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I'm not too familiar with the Felsteds. Are any on CD? And while I'm asking, I'm not familiar with the Jazz Studio One (first recorded jam session). Is this from Norman Granz or something else?

Lately, I've been REALY digging the Vanguard sessions from the early 50s of Buck Clayton and Vic Dickenson. Sometimes, I've found later sessions by swing era stars veer a little too closely to the cocktail crowd (slower tempos, less chance-taking). But these sessions have all the excitement of the 30s and 40s plus the added advantages of high fidelity and artists at their mature peaks. I'm curious to hear others' opinions about some great sessions from swing era stars recorded iin the 50s and 60s. I seem to remember a thread like this on the old BNBB but, of course, it's been vaporized. Can't read vapors. postscript (I love Edmond Hall on these Vanguard sessions)

Disc 3 has some great treasures.. Billie Pierce singing "Love songs of the Nile." And the clarinet, bass, drums trio with George Lewis playing Winin' Boy Blues... Brew some coffee and cook up some red beans and rice (or stop at Popeyes on the way home from work ) and crank up Billie and De De.

Some personal favorites: Stanley Turrentine: Rough 'n Tumble Jack McDuff: 'Live' Lou Donaldson: Signifyin' Freddie Roach: 'Good Move' And the John Patton Select has been getting a lot of play recently. For something more recent that's sort of soul jazz, I really like Eric Alexander and Charles Earland "Alexander the Great"-- a sweet version of Al Green's "Let's stay together". Put me in the column for Cannonball's Mercy Mercy

I haven't really had good luck with themusicresource...Twice I've had a long wait for things listed as "in stock". I ordered a Criss Cross (Wycliffe Gordon) from them 12 days ago. It was supposedly 'in stock' but the order is still in progress. And no replies to my queries. I'll never order from them again.

up for air. as the holiday season approaches, perhaps this is a good time to resurrect this thread.

As Lon said, they're sitting on a ton of George Lewis from the 50s. If you define traditional jazz to include the Chicago style, which I do, then there's a bunch of Art Hodes that's yet to be reissued from Verve, Mercury, and Emarcy. Muggsy Spanier has a session from 1950 on Mercury. Bobby Hackett's "Creole Jazz" should have been reissued a long time ago. And all the Bob Crosby spinoff stuff that Milt Gabler recorded for Decca. That's just for starters. One of those numberless Verve complations, "Pete Fountain presents the Best of Dixieland", released a couple of years ago, is a teaser that hints at some of the stuff that's mostly hidden away.

I have one of the Jim Robinson CDs from the New Orleans series that Chris produced and highly recommend it. Listening to sound samples from that, or almost any George Lewis CD, on amazon will give you an idea of the type of music on this set. Overall, I like the Atlantic set. The first CD with the outdoor marching band is kind of rough and I don't listen to it too much, but the others are sweet, bluesy New Orleans jazz. The Paul Barbarin session, De De and Billie Pierce, and George Lewis playing Winin' Boy Blues are among the highlights for me. FWIW, I LOVE the Verve Kid Ory set too. When that set's gone, I doubt we'll see the music released again (at least legitimately) since Verve has shown NO interest whatsoever in the traditional jazz in its holdings. Kid Ory's tone is one of the wonders of jazz.

Yes, but some opinions are better (more informed) than others. that's why I'll seek the opnions on this board rather than those of my wife (smart, but not into jazz) when I want to learn about jazz. And why I quit reading sophomoric stuff like downbeat.

This is a great weekly show if you have any interest in pre WW II jazz. The problem, for me, is that the time (7-10 saturday night) isn't always convenient. Thankfully, they've now begun to archive the previous week's show. hot jazz on wamu

Thr Roy and Diz sessions are mostly of the JATP variety--jousting and jamming. These aren't typical of most sessions, I think, particularly where ROy is the only horn.

INSIGHT is mostly comprised of Pelt's own compostions, so you get a clear sense of what he's up to and where he may be going. I've been on the fence about the strings album since the jazz and strings cocktail doesn't usually work too well for me (Ben Webster and strings being a happy exception).

The K2 I have of Miles Davis' Workin' doesn't sound too good to me--as though the tape used for the remastering was pretty worn in spots. However, the K2 for Bags meets Wes is one of the best sounding CDs I have, period. And the K2 for Django is great-sounding too.

