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Wow this is a my first I attend and difficult it is. To be honest: I do not recognize any of the musicians... I like number 2. Passionate saxophone player. Sounds like someone with some southern feel in her playing like Archie Shepp. I leave the rest up to the rest.

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.

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... 😒

I don’t think shipping get much cheaper than that... prices are ridiculous. I know that shipping to the US from the Netherlands with DHL costs about 18 euros...

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.

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

what about mr Davis?

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....

Okay thanks! Ill send Tom a Pm somewhere around the 20th of August.

Oh thats gonna be no problem at all. Maybe I can be the one for september? I keep myself recommended.

I am willing to do this also. So keep me in mind for the next time! I am curious if this 28 year old can present a list that can still surprise all the die hard jazz fanatics here or that it will be last time I may create one because the first one guesses everything right. 😂

This is awesome stuff!

Thanks again guys for all the recommendations! To be honest: I don’t even know some of the artists mentioned 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

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

Mostly postswing with a few exceptions. So pretty much from bebop to freejazz. Thanks for all the tips up till now. Peppers Straight Life crosses my mind too

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!

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.

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

And finally a pure Lp. Never liked those impure ones... 🤔

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.

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.

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. 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 😂

So, so incredibly happy with this!

August reissues: http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/newrelease/jazz/index.html?month=2019-8 Quite a few albums I do not know that much....

It is now finale reissued on vinyl: https://www.discogs.com/Marion-Brown-Le-Temps-Fou/release/13722594