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I'm thinking about selling off my entire collection of jazz & blues CDs. I haven't made the decision yet but I'm seriously thinking about it. What I'm looking for are any suggestions as to who might be interested in buying the entire collection. I have about 7,600 CD titles (80% jazz, 15% blues, 5% early country/cajun/gospel/folk). Lots of Mosaic, Bear Family, OOP box sets, imports, rarities etc. Some of the items are still sealed. I also have a few hundred LPs and hundreds of books. I'm located in the midwest so I contacted Dusty Groove in Chicago and they seemed interested. I also contacted the Jazz Record Mart (also in Chicago) and they seemed to be less interested because they'd have to travel to get the collection (Dusty Groove didn't seem to mind that). I know that The Jazz Record Center in NY buys collections but only jazz. Might anyone have any other suggestions as to where to look for a company to buy this collection? Thanks!

Not sure if this is "new release" material or a re-issue with some bonus tracks maybe, but it looks like Elemental Music is putting out this CD along with a 40 page booklet in a digipack in September. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Live-Fat-Tuesdays-Digipack-booklet/dp/B0125PLWOA/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1438783371&sr=1-1&keywords=art+pepper+fat No listing yet at Amazon U.S. or on the Elemental website but I'm sure it will appear soon.

Info for the Beehive set is up at Mosaic!!! End of August is the date!!!

Thanks for the update Aaron!

So in the near future Mosaic will be giving us an 8 disc Lester Young set, a 12 disc Beehive set, and a James P. Johnson set? Why doesn't Mosaic just break into my house and beat me to death with my own wallet.

Wow! This is really incredible. This could easily be the release of the year!!

I ordered this nearly two weeks ago from Fresh Sound and it has yet to arrive.

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I'm pretty sure Rockbeat Records is a legit label. They've put out some interesting things.

Release date just changed from Late April to May 5th. Hopefully the boxes will start shipping out very soon!!

Nice post! If anyone is interested I would heartily recommend William's Carter excellent book Preservation Hall: Music From The Heart. http://www.amazon.com/PRESERVATION-HALL-MUSIC-HEART-BAYOU/dp/1871478014/ref=sr_1_10?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1430236516&sr=1-10&keywords=preservation+hall

Even though I believe I have all (or nearly all) of this material, there's no way I can resist this set!

I'm sure I read recently that Jazzology is going to be putting out a Ma Rainey set (although I don't know why they didn't do this years ago). I totally agree that Jazzology has dropped the ball on the Paramount stuff. I personally can't blame outfits like Document and JSP for putting out stuff when the proper owners refuse to.

Does anybody have any info on this book which is due out very shortly? http://www.amazon.com/dp/1843822237/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I3BSVO8CDADQH0 I'm not sure what to make of it since the description misses Hackett's date of death by 15 years. Not an encouraging sign. I had head that Jazzology Press was putting out a Hackett book at some point but it doesn't look like this is it. Any info would be appreciated.

Jeff Crom you have a much bigger brain than I do. I've ordered a lot from LMF over the years but somehow never thought to give them a call. I even know they don't have their entire stock online but still it didn't occur to me. Anyway, I gave them a call and they did have one used copy of the Kid Thomas In Japan 1976 CD!! Thanks so much for the helpful hint. They didn't have the Live in Dongen set but achieving 50% of my short-term goal makes me quite happy for today. Thanks again!

I just stumbled upon two Kid Thomas CDs I don't own and am hoping someone might be able to help. One is from the Delta label (which I have several of) and the other I haven't seen before. Kid Thomas Valentine Algiers Stompers 
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 26/06/1983 Holland KID THOMAS in JAPAN in 1976 DELTA DLCD-1007 JAPAN If anyone out there has a copy to sell or can point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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Does anybody have any news as to whether the Condon/Freeman set will be next up after Dial?

Wow! Although I have the great majority of these Condon tracks I am absolutely thrilled about this set! Eddie Condon's Commodore tracks were some of the very first jazz I ever heard and it set me on the classic/trad jazz track for life. Having all of Eddie's Commodore and Decca tracks in one awesome Mosaic package is a dream come true! Thanks for the news Peter!

