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Hey, maybe we could create a screensaver from Jim's nice big type? And about ringtones: I generally agree, I have my phone on vibrate all the time, but when I'm home I place it somewhere, don't remember where, and couldn't hear the vibrating thing anyway, so I have to put on some ringtone... (I have no other phone going by my own name, so I need the cell). I won't tell you what stupid jazz thingie comes out of my phone, though... About people using phones in public places (trains, shops, public transport in the city): I hate it, decidedly, *but*: the problem is not the fact they're using but the fact that they either neurotics with lack of self-confidence or just simply put rude people who do not know how annoying they are, and neither do they care. One of those guns that wes is always carrying when he shows us his face (or was that his friend - the gun, not the face I mean) would greatly help in such cases ("move your ass out of here or I'll blow your head...")

WHOAH! That's just plain wrong man! Seriously, I think I can hear you, to some point, but I couldn't disagree more! For me, if anyone, Swallow is the one who developped his own, very very soulful, and very personal, and very natural sound on electric bass. I never got into those hyper-bassists, like Victor Bailey etc... maybe Tacuma, and of course Jaco, but still, Jaco's sound (not his style, not his lines, not his wack 16ths runs, just his sound) is so much closer to the "standard" sound of electric bass. Related, to some point: the latest Downbeat (Nat Cole on cover) features Charlie Haden in the BFT - he talks about his reaction upon hearing Swallow plugged in. He phoned him immediately and told him not to do it etc., but then it seems Swallow promised that if he'd do an album on acoustic again, it would be with Haden... let's hope that happens! Something more about Swallow: he's a composer, too. I would fully agree that he is no match at all to the lady who's "steady gig" he has been (that's the way she announced him at a Zurich duo set some years back...), but still, his tunes (check out "Always Pack Your Uniform on Top" and "Deconstructed" on WATT) are more than mere playing vehicles, they have some great grooves, some good harmonic ideas, sometimes odd metres, and they always have beautiful or funny or whatever melodies that stick in your head. That's a quality, I think, that many, if not most, mainstream guys nowadays don't have, still they write discs full of tunes that don't sound like nothing... (I assume it got clear now that I simply *love* Swallow, so please take my introducing line with a grain of... whatever you like!)

What's that called again? A pleonasm? Certainly has to be...

Well, I guess *that's* the kind of humour you could use over there, on your weird island

Uhm... interesting? Frightening? That last aspect you mention, I mean. Since we know now that half of the Britons don't know who Hitler is or was (they wouldn't care about the tempus if they don't know sh*t), that is a bit frightening, no? Also pulling nazi jokes is not funny in that situation, and that royal a*@%#@§ who you still fail to decapitate *on the spot* (together with the whole rotten bunch, of course) lead the press to pull those jokes again, no? Definitely not funny! And Mr. Moose is definitely onto something!

I must confess, I'm duly impressed! Poop-a-do (how vulgar, Herr Couwenberg!) must be a true humanist! If he does not win the nobel prize for "typical lyrical" stuff... humanity is a lost cause!

c'mon, share them, don't tell us they're no words just 'cause they're slippery

Well, strictly spoken, he's at least not entirely wrong - unless someone comes along and writes some lyrics (or has Jon H. been there, already?), "Blues on the Corner" is more what they call a "tune" than a "song"... but if it's there or not is another thing And now allow me to use some of the new smilies for the first time:

This one sounds good! Any info on the web? No sign of it yet on Amazon...

Happy Birthday, Jim! Thanks for keeping this board such a nice place, and thanks for all the hard work, lately!

big a beautiful disc!

uh yes! Get all the three! Most highly recommended! Hope you can get a replacement!

Yes, I agree - however, I thought you were jumping a bit at John becasue Rooster had a chaotic oranisation going on, that's why I weighed in. No offense!

That's a smart stragegy, isn't it? The negative side is that there are always more discs around than space in shelves, so in the end... and don't put them in the shelf unopened, that one (why call her "one", we all know who we mean, don't we?) could easily notice!

I regret having to inform you that the past year has not made me any wiser in respect of the topic of this discussion, rather on the contrary...

As you will quickly see when following couw's link above (and then following the links in that thread again), I'm a big fan of the ZA jazz and jive stuff! Most highly recommended for someone rather new to this would be two compilations: African Horns (on Kaz/Camden, feat. Ibrahim, Moeketsi, Coetzee a.o.) Jazz in Africa Vol. 1 - The Jazz Epistles (see the Kippie thread for details on the discography, which is a mess - this one's again on Kaz or Camden) Then of course, there's a bunch of excellent Ibrahim discs (recommended for the "genre" we're discussing here: African Marketplace [Discovery/Warner], a large band including Carlos Ward. Then there are tons of great discs of his on Enja, check out South Africa, Africa - Tears & Laughter, Zimbabwe... some of his solo stuff is excellent, too, first tip: African Piano on some ECM subsidiary. Then his two duo discs with Johnny Dyani, discussed, I think, in a Dyani thread in the artists section). On Weston: get all you can, simple as that! Many of his late eighties/early nineties albums produced by Jean-Philippe Allard for French Universal are OOP or hard to find, but they're all excellent. Here's a few I love: Volcano (feat. Teddy Edwards!!!), Saga (recently reissued in that anniversary series, I think, I got the older issue), the above mentioned Spirits of our Ancestors (I think that one runs out of steam at some points, but still it's a great one, feat. Dizzy, Pharoah, Dewey Redman [right?], and Idrees Sulieman, among the usual gang of Benny Powell, Talib Kibwe and Alex Blake, who are on most of these discs). Then there is a fascinating "crossover" album Randy did with those Gnawa musicians that also recorded with Ornette - I can't remember the title of that one, but grab it when you can! In a similar "crossover" vein is the mentioned maliCOOL of Roswell Rudd's - one hell of a beautiful and grooving disc, I tellya! I assume that, plus the stuff mentioned by others will keep you busy for some time! Question: how "honest" and "genuine" are those fifties things? I mean, I like those Blakey drum-fests, and the Ahmad Abdul-Malik things, too, but then, how much do they really have to do with Africa, and how far are they just reflecting the image of Africa, the "idea" that urban African-Americans had of Africa in a highly-charged time? (Slightly related: Interesting website I found while googling - obviously - for Marcus Garvey.)

If so, I'm right on time! As I recall, the most recent sign-up threads have not occured until answers from the previous test were posted. I agree that it makes more sense to take signups as discussions occur and mail the discs out once answers are posted. ← I would say you *are* right on time! Neither jumping the gun nor being late. Dan: maybe you didn't notice that several of the European subscribers only got their #25 sets four or five days ago (also I assume a few are still waiting?) - thus John is perfectly in schedule, as far as I'm concerned!

Jim, if I close the page without logging out (but leave the browser open), I have to log in again once I have the page open again! (I think that's the same problem that was just discussed, yes?)

-_- I was perfectly aware of the special Storyville edition, and I had it on my (imaginary) list for quite some time... now that Bentsy made a real nice offer, I had to go for it! So: no way, brownie!

Hellyeah!

you're really serious about that thread, hellyeah! like: what am I going to do tomorrow to earn some dinner? well, I'll do some research for the sexiest album cover thread... B-)

So that's why no one posts any reactions to my "funny rat"-posts?

Happy Birthday!

Thanks! If I hadn't decided five minutes before you posted this, it would certainly have pushed me over the edge!

Payment sent! Thanks Bentsy, it was a pleasure dealing with you!