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    Released by Solid Jazz Records, another one of those European public-domain labels.
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    http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-complete-vee-jay-lee-morgan-wayne-shorter-sessions-mw0001205164
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    Source?
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    Really sorry to hear that.
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    Listened to the audio clips and liked most of what I heard (though that Blackwell drum date not so much), so I might have to change my mind about this set.
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    Yep, that Kirk box is great.
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    Seconded / daar sluit ik me bij aan
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    Whatever.
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    Our tastes in music and playback are very different. Nothing wrong with that.
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    Now that I think of it, that's probably why I rank Etcetera and All Seeing Eye at the very top of the bunch, specifically because of Herbie's involvement in both. I absolutely LOVE his (Herbie's) playing on both, especially All Seeing Eye. I'm trying to think of other free-leaning dates with Herbie on acoustic piano, and other than these two (plus TW's Trainwreck), none are immediately coming to mind. Herbie's rhythmic approach on these free-ish acoustic dates is nothing short of fantastic, at least in my book. Did I misunderstand, or do you think of Tony Williams's Life Time and Spring as train wrecks? I think he's referring to an unissued Tyrone Washington Blue Note date, which, if I'm not mistaken, was described by Michael Cuscuna as a "train wreck": Recorded in Englewood Cliffs, NJ on August 16, 1968 Tyrone Washington - tenor saxophone Herbie Hancock - piano Herbie Lewis - bass Jack De Johnette - drums
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    Yep, those VeeJays tend to be overlooked, undeservedly in my view. I had the original LPs, but had to sell them. Picked up the Lee Morgan/Wayne Shorter VeeJay Mosaic when it came out.
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    A rather uninspired date in my opinion. Nothing special, on the contrary, a dime a dozen; a typical example of the formulaic hard bop of the time (1961).
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    According to my sources the Transition recordings that hadn't been acquired yet by others went to United Artists around 1958, when Tom Wilson worked there as a producer. Blue Note purchased two Donald Byrd dates, the Paul Chambers/John Coltrane session, and the Cecil Taylor, Doug Watkins and first Louis Smith dates. Two of my sources: The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz and Ruppli/Cuscuna's Blue Note discography.
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    As far as I know United Artists acquired the Transition catalogue in 1958, at least those recordings that hadn't been acquired by other labels or by the artists yet. So the real movement would have been Transition to UA, and then to BN once they were both owned by UA, correct? In which case, Aric, the answer to your question is "no". Full UA story: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Artists_Records
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    As far as I know United Artists acquired the Transition catalogue in 1958, at least those recordings that hadn't been acquired by other labels or by the artists yet.
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    Thanks for the translation
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    Not true, Donald Byrd's Byrd's Eye View and Byrd Blows on Beacon Hill and Doug Watkins' Watkins at Large were reissued on the Blue Note 2CD-set The Transition Sessions. Transition was founded by Tom Wilson in 1955 and remained in existence for about two years. Some recordings were acquired by other labels, others by the artists. Some were reissued on Blue Note. Transition discography: http://www.jazzdiscography.com/Labels/transitn.htm http://www.amazon.com/Transition-Sessions-Donald-Byrd/dp/B00006J3KU/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1381382139&sr=1-1&keywords=The+Transition+Sessions
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    Sem van Gelder's Swingmaster store in Groningen is great for used stuff, both on LP and CD. They're now at a new address: Pelsterstraat 20, 9711 KL Groningen.
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    The Passions of a Man box includes these albums: – Pithecanthropus Erectus – The Clown – Blues & Roots – Oh Yeah – Tonight at Noon – Mingus at Antibes – 4 tracks from the Teddy Charles album Word from Bird
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    There are indeed lots of Miles Davis Mosaic vinyl sets currently on eBay, but I didn't see the Plugged Nickel Mosaic Deepak is looking for. Maybe I missed it.
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    That must be the best jazz CD store in The Netherlands. They used to have all those David Murray DIWs in stock when I first started collecting jazz. I no longer live nearby, so I haven't been there in years. Their prices were always very high. The current owner is (former?) board member "bluerein", who hasn't posted here since May 2012.
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    Same here.
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    If you are referring to my response to MG's question, I was wondering why people are asking questions they can easily find the answers to on the internet and MG explained. I was just being curious, that's all. Nothing patronising about it in my view.
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    I don't agree about the sound on those Naxos Ellingtons; to my ears they suffer from noise reduction.
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