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Thanks for that review... kind of a mixed bag, then. I should have gone to see Golson when he played that gig of which I had a tune on my BFT, back in 2000 or so... Henderson is another musician I'm not sure about... I saw him with the Mingus big band and he was weak, weakest of the bunch to be honest. Like, his first solo was more like him warming up his horn and chops. The second turn then was ok and pretty lyrical. But surrounded by the likes of Frank Lacy, Wayne Escofferey and Jaleel Shaw, and also his fellow trumpeters, Alex Sipiagin and Kenny Rampton, he looked pretty weak - biggest name, worst performance... (the concert all in all was terrific, though!) I guess I'll try and go to see Golson - might well be the last chance I get, alas.

Barak, was the concert good? He'll play in Zurich on April 11, but this being some kind of all star package and a very negative review about their Burghausen concert in March make me a bit hesitant... On the other hand, he'll appear in a fairly small club and he's quite old and I never saw him before, so...

Well yes, and we've had anchor women on TV for years, and nothing's more normal than that... (but that 1971 *does* bug me! Even though I wasn't born then...)

That tune was the first instance where I heard and dug Dolphy - an awesome performance! I got a cheapo disc pairing that one quartet track with some Eldridge/Flanagan and some of the large group Candid cuts. Made for a good entry into the world of Mingus - in medias res, so to say. That "Stormy Weather" is indeed to this day my favourite single Dolphy performance, I think!

Going from memory that disc did not contain unreleased Mingus (just doubled up two tunes available elsewhere), but it does add to the great Booker Little album. Candid Dolphy (info taken from the www, not double-checked with my own disc): 1. Re-Incarnation of a love Bird (take 1) 2. Stormy Weather (take 1) 3. T'aint Nobody's Business If I Do (take 3) 4. Body and Soul (take 2) 5. African Lady (take 4) 6. Quiet Please (take 1) 7. Moods in Free Time (take 5) 8. Hazy Hues (take 5) On 1,2 ("Mingus Presents Mingus" session) Charles Mingus:b Eric Dolphy:as,bcl,fl Ted Curson,Lonnie Hillyer:tp Charles McPherson:as Nico Bunick:p Dannie Richmond:ds date: 1960/10/20 On 3 (Abbey Lincoln/Jazz Artist Guild session) Eric Dolphy:bcl Benny Bailey:tp Kenny Dorham:p Peck Morrison:b Jo Jones:ds Abbey Lincoln:vo date: 1960/11/01 On 4 (Charles Mingus/Jazz Artist Guild session) Eric Dolphy:as Roy Eldridge:tp Jimmy Knepper:tb Tomy Flanagan:p Charles Mingus:b Jo Jones:ds date: 1960/11/11 On 5 (Abbey Licoln/"Straight Ahead" session? ) Eric Dolphy:piccolo Booker Little:tp Julian Priester:tb Coleman Hawkins,Walter Benton:ts Mal Waldron:p Art Davis:b Max Roach:ds Roger Sanders,Robert Whitley:conga-drums Abbey Lincoln:vo On 6 (Booker Little/"Out Front" session) Booker Little:tp Eric Dolphy:as,fl Julian Priester:tb Don Friedman:p Art Davis:b Max Roach:ds,tympani date: 1961/03/17 On 7,8 (Booker Little/"Out Front" session) Booker Little:tp Eric Dolphy:as,fl Julian Priester:tb Don Friedman:p Art Davis:b Max Roach:ds,tympani date: 1961/04/04

So you still find it weird to have women reporting evening news on tv (and actually putting together, choosing topics etc. etc) - *without* a male colleague next to her and fully in charge? Sort of third world tv, no? Are women allowed to vote, too? (They are even allowed to vote in - dig that! - Switzerland since - and dig that!!! - 1971!)

For Mingus I always thought this site did well enough: http://webusers.siba.fi/~eonttone/mingus/leader.html For the Cecil Taylor material (similar mess), there's this one: http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mtaylors.html The CT online sessionography says "more details forthcoming" but has no info so far.

Olaf Rupp anyone? Most boring guitar performance on earth... (some say Cecil Taylor on solo acoustic guitar, I say... wait, I won't say anything more... )

The Theatre Dunois is in southern Paris. It closed its jazz activities about ten years ago. Some of their jazz concerts are available on videos they provided on their link: http://www.dunoisjazz.info/TRESOR1.htm Enjoy! I'll check these out, thanks for the link, brownie!

