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Not going in person, but I might tune in on one of the live streams at Smoke - https://tickets.smokejazz.com/shows/7570/?date=2025-08-15 (Eric Alexander & Vincent Herring Quintet “Split Decision” Record Release) The reason I bring this up is that Mike LeDonne and Eric Alexander are playing at Toronto's Jazz Bistro on Aug. 29 and 30th. I plan on making the Aug 30 show. I haven't seen Eric since I was living in Chicago and he played the Jazz Showcase, usually accompanied by Harold Mabern.

Wow - the clip sounds great. I love the cover, may drive me to the LP. The Penthouse is Seattle seems to be a fairly deep well.

I got the cd of this from Dusty Groove for $5. Dusty must have had a source from an old distributor or something, they seemed to have a ton of Muse cds for that price a few years ago.

I've never come across the Richard Davis Way Out West album. Awful cover, but a killer lineup! Would be nice if they did these:

Wow, what a line up! I will order this as well, probably on vinyl. Will wait for the initial fervor to die down and then prices will drop.

Carmen McRae “Carmen Sings Monk” Like Betty Carter Ms McRae recorded some amazing albums right before her passing, this perhaps the best of them. A perfect marriage of music and singer.

falls between his Half Note concert (same musician lineup) & the first Blue Note Cape Verdean session The Natives Are Restless Tonight : Carmell Jones (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Horace Silver (p) Teddy Smith (b) Roger Humphries (d) Alan Grant radio broadcast "Half-Note", New York, April 16, 1965 Song for my father Emerald EMRCD-1003 [CD], 32 Jazz 32005 [CD] The natives are restless tonight - - Que pasa ? - - Note: 32 Jazz 32005 [CD] titled "Re-entry". All above titles also on Ram R-81002 [CD], DIW (Jap)DIW-130 [CD], Ezz-thetics (Swi)1137 [CD]. See February 11 & 18, 1966 for more titles from all issues. The Cape Verdean Blues : The Horace Silver Quintet : Woody Shaw (tp) Joe Henderson (ts) Horace Silver (p) Bob Cranshaw (b) Roger Humphries (d) Englewood Cliffs, NJ, October 1, 1965 1661 (tk 4) Pretty eyes (*) Blue Note BLP4220, CDP7-84220-2 [CD], 45-1923 1662 (tk 6) The African Queen - - , 45-1924 1663 (tk 16) The Cape Verdean blues (*) - - , 45-1923, BN-LA402-H2, (E)BNSLP-1, (G)BST84510, Blue Note CDP7-95590-2 [CD], EMI (Eu)493466-2 [CD], Blue Note 3-77398-2 [CD] Note: Blue Note (E)BNSLP-1, CDP7-95590-2 [CD] both titled "Blue bossa"; rest of LP/CD by others. (*) These two titles also on Blue Note CDP7-93206-2 [CD], (Eu)7932062 [CD].

I don't think I've heard any of Richard Davis' Muse LPs. I keep meaning to, but never go the extra step of acquiring any. Are they worth shelling out the money? I doubt I'd like "As One" very much.

A wonderfully cool morning after a hot day. Starting off with the second half of this release, didn’t get to fully digest it yesterday. Excellent music and sound. Joel Ross “Who Are You?” Blue Note cd

Supposedly Carmell Jones was heckled before (during?) the show and his playing was adversely affected. Michael Cuscuna gave the masters to Horace so there is a chance that they're out there somewhere. If someone knows Horace's son Gregory, maybe he has them... although I did read somewhere that Gregory may have also passed.

Agreed ...

I could understand the disappointment for those who prefer the cd format. I wish they just do both. No need to always place the vinyl listener in the audiophile loony camp though. I think it’s like Clifford mentioned: the vinyl market is more profitable at the moment. There aren’t a lot of labels that are lead primarily by the ideal of spreading the art. Most of them are just businesses who want to maximize their profits unfortunately.

