MartyJazz

There was an Applause issue of EXPANSIONS which I'm not familar with, sound-wise. However, I did previously own an Applause copy of Hutcherson's STICK-UP. Hated the sound on that one and got the regular Blue Note issue soon after. Marty B)

Ditto. I've had the June '51 broadcast with Rollins on an old Boris Rose bootleg LP for many years. Can't wait to get the additional session with Newk (note my avatar) and to hear what the session with Nicholas sounds like. The latter was also available on a BR bootleg but I passed it up at the time. Marty B)

This question prompted me to look at my copy of the LP so that I could relate the following. Back around when EXPANSIONS was first issued, I was given a promo copy by a friend of a friend who lived in my neighborhood and who was fortunate to be reviewing newy issued LPs for either BillBoard or Cashbox magazines, I forget which. Anyway, his concise review on the back of the LP states: "Nothing special" and it is signed "EVL". As I know that at that time he was heavily into hard rock, I was grateful for his ignorance of what constituted a great jazz album, as I was able to receive quite a few promo jazz LPs from him. Anyway "EVL" did very well himself in later years, writing God knows how many ninja adventure novels as Eric Van Lustbader. BTW, I like this album so much, I also picked up the CD when it first came out. Those who have lived in the metropolitan New York area for a long time, must recall that the theme song beginning the nightly jazz show at Columbia University's WKCR was, for many years (maybe this is still so?) "Visions", the first cut on this album. Marty B)

e-mail me at mmilgrim@gate.net if interested Shipping included within the U.S. and delivery confirmation receipts obtained on all shipments. I accept PayPal, m.o. or personal check. ARTIST /TITLE /# of CDS /LABEL /PRICE "Coltrane, John" /A Coltrane Retrospective: Impulse Years/3 /Impulse /15 "Coltrane, John" /The Major Works of John Coltrane /2 /Impulse /12 "Davis, Miles" /Live-Evil /2 /Columbia /12 "Davis, Miles/Monk, Thelonious" /Live at Newport 1958 & 1963 /2 /Columbia /12 "Gillespie, Dizzy" /Dizzy's Diamonds: Best of the Verve Years /3 /Verve /15 "Holiday, Billie" /Lady in Autumn: Best of the Verve Years /2 /Verve /10 "Kirk, Roland" /Does Your House Have Lions: Kirk Anthology /2 /Atlantic Rhino /12 "Lovano, Joe" /Quartets Live at the Village Vanguard /2 /Blue Note /12 "Marsalis, Wynton" /Quartet Live at Blues Alley /2 /Columbia /11 "Martino, Pat" /Head & Heart (Consciousness/Live sessions) /2 /32 Jazz /10 "Mingus, Charles" /Epitaph /2 /Columbia /12 MODERN JAZZ QUARTET /Dedicated to Connie /2 /Atlantic /10 "Monk, Thelonious" /Columbia Years: 1962-68 /3 /Columbia /17 "Monk, Thelonious" /Live at the It Club - Complete /2 /Columbia /12 "Roach, Max-Gillespie, Dizzy" /Paris 1989 /2 /A&M /12 "Rollins, Sonny" /A Night at the Village Vanguard /2 /Jazz Heritage /11 "Sanders, Pharoah" /Crescent With Love /2 /Evidence /12 "Tatum, Art" /20th Century Piano Genius /2 /Verve /12 "Tatum, Art" /The Complete Capitol Recordings /2 /Capitol /12 VARIOUS /Alligator Records 25th Anniversary 1972-1996 (Blues anthology) /2 /Alligator/12 VARIOUS /Fujitsu-Concord 25th Jazz Festival /2 /Concord /10 VARIOUS /The Commodore Story /2 /Commodore /14 VARIOUS /The Verve Story: 1944-1994 /4 /Verve /20 VARIOUS /The West Coast Jazz Box /4 /Contemporary /22 VARIOUS /Village Vanguard Live Sessions (Dizzy; Joe Farrell; Thad/Mel) /3 /Laserlight /15 Marty

I can only offer some partial help as all I have is a 2-disc British Verve LP issue (Ellington Songbook, Vol. 1). Ben Webster; Stuff Smith; Paul Smith; Barney Kessel; Joe Mondragon; Alvin Stoller. Los Angeles, 4 & 16 Sept '56 Do Nothing Till You Hear From Me Just Squeeze Me It Don't Mean a Thing.... Azure Cottontail Rocks in My Bed Solitude Sophisticated Lady Just a Sittin' and a Rockin' Satin Doll Ben Webster; Oscar Peterson; Herb Ellis; Ray Brown; Alvin Stoller Los Angeles, 26 Oct '57 Squatty Roo Marty

Aside from the private audio tapes I've had for many years, one of the video treasures I have of this great band is the Stockholm concert done during that fall '67 European tour. Only 33 minutes long, it's terrific to behold the members of that band in performance. (George Wein is the mc). As others have noted, snippets of this concert and others have appeared in various Miles video documentaries. I wonder how many, if any, there are of this tour. -_-

What I dig about KD is not only his unique, bittersweet sound but the fact that IMO, he was the greatest trumpeter-composer of them all. I just finished making for my own enjoyment, out of my own collection, a compilation CD-R of Dorham compositions on which he is featured either as a leader or a sidemen on 12 different sessions between 1955 and 1964. The compositions: Tahitian Suite, La Villa, Sao Paulo, Lotus Blossom, Sunrise in Mexico, El Matador, Escapade, Speculate, The Prophet, Short Story, Minor's Holiday and Horn Salute. All great pieces and there were many more to choose from. MartyJazz

Billie Holiday sang this tune on an earlier Columbia (late '30s). Wonderful vocal version.