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Even though I own 35-40 Coltrane albums (counting albums in Fearless Leader, Interplay, Side Steps, HW Champ, and the Complete Quartet Impulse Studio box), this actually filled a huge gap for me. I did not buy Both Directions when it came out, I have never owned the Hartman album in any form or any of the Newport '63 material. Had a digital download of Birdland. This was a no brainer, and I am really enjoying it.

Threadgill. The Columbia material is growing on me.

It has been a while since I saw him live, but Willie Nelson goes to "Whiskey River" several times in a show, usually marking transitions.

I have no Hank Mobley on BN. And the last time Mosaic released a set of all available material -- the MJQ Atlantic Studio box -- I bought it and love it. If I have the $, I will get this.

I want to create an 80-minute (1 CD) intro to Threadgill for a friend. This is what I have so far. Any suggestions for best songs for introducing people to Theadgill? Other thoughts? Card Two: The Jick or Mandrill’s Cosmic Ass, Air, Open Air Suite Sir Simpleton, Henry Threadgill, X-75 Vol. 1 Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket, Henry Threadgill Sextet, Just the Facts and Pass the Bucket Little Pocket Size Demons, Henry Threadgill, Too Much Sugar For a Dime Tomorrow Sunny, Henry Threadgill Zooid, Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp Unopeic (for guitar), Henry Threadgill Zooid, In For a Penny, In For a Pound Part One, Henry Threadgill Ensemble Double Up, Old Locks and Irregular Verbs And More Dirt Part IV, Henry Threadgill 14 or 15 Kestra: Agg,, Dirt… And More Dirt

My father's copy of European Concert on LP was one of the jazz recordings that formed my appreciation of the genre when I first started exploring it over 30 years ago. And while I have listened to the MJQ ever since (Prestige albums, Dedicated to Connie) as well as Milt Jackson (solo, w/ Monk, w/ Coltrane), I had no MJQ Atlantic studio material until I bought this set. Mosaic did a great job with the sound. And I am enjoying all of the CDs. Been parcelling it out about 2-3 CDs at a time in the disc changer. It is all great, and I am totally happy the set.

$39 for three discs seems steep, but as a 2nd GQ completist, I will eventually get it. I keep in mind how much I enjoy the rehearsal take of "Speak Like a Child" on the studio box. If the material here is as much fun, it could get repeat listens for a long, long time!

I got Oh! when it came out, and I never felt that it equaled the sum of its parts. Maybe one or two tracks stood out, but on the whole it disappointed me. This thread has put Time on My Hands as something to check out.

Disc 2 of Beauty is a Rare Thing. Love "I Heard It Over the Radio," the last track on the disc.

Joe Henderson, The Milestone Years. After I got it, only recently, and started listening to it, I was reminded of how much I like Freddie Hubbard's Straight Life and Henderson's playing on that. A really nice set.

I love everything that I have by Joe Henderson, which is pretty much limited to 60s Blue Note albums and the 90s Verve ones. So Near, So Far is a personal favorite. I also have a Chick Corea album from the 70s, Live at Montreux, with Henderson, Roy Haynes, and Gary Peacock that I play often. The other day I heard a Charlie Haden track on Pandora that had Henderson and Al Foster. The track, "In the Moment," was from the Montreal Tapes, and I really liked it. For the person wanting to explore more Joe Henderson, what do people recommend for the "middle years" (if that term is appropriate)? Is the whole set with Haden something that is widely recommended? Any recommendations, whether Henderson is the leader on the date or not, are appreciated!

I finally got around to purchasing this, which was inevitable, and I have spent most of my time listening to disc 2, the Second Great Quintet material. I really do enjoy it, and as I have been thinking where I would rank this relative to Miles in Berlin, Complete Plugged Nickel, and Bootleg Series, Vol. 1, I wonder if others have thoughts on how this ranks. Plugged Nickel is still the champ for me. The number 2 spot, however, is open, with Berlin being #4.

Using the dates on this thread, it seems that this recording was released, officially, in late-ish December 2014. Maybe this disqualifies it from year-end/"best of" lists for 2015, but I wonder if New Vocabulary has appeared on anyone's recent "best of" lists? The album is highly enjoyable, and Ornette is in the smallest group of jazz's greatest artists. What impact does the legal wrangling have on this CD's recognition as an album of "2015"? What impact do the legal issues have on its place in the career of Ornette Coleman and the history of jazz?

Just remembered one more -- the acquisition about which I feel the most conflicted: New Vocabulary by Ornette Coleman, et al. After I got it on CD, I enjoyed it immensely. Then came the legal stuff.... It will have a special place in my collection for as long as I own it. And, I realized that I misidentified one of my "contenders" for 2015. I should have said, Yesterday I Had the Blues (brain was not working fully earlier, I guess).

My contenders for "best jazz acquisition of 2015" for are: Alexander Hawkins Trio, The Giant is Awakened, The Thompson Fields, Every Day I Have the Blues. and In For a Penny, In For a Pound. I have been playing all of these a bunch, and I can see myself playing them all for a long, long time. And the Winner, a long overdue purchase, is The Heavyweight Champion.

