J.A.W.

This: is indeed a very good album; great piano playing!

I'm listening to this disc right now. I'm not sure I like what I'm hearing, it's Mahanthappa's tone that's increasingly bothering me; it has a kind of "nagging" or "whining" quality that doesn't appeal to me. I have to revise my earlier comment: once I got used to Mahanthappa's tone I liked this disc a lot better. I will have to play it again soon, though. Now listening to: again with Mahanthappa.

Slightly off topic: I wonder if this great album has ever been released on CD. Does anyone know?

I'm listening to this disc right now. I'm not sure I like what I'm hearing, it's Mahanthappa's tone that's increasingly bothering me; it has a kind of "nagging" or "whining" quality that doesn't appeal to me.

That depends... Less noise isn't always better...

This recording has a lot of air...

I don't have the Jazz at Massey Hall SACD, but the CD layers of my hybrid Fantasy SACDs are new remasters, no K2s.

My recommendations are listed below (I haven't updated this list for quite a while). The list is by no means complete, and many CDs are probably OOP. Not included: Bluegrass, the Singing Cowboys, Johnny Cash, the Singer / Songwriters and Outlaws of the 1970s, and the New Traditionalists of the 1980s and 1990s. OLD-TIME MUSIC Various - White Country Blues: 1926-1938, A Lighter Shade of Blue - 2CD, Columbia Various - The Bristol Sessions - 2CD, Country Music Foundation Uncle Dave Macon - Travelin' Down the Road - County Uncle Dave Macon - Go Long Mule - County OR Uncle Dave Macon - Keep My Skillet Good and Greasy - 9CD, Bear Family Skillet Lickers - Old-Time Fiddle Tunes and Songs from North Georgia - County Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers - Old Time Songs, 1925-1930 - County Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers - Vol.2: Old Time Songs, 1926-1930 - County Charlie Poole - The Legend of Charlie Poole, Vol.3: Original Recordings, 1926-1930 - County Darby & Tarlton - Complete Recordings - 3CD, Bear Family Carter Family - Country Music Hall of Fame - MCA Carter Family - In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain - 12CD, Bear Family Jimmie Rodgers - The Essential Jimmie Rodgers - RCA OR Jimmie Rodgers - The Singing Brakeman - 6CD, Bear Family BROTHER DUETS Various - Are You from Dixie - RCA Blue Sky Boys - The Sunny Side of Life - 5CD, Bear Family Delmore Brothers - Sand Mountain Blues - County Delmore Brothers - Brown's Ferry Blues - County Delmore Brothers - Freight Train Boogie - Ace (UK) Louvin Brothers - Country Love Ballads / A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers - Capitol (UK) OR Louvin Brothers - Close Harmony - 8CD, Bear Family WESTERN SWING Milton Brown & the Musical Brownies - 5CD, Texas Rose Bob Wills - The Essential Bob Wills - Columbia (1992 issue) Bob Wills - The Bob Wills Anthology - Columbia OR Bob Wills - San Antonio Rose - 12CD, Bear Family Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band - Sacramento 1952-1954 - Joaquin COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE 1940s Roy Acuff - The Essential Roy Acuff, 1936-1949 - Columbia (1992 issue) HONKY-TONK Ernest Tubb - Country Music Hall of Fame - MCA Ernest Tubb - The Definitive Hits Collection - 2CD, Collector's Choice Ernest Tubb - Walking the Floor over You (1936-1947) - 8CD, Bear Family Note: There are many more Bear Family Ernest Tubb boxes, but this one is the best in my opinion, and it has the original recordings, no remakes. Floyd Tillman - Country Music Hall of Fame - MCA Floyd Tillman - The Best of Floyd Tillman - Collector's Choice Cowboy Copas - Tragic Tales of Love and Life - King Hawkshaw Hawkins - I'm a Rattlesnakin' Daddy: The Anthology, 1946-1963 - Westside (UK) Hank Thompson - The