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Yes, reissue copies of Roost 2205 ("Seldon Powell Plays") should not be hard to find. I found mine (Fresh Sound reissue LP) along with Roost 2220 in the year 2000 at a local shop where they had tons of secondhand Fresh Sound vinyls. For those who are interested, here are the Down Beat reviews of both albums (2205 by Nat Hentoff, 2220 by Ralph J. Gleason): At one point I also picked up an EP excerpt from the 2220 LP on (Danish) Sonet (SXP 2218): These EPs were a common practice as LPs at that time in Europe were really expensive. At that time an LP cost about the equivalent of one day's pay of a skilled worker. Whereas EPs were priced at about a third. And they served a purpose as "tasters" or "best of the LP" compilations. Unfortunately my copy is plagued by numerous bubbles in the vinyl (not all that rare a problem of vinyl degradation with Sonets and sometimes Metronomes from that era). I am not even sure if this problem already existed when I picked it up and just didn't check (it was priced at 1 EUR plus mass discount at a clearout sale) or if this happened in the intervening years in storage here. Will try to see if the heat treatment I've used fairly successfully for warped LPs will better things. At any rate, the cover is a nice complement to the LP.

"Unsavory"?? Does this mean they still were bothered by those stereotypes of Storyville brothels? Or the cliché of all jazz musicians being junkies? Nothing learnt after the best part of a century? How prude can you be?? By that yardstick, what music WOULD they have accepted? Certainly not anything even remotely connected with Rap or Hip Hop, that "gibberish of criminals"? My my ...

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Kirk Knuffke: Brother (SteepleChase CD)

Terry Allen: Blood Sucking Maniacs

Kasey Chambers: Freight Train

Nat and Ron seemed to imply that it was that they felt Jazz came from an "unsavory" background. Nat brought up the fact that a poet, Sterling Brown, told him that in the 50 years he taught at Howard University, they never let him teach a course there that had anything to do with jazz, because of the unsavory background thing. Then he said that "Adam Clayton Powell had a paper in NY in competition with Amsterdam News. I knew the editor and had seen him at jazz clubs- but he never used jazz, and the implication was that it wasn't right for the image". Then he says to Ron Carter, "So what you said in that interview was that 'the black press,the black media, has a great deal of responsibility in the lack of, and the possibility of. increasing the visibility and viability of jazz.' "Is that still the case? Ron Carter says: "The only difference is that if I were writing it out verbally, I would underline all those words." Yeah, it sounds like that jerk that yelled that out wound up contributing to CT's act!

I held off on the Crossland but got the other two, then at the "last minute" added these two: Phil Haynes Liberty Now! https://philhaynesmusic.bandcamp.com/album/liberty-now Roots Rocking Zimbabwe - The Modern Sound of Harare' Townships 1975-1980 (Analog Africa No.41) https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/album/roots-rocking-zimbabwe-the-modern-sound-of-harare-townships-1975-1980-analog-africa-no-41

On my system SACDs sound really really good and generally an improvement, so the SACDs have been and will be welcome for me. I also really like the 7" Sony packaged releases.

It's all been pretty underwhelming so far unless one is really juiced for the Tiberi stuff.

Me too!

Grateful Dead “Postcards Of The Hanging - Grateful Dead Perform The Songs Of Bob Dylan” 2 cd set, disc 1

Good condition original pressings are very expensive, but there are some reissues available.

I have this Roost 2220, excellent sate. Would like to get a nice copy of the preceding volume as well; it seems a bit harder to find on LP.

Evensmo, in his solography, mentions this session: SELDON POWELL QUINTET NYC. July 7, 1956 Seldon Powell (ts), Hank Jones (p), Barry Galbraith (g), Milt Hinton (b), Osie Johnson (dm). Three titles were recorded for Epic: Stoozie C. J.’s Brother Serenade In Blue His comments on the session: Pleasant, nice session with SP at his very best. Two fine medium swingers are most notable, but the beautiful and lighttoned version of ”Serenade …” will be your lasting memory! I could not find any record containing "Serenade in Blue" on Discogs, or on streaming services. Does anyone know if it has ever been released (and even better, if you have a copy of the recording, please let me know...). EDIT: I found it! https://www.discogs.com/master/1022100-The-Rhythm-Section-Rhythm-1

Preference is not a consideration. Interest is, and it's total.

From https://www.everythingjazz.com/story/the-tiberi-tapes-a-new-addition-to-john-coltranes-discography-for-2026/ The slow speed kind of explains the pitchy quality of the recordings. It often sounds to me like the speed is off and the pitch not standard. https://thumbs.worthpoint.com/zoom/images1/1/1225/17/vintage-magnavox-tr-100tape-recorder_1_d250f172475f7aa8e879a1a41bdb861b.jpg