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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.

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I'm on the hunt being a HUGE bossa nova listener. Why not start the morning with one of my favorite drummers Note that I listened to the whole album for an hour! NP

My old record player used to have a mini switch. But that's something else that went away. Boo!

According to the BBC, "the portrait of an artist who feels less than others, not more " https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20260215-everybody-digs-bill-evans-review-a-moving-tragic-biopic-of-a-tortured-jazz-great

Thanks. I am aware of these, but fake stereo is a deal breaker. That's why I was wondering if there was ever a follow up to the 1954 LP "Early Ellington" (Brunswick), which has excellent transfers and, of course, is mono. FWIW, I have the Complete Decca set on CD, as well as the one-CD best-of. I also have a pair of 10-inch Brunswick that sound pretty damn good. But I'm always interested in hearing the best LP pressings of 78-era Ellington for comparison ...

Kirk Ellis: They Kill People

I'm on the hunt being a HUGE bossa nova listener. Why not start the morning with one of my favorite drummers

Wow that Live at the Left Bank sure is tempting and been listening to a few samples so now might have to buy a copy! Nice find

Kenny Clarke Francy Boland Big Band “Blowing the Cobwebs Out” disc 1 The blowin’ out of the cobwebs is a helpful thing.

Walter Smith III and Matthew Stephens “In Common” Whirlwind cd

I'm a big Stout fan, read all the Wolfe's when I was in my twenties, my youngest brother got me started on it as he told me that he thought I was a lot like Archie Goodwin (and there are similarities--I too was born in Canton, and my favorite drink is milk--my brother thought I was like Archie with the ladies too, but I don't see that). I like the Tecumsah Fox books too--a nice re-imagining of Sherlock Holmes I think. And I love a novel he wrote in the second person called "How Like a God." What a fascinating person Stout must have been to be around.

Didn't "Cugie" make his music as palatable as possible to the U.S. mainstream audiences in the first place?

Pharoah Sanders “Love is Here” Transcendence cd, disc 1 Re-visiting this excellent 2 cd set from last year. Wow.