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Tom,

How did the Fiocione turn out on vinyl? I recently purchased None But The Lonely Heart by Charlie Haden and Chris Anderson on vinyl and it was plagued by static. Could'nt even get through half a side before a ball of fluff had gathered on the stylus leading to terrible distortion.

Dave

Cecil Taylor.. Nefertiti the Beautiful one has come (FMP) cant get this off turntable

Coleman Hawkins.. Wrapped Tight (Impulse)

Jazz Crusaders.. Young rabbits (Pacific Jazz)

Billy Bang .. Rainbow Gladiator (Soul Note)

Joe Henderson Quintet... If you're not part of the solution you're part of the problem (Milestone)

John

I'm a big Iain Bellamy fan his Norwegian band Food are excellent.

My jazz tastes are right up in the soul-jazz -> funk end of things, but I'm eager to hear a wider range of stuff. I've had a look at various Jazz 101 lists, and my wish list is now bulging. Anyway, the last 5 were:

1. Reuben Wilson: Blue Mode
2. Ronny Jordan & DJ Krush: Bad Brothers
3. Lou Donaldson: Righteous Reed
4. Grant Green: Talkin About
5. Idris Muhammad: Power of Soul

All vinyl and mainly guitar themed, largely insprired by Nick Lees inclusion of Romantic Warrior at last week's Riders visit:

Birelli Lagrene "Inferno". His Blue Note releases get a bit of a slagging on AMG because they're very definitely fusion rather than swing but this is full of passion if you like the genre.

Birelli Lagrene "Acoustic Moments".

Bill Connors "Step It". Dated 80's fusion but an exceptional guitar talent nevertheless.

Chick Corea Electrik Band "Light Years". Great compositions, great performances. I was going to say one of his best recent works but it dates back to 1987!

John Patitucci "On the Corner".


Dave

Not sure if this has been mentioned recently - if it has, please accept my apologies!

In Virgin's sale are 20-bit and 24-bit remasters of some really classic albums. I've heard some of these remasters and they are very very good. They also come with extra tracks over the original albums, some of which work and some of which don't. The ones I'm talking about are mainly off the Verve label so we're talking Oscar Peterson, Billie Holiday, Bill Evans. They're all presented in a nice gatefold sleeve and are reduced to £6.99 from £13.99!

Through having bought and listened I can highly recommend Oscar Peterson's "Night Train" and "We Get Requests" (so much better than the original CD). I wasn't so taken with Bill Evans' Live at Montreux set - too free jazz for me (excellent sound quality however, so if you like it...).

FYI, I saw they had Billie Holiday's Songs For Distingue Lovers, Oscar Peterson's Ben Webster Meets Oscar Peterson, some Jimmy Smith including Organ Grinder Swing(the Renault ad in case you're wondering - and no extras on this CD so it's only 35 minutes long), Bill Evans' solo overdubbed album Conversations With Myself (groundbreaking in 1963).

Remember these are all with the gatefold sleeve, so they're fairly easy to spot in the racks.

Regards,
Frank.
All opinions are my own and do not reflect the opinion of any organisations I work for, except where this is stated explicitly.

My last 5

1. Duke Ellington + John Coltrane - same (Impulse vinyl)

2. Shelley Manne - Daktari (Warners vinyl)

3. Miles Davis/Gil Evans - Complete Columbia Recordings (Mosaic box set vinyl)

4. Miles Davis - Live/Evil (Columbia vinyl)

5. Humphrey Littleton, George Melly, Don Lusher et al - British azz Legends Together (Decca CD)

McCoy Tyner - Fly with the wind

Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain

Don Sebesky - Giant box

Stanley Turrentine - Sugar

Freddie Hubbard - Polar A C

1)Kenny Burrell - Midnight Blue
2)The Oscar Peterson Trio - Night Train (my favorite disc, for now)
3)Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane - same
4)Dave Brubeck - Jazz at Oberlin
5)Thelonious Monk - Criss Cross

John Litwin

Pretty boring I know, but I like it

Clifford Brown The Quintet Vol 2
Roland Kirk Volunteered Slavery
Roland Kirk The Inflated Tear
Miles Davis Sketches of Spain
Art Blakey & JM Roots and Herbs

Simon

Art Pepper meets the rhythm section

Kind of Blue

Coltrane Ballads

Getz Gilberto

Stan Getz & the Oscar Peterson Trio

Simon

Dave J - Have you ever heard the first (I believe) Birelli Lagrene release, recorded live in a German club when he was only 13(!)? It's called "13"; I have it on vinyl. It's phenomenal (wish I could find it on cd, as digital is my only source these days).

My last 5:

Cyrus Chestnut - The Dark Before The Dawn
Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette - The Cure
Keith Jarrett - The Melody At Night, With You
California Guitar Trio - CG3+2
Charlie Haden/Pat Metheny - Beyond the Missouri Sky

Charles Mingus: The Black Saint and The Sinner Lady
Duke Ellington: Money Jungle
Cannonball Adderley: Something Else
Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers: Moanin'
Eric Dolphy: Out To Lunch

All on cd, and all five quid (except Mingus, which was 7)

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Dave J - Have you ever heard the first (I believe) Birelli Lagrene release, recorded live in a German club when he was only 13(!)? It's called "13"; I have it on vinyl. It's phenomenal (wish I could find it on cd, as digital is my only source these days).

