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Almost 500 hits for less than 150 CDs so far.

So, I'm guessing someone actually is reading this.

Then again, if no one cares or the peanut gallery hecklers keep piling on ....

Well, picture that smilie where the fingers keep going down til only one is left.

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In the Blakey/Morgan Limelight thread, Alexander said something about all the Blakeys he has running together-after a week of Blakey, I can definitely relate.

And I'm not even through him yet!

Ritual

A Night at Birdland Volume 1 & 2

The Sound of Jazz (one of the Wynton bands)

Africaine

Jazz Corner of the World (the Lee/Wayne group) Volume 1 and 2 (JRVG)

Hard Bop/Paris Concert (Collectables)

Ugetsu

The Jazz Messenger (this is a Columbia sampler from around 1990-I remember grabbing it because its the only reissued Messengers material when Kenny Drew was in the band)

Compact Jazz sampler

Drums Around the Corner

Buhaina's Delight

Mosaic

Indestructible

Three Blind Mice Volume 1

Paris 1958

One for All (his last recording of all)

Hard Drive (Bethlehem)

Lausanne 1960 (TCB)

Saint Germain (Volume 1-3)

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Dan, is the Blakey still capturing your attention after all of those in a row?

I love Bu, but I don't know if could go through them all like that!

Maybe there's a zen aspect to it...I mean, it's not to say that there's not something new to be gained with each track, in some cases, with each MINUTE of each track, and of course the intrumentation beween, say, Ugestu and Mosaic couldn't be different. But I'm not sure my attention span could take it...is it making you crazy?

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Dan, if you have a chance. if your local store has a sale, if someone offers you one, if you trip on it, get a friggin' clue. We will all profit.

Kiss off, Nessa.

You don't like it, don't open the thread. I'm in for the duration.

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Peter, you should realize number one that this A to Z is going on during working hours, so there's already a significant degree of lesser attention. Having said that, I was of two minds this week:

They played "Moanin'" all the damn time, didn't they?

Damn, that Bobby Timmons was a helluva composer, wasn't he?

Honestly, the soulfullness of the band and Lee's fiery playing still came through strong, but there was also a sense of "Blakey Fatigue" for lack of a better term.

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This is for you, Nessa:

More Blakey:

Cubop

Are You Real (Moon, nice to hear Morgan with Gilmore-I assume he's unedited on this one)

the Verve Elite Blakey

Drums Ablaze

Hooray for Art Blakey

Jazz Messengers with Monk (go ahead and shoot me, but this is not my favorite, not by a long shot. There's better Monk, and better Messengers. Just doesn't do much for me)

Various private recordings

Selections from Golden Boy

The Legacy of Art Blakey (Telearc CD, led by Benny Golson)

Message, the Art of Blakey

Terence Blanchard:

Romantic Defiance

Terence Blanchard

Malcolm X Jazz Suite

Simply Stated

George Bohannon:

Boss Bossa Nova (Workshop Jazz)

Bess Bonnier:

Theme for the Tall One (Argo)

Walter Booker:

Bookie's Cookbook

Pat Bowie:

Feelin' Good

Bob Brookmeyer:

Jazz is a Kick

Kansas City Revisited

Don Braden:

Wish List

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This is for you, Nessa:

More Blakey:

Cubop

Are You Real (Moon, nice to hear Morgan with Gilmore-I assume he's unedited on this one)

the Verve Elite Blakey

Drums Ablaze

Hooray for Art Blakey

Jazz Messengers with Monk (go ahead and shoot me, but this is not my favorite, not by a long shot. There's better Monk, and better Messengers. Just doesn't do much for me)

Various private recordings

Selections from Golden Boy

The Legacy of Art Blakey (Telearc CD, led by Benny Golson)

Message, the Art of Blakey

Terence Blanchard:

Romantic Defiance

Terence Blanchard

Malcolm X Jazz Suite

Simply Stated

George Bohannon:

Boss Bossa Nova (Workshop Jazz)

Bess Bonnier:

Theme for the Tall One (Argo)

Walter Booker:

Bookie's Cookbook

Pat Bowie:

Feelin' Good

Bob Brookmeyer:

Jazz is a Kick

Kansas City Revisited

Don Braden:

Wish List

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I do not understand your point.

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Don Braden:

Wish List

After Dark

The Time is Now

(Love those Criss Cross Bradens!)

