jacknife Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 What you don' JK, copying my collection Better than stealing it, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montg Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 (edited) I have the Blakey, Jacquet, Teagarden, Eldridge, Terry, Brown, and Jazztet CDs. All are fine although I find Lawrence Brown's playing a little hard to warm up to for some reason. Jazztet and Tea probably get the most playing time. I see the Elites pop up now and then and I'm never sure whether to pull the trigger--the recommendations in this thread are gonna be helpful. Edited September 24, 2003 by montg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 The Collector's Edition disc does indeed have unique material on it: 1. Let's Fall in Love [1] -Louis Armstrong / Oscar Peterson - 3:33 2. Dancing in the Dark [Mono Version] -Bill Evans - 4:25 3. La Rosita - Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - 2:34 4. Shine on Harvest Moon - Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - 2:17 5. Memories for the Count - Harry "Sweets" Edison/Buck Clayton - 7:19 6. The Moon Is Low - Roy Eldridge/Benny Carter - 3:07 7. Close Your Eyes - Oscar Peterson - 3:49 8. Playboy Peterson - Oscar Peterson - 2:15 9. Prayer, a Jazz Hymn (AKA Hymn to Freedom) - Oscar Peterson - 6:55 10. Squatty Roo - Johnny Hodges/Dizzy Gillespie - 7:23 11. Duke's Place - Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - 4:12 12. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair - Tal Farlow - 3:00 13. Broadway - Jimmy Smith - 10:22 14. Let's Fall in Love [2] - Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - 3:12 I saw it a couple of weeks ago and never bothered, because I thought it was a compilation culled from the VE cds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted September 24, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 I forgot to mention, I have the whole series EXCEPT the Collector's Disc...why I haven't pulled the trigger is hard to say...now that I think about it, I HAVE to have it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 I've got 7 of these. My favorite is probably Paul Quinichette's the Vice President, with one of the highlights being Count Basie on organ. Jimmy Cleveland is also up there, especially since there's not much of his around. A similar trombonist like that would be Mathew Gee', whose Jazz By Gee is a must in my book, which should still be available from Fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 I forgot to mention, I have the whole series EXCEPT the Collector's Disc...why I haven't pulled the trigger is hard to say...now that I think about it, I HAVE to have it... I have a sealed one, if you're interested...at least, I think it's sealed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 I have them all except the collector's disc and the George Russell. I remember when the first batch was released. My local Tower Records had a bunch of copies of the Johnny Smith and the Dizzy Gillespie. It took me a while to track down the rest of that first batch. The subsequent releases were even harder to find. My absolute favorite of the series is the 3 disc Lee Konitz Motion set. I can truthfully say that this cd actually saved my life (or my sanity). My son cried and cried and cried in the months after he was born (he's 2 now). I seriously thought I was going to lose my mind. There was NOTHING I could do to calm him down. NOTHING until I put disc 1 of the Konitz set on the stereo. My son stopped crying and really got into the music. My wife had played music for him before and it didn't do anything for him, but the Konitz disc captivated him. To this day, he loves jazz. :rsmile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 My son cried and cried and cried in the months after he was born (he's 2 now). I seriously thought I was going to lose my mind. There was NOTHING I could do to calm him down. NOTHING until I put disc 1 of the Konitz set on the stereo. My son stopped crying and really got into the music. My wife had played music for him before and it didn't do anything for him, but the Konitz disc captivated him. To this day, he loves jazz. :rsmile: Wow.... Great story. I love this series of reissues. Don't think there's a clunker in the bunch. Unfortunately, I got in after the first batch or two became impossible to find so I'm missing a lot of the early ones. The only thing that put me off to these was HOW EXPENSIVE they were and I almost never found them at a discount. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AfricaBrass Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 Thanks Mule! I really lucked out when I bought most of the titles from the first series. This was back when Best Buy was selling all the full-priced cds for $11.99. I got most of the first and second series at various Best Buys. The high price is why I never bit on the sampler disc. I wish I would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 The Collector's Edition disc does indeed have unique material on it: 1.  Let's Fall in Love [1] -Louis Armstrong / Oscar Peterson - 3:33 2.  Dancing in the Dark [Mono Version] -Bill Evans - 4:25 3.  La Rosita - Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - 2:34 4.  Shine on Harvest Moon - Coleman Hawkins/Ben Webster - 2:17 5.  Memories for the Count - Harry "Sweets" Edison/Buck Clayton - 7:19 6.  The Moon Is Low - Roy Eldridge/Benny Carter - 3:07 7.  Close Your Eyes - Oscar Peterson - 3:49 8.  Playboy Peterson - Oscar Peterson - 2:15 9.  Prayer, a Jazz Hymn (AKA Hymn to Freedom) - Oscar Peterson - 6:55 10. Squatty Roo - Johnny Hodges/Dizzy Gillespie - 7:23 11. Duke's Place - Ella Fitzgerald/Duke Ellington - 4:12 12. With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair - Tal Farlow - 3:00 13. Broadway - Jimmy Smith - 10:22 14. Let's Fall in Love [2] - Louis Armstrong/Oscar Peterson - 3:12 I saw it a couple of weeks ago and never bothered, because I thought it was a compilation culled from the VE cds. Well, I got it today (and got the Meade Lux Lewis today, too - as I'm one of those f**king completists...). I had no idea this was such a nice collection of rarities! Thanks, Aggie, Lon, for clearing this up for me! I think that Collector's Disc is going to get quite some spinning here! Another favorite of mine is the Modern Jazz Society Presents... disc. I look at it as a John Lewis album, actually. Very nice to hear Aaron Sachs in such stellar company! Then Luchy strikes as always he did, Getz, Scott and J.J. do some nice blowing, and then I like the arrangements very much. And those tunes are so nice! Can't get enough of any decent to gorgeous arrangement of "Django"... ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacknife Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 (edited) Maybe this belongs in the ebay craziness thread but is Lalo Schifrin really this rare? The Dissection And Reconstruction... $147.77 ouch! Edited September 25, 2003 by jacknife Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted September 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Wow, that is WAY overpriced...although I will say I have NEVER seen the Schifrin in a store except for the one copy I found (I don't even remember where it was, think it was in a Tower somewhere). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrJ Posted September 25, 2003 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 vibes Posted: Sep 24 2003, 12:15 PM  QUOTE (DrJ @ Sep 24 2003, 10:01 AM) I forgot to mention, I have the whole series EXCEPT the Collector's Disc...why I haven't pulled the trigger is hard to say...now that I think about it, I HAVE to have it...  I have a sealed one, if you're interested...at least, I think it's sealed. vibes, I PM'd you - but got that weird error message. It probably went through, but if not, let me know by replying here. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Tony, I got your PM and replied to it. Let me know if you don't get it - I got that weird error message too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Just listening to the Teagarden. What wonderful music this is! Love those Willard Robinson tunes - never heard of him (except knowing "A Cottage For Sale" without knowing who wrote it). Wonderful singing and playing by T! (The only recording of his I have yet...) ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 Aggie & Lon: HUGE thank you for pointing me the right direction to get that Collector's Disc! I have listened to it three times now, and it's on the way to become one of my favorite VEEs! Very glad I have it! ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 27, 2003 Report Share Posted September 27, 2003 (edited) Ubu Rex: you must correct the sad state of your Teagarden holdings. At the very least get the other Verve recording on cd, "Mis'ry and the Blues", just released a few weeks ago. It's a great companion to the Elite, similar in nature (and two more Willard compositions). And if you like that one, keep on exploring. He's one of my favorite artists. Edited September 27, 2003 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claude Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 I started collecting this series only after it went out of print, because in the late 90's I mainly listened to classical music. As I'm not a fan of mainstream jazz, I only searched for the more "advanced" or free titles. Currently I have those: - Dizzy Gillespie - PERCEPTIONS (great J.J. Johnson here) - Alan Shorter - ORGASM - Lee Konitz - MOTION - Walt Dickerson - IMPRESSIONS ON A PATCH OF BLUE - George Russell Sextet - AT THE FIVE SPOT - Stan Getz and the Clarke-Boland Big Band - CHANGE OF SCENES - Lalo Schifrin - DISSECTION AND RECONSTRUCTION OF MUSIC FROM THE PAST My favourites are the Getz, Dickerson, Schifrin, because the music is very unique. BTW, I got the Schifrin for $27 on Ebay UK a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vibes Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 BTW, I got the Schifrin for $27 on Ebay UK a few weeks ago. Damn you! I had no idea that one went for so much. When I first started posting on the BNBB, I wanted this one for my collection. Someone offered to sell me theirs for $75, and after looking around on eBay, half.com and a few other places, I decided I didn't need it that bad - $75 was the low end for this CD. Someone was nice enough to burn me a copy, and while it's good, it ain't $75-good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 If anyone knows where to get that Collector's Disc - PM moi, please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jacknife Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 If anyone knows where to get that Collector's Disc I just got one from half.com and there are still a bunch left. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted September 28, 2003 Report Share Posted September 28, 2003 Just found a mint second-hand copy of the 'Johnny Smith' for sale over in London this weekend. This was one of the ones that was outstanding to complete the set, never ever seen it in the racks before. Grand total of £7 secured it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 Thanks for your Teagarden recommendation, Lon! I like those Verve LPR series quite much, actually, but have not gotten over the first couple of batches, yet. I thought Teagarden might be someone I ought to explore more. Someday I might come around to do it, and then I'll think of you Can you comment on the Mosaic? ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king ubu Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 sidewinder: London seems the place to pick up OOP VEEs. It's been two years since I was there, but there were a dozen each of several then already long OOP titles (like the Ray Brown, for instance). There might still be some lying around there... but they've got prices that beat even our swiss ones (which are ridiculous already by themselves) ubu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted September 29, 2003 Report Share Posted September 29, 2003 The Mosaic is an excellent set. It features the working band that produced "Mis'ry and the Blues" and has two fabulous live discs, and two discs that reissue their three studio lps, with additional previously unreleased tracks. If you liked "Mis'ry" the Mosaic is a great set to explore. Expensive. . . but I preordered it and am darned glad I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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