Date: 30-Dec-1998 06:38:39
From: estefania ( estefania_100@yahoo.com )
Hey thanks to all of you. I have read all the comments and i found out a lot of interesting things about jazz and its so great to find all of you who have a pasion for jazz. I will go out and look for lee morgan's "cornbread" and "candY." I will also search for cannonball adderley's "country preacher" which sounds like something i'd like, chick corea's "now he sings, now he sobs" and lucky thompson's "lucky strikes." I appreciate all of the knowledge that I found here. I'll be back thanks to all

Date: 03-Jan-1999 08:49:33
From: Israel Waldrop ( esroh@juno.com )
There are several great LP's that Dizzy Gillespie recorded for Verve and Philips in the early 60's which are very underated due to the fact that they have'nt been reissued on CD. These include: An Electifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (which I miraculously found at a used record shop for $3!!), Dizzy on the French Riviera, and New Wave.

Here's what Scott Yanow of the *All Music Guide to Jazz* has to say about New Wave: "it is such a pity that Dizzy Gillespie Philip's LPs have yet to be reissued on CD, for the trumpeter (45 at the time of this recording)was at the peak of his powers in the early 60's."

As we all know, Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most beloved jazz musicians/personalities and one of America's most renowned artists. If only those big record labels would take a hint and take on the project of reissuing these LP's they would not only realize how satisfied jazz enthusiasts would be but also make huge profits.

(If you are a true jazz enthusiast and a serious LP and CD collector and do not own a copy of the *All Music Guide to Jazz*, I strongly suggest that you go out and buy this book—look for the 3rd edition. Also, do any of you subscribe to Cadance magazine? If so, please let me know how you like it!

Date: 03-Jan-1999 08:56:53
From: Israel Waldrop ( esroh@juno.com )
There are several great LP's that Dizzy Gillespie recorded for Verve and Philips in the early 60's which are very underated due to the fact that they have'nt been reissued on CD. These include: An Electifying Evening with the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet (which I miraculously found at a used record shop for $3!!), Dizzy on the French Riviera, and New Wave.

Here's what Scott Yanow of the *All Music Guide to Jazz* has to say about New Wave: "it is such a pity that Dizzy Gillespie Philip's LPs have yet to be reissued on CD, for the trumpeter (45 at the time of this recording)was at the peak of his powers in the early 60's."

As we all know, Dizzy Gillespie was one of the most beloved jazz musicians/personalities and one of America's most renowned artists. If only those big record labels would take a hint and take on the project of reissuing these LP's they would not only realize how satisfied jazz enthusiasts would be but also make huge profits.

(If you are a true jazz enthusiast and a serious LP and CD collector and do not own a copy of the *All Music Guide to Jazz*, I strongly suggest that you go out and buy this book—look for the 3rd edition. Also, do any of you subscribe to Cadance magazine? If so, please let me know how you like it!

Date: 06-Jan-1999 04:09:50
From: Gnecco
Thanks to Larkin for including Tom Waits.
The Ellington/Armstrong sessions is magic, top to bottom.
(anyone know how to get it on vinyl?)

Check out Scofield's "Grace Under Pressure" with Bill frisell, charlie haden, and joey baron. It's some straight ahead bop and some pretty stuff on two guitars. Frisell's playing is tasteful and sensitive-a nice change from his out there solo stuff.

Joey Baron's band Baron Down, the album "Tongue in Groove"
This is the coolest drummer playing, with a trombone and a sax. It's playful and exhuberant.

Anything from John Zorn's Masada. The albums are numbered 1 -13, I think. Its Zorn, Baron, Greg Cohen on Bass, and Dave Douglass on Trumpet. It mixes frenetic bop playing from contemporary masters, in the context of traditional Klezmer.

Zorn's Spy vs. Spy album is an intense rendition of Ornette's stuff played on two alto saxophones, two drum kits and a bass. It's like being in traffic on speed.

Something about Mike Stern's rendition of "Like Someone in Love" on his "Standards" album has stuck with me every day, even though I lost the cd years ago. It has become definitive of the tune for me.

Indeed, the early Benson is marvelous.

Date: 09-Jan-1999 11:31:54
From: Peter Schellenberg ( pschellenberg@access.ch )
WHITE JAZZ Casa Loma Band
JUMPIN'PUNKINS Ellington (Webster/Blanton)
JOHN KIRBY SEXTET 1940
JAZZ OF TWO CITIES Warne Marsh/Ted Brown
AMBASSADOR SATCH /WESTEND BLUES Louis Armstrong
THE WORLD OF CECIL TAYLOR
STUDY IN BROWN Clifford Brown
OUT TO LUNCH Eric Dolphy
KIND OF BLUE Miles Davis
LES JAZZ MODES Julius Watkins / Charlie Rouse

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