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quite sure, actually! No, I did not expect to listen through this set in one go (moreso as all those unheard hats are lying around) - but I really like the music! Some very strong playing by all, Miles delivering several great solos, McLaughlin providing maybe the biggest highlights, and Holland/DeJohnette and even more Henderson/Cobham providing firm steady grooves. I REALLY like it! And it's not the slightest bit boring, in my opinion! Sonny Sharrock makes an appearance on the very first session included, by the way. ubu

Very sad news! ubu

another one I humbly request to be taken on our "da shit"-list: miles davis - the complete jack johnson sessions is da shit! anyone of you folks here heard it? I caught some flew or something, and have been in bed all day yesterday (terrible headache, not much music) and today, listened to all day that new Miles set, in one go... Fantastic stuff! I never heard the originally released tracks, as I did anticipate the box and did not want to spend money on old lousy remasters, as I knew I would get that box. An exhilarating listen! ubu

True words, Alexander! I went through the useless attempt lately again... ubu

I started on that trip with "Sun Ship", too, after having been rather bevildered by first hearing parts of "Ascension"... May I suggest you try "First Meditations" (this and "Sun Ship" are sort of the bridge between "classic" and late Trane, I guess), and listen to it back on back with "Meditations" - this one, in my opinion is one of Coltrane's strongest and most beautiful recorded works! The comparison may help to see common things, to hear some continuity. Then, "Interstellar Space" is GREAT! (Ask our friend JSngry - or search for his post on that album) ubu

Claude, did you ask them to put a value of 5$ per disc, or did they do that by themselves? I'm usually loosing half a fortune lately, on any order of a value above 30 Euros or $$ - swiss customs are no fun! Then, when ordering from Mosaic I usually go the slow and cheap way and let them ship it, you dig? ship! Once they "forgot" to send out an order, and when they finally did (I had to proof that I payed - took a month or so...), they sent it via air-mail, and each and every CD case was broken... which makes me wait for their packages up to two or even three months, but never any damage of problem... ubu

"8 1/2" is one of my favorite 5 or 10 films, definitely! A work of genius! We had a Fellini retrospective here in Zurich (I would NEVER watch a Fellini on tv), and I went to see as many films as I could. "I vitelloni" is great. "La dolce vita" - I failed to see it again, and it's been several years since I saw it last - has never struck me as "8 1/2" did. I do not like Giulietta Masina at all, so I got some sort of a problem with "La strada" and "Giulietta degli spiriti". They're not bad, though, for sure. "E la nave va" is another intriguing film, although I think one ought to be an Opera-connaisseur to really understand it. I saw "Fellini: Satyricon" again, and think this is one of the best films he made. Then I was rather disappointed by "Fellini: Casanova". Another good one (I have not seen it lately) is "Fellini: Roma". A great hommage to a great city. On "8 1/2": what I do love about this film - I cannot actually put it all in words, but just one aspect: the film has such an ease, such a light flow. The film is so funny, and yet so melancholic, not to say sad. I think this is what I love so much about it: that it's such a funny film which is nevertheless able to express such deep feelings. Hard to put this in words. sal, I wish you lots of fun in your continuing Fellini adventures! ubu

