J.A.W.

There are a few sellers who fully deserve our custom: Chuck Nessa, Hiroshi Tanno, Red Trumpet, and, last but not least, Mosaic.

That's a very low-key recommendation, Dan I'd say, buy with the utmost confidence.

...and be suspended or banned from eBay. Yes true. But $10,000 is too much for an LP. Easy solution: don't bid $10,000.

...and be suspended or banned from eBay.

...and many happy returns!

Oh well, it's a long time ago and I'm not losing any sleep over it, though I was just as mad and disappointed as Gerry, Lee and Peter Ind were all those years ago.

It was certainly the end.

I remember Gerry Teekens telling me (before the recording sessions, that is) that it had always been one of his dreams to put together a band with Konitz, Marsh, and Raney. Peter Ind helped him organize the band, but, like I said, Raney didn't fit in. Nevertheless, they made great music, which was quite amazing given those circumstances.

Now that you mention it, Raney didn't really fit in. It might indeed have been a clash of personalities, I don't know. Anyway, there was something wrong with the sound of the band (though, like I said, the music was incredible), and that may have contributed to the recordings not sounding as they should have. Fact remains, though, that the faulty mixing console was the main culprit.

My inexperience, and the fact that the mixing console that was used for the Sennheiser microphones wasn't working properly, as we later discovered; I still don't understand what exactly happened, since the listening tests were all fine and my Revox A700 recorder was OK. A pity things went so terribly wrong, since the music was incredible... Gerry and I haven't been on speaking terms since it happened; I hope he destroyed the tapes. It was quite embarrassing, and I understand Lee was very mad at me when he heard the results. If he reads this (you never know), I hope he'll accept my apologies.

Correction: if memory serves one date was with Dave Cliff on guitar instead of Raney. Both dates had Peter Ind on bass and Alan Levitt on drums.

I hope those aren't the recordings of the live Konitz / Marsh / Raney dates I made for Gerry Teekens (who later founded Criss Cross Records) in the 1970s; they turned out to be an absolute mess...

At a higher price than Mosaic charged.

No, not really

That's exactly what happens. Someone at Mosaic told me so a few years ago.

Jimmy Cleveland EmArcy / Mercury discography: Introducing Jimmy Cleveland and His All Stars - EmArcy MG-36066 (1) Recorded in New York on August 4, 1955 Personnel: Ernie Royal - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone Wade Legge - piano Barry Galbraith - guitar Paul Chambers - bass Joe Harris - drums Quincy Jones - arranger Tracks: I Hadn't Anyone 'Till You See Minor (2) Recorded in New York on August 12, 1955 Personnel: Ernie Royal - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone John Williams - piano Barry Galbraith - guitar Paul Chambers - bass Max Roach - drums Quincy Jones - arranger Tracks: Hear Ye! Hear Ye! You Don't Know What Love Is Little Beaver (3) Recorded in New York on November 19, 1955 Personnel: Ernie Royal - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Lucky Thompson - tenor saxophone Cecil Payne - baritone saxophone Hank Jones - piano Barry Galbraith - guitar Oscar Pettiford - bass Osie Johnson - drums Tracks: My One and Only Love Our Love Is Here To Stay Vixen Count 'em Bone Brother Cleveland Style - EmArcy MG-36126 / Mercury MG-20553 / Mercury SR-60121 / CD: Universal (Japan) UCCM-9117 (1) Recorded in New York on December 12, 1957 Personnel: Art Farmer - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Don Butterfield - tuba Benny Golson - tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly - piano Eddie Jones - bass Charli Persip - drums Tracks: Out of This World All This and Heaven Too Goodbye Ebbets Field (2) Recorded in New York on December 15, 1957 Personnel: Art Farmer - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Jay McAllister - tuba Benny Golson - tenor saxophone Wynton Kelly - piano Eddie Jones - bass Charli Persip - drums Tracks: Posterity A Jazz Ballad Long Ago and Far Away Jimmy's Tune A Map of Jimmy Cleveland - Mercury MG-20442 / SR-60117 (1) Recorded in New York on December 16, 1958 Personnel: Ray Copeland - trumpet Ernie Royal - fluegelhorn Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Don Butterfield - tuba Jerome Richardson - tenor saxophone, flute* Junior Mance - piano Bill Crow - bass Art Taylor - drums Ernie Wilkins - arranger Tracks: Marie Stardust (2) Recorded in New York on December 17, 1958 Same personnel Tracks: The Best Things in Life Are Free A Hundred Years from Today (3) Recorded in New York on December 18, 1958 Same personnel Tracks: *Jimmy's Old Funky Blues Swing Low Sweet Chariot Jay Bird Rhythm Crazy - EmArcy MGE-26003 / SRE-66003 Recorded in New York, probably in February 1959 Personnel: Art Farmer - trumpet Jimmy Cleveland - trombone Benny Golson - tenor saxophone Jerome Richardson - flute, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone Hank Jones - piano Milt Hinton - bass Osie Johnson - drums Tracks: Our Delight Crazy Rhythm Reminiscing We Never Kissed Old Reliable Tricotism Tom Cattin'

P.S. Profile might still be available from Hiroshi.

Brad, Hiroshi did send me e-mails re the UCCM jazz items (don't have the mails anymore). Some of them are still available according to HMV Japan. Just enter "UCCM9" in the search box, select "cat.no." and the list (3 pages) will appear.

Ronnie Cuber - Cuber Libre! - Xanadu 135 Recorded in New York on August 20, 1976 Personnel: Ronnie Cuber - baritone saxophone Barry Harris - piano Sam Jones - bass Al Heath - drums Tracks: Star Eyes Rifftide Tin Tin Deo Samba d'Orfeo Misty Sudwest Funk Prince Albert

Didn't Xanadu owner Don Schlitten produce the albums?

A Profile of Gerry Mulligan (UCCM-9123) has these tracks: Makin' Whoopee (4:03) Demanton (5:38) Duke Ellington Medley (4:27) Westward Walk (4:22) La plus que lente (3:26) Blues (8:18) Mainstream of Jazz (UCCM-9094) has these tracks: Elevation Mainstream Ain't It the Truth Igloo Blue at the Roots Lollypop

Forgot the Play It Now session; added it to my list. The Coral date is a good one.

A few of my Cohn favorites: Play It Now - Xanadu (1975 recordings with Barry Harris on piano, Larry Ridley on bass, and Alan Dawson on drums) Al Cohn's America - Xanadu (1976 recordings with Barry Harris on piano, Sam Jones on bass, and Leroy Wiliams on drums) Heavy Love - Xanadu (1977 duets with Jimmy Rowles on piano) No Problem - Xanadu (1979 recordings with Barry Harris on piano, Steve Gilmore on bass, and Walter Bolden on drums). Non Pareil - Concord (1981 recordings with Lou Levy on piano, Monte Budwig on bass, and Jake Hanna on drums) You might also want to check out Cohn's 1950s albums on RCA, in Basie-like settings: half of East Coast-West Coast Scene (1954 big-band recordings) Mr Music (1954 big-band recordings) The Natural Seven (1955 septet recordings) Four Brass, One Tenor (1955 nonet / septet recordings) The Brothers (1955 septet recordings) I'm not too fond of his two-tenor recordings with Zoot Sims, so I will not comment on those.

By the way, I also picked up two 2002 Japanese Mulligan Mercury / EmArcy reissues, A Profile of Gerry Mulligan (Universal UCCM-9123) and Mainstream of Jazz (Universal UCCM-9094).

I did, and I love 'em! (Vol.1: Toshiba TOCJ-9487; Vol.2 : Toshiba TOCJ-9488)