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32 Jazz All are in mint condition, most are unplayed and some are still sealed. $10 each for these. 2 CD sets $15 Sonny Criss "Criss Craft" Sonny Criss "Out Of Nowhere" Phil Woods "Musique du Bois" Eddie Lockjaw Davis "The Heavy Hitter" Clifford Jordan "Night of the Mark VI" Clifford Jordan "The Adventurer" Roy Brooks "The Free Slave" ON HOLD Johnny Lytle "Fast Hands Happy Ground" Al Cohn and Zoot Sims "Body and Soul" ON HOLD Lester Bowie" American Gumbo (Fast Last!/Rope-A-Dope) 2 CDs ON HOLD Buster Williams "Pinnacle" Buster Williams "Crystal Reflections" Jack Walrath "I Am The Walrath" Catalyst "The Funkiest Band You Never Heard" 2 CDs ON HOLD Les McCann "How's Your Mother" Red Garland "I Left My Heart...." Sonny Stitt "In Style" Sonny Stitt "The Last Sessions Volume One And Two" Sonny Stitt "12!" Sonny Stitt "Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was" Sonny Stitt "Endgame Brilliance: Tune Up! Constellation" ON HOLD Sonny Stitt "Giving Away The Store" Kenny Burrell "Laid Back" Donald Byrd "Landmarks" Jimmy Ponder "Steel City Soul" Jimmy Heath "The Professor" Joe Chambers "The Almoravid" Ernie Andrews "No Regrets" James Moody "Feelin' It Together" Charlie Rouse "Epistrophy" Pat Martino "We'll Be Together Again" Larry Coryell "Shining Hour" James Spaulding "Brilliant Corners" Red Rodney Hey, Chood" Zoot Sims "Live in Philly" ON HOLD Bud Shank "This Bud's For You" Louis Hayes "Breath of Life" Woody Shaw "Little Red's Fantasy" ON HOLD Willis....With Pat Willis Jackson With Pat Martino Tony Scott At Last 2 CDs ON HOLD Pat Martino "Comin' and Goin' Exit and The Return" 2 CDs ON HOLD Houston Person "A Little Houston on the Side" The Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet "Breakthrough!" Nat Adderley "Talkin' About You" Eddie Jefferson "Vocal Ease" Charles Earland "Organomically Correct" Sheila Jordan "From the Heart" Etta Jones "Doin' What She Does Best" Memphis Slim "I'll Just Keep on Singin' The Blues" Roomful of Blues "Swingin' and Jumpin'" Homesick James "Goin' Back Home" Honeyboy Edwards "I've Been Around" Charles Brown "Blues and Other Love Songs" Darrell Grant "Twilight Stories" The Jazz Passengers "Live in Spain" The Jazz Passengers "Individually Twisted" Freddy Cole "This is the Life" Vincent Herring "Early On" 2 CDs The Drummonds "When You Wish on a Star" Cecil Brooks III "Our Mister Brooks" Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate, Eddie Lockjaw Davis et al "Live at Sandy's" Wallace Roney "According to Mr. Roney" (Seth Air and Intuition) 2 CDs Russell Gunn "Young Gunn Plus" Quartette Indigo Alberto Shiroma "Like A Goddess When She Walks" Christmas with Houston Person and Etta Jones ADDITIONS Pat Martino "Mission Accomplished" Interchange/Nightwings 2 CDs Woody Shaw "Two more Pieces of The Puzzle" THe Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble/The Iron Man 2 CDs ON HOLD Louis Hayes "The Real Thing" ON HOLD Bobby Hutcherson "Vibewise" Good Bait/Color Schemes 2 CDs ON HOLD Compilations Romance in Rio 32 Live Jazz For When You're In Love Bebop Groove Jammy Groove Jammy II Party Jazz Jazz That Swings Jazz That Swings II Winter Jazz Spring Jazz Autumn Jazz Summer Jazz 2 By 5 Guitar Jazz B-3in' Organ Jazz Savoy Japanese Mini LP Style Covers $10 Each The Genius of Charlie Parker The Modern Jazz Quartet "The Quartet" Charlie Parker "The Bird Returns" Fats Navarro "Nostalgia" Erroll Garner "Penthouse Serenade" Curtis Fuller "Bluesette" Purple Back Issues from the Early '90s All are promos copies with small hole punches. All the CDs are Mint (Except where noted) Japanese Pressings $7 Each Al Cohn "Cohn's Tones" Sealed ON HOLD The Curtis Fuller Jazztet with Benny Golson Sealed ON HOLD Curtis Fuller "Imagination" Sealed ON HOLD Fats Navarro "Nostalgia" Sealed Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Returns Sealed Chuck Wayne "Jazz Guitarist" Sealed Al Caiora "Serenade in Blue" Sealed ON HOLD Eddie Bert "Encore" ON HOLD George Shearing "Midnight on Cloud Nine" Erroll Garner and Billy Taylor "Separate Keyboards" Fletcher Henderson "The Crown King of Swing" Sealed Billy Wright "Going Down Slow" Sealed Boyd Raeburn "Boyd Meets Stravinsky" Sealed Little Jimmy Scott "All Over Again" Sealed Marian McPartland "In Concert" Sealed Hal Singer "Rent Party" Sealed Eddie Condon "We Dig Dixieland Jazz" Little Jimmy Scott "Very Truly Yours" Cannonball Adderley "Discoveries" Kenny Clarke Meets The Detroit Jazzmen ON HOLD The Modern Jazz Piano album Giants of Traditional Jazz Chuck Wayne, Brew Moore, Zoot Sims "Tasty Pudding" Sealed ON HOLD Billy Eckstine/Big Joe Turner/Johnny Otis Completer Disc Domestic Issues $5 Each Charlie Parker "The Bird Returns" Sealed Dizzy Gillespie "The Champ" Sealed Cannonball Adderley "Presenting Cannonball" Sealed Duke Jordan "Trio and Quintet" Sealed ON HOLD Milt Jackson "Opus de Jazz" Sealed J.J. 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I did some very minimal work on this record but don't feel particularly close to it and think my opinion is un-biased. I have to wonder about a record that sounds it's best to me when it is most emulating it's source material. The biggest difference to me is that Miles used only some elements of Indian music that suited his needs to get the sound he was looking for. This record is much more balanced between Indian and Miles' music. I think if you are a big fan of Indian music than you will probably enjoy this CD a lot. Miles fans who enjoyed his '70s records might get something out of this as well. I'm a big fan of Wallace Roney and I really question those who say Leo Smith is a big step up from Wallace but hey, to each his own......

