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Son-of-a-Weizen, David Hazeltine's Alice in Wonderland is TKJV-19130. If you want it on LP (this is the Vinyl Forum) - it is available at Music Direct. My favorites from the 2004 series are the Hazeltine, the McPherson and the Chano Dominguez. As an timely update to this thread, Hiroshi Tanno @ Early Records has announced that Venus will be issuing 9 new LPs on April 19, 2006: Eddie Higgins - Amor - TKJV-19159 David Hazeltine - Cleopatra's Dream - TKJV-19160 (Bud Powell compositions) New York Trio (Bill Charlap) - Begin the Beguine - TKJV-19161 Steve Kuhn - Pavane for a Dead Princess - TKJV-19162 Barbara Carroll - In a Sentimental Mood - TKJV-19163 Dan Nimmer - Tea for Two - TKJV-19164 Joe Beck - Brazilian Dreamin' - TKJV-19165 Francesco Cafiso - New York Lullaby - TKJV-19166 Eddie Higgins - When Your Lover Has Gone - TKJV-19167 Mr Sangry, you may want to hide the covers of the new David Hazeltine and Steve Kuhn LPs. charles

Many of these have already been listed, so these favorites reinforce previous recommendations: Black Saint Muhal Richard Abrams - Sightsong - 0003 - Hearinga Suite - 0103 Air - Air Mail - 0049 Antony Braxton - Six Compositions 4tet (1984) - 0086 - Six Monk's Compositions (1987) - 0116 John Carter - Dauwhe - 0057 Andrew Cyrille - Metamusician's Stomp - 0025 Julius Hemphill - Raw Materials and Risiduals - 0015 Joseph Jarman/Don Moye - Black Paladins - 0042 David Murray 8tet - Ming - 0045 or Home - 0055 trio - The Hill - 0110 Old & New Dreams - A Tribute to Blackwell - 0113 Don Pullen - Evidence of Things Unseen - 0080 - The Sixth Sense - 0088 Dewey Redman - Living on the Edge - 0123 Max Roach/Anthony Braxton - Birth and Rebirth - 0024 World Sax 4tet - WSQ - 0046 or Revue - 0056 Soul Note Ran Blake - Short Life of Barbara Monk - 1127 Art Farmer - You Make Me Smile - 1076 Haden/Motian/Allen - Etudes - 1162 Andrew Hill - Shades - 1113 Lee Konitz - New York Album - 1169 Steve Lacy solo - Only Monk - 1160 trio - The Window - 1185 8tet - Vespers - 1260 Frank Lowe - Exotic Heartbreak - 1032 - Decision in Paradise - 1082 Mengelberg/Lacy/Lewis/Gorter/Bennink - Change of Season - 1104 Mal Waldron/Steve Lacy - Sempre Amore - 1170 solo - Update - 1130 charles

Very thoughtful review that explains my conflicting reactions to WM's recordings (and my habit of listening once or twice - never to pull out again). Digression: I could modify a couple words and plagiarize the gist of Mr. Sangrey's articulate description to describe my reaction to Oscar Peterson. Thanks charles

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Monday, August 8, 2005 - KRTU - San Antonio is honoring Lucky Thompson from 5:00 am to 10:00 pm

Up to celebrate a wonderful piano trio cd that I have been enjoying and learning from: Frank Kimbrough/Ben Allison/Matt Wilson - Lullabluebye charles

Oops - yes, RCA/Novus.

You Know the Number Easily Slip Into Another World Rag, Bush and All

Yes, Wolff - Pop Start the Tape, StoP is has good sonics, thick vinyl, and labels look like they came off a memeograph machine - my LP is autographed by Mr. Threadgill and is #39. Of course, several of the Air LPs (although on 70's/80's thin vinyl) are very well engineered . Air Time sounds great on vinyl, as do Open Air Suit on Arista/Novus, which was engineered by David Baker, and both Japanese Why Nots - Air Raid and Air Song . The only Sextett LPs that sound great on vinyl are When Was That? and Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket on About Time - the Sextett's Arista/Novus LPs have good music, but not great sound. charles edited to reflect the correct spelling of the 7-member "sextett"

