J.A.W.

How can you not be sure that the New Orleans band count as jazz? What they play was jazz long before most of what you listen to today was even thought of. Exactly my point. BM, what made you think that it might not be jazz?

Indeed. One of the all-time greats.

The following CDs are scheduled for release. *cardboard sleeves On April 20,2005 Vivid Sound VSCD 9309(New) Baroque Jazz Trio/BJT* 2520 On May 18,2005 Sony SICP 10014(New) Hino,Terumasa/Dragon 3045 Sony VRCL 18825(New) Friedman,Don/Scaborough Fair* 2835 On May 21,2005 Universal UCCM 1078(New) Beady Belle/Closer 2548 Universal UCCE 1057(New) Andersen,Arild/Electra 2548 Universal UCCE 1058(New) Wallumrod,Christain/Year from Easter 2548 Victor VICJ 61263(New) Rippingtons Feat.Russ Freeman/Wild Card 2520 Victor VICJ 61272(New) Scott,Marilyn/Night Cap 2520 Victor VICJ 61273(New) Hamilton,Scott/Back in New York 2520 Victor VICJ 61274(New) Burton,Gary/Next Generation 2520 Victor VICJ 61275(New) Schuur,Diane/Schuur Fire 2520 On May 25,2005 Universal UCCV 1076(New) Scofield,John/That's What I Say 2548 On June 1,2005 Universal FRGJ 2001(New)SACD Hampton,Lionel/Mack the Knife 3000 Universal FRGJ 2002(New)SACD Brown,Ray/I'm Walking 3000 Universal FRGJ 2003(New)SACD Fuller,Larry/Easy Walker 3000 Universal FRGJ 2004(New)SACD Jackson,Milt & Ichiro Masuda/M & M 3000 On June 3,2005 P Vine PCD 23634(New) Gillespie,Dizzy/Soul & Salvation 2415 P Vine PCD 2589(New) Vinnegar,Leroy/Kid 2625 On June 8,2005 King ABCJ 346(Trio) Evans,Gil/Live At The Public Theater(2 CD)* 3990 King ABCJ 348(Trio) Taylor,Cecil/Piano Solo* 2500 King ABCJ 349(Trio) Nishi,Naoki/My Little Suede Shoes* 2500 King ABCJ 350(Trio) Parker,Charlie/Inglewood Jam* 2500 King ABCJ 351(Trio) Braxton,Anthony/Town Hall 1972* 2500 King ABCJ 352(Trio) Scofield,John/John Scofield* 2500 Universal UCCV 1073(New) Shorter,Wayne/Beyond the Sound Barrier 2548 On June 22,2005 Sony SICP 784(New) Lee,Keiko/Imagine* 2415 Sony SICP 785(New) Lee,Keiko/Kickin' It with* 2415 Sony SICP 786(New) Lee,Keiko/Beautiful Love* 2415 Sony SICP 787(New) Lee,Keiko/If It's Love* 2415 Sony SICP 788(New) Lee,Keiko/Day Dreaming* 2415 Sony SICP 789(New) Lee,Keiko/Live 1999* 2415 Sony SICP 790(New) Lee,Keiko/ILetter from Rome* 2415 Sony SICP 791(New) Lee,Keiko/Wonder of Love* 2415 Sony SICP 792(New) Lee,Keiko/Sings Super Standards* 2415 Sony SICP 793(New) Lee,Keiko/Vitamin* 2415 Sony SICP 810(New) Davis,Miles/'Round About Midnight +4 1890 Sony SICP 811(New) Davis,Miles/Miles Ahead +4 1890 Sony SICP 812(New) Davis,Miles/Milestones +3 1890 Sony SICP 813(New) Davis,Miles/Porgy & Bess +2 1890 Sony SICP 814(New) Davis,Miles/At New Port 1958 1890 Sony SICP 815(New) Davis,Miles/Jazz at the Plaza 1890

Ohhhh yeah. The Mosaic sound quality with Malcom Addey at the helm is the best. Ron McMaster does excellent work, with the sound, as well. You may read about my Mosaic/Addey orgasm via my three posts starting here. Mosaic and Malcom Addey. While I wholeheartedly second your Malcolm Addey recommendation, I respectfully disagree with your statement re Ron McMaster remasterings. A case in point (at least to my ears) is the Lou Donaldson set, which sounds terribly loud/compressed on my system, though the kind people at Mosaic assured me it isn't. It makes my ears bleed so to speak... Sorry to spoil the fun

You're lucky, I decided not to bid on the Classic Capitol Jazz Sessions set at the last minute - it might have cost you a bit more if I had...

My favorite Booker T track is "Behave Yourself" from the Green Onions album.

As far as I know Rita Coolidge was married to singer/songwriter/actor Kris Kristofferson.

It's a bit loud, but not that bright, at least not to my ears. I don't have a problem with it, and I also have a solid-state system.

