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This is a little bit of a problem. But keeping an overview over this thread is rather difficult, as it grows and grows... On the other hand, Jim's two discs include that much good music, it really would be a shame we had only one disc of that! By the way, the idea of Disc2,#1 being Eric Kloss gets me interested again in that musician. I only have the already mentioned Fantasy CD coupling two dates with Patterson, and like that one quite much. Got to dig up disc two again as soon as I can and have another listen! ubu

Uh, no problem! I bet my attack has been caused by there being too few jazz fans dying around here... ahem... and, seriously, I know not one person here who owns at least one Mosaic set, believe it or not... ubu

You know, I was seriously troubled by this one: ubu

And, just for your birthday Couw... to go with those Freedom Fries... I even got you ALL the ingredients to make your very own Hello Kitty™ brand Mayonnaise!!! (Don’t all Europeans put that Mayo glop on their fries??) Here ya go!!! (And as with many presents: "Some Assembly Required"... as in, you'll have to put these together yourself with Photoshop. ) PLUS This had me laughing out loud Rooster! ubu

wow, having looked at the contents, I really should consider getting this! ubu

Cool, thanks! I hope I can afford this as long as it is around! (I am seriously considering a buying stop... ) ubu

cool, Claude, thanks! ubu

je voulais dire, trop douce, naturellement... "Ma femme est mort, je suis libre!" ubu (le roi des toute la polognie) (je veux du gateau!)

impossible my foot! Maybe you frenchies are too douce some times Thanks again, brownie. Good Billy Byers was very much involved with the french jazz scene in these years! ubu

I thought so, but wasn't sure where I heard that, thanks, couw! Excellent writer, indeed! He succeeds to express verbally several things about music (and I guess talking/writing about free jazz is even more difficult than about rather traditional forms of jazz) which I have never seen that clearly explained before. The Taylor chapter being a case in point for that. ubu

I bought none which disappointed me so far. I love the Shank, and agree very much with wesbed's comments (though I'm as far from texas as you can get...) I had similar feelings as have been expressed with the Jones/Lewis, however, as I did not know any of the music contained therein before, the quality of discs 1-3 blew me enough to put this on my favorite Mosaic list. Mike, that Basle disc's a stunner, no? I LOVE it! Joe Henderson really breakes loose on the first track! I like the Giuffre very much. The trio sides, the second of the Capitol LPs... so much great music there! I would, however, not get the Freshmen or the Hackett sets... I guess I really don't need these. ubu

Jim, I hope you had a nice birthday! Sorry for being late (was offline all weekend). ubu

All the best John! Holy couw, err, shit! (Couldn't resist either ) hope you get a good portion of Freedom Fries, today have some on me: ubu

brownie, this sounds interesting, to say the least! Do you happen to have a list of all these "Bandes originales" releases Universal France produced recently? They started the series maybe two years ago, yes? I have not picked up any of the discs, but seen them from time to time, and they include soundtracks to many great (and dearly beloved) movies. ubu

By the way, anyone knows which bass player is on which tracks on the Gayle CDs? I think the cover does not state this clearly. ubu

Some nice finds, all used CDs (39 swiss franks alltogether, around 25-30 US$): Anthony Ortega, On Evidence (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Ajs5gtq6zzu44) I listened to the first two minutes of Warm Canto and knew I got to have it. Never heard Ortega before. How's his HatOLOGIES? Charles Gayle, More Live (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&u...l=Awjfpxqlgldke) I only have his FMP Touchin' on Trane, and that's one of the best post Coltrane energy records I ever heard! I got two more discs, one which might be interesting you guys, but I forgot what it was (another clear sign I'm buying too much in too little time... ). I had no chance to listen to either of them, but I will report back. (As I will re. the Gräwe and Gumpert discs...) ubu

Cool! Have fun with that! ubu

very hard to choose just one! some favorites include: Thad Jones Capitol Mobley Tristano/Konitz/Marsh Jimmy Giuffre Jackie Mac Andrew Hill Tina Brooks H.R.S. J.J. Jones/Lewis hell, I like ALL of 'em - err, that's: I like all I have so far...

I just read the Taylor chapter in Ekkehard Jost's book "Free Jazz" (from 1972 originally, it has been reissued in german last year, I think; I don't know if it has been out in english, too), and he makes some very interesting points about Taylor. Obviously he knows the story only until the late sixties (when he wrote the book), but that already makes for a very interesting read. He looks at the concepts of Taylor's music, speaks of his "energy" thing that replaces what "swing" used to be in jazz before him, talks about the drummers and Taylor's problems with them - and this IS a problem, in my opinion, too: Dennis Charles is just too stiff, too metronomic. Sunny Murray really made a huge change! (and as I just re-listened to that short free improvised trio track with Neidlinger/Higgins from one of the Candid dates, I think playing free Higgins was very good, too, while on O.P. he is similarly awkward as Charles, just playing in another style, of course). Don't get me wrong, however! There are many things I like about the early Taylor records, and I think up to the Nefertiti I got all of it (with the exeption of the Newport Verve mini-LP which I still have to get). Jost makes a thorough analysis of the title track of Unit Structures and correlates it with Taylor's construction scheme (he did replace the theme-solos-theme scheme with some more complex concepts, he used three termini to talk about it, the first one being some sort of a prologue, the others called "Area", and "Plain"). What Jost writes seems highly plausible to me, and very very interesting, too. Good help in trying to understand the structural side of Cecil's music, which you often do not get right from the start. The music is so complex you need more than one listen, and knowing Taylor a little bit sure helps, too. ubu

Here is a nice review of the Dixon/Shepp disc: http://www.jazzweekly.com/reviews/bdixon_savoy.htm They do NOT appear together, by the way, in case this was misunderstood. First side is Bill Dixon (with Ken McIntyre, George Barrow, Howard Johnson a.o.), second side is Archie Shepp (with Don Cherry or Ted Curson). The CD has some good liners, too. Then I did a casual in the background listen again to the Attica Blues Big Band live 2CD set, and this one is BAAD! It really blew me! Alright, some of the vocals are not really necessary, but there's much fine work, much groove, maybe Shepp's most fully successful mix of Great Black Music. Funky, groovy, soulful, free vibes... a real winner! Nice Cal Massey tunes, a good take on one of Randy Weston's most famous compositions (Hi-Fly), good solos from the likes of Eddie Preston, Charles Greenlee, Shepp himself. Then Avery Sharpe (often on electric bass) and Clifford Jarvis make a great rhythm team, Art Mathews on piano is cool, too... Here comes the AMG review: (It's five stars, by the way, as if you didn't guess that after reading...) Grab this baby when you get a chance! ubu

Thanks Chuck, I think the guy I'm doing the feature with has the New Worlds on LP. I check them out! ubu

Have a gander at this site and scroll down. now this record would be a cool one to have! ubu It is. OH HELL! SOMEONE SEND ME SOME $$$ AND I'LL GONNA PICK UP ALMOST EVERY ALBUM FROM YOU F#?&ING BLINDFOLD TEST! I'm heading directly for bankruptcy! ubu

thanks, brownie and Joe, I will keep my eyes open for these! ubu

Holy shit, no Kenny G included?!? Can't be any good then!

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