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Oh sure, clem! Dufay, Ockeghem, Orlando di Lasso... also Palestrina, plenty of fascinating music around there! And probably one of the rather few instances where "ECM sound" is a plus, if it's the Hilliards doing some of this stuff... their Machaut disc is fine, too! I think I should some day also read some about these chaps and their times... have read some about the renaissance in general, and in one of Peter Burke's books, Dufay plays a minor role. Pretty interesting, these earliest "geniuses" and what (and how) they achieved (what they did) between patrons and their own wants... (that last point is equally valid for all the great painters, of course).

'The Psychedelic Sounds of Marion Brown'... would have been a great title for the music on that album (w/the A. Shorter tune, mind me!), but with the b/w minimalist cover, the minimalist title it got is perfect! Interesting about "Why Not" - so the source of the confusion is Stollman himself, not just those who did the later reissues, it seems! Chaos from day one...

Oh, but the cover for "Why Not" beats them all! That one I really love! Would be great to have the LP and put it on a wall! Thanks for all the information, brownie! I guess it must have been awesome in and around Paris in 1968/70 when all those free jazz giants where there!

The Ellingtons are great! I never found the Shank, let me know how it is, whenever you come around playing it! all good one, the Phineas very much, and also the Moody - caught me by surprise, didn't expect it to be that great! The Vice-Pres/Basie one is the one where Jack Washington appears... nice! I started a thread in the artists section about this some time ago... I like it a lot! an oddity, but a good one, with George Russel on drums (his original instrument, I think) on one session. Terrific, play that soon, it will quickly be among your favourite vocal discs! As crisp a sound and as agile arrangements as on those great Tormé Bethlehems Marty Paich did! Another oddity, but a great one! Albany is quite interesting somewhere between Tatum and bop... I'm not quite sure about this one... a bit awkward, maybe... didn't connect with me quite yet. the first was rather a letdown, for me... sorry to say, but the second I enjoyed better, even though it's more of a hybrid between funk and jazz, but there's some very good playing on it, and it does groove! Enjoy the ride!

Yes! Bernard Stollman never returned the slides to me but obviously they went to other people I printed them some time ago and always keep them with the CDs, very nice ones!

wasn't there yet another one? edit: found it:

George Russell's New York: there was a third, from an LP reissue, with Russell on the cover, google search brings a hit, but it's not there any longer, so I can't post it.

Inspired by this thread I just played this one: I see that many (or all? didn't check so closely) of these are listed on the zweitausendeins.de website (but at 10 euro they're not exactly a steal...) - anyone familiar with this series? Any recommendations? Here's the label's website.

How about "Mike, the Corny Conguero"? I don't know about Jarrett or Ibrahim, but these kinds of grooves to me seem to come more or less straight out of the ZA jive (which goes back to the late 50s, I think). Doesn't matter, in the end, as this was the one band of Jarrett's that really was great! (I do like *some* European Quartet now and then, also some of the trio and solo things, but the American Quartet is by far my favourite Jarrett group.)

That's fine, really! I learn from this thread that I definitely should look further! Might be rather tough to locate good stuff, as "world music" sections in local stores are usually thin and filled with "rough guide to..." discs and some World Circuit (I don't say all of those are bad, mind me) releases. Thanks everybody for the various suggestions!

I started this thread shortly before I was through a boring day at work, so my replies before were a bit short. Needless to say, I was fully unaware (and plead not guilty, therefore) that these discs were marketed in the US as a lifestyle product. I've never seen any of them outside CD or book stores (which is ok, since they have all the audio books, too). We have two or three Starbucks here in Zurich, but needless to say I can get good coffee (or actually I'd prefer what the italians just call cafe, short and black and strong) in many places, so there's really no need for Starbuck (unless you want cinnamon flavoured - note the "u"... - coffee or other oddities, which I don't). I've been a bit deeper into indian classical, seen Chaurasia and Zakir (together once, and apart also) and others live, got some discs by Bismillah Khan also, not an expert, but I did a little bit of reading, and I wouldn't need any compilations for that, but much of the other parts of the world are not that familiar to me, musically (another exception may be ZA, but then again only old stuff, Kippie, Epistles, Dollar, Mannenberg... I'm not really interested in the new hip hop coming from there, can't even rememeber how they call it...)

Thanks for weighing in, clem, and thanks for taking care of the critical thinking I put away for a few minutes... I have some Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Djabaté live recordings and enjoy them a lot. Same for Orchestra Baobab... One day I'll really have to dig deeper!

Thanks! You know, I am usually *very* sceptical about any sort of compilation, unless it's by some treasured artist and includes some unreleased or rare stuff I don't have yet... Same with Putumayo, I read at least four or five very positive label portraits or disc reviews and never bought anything, but of late they're on sale here for around 13-15 € in at least two stores, so I just impulsively bought the Mali some time ago, and again yesterday the "Cape Verde"...

I have that filed with the other Blakey recordings... probably I should move it to Monk to play it more? It's very good, with some awesome Griff solos!

Sorry, I first opened this in the wrong forum! I hope no one lost any half-typed-up post yet!

http://www.putumayo.com/ I am not aware of any thread dedicated to this label and it's compilations of music(s) from around the world. A few months ago I bought the Mali disc and enjoyed it a lot. Now yesterday I got the Cape Verde one and love it even more. I have no idea how these compilations stand up with listeners that are familiar with the respective music, but to me, who enjoys this kind of stuff but doesn't know a lot, they're great. Lovingly compiled in nice digipacks, with comments to each track/artist... the Mali disc even includes a recipe for a traditional dish! Any recommendations? Any discs you have and like? I'm not asking for comments like "get into Nonesuch explorer" or anything... I am aware there's much more in depth documentation available, but I have neither money nor time to embark on some such trip, so let's restrict this thread to the Putumayo label.

I wasn't trying to put Lateef down, btw - I adore him, and his most recent 2CD release with the French Belmondo Brothers (on their label, BFlat) is terrific. I was rather giving him props for succeeding in turning a rather ... er, well, kitschy, as I'd say, tune into so great a performance. (Have you ever seen the re-stored - meaning: with a few scenes ever so slightly homo-erotic - version of "Spartacus" that was in theatres abou 6-7 years ago?)

Alvin Stoller. Sorry, will correct the post. Was typing too fast, being annoyed by that, as Mr. Sangrey said, "misinformed" post...

Diz & Roy (both albums) are in the box, and Roy's great on them! I've had these before I got the Mosaic and find it hard to part from that disc, such a nice one, and such a great cover, too! And if you want to hear just how far Roy was willing to go, check out the duo session he did with Jo Jones Alvin Stoller (it's also on the 2CD Benny Carter w/Strings set, another great Verve release from the day they still did it right).

True, but most of the promo-post are by some street team chaps who never interact and just disappear - two very different things, if you ask me.

well yes, sure! he wants some 150$ minimum from us if we want so see him, so we want some spam in return, that's the least we deserve!

It'll be all duets by Miles with Bunny, Bix and Satchmo. Fegh'em for ignoring Joe Smith again!

So would that mean that for only 103.35£ I can buy 99 times the great Rhoda Scott/Kenny Clarke Jazz in Paris disc and then have a box of that in the cellar?

Mike, I think the lick/ostinato figure in #3 is lifted from some Ibrahim tune... no way you can't hear the closeness of the first part! I was obviously not serious when using "corny"... just a reference to the other discussion about Elvin...