted riff-tune...)

Wynton Kelly - re-discovering, or rather, discovering him as a trio pianist/leader as opposed to all the sideman sessions... been playing the Vee Jay sets (both of them) and have arrived at the trio dates now. Very infectuous music, wonderfully fresh, with a clear touch and an ability to play lyrical yet rhythmically propulsive, as well as an ability to play very fast yet let each note ring... An allusion to Steve Kuhn is made, who's supposed to be the last of the guys who has that latest ability... I always considered him being on a constant search for beauty, maybe that's the same thing... Kuhn was someone I was just discovering a few months ago, coincidentally, and with his music was really a "discovery" for me!

Please throw "My Funny Valentine" out there! What a horribly bad song, even though the melody is kind of nice (albeit simple, or maybe that's why it' nice), if it weren't for Chet and Miles, no one would play that one... and I hold that against Chet (who even sang the silly lyrics) and Miles! Tom, what's the source of this list?

Sad news Though, to be honest, the whole Canterbury scene is something still ahead of me... I dabbled here and there, but never really dug into it deeply so far. The more recent tribute bands (Soft Machine Legacy, Soft Heap) were quite good, too, from what I've heard. And Hopper also played with Carla Bley! edit - a link for those who doubt: http://www.jazzwisemagazine.com/component/...10854?task=view

dammit... missed the Ellington (it was listed as "in stock" when I ordered, but it was gone already, it seems...), and now they keep the Lady Day back, which should have been a gift for my mother's birthday and hence should have arrived next week - sucks! They should at least admit their fault and send out the in stock items immediately!

when I came home yesterday, the mailbox had these waiting for me: - Fats Waller JSP Vol. 1 - Fats Waller JSP Vol. 2 - Mose Allison "High Jinks" (Sony/Columbia 3CD set) another recent acquisition, as of yet unplayed, ist Jarvis Cocker's second album on his own. Should be great... Also bought Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" for a colleague who was retired this week.

Go Roger go! (What the hell's up with the photoshopped images above? Has this turned into the new babes thread? Or wait, is that actually a photoshopped girl or what? Yuck how disgusting!)

Got that one a few months ago - very nice one! Very easy, soothing music, quite to my surprise... but I love it!

yesterday: Benny Carter - Alive and Well in Japan (Pablo Japan) today: Ramsey Lewis - Down to Earth (Verve By Request) + Kenny Wheeler - Music for Large & Small Ensembles (ECM) all used

alas not, I'm afraid...

Mosaic has promised an Ellington 30s Brunswick/Columbia box, so the material should be available before long in a deluxe form--'course, it will be just a tad bit more expensive! greg mo Mosaic won't and didn't promise to release anything they don't have the rights to. They might be thinking about leasing the Ellington stuff from Sony/BMG, but that doesn't mean they've promised to release it. And you'd better not count on anything in the current economic climate. Now I'm a bit irritated... I thought a big band box was to follow to complement the small group box that is already available? Was that just some rumour?

I think so - and am I missing anything, having the Jazz in Paris of the Stitt/Peterson and the VEE?

has anyone checked out Trovesi's latest, that opera thingie? looks nice...