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Probably because you can get it for just 100$ from a single Amazon marketplace seller? Crazy! Too bad I missed this one, will keep my eyes open!

I just recently got hold of the (now OOP, it seems) Tubby Hayes disc "Mexican Green" - just finishing a first listen, very good one! Inside of the traycard, there's an add with other releases available: Ardley/Carr/Rendell - Greek Variations Costanzo plus Tubbs - Equation in Rhythm Amancio d'Silva - Integration Michael Garrick - Troppo Tubby Hayes & the All Stars - Return Visit! Tubby Hayes Orchestra - 100% Proof Tubby Hayes - Tubbs' Tours Tubby Hayes - Tubbs Tubby Hayes - Mexican Green Mike Taylor - Trio Mike Westbrook - Celebration and of course the two compilations: Various - Impressed with Gilles Peterson Various - Impressed with Gilles Peterson 2 Is this all there is? Anything else not in this list? I did a search here and came up with various related threads (on Tubbs, on the compilations etc) but it seems there hasn't been a general one with the whole list being mentioned, so I figured I'd start a new thread and ask... Also I noted that "Mexican Green" doesn't list the personnel anywhere else except in the original notes (they're mentioned in passing in the new notes, too) - rather crappy... also the typo on the tray ("A Deication to Joy").

It's a bit weird... I used to love Stanko, saw him three times with this trio, but last time it was pretty mediocre... the trio was great but sounded awful (cheapo drumset, not the club that is to blame, rather the Miskiewicz' bad-sounding cymbals, I think)... anyway, the trio on its own then I don't find as interesting as when they're backing Stanko... too restrained, too pop-like (EST, yuck... how boring!). Anyway, the disc isn't bad but it's ECM and hence it's a far cry from what they do in a live situation... Find an earlier discussion >> here <<

That's great news! I just recently found a new copy of Vol. 1/2 of the Jazz Tribune RCA 2CD set online and love it!

I don't like "Follow Me" that much, either... but I like him very much in the classical piano trio setting! Did you check him out in that format?

Because we're not europeans? I consider Humair about as French as Godard...

I thought this was more about younger pianists so I didn't mention big names such as Tete, Solal or Arvanitas. Big yet on all of the ones brownie mentions (Johansson I still need to check out, though), specifically Oliva... and Pilc! If you enjoy some more adventurous music, check out something by Irene Schweizer (her discs are almost all on Intakt, you might start with "Chicago Piano Solo", which I love a lot, or the first of the two "Piano Solo" volumes).

ALBERT AYLER, "THE HILVERSUM SESSION" esp4035 The legendary recording, digitally remastered with new artwork, and liners by Russ Musto. Includes free 9.5 x 9.5 pullout poster! Coming September 2007 source: http://www.espdisk.com/newreleases.html

Yes, that would be good, even more so with ESP finally back in action and starting to do some things right that Abraxas didn't... I guess I'll need to finally replace my needle drop mini-LPs of "Bells/Prophecy" and "Spirits Rejoice", too!

Pierre Favre! Daniel Humair! Many good ones around!

Interesting thread... I am not familiar or barely familiar with many of the musicians you mention. You might be interested to check out Eric Legnini. He played/plays both with Bunky Green and Stefano di Battista. He's got at least one disc under his own name (on Label Bleu). Another good one is Stefano Bollani. He played with Enrico Rava, both in quintet as well as duo settings. I don't know any official releases of his, but he's great! If you want to go into territorry completely unknown to the folks here, you might check out also a few fine young Swiss pianists: Colin Vallon - he's got two discs, "Ailleurs" (hatOLOGY) and another one (Altrisuoni) - don't have the discs, but heard him live and on the air, he's great! Hans Feigenwinter - again, I don't have any of his discs, but several live broadcasts and also heard him live... Malcolm Braff - one of my big favourites! http://www.malcolmbraff.com/ Pierre Luc Vallet - he's also a good organ player (homepage) Thierry Lang - a very lyrical player, important chap on the Swiss scene, several albums on Blue Note Then there's George Gruntz - leader of his great Concert Jazz Band (previously "The Band") for several decades by now, who did a solo album for the German ACT label recently, "Ringing the Luminator" Another very fine young Swiss pianist is Jean-Paul Brodbeck who recently did an album of songs by Tschaikovsky (heard a live show and the disc in store but don't have it yet) (homepage)

Thanks Lon - that's interesting, that ESP is reissuing this... I wonder how that comes!

