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  3. *** Bill Evans ***

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    Yeah, that one was one side the Sextet session to which you refer (minus LFS) and one side Ascent to the Scaffold soundtrack. Never has been reissued in that form either. Rarer than hen's teeth.

    I knew the details, but hell, that 58 session would have made an album right up with "Milestones" and "KoB", no?

    Glad I got that box set!

    (and the Ascenseur soundtrack is around in better - and complete, which is worthwhile for every Wilen fan - reissues)

    ubu

  4. Funny Rat

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    "Ho-ho" my foot! Send me a copy, you know my address  :w

    ubu

    I'll send you some Cannible Corpse music instead...

    Now what the hell is "cannibale corpse music"? Has this got something to do with that favorite movie of mine, "Cannibal Holocaust"?

    ubu :wacko:

  6. *** Bill Evans ***

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    Regarding Evans with horns - well, I know we all love the music he made with Miles, but me thinks Evans is responsible for some of the highlights of that studio date that never actually was released on a separate album from 1958. That date that yielded a great version of Love For Sale with one of my favorite Bill Evans solos...

    ubu

  10. Funny Rat

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    Posted · Edited by king ubu

    I've been into 50s musical movie soundtracks since I picked up a pile of old vinyl albums some weeks ago. Lovely corny string arrangements.  :w

    :ph34r:

    ATTENTION! FREE JAZZ POLICE!

    :ph34r:

    I like to watch movies from the fifties! Forties, too, and of course early sixties!

    Any favorites, couw? (Soundtrack- or otherwise)

    ubu

    edited for spelling

  11. Funny Rat

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    It's Friday - slow day in the office, so I can afford to do a little free jazz positn (but only free jazz).

    Ubu, I do listen to pop music sometimes (when free jazz police is not watching). I addition to Sade, I like Kate Bush, Tori Amos, Tom Waits (I am not sure it's pop -who gives the fuck about all these labels anyway, though), Geff Buckley, Tinderstick, Bjork and a lot of heavy metal stuff (that's where I started, after all).

    Posting this quick before free jazz police is awake.

    Let me step in here, too: no heavy metal for me, NON!

    But: Love Waits, Dylan (saw him live early october, very good show), Björk HELLYEAH!, Hendrix and such stuff, Janis Joplin. Sometimes stuff like Goldie, Morcheeba, Tricky, 4Hero, but compared to my jazz listening time, this all is maybe 1%...

    ubu

  12. Funny Rat

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    There was an article on LaMonte Young recently in a german newspaper. Very very interesting. Is there anything recorded of his work?

    btw, Geoff, you should add the "user manual" for that Riley piece!

    (to read those manuals is often half the fun with that kind of music... ever seen "In C"?)

    ubu

  13. Funny Rat

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    Kenny Wheller,

    the photo was actually taken by me.

    I didn't use flash, (as I don't like disturbing musicians when they perform).

    So forgive the poor quality of the photo taking, mostly due to my terrible digital camera (only 1.3 megapixels) and the bad lighting at the Vortex Jazz Bar London.

    cool pic, Geoff! (It's Wheeler, though)

    Have never heard him perform live. Would like to, of course!

    ubu

  14. Funny Rat

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    Hey we are almost all online together right now! Shouldn't we do a little celebration?

    celebration.jpg

    (well, let's hope the free jazz police doesn't find us!)

    Geoff, I don't have any CD-burn facilities, and use very slow (phone) online connections usually, so MP3 is no possibility.

    (but if you like to check out some, there's some good stuff on Andrew Hill's homepage, and much music on Greg Osby's - I let a friend of mine burn CDs of that stuff for me - the one who handled the Steamboats...)

    I have heard some Riley with saxophone quartet, him playing piano. Some composed things, some improvised. Beautiful music!

    Д.Д., you're right about that saxophone player - I only have one CD of Sade though, and don't think I need any more of them. It's been six or seven years since I played that one last.

    ubu

  15. The Blue Notes

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    I found this great CD yesterday, in some sales bin for a small amount of $$:

    PRPCD013.jpg

    Proper Records has the following text:

    This CD contains the very first recordings from the Blue Notes. The legendary South African Modern Jazz combo then featured the talents of Pianist Chris McGregor, trumpeter Mongezi Feza, saxophonists Dudu Pukwana and Nick Moyake, and drummer Louis Tebugo Moholo. The racial situation in South Africa forced the Blue Notes to leave the country in '64. They wandered through France, Switzerland and Scandanavia before settling in London, where they were to have a profound effect on the British Jazz scene of the late 1960s. These extremely rare recordings have never before been released in the UK or Europe.

