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  1. ***Joe Henderson***

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    I might be losing my mind but... Was there a European release of Live Joe amongst others from a festival/radio station. Can't find anything here and Joe is mentioned too often for my skills in searching. It must have been here I was reading about it.

    c

  2. I am no longer an eBay virgin.

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    Some great stuff here. Couple of thoughts from the UK. Most buyers seem to be from the UK for my UK listings but I like to have them end in the early evening which gives US buyers a lunchtime option for the last second bids. Harder to do that for US auctions. Definitely better to have things end at weekends but I'd include Friday nights as a weekend time...

    Anyone recommend a good sniping tool? Never used one to buy anything.

  4. Contemporary Rootsy Americana-y Type Stuff

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    Not sure if it fits the bill but its certainly americana-y One of my recent faves is The Low Anthem - Charlie Darwin. Excellent and though it veers off into Tom Waits Beefheart for a couple of tracks the title tract is Brilliant Some tracks here http://www.daytrotter.com/ great site to provide a wee taste of these things and a lot (an awful lot) of stuff on here much of it with an americana flavor. Other folks on daytrotter with recentsessions to try are Bonnie Prince Billy and Richard Buckner

  9. Neil Young

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    I listened to some young back in high school, but only in the last few months I've been getting deeper into his music, having bought most of his early albums by now. The sort of decisive moment was me seeing "The Last Waltz", after which I went out and re-familiarised myself with some of the guests (and getting on a major Band trip, first!). I don't yet have Young's debut album, but "Everybody Thinks...", "On the Beach", "After the Goldrush", "Harvest", "Tonight's the Night", "Zuma"... what an great run of albums! I also dig "American Stars'n'Bars" a lot!

    How many volumes are there so far in the live archive series? I only have the Fillmore disc with Danny Whitten - another great one... what others are there and how are they?

    I think all of the live archives are worth hearing and enjoy the Sugar Mountain and Massey Hall sets particularly. Just got the Dreamin Man set (for my birthday, from Mrs F!) and enjoying that though its a bit of a flawed concept with live versions of a whole album rather than a gig and no unreleased songs...

    Not sure the Archives box would be worth it mind and of course there is a ton of live stuff out there. Let me know if you'd like some recs etc.

  13. Afro-Cuban/Afro-Cuban Jazz Music

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    Hi All

    Been reading through this thread since I'm off to Cuba in a few months and thought I'd familiarise myself with some music.

    Any real beginner tips to navigate here since the last entries on this thread. Never really hooekd into the Buena Vista Social Club stuff but to begin I have a Verve twofer More than Mambo and the introducing Ruben Gonzalez album.

    Any great newby recs?

    Any Recs for Havana/Cuba generally?

  14. Dave Holland

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    Noticed mention of this on npr and sorry if I've missed notice of it here

    http://www.daveholland.com/

    Dave has a new website and though I'n not much of a fan of his recent recordings there's a free live mp3 (for your email) which sounds excellent. another 3 tracks costs a dollar (or 3 in flac) this week.

    In no way connected with him or website by the way

  17. vijay iyer

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    I'm not really familiar with Iyer's stuff as a leader, but I do really enjoy him in tandem with Craig Taborn in Roscoe Mitchell's 'Note Factory'. He's also pretty spectacular IMHO in Wadada Leo Smith's 'Golden Quartet' - check out the awesome DVD of a performance at the Banlieues Bleues festival for some evidence of this...

    To cross reference another thread somewhere, there's a nice - really quite short - segment on this week's BBC Radio 3 'Jazz Line-Up' where he's interviewed by Kevin LeGendre - a nice conversation for sure, and well worth the listen!

    Been lisening to the NPR recording from Newport 09 of Iyer (all downloadable from the NPR website) and enjoying it. Sure its clever but not so bad it put me off...

  20. Bill Evans Album (Columbia) available again

    in Re-issues

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    anybody for real early Evans, 1956-59? I've always thought his initial Prestige recording was the most original/personal interpretation of Tristano around -

    'Everybody Digs Bill Evans' from 1958 is my favorite by him. love the "Peace Piece"/"Some Other Time" work on it.

