Chuck Nessa

Yeah, but he does like the sunrise.

All the best for the 3 of you.

I heard Criss play 3 or 4 times during the Prestige era. He was a pain in the ass in person. His negative vibes about anything was a tip. Sad guy, great player. Thank your god for the beauty of the remnants.

I'm not sure Brenda is ready for our return!

Russell Procope's soprano solo is enough to justify ANYTHING. By the way, when I saw the thread title I thought someone was in my mailbox. Yesterday I received cdrs of unissued JR Monterose (2 discs), Jaki Byard - 1948, Carl Fontana and Frank Rosolino, and unissued Fentone masters.

This is a combination of 2 early Columbia lps - CL 848 (Liberian Suite and Harlem) and CL 830 (the rest of it). I have it all on cd, sounding dandy, as well as the lps.

The ultimate problem is not downloads of jazz titles, but the massive downloads of pop "crap". That crap is what currently supports the paradigm the jazz recording business has lived in since 1917. I'm not saying this world is great, but if this system dies, there will be massive losses to all music fans for a long time. Delmark's loss of (maybe) 10% is nothing compared to the system's destruction and the loss of labels like that.

I think the amnesty is crap, but I have corresponded with people who have downloaded my stuff from somewhere. That is what makes me believe the Koester claim. What percentage would I hear from?

I also have a bunch of JRVGs which lowers my total. Is this now a "mine's bigger than yours" thread?

62 so far.

Like many favorites of Lion and Wolff (McLean, Morgan, Mobley,etc), Hill made more records than the market could absorb at the time.

A slight correction. The 1969 sextet date was issued on vinyl in the US in tandem with The Procrastinator

All the best to you. One piece of advice - do not do anything for her (make tea, etc.) you aren't prepared to do every day for the rest of your life.

They are on the Conn of Drums Around the Corner.

Now after all of my protests in this thread - here is my whine. Some of the covers are 4th rate repros of the originals. Speak No Evil, The Natural Soul, Byrd In Hand and Hub Cap (just to mention a few) are ugly "xerox quality" renderings of the original artwork. I find it hard to believe a major label fosters such shit.

The real "kicker" is Fantasy's release of a cd called "Blue Trane". I'm sure this anthology has suckered more than a few customers.

Great choice. I've enjoyed this music for a long time and Ruby Braff shines.

I would add Traneing In, Settin' the Pace, Black Pearls and Kenny Burrell & John Coltrane.

Yes sir, to all of the above.

On the AAJ forum, excuse me if I missed it here, Chris reports the death of Karl Knudsen, owner of Storyville. You can view it at http://forums.allaboutjazz.com/showthread....s=&threadid=311. I know from personal experience, he was a pain in the ass to deal with, but we all owe KEK a debt. Thanks Karl. And thanks to CA for the notice. I changed an o to an e in his name in my edit.

I still think the notes read as Bob intended, and dig the device.

Thirty-five years ago one of my employees nicknamed me "Nails" as in "hard as nails". I think that is fair, as I think "ingrates" is fair. My first choice was whiners, and toned it down to ingrates.

For $7 buy the damn thing. If you ever find the Savoy with KD, Max and Griff, grab it.

After reading the paragraph in question, I stand by my first posting. I like the use of the first sentence and do not believe it is an accident. There may be plenty of reasons to dislike the BB notes, but this seems like a bunch of ingrates to me. You get updated masterings by RVG (don't have to like or buy 'em), lower prices, original notes AND new notes. Complaints make me sad. We are our own worst enemy.

Is that your butt or my thumb I smell?