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ever heard of this label? http://www.avantart.com/longarms/longarms.htm or: http://www.avantart.com/music/solyd/solyd1.htm and: http://www.ccnc.de/ I guess in looking for rare ones these fit the category, no? ubu

Thanks, brownie. I'll get it! Well, I have picked up the Atlantic CD, and as there's probably no other legal release of the stuff... Definitives however are rarely seen here (BUT they are written about in the newspaper - the sunday edition of the best swiss newspaper recently discussed the "new 10CD Billie Holiday set released by Definitive" - SUCKS! Sucks bigtime! Even moreso as almost every store has the Columbia box displayed ever since it came out!) ubu

how bout april 18, 1979? ubu

Hell, they should have done a second Johnny Coles date: imagine (or better dream...) Coles, Duke Pearson, Bob Cranshaw, Walter Perkins... HOLY SHIT! ubu

Hell, was there Wilen on the first BT? I should have jumped in from the beginning! ubu

Cool site, Lon! - but is this not the same one that was mentioned in the other Wilen thread? And it shows what an awkward thing a discography based on album releases is (instead of using sessions as a timeline) ubu

Listened to "Fru'n Brew" this morning (while doing some work, no time to really sit down and listen). A beautiful record. I love the sound of Brew, and Fruscella is very much his own man. I know some of the other trumpet players that have been discussed above and I do see a link between them and Fruscella, yet Fruscella's playing strikes me as very individual. I simply love it! "Blue Lester" is great, and the ballad on side two plain beautiful! Has anyone picked up the Jazz Factory (Definitive) 4CD set? How about sound quality, notes/discographical information all there? ubu

Yes, the Tate Modern! Hey, imagine, they've got a Schwitters room there, and a Duchamp room! These are some of my Gods... And the building is incredible, of course. I'm a big fan of Herzog/De Meuron. Swiss quality still works, from time to time... ubu

In a extremely sensitive response to the collection, its creators and the location, Renzo Piano has created an ideal building for presenting modern art. From outside, the approximately 127 metre-long building, which is shielded from traffic noise by a porphyry-clad external wall, resembles a ship lying anchored alongside the busy road. On passing through the entrance gate, one finds oneself in the calm of an English-style landscape park. To the right, nestled among groups of trees, one sees the pavilion-like museum built out of a harmonious combination of stone, white-painted steel and glass. Its projecting glass roof, with a surface area of approximately 4,500 square metres, seems to float above its four monumental parallel walls. There exists a harmonious balance between the materials used throughout the museum. The vertical walls clad with porphyry from Argentina convey an impression of heaviness and durability. A projecting steel structure has been suspended over them horizontally like a flying carpet. It supports the glass of the transparent roof and the 900 brise-soleil that protect the interior against direct overhead sunlight. The internal requirements associated with the Beyeler Collection's characteristics and size have been sensitively reconciled with the site's external constraints. Piano has described his task in the following words: "A museum should attempt to interpret the quality of the collection and define its relationship with the outside world. This means taking an active, but not an aggressive role." The transparent roof, with its highly sophisticated technology, provides the whole of the interior with the natural light so desirable for viewing works of art. The use of glass for the museum's northern and southern façades creates interaction between the building and the park. Through the interconnections he has established between the interior and the exterior, Piano has created a unique synthesis of art, architecture and nature. Inside the museum, Piano has designed absolutely tranquil rooms unmarred by the slightest technical or design detail. Their carefully conceived sequence alternately encourages standing still and motion, intensive viewing of the works and reflection on them as one walks about. Piano has created a discreetly elegant architecture that serves art totally without concealing itself. The picture shows a view into the northern section of the museum, which was extended by 12 metres between September 1999 and September 2000. The room, which measures 30 metres by 15 metres, satisfies to the museum's need for the more flexible use of exhibition structures. The additional reserves of space created on the lower level, which can be kept dark, are particularly well suited for the installation of new media. In the course of the museum's extension, the northern part of the park was also significantly modified, being extended to the main road. Bernard Plattner of Renzo Piano's Building Workshop has stressed that the redesign "re-establishes an optical equilibrium between the northern and southern ends of the park, with the museum standing in the optical centre." This comes from the Fondation Beyeler Homepage. I guess you'd have to see it yourself. ubu