After reading through this thread, I stick by everything I said in the initial article posted and feel it's more correct than I suspected when I said it. For the record, Freddie made every gig on the tour (San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles), had some very good nights and some very special moments (he does tire easier these days so second sets can be a bit much for him at times). Also for the record, outside of these 70th Birthday shows, he has been playing with my group, The New Jazz Composers Octet for the past 8 years (we have a new CD coming out with him in June) and over the years has made over 90% of the gigs (he has missed a couple here and there because of recent health problems). His playing fluctuates over these gigs, he's had some really great nights where the band looks at each in disbelief at all the incredible stuff coming out of his horn and then there are of course rougher nights where things don't seem to work well for him at all. I do think he is one of the 5 most important trumpet players ever and his effect on a certain era, the Blue Note era, hard bop or whatever you want to call it was immense. If you don't like this era or style of music than I guess you don't have to have an appreciation of Freddie but if you do, he was one of the most valuable guys there was. Here's a review of the recent Catalina's, it's pretty accurate http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/...1,4027933.story while these were great shows, the shows in San Francisco with Bobby Hutcherson and Lenny White were really special.

1) Yes, I've read that quote as well but Miles also got him on Blue Note and was very supportive of him through the years (Freddie has told me many stories). Also, Miles was pretty rough on just about everyone... 2) Hopefully this is mostly tongue and cheek as Freddie certainly has one of the best sounds ever on the instrument but who the fuck am I so how about this story which I was present to witness and can almost relay verbatim. Last year the Kennedy Center had a Jazz Legends award show with 30 of the greatest jazz guys left in attendance getting a metal etc. At the reception, there was lots of reminiscing as guys hadn't seen each other in ages. Ornette Coleman was there and for the most part sat alone (with a female companion) as the rest of the guys carried on. I guess he was the only avant-garde guy there, didn't really know everyone per se etc. I recall him talking to Barry Harris for a minute as me and a friend kind of kept an eye on him to see if there would be any interaction between Ornette and the rest of the guys. As it was winding down and we were all getting ready to go to the ceremony/concert, Freddie saw Ornette and went over to him (with me in tow). After some discussion about Ornette's wardrobe at the Grammy's and why he wasn't wearing a similar get-up that night, Freddie said, you put me on that record (Free Jazz) because I could play some high notes (or something to that effect) and Ornette said no, I got you for that record because you had such a beautiful tone.

