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O-ho-ho, I recognize this writing style!!! Great to see you here! Oh-ho-ho indeed! Stick around! ubu You are both a pain in the ass, you know that? I wanted to remain in the shadow a little longer. Just the time to trash Gebbia a bit, in the name and defense of Anthony Braxton and Evan Parker, of course... By the way, David when you come back from Moscow (but there's a little hope than they keep you there an inderterminate time for your punition, maybe?) , I will send you an e-mail about what you know.

Just make a stupid "manoeuvre" here and deleted the originel post with the comment on Ubu bargain. Stupid of me!

With ALL MUSIC on Nessa and NE PLUS ULTRA on Revelation/Hat, you got two of his very best albums. Maybe THE two best albums. THE INTUITION with TED BROWN is also a must. But you can have also lot pleasure to listen to the following: LEE KONITZ WITH WARNE MARSH (Atlantic, 1955) with Sal Mosca , Billy Bauer, Oscar Pettiford, Kenny Clarke Ronnie Ball) MUSIC FOR PRANCING (VSOP, 1957) with Ronnie Ball, Red Mitchell, Stan Levey. Well recorded and quite essentiall even if The Penguin Guide has never strangely warm for it. WARNE MARSH (originally from Atlantic, 1958, but available in CD from Collectables Jazz Classics - check their Website: www.oldies.com. It's pairing with CHARLES LlOYD QUARTET THE FLOWERING) A very good but too short session with Ronnie Ball, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones fort a part and with Chambers and Paul Motian for the rest. Good sound and recorded in stereo. WARNE MARSH QUINTET (FEATURING LEE KONITZ & NHOP) JAZZ EXCHANGE VOL.1 (Storyville, 1975) Alex Riel and Svend Erik Norregard on drums. The two tristanite back again together. I like the three volumes but the first is indeed the best. Recorded live at Café Monmartre in Copenhagen in a quite OK sound quality. WARNE MARSH TRIO THE UNISSUED COPENHAGEN STUDIO RECORDING (Storyville, 1975) with NHOP again and Alan Levitt. Levitt, who has been a pupil of tristano is not the best drummer that you can dream of but this the best of the three storyville who have been released in 1997. Good studio sound. WARNE OUT (Flyright, 1977 on the vinyl I have but quite sure it has been also reedited in Collectables Jazz Classics. It's with Jim Hughart (bass) and Nick Ceroli (drums). Good Sound, beautifull playing. PETE CHRISTLIEB/ WARNE MARSH QUINTET APOGEE (Warner/ Rhino, 1978) with Lou Levy, Jim Hughart, Nick Ceroli) better than the two Criss Cross (even if I like them) with the same musicians, less Lou Levy. The sound quality is first rate with lots of dynamic who served well the music who is much more agressive than usual. STARS HIGH (Criss Cross, 1982), with Hank Jones, George Mraz, Mel Lewis. Maybe the best of the Criss Cross batch with a beautiful version of MOOSE THE MOOCH. BACK HOME (Criss Cross, 1986) in Quintet with Jimy Halperin, Barry Harris, David Williams, Albert "Tootie" Heath. Marsh pairing with another tenor who is became one of his most interesting follower (cf. PSALM on Zinnia and CYCLE LOGICAL on Cadence) WARNE MARSH - RED MITCHELL DUO (Fresh Sound, 1980), recorded live at Sweet Basil. Both men are in great shape, the sound is OK. Alas, there's lot of Warne LP who didn't make it on CD. If you can play vinyl look for this one (I've seen it in second hand shop sometimes, at least here in Europe) : LEW TABACKIN & WARNE MARSH TENOR GLADNESS (Inner City, 1976), with Larry Bunker (bass), John Heard (Drums). A royal tenor sax battle between this two very different players (Tabackin sounds like Rollins most of the time here.) It's produced by Toshiko Akiyoshi and all of the pieces are "improvised", meaning build on the change of the usual standards. The two saxes comme very clear on each chanel but behind, the uncredited piano of Akiyoshi jump from one channel to the other. Better to listen to it in mono if possible. But if you are interesting in Marsh, it's really one to have.

Hi, I just join the board to participate as much as I can to this thread. I will start by agreeing with KING UBU: "Smoke" is a great album. Sunny Murray is certainly the most underrate of the great musicians (not drummer: musician) from the generation from the free jazz era. His praise has never been sing as much as he merits (after all, he was the major innovator in drums history since Kenny Clarke & Max Roach.) This album is a rare one to do justice to his talent as a composer to. And Alex Von Schlippenbach is such a tremendous pianist!!