[Buddy Defranco - The Bright One]

http://www.organissimo.org/forum/index.php...49&hl=de+franco

ubu

[Mosaic says my CDs were stolen]

I was lucky up to now, too. Maybe 25 orders from Mosaic/Trueblue (and countless orders from B&N, Amazon, CDConnection, CDUniverse, Djangos etc).

Once Mosaic forgot to send out a big order (some 50 CDs or so), I called them after two months (I always have the Mosaic/Trueblue stuff sent by slow and a little cheaper devices...), they apologized, sent the stuff via air mail and not one CD case was alright when the package arrived - all broken almost into pieces... That really sucked!

ubu

[Eddie Harris Corner]

Will check them out, Lon, thanks.

I have some of the electric Atlantic stuff (The Electrifying Rhino twofer, Silver Cycles) and like the stuff quite a lot.

ubu

[Damaged in Transit]

I bought in a big tradeout the other day, but still haven't heard it (today! after work)...

I have not yet picked it up, but I certainly will! Hope you like it!

There are several groovy and beautiful Swallow tunes on it. I love his compositions. They're often simple, humorous, and just a tiny little bit beyond the usual. Then add his warm dry sound, some sophisticated beats and Potter as the cream...

JohnS, you know the other two Swallow albums with Potter? They're really good!

ubu

[Eddie Harris Corner]

Check out his SteepleChase date with Tete.

You mean this one, Chuck?

looks good!

ubu

[Eddie Harris Corner]

I have the Blue Moons, and I have one on Collectables. The Moons have better sound by a few hairs, but the Collectable is not bad at all sound wise. . . . If possible shoot for the Moons!

Thanks, I'll look for them!

Collectables has some stuff not on Blue Moon.

Which of these later Collectables (almost everything originally on Atlantic) are recommended?

Excursions (2CD) (1966-73)

The Lost Album + The Better Half (1962/63)

Plug Me In / High Voltage (1968, 1969)

In the UK / Is It In (1974, 1975)

I Need Some Money (1974) / David Newman Bigger Better (1969)

Live At Newport / Instant Death (1971, 1972)

Bad Luck Is All I Have / How Can You Live Like That? (1975, 1976) (2CD)

Free Speech / That’s Why You Are Overweight (1969, 1976)

The Versatile E.H. / E.H. Sings The Blues (2CD)

Cool Sax, Warm Heart / Cool Sax From Hollywood To Broadway (Columbia, 1964)

thanks,

ubu

[Eddie Harris Corner]

I'm a big fan of Mr. Harris. I love his VeeJay and Atlantic work, and the work on other labels too. . .ah heck, I just love his work. Period.

Lon, what's the best way to get the Veejay stuff? I've heard some of it but don't have anything.

Would you rather get the Bluemoon or the Collectables?

ubu

[Favorite Andrew Hill 'BN' sidemen (with Hill)]

He was not a BN artist but he and Andrew Hill made signifiant music: Roland Rahsaan Kirk. Was listening to Kirk's Domino album the other day. That was recorded in 1962 before Hill made it to the BN label but his contribution is very impressive. I understand Hill and Kirk were very good friends. Wish they had recorded more than this single album.

Hell, it's not even a whole album! And the Rahsaan 10CD box included only one track from that live (Newport? can't remember) concert (and the others are listed in the discography included in the booklet... that's what I call tease!).

I listened to Domino recently, having bought the VME after realizing not everything from the Hancock date was in the box. Like the Hill session very much!

ubu

[Damaged in Transit]

Claude, Potter plays with Swallow for some time now. He can be heard on two other XWATT/ECM CDs, both of which also feature Nussbaum and add guitar and trumpet. They're called "Deconstructed" and "Always Pack Your Uniform on Top". The latter was also recorded live, and is, in my opinion the better one. It features fewer but longer tracks. However it's also the first one I have picked up and the one I do know best. Gotta give another listen to "Deconstructed".

ubu (je ne suis pas un structuraliste non plus!)

[Blue Mitchell]

If you are one of "those inclined" or just happen to land in such a situation, the Hartman/Coltrane albums is said to make wonders happen! I never tried myself, so the usual disclaimer applies...

ubu

[Blue Mitchell]

I prefer my "Albert Ayler - NEW WAVES, music for the ultimate relaxation" album over the Mitchell and those two Brotzmanns.