Barry Harris is a treasure. I've gone to those classes since I first arrived in New York and still go on occasion. There isn't any excuse for any musician not to go to these classes, you won't get training like this anywhere and you can't beat the price ($14 per class now, less if you register and sign up for a bunch of them). They are still every Tuesday he is in town, check them out.

Nice piece Mark but there are some omissions (probably space considerations I imagine) I'd like to mention and a few comments... First, how can you not mention "Our Thing" which in a lot of ways is my favorite Blue Note album and certainly one of the most interesting and best realized. I might put In and Out just above it but I still think it's one of his most important albums. I never heard a lot of Joe in either Branford or Lovano (except perhaps channeled through Sonny Rollins) though I'm sure both listened extensively to him. Michael Brecker and a lot of the younger guys seem a lot more overtly influenced by him. I'll have to go back to Lush Life and check it out again but I always thought it was the most successful of the concept albums and not overproduced and thought the young guys (even Wynton) did quite well but I'll have another listen. I also thought it was the last record recording in Van Gelder's studio to have really good sound. I worked on the big band date (the second session) and the Porgy and Bess date. I think the big band date is one of the best records of the past 20 years, incredible stuff especially the Slide Hampton charts and Joe's of course. As for Porgy and Bess, I recall him having to be talked into that one (I believe there was also talk of doing a blues record during this time). They called a session, got a young rhythm section and played the stuff right out of the songbook for Joe to get a feel for the material and see if he could get into it. I'm not sure if he was ever 100% convinced. I thought it came out OK, certainly not my favorite Joe date but it was great to hang out with him throughout these sessions. Not to nitpick but lanky? I was always surprised as to how short he was, 5'8" maybe (standing straight up but he was always hunched over)......

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OK folks, I'm back There a few CDs sitting on my piano that I have held for folks but can't remember who and I rather not go through tons of e-mails to figure it out so if you asked me to hold something for you, please come forward and let me know what you want to do, either way. Thanks Sidewinder, Coltrane Live in Japan is gone. Sorry. jazzmusicdepot, do you want a list of what is left on 32 Jazz? If so, that might take a little while....

I've heard various Strata and Tribe records and all have merit to me or are at least fairly interesting. There are some obscure ones on Strata, folks I've never heard of. Of the Tribe stuff, the sleeper to me is a record by Harold McKinney. Seek that one out, though I doubt it's on CD.

Thanks much for this part -- I'll check it out as soon as I have a moment. The forms of these tunes can be pretty tricky, not least because the band played them so loosely -- "Pinocchio" is a good example. I mean, exactly what are the changes? Plus, they hardly ever stick to the 18-bar form. Update: Found a bunch of hip transcriptions and analysis on Steve Kahn's site, including this disection of Herbie's solo on "Pinocchio" and the tune in general. http://www.stevekhan.com/pinocchioa.htm Funny...Pinocchio was my first stab at trying to figure out what this group was doing but that was a while ago. I think I was reduced to counting measures. My take on Pinocchio.... They either play the changes and just come in with the theme whenever they want or Miles and Wayne play essentially free, well more of a theme a variation thing (Miles mostly sticks to a Ab Minor with a major 7 sound) and come in with the theme when they are done and Herbie plays over the changes. I'm inclined to think the latter

OK, up for one last gasp. If you have paid, it will ship today. Everyone who has something on hold, please try to settle today as I'm leaving town for three weeks on Wednesday and won't be able to ship for a while. Thanks

Up for even more listed...... If you see something listed that you have on hold with me, don't worry, I have multiple copies of those titles.

I can't make the scan of the Cox insert small enough to post here and be legible. I can e-mail it to anyone who wants it.....

