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Oh yes that record has a lot energy 🥰

Yes the first volume.

its here! With another 10 dollar import fees ouch…. Music makes up a lot. Classic Tapscott stuff. Man it must have been something sitting in a church watching the Arkestra. Is it true that the other volumes will have improved sound or am I just making that up?

Always nice to hear Rouse without Monk (but of course also WITH Monk)

a CTI favorite

Great stuff guys. I saw Brötzmann with his Tentet also with a doubling Paal Nilssen Love and Hamid Drake, Ken Vandermark and Joe McPhee. Just like with Charles Gayle I went almost in a trance like state. Gayle was playing with Rashied Ali and William Parker then. So glad I managed to see Ali playing live. Man that guy could play. I've seen Hamid Drake a couple of times live now also. He's the kind of drummer you just want to keep on soloing. Such a gifted person. Also saw Matthew Shipp once in Eindhoven in a small bar where most people just came to every weekly jazz gig. Those gigs were mostly mainstream jazz gigs by local musicians. Most of the crowd didn't even know Shipp. Half of them walked away during the concert as they didn't connect with the music. I couldnt believe the same thing was still happening as 40 years before with Coltrane and other 'freejazz' pioneers.... Come on man, have some respect, order a beer and just listen. Any board members who saw Bird or Art Tatum? Or is that too far back?

not a big Hammond fan but I definitely dig Patton.

First bare feet in the sand on the beach day of the year. Very nice temperature but with some heavy showers now and then. It’s about 20/30 minutes cycling from my house. We avoided all the rain and came back dry that small dot is my 4 year old boy playing with his spade and bucket. It really felt like a little vacation.

What time is it?!?

Glad I could be of help. Hope it’s not OOP as it’s pretty rare.

And a little of that as well. Nevertheless hope for them they will do a cd release of it. It’s essential Tapscott. now spinning this one. Not sure anyone is familiar with it but I could really recommend it. Should be in one of those best of jazz lists I think….

The guys who don’t buy vinyl anymore

Thanks guys these were exactly the stories I was hoping for. Lovely to read all of those personal experiences. And very jealous of Mr. Kart witnessing both Coltrane and Ayler live. If I only had a time machine….

oh my this one’s so good. I really hope for all the vinyl haters they are going to do a cd version of this as well (they might as well do that now with the new series on cd don’t they?) First volume arrived today of the new series. Will spin that tomorrow morning

this afternoons playlist. The Buddy DeFranco session from the Tatum box.

As a 32 year old I really sometimes have the feeling I missed all of the fun in the world of jazz. My absolute lifelong idol John Coltrane feels like some kind of saint who lived a long time ago. He died in 1967 and I was born 23 years later. I even missed my dearest Mal Waldron who played in 2002 at the Bimhuis only 28 kilometres from my home. I must have been playing soccer or catching bugs outside not even knowing about Mals existence let alone realize this was the last opportunity to catch him alive. From the age of 16 I started listening to jazz more seriously (my dad lay the foundations) and also started visiting concerts. I did manage to see quite some people: Sonny Rollins, Benny Golson, Archie Shepp, Pharoah Sanders, Peter Brötzmann, Charles Gayle, Cecil Taylor, Chico Freeman, David Murray and Kenny Garrett. One of the things I enjoy most here on the board are the personal stories from the people who did see all of these legends live. The personal anecdotes like recently @Mark Stryker smoking a joint at the Village Vanguard at a Arthur Blythe concert or @bresna and @sidewinder almost getting a serious punch from JJ Johnsons trombone slide. So maybe in this thread people could exchange some of those great memories. I would love to hear those stories. They don't have to be good memories necissarily as I know some of those jazz artists weren't the nicest of people. But just interesting stuff people will always remember. And are there any people around here who have seen Coltrane perform live? I think my most memorable performance was Pharaoh Sanders at the Bimhuis. I was entering the restaurant when I saw him sitting and eating there with his band. Every cell in my body wanted to go up to him and ask for his autograph. I had a cd copy of Village of the Pharoah's in my pocket for that opportunity. Then he looked up from his table with that very serious look in his eyes (he had a very expressive face with those big grey eyebrows and beard) and I suddenly didnt had the guts anymore to approach him. I still regret it everyday. From what i know of stories he was a very friendly and warm personality. I also loved the interview I did with David Friesen about Mal Waldron. He shared some wonderful personal stories about his time with Mal.

Thanks Gheorghe I felt inspired by your personal stories I don't think it's a strange combination of preferences. Both bebop as freejazz have something in common though they sound very different. I always felt they are the subgenres of jazz that are less focused on music as entertainment and more on music as an artform which would also explain that they are both experienced as harder to listen to. But that's just my observation. Eardrums still intact?

I remember spinning this one the first time. I was still living with my parents on the attic room of their house and had a pretty nice stereo set up that my brother left to me when he left the house. I was 17 years old and just getting into the more free kind of jazz. I put on disc one sat down and was stunned for the coming 50 minutes. I had never heard something like that before. The version of Afro Blue remains the best with the Classic Quartet IMO. The interruption remains very annoying.

Mine is ‘held in customs’. I know from experience that could take ages. I definitely will let the complete series collected in Albuquerque and shipped as one. Gonna be a long wait but save myself a lot of import duties and shipping costs.

so I owned this masterpiece on Fontana pressing which looked good but didn’t sound good. So bought this original 1964 club pressing instead and yes, this sounds much better. So incredibly happy with it.

A record I just keep getting back to. With the recent Tapscott Flying Dutchman release in mind I wonder if there’s also unreleased stuff on the vaults by these guys.

The Pure Pleasure goes from 28 euros… they mostly bring out good quality

Up till now, not everything is necessarily what I was looking for but there's really nothing I don't like. Up till now I like Billy Valentine and Terry Callier best. Great stuff, thanks guy. I'll continue exploring.

Great compilation indeed. Sounds very good as well!