Pete B

My wife says she looks like a "Minerva". I think that sounds kinda cool.

Set is sold. Thanks

Chico Hamilton Mosaic set, with unnumbered booklet, no large box. Everything in very good condition. $110 shipped in US, slightly more to other countries. Paypal prefered. Send a pm if interested. Thanks Pete

Up, with a $10 reduction in price.

In excellent condition. $55.00 shipped in USA, slightly higher to other countries. Paypal prefered. Pete

Original Billie Holiday Columbia box, deluxe packaging, big book, like new. $70.00 shipped in US, slightly more if to another country. Paypal prefered. Send me a pm if you want it. Thanks Pete

Hello again more cds for sale. US postage $2 no matter how many you buy. Buy 3 or more deduct $1 from each. Other countries at cost. Paypal prefered. Send me a pm if you want anything. I am also open to trades. Thanks, Pete ARTIST TITLE LABEL PRICE COMMENTS Baker, Chet In New York OJC 5 K2 Bechet, Sidney The Creole Prodigy Recall 5 2-cd Berigan, Bunny The Classic Tracks Kaz 5 24 tracks, good intro Byrd, Donald Groovin' for Nat Black Lion 5 Clarke, Kenny plays Andre Hodeir Gitanes 5 Jazz in Paris Cox, Kenny Introducing Blue Note 5 BMG edition Davis, Miles Birth of the Cool (RVG) Capitol 5 BMG edition Dodds, Johnny Definitive Retreivel 6 Flanagan, Tommy & Jones, Hank Our Delights OJC 5 Gillespie, Dizzy At Newport Verve 5 BMG edition Hawkins, Coleman & Carter, Benny Hawkins & Carter Disques Swing 4 1930s material Henderson, Fletcher The Classic Tracks Kaz 5 25 tracks, good intro Herman, Woody V-Discs Collectors Choice 8 2-cd Krupa, Gene & Rich, Buddy Krupa & Rich Verve 5 Lindner, Kerry Sail Away With Me Blue Toucan 3 Little, Booker Historical Masters Jazz View 5 1960 with Flanagan, Kelly, La Faro, Haynes Matheny, Dmitri Starlight Café Monarch 3 Mingus, Charles Octet + Jimmy Knepper OJC 4 Debut Rarities Vol 1 Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn, Guest Sonny Rollins Atlantic 5 writing on cover - digipack (Germany) Mulligan, Gerry Walking Shoes Bandstand 7 1959 quartet live Shaw, Artie Thou Swell ASV 5 1936-1937 strings band (pre-RCA) Tatum, Art V-Discs Black Lion 5 Tyner, McCoy Plays Ellington Impulse 5 Various Saturdy Night Swing Session OJC 5 cut out notch Various Masters of Jazz Swing Greats Soundies 7 Heywood, Webster, Brown, Norvo, Stuff Smith Waller, Fats Fine Arabian Stuff High Note 5 cut corner on booklet. 1939 transcriptions - really nice Webster, Ben & Edison, Harry Ben and Sweets Columbia 4

The lp is spoken for. Thanks.

FS: Tyrone Washington Natural Essence Japanese reissue, LP, not cd, with obi, NM. $20.00 shipped in US, somewhat more to other countries (depending on destination). Paypal or your check. PM me if interested. Thanks Pete

Up, with reductions. Buy 5 or more priced at $2.50, get them for $2 each, or offer me a trade - looking for pre-WWII material.

I have it all in the original issues. Yes, it's worth it.

The Ellington appears to be a reissue of "The Travelog Edition" on Musicmasters. Nice material, especially the Chicago 1946.

