Just so we know

"Consumers have musical choice? What musical choice? In or society we choose only from what we are given to choose from, and that choice is determined by 5 major media corporations who control the exposure outlets that consumers depend on for their entertainment." -Christopher Knab

 "Record companies like to make money, and that is their only goal. They do not care about the content that they sell - they care about maximizing their profits. It is because of this that I hate record companies with the same passion that I hate venture capitalists. The record companies do not try to foster a creative environment which rewards musicians who serve their respective niche, but create an environment which attempts to market a small amount of music to the largest audience possible. It is more profitable for the record company to sell a few decent records in bulk than to have a vast array of cult hits that sell decently." -Numair Faraz

"This is all about greed, something the record/entertainment industry has honed to a science. Dusty LPs, the artists, they don't care! But if there's a nickel on the floor, look out; they'll cut your throat for it because they 'need' that nickel. Artists get paid a small sum, then the capital boys live off them like kings until the next big thing, then it's over. So it's not about the music you see it's about their nickel. That's why you can't have any sharing of long gone music, because there might be a nickel there and they want it. They wouldn't give to a charity if it wasn't showing them handing over a cheque or had a building named after them so why would they be charitable on long lost material. Strangely they even tried to stop resale of used CDs because there was that darned nickel they wouldn't get. May all the 'industry suits' have children who hate them." -Jannx




Tuesday, July 29, 2008

JACK VAN POLL TREE-OH - SWEET MISSUS (1972)


And with this new post I'd like to tell everybody that I'm back. Finally all family business is behind me and it's time to get back to business again. The whole thing took a lot of precious time and energy and I've neglected a lot of friendships because of it. Hope things will be back to normal again soon.

Well then. Over with. Today's post features straight up Jazz. The Jack van Poll Tree-Oh of course is run by leader Jack van Poll himself. He was born in 1934 in The Netherlands and currently lives in Belgium. Van Poll plays piano and tenor sax, but I've never heard him play sax, so I can't say anything about that. He became famous in the fifties since he backed up a lot of artists from The States when they came over to The Netherlands and Belgium to perform. During those sessions he worked with big names like Johnny Griffin, Ted Curson, Ben Webster, Buddy DeFranco, Don Byas, Tony Scott and Clark Terry to name but a few. Jack is the founder of September Jazz Records and the September Jazz Club and did a summer tour with Lionel Hampton. For the last couple of years, Jack van Poll's most sought after album has been "Hi-Jackin", but in 2007 that one was re-released on CD at a very friendly price in Japan. Now, I have done my utmost to see if "Sweet Missus" is available in any format, but I couldn't find anything. Of course it's a shame and therefore I decided to post it here. Especially the lovers of trios that feature piano, bass and drums will love this record. The one thing I like best about the whole disc, is the way the bass playing by Mary Hehuat was recorded. It's fat and crisp and together with the fabulous drumming of John Engels, it gives the album an incredible swing that will make your feet tap to the beat. Of course Jack van Poll's own piano playing is outstanding and in fact it's so good that Dizzy Gillespie once said: "I had to look twice before I believed this Dutch cat was white". Let's just leave it at that, folks. I'm not going to tell anything about the track listing. You just have to find out for yourself. So get ready for some nice, straight up Jazz, of course nicely ripped at 320Kbps. Again I put the cover photo at podsize in every single track as well. Let's see those replies, people!

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Saturday, July 05, 2008

TWO GEMS - A SCROLL DOWN DOUBLE FEATURE (2008)

Hello everybody, it's been a while since I've posted new material and it'll be a while before I'll post something nice again. I currently have to focus all my attention and time on family business, so combined with work I'm basically trapped. By the end of July it'll all be behind me, but so far I have no time whatsoever to spend on more interesting things.

Thanks to my buddy Smooth I can hook you up with the fabulous album from Marlon McClain, the well known guitarist from Pleasure. And, since I had it shelved for quite some time already, I can also present a rip of my own from Ronnie Foster. I'm glad I was able to squeeze in 15 minutes to write this post for you guys, so please enjoy these two gems in this double feature!

MARLON McCLAIN - CHANGES (1981)


Marlon McClains album turns out to be pretty elusive and good information is hard to get by. There's an impressive list of session musicians like Jeff Lorber, but knowing that McClain already did work for Lorber in the past, that's no surprise. I won't write a large article this time due to time limitations, so just allow the album to grow on you, 'cause it's a brilliant and soulful record that is still not available on CD or otherwise. Smooth ripped it at 320Kbps as usual!


RONNIE FOSTER - THE TWO HEADED FREAP (1972)


This 1972 debut album by Ronnie Foster had been on my post list for quite some time, but as said before, I didn't have the time to put it on my blog. As with the previous post, no time either to write an extensive article. I'm just going to say that it's a fabulous, fabulous album. I love it. A bit soundtrack-ish, funky, jazzy, smooth, you name it, it's got it. The beat diggers will love the cut "Mystic Brew", of course from A Tribe Called Quest's "Electric Relaxation" and for the rest it's just 37 minutes of top notch, early seventies Blue Note music. The album and CD have both gone out of print. This post and the previous one now contain the album cover in each track by the way and since this post is my own rip, y'all know that it also means the usual 320Kbps bitrate niceness! And let's see those replies people, 'cause even though I've other sh*t to deal with, I'll drop by every now and then. Enjoy.

Note: the Ronnie Foster was taken offline, so I re-upped it again!

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