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No I haven't, jayd. And on vinyl, too! If you need to "get rid of it", please let me know, I'm a big fan.

Dave

Various - Verve Remixed
Miles Davis - Cookin'
Count Basie - Farmers Market Barbecue
Eric Dolphy - Out to Lunch
Dave Holland - What Goes Around

David

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Originally posted by lilolee:
Fred Simon - Dreamhouse
DeJohnette, Methany, Holland & Hancock - Parallel Realities
Eberhard Weber - Endless Days
Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Plainfield & Goines - Night and Day

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Wow, I'm in some heavy company! I hope my album holds up well. Thanks for giving it a try.

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Originally posted by Nick Lees:
Though I don't know the Eberhard Weber, I love "Chorus" - how do they compare?

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Nick, I can't recall Chorus right now (though I know I dig it), but I can give Endless Days my highest recommendation, for whatever that's worth.

A lot of great classic jazz albums listed here.

My last five spun on the CD5:

Cannonball Adderly: Something Else

Art Blakey & the J.M.s: A Night In Tunishia

Peter Erskine: Live At Rocco

Bill Friesell: Good Dog Happy Man

Andy Summers: Green Chimneys (in constant rotation)


Max

[QUOTE]Originally posted by jayd:



Jarrett/Peacock/DeJohnette - The Cure


"Blame It On My Youth" on that disc is absolutely sublime !

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"Blame It On My Youth" on that disc is absolutely sublime !

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I agree Jeff. That's by far the high point of the disc, for me. Most excellent.

HMV Birmingham are selling a lot of the Verve Master Edition CDs at 3 for £20 - the nicely packaged (gate fold with original covers etc) and 20 bit remastered. I went in to buy 1 and came away with 9 - told the wife that she could give me some of them for birthday/Christmas presents since she doesn't understand the joy of re-discovering old classics

5 of the best are:

Count Basie Orchestra - April in Paris
Oscar Peterson - We get Requests
Stan Getz - West Coast Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald - Ella and Basie
Charlie Parker - Charle Parker
Bill Evans - At the Montreux Jazz Festival

Others include Wes Montgomery, Kenny Burrell, Getz/Giberto and more Bill Evans, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker and Billie Holiday

Jim Hall and Red Mitchell ~ "Jim Hall and Red Mitchell" Artists House

David Murray ~ Live Volume 2 India Navigation

Jackie McLean ~ Bluesnik Blue Note

Anthony Braxton ~ Composition 113 Sound Aspects

Dave Holland ~ Emerald Tears ECM

Live duets, early Murray, classic Blue Note, sopranino variations and solo bass playing. Just some of the stuff that does it for me.

Dave

Charles Mingus - "Pithecanthropus Erectus" (can only listen to it when no one else is home)

Herbie Nichols Trio - "Love, Gloom, Cash, Love" (absolutely brilliant, esp. "S'Crazy Pad")

Bud Powell - "The Amazing Bud Powell, Vol. One" (just can't seem to get "Dance of the Infidels" out of my head)

Andrew Hill - "Dusk"

Freddie Hubbard - "Open Sesame" (featuring the great Tina Brooks on tenor)

Chico Hamilton 4tet "Man from Two Worlds" (HMV vinyl)

John Tchicai/Archie Shepp/JC Moses/Don Moore "Rufus" (Fontana.. original Dutch vinyl !! find of the year)

Harold Land "Harold in the land of Jazz" (Contemporary, Vogue UK vinyl)

Lol Coxhill "Diverse" (Ogun)

And my Please buy this and be astounded its wonderful recommendation of the month
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Impressed with Gilles Peterson.(Universal Jazz)

Well I am as this is a wonderful issue of hard to find British jazz from the 60s. All I can say is the Don Rendell/Ian Carr quintet are smokinG witha capital G. Available on Vinyl (with bonus track) or CD.It would have been a perfect release but for the slight warp on the vinyl.

John

Peter Litwack, I love that Herbie Nicholls record.

Hock, Peterson is a well known British DJ(though not to me before this!) with a taste in expensive 60s British jazz LPs (check out some of the ebay prices on these. This is a compilation of rare material (impossibly difficult to find)from his record collection. I guarantee you would like it, the Rendell Carr is from 1964 and is in the same vein as Miles 2 quartet or some of Wayne Shorters Bluenotes (Nightdreamer comes to mind). There is also great track from Graham Collier with a sort of Pete LaRoca Basra feel to it. Ill try and find a link or track listing when I get home tonight.

John

Ian Carr ofcourse wrote the best biography and the recent excellent BBC program on
Miles.

Hampton Hawes.. Four! (Contemporary)How can you not love golf albums?



Hampton Hawes 4tet... All Night Session Vol1 (Contemporary)
Hampton Hawes ..Vol1 the Trio (Contemporary)

What a fantastic label Contemporary was!!


Cecil Taylor/Max Roach.. Historic Concerts (Black Saint)

William Parker.. Painters Spring (Thirsty Ear) Still my favourite jazz record in the last 5 years!!

JOhn