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Concert 23. 6. 1958. Baden Baden ( Southwest German Radio Jazz Studio.)

Adi Feuerstein, flute, tenor saxophone ;

Gerd Husmann, flute, tenor saxophone ;

Zoot Sims, Hans Koller, clarinet, alto and tenor saxophones ;

Helmut Brandt, baritone saxophone ;

Stu Hamer, trumpet ;

Willie Dennis, trombone ;

Roland Kovac, Lasse Werner, piano ;

Peter Trunk, bass ;

Kenny Clarke, drums.

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It was Art Pepper that got me interested in jazz. I recall a wonderful performance by Art a year or two before he died that galvanized my interest. So I am always on the lookout for Art albums. Despite that interest, I've never come across the albums that make up the "Hollywood Sessions" box set - until recently. The most recent pair to fall into my hands are:

Bill Watrous Quintet: Watrous, Pepper, Russ Freeman, Bob Magnason, Carl Burnett. FUNK 'N FUN. Yupiteru Jazz Label. My copy even has the big, honkin' gold OBI, "Yupiteru 4 Beat Jazz Best Selection." Great vinyl. The back cover has a priceless picture of the band. Have never seen the Watrous or this label before, which probably doesn't mean much.

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The other album:

"Jack Sheldon & his West Coast Friends." ANGEL WINGS." Sheldon, Pepper, Milcho Leviev, Tony Dumas, Carl Burnette. Atlas LP.

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Dusty Groove has this for a very reasonable price at the moment. A nice piece of vinyl.

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Where's the best place to start with Om, Leeway (or anyone else)? I've often flirted with the idea of buying one of the Japos

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Leimbgruber's doing a show in London soon of duets with Roger Turner and Evan Parker. - I think I'll take the opportunity to make his musical acquaintance

I would start with "Kirikuki" myself..if you like that you can explore further. They are all good though...none are radically different from the other so...

There's a pre-Japo title called "Live at Montreaux" too but either of the Japo titles would do for a start...

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Where's the best place to start with Om, Leeway (or anyone else)? I've often flirted with the idea of buying one of the Japos

.

Leimbgruber's doing a show in London soon of duets with Roger Turner and Evan Parker. - I think I'll take the opportunity to make his musical acquaintance

I would start with "Kirikuki" myself..if you like that you can explore further. They are all good though...none are radically different from the other so...

There's a pre-Japo title called "Live at Montreaux" too but either of the Japo titles would do for a start...

Actually the ECM CD compilation might not be a bad starting point ... love the recent "Willisau" on Intakt (CD only) ... they did a few more reunion concerts (actually two, I think? would need to check my files at home) that were broadcast on Swiss radio (as was Willisau, before it came out officially).

The best I've heard of Leimgruber's was a live set in trio with Christian Weber on bass and Christian Wolfahrt on drums ... gorgeous, very quiet yet intense stuff - but then I only know a small fraction of his large work.

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Where's the best place to start with Om, Leeway (or anyone else)? I've often flirted with the idea of buying one of the Japos

.

Leimbgruber's doing a show in London soon of duets with Roger Turner and Evan Parker. - I think I'll take the opportunity to make his musical acquaintance

I would start with "Kirikuki" myself..if you like that you can explore further. They are all good though...none are radically different from the other so...

There's a pre-Japo title called "Live at Montreaux" too but either of the Japo titles would do for a start...

Actually the ECM CD compilation might not be a bad starting point ... love the recent "Willisau" on Intakt (CD only) ... they did a few more reunion concerts (actually two, I think? would need to check my files at home) that were broadcast on Swiss radio (as was Willisau, before it came out officially).

The best I've heard of Leimgruber's was a live set in trio with Christian Weber on bass and Christian Wolfahrt on drums ... gorgeous, very quiet yet intense stuff - but then I only know a small fraction of his large work.

I find foreshadowings of Leimgruber's later avant (to use a term) and free work in the work of OM. But I think Leimgruber's post-OM work goes considerably further outside. I really like his hatArt titles: UNGLEICH, L'ENIGMATIQUE, STATEMENT OF AN ANTIRIDER, and LINES. Another more easily available essential Leimgruber is on Jazzwerkstatt with Demierre and Phillips, ALBEIT. Leimgruber has said somewhere or other that he likes his playing to make a physical sensation on the listener, with high pitches, and you can hear that on the solo albums GOLETTER and CHICAGO SOLOS. Leimgruber also has done a lot of lower case stuff, and Ubu has pointed that out. For my money he is one of the most creative sax players today.

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I have been spinning a lot of vinyl but not actually listening to it. I'm in the process of converting over a bunch of LPs that I've picked up over the last year. Some of it is great stuff, but then there is a whole stack of Bud Shank doing pop tunes that I imagine I'll listen to once and that's it. (I got these as part of a lot sale.) Just looking at the titles gives me the heebie-jeebies. I can see maybe doing one or two LPs of this stuff, but he's got at least 5: California Dreamin', Let It Be, Magical Mystery, Michelle, A Spoonful of Jazz...

The last deserves special mention. From the back cover:

First off, be assured, the 'spoonful' of the album title in no way signifies scant measure of jazz herein. ... [but] a most generous serving of contemporary sounds -- of jazz improvisations on and interpretations of the music of The Lovin' Spoonful.
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Honestly, my opinion of Shank has dropped based on these records (and I have no respect for the writer of these notes (Patricia Willard) who even mixes up personal and personnel). Three of these tracks are Bud with strings (oh joy). Actually it is quite frustrating as he has some amazing personnel on some of the tracks (Frank Rosolino and Conte Candoli -- with Shorty Rogers arranging the whole album) but the starting material is just so weak.

Anyway, I can't wait for the record store owner to laugh in my face when I try to pass these on to him. :unsure:

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