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Delmark is releasing a Buddy Tate session from Sackville in September that hasn't been on CD before. The great Texas tenor delivers the goods on this 1978 quartet session featuring the rhythm section of Wray Downes (piano), Dave Young (bass) and Pete Magadini (drums). Tate's first big break came in 1939 when at the age of 26 he joined the Count Basie band and took a killer solo on Rock A Bye Basie. After ten years with Basie, Tate led his own band for a twenty-year stint at Harlem's Celebrity Club, toured Europe, made club appearances and numerous recordings. Remixed from the original analog tapes this is the first issue on CD of this album. 1. June Night 2. If You Could See Me Now 3. Someday Sweetheart 4. Bye Bye Blackbird 5. Georgia On My mind 6. Alone Together 7. I'll Remember April http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LP82UQS/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2GW3WTOB57QL6&coliid=I1HYT6YFFVPAUM Looks good to me! P.S. - This CD is not to be confused with the recent Storyville Records 2CD packaging of two Tate sessions which also carries the same Texas Tenor title.

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Thanks so much and I hope you enjoy the discs and book!

Here's a big list of CDs, DVDs and a few other odds and ends. All prices are lower than comparable at Amazon. All CDs are in excellent shape and range from Very Good to Like New for the Used CDs. All prices include shipping to the United States (either First Class or Media Mail). Just PM me your wants and I'll send you a PayPal invoice. I prefer to only ship to the U.S. Payments via PayPal. If you have any questions about the condition of items or other details please PM me and I will get back to you right away. Thanks for looking! $65 Bunny Berigan - The Key Sessions 1931-1937 (JSP, 5CD, cardboard case has some shelf wear, discs are mint) $9 Duke Ellington - Festival Session (Columbia, bonus tracks) Louis Armstrong - The Complete Decca Studio Master Takes 1935-1939 (4CD, Definitive Records) Mary Stafford & Edith Wilson - Ain't Gonna Settle Down (2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED, Archeophone) Jimmy Rodgers - Classic Sides (JSP, 5CD) Louis Armstrong - C'est Ci Bon: Satchmo in the Forties (Proper, 4CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Milt Jackson & J.J. Johnson - A Date in New York (Inner City, BRAND NEW SEALED) Jonah Jones - Jumpin' With Jonah (Capitol Records 7243 5 24554 2 3, MINT) Jonah Jones - Swingin' On Broadway (EMI/Capitol Records TOCJ-50105, Japan, OBI Strip, MINT) $7 Louis Armstrong - The Complete Town Hall Concert 1947 (Fresh Sound) Louis Armstrong - The Great Chicago Concert 1956 (2CD, Columbia) Chico Hamilton - Complete Studio Recordings featuring Buddy Collette & Jim Hall (Lonehill Jazz, bonus tracks) Sonny Red - Red, Blue & Green (Milestone) Django Reinhardt - The Electric Years (Avid, 2CD) Booker T & The M.G.s - Green Onions (Soul Jam, BRAND NEW SEALED, bonus tracks, 2013) Jimmy Cleveland - Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and his All Stars (Emarcy, digipak) Earl Hines - Once Upon A TIme (Impulse, digipak) Bunny Berigan - I Can't Get Started (Definitive Records, BRAND NEW SEALED, rec 1937-1939) Harry Edison - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - The Complete Studio Recorded Duets (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Woody Herman - Four Brothers - The Thundering Herds 1945-1947 (Definitive Records, BRAND NEW SEALED) Kid Thomas Valentine at The Tip Top (American Music 97, BRAND NEW SEALED) $6 Art Farmer & Fritz Pauer - Azure (Soul Note) Edmond Hall - Four Classic Albums (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) John Coltrane and Associates - Four Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Zoot Sims - Four Classic Albums (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED, case is cracked) Lionel Hampton All-Star Groups & Orchestra - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Dave Brubeck - Third Set - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Johnny Hodges - Second Set - Three Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Sonny Stitt - Four Classic Albums (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Ella Fitzgerald - At The Opera House (Poll Winners Jazz, BRAND NEW SEALED, bonus track) Tal Farlow - The Heart & Soul of Tal Farlow (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) Jimmy Giuffre - Four Classic Albums Plus (Avid, 2CD, BRAND NEW SEALED) South Frisco Jazz Band - Big Bear Stomp (Stomp Off 1307) Louis Armstrong & The All Stars - 1954-56 - Classic Studio & Live Performances (Avid, 2CD) Charlie Parker Live Performances Vol. 2 (ESP CD 3001) Charlie Barnet - Lonely Street (Lonehill Jazz, BRAND NEW SEALED, rec 1950s) Don Redman Orchestra - 1946 Geneva (TCB, BRAND NEW SEALED, small saw cut in spine) Count Basie - Swinging The Blues 1930-1939 (Jazz Legends) Thelonious Monk - Monk's Music (Poll Winners Jazz, bonus tracks) Miles Davis - Sketches of Spain ((Poll Winners Jazz, BRAND NEW SEALED, bonus tracks) Thelonious Monk - Live at the 1964 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF Records, BRAND NEW SEALED, small drill hole in back corner) Miles Davis - The Musings of Miles (Prestige) Dizzy Gillespie - Live at the 1965 Monterey Jazz Festival (MJF Records, BRAND NEW SEALED, small drill hole in back corner) Dexter Gordon - Come Rain Or Come Shine (Jazz Hour, BRAND NEW SEALED, rec 1967) Bob Havens In New Orleans (GHB 126) Swiss Dixie Stompers - Petite Fleur (Jazzology 184) $5 At The Jazz Band Ball - Various Artists (Chicago/New York Dixieland) (BMG/RCA, Eddie Condon, Muggsy Spanier Great 16, Bud Freeman) Sarah Vaughan - After Hours (Jazz Heritage Society) Bud Powell - Genius of the Be Bop Piano 1944-1951 (Jazz Legends) Woody Herman 1963 (Jazz Heritage Society) Count Basie - Swingsation (Jazz Heritage) Count Basie & Sarah Vaughan (Roulette) Duke Ellington - The Bubber Miley Era: 1924-1929 (Jazz Legends) Sidney Bechet - Dear Old Southland: 1923-1949 (Jazz Legends) Don Neely's Royal Society Jazz Orchestra - Roll Up The Carpet (Circle CCD-147) Igor's Jazz Cowboys - Adios Arizona (IJC CD-1) Blue Street Jazz Band - Goin' To That Mountaintop Chris Barber's Jazzband (Laserlight 15 123) Claudette - Chasin' Rainbows John Petters' Bechet Centenary Band - Blame It On The Blues (Rose Records RRCD1009) Chuck Reiley's Alamo City Jazz Band - A Tribute To Richard D. Remington (Alamo City 82191D) Devil Mountain Jazz Band with Jimmy Mazzy (Yerba Buena Jazz YBJ 502) Big Tiny Little Meets Lee Floyd III (Burning Banjo Records 052) The Hotter Than Six Jazz Band - Cooking Up A Storm (New Market Music 1074.2) Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band - Alive! (Silver Cornet Productions SCP1) CanUs Jazz Band - That's My Home (CDCU 05) The Sorta Dixie Jazz Band - Live at the Gold Coast Las Vegas (SCJ 42) The High Sierra Jazz Band - Choice Cuts (HSJB 921) Laurie Lang - Crossing Over (Mantle Music/Dolphin Dance Records) Devil Mountain Jazz Band - Zonky (KDJ-CD2) Midnight Rose Jazz Band - It's About Time (Midnight Rose Music) Kaye Wade's Riverfront Ramblers - Ramblin' at Hemsley House (KW-94-1) Clint Baker's New Orleans Jazz Band - Going Huge Black Swan Classic Jazz Band - Spreadin' Rhythm Around Dixieland Party With The Bourbon Street Paraders (Essential Music BB39872) $5 DVDs Tenor Titans: Dexter Gordon Copenhagen 1969 / Ben Webster London 1965 (Impro-Jazz, Region 0 plays on all DVD players, BRAND NEW SEALED) Duke Jordan Trio with Clark Terry at Montmartre Jazzhus - A Tribute To Ben Webster (Idem, Region 0 plays on all DVD players, BRAND NEW SEALED) Eddie "Lockjaw" Davis Quartet In Europe 1965 (Idem, Region 0 plays on all DVD players, BRAND NEW SEALED) Lennie Tristano: The Copenhagen Concert (Idem, Region 0 plays on all DVD players, BRAND NEW SEALED) $7 book Recording The Blues by Robert Dixon & John Godrich (Stein and Day Publishers, paperback 1970, very good)

His '700 Sundays' show which was recently broadcast on HBO had a wonderful 15 minutes or so chunk about growing up in the jazz world. Billy's uncle was, of course, Milt Gabler and his dad ran the Commodore music shop and put on jazz concerts. He had a nice story about Billie Holiday taking him to see 'Shane' and a little joke about Zutty Singleton too. I guess I'm just happy any time jazz gets some attention.