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Let's have little place on our forum for discussion of Leo Smith's music. I know quite a few here like his electric Miles tributes, and I am aware that these, as well as the Kabell Box (here) have been discussed on the board. I am quite a fan of Smith's, going from the relatively few discs I have (Kabell Years, Golden Quartet, Year of the Elephant, and a Neue Musik like Tzadik disc, the title of which escapes me at the moment). Also there is at least one set (3 CDRs) of his Miles tribute that is (was?) available online, for free. Now the reason why I start this discussion today (instead of when I would have been able to spin the discs again and do a little reading first), is because of this: http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-m...ion.php?e_id=37 This link leads you to the page of the radio show "Le jazz probablement" on the France Musiques website. By clicking the blinking thing between "l'émission du 12 juin" and"ecouter", you can - in shitty ram-format, but still - catch 40 minutes of the latest (?) version of Leo Smith's "Golden Quartet", that is: Leo Smith - trumpet Vijay Iyers - keyboards John Lindberg - bass Ronald Shannon Jackson - drums The set was recorded at the 2005 edition of the Banlieues Bleues festival in Aubervilliers, France, on March 31, 2005. Here's a direct link, but I cannot check it out from work, no Real Player installed here...) I heard parts of this on the air last night, and there's some fine playing to be witnessed! Here's the blurb from the Banlieues Bleues website: (source: http://www.banlieuesbleues.org/fiche/C05014_D.HTM)

Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday!

Alright, I have my disc in front of me, now (the Iturralde/Hawes, taht is), and it remains misterious: the Blue Note logo, as you can see on the jpg above, is clearly there, on the spine it says BN, too, the CD has the usual BN design (black/silver, in this case)... but: nowhere is any connection to Blue Note or EMI noted. Here's the info from the CD (same in booklet, on traycard, and on CD itself): No idea if Hispavox is part of EMI or what's the deal here. Very same blurb on the Blue Note edition of "Jazz Flamenco Vols. 1 & 2" (what a marvellous disc that on!), btw. ubu

Thanks ← Jason, drop me a PM if you need help with the other cuts...

Larry Bunker: drums, vibes, accordion, percussion

This one may have been forgotten so far since everybody replaced it with the RVG (that had the other colour scheme used as front cover): (Btw: am I the only one with non-functioning buttons??? No links, images, bold type etc. works, can only do it by entering the codes by hand!)

This one? If so, could you put that and the Gator "Bar Wars" aside? I'll drop you an email tomorrow!

I have heard a live programme of this group - fine stuff! In the hard-blowing and driving style of the "Full Metal" band, only, of course, with different musicians. And let me add: Marguet is a great drummer!

Can't tell you for sure, up for couw!!! (I included the Favre cut on my BFT, btw!) EDIT: here's the tracklist from the Intakt site: CD 1 01 Eddie Brunner and His Original Teddies 02 Elsie und Siro Bianchi-Brunner 03 Hans Kennel Quintet 04 Dollar Brand. African Piano 05 Alex Rohr Quartet 06 Charly Antolini 07 Jazz Rock Experience J.R.E. 08 Metronome Quintet 09 Benny Bailey und Jazz Live Trio 10 DRS-Big Band 11 Remo Rau Memorial Quintet 12 Buddhas Gamblers 13 Robi Weber Quartet (Total Time 75¹17) CD 2 01 Irène Schweizer-Louis Moholo 02 Pierre Favre 03 Harald Haerter 04 Karl ein Karl 05 Nathanael Su - Fredi Lüscher 06 Lucas Niggli Zoom Ensemble 07 Saadet Türköz 08 Chris Wiesendanger Quartet 09 Christoph Gallio 10 Urs Voerkel 11 Noisy Minority 12 Priska Walss - Gabriela Friedli 13 Marianne Racine Quartet 14 Markus Eichenberger - Ivano Torre 15 Peggy Chew - Adrian Frey 16 Co Streiff Sextet 17 Stephan Wittwer 18 Luigi Archetti - Jan Schlegel 19 Nik Bärtsch¹s Mobile Aer (Total Time 77¹25) ********** no Schweizer there, just Schweizer/Moholo - so the question is if the Favre and Rohr cuts are the same as on the Jazz in Switzerland box - my guess is yes, but I can't tell for sure, but Mr. couw may help you!

