This fascinating album follows jazz drummer Baby Dodds as he demonstrates the sonic elements of his famous solos and discusses these component parts with the attentive audience. From a discussion of drumming in the 1920s to a tom-tom "workout," Dodds' album is as entertaining as it is educational.
https://folkways.si.edu/baby-dodds/footnotes-to-jazz-vol-1-talking-and-drum-solos/ragtime-oral-history-biography/album/smithsonian?mc_cid=8916691311&mc_eid=2c917bba9f
Got the expanded reissue of Supersonic Jazz this week, comes with a second CD of bonus tracks!
https://sunramusic.bandcamp.com/album/supersonic-jazz-expanded-edition
With this and the earlier expanded reissue of Jazz in Silhouette (with Sound Sun Pleasure included), the '50s are now covered quite nicely. Can't wait for them to get to the early '60s material, that part of the discography has been such a mess!
Maybe there's been some misunderstanding. VAT is added when the sets arrive in Belgium and is included in the prices on TYQMusic's site.
[edit] When I put the Crosby set in my cart it shows that the total (including 12,50 euros shipping) includes VAT:
Subtotal
€139,00
Shipping
Flat rate: €12,50
Total
€151,50 (includes €24,12 VAT estimated for the Netherlands)
That's what I did. IIRC the reply came from Mr Steyaert himself. I asked him about the total cost including shipping and he told me VAT at that rate of some 20% would be charged too. Was I surprised? Yes!