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  1. Collections

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    15 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

     

    I’ve known lots of music "collectors" -- and I really don't get on with them nearly as well.  They're worried about this reissue, or that original pressing.

    And don't get me started with (some) audiophiles, many of whom seem WAY more obsessed with the provenance of how something was recorded and mastered/remastered, and who (often) seem not to give a whit about the music itself.  Those people drive me up a wall.  I've had more than a few "good acquaintances" who I never really became good friends with (good "musical friends"), because it was nearly impossible to interact with them for very long about things, give that our priorities were so different (if seemed to me), despite our both owning 2,000-3,000 (or more) CD's.

    (Don't mean to offend anyone here if you fall into any of these categories.  Please accept my pre-apologies.)

    I feel the same way. I just can’t believe people are prepared to pay 100/200 or even more dollars to obtain an original pressing or a specific reissue. Especially not when a normal prices reissue is readily available. The highest I ever paid for a record was a 100 bucks, and the only reason I did because there were no alternatives and it is one of my very favorite records. But other than that... for me it’s still music first, than audio quality, than packaging and than probably what edition...

    Same for me with audiophiles. I can hear a clear difference between bad and good sound and I have a personal taste. Maybe I just can’t hear it well, maybe it’s my ears , but come on: people paying 100 dollars for a so called 24k gold disc and other crap like that... it just makes me laugh. 

  2. Charles Tolliver All-Stars vinyl and CD reissue

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    22 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

    Personally sent 2 CD's from the US to the UK in the last year, and I think shipping ran me just slightly over $20 (and that was the very cheapest USPS option).  Even asked for 'media mail' - which they said wasn't available from US to UK.

    Absolutely could not believe it, but I gritted my teeth and got out my credit card.

     

    1 hour ago, king ubu said:

    Yup, shipping has long become ridiculously expensive ... I ordered two copies to cut a bit on the shipping costs, passing one on to a friend.

    Yes I order a lot through Discogs. Most time a seller just got one item I want. I think probably 10/20% of the money I have spent on music actually went to shipping costs... 😒

  4. Monk ordered some take out food.

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    Probably a ‘Kapsalon’: a Dutch/Turkish specialty. Contains dönerkebab, Fries, cheese, salad and a whole lot of sauce. A normal portion contains about 1500 kcal which is about the complete amount a woman need for the whole day. But Monk was a big guy wasn’t he?

    I have always wondered if the Kapsalon would be introduced in the States, would there be a Kapsalon Large, Kapsalon XL and a Kapsalon supersize that contains around the 5000 kcal or something like that.... you’d been having enough for the week.

  5. Monk and Lacy

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    Speaking of working duo’s: this would definitely be one. There are few musicians capable of listening to other musicians like Steve Lacy. His sound would perfectly fit. And of course as mentioned: the Monk repertoire is nothing new to the man :)

  7. Collections

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    7 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

    If anything, I'm really looking to downsize my collection by about 20%, maybe 25%.

    Best thing I ever did was thinning the herd (the "heard"?) by 30% back when I moved to DC in 2011 -- and I'm really due to get rid of more.

    And I liked what I kept a lot better, honestly, because it was "diluted less" by all the stuff I obviously didn't need, that I got rid of when push finally came to shove.

    Yeah, I've bought back 6-8 individual titles that I wished I'd kept, but that pales in comparison to the 3,000+ CD's I got rid of (and don't miss one bit).

    I can feel you on this I used to buy everything I saw, made quite a few bad choices also. That made me sell quite a lot of stuff. I am now mainly focused on stuff I really want to have, which includes collectors stuff too: like some rare stuff by Billy Harper, Mal Waldron and Abdullah Ibrahim. That stuff is expansive so in stead of buying 15 cds/records a month I buy about 2 or 3 now. That makes my collection probably the smallest around here with only 957 cd’s and LP’s combined.

    on the other hand: I am still young....

     

  12. Autobiography or biography recommendations

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

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    Thanks again guys for all the recommendations! To be honest: I don’t even know some of the artists mentioned :ph34r: well I am young and have to learn Of course haha!

    The link to all those autobiographies was very useful, thanks. My selection for the two weeks will be: Art Pepper’s, Miles Davis’, Hampton Hawes’ and Billie Holiday’s. And the book As Serious as Your Life. 

