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Wow, it will be 46 degrees today. A heat wave! And . . . no snow. Watched seven deer walk across our back yard into our side yard and then across the road into the forest. They are active in the heat (29 degrees right now) and seemed happy, looking for food. I love my sylvan world. Starting off a listening session with the second disc from the last music I listened to yesterday . . . SFJazz Collective “Original Compositions and Works of Thelonious Monk” disc 2

Actually I meant "up to and including the Mellophonium band". I haven't nearly listened to all the Kenton recordings from that period, but the "Uncollected Vol. 6" on Hindsight, for example, is quite palatable to my ears.

Do agree with you for the 'Mellophonium band'. From this time on Stan lost me as a collector. Dont like that "muddy" sound.

So am I (at least for the period up to the Mellophonium orchestra) - but no real completist. I didn't know about this particular CD but have several other compilations that cover this period. So I am not quite sure how to judge this one in particular - in preference to others. But like I said, anyone who would like to explore this period should be served well with this compilation. In general I'd recommend having a look at the live recordings (from the Hollywood Palladium and Birdland) of that period too.

If it is smaller collector labels (that cater to niche segments within the niche market of jazz ) that are meant here, then I'd mention Sonorama and Be!Jazz as well.

Probably the submitter has only this one. I am a Kenton fan but have also this one among many other Items ;-]]

👍👍 the 2 volumes

What made you pick out this one, of all Kenton albums? Opinions? According to Discogs and the description on YT this is a sort of "Best Of" of the 1950-52 band. There are quite a few compilations of that time period around, so if you fancy that period of his bands this one should be as fine as any.

Wow, fantastic reissue. It exceeds my expectations. I also received vol. 2 of book Freedom Rhythm & Sound, lots of rare covers.

Does Mosaic qualify as ‘boutique label’? 😉

I understand your needs and agree that "Both Sides Now" doesn't meet these needs. And yes, there are many cobbled-up pseudo-discographies on the 'web these days. Yet I find your statement inappropriate for sites such as Both Sides Now. This site, in particular, does fill a need and a gap, despite the gaps it still has and those label listings that seem to remain unfinished. I am glad this site still is up. OTOH just look at certain among the typical discographies in the stricter sense of the word (both online and in print). How many of them give truly comprehensive listings of the EPs (or other 45s) that were released alongside the LPs, and how many give at least the ALBUM TITLES (and ALL of them) that were compiled from the sessions so the discographically interested collector isn't forced in each and every case to jump between the discographies and reference works such as the Goldmine Jazz Album price guide (or Discogs, for that matter) to identify the respective album by its title? Jazzdisco.org is a commendable exception but other "typical" discographies fall short (if not to say "fall flat on their faces") in that respect. Just to give an example of the gaps that Both Sides Now fills, in early 2025 I took out the "King labels" and "Aladdin/Imperial labels" discographies by Ruppli from our regional State libray and ran almost the entire books through my photocopier at home. And then I printed out the respective Both Sides Now listings of "King/Federal/Deluxe/Queen" as well as the Aladdin and Imperial Album listings and filed them in the respective binders alongside the Ruppli discographies. A combination that is as perfectly complementary for reference as it could possibly be!

I take it, then, that "boutique label" means COLLECTOR label, right?

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February 10 Rufus Reid - 1944

It really is very underrated given the quality of what they put out. I think because the best Sackville is in the less hip categories.

I’ve always liked this cover best and was happy when International Phonographic used it. It’s on my wall, what a beauty. Makes me think some how of Demons Dance by Jacky McLean.

Sackville. From Dixieland to Avant Garde.

Siegfried Kessler, Barre Phillips and Steve McCall – Live At The "Gill's Club"

Joe Pass – Portraits Of Duke Ellington The Wynton Kelly Trio with Special Guest George Coleman – Live At The Left Bank Jazz Society Baltimore, 1968 Also featuring some incendiary George Coleman live at the Left Bank. Joey Waronker and Pete Min – King King

Some smoking tracks on this release. Including some incendiary George Coleman!

RIP for sure. He will be missed! I last saw him with the reunited Television in 2016 at the Chapel, SF Photo: a year earlier at the Fillmore

Intakt, Pyroclastic, Clean Feed, Pi Recordings, Resonance, Reel to Real, Black Jazz, Real Gone, Omnivore Nessa(!) I'm sure there are others ...

#955 made it to Brisbane (Australia) today - impressive booklet. Havn't listened yet