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I won't talk to you anymore before you buy "Funny Rat" back and make me an offer (or just send it as a gift - minimum of rat-solidarity, that would have been!)

I have a strong sense of self-restriction*, I have a strong sense of self-restriction, I have a strong sense of self-restriction.... *) want proof? I even typed these sentences up, each one three times! No copy/paste!

I know I can pass it up, I know I can pass it up, I know I can pass it up...

It's a trio, with Rowe. I can pass it up, I can pass it up, I can pass it up...

I sold mine three years ago ..... ← I won't sell mine, but I see what you mean. Definitely not the finest of either of the main performers, but I assume when Mosaic did that box the music was difficult to find. Also there's a nice booklet (as usual).

You are allowed! Now that you finally posted some on #26

Mail sent!

Thanks! I guess that's 8 discs, then, if I also add the Lacy/Bailey (but don't add the van Hove and Doneda/Leimgruber). Uh... quit some €€!

Not such a smart move then, isn't it? Maybe they hope that the inclusion in the RVG series boosts the sales, rather than including it in the more obscure Conn series? This is too bad! What a pity there are not three more dates, so Mosaic could do a Select!

Thanks! I once saw Ninh live and he was un-feghing-believeable, I tell you! That was in a trio with that chinese sheng/erhu whatever playing lady, Xu Fengxia, and some german violinist (Gunda Gottschalk) who was pretty annoying, but Ninh himself puts on such a great show and does such incredible sh*tte with his bass drum that the whole thing ended up being mighty impressive if only for his participation! (That was at an earlier Taktlos, btw.)

If you post more, I will promise not to mention cold blue anymore!

Doing some auto-therapy Tony? I also keep persuading myself that I will enjoy Cold Blue new age stuff. ---------------------- FMR deal is actually quite good - you get 9 CDs for €79 with very reasonable shipping fees. ← c'mon fellas, stop your auto-therapies, answer my questions! Not all of these discs have been mentioned here or elsewhere, so I wonder if anyone has anything new to share!

Alright, now how about Potlatch? On my list are: - 1 and 4 98 (that is Bailey/Léandre and Lazro/Zingaro) - 2 each from 00, 01 (Parker/Rowe and Butcher/Charles/Dörner) - 1 from 02 (Lazro/Zingaro/Léandre/Lovens) - 2 and 3 from 03 (Blondy/Ninh and Rives) What about the van Hove (2/3 98) and Bailey/Lacy (2 99) and Doneda/Leimgruber/Rowe (3 02)? Anyone can recommend them, too? Or anyone wants to warn me from any of the items on the list?

Huppy Happy! Play that Cecil disc today!

Nice new little sale... (9 € per disc, quite good for swiss prizes, but if you see *what* I got at this prize...): Yesterday: - both Vogue "Bebop in Paris" volumes - "Two Argentinians in Paris" Vogue disc - Martial Solal "Ni tambour ni trompetter" (RCA Gold Series) - Guy Lafitte "Sugar and Spice" (RCA Gold Series) - Bill Evans "The Piano Player" (Sony/Legacy) Today: - Martial Solal Vogue Vol. 4 - Gary Burton "A Genuine Tong Funeral" ("old" French RCA)

The McGhee sides are nice, some nice Jimmy Heath there. Fit in with the McGhee sides on the "Bebop" disc that was released as part of the Jazz in Paris series (pictured above). The Ernie Royal sides came as quite a surprise to me! Very nice to hear this trumpet player stretch out! Ted Kelly, whom I otherwise only know from some Prez dates (where he is very much in Lester's shadow - but who wouldn't be...) is fine, too, and James Moody is, well, James Moody. The bass-drum team is a Ducal one, Wendell Marshall and Butch Ballard, the later pulling some cool tricks now and then. Raymond Fol is on piano. Then the Moody sides - best part of this disc! Moody is smokin'! Check him out on "Lover Come Back to Me" - very impressive! Guérin is trying hard to keep the tempo there, and frankly does not succeed, really... however, he adds a few nice touches here and there. Fol again is on piano, Michelot on bass, and Pierre Lemarchand on drums. Minor goof: Moody plays alto throughout. This disc fits right in with the three Clifford Brown volumes. More great Gryce arrangements and tunes (plus a couple of really nice Quincy Jones tunes, too), and great playing by Gryce, Farmer, Anthony Ortega, Jimmy Cleveland... Highlights include "Evening in Paris", a haunting Jones theme played by Gryce with Jimmy Gourley and Quincy on piano, Gryce's flute feature, "I Can't Get Started", a great Cleveland performance on "Purple Shades" (the other Quincy tune), and a couple of great Ortega solos on two takes of "Strike up the Band" (these two plus "Serenate to Sonny", an Ortega tune, are the three cuts by Farmer, the other seven are by Gryce). Other minor goof: the second take of "Strike up the Band" is not a quartet cut, but also features Ortega and Clifford Solomon (both in ensemble and solo). The solo order is different from the first take (which also has a Cleveland solo) - I am not sure if Cleveland is playing in the ensemble, but I think I cannot hear him... I am aware of brownie's post above mourning the lack of alternates, but I tell you: for me who has never before heard these recordings, that's not a big problem, even at only 36 or 37 minutes, this disc is full with prime music, and Gryce's bittersweet sound and his great arranging are enough to make me happy!