Hey, David, drop a hint on #5! No one has gotten close to identifying that one so far!

These are two Lacys to add to my list, it seems! I have Watson's "Full Metal Quartet" (on Owl, too), with Bennie Wallace, and I love that one! ← And Ed Thigpen, isn't it? I have that one too ... ← YEAH to Thigpen! He's the best! Seriously: I was astonished to find him in this company - at the time I picked that CD up I only knew Thigpen from OP and a late Teddy Wilson date... would have never imagined him to do this kind of stuff! But he definitely is a terrific drummer, capable of fitting in with almost any situation.

These are two Lacys to add to my list, it seems! I have Watson's "Full Metal Quartet" (on Owl, too), with Bennie Wallace, and I love that one!

Jim, I listened to "Salt Peanuts" again, and then the chatter (hilarious indeed!) and then "Hot House" - definitely Max on Peanuts, definitely Sid on Hot House. Max is da shit on Peanuts, wow! I guess I was still sleepy on the way to work this morning, otherwise I would have never even considered it the slightest possibility that Sid was on Peanuts! Hey everybody, just wanted to tell you (rats included): this disc, in my terminology, rates definitely as da shit!

Ok, already one track that I have and did not recognize - #7. Will have to spin that disc again soon, I rememeber it as being really good, but it has been a long time since I gave it a listen. John: spontaneous idea: Claudio Puntin playing the licorice stick anywhere?

I rather thought about this kind of limbus

what if ubu refuses (or forgets)? then the thread will be in limbo, forever?

Hey, in exchange for a night's stay at the Hotel des Balances in Lucerne plus a fish dinner at the Rotes Gatter, I'd give you 20 Jimmy Smith boxes plus every Jimmy Smith JRVG & TOCJ in existence.....believe it!!!! ← You rather ask your bushims to come up for that, please! No way a poor student could come up for that... also, Lucerne is too tiny and too much of a dollhouse for my likings...

Weizen, you may be right, but I remember the days when I missed out on a few sets because by the time I got the catalogue and mailed in my order they were gone... times before I had *any* internet connection available - that's not so very long ago, prob. ten years... and that sucked big time! Feel free to send me your Jimmy Smith set, any day!

And if you want to know how to listen to a catalogue (seems you never did this before, so I explain): put a catalogue on a table, open it randomly. Make sure there is some draught, then just sit in the room, most quietly, and listen to the wind changing pages of tha catalogue. You will, after doing this for some time, easily be able to distinguish an old Mosaic catalogue from a more recent one, or from a Fantasy catalogue, or from a Trueblue catalogue... You will, from a totally different angle, be able to appreciate the quality and thickness of paper, the size of the catalogue, the weight etc. A whole new aera of experience will open up, you shall see! ← Yo, funny man! I just wanted to add to my explanation that, depending on how strong the wind blows, you can hear several different tunes coming from just one catalogue. Also you can freely combine catalogues, of course, which allows endless creative creationism (as opposed to evolution, that is) Now it's time for to go back into my cage...

Blute Note / EMI it is, for sure, but I'll have to look up from what country it came from - I strongly think from Spain, though!

I see! Well, time to build up even more suspense! It's well worth a wait, I tell you!

That post *so* just bumps back at you, you know You're talking to a wall, thus all your arguments will fall back on your own head, you lunatic! And if you want to know how to listen to a catalogue (seems you never did this before, so I explain): put a catalogue on a table, open it randomly. Make sure there is some draught, then just sit in the room, most quietly, and listen to the wind changing pages of tha catalogue. You will, after doing this for some time, easily be able to distinguish an old Mosaic catalogue from a more recent one, or from a Fantasy catalogue, or from a Trueblue catalogue... You will, from a totally different angle, be able to appreciate the quality and thickness of paper, the size of the catalogue, the weight etc. A whole new aera of experience will open up, you shall see!