Chuck Nessa

I didn't know Hank was a race driver!

Yup, it's Mars material. Mars material was later reissued by Discovery on 2 lps and eventually on a single cd.

Just to clear some confusion here - The master takes from 1936-51 would take at least 7 cds with 25/26 tracks per disc.

Believe me, the wrong guys lost. This was an effort by the big labels to protect "music stores" from mass merchandisers who could sell music for "nothing" to attract shoppers. We lose. Stores like Tower and "mom and pops" are defeated. Big, really big business wins again.

Mike, that's what Ira told me too. Remember, Deep is only a moniker. Jeez, I know more about "some white guy" than Deep.

I got mine in a fairly complicated deal from Columbia House. The set was on sale for $84.99, which let me pick 4 free cds. This shipment cost a total of $113.32, and this purchase earned enough bonus points to order 2 more discs. When this is completed I will have a total of 16 cds for $119.24 - average disc price $7.45.

I thought I had a snappy response, but........

Six cds on the Classics label (1936-41 master takes only) and two cds on Neatworks (1936-41 all the alternate takes). Classics specializes in the master takes of all the old 'classics'. Neatworks has a series of the alternate takes matching up with the Classics.

I dumped the GRP set and bought the first six Classics and the first two Neatworks to obtain all the studio Basie/Pres/Decca/Columbia 1936-41. The GRPs are bass thin.

You will be more than happy. Delightful.

Off topic, but giving a bit of insight to Sonny's personality. In the early/mid '70s Roscoe Mitchell was operating something called CAC in the Detroit area. Part of this was a "youth program" teaching youngsters about jazz. Roscoe arranged to have Rollins speak to the kids. After the event the kids gathered around Sonny and asked for autographs. Thinking of Sonny as an idol and inspiration, after the kids were through Roscoe asked for an autograph too. Sonny looked at Roscoe and said "I'm not signing for you - you're 'one of the guys'". RM relayed this to me in 1977, iirc.

Mal Waldron - The Quest (click here to buy) Jim picked me for this week. I selected this date 'cause it related to a couple of recent threads - Old Slippers and Dolphy sideman dates. I got this as a new release back in my college days and played it weekly for about a year. Lots of memories with this one, and Charli Persip kicks ass.

Don't ignore the Curtis Counce dates. Some great Land on those.

Rudy Collins is the drummer on Love For Sale (not the listed DC). Charles is on Jazz Advance. World of CT and Air were recorded 10 - 12/13 - 60. The November listing is a mistake. The other 3 Candids were all done in January of 1961.

Dookie (sp?).

Timeless recordings are distributed in the US by Stateside Dist. (the SteepleChase operation). Email Pete Crawford at Stateside@prodigy.net to find out their price, etc.

This combination, along with Percy Heath, recorded for BN and Prestige in March of '54. Meshed fine.

Aren't they the same thing?

I sold my Mecca 10" (without cover) for $1000 a few years ago to a Japanese dealer. I can't imagine what he got for it.

Worktime.

According to Bruyninckx, the first recording by Diz was a broadcast from LA in December 1945. In the next year, Uptown will issue a concert performance of Tunisia from May, 1945 with Diz and Bird.

Sounds good to me. Yes, we will be gone June 28-July 14. Maybe we should plan a convention!

In a vacation thread, GoM said he and wife were going to vacation in Saugatuck, MI and I posted it wasn't too far from us and we took it from there.

Yup.

We live in Whitehall, a little town on the west coast of the state - about 11 miles north of Muskegon and 45 miles from Grand Rapids. Our daughter lives in Southfield.