Actually, volume two of NEW WAVES, music for... shall be a compilation of tracks culled from Hal Russell albums.

ubu

[Django Reinhardt]

There is quite a lot of duplications between the Mosaic box and the JSP sets. The JSP first set includes the QHCF sides which were recorded for Decca.

These Decca sides are on one of the Jazz in Paris discs, I think?

Do the JiP Django discs collect everything he did as a leader for Decca (and other Universal related labels)?

ubu

[Damaged in Transit]

I just had an ear-ful of this at lunch-time.

They're very very good! I saw them live in Zurich during the same tour this disc was recorded (in France). Potter seems to get better and better! Swallow grooves as usual, and Nussbaum is very responsive, and adds a nice, a little harder touch to the proceedings.

That's what the ECM website has to say:

In November 2002, the Steve Swallow Trio, also known as Damaged In Transit, blazed its way across Europe in a three-week tour that reached peak performances at its climax in France. It is from these French dates that "Damaged In Transit", the album, is drawn. The stripped-down sax/bass/drums line-up gives all players room to move, and the context makes a particularly impressive showcase for Chris Potter, whose solos are supercharged by the interaction of bassist Swallow and drummer Adam Nussbaum.

ubu

[John McLauglin - The John McLaughlin Montreux]

Okay, I have to admit; that's pretty damn impressive!

Indeed! Seems like I won't get no food in november...

[John McLauglin - The John McLaughlin Montreux]

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (CDs 1-2)

Jul 7, 1974

Congrés Montreux

John McLaughlin (g)

Jean-Luc Ponty (vln)

Gayle Moran (org-voc)

Ralph Armstrong (B)

Michael Walden (dr)

Steve Kindlter (vln)

Carol Shive (vln)

Marsha Westbrook (alto)

Phil Hirschi (cello)

Bob Knapp (tp, cor)

Steve Frankivitch (tp, cor)

SHAKTI (CDs 3-4)

Jul 6, 1976

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

L. Shankar (vln)

T.H. Vinayakram (ghatam, mridangam)

Zajir Hussain (tabla)

1. Joy (13:28)

2. India (22:08)

3. Nata (33:52)

4. Kriti (15:00)

SHAKTI (CD 5)

Jul 8, 1977

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

L. Shankar (vln)

R.-H. Vinayakram (ghatam, mridangam)

Zakir Hussain (tabla)

1. La Danse Du Bonheur (14:55)

2. India (16:33)

3. Get Down In Shuti (35:23)

4. Joy (08:33)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN BAND (CD 6)

Jul 19, 1978

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

L. Shankar (vln)

Stu Goldberg (kbds)

W. "Sonship" Theus (dr)

Tom Stevens (B)

1. Meeting Of The Spirits (16:42)

2. Friendship (intro 5'15) (11:59)

3. Two Sisters (05:41)

4. The Voices We Left Behind (21:07)

5. Do You Remember (06:40)

6. Mind Ecology (07:55)

CHICK COREA & JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (CD 7)

Jul 15, 1981

Casino

Chick Corea (p)

John McLaughlin (g)

1. La Baleina (08:20)

2. Waltze (08:41)

3. Romance (10:22)

4. Sketches (08:59)

5. Turn Around (10:38)

6. Thelonious Melodius (08:44)

7. Beautiful Love (06:01)

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA (CDs 8-9)

Jul 18, 1984

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

Bill Evans (s)

Mitchell Forman (kbds)

Jonas Hellborg (B)

1. Radio Activity (09:45)

2. Nostalgia (10:50)

3. East Side, West Side (14:18)

4. Clarendin Hills (09:50)

5. Solo Bass : It's The Pits & Living On The Crest Of A Wave (13:30)

6. Just Ideas (00:00)

7. Jozy (13:20)

8. Pacific Express (21:05)

9. Mitch Match (12:38)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & PACO DE LUCIA (CDs 10-11)

Jul 15, 1987

Casino

John McLaughlin (g)

Paco De Lucia (g)

1. One Melody (09:02)

2. El Panuelo (06:13)

3. Spain (10:52)

4. Chiquito (08:46)

5. Florianapolis (11:26)

6. Frevo (07:36)

7. David (10:56)

8. Sichia (07:00)

9. Guardian Angel (06:19)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN WITH THE FREE SPIRITS (CD 12)

Jul 4, 1993

Stravinski

John McLaughlin (g)

Dennis Chambers (dr)

Joey Di Francesco (org)

1. Are You The One (06:48)

2. ...in Ale (16:15)