What was the problem with the Davis Cup TOCJ24? Too loud/compressed, too bright, or?

These TOCJ24s will be released on June 8, 2005 (1,500 yen each): TOCJ-6501 Horace Silver – Doin’ the Thing TOCJ-6502 Jackie McLean – Demon’s Dance TOCJ-6503 Charlie Rouse – Bossa Nova Bacchanal TOCJ-6504 Three Sounds – Bottoms Up TOCJ-6505 Jackie McLean – Jackie’s Bag TOCJ-6506 Lou Donaldson – LD+3 TOCJ-6507 Art Blakey – African Beat TOCJ-6508 Curtis Fuller – The Opener TOCJ-6509 Fred Jackson – Hootin’ ‘n’ Tootin’ TOCJ-6510 Grant Green – Grant’s First Stand TOCJ-6511 McCoy Tyner – The Real McCoy TOCJ-6512 J.J. Johnson – The Eminent Jay Jay Johnson, Vol.1 TOCJ-6513 Johnny Griffin – Introducing Johnny Griffin TOCJ-6514 Duke Pearson – Profile TOCJ-6515 Jackie McLean – Jackie McLean Quintet TOCJ-6516 Dizzy Reece – Star Bright TOCJ-6517 Grant Green – Sunday Mornin’ TOCJ-6518 Lou Donaldson – Sunny Side Up TOCJ-6519 Curtis Fuller – Bone & Bari TOCJ-6520 Jimmy Smith – Midnight Special Edit: release date is June 8, 2005.

I fully agree.

Very true. With "dated" I meant that it hasn't aged very well, on the contrary.

Cedar Walton's piano on his two Boomers albums doesn't sound kosher either.

Happy birthday!

Couldn't agree more.

Just noticed this: Online Users Member Name Location Time che Logging in... Apr 2 2005, 10:52 PM

I assume the political forum includes religion.

That's funny, I'm currently re-appraising my free/improv discs and am now listening to: . I'm not sure I like it, but I agree with David's remarks re Randy Peterson. Loved the McPhee/McLellan, by the way, great interaction between the two. "Pointillistic" is a good description of McLellan's playing. Edit: the Maneri's not for me, I'm thinking about selling his CDs.

I know, this isn't the place to sell CDs, but if anyone's interested in taking John B's OOP avatar off my hands, send me a PM. It's $16.

I'm listening to at the moment - so far, so good... Had a first and fairly quick listen to Braxton's Donna Lee in the Universal "Free America" series, and found it rather disappointing; it sounded a bit dated to me, which, of course, isn't that strange with decades-old recordings, but still...

...And over here in Europe: 4. Prince Rainier of Monaco

I second Mike Weil's recommendation of the newer Pieter Wispelweij recording

In my opinion it's the remastering (i.e. how it's done) that makes the difference, not the number of bits. A good 16- or 20-bit remastering job sounds better to me than bad 24-bit remastering.

The Venus reissues are all cardboard mini-LP CDs.

The following CDs are scheduled for release (* = cardboard mini-LP sleeve). On May 18 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30330(New) Farinacci,Dominick/Smile 2800 Pony Canyon MYCJ 30331(New) Fujita,Yukari/Lovely Eyes 3000 On May 25 Toshiba TOCJ 66257(New) Lovano,Joe/Joyous Encounter 2548 Columbia Music COCB 53347(New) Watanabe,Sadao/Box in Early Years(10 CD) 15000 Columbia Music VACM 1263(New) Grusin,Don/The Hang 2548 Columbia Music VACM 1264(New) Grusin,Don/Fire & Rain(Solo Piano) 1800 Columbia Music VACM 1265(New) Lettau,Kevyn/Bye Bye Blackbird 2548 Columbia Music VACR 2072(New) Avitabile,Franck/My Romance(Solo Piano) 2548 Venus TKCV 35531(New) Higgins,Eddie/If Dreams Come True* 3000 Venus TKCV 35532(New) Higgins,Eddie & Scott Hamilron/My Foolish Heart* 3000 Venus TKCV 35533(New) Alexander,Eric/The Gentle Ballads* 3000 Venus TKCV 35534(New) New York Trio/Love You Madly* 3000 Venus TKCV 35535(New) Mabern,Harold/Fantasy* 3000 Venus TKCV 35536(New) McPherson,Charles/But Beautiful* 3000 Venus TKCV 35537(New) New York Trio/Stairway to the Stars* 3000 Venus TKCV 35538(New) Higgins,Eddie/Moonlight Becomes You* 3000 Venus TKCV 35539(New) Hazeltine,David/Alice in Wonderland* 3000 Venus TKCV 35540(New) Rachel Z/Heart Shaped Box* 3000 On June 1 Tokuma TKCW 32066(New) Eriksson,Helena/Loveberries 2700 Tokuma TKCW 32067(New) Elactrodelux/Stardown 2700 Tokuma TKCW 32068(New) Arntzen,Leif/Channeling Chet 2700