The question of how quickly things influenced people and how quick those influences were reflected in subsequent recordings is an interesting topic. As Mark said, I think things were moving pretty quickly back then with so many innovations coming at you from all places, all the time it seemed. There is also the live element. Seeing Miles live at that time with that group could have a devastating impact on like minded musicians. This probably had an influence on the Rivers rhythm section as well as they probably had more chances to see Miles live during that time then the Detroit crew (though I'm sure Miles came through Detroit a few times during that period). I know when I hear a record or a live gig that has a strong impact on me I find myself at the piano that night with the ideas flowing and a whole CD worth of material can materialize in a matter of days or a whole new conception for a new group. It can be that immediate and I'm sure in the '60s there were more things happening that would have that sort of impact. Re: "A New Conception"...I'll go with the notion that these guys heard Miles live during this time and judging from the Plugged Nickel stuff, you could imagine what they heard. True, if you are just going by what they heard on record, they would just have ESP to work with (but that would be of some help). I would have to go back and listen but until Miles In The Sky, it seems that the originals they recorded on "Miles Smiles," "Sorcerer" and "Nefertitti" were, for them, pretty straight readings of the material (but what material) and things did really open up on Miles in The Sky especially with Paraphernalia and Black Comedy partially because, surprise, some of the time changes etc were written into the forms of the tunes and especially influential to Charles (I think) was that each section the soloist plays over in Paraphernalia is cued (like Charles' Number 4). An interesting side note (to me at least), I invited myself to the studio a few times when the Miles Quintet Box (65-68) was being researched and they were going through all the tapes and listening to all the sessions. For the "Miles Smiles," "Sorcerer" and "Nefertitti" sessions for the most part there would be anywhere from 5 to 10 false starts and then one complete take for each tune (sometimes with the head out being redone and spliced onto the master take). Refer to the box, not a whole lot of alternate takes from those sessions. I have the Kenny Cox Strata LP and it's an interesting record. Like the Miles Quintet, they went a little more electric here. Andy, did your LP come with an insert? I'm attaching it here. Also, Mark, here's a rhythm section part to Black Comedy for you to follow. If you cribbed the whole form from the box set notes, I think something is missing. I went over this with someone who had Tony's chart of the tune and the only difference I recall (which I didn't change for sake of clarity) is in Bar 16, he had one bar of 7/4 while I have a bar of 5/4 and a bar of 2/4 blackcomedybass.pdf

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Charles lives in Los Angeles where he teaches at UCLA (lecturer in ethnomusicology). BTW, he is also interviewed extensively in Ratliff's Coltrane book. Henderson's story is a tragedy. He suffers from mental illness and is a recluse. My understanding is that he hasn't really played since the CJQ disbanded in the '70s, except for a few reunions with the band in the ealry '80s; otherwise, silence. BTW, the drummer on the CJQ albums, Danny Spencer, is still active and playing great on the San Francisco scene. And to second JamesJazz, Kenny is going strong here in Detroit. Those CJQ sides on Blue Note hold up very well -- young firebrands working through Miles' 2nd quintet influence in real time -- a much different proposition than 25-30 years later. On a related note, I think one of the first clear examples on record of the influence of Miles' band is on Sam Rivers' "A New Conception," a quite magical and underrated all-standards Blue Note LP recorded in the fall of 1966. The trio of Hal Galper, Herbie Lewis and Steve Ellington is deep into a break-up-the-time looseness that comes right out of Herbie-Ron-Tony circa "My Funny Valentine," "Four and More," etc. The link is especially revealing because of the parallel standard repertoire. Interestingly, Galper and Ellington were Boston guys (so was Rivers of course) with long relationships with Tony. Don't know about Lewis. This band has been a favorite of mine for years and more recently I have been performing some of their material with my new group. Over the years I've spoken to Kenny Cox a few times and much more at length with Charles Moore as most of the material from the group that I do comes from his pen. It's true, up to very recently he has lived in LA but now I believe he is living in France and contemplating a permanent move there. I believe he still does some things with Yusef Lateef who brought up his name last time I spoke to him. Charles wrote some very forward thinking music for the group and it still is quite fresh and holds up quite well today. He also told me that Miles in the Sky is the record that did it for all of them and help set them off on their journey. I hear that parallel quite strongly. I agree with what Mark says above about this group being the first to deal with what the Miles Quintet was doing at the time but to me what was really trailblazing was they did it through their compositions. Many have strived to get that flexible, ever-shifting rhythm section vibe that was Herbie, Ron and Tony but live, where these guys pulled it off the most, they were doing it to standards while Cox and Company wrote tunes that built these time and tempo shifts into the forms of the tunes themselves. This was done quite a lot 15 years or so later (not 25 or 30) by the first generation of young lions especially Wynton's first group (Black Codes anyone) and Terence Blanchard/Donald Harrison etc, etc. I just recorded three of Charles Moore's tunes (in the studio and live) over the past few days and one thing that was commented on a lot was most thought these were recent tunes and were shocked when told they were almost 40 years old but that is the nature of these tunes and what attracted me to them, they are so open-ended that you can take them anywhere and do all sorts of things with them. That approach to music will always keep them fresh. I really don't agree with the Rivers record being another example of this though. At fleeting moments perhaps but the rhythm section on this record really doesn't have that sort of flexibility. They do some experimentation for sure and probably were influenced by the Herbie, Ron and Tony thing a bit but don't have the harmonic sophistication of those guys to pull it off and the drummer isn't exactly fluid enough to make any of the transitions really effective. They also go totally free in spots, something the Miles guys never really did. An interesting record but I always thought this record a bit of a failure and I love Sam Rivers. According to some Detroit guys I know, local folk legend has Leon Henderson showing up at some random jam session in Detroit about once a year, playing some amazing stuff, blowing everyone away and then disappearing again for a year or so and then doing the same thing again. This hasn't happened in a while though....