brownie, the Orsay is the one I loved most when I was in Paris (which is several years, now), and I did like the Matisse room (or are there two of them - I guess it's changed since I was there anyway) best in the Pompidou. In Zurich, there's the Kunsthaus, which has intersting exhibtions from time to time, and quite a good collection. But as they're constantly renovating (they're in the middle of some 6 or 7 years now), the largest parts of the collection are closed. They've got an important collection of Dada art, yet they usually display only some 5 or 6 items... creeps! Then they've got brand new Giacometti rooms, and I love his work! Beautiful stuff from his younger years, when he was associated with the surrealists, and frightening, morbid examples of his late work. Then there's lots of Valloton - one of my favorites! In Winterthur (closeby), there are the museums of Oskar Reinhardt, a private collector who got quite a lot of interesting paintings - one of the most famous Friedrich paintings, if memory serves right (I go there only every couple of years or even less often). In Basel, there's the Beyeler Collection, housed in a beautiful building by Renzo Piano. They have good exhibitions usually, and the building itself is reason enough to go there. In Berne, our small capital town, there will be a Paul Klee museum in a few years, and I guess that will be a great place, too! ubu

Thanks for the link (I knew it, but has been a long time since I been there). This brings up some other favorites: - the J.J. date with Mingus, Klook & Sabu - his work in Dizzy's 1957 big band - Cannonball takes charge - Coltrane Jazz - Sonny Red's Out of the Blue - Gonsalves, Gettin' Together - the two CDs with Joe Henderson Hell, the man made lots of records! I'm glad I have not yet got hold of his VeeJay Mosaic - a way of making sure you'll always have some more to get... (and save some pennies, at least temporarily ) ubu

This one sounds very interesting! The point Morganized made that musicians as Reece were "extending the traditional in very unique,adventurous but subtle way" seems to be truer in regard of other than his Blue Note discs, Comin' On maybe an exception. ubu

I also think Blow Up is tighter. Love it! It's just as good as the Medina Conn (besides the sound of course, but it is alright, however I'm far from being an audiophile). The Montreux, great as it is, is much less organized, a much looser affair, I think. Bu I'd have to listen to both of them again to make more precise comments. Nice find, however, undergroundagent! (I found mine used very cheap, a year or so ago) ubu

How come no one mentioned this one before?! Probably the latest Shepp I really like! ubu

oh, and how could I forget Mobley's Soul Station... words fail! ubu

so we finally know who's the real... I love him! His playing seems to be so chock-full of joy! Favorites: - the dates of the Kelly trio with Wes (complete on that Wes twofer "Impressions: the Verve Jazz sides" or similar) - the Miles in europe live recordings from when Stitt replaced Trane. I love Miles on that, and I think the departure of Trane and the new, much more mellow sound of Stitt led not only to let Miles play harder, take over the role of the "challenger", but also led to a new axis between Miles and Kelly. - then of course the Miles/Mobley/Kelly/Chambers/Cobb trio - all they recorded. I love it all! The Blackhawk stuff would maybe be on top of the list, but I always did love the Carnegie concert, and Someday My Prince Will Come is a great album, too! (And don't forget Kelly's got a short spot on Kind of Blue, too!) - of his leader stuff, I have virtually nothing, but Kelly Blue is a real good one, in my opinion. Maybe one of my favorite hard bop discs, though Golson adds a touch which is more subtle than "your usual hardbop". ubu

I guess you all have this one, but as I recently got it and love it very much, I thought I'd nevertheless mention it here: A great GREAT record! ubu

Currently listening to it. The info posted by PDEE makes perfect sense, it seems thanks again, ubu

Hey, I think I cannot offer any help regarding place & girl... and I most probably won't be able to make that concert. Sorry! However, they're quite active, and there will certainly be another chance to catch them. ubu

Thank, GA. Another one I've got my eye on is the Quartets disc. That would sure be a nice addition to the material with Al Haig and Horace Silver on disc one of the Roost box. ubu

http://www.churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/grobhome.html Looks like they got some good things out! The only one I do know it the Stephan Wittwer disc. Artists include Brötzmann, Steamboat Switzerland, Derek Bailey, Elliott Sharp, John Butcher, Phil Minton et.al. This one seems particularly interesting: http://www.churchofgrob.com/Churchofgrob/C...39/grob539.html ubu

oh, I think they have been brought to sibiria because they did *pervert* grrreazze! See more on them here: http://www.marinopliakas.com/steamboatswitzerland "hammond avantcore trio" is quite a good denominator, I think. They are based in the german part of switzerland, but I have no idea where exactly. Upcoming live gig: Rote Fabrik, Zurich, December 7. Check out the website (and those of the three bandmembers) for more. ubu

That's the one I meant in my post above (which was not too clear, alright). Quite a fun tune to listen to! ubu

Then there is that one tune with Sonny Stitt first issued in the BN box. ubu

The first album has two bonus tracks, the Conn is quite a full one anyway, and the Jordan has one or two bonus tracks, too (one being a trio track, which, in a Select, might be omitted, alas), so it's more than just 5x40 minutes. ubu