I have listened to Pop Start the Tape, StoP four times now and a look forward to many, many more. As I said, please do not expect an objective review - there are some artists (different for each of us) who compel us to examine all of their recordings. For me, those artists include, but are not limited to, Ornette Coleman, John Coltrane, Art Farmer, Tommy Flanagan, Jimmy Giuffre, Julius Hemphill, Andrew Hill, Steve Lacy (an impossible quest), Thelonious Monk, Sonny Rollins before 1970, Woody Shaw, Wayne Shorter, Sphere, ... and Henry Threadgill. Obliously, there are more "important" innovators in the jazz tradition, but I can listen to these artists frequently and for long stretches and continue to hear new things. The only reasonable approach for a fan like me with limited skills to discuss Henry Threadgill's new Zooid release - Pop Start the Tape, StoP is to reference other Threadgill records - Zooid is - Henry Threadgill on hubkaphone, flute and bass flute Liberty Ellman on acoustic guitar Tarik Benbrahim on oud Dana Leong on cello Jose Davila on tuba Elliot Humberto Kavee on drums Despite the similar personnel, Pop Start the Tape, StoP is very different in feel than Up Popped the Two Lips - initially, there is no barreling alto like "Do the Needful" or "Dark Black" and Elliot Humberto Kavee is a very different drummer than Dafnis Prieto, but I also hear a more confident collective dynamic. It's as if Up Popped Two Lips is from early courtship where the lovers feel that they must display their "best stuff" at every solo and by Pop Start the Tape, StoP , the lovers have found their groove and have forgotten where one instument ends and another begins - its not about the soloist, Zooid is. As a result, I prefer the two more integrated performances on Pop Start the Tape, StoP to two of Mr. Threadgill's three flute pieces on Up Popped the Two Lips - "Look" and "Did You See That". How does Pop Start the Tape, StoP compare with other Threadgill recordings? Of course, There are no rollicking rags like "The Ragtime Dance" or "Weeping Willow Rag" from Air Lore, no tangos ("Untitled Tango" from Air Song ) and no urban stomps like "I'll Be Right Here Waiting" from Air Lore or "Keep Right On Playing Thru the Mirror Over the Water" on Air Lore and Live Air . The immediate comparisons that come to mind are those in which Mr. Threadgill combines hubkaphone and flue - "Subtraction" and "G.v.E." from Chuck Nessa's Air Time and "Release" from Air Raid on Why Not and India Navigation. Air is one on the premier groups to have come out of the AACM and if you don't have Air Time on nessa and Air Lore on Arista/Novus, stop reading this post and go get them. If you already have those you can keep reading. Zooid has a more countrified - dirt road vibe than Air and none of the 19th century brass band feel of the Sextett, and although "chamber" in instumentation, in its collective focus and in volume, Zooid, like Air and the Sextett, swings like a motherf***er on Pop Start the Tape, StoP - think "Tickled Pink" from Up Popped the Two Lips. Another very special pleasure (and there are many) is the "tuned" hubkaphone at the beginning of Side 2, like church bells calling worshippers to prayer and similar to the Art Ensemble of Chicago's use of little instruments at the beginning of their performances as an admonition to suspend disbelief and enter into a different place. I would not be without Pop Start the Tape, StoP, but then, I am not objective. charles

I will participate if you change "best" to "favorite" and I can add a de jour caveat. charles

Strong second for L'Affrontemont des Pretendants on ECM. charles

Johnny Doods - Giants of Jazz - Time Life 3-LP set

Sunday morning - Wadada Leo Smith New Delta Ahkri - Song of Humanity (Kanto Pri Homaro) - Kabell Wadada Leo Smith with Oliver Lake, Anthony Davis, Wes Brown and Paul Maddox Bobby Naughton - The Haunt - Otic Wadada Leo Smith, Bobby Naughton and Perry Robinson - if you are a fan of the Jimmy Giuffre trio with Peacock and Bley, this LP should be of interest Leo Smith - Spirit Catcher - nessa Leo Smith with Dwight Andrews, Bobby Naughton, Wes Brown and Pheeroan Ak Laff on two cuts and Leo Smith with 3 harpists on "The Spirit of Stones", a dedication to Anthony Braxton charles

Adrian, But what wonderful music! - "The Devil Is on the Loose and Dancin' witha Monkey" and "Sweet Holy Rag" jump, swing, surprise, rock, slide and sing...Is the cd dramatically better? If so, I might begin searching, because I love this music. charles

LPs by the 7-member Henry Threadgill Sextet - Henry Threadgill - Just The Facts and Pass the Bucket - About time Henry Threadgill - Rag, Bush And All - RCA/Novus Henry Threadgill - You Know the Number - RCA/Novus charles

This morning, some gorgeous Walt Dickerson - Walt Dickerson - To My Queen - New Jazz (Japanese Victor reissue) Walt Dickerson - Peace - Inner City (US issue of Steeplechase LP) charles

For the past two weeks, I have been expoloring Air's music (Henry Threadgill, Fred Hopkins & Steve McCall). Air - Air Song - India Navigation (reissue of Japanese Why Not issue) Air - Live Air - Black Saint Air - Air Raid - Why Not Air - Air Time - nessa (Thank you Chuck) Air - Open Air Suit - Arista/Novus Air - Montreux Suisse Air - Arista/Novus Air - Air Lore - Arista/Novus Air - 80 deg Below '82 - Antilles An ebay LP win, Air Mail on Black Saint is on its way from the UK! charles

Thanks Adrian! - I just ordered Henry's new Zooid LP - I will report after I receive and listen, but caveat emptor - do not expect objectivity - I am a Henry Threadgill fan and prone to enthusiasm. charles

apropos of Soul Stream's comments on Dallas/Fort Worth - What do Ornette Coleman, John Carter, Bobby Bradford, Dewey Reman and Charles Moffett have in common? all from Fort Worth (Bradford from Dallas, but close enough) What else do Ornette, John, Bobby, Dewey and Charles have in common? They all left DFW.

