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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!

Woodyard, HELLYEAH! What a great drummer!

Claude, "Abstract" is a terrific disc! (And probably pretty hard to find soon, to!) My most recent additions: - Sittin' in (the Verve LPR with Dizzy et.al.) - Soul on Top (that sucka by James Brown with Louie Bellson, arr. O. Nelson -WHOAH!) and the O'Day Mosaic (which was delivered very fast, too, but cost 30$ or something freakin' crazy to ship!)

It's pretty amazing that Werner had it for so long, and I do believe it benefitted all of us. Perhaps we can persuade someone rich to do it again. ← At least in Switzerland, I would say no chance. The same banking institute that supported hat (it was UBS, wasn't it?) also supported the Willisau Jazz Festival until a couple of years ago, and then dropped out completely of sponsoring jazz (it's not sexy enough... the probably go for sponsoring some stupid sports stuff instead now... Troxler, it seems, has an annual fight to find enough money to do his festival (that has been in existence now for more than 30 years). Big scale sponsoring for opera, alright, maybe for the (prestigious) theatre here in Zurich, yes, but nothing even slightly out of mainstream... pity, but that's how things seem to be nowadays. And money there would be enough, for sure (Basel, home of hat, is another city rich in banking institutes...)

Got my discs! (They probably had been there several days before I was where they were...) Thanks!

Wouldn't a couple of much-requested reissues help in this respect? But then that's not what his label is about... (or not all that it is about - thank God!)

My Anita box arrived today! 3010. Spinned Disc 8 in the background, since it has a couple of scratches that made me worry, but it played perfectly fine. One other of the discs has sort of bubbles right on the outside (where the disc is already transparent) - I assume that's nothing to worry about. Loved that one disc, even if it only was background music tonight!

Those are fun. I'll have to pull 'em out again. I like the fourth one best, as it has the most diverse programming; plus it opens and closes with the theme from one of my favorite French gangster films, Touchez Pas au Grisbi. Another amazing jazz soundtrack is George Gruntz's for the 1960 Swiss film Mental Cruelty, a stunning piece of moody Euro hard bop, which features Kenny Clarke and Barney Wilen. I think it gives Miles's L'Ascenseur music a run for the money. Actually, it works better as an album. It was re-released, after barely being released at all in the first place, on Atavistic's Unheard Music Series. http://www.atavistic.com/artist.cfm?action...=148&itemid=240 I know that this has already been discussed on the board ( this is where I heard about it in the first place!), but it seems appropriate to bring it up again in this thread. ← Yes indeed! I know I said so (and probably several times), but that "Mental Cruelty" album is terrific!

That email does not sound *that* good, does it? Maybe there's simply not enough money around to do the new releases and the reissues? A note about the following one: I heard parts or all of this (Willisau is broadcast annually on Swiss radio), and it's quite good. Quite simple at moments, quite pure. Liebman also played drums (in tribute to Elvin) and I think piano as well - seems they'll leave that off the release, from Mr. Litweiler's mention of his saxes and the flute (quite beautiful!). Liebman told some stories between the tracks as well, some of them rather personal and touching. Whatever... it definitely was a great idea of Willisau's Niklaus Troxler to convince Liebman to do a solo set! The festival has featured a solo performance every year (since at least 2000 or so, as far as I can tell, maybe since longer ago), but - obviously - most often the invitees were piano players (Cecil Taylor, Matt Shipp, Andrew Hill and Jason Moran did the 1999-2003 solo sets, if my memory serves me right. Not all that great sets, but the Cecil one (available on Intakt) is glorious. Oh, and I heard (memory is not quite right, I realize), that Braxton's solo set (from 2003) will be released in the future on Intakt as well. (Hopefully in its entirety - it definitely fits on one CD.)

Sad news... I somehow shied away to see the Buena Vista circus live... now it's too late... May he rest in peace.