OK, everyone who has paid has had their CDs shipped. Everyone else, your stuff is on hold. I'll try to list more in the next day or two. Thanks

I don't, not really. The few people I've talked to who would/could/should know haven't heard from him for a while, but the last they did, they all said that he was getting off into his religion. So hopefully, he's been leading a quiet, peaceful life of meditation and such, far away from the music business. Hey, the odds gotta be 50/50, right? This is true, I'm told he's a devout Muslim and that he actually goes to the Mosque that's just a block away from my apartment. Wouldn't know if I ever passed him on the street though.....

I can comment on some of these.... It looks like what I've said about the Wayne and Tyrone Washington stuff is quoted here and I can't think of anything to add. I've asked about the Silver material. The Live at Pep's and Tentet stuff was given back to Horace I'm told and I also asked Horace about it and he said the tentet stuff was quite sloppy, the ensembles a mess etc etc. I think I was told the Pep's stuff was rejected because Carmell Jones was having chop problems on this, can't remember for sure though. I picked the tracks from the Lee Morgan session that were included on the Sixth Sense. I thought I used everything that should see the light of day. The other stuff really wasn't happening and I love this stuff so it would take a lot for me not to include it. The tracks I didn't choose were quite sleepy and Lee's solos were really off. I heard a little of the Herbie stuff and again there were some ensemble issues here. Bob Belden is about the biggest Herbie fan on earth so if there was something else close to being suitable for release, I'm sure he would have included it. I'd love to hear the Grant Green with Gilmore and the KD stuff but never have. I'm doing the WKCR musician's show tonight (6-9 pm) and while I can't play this stuff, I might be able to sneak in a couple of things you've never heard.....

Guys, thanks for the overwhelming response, I'll get to this tonight when I have some time. To be a little more specific, as far as the earlier stuff and big band stuff, please stick to the labels mentioned, RCA, Decca etc. There are no later Savoy's (as in the '60s stuff) and a lot of the older stuff is gone, I'll be able to fill some of your requests still. I can help most of you with the 32 Jazz though about 5 of you wanted the Willis Jacksons.......