    All the other ones mentioned are on my newly created wantlist. Bud Powells and Chet Bakers up front :)

     

  13. Musicians/jerks

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    11 minutes ago, Teasing the Korean said:

    I had an album of hers with arrangements by the great Tom Dissevelt of electronic music fame.  I sold it for a lot of money.  Not sure if the bidding war was because of Rita Reys or Tom Dissevelt.

    Than you should be twice as glad with that sell now you know this ;)

  15. Autobiography or biography recommendations

    in Jazz In Print - Periodicals, Books, Newspapers, etc...

    Posted · Edited by Pim

    Holidays are coming, and with my 7 months old son, I am pretty sure that reading will be my number one activity. I love to read about jazz and have already read 2 books on Coltrane and Mingus’ biography. 

    Any recommendations to put on on my e-reader? What biographies are essential and of course general books on jazz are also welcome tough they have to be very good of course 😊 

    thanks in advance!

  16. Musicians/jerks

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    On 2-5-2016 at 9:33 PM, JSngry said:

    Tommy Jerques

    And do tell me about Rita Reys, only know the name and a few of the records.

    Quite a long time ago you asked this Jim, but I happen to hit this topic just now. I have got a few quotes for you:

    She sounds like a drunk guy (on Nina Simone)

    Off key and a horrible timing (on Anita O’Day)

    She really doesn’t do a thing to me (on Billie Holiday)

    Overrated and she can’t sing (on Sarah Vaughan)

    The worst jazz singer: she can’t hold one note (on Astrid Gilberto)

    The only one she could give a break was Ella.

    Rita Reys was a horrible, overly arrogant women. And she wasn’t all that great herself too. Small minded, the type of person that does not fit into free art forms like jazz. 

  17. Mal Waldron

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    47 minutes ago, aparxa said:

    A great doc, I remember watching it a few times in the early Youtube days when it  was in 9 min parts (along with other docs like Reflections, New York-Paris  (ARTE,1998) and Earl "Fatha" Hines (ATV,1975)).

    Travellin' In Soul-Time with Waldron and Lee has been recorded around the same time of this doc and is a beauty.

     

    Indeed. And I think also Explorations to the Mth Degree with Max Roach. Nice stuff!

  19. Mal Waldron

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    Posted · Edited by Pim

    anyone seen this beautiful doc? Nice interviews with Reggie Workman, Andrew Cyrille, Steve Lacy, Max Roach and Jeanne Lee. 

    And Mal himself... what a sweet guy. Such a humble person.

  20. What music did you buy today?

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    9 hours ago, HutchFan said:

    I agree!  I've recommended these records to Mosaic for reissue several times. I think Waldron's Japanese Victor recordings would make a SUPERB set!  And there are so many others too.

    No dice so far. :( 

    That would be a hell of a Mosaic set. And, looking on discogs, enough people would be very interested. 

    I have always understood that Mal had an almost rockstar status in Japan. This makes it even more that almost his full discography is out of print and quite a lot of records are hard to get.

  21. What music did you buy today?

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    Posted · Edited by Pim

    55 minutes ago, HutchFan said:

    I knew about this record (memorable title!), but I didn't realize that it was an ECM release.

    Pim, do you have Waldron's records on Tutu?  I've always wanted to get them... but I've never heard any of them. 

    I think it was supposed to be the first ECM release but for some reason it was released by ‘Globe’. Do not exactly remember what the story was.

    i’ve got three records on Tutu: Mal, Dance and Soul, Mal, Verve, Black & Blue and Quadrologue at Utopia vol.1. These are great sessions especially the last one mentioned: that one is steamin! Not as great as his ‘70’s and ‘80’s stuff but still: All very much worth having. I think most of it is still available for reasonable prices at Discogs.

    18 minutes ago, soulpope said:

    👍Super catch👍 .... congrats !!

    Thanks Soulpope!! I still cannot believe that this early ‘70’s stuff (Spanish Bitch, The Call, Reminiscent Suite) is so rare and  not reissued except for a Japanese vinyl reissue 40 years ago. This is absolutely unique and stunning music that’s deserves so much more recognition. And even now that these records got some of a ‘cult’ status by some collectors, there is still no reissue program. Plenty of Mal 1 reissues though 😂 

     

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