3. When Love Is Far Away (05:22)

4. Nostalgia (05:29)

5. Mother Tongues (13:45)

6. One Nite Stand (04:16)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & THE FREE SPIRITS (CDs 13-14)

Jul 18, 1995

Stravinski

John McLaughlin (g)

Dennis Chambers (dr)

Joey De Francesco (org, tp)

1. Tones For Elvin Jones (09:15)

2. Matinale (20:11)

3. Sing Me Softly Of The Blues (07:52)

4. The Man Was FAll (14:16)

5 . After The Rain (05:54)

6. Mother Tongues (20:13)

7. Old Folks (06:01)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN & "THE HEART OF THINGS" (CD 15)

Jul 11, 1998

Stravinski

JOHN McLAUGHLIN (guit.)

JIM BEARD (kbds.)

GARY THOMAS (sax, flute)

MATTHEW GARRISON (bass)

DENNIS CHAMBERS (dr.)

1. SEVEN SISTERS (13:53)

2. SOCIAL CLIMAT (08:45)

3. MISTER D.C. (12:53)

4. TONY (07:20)

5. ACID JAZZ (12:49)

6. JAZZ JUNGLE (08:58)

JOHN MCLAUGHLIN (CD 16)

Jul 8, 1999

MDH

JOHN MC LAUGHLIN (guit.)

ZAKIR HUSSAIN (tabla)

UPPALAPU SHRINIVAS (mandolin)

V. SELVAGANESH (indian perc.)

1. FIVE IN THE MORNING, SIX IN THE AFTERNOON (16:36)

2. MA NO PA (13:52)

3. ANNA (14:28)

4. FINDING THE WAY (20:04)

5. LA DANSE DU BONHEUR (03:50)

Don't know where this one could fit in:

SHAKTI

Jul 18, 2001

Stravinski

John McLaughlin (guitare)

Zakir Hussain (tabla)

Vinayakram Selvagtanesh (ghatam, kanjira, maretangham)

Mandolin Shrinivas (mandolin)

Bhavani Shankar (perc)

Debashish Bhattacharya (guitare)

Shankar Mahadevan (voc)

1. Finding the way (19:21)

2. Giriraj Sudha (10:14)

3. Shringar (13:00)

4. Manopa (18:23)

5. Niyati (16:58)

and this would have been the 1972 Mahavishnu concert:

MAHAVISHNU ORCHESTRA

Aug 20, 1972

Montreux Pavillon

John McLaughlin (guitares)

Jerry Goddman (violon)

Jan Hammer (piano / moog)

Rick Laird (basse)

Billy Cobham (batterie)

1. Meetings Of The Spirits (00:00)

. You Know, You Know (28:45)

2. Dance Of The Mayas (15:15)

3. One Word (10:40)

4. Lotus On Irish Streams (09:20)

5. Noonward Race (23:00)

6. Binky's Bean (04:30)

(ALL INFORMATION TAKEN FROM THE SITE MIKE MENTIONED ABOVE)

ubu

[Your favourite king?]

but there seems to be something with her nose...

maybe the wedding has to be postponed until after some surgery?

ubu

[Your favourite king?]

Not a king exactly, but possibly future queen... (the spanish Royals have confirmed the marriage of her - Letizia Ortiz is her name - and heir to the throne, prince Felipe)

ubu

[Eddie Harris Corner]

I love the Enja album he made with Kenny Barron, Ben Riley and Cecil McBee. It's called "There Was A Time - Echo of Harlem". A beautiful date! Was recorded in 1990.

ubu

[Eddie Harris Corner]

Eddie was a great soloist, no question. I really like the famous "Compared To What", with Les McCann (whom I also used to like - you never hear about him anymore).

When I was driving around L.A. in 1991, Chuck Niles on KLON was featuring his album "A Tale Of Two Cities" a lot. The long "Chicago Serenade", recorded before an enthusiastic home audience, is REALLY funky. It is almost, as the French would say, le dernier cri in funk. Highly recommended for when you are tired of more "serious" material.

I love the Swiss Movement record! Benny Bailey is quite good on that one, too (although he himself seems to dislike the album...).

I heard a broadcast of a Bill Evans (sax player) concert from some german jazz festival (maybe two years ago), where Les McCann was added to the group as a special guest (piano & vocals) for two of the broadcasted tracks. I have no idea to what he(McCann)'s up today, however.

ubu

[Gonna see Maria Schneider live!]

I've seen her live (with the band) probably in 2001. A great show!