The following lps are for sale, $2.50 each. Media Mail $2.75 for 1 lp, $4.00 for two or more. I will ship to other countries at actual cost. Vinyls are all VG+, there may be slight surface noise, small stickers, a little writing. Any obvious problems are noted. Paypal or your check. Alexander, Monte Facets Concord Alexander, Monte Full Steam Ahead Concord Basie, Count Broadway Basie's Way Command Basie, Count Hollywood Basie's Way Command Basie, Count Prime Time Pablo Basie, Count & Ellington, Duke From the Southland, Boston Jazz Anthology Bernstein, Leonard What is Jazz Columbia VG, surface noise $2 Bickert, Ed & Lofsky,Lorne The Quartet of Unisson sealed Braff, Ruby Ruby Braff All-Stars Columbia Portrait reissue Carter, Joe & Reid, Rufus Too Marvelous for Words Empathy Clayton, Buck A Swingin' Dream Stash Collins, Al Jazzbeaux & Gaillard, Slim Steve Allen's Hip Fables Doctor Jazz sealed Defranco, Buddy Closed Session BOMC Defranco, Buddy Mr. Lucky Pablo sealed, cc Defranco, Buddy & Gibbs, Terry Jazz Party PAJ Defranco, Buddy & Gibbs, Terry Now's the Time Tall Tree Defranco, Buddy & Gibbs, Terry Quintet Contemporary Dobbins, Bill & Mitchell, Red Where On Relaxes Omnisound Ellington, Duke A Date with the Duke Vol 4 1945-1946 Fairmont Ellington, Duke Jump for Joy Jazz Life stockpile sessions Faddis, Jon Legacy Concord sealed Ferguson, Maynard A Message From Newport Roulette Goodman, Benny Rare & Collectable Yeri-Bean Great Jazz Trio Milestones Inner City Hardman, Bill Home Muse Hawkins, Coleman Savoy Ballroom 1940 Jazz Anthology Hawkins, Coleman & Terry, Clark Together Columbia Legacy reissue Heard, Ranier, Ferguson same ITI sealed Heath Brothers Brothers and Others Antilles Henderson, Fletcher with Slam Stewart Sutton Herman, Woody Concerto for Herd Verve Herman, Woody East and West Columbia woc Herman, Woody Jazz Hoot Columbia Herman, Woody My Kind of Broadway Columbia woc Holiday, Billie A Rare Live Recording Ric Jamal, Ahmad Count' Em 88 Cadet Jamal, Ahmad Poinciana Chess/MCA JATP (Brown, Webster, Peterson) One O'Clock Jump 1953 Verve JATP (Fitzgerald, Ella) Lady Be Good 1957 Verve sealed JATP (Getz, J.J. Johnson) Stan Getz/J.J. Johnson Set 1957 Verve JATP (Peterson, Jacquet, Ellis) Blues in Chicago, 1955 Verve Kenton, Stan Compositions of Dee Barton Creative World cc Kenton, Stan The Stage Door Swings Capitol Kenton, Stan Viva Kenton Creative World cc Lloyd, Charles Discovery Columbia surface noise Mance, Junior Get Ready Set Jump! Capitol Mann, Herbie & Collette, Buddy Just for Kicks 1957 Vintage Jazz Records Manne, Shelly In Zurich Contemporary MJQ same I Giganti del Jazz 1958 Montoliu, Tete Lunch in L.A. Contemporary Mullican, Gerry Mainstream of Jazz Vol 2 Emarcy japanese. Some noise O'Day, Anita Live at the Berlin Jazz Festival MPS Peterson, Oscar & Faddis, Jon Oscar Peterson and Jon Faddis Pablo Previn, Andre & Freeman, Russ Double Play Contemporary great cheesecake cover Rich, Buddy Big Band Shout Verve Rogers, Shorty & Shank, Bud with Vic Lewis and His Big Band Concord sealed Rowles, Jimmy Grandpaws Choice Rowles, Jimmy Jimmy Rowles Halcyon ON HOLD Rowles, Jimmy Paws That Refresh Choice Scott, Bobby A Taste of Honey Atlantic Shank, Bud At Jazz Alley Contemporary Shank, Bud Tomorrow's Rainbow Contemporary sealed, cc Smith, Jonnny and Southern, Jeri Jeri Southern Meets Johnny Smith Forum Tabakin, Lew Dual Nature Inner City Thornhill, Claude The Uncollected Hindsight various Jazz Compositions featuring Bill, Miles, Joe, J.J. Phil & Art Columbia reissue various Something New, Something Blue Columbia VG, surface noise $2 Williams, James Magical Trio 1 Emarcy DOUBLE LPS, $5 Adderley, Cannonball Spontaneous Combustion Savoy cc Gibbs, Terry Live at the Lord Jazz a'la Carte MJT+3 Branching Out Trip cover stained $3 Rich, Buddy Both Sides Emarcy various West Coast Scene Vol 3 Vogue Med Flory, Herb Geller, Loui Levy Individually priced Onzy Matthews Blues With a Touch of Elegance Capitol $5 Joe Puma Jazz Jubilee (Fresh Sounds Reissue) some surface noise $6 Bud Powell Ups and Downs Mainstream $5 Hal Schaefer Trio Just Too Much RCA $7 top seam split, solid VG Terry Gibbs Hootenany My Way Time $5 Terry Gibbs El Nutto Limelight $5 Terry Gibbs Allen's All Stars Mercury $5 Terry Gibbs At the Piano Signature (Fresh Sounds reissue) sealed $5 I am open to trades if you have a tradelist. Please send a pm if anything is of interest Thanks, Pete

thanks for your answers. this series looks like it is worth pursuing.

