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Park City is where I witnessed the Hancock/Shorter duo in June 1999 during which I fell asleep. I haven't woke up yet. Will you be in Stralsund this summer? I'm sure the mayor of Stralsund will welcome us at the railway station with his favorite Amiga. Sure, I'll bring J.O.S. along - he's having a wild ride on the organ here!

Hey Rocky - what are you doing in Park City? This is the European Board Members Meeting that's in question... B-)

Seems Schlippenbach had an accident either last Saturday or Sunday. The concert in Zurich (I couldn't go, had to finally catch Jacques Rivette's "La belle noiseuse" in a theater that day) took place without him. I don't know what happened to him, the concert review only stated he was in hospital due to some accident. Then, the reviewer liked the concert, also he liked Mahall (and he - the reviewer - is a saxophonist himself... ). ubu

I missed picking this LP up several times... next time I'll see it I'll have to get it! And yup, a DVD would be great indeed! ubu

Chaney, I'm a sucker for your funny home stories David, I don't think I'll need that Schlippenbach thing... thanks though for your concert write up, sounds like *some* fun. I never was a fan of Mahall. I know him from two projects of Aki Takase's - he was outright boring with her W.C. Handy tribute project, but a recent broadcast I heard of her Fats Waller programme was fun (meaning: he didn't disturb and Eugene Chadbourne and the others had a whole lot of fun). Spinning some Jimmy Smith (will do a little tribute on radio on Sunday evening - I'll post a link in the respective part of the board). David, you'll definitely need something other than "Root Down" - almost any Blue Note I've heard is fine, favourites include "Back at the Chicken Shack" (with Kenny Burrell & Stanley Turrentine - not RVGed yet), "Groovin' at Smalls" (2CD live recording of his working trio - GREAT stuff!), "The Sermon" and "House Party" (culled from the same sessions, feat. Lee Morgan, George Coleman, Lou Donaldson, Tina Brooks, Kenny Burrell, Art Blakey a.o.), "Cool Blues" (live recording with Brooks, Donaldson, Blakey et.al.), "Crazy Baby" (a terrific trio disc - not RVGed yet, either, or was it?), and some early Verves, such as "Bashin'" (first big band-backed sides, arr. by Oliver Nelson, half of it with trio), and "Organ Grinder Swing" (trio). That's just the beginning... I suggest you go for any one trio and any one group recording of the ones I list and look if you like it, then get more... my proposition: "The Sermon" and "Groovin'" or "Crazy Baby". Chaney: let us know about the Sketches! I really hope you'll enjoy the HUM (now there's some great Humair! And Urtreger is a wonderful musician, too) and Domancich! You did order Lacy's "Work", too, didn't you? Humair's at his best there as well. ubu

Hi Red, great that you enjoy "Nefertiti" that much! It's an awesome recording! Adding one more Taylor Unit recommendation: "It is in the brewing luminous" (hatOLOGY), a great live recording, which now seems to stand a bit in the shadow of the recently reissued "One Too Many...". Also if you can find them, the two "Akisakila" discs are great. They were released on CD by the German Konnex label but are OOP for quite some time now and pretty hard to find. I only have volume two so far, which continues the trio (Lyons-Taylor-Cyrille) from volume one and adds a Taylor solo album, called "Lono". Of the early discs, I'd recommend you check out the OJCCD with that vibes player. Probably my favourite early (up to 1961) Taylor. Then the tracks on that CD "Mixed" are indeed great, maybe, if you insist on that term, the first "mature" recordings. There was some discussion about early Taylor (rhythm-related, and thus drummer-related issues, mainly) in a thread in the artists section. ubu

who is sorry he is not a pretty girl... wtf? Gabriele Mirabassi: Giovanni Mirabassi: No girls here... is that what couw is sorry about?

Uh, oh... I was skipping through the site fast while at work yesterday... me big fan of Gabriele (clarinetist) Mirabassi...

brownie, I heard some very nice things on Oliva's Tristano disc, too! Seems that's one I need to check out! Chaney: hope you'll like the Lacy and Domancich! I find these two really really good! As I said, I don't know the Ducret that well, will need to give it a close and concentrated listen to find out... got it in a sale for very few $$. How about the Mirabassis? Anyone knows these discs? I didn't even know he played the piano, too, and here is a solo and a trio recording! He's a fantastic clarinet player, for sure! ubu

I like Thrust better than Headhunters. Guy I like Mwandishi: The Complete Warner Brothers Recordings better than both of them. Yup. Sextant on Columbia/Sony is also excellent. Guy I like Sextant even better than the two Eddie Henderson albums, although I haven't heard those two... Further, on "Sextant" Herbie plays a Grand Piano, too, which is what this thread is about, no? ubu