This has the Impulse stuff - among the best, I find - but be warned that some may be mad at this release... the legit US one has been OOP for quite a while (GRP jewel case reissue it was, in the early 90s):

The Impulse material - both the trio/quintet material as well as the two ABC albums under Oscar Pettiford's name! There are two volumes of Lucky T. in Paris in the "Original Vogue Masters" series and also two discs (plus a third w/Sammy Price) in the "Jazz in Paris" series. All good stuff! Among the best Lucky T. are his dates with Milt Jackson (mostly on Savoy) - I only have some of that, that music hasn't been collected in proper fashion, as far as I know.

What new Hilversum edition? I have the Coppens CD, seems it's been pretty elusive but as far as I knew still around: http://www.ayler.supanet.com/html/the_hilversum_session.html On what label's the new edition? Anything special about it (notes, photos, bonus material)? It's one of my most beloved Aylers - I prefer it quite a bit over "Vibrations"!

I do like box sets, generally... the readability of the booklet often is a bit of a problem though. In that respect, Mosaic and Fantasy, as well as the smaller boxes by Blue Note (Getz Roost, Nichols, Morgan Lighthouse) are perfect. Highlights for me would be the Ayler box, the Ray Charles set. I always liked the Rhino Atlantic boxes (Mingus the least, but it's still nice, Coltrane is fine, Ornette is fine, too). The Fantasy Cube boxes are too fat, using the normal jewel cases - even more stupid since except for tracklists, there's no info at all in the booklets - Mosaic beats them there. In fact, Mosaic is pretty good in that respect: you can read the liners and have the discographical info from the booklet and the tracklist from the traycard in front of you, all at the same time. Less liked boxes include the Parker Savoy/Dial - it's the best there is, musically, but the packaging isn't that easy to handle, also the infamous Evans Verve. The booklets of several otherwise great boxes are lacking in different respects (Billie Holiday Columbia and Duke RCA - almost falling apart, Miles Columbia - hard to read, Billie Verve, Dexter & Hancock Blue Note - they'll always close again unless you virtually break them apart, which I don't, also the JATP - too fat for its small size, not bound well enough). The Granz Jam Sessions with its open back is also a bit of an oddity... though the packaging of the CDs is nice, as well as the booklet! The Coltrane Fearless is a bit annoying with the layering of the discs, and the Coltrane Impulse has another awkward booklet and rather annoying disc placement, too (the Pres Verve is much better done).

Seems I need to reassess "Stellar Regions", then... sorry for stating its a compilation... didn't mean it that way, actually, rather "a disc compiled posthumously". I still wait for a nice reissue of the other date that made up the majority of "Expression"... never came around buying that and hoped for a nice digipack release ever since I started buying jazz, but so far it hasn't happened and hence it won't likely happen at all now. Too bad! Will have to look for the old disc!

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Thanks Steve - will put it on my huuuuuge list then... I love her Piano Jazz shows a lot, including her own playing both in duos and her adorable improvised portraits of her guests... haven't heard anything so early by her (except maybe a short appearance with husband Jimmy from the 50s)

seems I missed a whole flurry of birthdays while on vacation and only browsing through the board for a quick minute every now and then... hope it was a good one, Barak, all the best!

I posted the McPartland cover when on vacation, hence I was a bit short... anyone knows the disc and can recommend it (or not)?

I didn't know that. Can someone recommend an album that fits that description? "Stellar Regions" maybe? That's a rather restrained (weak?) compilation of posthumously released material from one of his last studio dates - haven't played it for quite a while. His "Sun Ship" from 1965, one of the starting points of his going free (and hence probably not what you're looking for) is one of the most beautiful and melodic free(-ish) albums I know, in case you want to check that out, too...

Yes, Fol is on quite a few nice discs, but I usually forget about his presence... certainly if his contributions weren't good he'd be noticed in a bad way... but he seems to be indeed an unsung guy... will have to play these two Lafittes again soon - always loved "Blues in Summertime"!

Yes, Fol's "Les quatre saisons" is a good one - all too easily overlooked! Griffin is a great asset, of course, but the whole disc is fine! Have yet to get the JiPs from 102 on... Hubert Fol, his alto sax playing brother, can be heard on a marvellous short session on the "Saxophones" JiP compilation - that one is recommended, anyway, as it adds more fine Sonny Criss tunes to Criss' own "Mr. Blues pour Flirter". It also contains a short date by Michel de Villers.