I don't know much about it either, other than it's CT's last official recording AFAIK. It's a great record, though, and quite hard to find. Seems it's out on CD! http://www.brambus.com/joemalinga/ Ithi Gqi - $14.95 Tracks: Umdrah African Mood No Net Tears Senecho Usizi Nina's Dance Jabula Kipit Asambheni For a time, Joe Malinga was the saxophone player at the side of Dollar Brand. This CD features a 70 minute long mixture of traditional Afro-Jazz and free form extemporization. Any idea where the additional tracks are coming from?

Ok, I invite you for a flight and you invite me for lunch in Vienna? Good to see you back, hope you stay a while!

A guy called Pierre Cornuel (conception and illustration). This is in fact my beloved Zentralquartett (Sommer-Petrowsky-C.Bauer-Gumpert), rec. May 3 & 4, 1984 at théâtre Dunois (I guess that's in Paris? If they can record music and it's in France it's just got to be Paris, no need to mention that, especially...) Just started playing it, a bit more out and wild than usual, at least that applies to the first tune (and to the tune on the 3CD "Chronatoscope", too).

Happy Birthday!

May I join in on this eltitist vinyl-eating forum again? Bought some vinyl again, just to be allowed in here... Joe Malinga's Mandala feat. Clifford Thornton: "Tears for the Children of Soweto" (Canova CA113) (can't find a scan, and not much info about it on the WWW either) Günter Sommer et trois vieux amis: "Ascenseur pour le 28" (Nato 329) (partial front cover) Marion Brown Quartet: "La Placita" Live in Willisau (Timeless SJP 108) (but the front cover is black/red/white, too, no yellow on mine!) Phillip Wilson Quartet: "Live at Moers Festival" (Moers Music 01062) (no scan either) Now am I allowed to play with you again?

Sorry, I missed this thread, but my last extra-org contact was before August, so I don't know more - just that already a year or more ago he mentioned that several things kept him from doing something he did for me (and himself)... which in the end had no connection to Big-O, but I guess he was (and hope he is) just busy with lots of other things, and I hope nothing bad has happened (didn't exactly sound like that a year ago, but then who knows... cyberspace is a weird world and one does not always get a very good idea of what's actually behind the e-person we are in touch with...

Thanks Jon - it does sound like most of Niblock's music is somewhat similar, yes... but the two sets I ordered added up to 25£ (for 5 discs), so I figured I'd get both... maybe not a smart move. That "Young Person's Guide" disc was mentioned in the article, too, and I guess it would make for a good starting point.

All the best to your wife, Lon. Yes, Lon, all the best.

Flo Stoffner is a good young Swiss guitarist. He plays with Harald Haerter and is on a fine recent disc by Christoph Grab, a local sax player: Those who still have my BFT can hear him on the last tune, Ayler's "Ghost". Then there's Phillip Schaufelberger, member of Lucas Niggli's band Zoom (also Big Zoom, photo below): l.t.r.: Claudio Puntin (clars), Nils Wogram (tb), P.S. (g), Peter Herbert (b), Lucas Niggli (d) The Zoom band is actually a trio, Wogram-Schaufelberger-Niggli, but Niggli has expanded it for many a project to Big Zoom and other larger formats (also did a meeting with a new music ensemble), playing an interesting blend of composed and improvised music. They have several discs out on the Swiss Intakt label.

you old egaliatarian, you! and welcome back to our resident ruminant who found out in a minute where the important discussions take place

Late as usual... hope you had a good one, Claude, and congratulations!

I missed this post first time around. No, I don't believe I've heard of him, but I'll keep an ear out. I heard Freddy Bryant on a radio broadcast of Ben Riley's tasty Monk tribute. Without a piano - a smart move for a project like this - Bryant was rather present and did fine. edited for mis-spellink of Bryant's name, sorry!

Funny that Gebbia pops up again... I bought this one cheap on saturday and enjoyed the first spin very much: This is a trio recording with Gebbia on alto and soprano, and notably a great bass player. To his trio is added Massimo Simonini who does some electronic processing and some sounds stuff, which I found quite likeable, and quite fitting with the rest of the music. ******************** Phill Niblock anyone? Some info here (sorry, I can't insert any links or use any Big-O buttons and I don't know how to manually insert a link): http://touchshop.org/index.php I just ordered the new 3CD set and the previous 2CD set (did not order the 1CD release... hurdy-gurdy anyone? Except for the excellent Intakt disc with Frith, not me...) - "Touch Three" and "Touch Food" (cover below). Not sure what to expect, but after finally reading Dan Warburton's title story of the March Wire, I just had to order some of Niblock's music - sounds totally intriguing, to say the least.

Just ordered my Bailey. Ouch... errr, OUCH!

Very sad news, read about it yesterday