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Jack Teagarden “Has Anyone Here Seen Jackson?” Jass cd Standard Transcriptions from 1941, 1942 and 1944

Interesting ... and apparently totally under everyone's radar with all that "Listening" talk about Prestige during recent months ... But ouch ... what a hefty price. I'm tempted but am very much on the fence, given how many Prestiges are on my shelves anyway and how many have been shown "for art's sake" in previous books such as "East Coasting" and "Jazzical Moods". We'll see ...

Sure, I'm going to imagine that he has been mentioned already in this thread, but I am going to espouse that Art is one of those great alto players that belong here.

Seems like I have the reissue you are referring to. Before listening in I'd have said (based on my strictly personal preferences) that I cannot see any real use for a harpsichord (beyond pure gimmickry) anywhere except with Artie Shaw's Gramercy Five. But you made me curious so I had a listen to tracks 9 and 10 first. I agree that Ben Webster pulls it off any time, but I do not find that thing that sounds like an amplified harpsichord here (unusual ...) all that disturbing. Not necessary but not all that unpleasant. However, please note my (and maybe "our") stance on the use of the harpsichord in jazz from that era is clearly a Euro-centric one as we have been treated to that baroque instrument elsewhere in jazz from the late 50s/early 60s (Horst Jankowski - note I am talking about his PRE-"Black Forest" days here! - or George Gruntz, for example). The harpsichord was easily resorted to by those who were out to "thirdstream" European jazz. So IMO the jazzier licks (at times almost organ-like) that come from the harpsichord here are OK and do not bother me. So ... just my 2c. Will listen closer to the "rest" later.

Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, Live in Loveland! (Colemine)

https://www.discogs.com/release/11811716-Charlie-Parker-Newly-Discovered-Sides-By-The-Immortal-Charlie-Parker https://www.discogs.com/release/11809769-Charlie-Parker-The-Charlie-Parker-Story https://www.discogs.com/release/26558309-Charlie-Parker-Charlie-Parker-Memorial-Vol-1 https://www.discogs.com/release/10821061-Charlie-Parker-The-Genius-Of-Charlie-Parker https://www.discogs.com/release/3079501-Charlie-Parker-Charlie-Parker-Memorial-Vol-2 https://www.discogs.com/release/11463434-Charlie-Parker-An-Evening-At-Home-With-The-Bird That's most of them, if not all.

Brahms - String Quintets No.1 and No.2

the kid is ill so I could finish some of the books on my stack, including this one, with Peppa Pig in the background... The best chapters are great

👍 A favorite Ellington. Now:

Good to know, thanks! Which Savoy/Denon Japan releases should I be on the look out for to cover the Savoy sides?

One of my favorites on NoBusiness.

I don't think this is going to happen...

Still kinda surprised a Yusef Lateef Impulse! Mosaic never materialized.

(Not exactly the right thread to post this, but) I always liked this one:

Let us know what you think! (Was the harpsichord necessary?) I think Ben's in great form on this record. I don't like that the GRP compact disc issue (though it offers three valuable bonus tracks) sequences the tracks out of LP order. But that's easy enough to fix.

For a one-disc Dial collection, this one's actually pretty good: It's one of Peter Pfister's last master jobs for Hat.

Certainly, and agreed about a set made up ONLY of one alternate of each would not mean a loss of quality overall (and no loss of listening enjoyment, particularly to newbies with "fresh ears"). But taking this idea one step further, this would require identifying them as such anyway. Because the MASTER takes still are out there. So what would we have, then? - A potential set of master takes (which already exists but will continue to exist) - A potential set of alternates (ie. one alternate of each). Certainly an interesting package. But how to call this? "Bird - The complete preferred alternates"?? Hmmm ... (Because like I said I see no way of not labeling them as alternates at all, unless you're fine with muddling it all up ...) I'd not venture a guess about what the "typical suspects" among the Birdophiles would reply. Particularly those who'd clamor again to go the whole way when digging into the alternates. And as the discographies tell us that NOT EACH Bird tune recorded on Dial and Savoy has at least three alternates, what would be next? How to label them NOT as something like "The complete alternate alternates" if you want to avoid resorting to something like "The connoisseur leftovers" or "Scraping the Bird barrel" or ...? (A fun thought, but also food for thought ...)

Point just being that a person who buys the complete sets but doesn't want to listen to consecutive takes of the same song doesn't have to, and at no loss of quality. Bird is kinda special that way.