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Jimmy Giuffre is dead, your dad thankfully alive. There is a difference there. Of course it is great if an artist receives the royalties he is entitled to, especially because too many do not. I am bit partial about "estates" receiving royalties. I could not care less if children of an artist receive royalities. Spouses are a different story. It is nice, if you are able to contact people and find out, if someone is receiving royalities. However this is not practical for most releases. I bought an Laura Nyro live recording and of course I have no idea if anyone is receiving royalties. To base your purchasing decision on something you cannot influence is a bit strange. Who knows what deals artist may have signed in their lifetime.

Jimmy Giuffre's widow managed to buy a can of ravioli and two spoons due to the immense royalties that this set created. Really: what world do you live in? Or was this just an abysmal attempt at a joke?

How are people supposed to pay you? Western Union?

Well, I don't like WCSB very much and I am not the only one. (scroll down) The material is just not up to the standards of the better EH-studio releases. The purple box is superior by miles and even some Dagger releases offer better quality material. As the guy says in his review, EH are scrapping the bottom of the barrel - and they continued to do that with PH&A.

Thanks!

Thanks for the review. I am pretty sure, I don't need this new edition, although you made a good case for it.

What a dumb thread.

Is this still available?

I am still grinning from ear to fucking ear when I think that I was at that show. Me and a friend sat next to an middle-aged couple who had no idea who Ornette Coleman was. They probably heard that he was a legendary musician, but not more. They mostly went to see musicals and stuff. I thought: "Uh, oh, you are in for a surprise." They stayed pretty long but not until the end. I am not sure, but several years later, Ornette was here again with a band that was much closer to "fusion" than to the music on Sound Grammar. I do not remember three basses, but I remember thinking that this apparently was Coleman in jazz-rock mode.

Yeah, we know that you have all albums by Cassandra Reeves and Dianne Wilson and still you keep coming back for more.

The Andrew Hill Mosaic booklet is nice, because it contains a complete list of all of Andrew's Blue Note sessions including personell.

What is the total for these discs including shipping to Germany?

I think so too, though sometimes master tapes re-appear. The pressing is really excellent too. And the essay serves as an interesting introduction. I would also like to add that Oliver Lake provided the record that was used for mastering this reissue.

Quite good, actually. I have nothing to compare it to though. Interesting record, I played it three times so far, and I find it intriguing.

Unfortunately, Yarde and Siegel do not play in Mannheim, but if anyone went to any of the other concerts, please let me know, what it was like.