32 Jazz All are in mint condition, most are unplayed and some are still sealed. $10 each for these. 2 CD sets $15 Sonny Criss "Criss Craft" Sonny Criss "Out Of Nowhere" Phil Woods "Musique du Bois" Eddie Lockjaw Davis "The Heavy Hitter" Clifford Jordan "Night of the Mark VI" Clifford Jordan "The Adventurer" Roy Brooks "The Free Slave" Johnny Lytle "Fast Hands Happy Ground" Al Cohn and Zoot Sims "Body and Soul" Lester Bowie" American Gumbo (Fast Last!/Rope-A-Dope) 2 CDs Buster Williams "Pinnacle" Buster Williams "Crystal Reflections" Jack Walrath "I Am The Walrath" Catalyst "The Funkiest Band You Never Heard" 2 CDs Les McCann "How's Your Mother" Red Garland "I Left My Heart...." Sonny Stitt "In Style" Sonny Stitt "The Last Sessions Volume One And Two" Sonny Stitt "12!" Sonny Stitt "Just in Case You Forgot How Bad He Really Was" Sonny Stitt "Endgame Brilliance: Tune Up! Constellation" Sonny Stitt "Giving Away The Store" Kenny Burrell "Laid Back" Donald Byrd "Landmarks" Jimmy Ponder "Steel City Soul" Jimmy Heath "The Professor" Joe Chambers "The Almoravid" Ernie Andrews "No Regrets" James Moody "Feelin' It Together" Charlie Rouse "Epistrophy" Pat Martino "We'll Be Together Again" Larry Coryell "Shining Hour" James Spaulding "Brilliant Corners" Red Rodney Hey, Chood" Zoot Sims "Live in Philly" Bud Shank "This Bud's For You" Louis Hayes "Breath of Life" Woody Shaw "Little Red's Fantasy" Willis....With Pat Willis Jackson With Pat Martino Tony Scott At Last 2 CDs Pat Martino "Comin' and Goin' Exit and The Return" 2 CDs Houston Person "A Little Houston on the Side" The Cedar Walton/Hank Mobley Quintet "Breakthrough!" Nat Adderley "Talkin' About You" Eddie Jefferson "Vocal Ease" Charles Earland "Organomically Correct" Sheila Jordan "From the Heart" Etta Jones "Doin' What She Does Best" Memphis Slim "I'll Just Keep on Singin' The Blues" Roomful of Blues "Swingin' and Jumpin'" Homesick James "Goin' Back Home" Honeyboy Edwards "I've Been Around" Charles Brown "Blues and Other Love Songs" Darrell Grant "Twilight Stories" The Jazz Passengers "Live in Spain" The Jazz Passengers "Individually Twisted" Freddy Cole "This is the Life" Vincent Herring "Early On" 2 CDs The Drummonds "When You Wish on a Star" Cecil Brooks III "Our Mister Brooks" Arnett Cobb, Buddy Tate, Eddie Lockjaw Davis et al "Live at Sandy's" Wallace Roney "According to Mr. Roney" (Seth Air and Intuition) 2 CDs Russell Gunn "Young Gunn Plus" Quartette Indigo Alberto Shiroma "Like A Goddess When She Walks" Christmas with Houston Person and Etta Jones Compilations Romance in Rio 32 Live Jazz For When You're In Love Bebop Groove Jammy Groove Jammy II Party Jazz Jazz That Swings Jazz That Swings II Winter Jazz Spring Jazz Autumn Jazz Summer Jazz 2 By 5 Guitar Jazz B-3in' Organ Jazz Chess, Argo, Cadet, Dot stuff All are promo copies and have a sticker or a hole punch. All the CDs are Mint Japaneses Pressings $10 Each Quincy Jones Go West Man Japanese Pressing (1997 Issue) Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets Vol. 1 (1997 Issue) The Kenny Burrell Trio A Night At The Vanguard Japanese Pressing (1990 Issue) Introducing Roland Kirk Japanese Pressing (1990 Issue) George Russell and His Orchestra Jazz In The Space Age Japanese Pressing (1997 Issue) Art Farmer Art Japanese Pressing (1997 Issue) Illinois Jacquet Go Power! Japanese Pressing (Soul Jazz Collection) Lou Donaldson Live Fried Buzzard Japanese Pressing (Soul Jazz Collection) The Eddie Costa Trio The House of Blue Lights Japanese Pressing (1997 Issue) The Al Cohn Quintet Featuring Bob Brookmeyer Japanese Pressing (1997 Issue) Kenny Burrell Ode To 52nd Street Japanese Pressing (1997 Issue) Domestic Issues $5 Each Max Roach Max (Chessmates Issue) Kenny Dorham and the Jazz Prophets Vol. 1 (Chessmates Issue) Introducing Roland Kirk (Chessmates Issue) Al Cohn Quintet featuring Zoot Sims (Chessmates Issue) James