Since the BYG reissues, vinyl or cd, are needle drops I guarantee they are digital transfers. The masters have "gone missing" and digital is the only way to tweak them. Digital programs have much more flexible editing possibilities than analog. Why trust current vinyl?
Does this mean you don't pay for Terry Riley lps?
Oh I paid alrighty but I see what you're getting at.
Back in the day I got "freebies" of these records. Long gone and not replaced.
My choice for most interesting Mezzrow recordings would be the Victor sessions 1934-36 with Bud Freeman, Frankie Newton, Benny Carter, Willie the Lion, Wellman Braud, etc. Whatever else he played is forgiven.
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Read the book in 1962 as a college freshman. Made me buy another Bernard Wolff book. I enjoyed both with my limited knowledge.
Somewhere on my shelves is a tape of a conversation (in my apt with Bud Freeman and Terry Martin) discussing Mezz. He told a story about breaking Mezz's nose. I think Eddie Condon was involved.