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  2. Blindfold Covers

    in Blindfold Test

    Posted

    Hey, couw! The usual brilliant work! - Actually, just to have some use for this covers - is there any possibility yet to get the BT disc issued up to now?

    (and with such a cover, I am hard pressed to let a friend of mine do the painful work of compiling a CDr, too, so that I get such a cover... but it would have to be along the lines of the Dan Gould one... :wub:

    ubu

  3. Are Back-Catalouge Euro RVGs Copy-Protected Too?

    in Audio Talk

    Posted

    Walked past the Virgin store on the Champs-Elysees avenue the other day. I never buy CDs there but went to have a look at what was available.

    They had the latest batch from BN releases.

    The made in EU copy-protected CDs (Hill's 'Passing Ships' and Morgan's 'Sonic Boom') were available at 15.46 euros. The US-imported copy-free CDs of the same titles were listed at 19,90 euros (some 23 US dollars).

    I have not noticed yet any of the old BN CDs with copy-protection added.

    I thought that one was a normal CD? Because it was too long to fit on a cactus s**t?

    ubu

  9. Roswell Rudd

    in Artists

    Posted

    I think the Rudd/Shepp reunion is not bad, but certainly not BAD in any way, either!

    Quite a nice affair, and with Grachan Moncur III added, they produce some nice sounds. Rhythm section is strong, but Shepp does too much piano playing and singing. A little bit of an inconsistent disc, in my opinion.

    I have never heard the Lacy/Rudd.

    ubu

  10. ****Lucky Thompson Corner****

    in Artists

    Posted

    Thanks for this information, Vincent!

    Mike: is there a possibility of attaining your Lucky discography? (is it the Paris recordings or a general one?) I'd love to get that!

    Clunky (or anyone who knows) - as I don't have those Americans Swingin' in Paris discs yet - they both consist of four lenthy tracks? That would be quite a departure from the sessions for Vogue and those in the Jazz in Paris series.

    By the way, Vogue Vol. 2 contains three great live tracks with Lucky in trio, accompanied by Peter Trunk on bass and the great Daniel Humair, drums.

    (The rest of the LP was made up of the three Bud Powell tracks reissued on the Original Vogue Masters CD called Duke Jordan / Bud Powell - New York / Paris).

    ubu

  11. Saxophone-bass-drums

    in Recommendations

    Posted

    State of the Tenor is the one that came to my mind first, too!

    Other albums in the format I like are Benny Wallace's early ones (Live at the Public Theatre and his debut album, both on Enja). And the later Big Jim's Tango (with Dave Holland and Elvin) being one of my favorite Wallace albums. His Plays Monk has Jimmy Knepper on about half the tracks, the rest also being a trio affair.

    Then Enja released another very good trio album, Bobby Jones' Hill Country Suite (with Jiri Mraz and the great Freddie Waits).

    Teddy Edwards made a beautiful album with Christian McBride and Billy Higgins, called Tango in Harlem.

    Another vote for Garbarek/Vitous/Erskine's Star!

    A classic: Lee Konitz, Motian (with Dallas, E. Jones)

    Sam Rivers made several recordings with just bass & drums. There was that Impulse CD reissue some years ago, "Trio Live", and another I have (on LP) is Paragon (with Holland & Altschul).

    I mentioned this one in the New Releases forum some days ago: Damaged in Transit, a unit led by Steve Swallow, with Adam Nussbaum and Chris Potter. I have not yet bought (but listened to already to) their new live album (XWATT/ECM), but I saw them live just a few days apart from when the album was made, and they were BAAD!

    ubu

  12. What Parker box?

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    It's all. . . also has the Comet sides with Norvo. . . doesn't have live material that was released on Savoy. . . does have the home recorded jams released on Dial.

    Thanks for jumping in, Lon!

    Dmitry, I think that 8CD set is one of the greatest reissues of more recent years.