The Open Road (Doubletime)

The Voice of the Saxophone

The Fire Within

Organic

Ruby Braff:

Goes Girl Crazy

Larkin/Braff Duets (Vanguard)

Linger Awhile (Vanguard)

Controlled Nochalance at the Regattabar Vol. 1 (Arbors)

Joshua Breakstone:

Remembering Grant Green

Tom Brigandi:

After Hours (with the infamous DEEP)

Ronnell Bright:

Bright's Spot

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Looking ahead, it looks like Friday is going to be a Brooks Brothers Day:

Tina, David and Roy!

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My Brooks Brothers Day:

David "Bubba" Brooks:

The Big Sound of Bubba Brooks

Smooth Sailing

Polka Dots and Moonbeams

Roy Brooks:

Beat

Tina Brooks:

Minor Move

True Blue

The Waiting Game

Back to the Tracks

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Well now I see that something went wrong with my first update of the workweek, so this will have to be an extra long list:

Clarence Gatemouth Brown:

American Music, Texas Style

Sings Louis Jordan (highly recommended Black and Blue CD)

Charles Brown:

Blues and Other Love Songs

So Goes Love

Clifford Brown:

Sextet in Paris

Quartet in Paris

Memorial Album

Mel Brown:

Chicken Fat

The Wizard

Odel Brown and the Organ-izers;

Raising the Roof

Mellow Yellow

Ducky

Ray Brown:

Hot Tracks

After You've Gone (both co-led by Herb Ellis)

Seven Steps to Heaven

Don't Get Sassy

Summertime

Much in Common (with Milt Jackson)

Live at Starbucks

Producer's Choice

Live at Scullers

Some of My Best Friends are The Trumpet Players

Some of My Best Friends are Guitarists

Some of My Best Friends are the Sax Players

Don't Forget the Blues

Three Dimensional

Red Hot Ray Brown Trio

Soular Energy

Summer Wind

Black Orpheus

Moore Makes Four

Bam Bam Bam

Private Recording of one of Ray's last gigs, at the Germany Jazz Festival

Tom Browne:

Another Shade of Browne (interesting straightahead date by a guy who's made his living in smooth jazz but says he's always loved Morgan, et. al.)

Dave Brubeck:

Blues Roots (with Gerry Mulligan)

Brubeck and Rushing

Jimmy Bruno:

Live at Birdland I - with Bobby Watson

Live at Birdland II - with Scott Hamilton

Bobby Bryant:

Ain't Doing too B-A-D, BAD

Big Band Blues

Paul Bryant

Burnin'

Groove Time

Something's Happenin' (the last two are cool dates Fantasy should put out, with Plas Johnson and Gatemouth Brown among others)

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Not all my cuppa' but I'll never fault a guy for liking what he likes (unless it's Kenny G of course ;)). Personally I need more variety - and could never listen to so much Blakey in a row - but it is interesting to get a "glimpse" of Dan's collection...

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Roy Brooks:

Beat

Dan,

I haven't heard "Beat," but if you like Brooks, you may want to check out his album "The Free Slave." Don't know if it ever has made it to CD (my copy is a Muse LP), but it's a cool live date from the Left Bank in Baltimore in 1970. Has Woody Shaw on Trumpet, George Coleman on tenor, Hugh Lawson on piano and Cecil McBee on bass.

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Dan, you list four albums by Terence Blanchard, but only three from this giant:

Clifford Brown:

Sextet in Paris

Quartet in Paris

Memorial Album

That's a very strange balance to me :rmad:

Time to invest in some essential albums.

I was waiting for someone to point this out!

But, strange to say, I have always preferred Brownie's descendants to Brownie himself (I think you know which Brownie I'm speaking of, Brownie! ;) Not that I count Blanchard necessarily under that heading, but Lee, Byrd, Freddie ...)

And trust me, there are a few Brown/Roach titles that are filed under Max :)

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What's that "Brubeck and Rushing" disc like? Sounds like an interesting mix.

It's criminally short, about 30 minutes, but really, really good. Rushing is in fine voice, as would be expected, and Brubeck fits with him very well. I'd grab it if I were you. ;)

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What's that "Brubeck and Rushing" disc like? Sounds like an interesting mix.

It's criminally short, about 30 minutes, but really, really good. Rushing is in fine voice, as would be expected, and Brubeck fits with him very well. I'd grab it if I were you. ;)

I got that cheap some time ago, actually bought it more because it was cheap and I haven't much Brubeck so far... but yeah! A great one! "Melancholy Baby" is one of the highlights, in my opinion. Rushing really sounds good, and the disc is lots of fun! Grab it cheap if you see it!

On the edit: and then there's Paul Desmond, of course :wub:

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