Larry Kart

Boulez Bruckner 8, Vienna Philharmonic -- against my expectations, superb.

Oops -- you're right. Still, it's an excellent piece.

"In a while" means later on, not earlier. I was thinking of his Atlantic trio album "Knight Music" (1957) where nice as that album is at times he almost sounds like he's going for an East Side supper club vibe. Even on the excellent "Jazz for the Carriage Trade" (Prestige, Jan. "56) he's mellowed out in terms of attack versus where he was in 9/55. OTOH, when he returned to action on the two solo albums he did in Japan -- "Virtuoso" (Nippon Columbia, 1984) and "The Symphony of a Jazz Piano" (Denon, 1986) -- he was simply ferocious. I'm not up on the various reissues of the Bohemia material. This 2-CD version on Phomo claims to be complete and includes two takes of "Johnny One Note" (one 8:25, the other 8:05) , two of "Sweet Blanche" (one 6:59, the other 7:36), two of "Snakes" (one 5.55, the other 6.44), two of "Bohemia After Dark" (one 8:22, the other 9.08) two of "Jay Mac's Crib" (one 8:38, the other 7:43), and two of ""Minor March" later known as "Little Melonae" (one 6:45, the other 7:44). BTW"Little Melonae IMO is an excellent and very hip tune, especially for the time. Reminds me some of George Russell.

Garrick played very well -- a 90 minute program with no intermission. Two capriccios op 97, the Op. 118 pieces (favorites of mine), two ballades, variations and fugue on a theme of Handel, and maybe I'm forgetting something. All played from memory.

Picked this up today and highly recommend it. A real working group, this was "The Peck" band (leader George Wallington, Jackie McLean, Donald Byrd, Paul Chambers, Art Taylor) on a real night -- 9/5/55. The young hot Jackie sounds better than I'd hoped, and the young Byrd likewise, very fluent, Chambers plays his ass off, and Wallington is in fine form, more boppish and assertive than he would be in a while. Two CDs worth, with several takes of several tracks. Filled out with the Wallington '53 Blue Note 10-incher that was reissued with a 10-inch Frank Foster date. Liner notes by Gus Striatis relate that he dug the band and called RVG to come down and record it.

Both gems. I have the LPs.

Good one.

Garrick Ohlsson playing Brahms at Ravinia.

Young Kenny was very impressive.

Jinx Jingles (Teddy Charles)

That's why "Kunst Bauer" is a good one. Cootie Chesterfield (Pete Candoli on Peggy Lee's "Black Coffee" album)

Kunst Bauer (Art Farmer) Zeke Tolin (Lee Konitz)

Went to dinner at the Singapore on Rush St. (great ribs) with Barry Harris and Eddie Jefferson, waited there a good while for Dan, Harriet, and Ira Gitler to arrive; they were delayed by a gas main explosion. Not as illustrious as Chuck's lineup, but IIRC the conversation was freewheeling and choice.

I was there too.

Problem solved by my audiologist. The receiver in my left hearing aid was on the fritz and will be replaced.

It's a new release.

In co-producer Cory Weeds' portion of the liner notes, I found this odd statement: "Although only on two tracks, the inclusion of Hampton Hawes is also important. The much maligned pianist is in incredible form here..." In what ways, by whom, and for what reasons was Hampton Hawes "much maligned"? I'm baffled.

May have heard it before, but a great story.

Thanks. I found someone else who has a BT headset. The sound on that cheap crappy headset, once it was hooked up with my I Phone, was kind of muffled, but it didn't break up, so probably the Bluetooth earbuds that are part of my $500 hearing aids is where the problem lies. Talk about your good news/bad news.

My solution vanished overnight. Back to the sound breaking up this morning, and re-selecting Bluetooth Headset (as described above) and the sound still break up. I'm at a loss and so is Apple Help; I was on the phone with them for two hours today; their final remedy was to totally restore the I Phone's software and firmware, which we did. Sound still breaks up. At least the guy I was speaking to was fairly sure that t he problem was in the I Phone and not with with my Blue Tooth Signia hearing aids, which work just fine with every other sound source, including Blue Tooth phone calls in the car, TV sound, etc. Help!

It is Quill, absolutely, on both takes of "Cimmaron" from "Wide Range." The sheer obliqueness of his phrasing, like he's kicking a suitcase down a flight of stairs. By this point in my arguably ill-spent life, it's hard for me to mistake Gene and Phil.

Think I solved the problem. Go to Accessibility on your I Phone, tap Touch (i.e. just tap the screen), scroll down and tap Call Routing. You'll then have three choices to make: either Automatic, Bluetooth Headset, or Speaker. Don't know what Automatic does; Speaker gives you good clear sound only from the I Phone's speakers: and Bluetooth Headset gives you good clear sound through your Bluetooth Headset, which is what I was trying to get. Without following the above path to Blue Tooth Headset and making that choice, what you'll hear through your headset is what's on the play list you want to access, but it will break up/sound like garbage. BTW, I somehow found this out all by myself, which is pretty much a first for me in almost any tech-related matter.

Gene Quill on alto. He and JR were a volatile combo. Jimmy Cleveland's volatility also tuned in to JR's.

Breaks up through the hearing aids at all volume levels, though the break up is less annoying, a bit less noticeable, at a lower volume level. Also, when I'm listening only through the I Phone's speakers, there is no break up at any volume level.

I've downloaded several CDs from my I Mac onto playlists on my I Phone 11. Listening to them with my Signia Pure 312 7 NX's Bluetooth hearing aids, the sound breaks up badly. I should add 1) that those same Signia Bluetooth hearing aids sound fine otherwise (phone calls in car or elsewhere, normal speech, TV sound, music on my stereo system, etc.) and 2), when I play the music from my I Phone playing lists with the Bluetooth connection disabled -- so that the sound comes through my I Phone's speakers, not through my hearing aids -- things also sound just fine. Any thoughts as to how I get the music on my I Phone 11's playing lists to not break up when I listen to it through my hearing aids? BTW, listening to music that way is supposedly a normal thing to do. I've spoken to Signia's help line -- they have no clue. I have an appointment with my audiologist tomorrow -- she too seems at a loss.