Pim

To me a genius is original, skillfull and creative. I mainly like ‘original’ voices in jazz, people that differ themselves from the rest. There are people that I dig and also people that I do not dig, but still consider a genius. I personally don’t dig Lennie Tristano, Anthony Braxton and Lee Konitz. But I do consider them to be genius. I appreciate what they have meant/still mean to jazz and I can see what they are doing but I just don’t feel it. Geniuses that I do feel: Hawk, Bird, Lady Day, John Coltrane, Mal Waldron, Monk, Archie Shepp, Steve Lacy, McCoy Tyner, Dollar Brand, Kidd Jordan. And of course much more...

Sound quality is not superb. So not like ‘Live at The Village Vanguard Again’. It has always run as a bootleg but I must say that Resonance has done a fine job. It is very listenable contrary to bootlegs like the 1966 Newport bootleg or the Unissued Seattle performance. It is a must have!

Evan Parker's Snake Decides took awhile. Then one evening in the dark with only headphones it clicked... It clicked and became one of my favorites. But I still wouldn't listen it trough my speakers, headphones only

Thanks for the information webbcity!

RIP mister Byrd. Listening to Free Form again

Glad he is still with us. Wonderful trombonist. His playing is marvelous on Reggie Workmans Summit Conference. Hope he gets better soon!

I'm glad I found this forum. It's fantastic to hear these kind of stories. People on this forum that have met and seen the musicians I love. I must confess: I'm very jealous of you all I was born in 1990 in The Netherlands, so most of the legends I like passed away before I even walked this earth. And most of the legends live overseas. I would almost buy me a ticket to New York to meet Kalaparusha, just to talk with him. In an environment like this in Holland, you got the feeling that all the import things in jazz happen(ed) elsewhere and in another time. Though i'm still proud to say that I have seen Sonny Rollins, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, David Murray, Charles Gayle, Cecil Taylor, Rashied Ali, Peter Brotzmann, Hamid Drake to name a few

I found this beautiful documentary about this saxophonist, who always has been a bit underrated. Now he plays in the subway. Does anyone know if the introducing solo piece is ever issued on cd? If the video does not work you probably have to switch to the other media player on the website. The button is in the right under the video. Worth watching! Maybe some thoughts on this saxophonist?

In Holland, most big record stores go into bankruptcy. We had only one jazz record store in Amsterdam, called the Blue Note. That shop went down a few years ago. Then there are big stores who have a very limited stock of jazz records. There is for me only one really nice store left: Concerto in Amsterdam.

When were talking about studio recordings I'd say: John Coltrane's Ascension: 40 minutes Pharoah Sanders - Black Unity 37 minutes Archie Shepp - Black Gipsy 23 minutes Part II Obsession: Gato Barbieri 20 minutes

She was indeed a wonderful singer Dark beautiful tone, always in tune and an innovator. I love her works with Mal Waldron.

Thanks I will! With some info I can probably create a Wiki bio and a bio on other websites.

I don't know what to say. That would be wonderful. Many, many thanks!

The world experience orchestra was on ebay. Made up to 1500 dollars I believe. Incredible!

I was adding the Baystate catalogue to a dutch music website, similar to rateyourmusic.com and found an album by an artist whos was till now unknown to me. His name is Robert Ruff and as it seems to be, he has only released one album as a leader and was a sidemen on one other record. I listened to a sample on youtube and I was amazed by his playing and composition. I ordered his album Shaza-Ra immediatly. Here's the sample: Has anyone heard about him? Anyone who digs his music too and my most important question: Does anyone know anything about what happened to him? Any biography information?

Thank you very much for your reaction! Pity it hasnt been recorded that much. And with all those different titles, it's getting more confusing.

I know Barney most of the recordings with Miles. But I also got this record by him:

I got some links. Maybe someone recognize it: http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/media/sample.m3u/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk4_smpl/186-6058478-7364537?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B000V68XI4&DownloadLocation=CD&catalogItemType=track Kind regards, Pim

Dear jazz listeners, I heard this tune for the first time on the Holy Ghost box set by Albert Ayler. It stunned me immediatly and I wanted to hear more versions. By coincidence I heard two more versions on records I listened to but they had different titles. One was issued on Frank Wrights Uhuru Umoja with the title: Being. The other version is on Don Aylers Live in Florence under the title The Eastern Song. You could listen to the tune by typing: Prophet John Don Ayler in YouTube. My big question is: does anyone know another version? Thanks!