Capitol Collectors Series - Capitol Hank Williams - Rare Demos, First to Last - Country Music Foundation Hank Williams - The Complete Hank Williams - 10CD, MGM / Mercury Webb Pierce - King of the Honky-Tonk: From the Original Decca Masters, 1952-1959 - Country Music Foundation Webb Pierce - The Wondering Boy, 1951-1958 - 4CD, Bear Family Ray Price - The Essential Ray Price, 1951-1962 - Columbia OR Ray Price - The Honky Tonk Years, 1950-1966 - 10CD, Bear Family Note: Price's 1960s recordings heavily feature the so-called "Nashville Sound" Kitty Wells - The Queen of Country Music - 4CD, Bear Family Lefty Frizzell - Look What Thoughts Will Do - 2CD, Columbia OR Lefty Frizzell - Life's Like Poetry - 12CD, Bear Family Carl Smith - The Essential Carl Smith, 1950-1956 - Columbia OR Carl Smith - Satisfaction Guaranteed - 5CD, Bear Family Jean Shepard - Honky-Tonk Heroine - Country Music Foundation George Jones - The Best of George Jones, 1955-1967 - Rhino (Starday, Mercury, United Artists and Musicor recordings) George Jones - Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years - 2CD, Mercury George Jones - The Race Is On - Razor & Tie (United Artists recordings) George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care (The United Artists Years) - 2CD, Razor & Tie George Jones - A Picture of Me (Without You) / Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Bad As Losing You) - Koch (Epic recordings) George Jones - Anniversary - Columbia (Epic recordings) George Jones - The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country - 2CD, Columbia COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE 1950s Moon Mullican - Showboy Special: The Early King Sides - Westside (UK) Moon Mullican - Moon's Tunes: The Chronological King Recordings, Vol.1, 1947-1950 - Westside (UK) Moon Mullican - Moonshine Jamboree - Ace (UK) (King recordings) Moon Mullican - Seven Nights to Rock: More King Classics, 1950-1956 - Ace (UK) Faron Young - Live Fast, Love Hard: Original Capitol Recordings, 1952-1962 Hank Snow - The Essential Hank Snow - RCA Hank Snow - The Singing Ranger: I'm Movin' On, 1949-1953 - 4CD, Bear Family Note: There are many more Bear Family Hank Snow boxes, but this one is the best in my opinion. COUNTRY MUSIC IN THE 1960s Porter Wagoner - The Essential Porter Wagoner - RCA Porter Wagoner - The Thin Man from West Plains - 4CD, Bear Family Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts of Life / The Carroll County Accident - Eagle (EU) BAKERSFIELD Wynn Stewart - California Country: The Best of the Challenge Masters - AVI Buck Owens - Together Again / My Heart Skips a Beat - Sundazed Buck Owens - I've Got a Tiger by the Tail - Sundazed Buck Owens - Country Ballads - Sundazed Buck Owens - You're for Me - Sundazed Buck Owens - The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol.1 - Rhino Buck Owens - The Very Best of Buck Owens, Vol.2 - Rhino Merle Haggard - Strangers - Capitol OR Merle Haggard - Strangers / Swinging Doors - Capitol (UK) Merle Haggard - I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Capitol Merle Haggard - Branded Man - Capitol Merle Haggard - Sing Me Back Home - Capitol OR Merle Haggard - Untamed Hawk - 5CD, Bear Family Merle Haggard - Mama Tried - Capitol Merle Haggard - Capitol Collectors Series - Capitol Merle Haggard - More of the Best of Merle Haggard - Rhino

I'm listening to William Parker's O'Neal's Porch (AUM Fidelity) now, and I tend to agree with some of the posters here regarding Parker's playing, I find it increasingly annoying...

Like the title says, the Bear Family set Memphis Days - The Definitive Edition, Vols.1-2 has Wolf's Memphis recordings, while The Chess Box also covers his Chicago years. You'll need both in my opinion, they're essential.