Randy, first let me thank you for two and a half interesting hours of music, most of which I've never heard! Some tracks did not do anything for me, some I did identify, some I did not know I like a lot... In keeping with the tradition, I will only add links for the tracks I do know, not tell what it is right here in my post. This then, is a transcription of the notes I made while listening. Disc 1 1. Dizzy Gillespie's late forties big band? Lateef or Big Nick? I did not find this track on my RCA set, the tune seems very familiar, and I guess that's one I will feel ashamed of not identifying, once it will be revealed... Then, there's not enough trumpet playing, it seems, for this being a Gillespie track? Great opener! Like it a lot! 2. Woody Shaw - no idea what the tune could be, but I would guess it comes from some Columbia album (too lazy to check with my Mosaic). Nice alto solo! Gary Bartz? Fascinating piano, and a great trumpet solo to top things off! The rhythm section is really cooking, building up lots of steam, and really in support of the soloists. The bass solo then shows the frame of time this is from (late seventies - early eighties), with that rather ugly sound... 3. Beautiful! No ide who this could be. Has a late sixties Blue Note-Hutcherson feel to it, but I do not know it. Great bass playing! Very relaxed, which is a good thing after the first two tracks! Either I have this (which I don't think to be the case), or I gotta run and get it! By the way, the tune sounds almost like something Dolphy could have written, to my ears. 4. Infectious groove! Not what I listen to, but I like it rather well! I am not sure if I like the alto solo, sound rather generic at some moments. All in all though, I like it. 5. Very dense. I like the mix of the rhythmic complexity and the rather simple piano stylings. 6. Nothing to say about this one, not my kind. 7. Great sax playing! Love the sound of this one! The strings and sax are marvellous together! Maybe my favourite so far! 8. No idea, rather like it. Nice sound on alto! 9. Ellington/Strayhorn/Hodges... the original studio recording can be found here, track 9 to be exact. Maybe one of my favorite Ellington compositions! 10. This one's track 4 from this album. Reminds me I got to listen to that nice, very nice box set again! This was my very first box set, and one of my first ten or fifteen jazz purchases, and I still love the music! They sound so absolutely fresh on these October 1960 sessions! 11. "Crucificado" (by Dave Burrell) - I only have this in Archie Shepp's live rendition on the 2CD "Attica Blue Big Band - Live at the Palais des Glaces" (Blue Marge). Rather nice tune. Disc 2 1. Love it, love it, love it! What a great tune, what a simple yet thoroughly engaging composition! It's track 3 from this album. Great bass support, great trombone solo, and some nice guitar, too! Those piano touches added by the maestro himself are intriguing, too! I love his piano playing! 2. Betty Carter? I appreciate her a lot, but somehow I am not (yet?) completely ready for her music. 3. Not my cup of tea - but I like this lots better than #6 on disc 1. 4. Interesting, but not much to say. 5. Not my cup of tea at all, sorry, 6. ditto, sorry again. 7. From the opening, this sound like something I could like again! Could be Abdullah Ibrahim. Great tune! The piano does not sound like Ibrahim. Whoever this is, I love it! 8. Another one I rather like, but after the preceding track, it's a bit of a let-down for me. 9. A great one! Very cool tune - but I have not the slightest idea who this could be. 10. Not much to say about this one. Somehow I like the minimalist soundscapes, but it is a little bit boring, in my opinion. 11. Some Standard I fail to identify... No idea who's playing. The sax seems a bit too forced to my ears. Randy, despite me not liking all of your discs, it has been very interesting to listen to all that music! Quite a lot of it is new to me, and there are some tracks I definitely would like to know more about! ubu

By the way, anybody has the Beins/Pfleiderer/Wilson? Guess ?.?. has, no? And the Jon Lloyd seems to be great! Anyone has that? ubu

This should have been: "?.?. ..." of course, but my computer seemed to have some problems with those strange letters... I listened to the trio disc of Wallin - very cool! Not that avant, not that experimental (the duo - only parts of which I've heard - seem to be a little more on the explorative side), but very strong music! Uh, and, as long as I don't mistake my girlfriend for a hat... ubu

"Flight to Jordan" came to me completely out of the blue, too, some five years ago - I was in Italy, and in that time they still had that "Blue Note Magazin", 18'000 Lira (those were the days...) for a CD (without liners, otherwise just as the usual editions) and a magazine which had more information on the music than the usual liners would have had... I have ever since loved "Flight To Jordan"! A couple of very nice compositions, and Reece/Turrentine make for a good front line (revived on the Reece Conn)! ubu

As our friend mmilovan sent me on a Prez trip recently, I listened to this one (the Prez parts, only - including the Rushing tracks) two days ago, and YES IT'S FUCKING GREAT! Even the jam at the end with Little Jazz and Jacquet added (and Prez aboard, too) is good! Jim, I would guess the VME will include the bonus material - the Webster Soulville did also have that piano session, and there are several others that come to mind that do have bonus material. ubu

Check the link for more information, Mike! This of course is no official release (however sold as if it was - sometimes those CD stores don't seem to know what they sell!). And there were more titles performed. The CD includes only a third or half of the music from the 1959 concert. ubu

