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I stroke lucky with the Basie Roulette Studio, but it cost a bit ... One I'd love to get is the Quebec/Hardee, CD Version (LP version would be easier to find)

There's a bar on the left side (as when you browse artist/label/etc. listings) that can be used to narrow down what's displayed -- but you have to rely on data being good there (I guess "Genres" is of rather little use for instance, and obviously, as it's all release-centred, the "Decades" - as well as the "Year" in the header of the main part of the list) apply to release years.

Here's the beginning of my current list, sorted by artist - no clue why "Bennet*" is before Agusti, so yeah, sorting options are definitely not ideal. You can sort (in both directions) by all the blue keywords in the title area -- a/z on first click, z/a on second ... but empty values (i.e. items never sold or without year) will be on top if you have the bottom/up sorting in place. There is an option to add custom fields, but I just tried adding a "sorting name" field -- you cannot use that for filtering (it's displayed in black type). You can use it, I guess, when you request an export (comeas a csv, so that's alright) ... but I'm not trying that, and of course you'd have to edit that field manually and type in names ... EDIT: Just triggered an export ... the csv is okay, but it's not Volapük compatible (i.e. Frédéric, as in Chopin, reads Frédéric). Can ben handled, but that's all part of the drag.

I think I only learnt that beastly word I because of said shit happening ...

Datteln (Date) is a town in the district of Recklinghausen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany -- I guess they made the rekkid there. And since that area is so non-photogenic, that's why they retouched the background on the cover photo. Must be. Seriously: the cover design only pretends to have become better

Coincidentally, I had a discussion with a musician selling his CDs after a gig -- "hm, do I have this already?" ... he mentioned he's been starting to manage his collection via discogs, so over the weekend I started checking it out ... I find it somewhat annoying, with many superfluous (sometimes duplicate) entries and stuff - not that it really matter to myself if I have the version or without barcode (I will not go and check, my CDs are in no easily accessible order, so if I go through a label or musician entry and mark the ones I own, I will not have them at hand). Oftentimes, promo copies are listed separately, which I find silly -- but I guess for all those that are receiving them and then illegally selling them on, those entries do make sense (and as a customer I'd not want a simple cardboard case promo copy if the regular edition has a proper booklet). With vinyl, I'm often at a loss to even determine which edition I have, with labels such as Prestige or Verve that kept repressing their albums. I have my excel list and copy it onto my smartphone every now and then, but accessing and reading a mutli-tab excel list on a smartphone isn't exactly handy.

Thanks - ordered two (one for a friend who I hope will not catch this himself)

Just in case: Irv Rochlin was from Chicago. https://www.ebay.com/itm/1952-Press-Photo-Entertainers-Lila-Leeds-Irv-Rochlin-in-Chicago-Nightclub-/401679473088?oid=372253205089#vi__app-cvip-panel Lila who? http://donstradley.blogspot.com/2014/08/lila-leeds-how-bad-can-good-girl-get.html?m=1

opinions on the two already out? and:

That is one crazy-ass letter there ... you don't happen to have ghosted it for MLW @JSngry Alas, I didn't see many of the musicians present that day - and each of them just once: - Johnny Griffin (in trio with Martial Solal and NHOP) - Benny Golson (doing his Coltrane tribute programme, with Buster Williams, Al Foster, Randy Brecker a.o.) - Sonny Rollins (in fine shape with his no more than okay band) - Hank Jones (in a pretty weird all-star gig that also included Ray Brown [now where is he on that photo?], Kenny Burrell, Mickey Roker and Bobby Hutcherson (though he seemed as if he preferred not being there and played like that, too, total lack of interest) Caught a few more that didn't make that photo shooting (Max Roach) or were probably not quite prominent enough to have been invited (Sheila Jordan, Curtis Fuller, Benny Bailey, Shirley Horn)

I just ordered the new Wadada from Barcelona ... Was wondering: has anyone started exploring the most recent Barry Guy box of goodies? https://www.nottwo.com/mw980

Hm, I enjoy all of Stitt's Cobblestone and Muse albums ... but the one with Newman has so far never been among the top favourites. I have the edition above ... luvly 32Jazz design There's one with Ricky Ford and one with Jimmy Heath - that later I really like: Got it as part of an ugly Camden 4-on-2-disc set (compiling two in quartet w/Barry Harris, the one with Ford and the one with Heath): https://www.discogs.com/de/Sonny-Stitt-Constellation/release/9871475 I love that double disc set - it was my first encounter with Sonny Stitt, and the first time I heard "Red Top" (included on "My Buddy", his Gene Ammons tribute)

That was my assumption as well, but I guess we'll never really know ... Thanks @EKE BBB for the background info on FSR etc.

Oh, that's too bad then (and typical album fetish silliness) - thanks for the warning!

One of my favourite operas ... too bad the Karajan doesn't work, as that was probably the best Mozart opera ensemble ever (but give me Lisa Della Casa instead of Schwarzkopf please!) ... to me the Karajan sounds rushed, almost as if it were part of a race, a contest. Some I enjoy a lot (Böhm, I know, but ...) - of the first Böhm, there are other editions, it's the 1955 recording, superior to the later one I find ... the 1974 live one is possibly the finest though. My favorite, possibly, is the Gardiner, Roocrof/Mannion are splendid, and somehow I like Gardiner's Mozart better than Jacobs': it also exists as DVD but I've not watched it yet (not sure it's identitacal):

Have had the Wynton Kelly on pre-order for a while ... but I think it's the only one I'll be buying.

I've bought my first Zefiro disc last year and enjoyed it a lot, so I might go for their recording ... Will hear the concertos live on Thursday, with La Scintilla (Zurich opera's HIP ensemble) led by Riccardo Minasi (the first of a series of concerts, I think he'll stick around for a while as a guest conductor/leader, this season four concerts are scheduled and I plan to go to the third and fourth, too, skipping Vivaldi's four seasons).

Got mine (and one more for a friend) today ... going to the opera but will start listening tomorrow!

Finally got a shipping noitice ... looking foward a lot to exploring the set!

Very sorry to hear this. Me too, I learned an awful lot from him ... and both the "Swing to Bop" and this bosk are favourites:

It's outstanding I think! Some really good Charlie Rouse ... one of the finest late Monk (Columbia period) live recordings.

... they succeeded none less than Tal Farlow in his band, I think. I'm not playing Mellé's sides very often, but I enjoy them whenever I do. I know his Blue Note material better than the two Prestige albums (plus CD bonus material with disputed personnel - link to previous discussion below) so far. --

NY Times review of the concert: https://www.nytimes.com/1992/03/30/arts/review-jazz-nonstop-improvisation-with-a-big-band-backup.html

A shock yes, but not sure a good one ... will this sell? Will other such sets (Morgan, McLean) sell? We've entered the world of amafeghbukspotiapplestreaming-cheapsakity, so who is going to shelve out substantial money for this? I actually may, but more to have it all in one place and hopefully have some large photos and a good new text, but the actual value is pretty low (so would I be more sane in my own consumerist behaviour, I'd definitely skip). Also: what about the 1960 sessions, why exclude them? Because they'd push this over the threshold for good (11 CD Hank Mobley set, no one would be buying it?) I bet it would sell as a vinyl set, but then again for that might even be too large as it's planned now ...