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  1. You can go a little crazy searching for the best possible sound for the recordings. I have the RCA Box but because I hear some distortion on Jack the Bear and Koko, I've gried to find other transfers. I now discover that I have four other sets that have much of the best sides from this era. My favorite is from France, the Dreyfus cd entitled "Koko". Dreyfus did an additional cd called "Take the A Train" which has 21 cuts from 1938 to 1950. I also have a 2cd set from Avid, "Highlights of the Great 1940-1942 Band". They claim to use "Advanced Transfer Technology" but add a riders saying the quality of the sound depends on which studio (Chicago is best, LA worst) was used and you need to compare it to other reissues to understand why they advertise "remarkable sound". Another Avid cd "Jack the Bear" containing recordings from '27-'45 claims to be in "3 Dimensional Sound" which produces a stereo effect". Finally there's Robert Parker's "Jazz Classics in Surround Sound. Duke Ellington the Great Bands of the 1940s". I haven't listened to these in years but I hope to do some comparisons this week and will report back . (I'm not really an audiophile and have 81 year old ears. )
  2. As I often argue about movies: the greatest year for culture was whenever you were 18.
  3. All those showing their love for Buddy and Illinois over on the BFT thread should be interested in this: https://storyvillerecords.bandcamp.com/album/count-basie-at-the-aquarium-1946?from=fanpub_fb
  4. Didn't Miles do the same thing? If so, that explains it.
  5. I should probably try to hear more Jacquet in non-JATP settings.
  6. It's credited to Coltrane and the liner notes explain that it's also known as "Miles' Mode".
  7. There's a very nice selection of Kurt Weil songs on the 2nd disc.
  8. Which Mosaic? This is great cut and seems to me to be rather subdued by their standards.
  9. Never trust anyone who puts Ph.D.after their name. (Says Joe Medjuck, Ph.D.)
  10. Luna, Luna in downtown LA. (DTLA as they like to label it.) https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/2023-12-01/exclusive-drake-backed-luna-luna-amusement-park-reopening-los-angeles
  11. The winner and still champion! I remember Milt Hinton, Osie Johnson and Barry Galbraith being the New York go-to rhythm section. (Often with Hank Jones?)
  12. I saw that group in '64. Remember being really impressed by Workman.
  13. And there was always the Schwan's Record Catalogue but I've heard almost no person or institution has a complete run.
  14. I read it a long time ago. IIRC (and I often don't) it connects KOB to many other movements in the arts. I liked it. BTW I really liked the first chapter of the new book which was quoted above. Even though I've claimed I'm not going to buy any more books about either Miles or Dylan (I am still buying nearly everything about Ellington) I'll probably get this book. KOB has a special place in my heart. I got it from the Columbia Record Club when it was first issued and I thought that if this was jazz, I loved jazz.
  15. Yes and sometimes for a musician's complete output. There's a Miles Davis discography on Wikipedia from which you can see that in 1957 Miles had five great albums released: Walkin', Cookin', Bag's Groove, Miles Ahead and the first Lp actually titled Birth of the Cool. What kind of impact must that have had?
  16. There's also this: Blue Moment: Miles Davis's Kind of Blue and the Remaking of Modern Music
  17. I'd like to be able to find release dates of records. That gives an understanding of when a recording might have had its earliest influence.
  18. I can't get the "Show more credits" to work. In case anyone else is as clueless as me: It's Fathead, Art Blakey, and Dr. John. All three get writing credits for the song, which is a bit simple for my taste but I love Mac's piano solo. He does sing on some cuts and on one Blakey plays piano!
  19. Well, different drummer makes all the difference.
  20. I'm only seeing 10 cuts on either site. To quote Randy Newman "Maybe I'm doing it wrong." (I am computer illiterate.)
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