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Both books are in excellent condition in terms of the pages. No tears, dog ears, creases, etc. Bindings are intact and tight. The Wolff dust jacket has a small 3/4 inch tear on the bottom front and some curling of the edges. It also shows shelf wear. Blue Note cover is in good shape, exhibiting shelf wear, more so on the back. Asking $25 for the pair. Shipping at cost via media mail. Paypal FF for payment please. Thanks.

Alleged first recording.

Symphony 3

I love this series.

Somewhat spendy set. Is it worth the money, Lon?

I think Dizzy had changed the tile already in 1946. He recorded for Victor under the new title in February of 1946. I found a picture of an old 78 issue that lists the tune as "Night in Tunisia (Interlude)" so it changed pretty early. I know that Sarah Vaughan recorded it for Continental with Billy Eckstine as "Interlude" in 1945, so my guess would be that the title change came late that year. Tristano may not have heard it under the new title when he recorded it for Keystone as "Interlude" in October of '46.

Sonny Rollins: Newk's Time. Blue Note CDP 7 84001 2 [US 1990]

The only Mosaic set I bought in LP then bought again when it came out on cd back when Mosaic issued its first cd sets. I don't remember whether "Blue Horizon" is on that first disc, but I could listen to that one forever. Now digging some Texas tenor:

I enjoy reading Wilson’s reviews. He does not mince his words. I have gone through quite a few issues of High Fidelity (online) and found some interesting albums reading his reviews.

Continuing my momentum from the end of last month, I've managed to post well before the end of the month. Thanks for putting it together! I enjoyed everything. 1. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. I enjoy the sax, but not a big fan of the guitar with that decay/echo. Wild guess: Seamus Blake and Kurt Rosenwinkel? 2. Don't know a lot of vibraphone and bass duos, so my guess is Walt Dickerson and Richard Davis. Davis certainly plays arco in some duets with pianists I've heard. 3. All I can say is it's a song composed by a West Coast jazz musician. I know Phineas Newborn does a cover on the Newborn Touch album. Bluesy and groovy. Nice. 4. Gigi Gryce! I think this is from one of his three Prestige/New Jazz albums with Richard Williams and Richard Wyands. 5. I'm sure I've heard Coltrane play this tune. Nice to hear a bass clarinet. No ideas. 6. A standard, familiar tune. I forgot the name of course. Relaxed but pleasant. Maybe a bit tepid, in that I enjoyed it but it doesn't quite grab me. 7/8/9/10. No ideas. I also forgot the name of the bebop tune in 10... 11. Romantic waltz. Prominent bass. I guess for that reason it puts in my mind John Hicks's covers of Pas de Trois, but it's not the same song and it's not Hicks. No ideas. 12. The tenor is coming out of blues or R&B or something along those lines. How about King Curtis? 13. Lovely standard song. No ideas on the guitars. 14. Archie Shepp and Horace Parlan! I can't keep the names of the spirituals straight, but I'm sure it's from Goin' Home, a gorgeous album. 15. Feels good. Could this be the Louis Hayes group with Abraham Burton and Steve Nelson? David Hazeltine wouldn't have been my first guess for the pianist, so I'm hesitant. 16. The trumpet is making me think of Wallace Roney. And maybe Billy Pierce on tenor? I think I enjoyed the rhythm section the most.

My understanding is that this is a Dizzy Gillespie composition. Isn't this the one that Art Blakey says he saw Dizzy Gillespie compose on.a garbage can? Lennie Tristano's recording of Interlude dates from October, 1946. Gillespie had already recorded it several times by then, including the famous session with Charlie Parker. Keystone could have given it a different title for various reasons a) by mistake, b) to avoid paying royalties, c) because Lennie Tristano forgot the title. John

Bringing up a now 20 year old thread of Paul’s (RIP) — to ask a question I’d thought of a few years ago, and always meant to ask… I know Lennie Tristano recorded 6 takes of Tunisia in 1946, when it was (apparently) still titled “Interlude”… QUESTION — what’s the chronology on the retitling of the tune? When did it become “…Tunisia”?? Were all(?) of the first however many recordings of it all just titled “Interlude”? Are there that many other recorded versions that predate the new title?? — meaning that were released as “Interlude”?? I have to confess — other than bits and pieces of discussion primarily on this board — I don’t know much about the early chronology of the tune, its genesis, and what were some of the FIRST recordings of it without Dizzy? — etc. (Bringing this old thread of Paul’s seems to be as good a place as any to ask.)

My best friend asked me for advice on which edition of a Wailers album to pick up and we both realized we haven’t listened to reggae in some time. I’m going to attempt to make up for that . . .starting off with this re-imagining of the great Bob Marley’s music. “Dreams Of Freedom (Ambient Translations Of Bob Marley In Dub)”

“We Dig Dixieland Jazz” Savoy/Denon cd Two Condon-led Chicago Style sessions, giving me the lift I want right now.

John S. Wilson is a name that is familiar indeed to me (from contemporary reviews and Down Beat stories) but I cannot claim I'd know his jazz inclinations offhand. As for the artists I named (wild shots anyway), since Seldon Powell was Black, I just stuck with the "Black" side of popular tenor saxophonism of that era. So your explanation makes sense (and if he was thinking of Stan Getz indeed this is telling something too ... ).

Ella Fitzgerald, “Live in East Germany 1967” The Lost Recordings UHQCD x 2, disc 2.

Maybe it was Getz that he considered "namby pamby"? If you don't know John S Wilson (I am pretty sure this isn't news to you Steve) but he is not someone who would have paid the least attention to Hope, Sil Austin or other honkers/screamers. That music was gauche to a John S Wilson.

This model I have has rubber surrounds, not foam, and they are in good condition. Perhaps the previous owner changed them, or they were made like this. I cannot tell, but they do sound good. Changing the surround from foam to rubber (or vice versa) can seriously alter the sound. I do plan on getting a pair of SM-5 as well and will probably have to change the foam surround on those.