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I had long wondered whether to put this question into the "What jazz book are you reading right now?" topic but then decided to start a new one in order not to let that "reading right now" thread get deviated into too many directions. Sooo ... I am wondering which of the following books to tackle next after the current one (Eddie Condon's Treasury of jazz - which is well-suited to small instalments and can be put aside almost any time in between, of course): (FTR, (Right now I am leaning towards either "The Song Of the Hawk" or "Jazz Gentry" - another one that is perfect for reading in small -chapter-wise - portions in between) The primary reason I am asking is this: Quite a few of the above artists have been graced by several biographies through the years, and these may not all have the same ranking among those in the know and familiar with them. So my question is: Any of you with any opinions on how the above rate compared to other biographies on the respective artists, or recommendations on which of these are particularly recommended, or which to put on the back burner in favor of a different one of the artist, maybe, etc. (FTR, I do own and have read the Bix biography by Richard Sudhalter, and I did bypass the "Lady Sings The Blues" bio, of which there is a copy - German version - in this lot too) (And in case anyone's wondering, "why that avalanche of biographies in one swoop?", 2 weeks ago I cleared out the bookshelves of the estate of a deceased jazz collector (from the source that the Bird book mentioned in the "Great finds" thread in August came from), and the above items are the tip of the iceberg - or should I say "icemountain? - and the more tempting ones of the biographies included in the lot.) Thanks in avance to everyone for your opinions and assessments.

I agree but what can we do these days with (customs duties) matters being THAT nebulous? (Uneasiness in the opposite direction over here is not much better, BTW)

👍 - the original BYG 529.321 ACTUEL VOLUME 21 is on my shelf ...

I'd get that one too.

Which is, to me, bad business strategy, as USA customers are going to (understandably) assume the worst Better to address the issue head-on. I might consider CDJapan at this point if I knew exactly what I was facing tariff-wise, but the unknown nature of that cost steers me to Dusty even with their substantially more expensive prices.

Grachan Moncur III: New Africa (Charly CD reissue of BYG album)

looks like all 4 are getting the CD treatment

Op.76/4, Op.76/5, Op.76/6

A cool morning. Memphis the American Bully heard an owl outside for the first time. Was fun to see his reactions! Listening to both discs of this new release from Japan, Miles Davis “Paris Jazz Festval - Salle Pleyel - 10/1/1964” 2 disc hybrid SACD set from Sony. I think this was a smart move because it is likely the material from the latest Bootleg Series release that collectors are least likely to have. And there are those who will buy it for the SACD sound, such as I!

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The Kenny Drew Trio: Autumn Leaves, Kenny Drew Trio Plays Standards Live. Alfa Jazz ALCR-114 [Japan 1991] Personnel: Kenny Drew (p), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (b), Alvin Queen (dr)

If the Heath Brothers gets a CD reissue, I finally might get to hear that one.

Yes, that's what it's all about. And they had blues roots, too. They were Alexis Korner's rhythm section before Pentangle, he thought they were the best for Renbourn, Jansch, and McShee. All other folk bands in Britain had rockish rhythm sections that all sounded similar.

Maybe they are trying to circumvent the obvious (as long as they can) in order not to frighten even more customers away?

Django Bates Belovèd: Bird. Lost Marble LM004 [UK 2009]

👍 ❤️ every Item from this series is a 'nugget' in the collection.

October 2 Django Bates - 1960 Saw him in Göttingen November 11, 2011

Over the past few days, combining flamenco guitar with Spanish 70s symphonic rock and dirty punk/urban rock from the 2010s...

Thanks Hutchfan. It’s small but I feel spoiled having my own space in our house.