Yuo're always early? I guess so ... Guess that's one of my worst vices - no, serious: I went into that one shop were I bought almost all the things listed - they had a hat sale, 13.5 CHF per disc, which is some 8-9 euros, and a third of the usual prize! I had to jump on that. Then they had those real strange sales bins (where I found the Corea, the Russell, the Thomas, and the Cook), one of the strangest sales I ever saw. Lots of old Muse CDs, some rather rare BN discs (as the ones I picked up - it's been ages since I saw the Corea/Holland/Altschul the last time), original Contemporary CD (which have since come out in the OJC series) and lots of real strange stuff... Listening to the trio bonus disc of the Wallin hat right now. Strong stuff! The opening tune, "Farewell to Sweden" (composed by Freddie Redd) is great! Then there's covers of Monk's "Work", Poweell's "Time Waits", and Sonny Clark's "Voodoo". Fascinating stuff! ubu

I found a very interesting CD today, which has the following contents: 1959 Concert Program THE SCHOOL OF JAZZ, INCORPORATED presents THE THIRD ANNUAL BENEFIT CONCERT August 29, 1959 8:30 P.M. BERKSHIRE MUSIC BARN LENOX, MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAM: Max Roach, John Lewis Ensemble: Don Cherry-tpt; Ornette Coleman-asx; Kent McGarity-tbn, btpt; Steve Kuhn, Ron Brown-p; Larry Ridley-b; Barry Greenspan-d THE SPHINX (Ornette Coleman) INN TUNE (Margo Guryan) Kenny Dorham Ensemble: Peter Farmer, Kenny Dorham-tpt; Sture Swenson-bsx, tsx; Paul Dunyhower-tbn; David Lahm, Ran Blake-p; Walter Bernard-b; John Bergamo-d D. C. SPECIAL (Kenny Dorham) Bill Evans, Jim Hall, Connie Kay Ensemble: Al Kiger-tpt; Ted Casher-tsx; Dick Wright-tbn; Gary McFarland-vbs; Attilla Zoller-g; Dizzy Sal-p; Doug McLaughlin-b; Bill Sharfman-d MONK'S SPHERE (Gary McFarland) JINGLES (Wes Montgomery, arr. Al Kiger) Jimmy Giuffre F. & M. Schaefer Scholarship Ensemble: Tony Greenwald-tpt; Jimmy Giuffre-ww; Ian Underwood-f; Lenny Popkin-asx; Herb Gardner-tbn; David Mackay-p; John Keyser-b; Paul Cohen-d STRATUSPHUNK (George Russell) RAY'S TIME (Jimmy Giuffre) Gunther Schuller Ensemble: Perry Robinson-cl; John Eckert-tpt; Don Stewart-tsx; David Baker-btbn; Gunther Schuller-fr hn; Sandy Schmidt, Nico Bunink-p; Mona Neves-b; Bob Fuhlrodt-d LONE RANGER AND THE GREAT HORACE SILVER (David Baker) Herb Pomeroy Ensemble: Tony Greenwald, Al Kiger, 2 unknown-tpt; Ornette Coleman, Lenny Popkin-asx; Ian Underwood-f, asx; Ted Casher-tsx; Sture Swenson-bsx?; Herb Gardner, Paul Dunyhower?-tbn; David Baker-btbn; Gary McFarland-vibes; David Mackay-p; John Keyser-b; Paul Cohen-d; Herb Pomeroy-cond TO THEE, O ASPHODEL (Bobby Freedman) PAUL'S PAL (Sonny Rollins) BLUE GRASS (Danny Kent) --------------- I got all the information from Mike Fitzgerald's invaluable site (see more here). Ornette is burning on "The Sphinx"! Anyone knows this stuff? ubu

I got Cook's "Somethin's Cookin'" today. Only had to listen to half a minute of the opening track to know I wanted it! And Mitchell's "The Cup Bearers" I found recently at a very good prize. Listened only once, but seems to be a very fine album! ubu

Lots of pre-1950 material not included on the 10CD box, too, it seems! First, they could do a 1944-1949 vol. 2, then go into the fifties and sixties... By the way, what is the reason that the 44-49 box includes a 52 concert? ubu

