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This is a case of my discovering someone due to the news of their passing. I ended up listening to a duo album he did with Paulo Moura that is really nice; his comping sounds so hip to me. I'll be checking out more of his music. RIP.
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Happy Birthday, Mr. Johnson!
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I saw Tony Bennett maybe 10 years ago on a lark and really enjoyed it. If I remember correctly, he performed 'Fly Me to the Moon' without a microphone and I could hear him clear as a bell from the cheap seats. Thank you for the music, Mr. Bennett, and rest in peace.
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I have a bunch of booklet-less sets. To be honest, I don't often read the booklets I have more than once and haven't cracked open the booklets on my two most recent purchases yet despite being on my third listen of one and second of the other.
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The early review from my five-year-old daughter while listening for the first time: 'I don't want you to listen to this music without me.'
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Disc 2. The set arrived yesterday, so I dove right in.
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Although I, like many Duke fans, own much of this and am eagerly awaiting what I don't have, I am glad that it'll all be out there for everyone. Duke's music is far too important to not be as widely available as possible.
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Sessions A-C. The Freeman trio sides swing hard.
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46 minutes ago, miles65 said:
The Mosaic boxes ‘1932-1940 Brunswick/Columbia/Master Duke Ellington’ and ‘Duke Ellington 1936-1940: small group sessions’ are not part of the RCA Victor box.
Correct. The question is if it'll be part of the new In Order series
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I picked up the Centennial box at the end of last year. I don't think I would have stumped for 20 CDs' worth of downloads at about $8.55 per CD and only paid $200 for the set in shrink, so I'm still happy I have the physical box.
Will the eleven-disc Mosaic be part of this series? I have the three-disc tasting platter of that in The Real Duke Ellington, so I'd have to put some real thought into hoping for Mosaic to pop up for a price I could handle vs. just settling for the new download.
I hope the 1947-1952 Columbia material gets reissued in this series, as it has not been reissued legitimately in complete form, as far as I know. I only have one tantalizing volume as part of the five-disc CD that came out in Europe and would love to have it all.
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I was disappointed to learn that the cheap Commodore CD lot I found had 3 CDs I'd to replace with more complete reissues. However, this Ammons disc saves the day. It wasn't on my radar and was worth the $14 by itself. Putting Ammons with Don Byas, Hot Lips Page, Vic Dickenson, Israel Crosby and Big Sid Catlett was a stroke of genius.
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It's hard to find words. I'm thankful that I was able to see him a handful of times and experience his cavernous sound and highly melodic playing in person. His playing told stories that were starkly beautiful and even devastating in their range. For all of the power he projected, his personal demeanor seemed quiet and gentle. Thank you for the music, Mr. Brotzmann, and rest in peace.
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I'm filling in Commodore gaps (or at least what is possible to fill in on CD) and grabbed the three Giants of the Tenor Sax volumes, one with Chu Berry and Lucky Thompson, one with Coleman Hawkins and Frank Wess and one with Ben Webster and Don Byas, along with Boogie Woogie and the Blues - Piano Solos by Albert Ammons.
I had wanted the newer Hawkins/Berry compilation with alternates but knew I'd miss the orphaned Thompson and Wess sides. I then won a four-disc lot with these four albums on eBay for less than $14 after shipping. The Ammons disc was a happy bonus. From the name, I expected all solo piano, so the fantastic session with Page, Byas, Dickenson, Crosby and Catlett was a welcome surprise.
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Holy moly.
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This arrived yesterday. I had three discs of this and hadn't listened to them in years, despite liking them (probably because they hadn't been ripped and uploaded to my YouTube Music library). I'm glad that finding a set listed for cheap prompted me to grab it. It's making think about grabbing the JATP Mosaic at some point.
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10 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:
Is any of this festival webcast live?
In years past, they've had a streaming pass for a nominal fee ($10?).
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4 hours ago, T.D. said:
The only Ike Quebec Mosaic released was the 45 sessions. They could do the LP albums. Not completely absurd in light of the Henderson and Clark precedents.
But I don't know if it'd sell. I already own all the individual CDs, as probably do many IQ fans.
He also makes up 2/3 of the fantastic set with John Hardee.
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Hearing Edmond's brother was the main draw, but Claude Hopkins is in good form here , too.
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On a tangentially related note, Shipp played in Cleveland to promote his solo (alas, not on RogueArt) release, Codebreaker. The performance was later broadcast via the club's podcast and can be downloaded or streamed here from the podcast's site.
I was there and found myself thinking that Shipp is one of the great living pianists. Unfortunately, the podcast didn't include the Q&A he did afterward. He's funny.
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2 hours ago, jazztrain said:
The information posted earlier in the thread (appended below) is correct.
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Stuff Smith And His Orchestra : Jonah Jones (tp,vcl) George Clarke (ts,vcl) Stuff Smith (vln,vcl) Sam Allen (p,celesta-1) Bernard Addison (g) John Brown (b) Herbert Cowans (d). New York, September 1939
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Some of the names on the label appear to be either made up (contractual reasons?) or just wrong.
Thanks. That Stuff session is the stuff, so I'm glad to have the right info. It's nuts that the booklet doesn't have complete personnel for every session in standard format and that one has to hunt around in the text or online to figure things out. IIRC, the Eddie Heywood reissue also has the personnel buried in the text, although the Hackett/Mole/Spanier reissue has the personnel listed properly.
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