Rich Perry, Scott Robinson,... you get several good solosists/instrumentalists, and then you get the lavish yet very controlled and nuanced sound of her beautiful orchestrations of her (or other band members', I think) compositions.

I got her second CD (Coming About), and it is quite similar in style to the concert I heard (it was the 30 year Enja Winckelmann jubilee tour, I saw Dhafer Yousef the next day, too. The first Enja release, by the way, was a Mal Waldron record, if I remember that right.)

Hope you'll hear a great concert, EKE!

Edit: just reread your post; you will be hearing the same show she did yesterday in Zurich (I missed it as I am currently in the accompanying orchestra of a theatre staging Brecht/Weill's Threepenny-Opera, and did miss the whole - though terribly bad programmed - Zurich jazz festival which took place last week).

ubu

[Your favourite king?]

uh, and, generally, I'm more on the side of the Saints than the Kings...

or rather: on the side of what the Saints had to say about Kings (such as Saint-Just)

ubu

[Your favourite king?]

What about King Ubu

Cool!

Hell, I only saw that thread today.

I vote for King Ubu because, he, roi des polonais, is nowadays the true winner of the war in iraq (as polish writer Andrej Stasiuk said in the german newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung some months ago). He prevents Sadam from stealing all those beautiful blonde polonaises... B)

Another personal favorite: King Bumibol (of Thailand, sp?). He jammed with Benny Goodman. The only jazz-addict king known to me.

Bev, how's that Peter Burke book? I read some of his stuff, but not this one.

Have you read that little book by Robert Darnton (in german it was called "Poesie und Polizei", I would have to look up the original title) on those nice poems about Mme Poisson etc?

ubu

[Your favourite king?]

Ain't that Speer's Berlin Reichskanzlei?

[Helen Merrill - new album]

I can´t read a word in French but it sounds interesting... when we´re talking about Helen Merrill!

I will pick it!

Sorry 'bout that. I was browsing the Universal France site and saw that, and thought I'd post albeit in French...

[Helen Merrill - new album]

source: http://www.universalmusic.fr/servlet/Front...t_id=4400675662

Avec Helen Merrill, le chant oscille constamment au seuil de la déchirure, voire de l'extinction, et fait inévitablement penser à deux autres virtuoses du silence et de la non-virtuosité : Billie Holiday et Miles Davis.

Quels que soient les musiques, les mots, la thématique choisie, c'est une même histoire que chante Helen Merrill depuis sa première entrée dans un studio d'enregistrement en 1952 pour un 78-tours du label Roost, avec Jimmy Raney, guitare, et Red Mitchell, contrebasse : "The more I see you" d'un côté, "My funny Valentine" de l'autre. Soit un demi-siècle d'intensité et de drame variables, de climats doux-amers, jusqu'à cet inimaginable Vin de lilas ou Lilac wine qui pourrait bien être emblématique, en ses nuances, parfums et couleurs délicieusement incertaines, de la nature féérique et bleue (entre fées de rêve et faits de vie) du chant d'Helen. Cette ballade rarement chantée par ses consœurs après sa version de 1955 "avec cordes", seules Eartha Kitt, Chris Connor, Nina Simone ou Morgana King surent en donner des lectures remarquables. Quant au thème-titre de la bande sonore du film "Car sauvage est le vent" (Wild is the wind, 1957), il est le produit de deux talents complémentaires : de George Cukor, signataire des plus beaux portraits de femmes du cinéma hollywoodien et de Dimitri Tiomkine, à qui l'on doit quelques-unes des plus mémorables et émouvantes musiques de film. Et puis là, elle se distingue encore plus profondément des autres vocalistes américaines : Helen Merrill n'aime rien tant qu'affiner son rapport amoureux (et partagé) avec la France, et plus précisément avec la langue française, depuis "À tout choisir" ou "Quand tu dors près de moi" et jusqu'à ce "Pierre" de Barbara dont elle retrouve une émotion comme souterraine. Et tandis qu'Alan, son guitariste de fils, la rejoint sur "You" avec un grain de voix qui, finalement, n'est pas sans révéler un certain "esprit de famille", c'est à une musicienne amie, la pianiste Marian McPartland que l'on doit "Portrait of Helen Merrill", un portrait orchestral fort ressemblant de cette Jelena Ana Milcetic qui vit le jour à Manhattan le 21 juillet 1930 et, encore "teenager", fut emportée par la passion du jazz. Belle écoute.

Waiting for this! Her last couple of albums were GREAT ones!