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Almost late 60's Aylerish at times, great record! Just editing to wonder where would Jackie could've gone? I imagine he'd be full-blown out there by '69. So wish to hear that rejected BN session from 68. Alas....

You have my full support for the coup.

Milt Jackson “Mostly Duke” Pablo/OJC cd 296×300 10.5 KB Bass – Ray Brown Drums – Mickey Roker Piano – Monty Alexander Vibraphone – Milt Jackson Recorded live in London at Ronnie Scott’s; April 23-24, 1982. Milt’s vibes are vividly recorded.

Album sleeve is amazing! Now: Now, and what better tunes to listen to while repainting the kitchen😎

Apparently Air India won’t accept bookings from passengers with the last name “Sample.” https://onemileatatime.com/news/air-india-blocks-passenger-booking-ticket-real-last-name/

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I've got quite a number of them - in some cases duplicating original titles for which I have monos. In most cases they compare favourably and it is good to hear a stereo version on very good vinyl. Sleeve quality is exemplary. Recently picked up Bobby Hutcherson's 'Montara' - compared it with the CD and it sounds better. Will be giving Andrew Hill's 'Andrew' a first spin later on. The list of 2026 titles looks pretty good. 'Compulsion' was no surprise - long overdue a good vinyl reissue.

Bunny Berigan And His Orchestra “1937” Chronogical Classics cd Bunny was a great trumpeter and kept an orchestra longer than some other instrumental leaders. Fun stuff, I like listening to the studio sides. Sometime soon I should pull a handful of aircheck LPs I have out of storage for a re-listen.

A few years back, Real Gone Music had a Christmas album reissue campaign (think Andre Kostelanetz, George Melachrino, Jack Jones)—mainly albums from the 50's and 60's—that brought back vintage holiday music from the Lp days onto compact disc. I've noticed that some of these titles are now out-of-print and going for absurdly high prices on the used market. What Christmas albums from the 50's and 60's did you listen to back in the day, and what do you recommend? I always liked the Firestone holiday albums, even if some tracks were fairly tepid. I think my family had 2 or 3 of the volumes.

I have that tone poet of Picture of Heath as well, my only tone poet so far, the price was good... And I do hear a good portion of the problems described on the Hoffman board... Ultimately, it affects about five or six seconds of the record, spread over three or four places... Otherwise the record sounds great, so I am not complaining too much... But the tone of their reply didn't impress me... Seriously considering some of the newly announced ones like the Washington and the Jackson which I never found on CD...

Coltrane 'Live at the Village Vanguard Again' (Image posting not working - for me at least).

I have a Tone Poet of the 'Picture of Heath' and it plays fine and sounds nice. A good issue. Never heard the Pure Pleasure version.

I'm only sorry that I never got to meet him in person and very saddened by this news. Commumications with him and the posts both here and on the BNBB were always a pleasure and he really knew his stuff. Also very kind to send me a couple of spare CDs from Paris on one occasion. May he RIP.

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Agree, fantastic record.

Met him in Paris once. A very fine human being with impeccable taste and knowledge in music. Still have a book about Charlie Parker he gave to me as presents. He wasn’t less then a gentleman in everything he posted on bnbb and organissimo and we all know how much could easy to pass the line of a respectful discussion. A true loss. He will not forgotten by me. RIP.

If you're OK with downloads, Urbie Green's "A Cool Yuletide" is pretty awesome. The only negative is that it's very short.

I already had the Pure Pleasure LP at that point and I agree that it sounds fine.

I remember that which I thought was a pretty condescending reply. I found the Pure Pleasure one and that sounded fine to me.

Definitely. I purchased Gene Ammons’ Live in Chicago because it had Eddie Buster on it.

Going to the regular autumn concert of an assocuation of young musicians and their followers to advance early music, I became a member earlier this year. Little concerts of ca. 20 minutes in the rooms of modern art galleries in the old part of Frankfurt. I will report. Three of the musicians rehearsing at the studio of the man who built the harpsichord, Christan Fuchs, who happens to work in the 18th century house where my grandparents lived until grandma died in 1959.

I changed over to that myself after having Blue Note refused to fix a couple of very hot cuts in their LP reissues. When they acknowledged it on their Tone Poet of "Picture of Heath" and basically said, "Sucks to be you", that was my cue. This is how Blue Note addressed the issue: We’re aware of the complaints about the Tone Poet Vinyl Edition of Chet Baker & Art Pepper “Picture of Heath” from some customers who are experiencing skipping on side two, while for most it plays fine. We’ve looked into it and have determined there is no defect with the pressing. It is however a very dynamic recording and Joe Harley & Kevin Gray don’t use any limiting or compression in their mastering approach. That can expose the need for some adjustments to be made with particular turntable set-ups. For instance, we’ve found that customers who adjusted their tracking force and anti-skate (even slightly reducing both), and made sure their turntable is level, no longer had playback issues. We hope this helps!