?.?., I picked up all the hats for CHF 13.5! Cool beans! ubu

Spent my february jazz budget today, got the following (around 200$ all together): Willie "The Lion" Smith - Music on My Mind (Jazz in Paris) George Russell - The African Game (Blue Note) Brad Shepik Trio - Drip (Knitting Factory) (used) John McLaughlin - tokyo live (Verve/Universal) (used) Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (Blue Note) Junior Cook - Somethin's Cookin' (Muse) Ramon Valle plays the Music of Ernesto Lecuona "Danza Negra" (ACT) Steve Reich - Drumming (Steve Reich and Musicians) (Elektra/Nonesuch) (used) René Thomas - Blue Note, Paris 1964 (Royal Jazz) Lenox School of Jazz Concert 1959 (feat. Ornette, Cherry, Dorham, Pomeroy) (Royal Jazz) Burkhard Beins, Martin Pfleiderer & Peter Niklas Wilson, Yarbles (hatOLOGY) Ran Blake, Horace is Blue: A Silver Noir (hatOLOGY) Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 (hatOLOGY) Richard Grossman, Even Your Eears (hatOLOGY) Richard Grossman, Where The Sky Ended (hatOLOGY) Steve Lacy, Clinkers (hatOLOGY) Jon Lloyd, Four And Five (hatOLOGY) Joe McPhee, Tenor & Fallen Angels (hatOLOGY) Anthony Ortega, Scattered Clouds (hatOLOGY) Wallin & Johannson, Proklamation I / Wallin, Janson & Wennerström, Farewell to Sweden (hatOLOGY) (2CD) some pretty cool stuff! I passed on the other Russell Blue Note, listened to it, but didn't like it. ubu (I also posted this somewhere else, too, on this board)

Spent my february jazz budget today, got the following (around 200$ all together): Willie "The Lion" Smith - Music on My Mind (Jazz in Paris) George Russell - The African Game (Blue Note) Brad Shepik Trio - Drip (Knitting Factory) (used) John McLaughlin - tokyo live (Verve/Universal) (used) Chick Corea - The Song of Singing (Blue Note) Junior Cook - Somethin's Cookin' (Muse) Ramon Valle plays the Music of Ernesto Lecuona "Danza Negra" (ACT) Steve Reich - Drumming (Steve Reich and Musicians) (Elektra/Nonesuch) (used) René Thomas - Blue Note, Paris 1964 (Royal Jazz) Lenox School of Jazz Concert 1959 (feat. Ornette, Cherry, Dorham, Pomeroy) (Royal Jazz) Burkhard Beins, Martin Pfleiderer & Peter Niklas Wilson, Yarbles (hatOLOGY) Ran Blake, Horace is Blue: A Silver Noir (hatOLOGY) Anthony Braxton, Quartet (Dortmund) 1976 (hatOLOGY) Richard Grossman, Even Your Eears (hatOLOGY) Richard Grossman, Where The Sky Ended (hatOLOGY) Steve Lacy, Clinkers (hatOLOGY) Jon Lloyd, Four And Five (hatOLOGY) Joe McPhee, Tenor & Fallen Angels (hatOLOGY) Anthony Ortega, Scattered Clouds (hatOLOGY) Wallin & Johannson, Proklamation I / Wallin, Janson & Wennerström, Farewell to Sweden (hatOLOGY) (2CD) some pretty cool stuff! I passed on the other Russell Blue Note, listened to it, but didn't like it. ubu

Milan - could it not be that what you hear as a Getz solo is actually Getz and after a seamless change, Pres? I am not sure, but I thought this could be the case. The solos is not so smooth at the end as it is in the beginning. I don't have the CD at hand, but I can tell you some later time at which point in time I think Lester's solo could eventually start. ubu

Got "Just Friends" today! What a beautiful CD! The opening tune is gorgeous! Getz fits in perfectly well. And what is there to be said about guys like Kuhn, Jenny-Clark and Humair... thanks for insisting ubu

on sunday they wrote me that they have a "couple of hundred" - should last for another while. ubu

I think the problem people seem to have with the cover lies in the lettering and overall design, not in the choice of photograph. Yes, the photo is "allright" (just as brownie says), but the font and colour and all is rather ugly, in my opinion. Is this a Roques cover? Or has he left the EMI/BN gang? He could do far better! ubu