    The only things to complain about are the high prize (I bought mine online, in Stores in Switzerland, the prize is more than 200$!) and the fairly chaotic liner notes (which do cover everything, but not in chronological order, as there is a part on the Savoy stuff - reprinted from the 5LP Savoy box, as is an interview with Savoy's producer/owner, who's name escapes me right now - and a separate part covering all the rest, while the music is presented in chronological order). But these are minor complaints, in my opinion.

    And be aware that one disc had some speed problems - this was fixed when I got my set, but if you find one that has been standing around in a shop for some 2 or 3 years, it might be an issue. I cannot recall exactly what it was, but someone here sure could, if necessary.

    ubu

  14. What Parker box?

    in Mosaic and other box sets...

    Posted

    If money is not the issue, I'd go for the Complete Savoy/Dial 8CD set. That's probably the best documentation available of Parker's most important recordings.

    (I actually have the 4CD Dial set issued by Spotlite, too, and it sounds very good to my - non-audio-fanatic - ears, and a 5LP set of the Savoy material.)

    Otherwise those JSP and Proper boxes (I don't know them) might contain most of the master takes, too, but with Bird, and alternate is not just some boring additional material, but each alternate take is worth getting (Famous Alto Break etc) actually.

    The Savoy live 4CD box is great too. There you get the working units, mostly with Kenny Dorham (the first disc has mostly Miles), and the Carnegie tracks with Dizzy, as well as a home-recording (both together make up disc 4).

    Then the Jazz At Massey Hall (Fantasy/Debut/OJCCD whatever) is pretty essential, too. Sort of the swan song of bebop.

    The Verve box is great to have, too, but maybe not the best starting point.

    And then you might find cheap used copies of the Blue Note Bird CDs, which are all worthwhile, too.

    This just for starters :g

    And be careful not to get an overdose! This music is still very very strong, and you might not be able to digest one of those boxes in its entirety when you're not too familiar with Bird!

    ubu

  21. ****Lucky Thompson Corner****

    in Artists

    Posted

    brownie, thanks for all that information! I'd LOVE to hear this date in a good-sounding CD reissue!

    Copeland, Cleveland and Thompson make a great front line, and Dennard (I don't know anything by him except this date) is pretty good, too.

    I will have to ask for that LP again to check the details!

    ubu

  22. ****Lucky Thompson Corner****

    in Artists

    Posted

    Probably the trio sides are my favorite recordings, yet there are many I have never heard (as those ABC Pettiford albums - bring them out again, PLEEEAZE!!).

    "Lucky Strikes" is a marvellous album, too.

    And all those '56 Paris sessions (with Martial Solal and Henri Renaud) are cool - begging for a Mosaic!

    Then the few things with Jackson I have heard (Plenty Plenty Soul being my favorite of those), are very good, too! Begging for another Mosaic!

    And that Hampton date is very good, indeed! The father of a friend of mine has it on a very old, really beat-up LP (I've got it on some old tape, only). What was the label it was recorded for?

    ubu

  24. Browsing at Organissimo

    in Miscellaneous - Non-Political

    Posted

    I'm a dis-organized mess, I just log on and start cruising around.

    I see nothing wrong at all with doing it your way!!!!! B)

    Perhaps this explains why I forget threads I posted in, or to see what someone says on a particular thread.....so many are started some days, the one you wanted to checl ends up on the 2nd page, never to be seen again... :ph34r:

    I know this problem!

    I do it the Catesta of Moose way.

    Never used My Assistant, sometimes uns View New Posts (maybe three of four times since I became a member here)

    ubu

  25. MPS reissues - can anybody

    in Re-issues

    Posted

    Hi Christian! Nice to see you joining in here, too! And thanks for clearing up things re. those Koller/Pettiford dates! I've read that Behrendt passage somewhere, too - that was the reason I bought the LP of "Vienna Blues" several years ago.

    Mike, a little bit further up in this thread you see that the MPS reissue will not include that track! A pity, indeed! But let us be glad they do finally produce reissues again (and such nice ones, too :tup )

    ubu

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