....so our British friends might expect this thread to be Mr Sangrey's heartfelt tribute to Nick and Nora Charles, and Asta too?

Anyone heard the Roscoe Mitchell 5tet Turn on Rogue Art 3?

Ghost - My show is called The Jazz Lab and is on Tuesdays from 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Central. charles

KNTU's program director's position on Ornette, an international treasure who happens to hail from Denton's georaphic neighbor - Ft. Worth, indicates that KNTU has forfeit any claim that it is a jazz radio station. KRTU link in San Antonio plays Ornette's music frequently. This week, KRTU is featuring Andrew Hill as the 2-hour lunch feature. Last week, the lunch feature was Eric Dolphy. On my show tonight, I will be featuring Air (including a cut from Mr. Nessa's Air Time). For every person frightened away by these choices, another will be exposed to something new, beautiful and different. After all, what is the point of having a jazz radio station if not to appreciate the whole jazz tradition. Ornette and Paul Desmond, Monk and Duke, Lee Morgan and Don Cherry, Pee Wee Russell and Jimmy Giuffre, Stan Getz and Lucky Thompson!!!

Marcus, Here are some additions to the Vinyl list: TKJV-19001-Barney Wilen-New York Romance TKJV-19002-Archie Shepp-Blue Ballads TKJV-19005-Albert Ayler-Spiritual Unity (ESP) TKJV-19007-Duke Jordan-Les Liasons Dangereuses (Charlie Parker) TKJV-19011-Barney Wilen-Passione TKJV-19012-Richie Cole-West Side Story TKJV-19015-Al Haig-Will-o-the-Wisp (Esoteric) TKJV-19018-Gisele MacKenzie-In Person TKJV-19020-Steve Lacy-The Forest And The Zoo (ESP) TKJV-19021-Lee Konitz-Brazilian Serenade TKJV-19022-Bill Crow-Jazz Anecdotes TKJV-19023-Jacky Terrasson-Lover Man TKJV-19025-Pharoah Sanders-Ballads With Love TKJV-19027-Enrico Rava-Itallian Ballads TKJV-19030-Kenny Dorham-The Arrival of (Jaro) TKJV-19031-Archie Shepp-True Ballads Venus-1051-Archie Shepp-True Ballads II - special vinyl release including extra tracks not on Blue Ballads and True Ballads LPs TKJV-19033-Walter Bishop,Jr.-Speak Low, Again TKJV-19035-Claude Williamson-Song For My Father TKJV-19036-Lee Konitz-Jazz Nocturne TKJV-19041-Eddie Higgins-Haunted Heart TKJV-19044-Marion Brown-Offering TKJV-19049-Barney Wilen-Besame Mucho - takes from each of New York Romance, Inside Nitty Gritty and Passione not on vinyl issues TKJV-19053-Bill Crow-From Birdland to Broadway TKJV-19056-Grant Green,Jr.-Jungle Strut TKJV-19057-Bill Crow-From Birdland To Broadway II - extra cuts from 19053 and from Jazz Anecdotes TKJV-19058-Pharoah Sanders-Crescent With Love TKJV-19059-Russell Malone-Wholly Cats TKJV-19063-Claude Williamson-New Depature (Interplay) TKJV-19064-Claude Williamson-La Fiesta (Interplay) TKJV-19065-Eddie Higgins-Portrait of Black & White TKJV-19067-Denny Zeitlin-As Long As There Is Music TKJV-19068-Phil Woods-Chasin' The Bird TKJV-19069-Paul Bley-Modern Chant TKJV-19070-Eddie Allen-Rememberance TKJV-19074-Zoot Sims-Flower Waltz (Interplay) TKJV-19077-Steve Kuhn-Love Walked In TKJV-19078-Archie Shepp-True Blue TKJV-19079-Eddie Higgins-Again TKJV-19081-Bill Charlap-'S Wonderful TKJV-19082-Joe Beck-Strangers in the Night TKJV-19084-Eddie Higgins-Speaking of Love TKJV-19086-Richie Beirach-What Is This Thing Called Love? TKJV-19087-Eddie Higgins-Don't Smoke In Bed TKJV-19088-Steve Kuhn-Quiereme Mucho TKJV-19089-Stanley Cowell-Dancers In Love TKJV-19111-New York Trio-The Things We Did Last Summer TKJV-19113-Roland Hanna-Milano,Paris,New York TKJV-19114-Roland Hanna-Apres Un Reve TKJV-19115-Steve Kuhn-Waltz-Blue Side TKJV-19122-Rachel Z-First Time Ever I Saw Your Face TKJV-19126-One For All-No Problem Chuck Edited to add 9 more LPs Edited a second time to add 7 more LPs