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This is great news, indeed! (But with that Jelly Roll, it will be quite hard...) I hear ya! I heard a live version of this one, with Johnny Coles soloing... WHOAH! From 1976, I think. Pity I just sent the Maupin...

Has it made it across the pond, or did you just order it?

That JiP disc is quite some fun! R.i.p. *********** brownie: did Cameron switch to trumpet? Not that common...

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more late best wishes!

I mentioned buying it in the "rat", but haven't posted a lot about it. I love it! This is what later Defunkt did (or, compared to this one, attempted to do...) Some racous funky stuff, and it goes on forever, and that is good!

Shirley's trio (Charles Ables left, Steve Williams on drums) with guest Buck Hill

Sad news Not only Miles' favourite singer, but one of the greatest ever! No one can do the slow tempos better than she does them, no one! Saw her life late in 2001, and it was incredible. That was shortly after Charles Ables died, I think, and she had Steves Novosel and Williams with her. I have very fond memories of that concert! (I just checked: Ables dies Oct. 8, 2001, born July 23, 1943. The Horn concert I saw was on Oct. 27 - must have been quite a difficult time...)

On one of the "Three Blind Mice" CDs, no? I only had that double LP lent from someone for a short time, but I always thought the Blind Mice CDs covered it.

They might arrest him and fly him to one of those funny countries where they're allowed to question him...

I am aware of that, still... from a European (or say: wealthy western European) point of view, it just doesn't make much sense... Nothing wrong with that, but it ain't gonna happen with the current administration (see - your own? - post about Carter/Reagan above), and probably, even if next time the Democrats win, latest 8 years after, it's all going to be the same again as today, no? That's probably the biggest drawback of those two-party countries...

This discussion is so weird... you should start working on a functioning public transport system, rather than building, buying and driving those insane SUVs! As for my own situation: I don't drive, I use public transport system, which is freakin' expensive... roughly 1200$ a year to commute a 25 km distance for one year (for comparison: a coffee: 3-3.5$, a beer: 3.5-5$, a nice-prize CD: 18$, a full-prized one: 25$ or more...). But then, the Zurich area has perfect public transport facilities, and there is really no need for a car - the situation that's described for Chicago's west in some post futher up in this thread, that's what the situation would be in those regions of Switzerland where close to nobody lives... a train an hour is minimun, in general, almost everywhere.

And then, thinking Europe... I assume the FMP vaults are chock full with stuff never on CD... (thanks to the Atavistic UMS some of it sees the light again, though, but there are items on FMP that are so obscure that even UMS seems to think they're impossible to sell... one example would be the duo LP "und" of Radu Malfatti and Stephan Wittwer... thankfully I have a CDR done from Wittwer's own copy, which he lent... don't tell him ) And then Hat... I am not sure, probably much has been out in the jewel case days, but those are so hard to find in many cases, too.

What's the deal about that "Destry" album? From M.C.'s comment (of course sympathetic with Weston), one could think it's as bad as that Jackie Mac Sphinx thing being discussed elsewhere... Now how about some of those Noah Howard's? "Berlin Concert", the Freedom album... Mingus' UCLA concert... and I think there's more Weston around that never was on CD (I dimly remember once passing up a solo piano LP on some italian label, probably from between 77 and 80, but I have no idea about the title or the name of the label, which was unknown to me, anyway). I think Weston's CTI album has been out on CD in Japan... I have the LP, and I think it would be good enough to be done over here (or rather, over the pond...), too!

I am partial to this one: No way I could chose one favourite among the live albums. I still don't have that Paris thing, and I love the albums with Brownie/Donaldson/Silver and the ones with the original Messengers very much. Also the Paris Jam with Barney is good, and the Paris concert of the Morgan/Golson unit is pretty good, too... What's special about "At the Jazz Corner of the World" is how earthy and funky it is, in a pretty dirty racous way (well, at least parts of it are), and also it's great to hear a returning Hank Mobley with Blakey. And he and Morgan make a great frontline, for sure! And that "Chicken An' Dumplins" is one of my favourite "feel-good" tunes! Play it loud!

