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most hated english class reading (probably three months as well) - most definitely never to be banned in the US: Willa Cather (?)'s "O, Pioneer" funniest english class reading was likely Langston Hughes' "Not Without Laughter"... we wouldn't have picked that one if not for yours truly, of course... (I had read some of his hilarious Jesse B. Simple stories before, for my own pleasure).

not that many, but I guess quite some of the german books I've read were prohibited at one time or the other... but then again who cares... also why the hell would the US put Rousseau and Shakespeare on the banned books list? They claim to be a freedom-loving nation, don't they? Quite a weird thread, I wasn't aware that there ever was that much censorship in the US! here's what I've read - in addition, "Color Purple" has been lying around next to my bed for three or four years now... have started once but ran out of time... will come to it again some day. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess Brave New World by Aldous Huxley Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence Little Red Riding Hood by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger also some of: Canterbury Tales by Chaucer Confessions by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Decameron by Boccaccio Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Yeah, but you know the fact that they have their own ideas, their own head, that's what makes me like cats. I grew up around dogs (and I still like dogs as well - I never quite got that cat-owners vs. dog-owners fights, am I the only person who likes both?) but cats are really cool just because you can never fully domesticise them. Anyway, it's really great to have a new one again, and this is the first I'll see grow up from the beginning... I couldn't wait to get home after work yesterday!

here she is:

yeah, provided you find the right slot in your time-and-space machine

Lovely album! First heard it on this new CD incarnation (discussed in that Universal reissues thread, and quickly also in the ZA jazz recommendations thread). The whole thing is pretty smooth already (pointing in the direction Masekela would take), but there's some great drumming (ok, in less than great sound, it didn't sound bad to me, I just took it as it came), and then there's Pukwana, tearing it all up with his very vocal, rough sound - a great mix!

Got a new cat now! Three months old, picked it up from five young ones on the countryside yesterday - so happy! She already knows where to do her little business and has taken long discovery trips all through our appartment... how long should we keep her inside before we go out in the garden with her for the first time? It's the first time I've gotten such a young little one, the previous ones we adopted or my girlfriend had them already before we met. A little pic might follow... I took one with flash last night and it didn't shy her away, after three hours in our appartment - she seems to like it so far, though of course she's crying now and then, missing her four siblings and her mother (who attacked me on my attempt to grab a second one... we might or might not go back in a week to pick a second one... this one's black with some white on chest, legs and face, but the other one we'd have gotten was an all-black, very shy male one who cried like mad when I finally had him in my hands, after an hour or so of trying to lure him out from hiding... felt like some animal mis-treater for a few minutes...)

Ok Jim, for me that clears the issue - no problem at all, I was just wondering! I rarely post articles anyway, myself. Sometimes in the politics section, and if so it's mainly to try and draw some attention to a non US-topic that people would likely not pay any attention if they'd have to click a link first, but never mind. No biggie at all.

Yes, the lack of discussion of posted articles often struck (stroke?) me as a weird thing, but I found it was mostly the case in the politics section (where obviously some folks just identify with what they quote and don't feel a need for their own critical evaluation of the contents of what they quoted).

Happy Birthday, Bob!

I haven't followed too closely the wars that raged on this topic, but I've taken notice of them, that yes. Frankly, I don't think this policy is that great an idea, as many articles will disappear from their original source after a while (i.e. newspaper articles such as obits). Now if that exactly is the point, fine. Still, it's our loss in the end. But again, if it's about copyright and what-know-I, ok. On the other hand, in science it's usual to quote articles, of course mentioning the source (which can be done quickly with a link on the web), but no one would consider quoting an act of stealing, *if* (and that's of course crucial) the source is fully quoted.

Pieranunzi records a lot - I'm not familiar with much of it, but it seems it's a bit hit and miss - some of his albums are great, while some are just one CD more, it seems. Definitely worth looking for some of his stuff, though! Keep checking on Schilt, the disc might be too new for now... also there's a new BraffOesterRohrer disc that could eventually turn up. That trio is even better than the one with Blake/Yattara on "Yele", believe me!

