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Wonderful, beautiful photo !

Does Storyville include quality liners with their archive CDs? I've never seen them in US stores and only know about them via Bandcamp. The pics and descriptions don't seem to indicate anything.

I dont know but in the last weeks my very favourite for listening is Ornette Coleman´s Prime Time. So hip, so damn good, I LOVE it !

I had no idea this was even made. Wondering if it was even distributed in the US at all. Edit: Nvm. See it's the premier of the movie so it's brand new. Reading comprehension is a great thing that I should practice more of.

Thanks, Mike. Didn't want to bug you until I had more responses. But if you're around and want to update the OP with my calendar from the prior post, that'd be greatly appreciated.

Next up: Richie Beirach - Continuum (Baybridge/Eastwind, rec. 1983) solo piano

The Uncollected Jimmie Lunceford, 1944 (Hindsight)

Re-my above post: Simce you are wondering about the transfers and just in case you would have asked: I listened to the first few tracks of my Coral LP. Though my copy is definitely not NM the sound is bright and clear and fine. At least to me, and on my non-high end equipment, and it does not sound "remastered to death" either. Just for comparison I played a few tracks from Vol. 2 (1928-30) of the CBS "Complete Duke Ellington" twofers. These tracks do have more background noise (varying between hiss and pops and crackles, apparently in accordance with the source material) and generally sound more "vintage" or "20s-ish" ("muffled" would be too harsh a word, though). Perfectly listenable but I wouldn't use the word "bright" there.

The Immortal Mississippi John Hurt (Vanguard)

You can always ask me to edit/revise the list in the opening post. As a moderator I can do that.

Just read about it on Facebook. R.I.P.

What a life. RIP https://www.larepubliquedespyrenees.fr/societe/afp/le-musicien-michel-portal-figure-inclassable-du-jazz-contemporain-est-mort-a-90-ans-27889382.php I'll add that I was fortunate to interview him about 20 years ago, and he was funny and kind. I'm thankful for that experience.

Now: Earlier this morning:

Funky and smooth music, Pablo Records style courtesy of Milt Jackson and producer Ray Brown, “Big Mouth” Pablo/OJC cd 400×398 36.5 KB Bass – Abraham Laboriel or Ray Brown Drums – Carlos Vega, John Guerin, or Nick Ceroli Guitar – Dennis Budimi, Oscar Castro-Neves, or Ron Escheté Keyboards – Don Grusin, or Michael Lang Percussion – Joe Porcaro, Larry Bunker Paulinho Da Costa, or Roger Bethelmy Vibraphone – Milt Jackson Vocals – Edie Lehmann, Jackie Ward, Linda Harmon, Marti McCall Recorded February 26 & 27, 1980 and April 18, 1980 at Group IV Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA.

Moers as well !

Indeed, sir. June is Tom in RI. Just a quick update on this: Jan - Dan Feb - Randy Mar - Joe Apr - May - Ken Jun - Tom in RI Jul - Aug - Sep - Oct - Nov - Dec - felser I'm holding off choosing my own, so I'll take one of them, but right now, the important one to be filled is April.

(excerpt from a Columbia "trade foldout" for Cugat's records, 1943, illustrated by Jim Flora)

Charlie Parker with Max Roach in front of the Chistera club in Marseille, France. May, 1949. Photo by Paul Mansi.

they're aware of the quarter's other music in ny, utrecht, Amsterdam and Paris. But they have many other irons in their fire. Perhaps they'll see how much interest 'Voyage to jericho'. I was listening to the bim huis gig, and every time I think it's the best music I've ever heard ! Incidentally, the bass player in the quartet is the great Wilbur Little (not the equally great Ronnie Boykins)

What I know about Ellington's discography isn't nearly enough to give a full answer (and squeezed among the Victor and Columbia/Okeh recordings as they are, those early Brunswicks are hard to keep on overview of anyway), but there were a couple more reissues in the early 60s: I have this one (definitely mono too) on German Coral 97012 LPCM, released in 1959: https://www.discogs.com/release/4439629-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Dukes-Best It was repressed into the mid-60s (identical covers and labels, except that no printing date is given in the small print on the back cover of later reprintings). And there was another volume (97015 LPCM, released in 1961) which I do not know (but will watch out for in the second hand special offer bins now ) : https://www.discogs.com/release/3986364-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra-Duke-Ellington-And-His-Orchestra I've never heard or seen the UK Ace of Hearts reissues. I suppose the four volumes on French MCA in its "Jazz Heritage" series (catalog nos. starting with 510.xxx) use the stereo reprocessed mastering of the 60s U.S. Decca reissues? I only have two of the four French MCA Jazz Heritages and the stereo effect doesn't bother me unduly but I do see the point of those who object.

Real. Authentic. Cuban. Music. You can tell it is authentic because all of the tracks are named after cocktails. That is one of the signs.

Quite!