What a pity Johnny Hodges played it so rarely! The RCA Centennial notes state he refused to play it when Duke refused to pay him more as a "doubler". Agree on Lucky T! Wonderful soprano (and tenor, to be sure) on "Lucky Strikes!". ubu

What may sound cryptical is simply the touring all star package of Hancock-Shorter-Holland-Blade, sorry! I heard a couple of broadcasts (saw one on TV, too), and they're taking almost as many risks as the Shorter quartet takes. Fascinating to see/hear Herbie in that context (though he fails to always convince me in this group, I have to admit). ubu

Just found the Storyville disc "The Continental Sessions, Vol. 2". Lots of Hawk & Byas there, under the leadership of Cozy Cole. ubu

Besides the fantastic HUM 3CD set, here's another one that I was very impressed by: Why are those discs so expansive!?! I'd love to get a whole bunch of them, the Humairs, the Mirabassis, Oliva's Sept variations..., Waldron's "One more time", Urtreger's solo disc... Anyone has opinions/reviews on the Graillier, Viret/Ferlet/Banville, Carrothers or any other Sketch releases? The other two that I own, besides those I already mentioned, are Marc Ducret's "Qui parle" and the Taylor/Wheeler/Del Fra disc. Don't know the Ducret very well so far, the Taylor/Wheeler/Del Fra is ok, but not a must-have, in my opinion. ubu

Check the photos on Peter Schmid's homepage. Also check out the list of instruments to learn everything you ever wanted to know about strange wind instruments... ubu

Go to this site: http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/newreleases.php and choose "Stereo Time" on the left. ubu

I have all but Dot Com Blues... but then I have the VME of "The Cat", as well as what I suppose is the original first pressing... does that make good for missing that other one? B-)

You're in! I'm in no hurry, I just want to make sure people have their discs once I start the thread. Mailing the discs to the US will take a week or so, then they need to be copied and sent on, so there's still plenty time to sign up! Also if some European posters jump in later, I can make another set and mail it, no problem!

I only have the one with Eddie Harris and find it to be very enjoyable!

Gave the Art Farmer and Benny Carter discs a spin this weekend. The Farmer is very fine, Art being in a lyrical mood. There is no fusion guitar (someone was wondering, I think ), but on one tune, "Art for Lunch", the guitarist does some funky licks etc. Otherwise he's playing in a very nice, strictly jazz style. The mostly scandinavian band is very fine, and Sabu Martinez adds some colour, too. One small question: two drummers are mentioned on the front and in all personnel listings, yet the liner notes only mention one of them, and to my ears if two drummers were playing on these sessions, I suppose they were not playing on the same tracks. Anyone knows for sure? Then the Carter: very nice one! Mainstream, but very nicely performed by Carter, Nat Adderley, Red Norvo and Horace Parlan. There are three bonus live cuts (one of the originally released tunes is from that same live date, too) which add quite some. Again there is a small goof on the cover (not referring to the Farmer, as I don't know if there's a goof or not, but referring to the Braff): the last tune is not mentioned on teh back of the traycard, but only inside the booklet. Seems they could have done a little bit better proof-reading. Also one liner is said to be from Samuel Charters (title on top of the liners) and Red Mitchell (listed at the end of the same notes). However, as Red is mentioned ("Red Mitchell", "he"), I guess the notes are not from him, but from Charters. This is in the Farmer booklet, I think. ubu

It's true! But his best solo on "Miles Smiles" is with both hands on "Circle". Herbie's solo on "Circle" is indeed awesome! Now let's hope for some HSHB official release (a tree is just being distributed, as I understand). In this company, Herbie shines, too, as does Shorter (though I think I slightly prefer Shorter's own quintet). ubu

David, you happen to know where the "Oort-Entropy" recording was made? I have both the concert we saw and the one from Basel, day before or day after somewhere in the pile of yet unedited broadcasts... Had a listen to this little Leo thingie: Keshavan Maslak Loved by Millions It's a trio recording with John Lindberg (b) and Sunny Murray (d). Maslak is a muscular tenor player with a full-bodied sound (guess Hawkins was influenced by him ), and he also appears on flute (whimsical) and bass clarinet. Murray is playing strong and heavy, yet usually quite straight. A nice & refreshingly short (47 minutes of something) trio recording. Btw, I went back to that mean mean Leo sale and picked up some more discs, among them the two other Collective 4tets, one more Remote Viewers, Jon Lloyd's "Head", Gies' solo sax disc, Not Missing Drums' Nietzsche project, Giancarlo Nicolai Trio with John Tchicai. ubu

I urge everybody to get this fantastic disc as long as it's still around: I'm aware it's been mentioned above, and I'm also aware I championed it in some Lacy thread last year. It's a great one. ubu