    (souce: http://www.propermusic.com/code/products.asp?recid=1992#)

    The CD contains the following:

    Chris McGregor p; Dudu Pukwana as; Nick Moyake ts; Mongezi Velelo b ; Early Mabuse d

    LT 5718 Schoolboy

    --------- Now

    McGregor; poss. Dennis Mpali t (-1); Pukwana; Moyake; Sammy Maritz b; Mabuse

    LT 5719 The Blessing Ligth (2 takes)

    --------- Take The Coltrane (-1)

    Note to (-1): the liners speak of Feza, while the Discography in the booklet states the above.

    McGregor; Mongezi Feza tp; Pukwana; Moyake; Maritz; Mabuse

    LT 5720 Angelica

    --------- Kay (2 takes)

    McGregor; Mongezi Feza tp; Pukwana; Moyake; Maritz; Louis Moholo d

    LT 5721 Vortex Special

    --------- Never Let Me Go

    --------- Izithunywa

    McGregor; Mongezi Feza tp; Pukwana; Moyake; Maritz; Moholo

    LT 1722 Blue Nick

    --------- Coming Home (Takes 1 & 2)

    --------- Dick's Pick

    All recorded in early 1964, Cape Town (no more information known on dates).

    I have only had a casual listen to it, but I loved it! (And of course I had to grab the Ellington/Coltrane Impulse CD to dig what a beautiful tune Angelica is!)

    Anybody has information on their Ogun albums? Are they available on CD?

    ubu

  16. Who has an opinion???

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

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    I have the Kenton Presents and the Ellington Reprise, and I do know that some day I will also have the Wilson...

    I fully agree with what Matthew said about the Kenton Presents set :tup

    The Holman stuff is terrific! The Cooper, I did not like it that much, though.

    The Ellington Reprise seems to be available in that strange german edition (or is this just a Warner/Reprise edition?) - I saw it in a store yesterday, though not for a nice prize at all.

    Maybe someone can help with that - I seem to remember there was some link pointing to this one in another thread (probably the Ellington Reprise is OOP one)

    ubu

  17. Funny Rat

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    When I was 19 my jazz collection consisted of one CD: "The Best of Sade".

    You know, there is one big fan of Sade (well, at least her looks) around here (not me, though). (Oh, I sure don't think she looks bad or something...)

    I started buying jazz whilst at highschool, around 16 or 17 years old, and I stopped counting my CDs a year or two ago. It's in the four digit range, much more than 1000, but I really don't know it more exactly... and I'm NOT A COLLECTOR - maybe that I am an addict or a freak or whatever though <_<

    Geoff, thanks for the Rzewski recommendations. I'll look for a recording as soon as I can afford.

    Terry Riley anyone?

    ubu

  19. Funny Rat

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    Posted · Edited by king ubu

    Frederic Rzewski - The People United Will Never Be Defeated (on New Albion)

    How's that? I always wanted to get this! Is this OOP or not? What recordings do exist? Are there several?

    Hell, as we are discussing Satie here, and you list such stuff, why not add some minimal music recommendations? Anyone has some particular favorites?

    Any one heard Rzewski's "Moutons du.." (shit, what's it called again?)

    Another piece I love is the Reich Marimba one - five, I guess it is.

    ubu

    edited (only wanted to have the Rzewski in the quote)

  20. Funny Rat

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    Anyone knows the Music & Arts duo CD by Jarman/Crispell? I think I could still pick it up for a good price, but have bought so much stuff now (and still not all x-mas presents...) and thus need some  :tup

    Crispell/Jarman duo is excellent. Lyrical and bluesy. Get it!

    John, I'll listen to VAO one more time and elaborate. On the first (not very attentive) listen it sounded mechanistic and over-arranged.

    Thanks, I'll look for it this evening, hope it's still around!

    Hey, I'd be interested in hearing more of your opinion on the VAO, too!

    "Mechanical" I do think it is, but that's Satie to blame. Rüegg tries to stay in tune/in mood with the compositions, I think.

    How do you like the soloists? I'm thinking particularly of Roman Schwaller and Wolfgang Puschnig. (One of my favorite VAO moments is Puschnig playing the Donau waltz as an encore of the All That Strauss programme - I love it! Is that on the CD, too? I have it recorded from radio, so did not get the CD)

    ubu

  22. Funny Rat

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    Anyone knows the Music & Arts duo CD by Jarman/Crispell? I think I could still pick it up for a good price, but have bought so much stuff now (and still not all x-mas presents...) and thus need some :tup

    The steamboats are on their way. I hope at least our dear russian friend receives his in time for x-mas, maybe the europeans, too, but I guess John B, Geoff and Chaney will have to be patient...

    (Where's Hans, btw? Hope nothing bad happened! I would have another copy for him, of course...)

    ubu

  24. Webster Young dies

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    Sad news! I don't know much of his records, but I will certainly look out for the Prestiges!

    I have this one:

    B00007M8PP.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

    And it is good. Young's contribution maybe the highlight.

    I don't know if it's still available from Freshsound (it's temporarily out of stock right now).

    ubu

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