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Yup, Sinatra... sounds like our new friend would love "In the Wee Small Hours" (I love that one, too... second best performance of "I Get Along Without You Very Well," next to the one on this Sinatra album, is the one by Chet Baker, on "Best of Chet Baker Sings" - that's the same CD that has "My Funny Valentine") ubu

Uh, I don't care, I got a life Frankly, I didn't get a life, I'm just devoting most of my online and jazz time to the Basie site at the moment... as if THAT was a life ubu B-)

Had a listen to this one: Picked it up in a sale, last week (our Friend D.D. will get a copy as well, now that he has revealed to me the name of the Brötzel reed trio, and has EVEN listened to that disc...) Like it a lot! Portal is on tenor, soprano, clarinet and bass clarinet, Francioli and Favre provide fractured to groovy backgrounds. Anyone else here knows this one? I think it's the best Portal I've heard, except for some live stuff I have. His "Minneapolis" album is a very tired affair. I do like Sonny T and Michael B with Prince (check "Exodus" by the New Power Generation, Prince is there, too, as "Tora Tora" or something), but with Portal, they just don't make too much sense to my ears. ubu

Not at all your fault! I got a burn of that, since. ubu

you best start with that nice centennial box - that's what I did, yet - shame on me! - I haven't heard more than half of it... then there's the beautiful recent Columbia reissues, and once you get *really* started (I haven't yet, thank God!), you won't stop anymore until you die... ubu

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You know my friend, I really wonder what you're talking about...

Here's the cover of "Scattered Clouds" Have this and like it. It seems the other one on hatOLOGY is even better, though: Then I have another one, called "Ortega On Evidence," which is not so good. In fact, I burned it for D.D., and we both find it pretty boring. Has anyone heard this one? It's a quartet with Rémi Charmasson on guitar. ubu

You should know better! I remember we have met, right? It's a "véritable portrait de Monsieur Ubu". I saw the Grimes cheap (10 Franks), wouldn't have gotten it otherwise. Sorry to hear about your car, but have a look at the Coen's "Fargo" to see how car-dealers function, in the US, Switzerland, or anyplace else... they're all the same species, it seems. Ordering alphabetical: does that mean you get rid of ALL stylistical categories? (I have three: classical/"neue Musik", jazz (and the little bit of blues, r'n'b etc I own), and rock/pop/funk/soul etc. But then, I have maybe 200 non-jazz CDs, and the others would probably snugly fit into three and a half of those racks you ordered. Have a link? (I have no money, but I wonder how they look!) ubu

I love Henry Grimes' The Call. I don't find it boring at all! Of course music is a subjective matter. I beg you to give it another try though I will! I was actually waiting for someone to come up with such a post Any other opinions on this album? ubu

And if it has that metal spine, it should be the last one, as it's the one that completes the originally planned run of Miles Sony/Columbia boxes. The Cellar Door is not part of the series, and we still don't know if there is going to be a post-Jack Johnson studio box (I hope there will, but there has been no sign, so far, or at least none reached me). ubu

Now that's something I respect! One of the best things about America is Starbucks.... If only they could have stayed out of old Europe! I prefer Italian coffee... ubu

Probably a Ducal punishment Seems he was not the only one with this tactic - Basie applied it, too... One of the funniest Ellington moments is on ALL STAR ROAD BAND VOLUME 2, I think it is, where Hodges is most likely waaaaaay drunk. Duke calls on him to play these ballads, snd the poor guy is WOBBLY like a mofo. Not enough for the spectators to notice, but if you know Rabbit, you can hear that he's struggling just to stay between the lines, much less drive straight. Sounds funny! Is this one around? ubu

Please don't mention Ms. Ibarra or ubu might do one of those Funny Rat Babe Thread things again! Or worse yet, he'll add a large pic of Susie to his already bloated signature line!! Hey, bugger, I always kept my pants up! I AM NOT ARIC! And by the way I have stayed out of the babe thread for several months, now! SO: BUG OFF! Of course I can't resist, and I even found two I didn't post here, already, nor elsewhere: Susie playing: and Susie singing: I'm sure our good friend J.A.W. will be glad to know she happens to sing from time to time, so he can stay away from her concerts... ubu

Don't have the Satch plays Fats - I'm far from an Armstrong connoisseur, but that Handy disc is GREAT! (Look for the AotW thread, started by JSngry for some more information). ubu

Ray Draper's tuba playing is exactly the reason why I sold this album. Well, I guess Little on "Old Folks" alone makes me never sell it! I can understand having reservations against Draper, but then, the first disc I heard him on was that BN/Roulette one which had his whole album with Trane, as well as the four earliest Trane quartet tracks (I think it's called "Like Sonny", and goes as a Coltrane disc). There, he is extremely weak - I really feel tempted to ask why the hell did someone give him a record date? Just for the gimmick? A skinny small teenager with an old beat-up tuba on the cover... well, that was the other album, but...) This disc was my third encounter with Draper (he also is on "Deeds, Not Words" by Roach, right? Only listened to that once so far), and he is very much better than on that date of his with Trane. However, Hentoff quotes Roach in the liners, talking about how Draper "will" develop, and "will have to" build chops, all in future tense... ubu

Just read the enthusiastic thread on Atomic's "Boom Boom" disc - will definitely give "Feet Music" a spin again soon. Right now, I'm travelling back in time a bit with: I urge you all, my dearest friends, to get that disc yesterday, rather than today! What a great, warm, joyful album! ubu

Yes indeed! This is a very fine one! I think it's one of the Somethin' Else discs, right? ubu

It's been some time since I've had such a hearty laugh! ubu

Lazaro, check Jost out! One of the best writers on free jazz, in my opinion. He finds words for things that some of us more mortals never can put into words. He has a deep understanding of the music, from a technical and close musical viewpoint, as well as a great knowledge of the social/political/economical backgrounds. ubu

You say that as if it's a bad thing. I disagree. Totally. Things spread as you get older, trust me. A tone should be no exception. I really do NOT like "today's" tenor sound, which is all tight and so highly focused and devoid of depth that, yes, it cuts with laser beam precision, but it leaves no residue, in either the ear or the soul (my opinion). Like a laser beam, it comes strongly, but it leaves just as quickly. BOO! Give me a FAT sound, one that's been lived in, one that fills the entire room with its breadth (not it volume) and leaves a big glob of character on everything it comes into contact with, even tangentally. It's a TENOR, God's instrument, not a little analog sound generator that puts out generic beams of sound. Put someting into it or else switch to alto.

The Grolnicks are indeed excellent! As is the Chambers. But as they both were OOP fast, I don't think we'll see them soon again. How about the two Bennie Wallace's? I have one on LP ("Bordertown"), and it seems the other one is even better. While I have the old version of the Shaw/Hubbard 2CD set, I'd certainly welcome a new release of those - with a few alternates, and studio chatter etc, please! ubu

Another 20+ vote. I have 30+, I think. No selects, so far. Too lazy to count them. ubu

By the way, that black one above is Henry Grimes' ESP album (with Perry Robinson and some boring drummer). Had a listen to this one: It's ok. The electric guitar doesn't bother me, but then the whole band sounds tired, Williams included. Jeb Bishop's trombone workouts are the most attention-grabbing things on this, I think. Then, for a change of pace, and a sure value, went with this: A great one! Great poised Booker Little, some GREAT George Coleman, a few nice Ray Draper spots (he made a huge step from that Coltrane date to this one!), and then there's the Max, of course... sadly, it's a very short one, but then, there's other fine Roach discs of this vintage... ubu

Sad news I first heard him on this fine disc: ubu