Hitler is still alive, also Mother Theresa! Seriously, I'm often astonished by these r.i.p. threads, too. Recently the one about Jimmy Cleveland, for instance... I didn't have the slightest idea he was still around.

yup, some more I have: Colin Vallon Trio - Les Ombres (another young swiss pianist, also very good! more lyrical, but also playful and with lots of energy) Christoph Grab - Cryptic Blues (a mighty fine sax player, modern mainstream, nothing great or very special, just very fine music) Jürg Solothurnmann - A Deeper Season Than Reason (a project dedicated to e.e. cummings) And while I don't have any of his discs (or do I have one? not sure that one's on Unit at all), let me put in a good word for that weirdo Lucien Dubuis, bass clarinetist, anarchist, chaot, playful kid... saw him live as well, and he's great! Noisy loud stuff, but lotsa fun, to say the least! Also the Peyer-Weber-Stoffner disc should be good, if it's similar like the same projects live concert I've heard. Then, Day & Taxi, a trio by sax player Christoph Gallio, is also worth hearing (though he's got his own label, Percaso, and I only have one disc from that label, not his Unit disc). He's sort of a Lacy disciple, adding some Ayler and other wild things to the mix, doing lots of miniature pieces. Again, I haven't explored Unit's catalogue really, just got these few discs on various occasions (some where cheap, some I heard the bands on the radio during live transmissions and thought I'd check out their disc). There are many interesting releases there (Lüdi, Häusermann, Kadash, Christoph Baumann, Andy Scherrer, Wintsch, Leimgruber/Studer, Christy Doran... I really ought to buy some more!

Yele is indeed great, and Braff a personal favourite! His trio with Baenz Oester (b) and Samuel Rohrer (d) is even better, and I was lucky to have caught them live as well. Big Braff fan here! I couldn't say I'm an expert about things Unit. I think they were in some trouble, having been sort of a musician-union thing, but then someone or a few people bought it to save it or something like that (it got tiny coverage in the press here, as everything jazz does, if it gets any coverage). Anyway, Rafael Schilt's "Leafar" disc is really good, in my opinion. Sort of in a Konitz/Marsh mood but updated and with much more grooves (electric bass by the great Wolfgang Zwiauer, Samuel Roher is on drums here as well, no piano). Nat Su on alto may be known to a few here, he was on a BFT as well (Nate Dorward's, I think). A great player in the Konitz-line. Schilt happens to be an old friend of mine, and I caught up with him again on their CD release concert (in fact the CD was delivered between sets, and he offered one to me). He is a technically accomplished tenor player, and his compositions/arrangements allow for some collective linear improvisation, as well as for some quite groovy stuff. It's not cold or difficult music at all, but it's not of the burning hot kind either... somewhere in between, with plenty of interesting things happening all the time. I'll have to look at the website to see if I have any other Unit titles - I think only a handful or less, as they don't have good distribution, not even here...

not a track, really, but the title melody of Hitchcock's "Marnie", of course by Bernard Herman - kept haunting me for a couple of days. too bad Stephan Oliva didn't cover it on his "Ghosts of Bernard Herman" disc - would love to hear some jazz version(s) of that melody, and Oliva could pull that!

I decided to keep the old ones in this case. (But then as I buy the Selects more or less chronologically/by number, it would have taken a while till I arrived at this one anyway.) In addition, there's this one from Spain, including a couple of hitherto unreleased tracks, I think also omitted on the Select: link from where I took below info, with samples over there The Art Of Pepper - Omega Sessions: The Complete Master Takes (2 Unissued Tracks) Art Pepper Featuring: Art Pepper (as), Carl Perkins (p), Ben Tucker (b), Chuck Flores (ds) REFERENCE: FSRCD 378 BAR CODE: - PRICE: 10.75 € Contains the unissued tracks "Blues Rock" and "Rock Blues" (listen the samples). Digital remastering in 24 bit high resolution Limited edition digipack cover sleeve. Comprehensive notes, 24-page booklet fully illustrated. This CD presents the complete master takes from the legendary 1957 "Omega Sessions". The first eleven tracks were originally marketed on two 7 1/2 ips reel-to-reel stereophonic tapes by the Omegatape label, between 1957 and 1958. "Summertime" was not issued until the early 1980's on Lp on the Nadja label in Japan. The two previously unreleased tracks appear here for the first time. However, both tracks are missing from the so-called "The Complete Art Pepper Aladdin Recordings" marketed by the Mosaic and Blue Note record labels. The recordings were made on April 1 & 2, 1957 at the small Audio Arts Studio in Hollywood and the man who made them possible was Don Clark, a young disc jockey, concert promoter and Pepper fan, who in June 1956, become a good friend of the altoist. At that time, Art Pepper had been just released after serving 19 months in prison for heroin possession and Clark began acting as his personal manager, contributing to Pepper's rapid and successful return to the jazz scene. Clark after being directly involved in booking gigs and also in some of the most brilliant LPs Art Pepper recorded in those days, was finally able to reach his dream of becoming a record producer when he was appointed president of Intro Records at the end of 1956. "Clark brought Art Pepper to the label and that's how he got the job. THAT was his connection. ART was his ticket. It provided Clark with a job, and it got Art on wax, as we used to say in the old days," stated West Coast journalist John Tynan. The full history of how these recordings came out originally on Omegatape (and not on LP by intro) can be read in the outstanding booklet. Tracklisting: 1. Holiday Flight 5:10 2. Too Close For Comfort 6:08 3. Webb City 4:55 4. Surf Ride (Art Pepper) 4:41 5. Body and Soul 4:22 6. Begin The Beguine 7:24 7. The Breeze and I 3:33 8. Without a Song 7:37 9. Fascinatin' Rhythm 4:24 10. Long Ago And Far Away 4:09 11. I can't believe that you're in love with me 5:39 12. Summertime 6:31 Previously Unreleased Bonus Tracks 13. Blues Rock (Art Pepper) 2:37 14. Rock Blues (Art Pepper) 2:46 Recorded at Audio Arts Studio, Hollywood, April 1 & 2, 1957