I saw Noah Howard in concert during one of the now defunct "Groningen Jazz Marathon" festivals in the 1970s. I remember being rather underwhelmed by his playing, but not much else.

Buddy Childers also made recordings for Liberty in LA, with Herbie Steward (tenor saxophone), Bob Harrington (piano), Harry Babasin (bass) and Milt Holland (drums) on November 29 and December 6, 1955 (issued on the album Sam Songs, Liberty LJH-6009), and with Arnold Ross (piano), Harry Babasin (bass) and Boone Stines (drums) on March 21, 1956 (issued on the album Buddy Childers Quartet, Liberty LJH-6013).

...And they keep saying the economy of the Western world isn't doing too well... I don't get it...

Just in case you were interested.....I use their steel shaft 'burner' driver and a graphite shaft 3-wood.

I'm getting that message all the time... Probably means I'm buying too many CDs

I don't think I'm going to get the 24-bit remastered facsimile reissues of my TOCJs.

Oh, the Japanese Bethlehem's the one? I have a burn of that and wasn't sure that it was the same as the title on the Tanno list. The Hal McKusick Quartet on Fresh Sound 41 is the same as Bethlehem BCP-16. It was McKusick's only Bethlehem date. Recorded in NYC on February 17, 1955 Personnel: Hal McKusick - clarinet, alto saxophone Barry Galbraith - guitar Milt Hinton - bass Osie Johnson - drums Tracks: By-Ian Blue-Who What's New Interwoven Give 'Em Hal Minor Matters Taylor Made You Don't Know What Love Is They Can't Take That Away from Me Lullaby for Leslie

The following CDs seem to be released,but they are not confirmed yet. * means in cardboard sleeve On November 10, 2004 Toshiba TOCJ 9631(Roulette)New Basie,Count/Cute* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9632(Roulette)New Basie,Count/Basie One More Time* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9633(Roulette)New Basie,Count/Breakfast Dance & Barbecue* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9634(Roulette)New Basie,Count/Dance Along with Basie* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9635(Roulette)New Basie,Count/Basie at Birdland* 2500 On November 25, 2004 Toshiba TOCJ 9611(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Mariano,Charlie/Quartet + Sextet* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9612(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Williamson,Stu/Plays with Charlie Mariano* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9613(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Bennett,Max/Plays with Charlie Mariano* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9614(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) McKusick,Hal/Quartet 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9615(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Sharon,Ralph/Trio* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9616(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Rouse,Charlie & Paul Quinichette/The Chase Is On* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9617(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Connor,Chris/Chris* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9618(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Salvador,Sal/Frivolous Sal* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9619(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Levey,Stan/Grand Stan* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9620(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Moran,Pat/Quartet + While at Birdland* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9621(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) McGhee,Howard/The Return of + Dusty Blue* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9622(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Hartman,Johnny/Song from the Heart* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9623(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Williamson,Claude/Trio + 'Round Midnight* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9624(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Nichols,Herbie/Love Gloom Cash Love* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9625(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Knepper,Jimmy/Swingin' Introduction* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9626(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Winding,Kai & J.J.Johnson/Kai + J.J.* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9627(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Ervin,Booker/Book Cooks* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9628(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Green,Bennie/Hornful of Soul* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9629(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Byrd,Donald & Pepper Adams/Motor City Scene* 2500 Toshiba TOCJ 9630(Bethlehem)New(24 Bit) Dorough,Bob/Devil May Care* 2500

Which is why you did not really post that post, of course

i'm afraid it's my fault. i'm not the least bit interested in sacds. i told fantasy i wanted them to continue releasing digitial k2 remasters.i think they sound very good indeed. mea culpa. B-)

The seventh edition of the Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD will be available soon from Amazon UK. I couldn't find it on Amazon.com.

Great to see you back, Bill! I hope you'll be here more often.

It's missing member Bill Fenohr's birthday today, so I think it's time to up this thread.