New Releases (so far): Greg Osby--St Louis Shoes Jeremy Pelt --Insight New Jazz Composers Octet--Walkin' the line Reissues Basie--America's # 1 Band Roy Eldridge Mosaic

I think Single Petal of a Rose is one of the most beautiful songs in the Ellington canon. BTW, a really nice version of Single Petal is on Greg Osby's St Louis SHoes CD.

The Eldridge looks outstanding! I think he probably doesn't get the attention he deserves because Verve owns most of his recordings and they've been sitting on them (Decca, Keynote, and Verve). The Mosaic will rectify the situation. Yeah there's a lot of OP, but hey, that's like complaining about a pimple on the Mona Lisa Actually, for me, Oscar Peterson's OK and Granz certainly could have done a lot worse.

Choosing among Ellington's suites is like choosing a favorite sweet in a Fannie Mae box of assorted chocolates. So many to choose from: Liberian Suite, Queen's Suite, Far East Suite, Harlem Suite, New Orleans Suite, Newport Festival Suite, Peter Gynt Suite, Toga Brava Suite, Nutcracker Suite etc.... But I think my personal favorite is the Latin America Suite. Some highlights for me: the rolling percussion at the opening of Oclupaca, the electric bass coming in distorted and fuzzy under piano and drums in Chico Cuadradino, and the beautiful melody and piano playing that opens and closes The Sleeping Lady... Paul Gonsalves and Ellington's piano playing are also highlights throughout. Does anybody else have a favorite suite?

here's a link to a review of his latest hazletine review Kinuta, I'd be interested in hearing some of your favorites from CC! Thanks

This is EXACTLY the type of information I was hoping for. Thank you. For me, reissues tend to be a sure thing, but new issues are more hit and miss so guideposts like these recs are really helpful. Actually, I'd been considering Weiskopf before starting the thread based on the sound samples at Amazon but I hadn't heard much 'buzz' about him (maybe listening in the wrong places).

Criss Cross has been described as the Blue Note of today. I'm just beginning to explore this catalog. So far, I've got Jeremy Pelt--Insight One for ALL--New Horizons Ralph Peterson --Test of time Wycliffe Gordon--Gospel truth. I like them all, probably in that order, and I'm wondering if othes have favorites from this label they'd recommend. ALthough I buy a lot of reissues, I also like to try and buy new stuff to support the guys on the scene today who are keeping the art alive. Criss Cross seems to be one of the top labels supporting the new stuff. crisscrossjazz.com

For a lot of public jazz radio stations "out" is anything that isn't easy to listen to while working or eating. So no Bix, no Hot Fives (or anything pre1950 it seems) and, of course, nothing experimental from the 60s on. Too bad since a university (most of these stations are university affiliated) is supposed to be about new experiences, stretching and learning. A lot of the raw energy of jazz isn't being presented to college students and other neophytes who might otherwise be attracted to the music. Anyway, my local station is WGLT in Bloomington IL. With a CD player in the car and at work, I rearely listen to it anymore. However, I sent an e-mail to the progam director a few weks ago and asked why regular programming never features anything pre 1950. No response. So much for the "public" in public radio. this link might be useful: nprjazz.org

In the US, themusicresource.com is pretty reliable. I picked up one recently from there with no problem. themusicresource.com Has anyone picked up any from the latest batch?

Just received my Jazz Review today from across the Atlantic. Great magazine--hip enough to know that bulletin boards like this one are the broadsides of the 21st century.

Has anyone picked these up yet? I bought Tests of Time from the Music Resource. It's a little more mellow and restrained than I imagined, but in a good way--some flugelhorn and flute and stuff like that. I really like the Jimmy Greene and Jeremy Pelt front line. Good writing, varied program. Those are my initial impressions. It only arrived in the mail a couple of days ago. I'd be interested to hear what others think. The Wycliffe Gordon is next on my list.

Ralph Peterson -- Tests of Time Basie--America's #1 Band Paul Quinichette--Vice Pres (Verve Elite) Stanley Turrentine Mosaic #1 Eric Alexander--Second Milestone ANd inadvertantly caught Glen Campbell on tv singing Galveston--that song keeps playing in my head, so I guess I've been listening to that too. Maybe it's time to track down a Jimmy Webb collection or something.