Sad news. I haven't really started exploring much of Scandinavian jazz, but sometime back there was a thread about the 3CD edition of "Jazz at the Pawnshop" (or it was just recommended in another thread... I think mikeweil was involved...) anyway, I got that one back then and it's marvellous indeed! I'll have to check out more of his music, eventually.

as for Lowe with Billy Bang, this one looks tasty: Billy Bang Sextet featuring Frank Lowe-Sweet Space Anima 12741 USA LP NYC, New York University, Loeb Student Center north lobby 11/15/79 Billy Bang-vln; Frank Lowe-ts; Luther Thomas-as; Butch Morris-cor; Curtis Clark-p; Wilber Morris-b; Steve McCall-d A Pebble is a Small Rock (Dedicated to Mr. & Mrs. Irving Stone) (Billy Bang) 16:47 Sweet Space (Billy Bang) 5:10 Loweski for Frank (T.F.R.) (Billy Bang) 12:55 Music for the Love of It (Butch Morris) 5:50 (Arrangements by Butch Morris and Billy Bang except Sweet Space, arranged by Billy Bang) Anyone knows it? And another one I like quite a bit, found the CD a couple of years ago: Frank Lowe-Tricks of the Trade Marge 02 F LP Rouen, Salle Sainte-Croix des Pelletiers December 8, 1976 Frank Lowe-ts; Butch Morris-cor; Didier Levallet-b; George Brown-d Navarro's Tomorrow (Lowe) 10:16 Anytime (Lowe) 6:05 Clear (Lowe) 5:02 A Ballad (Lowe) 5:26 Unsatisfied Blues (Lowe) 5:22 And Then (Lowe) 2:30 Frank Lowe-Tricks of the Trade Marge 02 F CD Rouen, Salle Sainte-Croix des Pelletiers December 8, 1976 Frank Lowe-ts; Butch Morris-cor; Didier Levallet-b; George Brown-d Groove (Lowe) 10:11 Fresh (Lowe) 9:50 Awake (Lowe) 11:23 In a Minute (Lowe) 9:40 Flash Back (Lowe) 1:13 (+ all tracks on original LP, see previous entry)

Yes, "Bodies and Soul" - the usual CIMP sound issues, I guess, but the music is terrific! "Fresh" I don't "get" somehow... I'll have to give it another try some day. This one I also like quite some (LP only I think, found a good used copy a few years ago): Phillip Wilson Quartet-Live at Moers Festival Moers Music 01062 D LP Moers, West Germany, 7th International New Jazz Festival 5/15/78 Phillip Wilson-d,perc; Olu Dara-tp; Frank Lowe-ts; Fred Williams-b Broadway Rhumba (8:21) Cha Cha (6:31) This Is For You (4:30) F & L (9:50) It's A Party (11:00) (All compositions by Phillip Wilson) Frank Lowe discography on mindspring: http://www.mindspring.com/~scala/lowe.htm

good luck with your project, sounds interesting!

oh, and I think delivery took so long because the dumbasses from DHL or whoever it was thought my address was non-existing... at least that's what one of the stickers on the parcel said... idiots - their job is to deliver mail but they can't even handle maps and plans and phone books...

My Patton box arrived last night! WOW! Holy, this looks great! The only drawback is that at the back it's fallen apart already, even though of course it was shrinkwrapped and all... no biggie, and it's massiv enough not to fall to pieces anyway, just the "hinges" (?) at the back were sort of stuck to the outher cardboard, like in some huge old accounting book or something, and that's not holding together. Anyway, it looks terrific, and it will likely take me years to actually play all the music and really dig into this, but it's been on my watchlist for a loooong time, and I'm sure whenever I feel like getting deeper into blues territory, this will be a great thing to explore!