    Hey John

    Me too and the studio albums with LaFaro a close second, (maybe underrated in the shadow of the Village Vanguard stuff?) especially Explorations which has some great tunes and great interpretations of them.

    After that I reach for the late trio. Those boxes have so much music on them The Ronnie Scott's performances too, and those Paris Gigs I must get a hold of.

    He is someone I pretty much always find something of interest in and never get bored of putting on (and my wife tolerates it all too as a bonus, though she doesn't like his work with Konitz...)

    Recently reading a piece by Gene Lees (in Reading Jazz ed Robert Gottlieb) which flagged up Hi Lilli Hi Lo as special significance made me dig it out of the Fantasy box and thouroughly enjoyed that.

    There was briefly a compilation of the Columbia stuff which I used to have but traded which I wish I could go back to... Any views on that?

  21. Carla Bley in conversation with Alyn Shipton

    in Jazz Radio & Podcasts

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    I was a bit befuddled by this - couldn't work out if I had heard it before (they often repeat these programmes). But the mentions of her appearance at the London Jazz Festival in a couple of months would suggest it is new as she is there.

    Intrigued by the Christmas disc from which a track was played at the end...though I know that tune from somewhere else, probably one of her tunes in a different title. Can't find mention of it on the web though she does seem to have done some concerts in Germany.

    Carla does Santa...who'd have thought it. Actually, given her whacky approach to things, she's a natural for a seasonal disc.

    Similar feeling as to the last track. I thought it was one of her compositions for the Jimmy Giuffre 3 Jesus Maria? Haven't had the chance to dig that out yet though

  22. Charles Lloyd Discography/Sessionography

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    I posted the question tacked onto the end of the Charles Lloyd corner but no response so hope its ok to repeat it below.

    I've a question regarding Charles Lloyd, its sort of Discography/Sessionography so hope I'm in the right place. Its sort of an official release too and I wonder whether anyone here can help.

    In 1999 I was lucky enough to be in New York when the Jazz Festival was on. I caught a couple of shows and picked up a flier saying they'd been recorded and dutifully checked a website to see if I could order them. None of the shows I'd seen showed up unfortunately but I did see a Charles Lloyd show listed and had heard Voice in the Night so I ordered a disc full. (with a couple of fillers by Charles Gayle and the Brilliant Coroners(!))

    Tracks are:

    God Give Me Strength

    Voice in the Night

    A Flower is a Thing

    Requiem

    The Call

    Sombrero Sam

    Couple of things:

    Can anyone confirm when/where the show took place (All I have is June 3-13 1999 New York) Knitting Factory maybe?

    Does anyone have the rest of the show? I like the studio albums but this set with Lloyd, John Scofield in for Abercrombie and I think Marc Johnson on bass with Higgins is brilliant and I've been kicking myself for not springing for the whole thing...

    Any other shows released like this (through Knitmedia it says on the back)?

    Any info would be great. Its a great idea too and a shame its never really caught on. Always love momentos of the music I've heard live...

  23. Charles Lloyd Corner

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    I've a question regarding Charles Lloyd and wonder whether anyone can help. In 1999 I was lucky enough to be in New York when the Jazz Festival was on. I caught a couple of shows and picked up a flier saying they'd been recorded and dutifully checked to see if I could order them. None of the shows I'd seen showed up unfortunately but I did see a Charles Lloyd show listed and had heard Voice in the Night so I ordered a disc full. (with a couple of fillers by Charles Gayle and the Brilliant Coroners(!))

    Couple of things:

    Can anyone confirm when/where the show took place (All I have is June 3-13 1999 New York) Knitting Factory maybe?

    Does anyone have the rest of the show? I like the studio albums but this set with Lloyd, John Scofield in for Abercrombie and I think Marc Johnson on bass with Higgins is brilliant and I've been kicking myself for not springing for the whole thing...

    Any info would be great. Its a great idea too and a shame its never really caught on...

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