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Just caught your edits. I was posting while you were editing. Looks like we agree.

I'm one. I'm by no means a Booker expert, but I like what I have heard. What sticks out in my mind is his playing on Max Roach's We Insist!.

I'll echo the votes for Richard WIlliams and Bill Dixon. I'll add Charles Tolliver. I think most of the Music, Inc. stuff is available on CD. Some titles to look for are "Music, Inc.", "Live at Slugs" "In Tokyo" and if you can find it on vinyl "Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival." The Loosdrecht one has an interesting, long take on Stanley Cowell's "Prayer for Peace."

Tolliver's Music Inc again: Live at the Loosdrecht Jazz Festival August, 1972 date. Strata East double LP

Charles Tolliver Music Inc. Live at Slugs, Vol 1 Strata East 1970 date. Issued in 1972. Stanley Cowell on piano.

Hmmmm. Root canal vs. Rollins.... B-)

Too bad. At current E-Bay prices I'll never hear it!

Ike Quebec It Might As Well Be Spring

Yep! My girlfriend and I were pretty far back in line, but we ended up getting a spot two tables from the front. I usually like to sit a little farther back but it was a great spot to really watch Lou play and be close for the stage antics between them. Great show.

Wow. Looks like Mosaic lets any moron post whatever they want. Wonder how long that will last...

Ibid, shows at the VV in NYC last winter! Love him anyway! I saw him at the Vanguard too, about a year ago I think. He did all that and I loved it and I hope I get to see him again. About halfway through the set he also said, "We've had a few requests (long pause)...but we're gonna keep playin' anyway!" He also did "Whiskey Drinkin' Woman" and did a bit about meeting George Bush in the White House and not finding any weapons of mass destruction. I'll make the trip again to see him. I loved every minute of it. The place was packed and the crowd ate it up.

I got out my two Wilber De Paris LPs tonight. I don't think Atlantic has issued them ever on CD, although I may be wrong. Shame. Probably rotting away somewhere in their vaults. Wilber De Paris at Symphony Hall with an interesting addition of Wilbert Kirk on harmonica, which really works in this dixieland context. also Marchin' and Swingin'

I really like this one too, and ditto on Hutcherson. As a wee Jazz Tot, when I heard the word "vibes" I thought only of Milt Jackson (with apologies to Lionel Hampton). But discovering Hutcherson was great because he makes that instrument sound completely different.

Yes! And I think numerous people felt the same way -- remember the death threats against him? I'm really glad the Rooneys are so rock solid. They don't make the most money in the NFL, but they just about always field a competitive team, they aren't going to move the tream from Pittsburgh, and they at least try to have some standards about who wears their uniform. The move of the Browns to Baltimore really messed up the universe for me for a while. Now I have two rivals, but neither one feels the same as it used to. One thing about the Browns though. A bunch of us (Steeler fans) were talking after a game last year, and we all agreed that if we were out at sea and all the teams in the NFL were tossed overboard and drowning we would of course reach in and pick out our beloved Steelers first. But we also all agreed that we then would reach in and pull out the Browns second because the rivalry was just so key. Not having those two Browns games each year really was awful. We learned quickly to despise the Ravens but it just isn't the same, because it's hard for Pitsburghers to work up much of anything against Baltimore -- we still feel sorry for them for getting screwed out of the Colts.

Hell, even if it doesn't, I'm sure it's close enough! "Investing" in LPs is one of my best rationalizations...

4 Men With Beards really do a nice job on the re-issues I think. Tonight has been really mixed. One of those nights I can't make up my mind what to listen to: Stanley Turrentine The Spoiler Just picked this up on E-Bay for $10.50. Blue and White Liberty pressing with Van Gelder in the dead wax. Classic example of a Blue Note LP that "looks rough, but sounds good." A few sides from an old Columbia LP box of Billie Holiday called The Golden Years Some great ones with Teddy Wilson on here. Warne marsh All Music Dewey Redman Coincide

I know it has always been high, but has it been in the stratosphere like this?

I thought Saxophone Collossus would go for a lot, but I didn't know it was above $800! Edit: I couldn't get the link to work, but a W 50th pressing went for $820

This is true. A friend of mine has quite a few of these and I have really liked what I have heard.

Tonight has been: James Moody Last Train From Overbrook Argo 637, mono Cannonball Adderley Cannonball Enroute Mercury MG20616 mono Richard "Groove" Holmes Groove Pacific Jazz PJ-23 mono w/ Ben Webster

Sorry to hear that. I'm originally from Pittsburgh and so I'm all about the Steelers and their Four Super Bowl Trophies (However, I do think Jim Brown was the best player to ever put on a football uniform.)

Isn't Milt Jackson from Detroit?

That qualifies as a "Good Find"

From the link supplied by Michael Fitzgerald: "Crown Records was a budget label for the Bahari Brothers, who ran Modern and RPM labels. It started in 1957 and continued for about a dozen years, earning itself the reputation of the king of the junk record labels. Aside from endlessly reissuing the legitimate hits that were on Modern and RPM, and the B.B. King material, what Crown had to offer was musical junk food on plastic plates. The covers and the vinyl were cheaply made, fell apart almost instantly, and the records sounded worn out right out of the package. Crown was much too cheap to issue special promotional copies; in fact, it's doubtful they ever gave away promotional copies, special labels or not. " Very true regarding the packaging, but the sound is actually fairly good, although a little too bright.

I really like those Manne/Previns, and the Double Play cover is great.