Ron S

There are 6 Musicraft Sextet and 9 Musicraft Orchestra tracks in the Savoy box. I assume they're some or all of the ones on the Musicraft CD you're talking about.

Like sax players with blue heads (I checked out your web site). Maybe you should change that reed every once in a while?

As leader, yeah. But as sideman? Nooooooooooooooooooooo..... Plenty of fun left! True, although on some of the Savoy box sessions Diz is officially listed as a sideman. But is there a compilation that brings together most or all of his recordings as sideman? BTW, I'm listening to the Dee Gee sessions in the Savoy box now (end of Disc Two and all of Disc Three). I had forgotten how great they are, and how great the sound is.

Somewhat incongruous?

I don't, but have a feeling I will some time in the not-so-distant future ... Five years ago, the RCA set left me somewhat cold. Don't know why. Now I'm gaga over it. Last night in the car (by myself, thankfully) I was calling out "Manteca!" I'm listening to the Savoy set ("Dizzy Gillespie: Odyssey 1945-1952") right this second, having recently listened to the RCA set also. Both are Keepnews productions. The sound on the Savoy is quite inconsistent, but seems to have been subject to less noise reduction than the RCA set. It's actually a great compliment to the RCA set though, filling in the mid-'40's stuff with Bird and Slim Gaillard, for example, and miscellaneous early-50's Dee Gee material (in great sound, and including early Coltrane on both Alto and Tenor in a 1951 session). One thing I really prefer in the Savoy (and other Savoy boxes I own) over the RCA box are the track listings, which include all the personnel and discographic info with the track listings in one place, so you don't have to keep flipping back and forth to correlate the discography with the track number and title. Between the Savoy and RCA boxes, I think you pretty much have Diz's studio recordings covered through the early '50's. Then again, you won't see ME posting in the Discography forum any time soon, and I stand to be easily corrected. You can see the tracks and personnel in the Savoy box here.

Looks like SHE should have been in the driver's seat of the damn Mercedes instead of that Henri Paul on the night of her fatal crash! Lousy Paris drivers!

I've been CALLED a bastard, but never succumbed to one.

So, you mean, like, all that "scientific method" junk we learned in high school chemistry is actually something we can use in our, like, REAL LIVES? Now, what about all that trigonometry crap???

WOW, so I can sell my BS cds. I'll trade you some Ashlee Simpson cd's for them. On second thought, I think she may need them for her next "live" concert.

"WHO's Prime Minister?" "No, YES." (with apologies to Abbott & Costello)

Well, there's no way ROUNDABOUT it, Aric is definitely a STARSHIP TROOPER.

Hmmmm . . . wouldn't that mean he has an OEDIPUS COMPLEX?

YOU CAN'T FOOL ARIC. THERE AIN'T NO SANITY CLAUSE.

Speaking of "YES," that post certainly was a "Long Distance Runaround."

I have no idea when "Pack Rat" Day is this year, but I DO know when "Rat Pack" Day is:

The problem I have is trying to figure out what YEAR it is--let alone the month and the day--from those damn holes.

Sounds like P.D.'s already enjoying Happy Hour. Nope... single finger typing and worn out letters on the keys I shall not correct the above......... That's what I figured. It's just that when I first read it, I was hearing the word "shallenge" pronounced in my head the way it was spelled.

Sounds like P.D.'s already enjoying Happy Hour.

ROOSTER TIES: The Rich Little/Darryl Hammond (depending on your vintage) of the Organissimo BB.

But the secret to your sound-improvement, of course, is to DRINK all that wine while listening to your equipment--guaranteed to improve the sound of ANY system.

It's also a TWO CD set, which makes it very rare indeed.

You can read about it here: Les Paul's regular Monday night gig

Actually, they're sold out because I bought their entire stock to replace every door and cabinet knob in my house--sort of a holistic acoustic thing. Or maybe it's a Feng Shui thing. Or maybe I was just supposed to COLOR all the knobs GREEN with that case of magic markers I had specially imported from Lichtenstein!

Don't they mostly record direct to hard drive now?

Thanks Swede!! That's definitely a MUST BUY!!