I recently came across a used copy of the 4 CD In Person Friday and Saturday Nights at the Blackhawk, Complete for a reasonable-to-me $27, and I have been listening to it a lot over the past week. When I went to this site today to see what people have said about it, I noticed that it has not received much comment. I am curious if people have any thoughts on the set they want to share. For the past five or so years, thanks to Popmarket, I have been spending most of my live Miles time with the Plugged Nickel and Cellar Door sets. And, in general, everything by the 2nd GQ is in heavy rotation. So when I first put on the Blackhawk CDs (home stereo, iPod dock, iPod earbuds), I was struck by just how much I enjoy it. I feel like I am getting to learn more about some great musicians I have neglected in my jazz listening over the years -- especially Wynton Kelly but also Hank Mobley and Jimmy Cobb, Any strong or tepid opinions of the set? .

Finally got around to getting the new Zooid CD. I really liked Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, Spp, and, for better or worse, I went into the new one wondering how I would like it relative to the earlier one. About Tomorrow Sunny..., I really liked the overall compactness of the CD, So many CDs these days want to give you more, more, more, and then some, but this one seems content with its almost LP-length format (two nice sides). And, I appreciated the sequencing of the tracks -- with "So Pleased, No Clue" being a gem of a track/Threadgill alto piece sandwiched between songs that by virtue of title or length signaled themselves to be more "important" to the whole project. Flawlessly conceived, beautifully executed, and content with itself, Tomorrow Sunny might be a perfect CD in a "more is more" world. Enter, the self-aware double CD In for a Penny, In for a Pound. After one listen, I have to say, it, too, is a beautiful record. It is not going to have the "punch" for me that Tomorrow Sunny did, In some ways it reminds with of earlier Zooid -- just with longer pieces. Although In for a Penny does not exploit its 2 CDs for maximum length or price (no clue why the MP3 is more, myself),, maybe more is more. I will have to give it some time to see if it becomes more cherished than Tomorrow Sunny, but after one listen, I can see myself playing this a ton in the weeks, months, etc. ahead, once I turn off Tomorrow Sunny to which I am listening while I write this.

I used a $1 Amazon credit to get He Loved Him Madly. Waiting for a rerelease of the On the Corner Box.

Back on the subject of the Tapscott, does anyone know if the Flying Dutchman News was ever actually printed? Anyone ever seen one? I found the ad for it included with the liner notes to be intriguing.

Yes: Do not buy a single other record until you buy all of the following: Don Pullen Mosaic Select Don Pullen Black Saint/Soul Note Box Set Carter-Bradford - Flight For Four Carter-Bradford - Self-Determination Music Carter-Bradford Mosaic Select Carter-Bradford - No U Turn Horace Tapscott - The Dark Tree If you think I'm kidding you're mistaken! I went ahead and ordered Flight by Four. On the subject of Pullen, is the Capital Vaults Jazz series entry for Pullen the same as the Mosaic Select, which is basically the Blue Notes? Or is my thinking about the lineage wrong? http://www.amazon.com/Capitol-Vaults-Jazz-Don-Pullen/dp/B005DJIG7C/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1438206932&sr=8-4&keywords=don+pullen I don't generally buy downloads, but the price on this set is very nice.

I ordered the Tapscott after reading that it was down to a few copies at Dusty Groove. I had bought the Hemphill and the Dixon earlier, and, while that the Tapscott was about to go out of print motivated me to buy, I am certainly as happy to have this one as I am the other two. Listening to the Tapscott over the past week or so, I have reflected on how much I appreciate this reissue series as it has introduced me to artists I had never explored before. I am now wondering if I should get the Carter/Bradford before it goes, too. About the Tapscott, when I have listened to it, it has reminded me at times of Don Pullen. I only have one Pullen cd (Sixth Sense), and Giant is my only Tapscott, Any thoughts?

I usually reconfigure box sets into original albums in my iTunes, often creating a separate, "new" album of alternate/previously unreleased material. Sometimes, the record companies already have "alternate track/outtake" albums that can also be reconfigured. For example, the Coltrane Atlantic box includes material originally released on two separate albums of Coltrane outtakes/alternates. Sometimes I find myself playing my newly created, stand-alone "albums" as much as the original ones -- like the collection of previously unreleased material on the 65-68 Miles Quintet box. At the end of the day, I still play the CDs of box sets, and the burned material is just for the iPod. I like the original album configuration because I prefer the time length of albums vs. the sometimes bloated length of CDs. The greater length of a box set CD, however, does often give me a fuller picture of the music I am listening to, and I enjoy that, too. I really do enjoy the time/energy that goes into to breaking up a box set into the original albums, as I end up learning more about the history of the artist and the presentation of the artist by record companies over time. In short, the whole process is very educational. When it comes to Beauty is a Rare Thing, which is still in my Amazon wish list waiting for me to spend more time with other things acquired in the last year, I imagine that I will break it out into the original albums.

The 2015 lineup has been announced. While I have not done anything yet to get myself to Detroit for it, I am excited about the possibility of hearing Ron Carter, Oliver Lake, Rudresh Mahanthappa, the Maria Schneider Orchestra, and the LMO conducted by Carla Bley w/ Steve Swallow. And, I am open to hearing just about anything and coming away with some new favorite jazz artists. http://www.detroitjazzfest.com/2015lineup.html

This has been living in my CD player/disc changer for a while now. This means that recently I have been listening to it as the next CD in the queue. Today, I wanted to listen to disc six of the Heavyweight Champion while cooking/eating, and since the Coltrane has ended (along with the cooking and eating), I have been enjoying this CD quite a bit. I really need to get out of here and take care of some matters, but I can't pull away.