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Ordered that Nabatov/Bennink, too, thanks for the recommendation, David!

It maybe has been discussed in the "rat", but I can't tell for sure... a search may turn up a few more opinions!

A second short post: it's not Syeeda's Song Flute... but another Trane tune committed to disc in the very early days of him forming his own quintet... maybe one of those on the Roulette CD? "Sonny's Tune"? Too lazy to check right now...

Alright, just a short dropping in here, too... have made it halfway through #6 by now, and that's definitely Bennie Wallace (prob. leader, first tenor solo) - the second tenor is much more in the mainstream than Wallace (who takes his clues mainly from Hawk, mixed with some pretty advanced harmonic stuff... Dolphy? Awesome to pull those tricks and huge intervallic leaps AND display such a fat full sound at the same time!). I'm not sure, but I have a feeling this could be from the Denon disc where he has several tenors guesting? Some kind soul who definitely posted here already (or at least I assume so - I haven't read anything, since I still hope to find time for more thorough notes later) has burned me a copy of that Denon disc, but I haven't been able to listen to it yet... Good stuff! Me likes Wallace an awful lot! Oh, and I found that "Syeeda's Song Flute" take pretty cool! No idea who it could be though...

Martin, this is a terrific compilation! I did not take any notes, and don't know if I'll have time for a thorough listen with taking any notes, so let me say thank you very much! Some things sounded familiar, some not, but all in all I didn't recognize that much... do I hear Fat Girl and Maggie trading some on #15, with Ernie Henry on alto and Bags on piano? Love that Navarro/Dameron Blue Note set!!! This is "Double Talk" (master take). Otherwise... as I said, I enjoyed the CD immensely and look forward to hearing disc 2, and if I get a chance to listen again within useful time, I'll post more about it (I haven't read one word of this thread, and I'll keep out again after I have posted this!)

Marvellous one! I got it in a drimala sale last year, for 5$! When I saw Lacy live, solo, only a few months before he died (I think it was Nov. 03), he did the "rap"-thing too, for some short moments. What a fantastic concert that was, how glad I am to have caught him live, in time! What a sad loss! And how ironical to introduce him to that stupid DB Hall of fame now... they would have elected someone else, if he wouldn't have died right in time... At least they printed some short parts from old interviews that are a great read.

enjoy! Woody's Mood - Woody Martens Up this week we are featuring the rumbling, roaring, untamed, motivating sound of Organist Woody Martens. Mr. Martens was a popular entertainer in the South Florida region, playing regular gigs for over 30 years. Whether quietly meditating on something like ‘It Was A Very Good Year’ or going balls out on ‘Yakity Sax’, his playing is nothing short of superb. I especially like his take on ‘Green Onions’ (inexplicably identified as Woody’s Mood on the album). Side one is very mellow, concentrating on ballads and mood music. Side two opens up the stops and shows off Mr. Martens’ wilder side. In addition to his paying gigs, Mr. Martens was also known for performing hundreds of benefit concerts and raising tons of money for local charities, most notably the Florida Elks Children's Hospital in Umatilla, Florida. In a cruel twist of fate, Mr. Martens contracted cancer in the early 90's and was unceremoniously dropped by his insurance company. A fighter by nature, he even played at his own benefit to raise money for his treatments. Mr. Martens died November 27, 1992 at the young age of 56. Thanks for listening and as always, Enjoy! Side One 01. Love is Blue. 02. Cast Your Fate To The Wind. 03. Medley: It Was A Very Good Year, Yesterday, Michelle. 04. A Walk In The Black Forrest. 05. Medley: A Man And A Woman, Music To Watch Girls By. Side Two 06. Echo Boogie. 07. Zorba The Greek. 08. Yakity Sax. 09. Foot-Pedalling 'The Saints'. 10. How High The Moon. 11. Rambunctious. 12. Mack The Knife. 13. Woody's Mood (Green Onions).

Yo Mr. Pop! HUGE thanks again for bringing this to attention! I just bought this sucker in a sale, and indeed! YOWSAH! What a whack album, love it!