Sounds great, thanks for letting us know, brownie! But let me ask: is this really part of the series, with that colourful cover? Very much unlike all the others! ← Alright, lucky me stumbled over three of these fine discs today in a sale! First a few thoughts about this one: carefully packaged, extensive new liners, plus original (French) liners, plus facsimile of front and back of both original LPs... very nice! This one, btw, is not dedicated to Renaud - maybe this is sort of a "hors série" release? Whatever, about the music: the Schiffrin (his frenchified name back then) is a nice latin piano album, with Michelot barely audible on bass (and actually I don't care, Schifrin's left hand is strong enough!), and drums and latin percussion. Very nice one! They do "Mon homme", a "Mambop" that resembles... what was it again, "Misterioso"? And my favourite cut is "Pigalle". The Piazzolla sides are indeed tango sides, nothing jazz there, even with Martial Solal on piano (the rest of the band - mostly strings - remain anonymous). This is a beautiful early glimpse of Piazzolla. I am not at all an expert, but I've not heard any Piazzolla in such a big line-up (other, more traditional tango, yes, but Piazzolla only in small groups, so far). These sides are a lot to my liking, though! Probably the whole disc is a bit on the light side, buth wtf! Spin it, smile, and enjoy life for 45 minutes

Went with "Sun Ship" - that was maybe the first ever "free jazz" disc I "got", and I still love it today! What a beautiful album!

you know when that guy tried to get cute and all and follow some nice accordion with some more accordion and then some silly film music and then some more B3 accordion. i vote for the fifty minute blindfold test from now on! just stop that #7 after #14 is all. can't wait for the revised second edition. or maybe he'll send out a second disc or at least the outer ring of one that you can glue down onto the other. ← Please be sure you add some explanation like these here: http://www.hepcatwilly.com/index.php?id=806

I don't know that much about the history of Montreux, but the liners to the McCann/Harris disc talk about the early years, when it was just a weekend in summer... now it has turned into a huge (and very commercial) event that spans a month or so, has two main stages plus numerous small venues, is sponsored by Heineken, thus you're not allowed to drink any beer there (unless Heineken fits your idea of "beer" ). Jazz is being played a bit more again, nowadays, but I remember that often during the last ten or so years, there were only three or four nights of jazz in the programme, all else world, funk, soul, rock/pop, whatever brought in the crowds... "jazz" in the title is but a selling argument ("jazz" is sexy, you know? Even YSL came to that conclusion...). I never bothered to go there, but I assume that back in the day (sixties, maybe into the late seventies?) it must have been a great venue to check out mainstream jazz of all kinds. Of course the Evans and Carter discs are favourites, too, and there's a great RRK disc, too:

Not every track features this vocalist. In my opinion, the entire album is very interesting and I would highly recommend you give it a listen. ← Guy, it's a very good disc! One of those that for me impersonates the recent wave of "mediterranean" music (be it "jazz" or not...). There's a fine gang of musicians on the disc, Favre, Garcia-Fons, Matinier, Godard, Trovesi, the singers, and Pino (who is all over the place at least on the more "prestigious" of these kinds of projects, it seems... the Enja ones, instead of those on really "small" labels). You really should give at least this disc and some (no matther which, all that I've heard are great) Instabile disc a chance! (I would recommend the "Instabile Festival" 2CD release on Leo that features many bands-within-the-band, from trumpet and trombone duos to trios, quartets and quintets in various line-ups). What was that about BFT#7, dear Man-Sir?

Don't have Funny Rat and Daredevil - is the later this one? She's good in the looks department, but I'd never treat me to such stupid films... I did enjoy "Alias" though (confession fits nostalgia -_- )

Hehehehe... nostalgic rats, us! Btw: the Guy was recorded again in studio (I think in Germany - maybe that's why they did not have Pfister or Pearson). Pearson probably did the Zurich set, but I can't say for sure. Maybe they indeed found the live recordings to be lacking *on record*, in some respect? An interesting case, for sure, that shows how much a live concert can differ from a mere "phonographic print" of it...

This is the music that blew David and me away, when we heard/saw it performed live. Weird enough - I konw I promised to transfer the sets long time ago... - the recordings (both of the Zurich concert we saw, and the Basel concert the day before) do not have nearly as much of an impact at me. And interestingly I met someone else who was blown away by the live performance and caught the radio broadcast later, but didn't even recognize it, until when it was over the announcer said what it was. Strange! YESSIR! The dried rat dog is a terrific disc, indeed! Highly recommended, and in its own way a perfect successor to the other-worldly "Insterstellar Space" album of Coltrane/Rashied!