[What music did you buy today?]

[What vinyl are you spinning right now??]

[Michael Cuscuna has died at 75]

2 hours ago, Dan Gould said:

Does this ring true to others? Cuz it doesn't to me. They make it sound like he found all the prints and negatives hidden behind a big stash of Trainwreck reels or something. 

Mr. Cuscuna’s archival dives at Blue Note also turned up tens of thousands of photographs taken in the studio by Francis Wolff, one of the label’s founders. 

IIRC, Michael got the Wolff images from Ruth Lion.

["Stomp Off, Let's Go. The Early Years of Louis Armstrong" by Ricky Riccardi, due out early 2025]

1 hour ago, Big Beat Steve said:

That "rare draft" of Lil Hardin Armstrong's autobiography, isn't that something that Chris Albertson had access to (and/or had been given) after Lil Armstrong's passing?

 

Correct.

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

with Roy Campbell, Richard Dunbar, Curtis Clark, Wilbur Morris & John Betsch - 1984

[What Classical Music Are You Listening To?]

[What vinyl are you spinning right now??]

[What vinyl are you spinning right now??]

[So, What Are You Listening To NOW?]

Paal Nilssen-Love & friends.

[What live music are you going to see tonight?]

Stephen Haynes is in town visiting family so I am taking him to see ARCHER.

[Gerald Wilson 1950 San Francisco Concert]

7 minutes ago, JSngry said:

I have that LP on Federal 10". It doesn't have the vocal though. Who was that singer?

The Classics cd credits the drummer, Gus Gustafson.

[Josey Records just got an incredible audiophile collection with a buncha Mosaics]

Confusing site.

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[Which Jazz box set are you grooving to right now?]

On 4/5/2024 at 11:51 PM, BFrank said:

I have all the originals, but missed the box. Michael could not help but sent the booklet.

[Frankie Laine Didn't Give A Damn]

[What Are You Watching]

My usual "fall back" to kill time - The First 48 on demand.

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[Great albums from the classic jazz and Dixieland revival (1939 onwards)]

Available HERE

[Why no Horace Silver Blue Note box?]

1 minute ago, JSngry said:

Too bad about that Bill Cosby thing...

 

So, do thay play Filthy McNasty on this one?

 

[West Coast Jazz with Herbie Nichols?]

2 hours ago, bertrand said:

That is exactly the problem. CDrs often fail after a short amount of time.

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FWIW, I have 10-20 year old CD-Rs and haven't experienced any fails.

[Why no Horace Silver Blue Note box?]

I tried to comment on the previous post (Music to Ease Your Disease) and it kept attaching my comment to the Harvey Mandel post. Hmmmm

[West Coast Jazz with Herbie Nichols?]

38 minutes ago, Ken Dryden said:

It's kind of odd. I listed it on Discogs and my review copy was a CD-R. Allison himself changed it to CD and I changed it back, as it was blue and had the typical lack of matrix / runout that manufactured CDs have. He insisted it was a CD and I disagreed, not knowing that I was talking with him (or his representative).

Here is the link to the Discogs page and the images I posted, view them and decide for yourself.

https://www.discogs.com/release/29113399-Ben-Allison-Steve-Cardenas-Ted-Nash-Tell-The-Birds-I-Said-Hello-The-Music-Of-Herbie-Nichols

One reason it makes it difference to me is that I have had some commercial CD-Rs fail completely, so I avoid them, especially buying them. Amazon is bad about sneaking in manufactured on demand CD-Rs of out of print CDs without listing them as such.

Maybe the promos/advance copies were CD-Rs.

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[What Classical Music Are You Listening To?]

[Duke Ellington Blanton-Webster band recordings re-issued]

5 hours ago, medjuck said:

I had that box set and gave it to my son who, unlike me still had a turntable. Good liner notes as I remember.

Koko and Jack the Bear? 

IIRC, those were "cleaned up" for this package