Moody Moodys Mood For Love (Chessmates Issue) Lou Donaldson Live Fried Buzzard (Chessmates Issue) Kenny Burrell Ode To 52nd Street (Chessmates Issue) George Russell and His Orchestra Jazz In The Space Age (Chessmates Issue) Zoot Sims Quartet That Old Feeling (Contains Zoot and Zoot Plays Alto, Tenor and Baritone) (1995 Issue) Art Farmer Out of The Past (Contains Art and Perception) (1996 Issue) Kenny Burrell Soulero (Contains The Tender Gender and Ode To 52nd Street) (1995 Issue) George Russell New York, NY (1998 Impulse Issue) Impulse Early '90s GRP Series in Jewel Cases All are promo copies with a promo sticker and a notch or small drill hole in the jewel case/bar code $6 Each. 4 for $20 Elvin Jones Dear John C Lucky Thompson Tricotism Coleman Hawkins Wrapped tight Yusef Lateef Live at Pep's Archie Shepp On This Night Shirley Scott Queen of The Organ John Coltrane Live In Seattle 2 CDs $10 John Coltrane First Meditations (For Quartet) John Coltrane Live In Japan 4 CDs $20 Lionel Hampton You Better Know It!!! Max Roach Percussion Bitter Sweet Johnny Hodges Everybody Knows Charles Mingus The Black Saintand The Sinner Lady Keith Jarrett Silence John Coltrane Dear Old Stockholm John Coltrane/Archie Shepp New Thing At Newport Chico Hamilton Man From Two Worlds Ben Webster See You At The Fair Lambert, Hendricks and Ross sing A Song of Basie Betty Carter I Can't Help It J.J. Johnson Proof Positive McCoy Tyner Today and Tomorrow Stanley Turrentine Let It Go Pharoah Sanders Tauhid Gato Barbieri Chapter Three Viva Emiliano Zapata John Coltrane Newport '63 The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra Deep Passion Sonny Rollins Alfie John Coltrane Expression Quincy Jones This is How I Feel About Jazz Clark Terry The Happy Horns of Clark Terry Billy Taylor Trio My Fair Lady Loves Jazz Shirley Horn Travelin' Light John Coltrane Transition Ahmad Jamal Freeflight Johnny Hartman The Voice That Is! The Gentle Side of John Coltrane Quincy Jones and His Orchestra The Quintessence John Coltrane The Major Works of John Coltrane 2 CDs $10 John Coltrane Live at The Village Vanguard 11-02-1961 Japanese Pressing 2 CDs $12 Albert Ayler Love Cry Keith Jarrett Death and The Flower Milt Jackson Statements: Dizzy Gillespie Swing Low, Swing Cadillac Oliver Nelson Sound Pieces Sonny Rollins East Broadway Rundown Impulse Gatefold Issues (Mostly from 1995- 1998) $5 Each All are promo copies and have a sticker or a notch in the bar code. All the CDs are Mint Duke Ellington and John Coltrane Duke Ellington Meets Coleman Hawkins Pharoah Sanders Karma The Artistry of Freddie Hubbard John Coltrane Sun Ship Duke Ellington Live At The Whitney Oliver Nelson Blues In The Abstract Truth John Coltrane Live At The Village Vanguard The Master Takes John Coltrane Living Space Benny Carter Further Definitions John Coltrane Meditations Sonny Rollins East Broadway Rundown Count Basie and The Kansas City 7 John Coltrane Stellar Regions Sonny Rollins On Impulse Johnny Hartman I Just Dropped By To Say Hello McCoy Tyner Trio Infinity (w/ Michael Brecker) Horace Silver Hard Bop Grandpop Black/Note Nothin' But The Swing Michael Brecker Tales From The Hudson Diana Krall All For You A Tribute To Duke Ellington Impulsively Ellington 2 CDs $7 Verve Originals Series Released 2007 Sealed with notch in barcode $6 Each Stan Clarke Children of Forever Billie Holiday Lady Sings The Blues Sonny Rollins On Impulse! Ramp Come Into Knowledge Savoy Purple Back Issues from the Early '90s All are promos copies with small hole punches. All the CDs are Mint (Except where noted) Japanese Pressings $7 Each Yusef Lateef Prayer To The East Lester Young The Master's Touch Red Norvo Move Marian McPartland Looking For A Boy Coleman Hawkins The Hawk Returns Donald Byrd Byrd's World Domestic Issues $5 Each Modern Jazz Quartet Dizzy Gillespie Groovin' High (Has a few tiny scuffs $3) The