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Happy to report the Ruby Braff is excellent! He's got a lovely tone on his cornet, Dickenson adds his trombone on one of the two dates that make up the CD. Bucky Pizarelli is on guitar and gets quite some solo space, too, which is nice (I never really heard him before). The setting is very loose (as is told in the liners), free playing on some standards, arrangements: none, but rather it seems Braff directed the musicians while playing giving cues etc. All very spontaneous and alive. He and Dickenson certainly are die-hard individualists, of a sort you don't come across very often anymore... the two pianists, Dick Katz on the quintet date without Dickenson, Jimmy Rowles on the Sextet date, add a lot, too, providing a perfect foil for Braff. Bill Crow is on bass, Connie Kay on drums. Recommended! One strange thing: the personnel listing on the front of the disc omits Rowles, on the back, neither Rowles nor Dickenson are mentioned, instead it looks like a quintet with Katz the only pianist... you gotta read through the rather small-printed discographical parts at the end of the booklet to find out who exactly is playing on which tracks... a bit of a pity, as these discs are otherwise done so nicely! Also they all sound wonderful, this too applies to the Brookmeyer which I've just put into the player a few minutes ago. ubu

Sounds good, thanks for the heads up! ubu

Yup! I think this one's a minor classic and should be bought before OJCs... Milt Harris is on organ, by the way. This greazy later disc includes an organist as well, if I remember right:

1.99% here...

Yup, forgot to mention it, I only miss the Baker and Bebop Session. Haven't listened to the Cohn/Sims yet.

So have some swiss chocolate on me! Happy birthday! ubu

Listening to this one now: Glen Hall and OutSource, The Roswell Incident (Leo Records): Pretty nice playing by all involved: Glen Hall (ts,ss,bcl,bass fl,electr), Allan Molnar (vib), Michael Morse (b), Michael Occhipinti (g,bjo), Banjo Barry Romberg (d), Roswell Rudd (tb). The music is really good, I think. Occhipinti is a nice player, so is Hall, so is Molnar, and the rhythm section is quite good, too. Then, there's Rudd sitting in here and there, and you gotta love Rudd, don't you? ubu

Giving the Hampton another listen (first time yesterday), and it's a beautiful session! Very relaxed playing by both Hamp and Svend Asmussen. The setting of just violin, vibes, bass (NHOP doing his usual great job) and drums (Thigpen, swinging like mad) is very nice! Swedish pianist Rune Öfwerman sits in on the title track only. A very light sound with some very nice textures, for instance when the violin is "comping" behind a Hamp solo. Somehow there's a Hamp-ness to it, in that it is not just relaxed and laid-back, but has a vitality and drive that is usually to be found in his music, yet still his soloing is so nice flowing, as is Asmussen's. Gave the Kessel/Mitchell a spin too and liked it, as well as half of the Braff. That one may end up as one of my favourites of the series. But then I still need to give the Carter, the Blakey/Stitt and the Farmer a listen. The ones I miss are the Bebop Session and the Chet Baker. Anymore opinions on the Chet? ubu

I voted 5000 when the thread was started, then went back to measure it... took some time as I never was sure if it would still keep growing... Seriously: I counted two years ago, had 3500+ and have been too lazy to count again ever since (also my CDs are partially unorganized, meaning I have an A-Z rack, but tons of discs lying around all over, too). With you people always making me want to buy more, I guess I'm safe to assume I'm somewhere between 5000 and 6000, maybe past that, too, but frankly I don't care. And as to how I listen to my discs, Moose's post describes that in a good way. ubu

Will add it to the "list"... thanks! Now listening to the Billie Holiday Columbia set ubu

Didn't listen to much ratty music of late, but this morning gave a listen to a Sun Ra All Stars recording from 1983's Berlin Jazz Fest, with Lester Bowie, Don Cherry, Allen, Gilmore, Shepp, Don Moye, Clifford Jarvis, Richard Davis, and Philly Joe. Quite nice stuff! Now spinning an Air live recording from Chicago, 1981. First time I hear them. Guess I'll need to get the Nessa(s?), right? ubu

Don't forget "Crazy! Baby" - one of his best, and probably my favorite session without any horns! The live 2CD set available in the RVG series, "Groovin' at Smalls'" is another great one without horns. ubu

Have gotten immesurable joy from listening to discs 4-6 of the Django set! What a great musician he was! ubu

impossible to vote here... a few other important ones: Intakt (Switzerland, www.intaktrec.ch/) Hat Records (Switzerland, www.hathut.com) FMP/Free Music Production (Germany, www.fmp-online.de/) ubu

Picked that disc up in some sale some time ago, liked it quite a lot, too! Will have to give it a spin again. I believe that neither Sambeat nor Puig are german, but probably Spanish. Sambeat made discs with Brad Mehldau (the Rossy brothers are Spanish too, aren't they?). Here's the cover: And here's the Valle profile from the ACT website: (source: http://www.actmusic.com/valle-bio.htm) ubu

Have been lying in bed since Sunday, went - for the very first time - through discs 1 to 17 of the Ducal RCA box. Right now: the Bud Freeman sessions on Disc 4 of the Capitol Mosaic, before that the whole disc 1 of the same set. Will stay with it for a while listening to some select sessions, some still are new to me. ubu

I thought this was some kind of poll... wouldn't have been sure if I'd voted for George W. the glorious crusader, or for ariceffron, future of US law

I have to agree on "Unit Structures" - it may indeed be THE BADDEST ever album Blue Note recorded! ubu

looking forward, thanks!

Have a good one, Adrian! And many happy returns! ubu

Volume 1 Volume 2 There's another disc I found that might be of interest for you: Background for Brando ubu

pm sent!

I planned to get everything ready last weekend, but I caught some flu again and am in bed with high fever since Saturday night, not having any of the BFT material with me... Sorry, can't step in earlier! ubu

http://www.kind-of-blue.de/seiten/boxen/mi...omplete_box.htm The above link leads you to a page with a full listing, though organized in a bit of a strange way. ubu