Back to "great finds made" ... Here's a great music find not in the grooves but between the pages … The other day I met up with a high school classmate from our “Class of 79” who had told me she had started selling off the jazz record collection of her deceased father and wondered if I was interested. Purchases from that collection will be on the back burner for me for the time being, but in her dad’s jazz book corner the below item caught my eye … So I offered her 50 Euros outright for this book, which she was pleased to accept (in fact she had intimated earlier that she did not expect to make much money from disposing of her father’s books – jazz books included). As a bonus, a free copy of the “Eddie Condon Treasury of Jazz” (1st edition of 1956) came my way too. The Bird book is in NM condition (no scuffing to speak of, no splits of the box, no loose pages - which I understand can happen with this book), just some very minor fading of the box spine. I’ve now placed an order with a specialist shop for a premium cardboard archiving box of the right size to hold the book and maintain it in its current condition on my bookshelf for the rest of my days. Needless to say, I was (and am) pleased with this find – even if the vinyl part of my inspection of that collection should come to nought.

I have long wondered what is so awful about the 1964 Live At Pep's session that it was rejected.

The NYT obit was pretty eye-opening for me. I didn't know a lot about her early life. She was definitely a survivor! I was fortunate to see her in 2019 at SFJAZZ in their small Joe Henderson Lab space with Cameron Brown. A wonderful show. Sheila Jordan, Fearless Vocal Improviser, Is Dead at 96

Great front line. Will definitely stream it, and if it's as good as it appears to be will probably by the CD, too.

When Zev released this announcement on FB today I asked him if there would be corresponding CDs for this project. His response: "... this is an analog LP series. As of now exclusive to vinyl. Thanks for your support." Fortunately I have a number of Muse albums on CD - including some of the ugly 32 Jazz releases and Woody Shaw's Muse Mosaic box. Still have some good vinyl too, but my LPs are in storage.

Hello, all- I'm proud to present my last release of the year (and, hopefully, my last bit of member spam) - Bukas, releasing next Friday, August 22, on 577 Records. Bukas documents a band assembled for two Bay Area shows in May of 2023. This was my first major project after the birth of my child and the effective end of social distancing, and it serves as a celebration of the resilient free jazz music that helped me weather a difficult time in our lives. Using the words of John Coltrane as a conceptual tether, this album argues that Free Music can help to shape a world informed by conscience and decency. This is an idea of value, I think, at times like these. Bukas features the legendary Andrew Cyrille, playing some of his most incendiary drums of recent years. He's joined by Asian Improv aRts cofounder Francis Wong, Lewis Jordan (of the storied Bay Area band United Front), bassist Lisa Mezzacappa, and keyboardist Rei Scampavia (of Grex). The album may be pre-ordered/ordered here: https://577records.bandcamp.com/album/bukas And here's a quick video about the project: All the best to you all, K

Sold! Thank you. Peter Brotzmann Chicago Tentet +1 NM $70 shipped Paypal US only Bumped with price reduction

This afternoon:

Yep. Got a copy close to that, at least it aint this BS cover:

This one too. Every bit as good, but/just not all tenor.

WOW!! Didn't know about these records!!!

