HutchFan Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 This again: On 3/18/2021 at 3:09 AM, Gheorghe said: James Williams was so great, and he died too early. I´ll never forget how impressed I was by his playing on the first Blakey LP I had "In This Korner". And then seeing him perform with Blakey with that band with Bobby Watson and Valery Ponomarev... Williams' music always has a soulfulness and warmth, doesn't it? Even when he's playing uptempo. I think that's one of the reasons he worked so well with Blakey. TOTALLY agree with you re: In This Korner. Straight Ahead, Blakey's 2nd live record from the Keystone -- again with James Williams -- is excellent too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 I love it. That rubato on the beginning of "Thespian" is wonderful. Such a great album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Charlie Barnett (Capitol) Bobby Timmons, Chicken and Dumplin's (Prestige) Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Pony Poindexter, Leo Wright, The Alto Summit (Prestige/MPS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 hour ago, kh1958 said: Lee Konitz, Phil Woods, Pony Poindexter, Leo Wright, The Alto Summit (Prestige/MPS) WHOA! Never seen that, just the BASF/MPS version...who wrote the liner notes for this Prestige version? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 16 minutes ago, JSngry said: WHOA! Never seen that, just the BASF/MPS version...who wrote the liner notes for this Prestige version? Mark Gardner wrote the notes, dated August of 1969. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Wow, that would have been a totally different take on the music than the MPS/JEB notes, no doubt... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kh1958 Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 3 minutes ago, JSngry said: Wow, that would have been a totally different take on the music than the MPS/JEB notes, no doubt... In a quick look at the Prestige Discography, I counted 16 Prestige issues of MPS material. How else would Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald end up on Prestige? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JSngry Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, kh1958 said: In a quick look at the Prestige Discography, I counted 16 Prestige issues of MPS material. How else would Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald end up on Prestige? There was a Clarke-Boland as well, correct? Who else? Wondering how well that series got distributed nationwide. We had pretty goo rack-job service for Prestige when I started buying in 1970-71, but I never saw any of those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Nessa Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 I have that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Brilliant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 2 hours ago, HutchFan said: You know, I used to have to defend Wearther Report/Zawinual against the stickuptheirassjazzpurists about the synths, and my first - and still primary - line is that hey, colors, textures unique to electronics, not imitating "real" instruments but being real instruments. So it was in the liner notes to either Quasar or Dragonfly, or maybe some interview, i forget, where they say something about "sounds like you've been listening to Weather Report, whaddup with that, Mr. Silence humming trioman?" And his response was - textures, I love the textures. Well, yeah. DUH! If Joe Biden was a jazz fan, I bet he'd say, "NEVER bet against the Jimmy Giuffre people!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 1 minute ago, JSngry said: You know, I used to have to defend Wearther Report/Zawinual against the stickuptheirassjazzpurists about the synths, and my first - and still primary - line is that hey, colors, textures unique to electronics, not imitating "real" instruments but being real instruments. So it was in the liner notes to either Quasar or Dragonfly, or maybe some interview, i forget, where they say something about "sounds like you've been listening to Weather Report, whaddup with that, Mr. Silence humming trioman?" And his response was - textures, I love the textures. Well, yeah. DUH! If Joe Biden was a jazz fan, I bet he'd say, "NEVER bet against the Jimmy Giuffre people!" Yep. Good memory. What you're talkin' about is in the liner notes to Quasar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSngry Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 Love it when the memory actually works...the impressions are still always good, but the details....some days are better than others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 20, 2021 Report Share Posted March 20, 2021 17 minutes ago, Chuck Nessa said: I have that one. I reviewed it enthusiastically for Down Beat back in the day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzcorner Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 10 hours ago, Larry Kart said: I reviewed it enthusiastically for Down Beat back in the day. RE: Kenny Clarke-Francy Boland Prestige/ MPS Edited March 21, 2021 by jazzcorner more text Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said: I have that one. Funnily enough I saw a blue label copy of that pressing in the racks here for not much £ and passed. Real curio. The MPS releases are quite common over here, either German, UK or French pressed. Edited March 21, 2021 by sidewinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 That is the Sax/Sex No End record, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 17 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said: That is the Sax/Sex No End record, right? Yes, I think so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Kart Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 Indeed it is. That track transfixed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 yeah, I have the German MPS pressing, wonderful album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 1 hour ago, clifford_thornton said: yeah, I have the German MPS pressing, wonderful album. I have a Japanese CD reissue - says Saba on the side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted March 21, 2021 Report Share Posted March 21, 2021 It was first released on SABA, which changed its name to MPS in 1968. I just checked and my copy is in fact the SABA issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 David Friedman - Of the Wind's Eye (Enja, 1981) with Jane Ira Bloom (ss), Harvie Swartz (b), and Daniel Humair (d) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HutchFan Posted March 23, 2021 Report Share Posted March 23, 2021 More David Friedman: Shades of Change (Enja, 1986) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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