What was the title for 15004?

I've recently come across mentions of this series issued by Pickwick, I think around 1989, of various Black & White label recordings from the mid-1940's. I have gleaned the following information: PJFD 15001 Black & White & Reeds All Over (Rod Cless, Bingie Madison, Mezz Mezzrow, Pee Wee Russell) PJFD 15002 Playing the Black & Whites (Art Hodes, Cliff Jackson, Nat Jaffe) PJFD 15003 Masters of the Black & Whites (Errol Garner, Gene Schroeder, Ray Stokes, William McDaniel) PJFD 15004 Title unknown (Barney Bigard, Willie the Lion Smith) PJFD 15005 Greenwich Village Sound (Joe Marsala, Etta Jones) Allmusic says this was a series of 6 cds, I cannot find information on the 6th. Can anybody here help fill in the blanks? I also would be interested in comments on the merits of these cds.

The set is sold.

Coleman Hawkins Complete Keynotes in nice used condition. $65 including shipping to the US, other countries $70. Paypal or your check. Send me a pm if you're interested.

The 4 cd box is entitled Warne Marsh and Lee Konitz - Two Not One. It is being released by Storyville. I received a review copy a few weeks ago (I do a few reviews for the IAJRC Journal). It consists of the three Montmartre albums and the two Unreleased in Copenhagen albums. It's a nice package - the Montmartres are grouped chronologically. 4 discs in paper sleeves, nice booklet with notes by Alun Morgan, all in a small box that will fit on your cd shelf. In the absence of any mention to the contrary, I assume it is not remastered, but it sounds good to my ears. Wonderful music, of course. Amazon shows a pre-release price of $29.98 which strikes me as being a good value.

What you all are describing as "full-size" basses are actually 3/4. It's mostly semantics, but it's relevant because sometimes symphony players will use a 7/8 size, and there are 1/2 size basses around with somewhat smaller bodies - Kay made a lot of 1/2 sizes at one time, I'm not sure why, maybe for younger students. Anyway, I'm not trying to hijack this thread. Let us know how you make out with your purchase. Another source for an entry level bass would be craigslist. I had my bass in the shop in November and my luthier was telling me that a lot of entry level basses are entering the market right now due to the economy. Be very careful of inexpensive Chinese basses though - a lot were made of wood that had not been aged properly and as it dries it shrinks and the seams come apart - very expensive to repair. This is not true of all of them, but you should exercise care if buying one. An Eberhardt or a Knilling would be a good choice, also a Kay if you are lucky enough to find one (they have collector appeal and so tend to be more expensive).

Most people play basses that are 3/4 size. Larger than that are somewhat impractical - I'm not sure if anyone even uses a full size - I've never seen one. There is no standard size for basses - they tend to all be a bit different depending on the maker. Your height will be compensated for by the endpin, which is adjustable. I don't know if you will need a special endpin given your height - when you find an instructor he or she could tell you, or your luthier. You're in for a lot of fun - it's a great instrument to know. Do you aspire to play jazz?

Bob Gollihur Bass Pages provides a lot of good resources, including a directory of luthiers. Bob also sells basses, I see student model Englehardts starting at less than the $1200 you name as the top of your range. Bob has a good reputation, but you will need a relationship with a local luthier sooner or later. Your profile doesn't give your location so I can't go any further with that. I recommend getting instruction if you can afford it. Most instructors will use the Simandl method, which I have found to be very satisfactory during my years of playing.

Columbia Small Group Swing from my good wife. I've listened to the Ruby Braff so far - good stuff!

I have a little swing trio for local gigs - me on bass and two friends on ukelele and melodica. We call ourselves The Myopics (we're all at the bifocal stage of our lives and we sit around and squint at our music) We have some samples here: The Myopics

prices include postage in the US. I'll ship to other countries at my cost. paypal or your check. Don Byas meets Dizzy Gillespie - Yesterdays - Moon (live in Milan 1952) 9 Duke Ellington V-Discs - Collectors Choice (4 cds) 22 Woody Herman V-Discs - Collectors Choice (2 cds) 10 Warne Marsh/Lee Konitz - Live at the Montmartre Vol 1 - Storyville 13 Warne Marsh/Lee Konitz - Live at the Montmartre Vol 2 - Storyville 13 Gerry Mulligan - Walking Shoes - Bandstand (live 1959) 8 Art Pepper - Among Friends - Storyville 13 McCoy Tyner - Plays Ellington - Impulse 10 Thanks Pete