***Please Disregard other Listings. This list combines/expands them, is updated with availability, and prices have been reduced. Thank you.*** PLEASE NOTE- All the CDs listed below are new/sealed. Most are marked as promotional CDs either with a cut in the jewel case, scratch through the bar code, or a sticker over the bar code. Some may be marked internally with a disclaimer printed on the disc itself. Please contact me with questions about specific titles. Unless otherwise noted the Blue Notes should all be RVG releases. Shipping via media mail at cost. Lower 48 only. Payment via PayPal Friends and Family only. Thanks for looking. $3 Each- SEALED Horace Silver- Further Explorations… Horace Silver- Silver’s Serenade Dexter Gordon- Our Man in Paris Stanley Turrentine- Joyride Sealed- As Priced Sal Salvador- Quintet/Quartet (Connoisseur 10’’ Series- Sealed) $10 Thad Jones/Mel Lewis- Live at Village Vanguard (Sealed) $8 Open Blue Note CDs $3 Each Mixture of promos and purchases. Promos identified in description. Most of these are unplayed. Media is Ex/Cases VG++ (due to the promotional marking) Art Blakey Quintet- A Night at Birdland- Vol. 2 (Mono 1987 release) The Jazz Messengers- At the Café Bohemia Volume 1 (Mono 1987 Release) Richard Groove Holmes- Best of Pacific Years (promo printed on CD) Floratone- (promo sticker over UPC) Jason Moran- Soundtrack to Human Motion (promo printed on CD) John Scofield- Steady Groovin’- (promo printed on CD) John Scofield- Time on My Hands (NOT a promo) Open CDs- $3 Each Discs Ex/Cases VG++ (please ask about specific titles) -John Scofield- Who’s Who? (Drill In UPC/ Disc Ex) -Robin Eubanks- DB3 Live Vol. 1 (CD/DVD) (spine has crease as though something was set on top of it) Case G/EX -Charles Mingus- Modern Jazz Symposium -T.E.C.K. String Quartet- -Saxophone Summit- Seraphic Light- -David Murray- Saxmen- (Hole in UPC) -David Murray- Creole- (Drill mark in UPC) - Paul Motian- Monk in Motian #20/81- (Cardboard shows light wear/slight case cut scratch on spine) -Bobby Vince Paunetto- Commit to Memory/Paunetto’s Point Non- Blue Note Titles- Mix of promos/purchases- ALL SEALED $3 Each Red Mitchell/Warne Marsh- Big Two, Vol. 1 John Scofield- Bump The J.J. Johnson Memorial Album Ravi Coltrane- From the Round Box Stan Killian- Unified Sonny Rollins- Road Shows, Vol. 3 SF Jazz Collective- Untitled- Nonesuch 79855-2 Duke Ellington- Live at the Whitney Freddie Hubbard- Outpost (sealed) Donald Harrison- This is Jazz Free Range Rat- Nut Club (Clean Feed) Houston Person- Talk of the Town Big Satan- Souls- saved hear T.S. Monk- Higher Ground Stan Getz- Complete Savoy Recordings Tadd Dameron and His Orchestra- Fountainbleau Sealed ECM -Louis Sclavis- L’Imparfait des Langues $4 -Abercrombie/Towner- Five Years Later- $4 -John Abercrombie- Selected Works $4 -Evan Parker- Bousdtrophedon $4 -Evan Parker- The Moment’s Energy $4 -Evan Parker- The Eleventh Hour $4 -Roscoe Mitchell- Composition/Improvisation Nos. 1, 2, & 3 $6 -Dave Holland- Triplicate $3 Looks like a reseal from Borders, I never played it- Cannot vouch for CD condition Opened CDs Ex/Ex -John Surman- Brewster’s Rooster $4 -John Abercrombie- November $4 -Martin Speake- Change of Heart- $4 -Keith Jarrett- Jasmine- $3 -Evan Parker- Memory/Vision- $4 -Evan Parker- Drawn Inward- $4 -Christian Wallumrod- Sofienberg Variations- $4 -Christian Wallumrod- A Year from Easter- $4 (both Wallumrod for $7) -Ralph Towner- Lost and Found- $4 -Jacob Young- Evening Falls- $4 -Jacob Young- Sideways- $4 (Both Youngs for $7) -Stefano Battaglia- RE: Pasolini (2 CD)- $6 -Francois Couturier- Nostalgia- $4 Random CDs – As Priced Miles Davis- Timeless Classic Albums (5 CD) Ex/Ex $7 Anthony Braxton- Donna Lee $15 (cardboard case leans out- spin is not perpendicular to front and back Case Vg/Media Ex -Anthony Braxton- Composition N. 169 + (186 + 206 + 214) 2 CD- Ex/Ex $14 -John Surman- Glancing Backwards- The Dawn Anthology- 3 CD (back of case cracked- hole punch in UPC) $18 VG+/Ex -Paul Motian- Motian on Broadway Vol. 1,2,3,4,5- $32 (Spine has crease as though something heavy was set on it) Case G/Discs EX -Dave Douglas Quintet 2015- Brazen Heart Live at the Jazz Standard (TH/FR/SA/SU- 2CDs for each night/8CDs total) Cardboard sleeves show very light corner wear/Discs Ex- $15 Jazz Box Sets -Roy Haynes- A Life in Time- Box shows wear G/Discs Ex-. $8 -Stanley Turrentine- MD75-212 (4031/5000)- Excellent Condition. Ex/Ex $75 -Joe Henderson- Mosaic MD5-271 (725/2500). Unplayed. EX/EX $88 -Hank Mobley- Complete Fifties- MD6-181 (2154-/7500) Edge of top cover has a slight bow to it- Pictures available on request. Box G/Discs Ex $52 -AEOC- 2131/6000. Played once to rip to itunes. Slight bow to sides (as if something had been set on top of it wear on bottom. $65 Outer box VG/Discs Ex -John Abercrombie- (ECM) The First Quartet. New and sealed. Scratch through the barcode. M/M- $14 -Jean Luc Ponty- Vol. 2- Original Album Masters. New/sealed. 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