Immortal Lester Young (still sealed) The Charlie Parker Story Dizzy Gillespie The Champ Charles Mingus Jazz Composers Workshop Newly Discovered Sides by The Immortal Charlie Parker Dizzy Gillespie School Days Boxed Sets and 2 CD Set Collections from the Atlantic Era (1999) All are Promo copies. Magic marker through the bar code. All the CDs are Mint Fats Navarro Goin' To Minton's (One CD) $5 Milt Jackson Early Modern (One CD) $5 Art Pepper The Discovery Sessions (One CD) $5 The Adderley Brothers The Summer of '55 2 CDs $10 Erroll Garner The Complete Master Takes 2 CDs $10 Little Jimmy Scott The Savoy Years and More 3 CDs $15 Johnny Hartman Sings Just You, Just Me.... (One CD) $5 Later Savoy Dizzy Gillespie Odyssey (1945- 1952) 3 CD Set from 2002 One CD has a little scuff and the cover is VG+ $10 Savoy Jazz Classic Masters Series (from 2003) All are sealed and are not promo copies $6 Each Cannonball Adderley Bohemia After Dark Lester Young The Masters Touch Newly Discovered Sides By The Immortal Charlie Parker Japanese Pressing LP Style Covers $10 Each All the CDs are Mint (Except where noted) Manny Albam & His Jazz Greats Jazz New York Count Basie & The Mills Brothers The Board of Directors (slight scuffage) $7 Art Pepper Surf Ride Lee Konitz Plays Jazz Time Paris vol. VII (Vogue) Japanese Pressings $10 Each All the CDs are Mint Duke Ellington and his mother called him Bill Red Rodney Quintet No Turn On Red (Sealed) Mitchel Forman Now and Then A Tribute to Bill Evans (Sealed) Toots Thielmans In Tokyo Toots Thielmans Apple Dimple Harvie Swartz Arrival (Sealed) Harvey Mason Funk In A Mason Jar Mitchel Forman What Else (Sealed) Toshiko Akiyoshi-Lew Tabackin Big Band Long Yellow Road Charlie Mingus Tijuana Moods Larry Goldings Caminhos Cruzados (Sealed) Gil Evans Live at Sweet Basil Vol. 2 The Original Decca Recordings Series (1991- 1993 GRP Series) All are promo copies with a promo sticker and a notch in the jewel case/bar code $5 Each. 6 for $20. Coleman Hawkins in the '50s Body and Soul Revisited Chick Webb Spinnin' the Webb Louis Armstrong Rhythm Saved The World Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra Heart Full of Rhythm Vol. 2 Art Tatum Classic Early Solos (1934- 1937) Art Tatum I Got Rhythm Vol. 3 (1935-44) Andy Kirk and Mary Lou Williams Mary's Idea Carmen McRae Sings Great American Songwriters The Jimmy Lunceford Orchestra Stomp It Off James P. Johnson Snowy Morning Blues Woody Herman Blues On Parade Charlie Barnett & His Orchestra Drop Me off In Harlem Joe Turner Every Day In The Week Benny Goodman & Jack Teagarden B.G. & Big Tea in NYC King Oliver Sugar Foot Stomp

Here we go again..... Iridium Jazz Club Presents The Cookers Billy Harper- Tenor Sax James Spaulding- Alto Sax Eddie Henderson- Trumpet (Jeremy Pelt- February 22) David Weiss- Trumpet Geri Allen- Piano Cecil McBee- Bass Billy Hart- Drums (Gene Jackson- February 21) Thursday- Sunday February 21- 24 Sets at 8:30 and 10:30 pm Iridium Jazz Club 1650 Broadway (at 51st Street) (212) 582-2121 http://www.iridiumjazzclub.com Hope some of you can make it.... Also look for us in Europe in late May (stops in Amsterdam, Den Hague, London, Munich, Vienna and Norway so far....)

I played with Marchel often when I was in school at North Texas State and always used him when I came back to town to do a few gigs after I left. I also saw him sit in Blakey (who spoke glowingly of him of course) while I was down there (at Caravan of Dreams I believe). He was a beautiful person and a great musician and will be missed.

I believe the LPs are legitimately licensed by Scorpio Music who put a lot of vinyl including Blue Note, Prestige and Strata East stuff among many others. They've borrowed some LP covers from me in the past and when first approached about this I asked a couple of the labels whose materials they requested if this was legit and they said yes.