king ubu

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!

I can't believe it, but after 2 days I am still looking for a buyer..... ← Just sent you an email!

alright, alright... worked for me

Happy Birthday!

Saddam pants

You may try sending this guy an email - he's got his jazz films list online, and the Smith is listed on DVD-R. In case he does not understand English, I could try anc contact him (I'd be interested in getting a copy, too, but I'm afrain I don't have much that this fellow does not already own...)

Do I? My motto, when working special projects for the feds, is that at 6:01 they can go pound sand. That's when the real work -- maintaining order and preventing the children from yanking one another's hair out over the exasperating issue of the moment -- begins. ← What about anglo-saxon protestant work ethics?

tried to quote both of BM's posts, but as the page breaks in between, it didn't work, I assume?

This thread? Me: ubu (glad to be born late)

Posh? Works for me!