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Ted Kendall did the remastering. I generally like his work--supposedly he was JRT Davies' pupil at one point.

The only Nat I have is 'Work Song' which is a pure gem. I also love him on the Cannonball albums I have (especially 'Mercy Mercy'). You're right, he is overlooked.

I wish my budget was bigger right now---the more I looked into some of these the more I wanted. I noticed redtrumpet.com has a few vicj 20 bit remasters of some Pablos for 11.99 (Basie Jam was one of them).

Thanks for the recs (and cautions). A lot to explore. For the moment, I've decided to start here:

I don't have much jazz recorded in the 70s in my collection. I'm not really into Fusion, so I thought Norman Granz' Pablo records might be the way to go to explore this era in jazz. Any great sessions on this label that would be good starting points? Thanks.

All prices postapid to US address. Payment by check or M.O. Please contact me at demarismn@aol.com rather than using the pm function. Thanks. All CD is used, but like new. 5.99 Chris Connor, Coleman Hawkins, Roy Eldridge --Live at the American Jazz Festival in Latin America (West Wind 2025)

How about when the liner writer, for whatever reason, seems to give up and punt: Joel Dorn on "Signifyin"-- "If I wanted I could cite my favorite cut on the album, or tell you that such and such is a blues in F, but really what would be the point. Lou's music is not to be dissected." John Clement on the Hodges Mosaic: "In the notes for this Mosaic set, I generally haven't attempted to describe the value, impact or quality of the solos because I think such judgments are a very personal matter...No matter who the writer is, an opinion is simply that. In short every listener should decide for him or her self whether a particular solo is memorable or not."

I've been listening a lot lately to two Mobley Conns--A Slice of the Top and Straight No Filter. They're both fantastic. I really love Mobley as a composer and he does some wonderful stuff with the larger ensemble on SLice of the Top. Billy Higgins is electric. DOn't have enough Conns to really list a non-favorite. Btw, After reading this thread, I need to find True Blue.

Anything by Flannery O'COnnor. If you can find the short story "Revelation" in one of her collections start there.

That list of musicians just shows the amount of respect and esteem the jazz community has for Wilson. It looks like just about anybody is willing to play for him. re: the mosaic... This really is one of my favorite Mosaics. Combine Wilson's inventiveness with the list of soloists. Good sound and liners too.

It's 50 british pounds for a year (12 months). They also have an e-mail subscription where you get the entire magazine for a year for 15 pounds. Before I subscribed i asked if they would send one copy and charged it to my card (4 or 5 pounds I think). It arrived within a week and I was hooked.

The Aug. Jazz review arrived today. A lot of great stuff again... The Coltrane Industry--"why is he still the major influence on contemporary jazz musicians?" Interview with Jay McShann How to thin out your record collection Ton of good reviews...Johnny Hodges Proper box, Javon Jackson, Terrell Stafford, Ususal disclaimers apply--I have no connection with JR, I just think it's a cool magazine.

The silence on this one is deafening. I haven't bought it either-but a quick check of Amazon.com suggests somebody's buying it. It's sales rank is 875, pretty high by jazz standards. IN comparison the new RVG Blakey sales rank at Amazon is 32,404. Both were released Aug. 5

Nice find, I think, was a used Conn of Mobley's "A Slice of the Top" for 9.99 at Vintage Vinyl in St Louis. Haven't heard much about this but it looks interesting. Great liners incidentally, from John L Can't wait to listen to it later today.

Wishful thinking on my part. You're right, it may take a small miracle for some of this stuff to turn up on CD.

CD or vinyl?

I was there in early June--it had a "we're still moving in feel" at the time, but things were pretty well organized. New stuff in the front--a lot of jazz, of course. I picked up Booker Ervin and Brass in the new section, which is pretty hard to find. They also had a lot of the Spanish Blue Notes in stock in the new section--I think they were selling for 8.99 B) In a larger adjoining room in the back there was a ton of vinyl. And all the used jazz CDs were located on shelves along the walls in this room. Again, a very good selection--even some used TOCJs (Horace Parlan is one that I remember). I actually preferred Euclid to Jazz Record Mart. First, Euclid's easier to get to since it's not downtown. Second, and more important, the used CD selection is better at Euclid. I might be wrong, but I don't think JRM sells used CDs. I hate to say this, but just about anything in stock at JRM (CDs, not vinyl), I can find cheaper on the internet. Not so for Euclid.

It's understandable, but I don't think it's justifiable. Public radio is MISeducating people by blacklisting pre 1950s music. I think it's really shortsighted and misleading to favor bland guitar trio jazz --background music--over the real stuff. Anyway, Benny Carter deserves better. WBGO.

I'm looking forward to the Al Grey and Sweets Edison from the Verve list. Overall, though, it looks pretty grim. I guess there wasn't any worthwhile jazz created before 1945 as the Deccas and Keynotes continue to rot in their slimy vaults. On the bright side, at least Roy Eldridge is coming out in November.

Like Lon said, it's both. The thing is, Hackett is a superb trumpeter. He's very melodic and his tone is beautiful. Gary Giddins reviewed this set when it came out. giddins review

For me, the best jazz magazine by far, and the only one I subscribe to, is Richard Cook's Jazz Review (published in the UK). The reviews are intelligent and they cover the spectrum of jazz--from Bix to new releases. This month's issue had a nice feature on Brubeck's recent UK tour, a feature on Leo records, a little bit about Wynton and Blue Note and a bunch of other stuff. Plus a range of interesting reviews--the recent batch of Criss Cross releases, Warne Marsh, Yerba Buena Stompers etc... You can get a single issue to sample it for about 6 or 7 bucks I think. E-mail address jazzreview@excite.com p.s.-I'm not affiliated with them in any way. I just like the magazine

I just listened to Jeremy Pelt's Insight for the first time this afternoon. WOW Technique + Ideas... Pelt kept my attention the whole time. Man, what a bright and rising star in the jazz firmament! Ralph Peterson slamming away, in time, keeps everything swinging. Nice touch with the Wurlitzer too.

I'm looking forward to the Kisor, Wycliffe Gordon, and Peterson. According to Jeremy Pelt's website, he's on the new Peterson release: jeremy pelt Just picked up One For All's "Wide Horizons" on Criss Cross---good stuff getting a lot of play in my house. And I just ordered Jeremy Pelt's Insight released this winter on Criss Cross. I have high hopes for it.

The Complete Keynotes (preferably by Mosaic since Vivendi-Verve would probably screw it up)

Rex and Cootie doing Porgy and Bess has definitely piqued my interest!