Stereojack

Have a great one, Lon!

The shelves will probably support the weight. My fear is that the casters may collapse or break, or they make dig holes into the floor. Records are very heavy!

It wasn't a dream, dude, it's true. When are you coming in to check them out?

Again, not a male vocalist, but Jean Carn had a nice version.

James Moody's Blue Note date with Chano Pozo. Not sure how it's available currently.

When it comes to music industry stupidity, there is truly nothing new under the sun. They've been pulling essentially the same dumb stunts over and over for many decades. The action in the 1940's actually stemmed from the musicians' union, calling a strike against record companies. The union felt that radio and jukeboxes were taking work away from live musicians, and they felt that record companies ought to compensate musicians for airplay. They won, and to this day, radio stations are required to pay licensing fees to music publishers and to the union. I'm not sure how the jukebox issue was settled, but I'll bet it's a similar deal.

A kick-ass Stitt session!

Recorded May 23/25, 1967, NYC Art Farmer (tp/flgn), JImmy Heath (ts), Cedar Walton (p), Walter Booker (b), Mickey Roker (d). From the same sessions that produced "Art Farmer Plays the Great Jazz Hits" (Columbia), one of Art's most forgettable records.

I can see the resemblance, but I believe that is organist Perri Lee, who plays on the album.

Elijah Wald is a knowledgeable and informed writer. The title of the book, I suspect, is not his, and I believe that is is mainly geared to stir up controversy like it is doing here. I haven't read the book, but I'd be willing to bet that he makes many interesting points about the develpment and demise of rock & roll, especially since what came after the Beatles came to be known simply as "rock", a music in many ways different from the roots music of the 1950's.

I'll admit to a fondness for the Ventures. I was a big fan in high school in the early 1960's, and they were great until the devolved into a cover band.

A truly great musician, and held in especially high regard here in Boston, his home town.

Saw the Ike & Tina Review at Harvard Stadium in 1970. Had very good seats, and it remains one of the most exciting and memorable shows I've ever seen. Ike and the very tight band opened with a few instrumentals, and when Tina and the Ikettes hit the stage, the whole audience was on their feet and stayed there!

I've got the Chu set, and I find that the volume level is too low. The sound is very good - rich and warm, with plenty of detail, but I have to turn the volume up significantly to match the usual level at which I listen. I mentioned this to Scott Wenzel of Mosaic and he said that nobody else had mentioned this, which kind of surprises me.

I have the Clark bio - a very interesting read. A great talent, never fulfilled due to personal demons. Fortunately, in addition to his official releases (mostly very good), there's a lot of "grey" material floating around. My favorite period of the Byrds is the original 5-man lineup with Clark, although I do have a fondness for "Younger Than Yesterday" and "Notorious Byrd Brothers".

Sounds like an amateur group to me - definitely NOT Bird!

There is a series of single CD's on the Hep label that covers these sessions in chronological order, nicely remastered by John R. T. Davies. The vocals by Billie Holiday and others are included along with the instrumental sides.

I was first introduced to these sessions when they were scattered over several LP's in the 1960's. When the Bluebird box came out, I was all over it. LIke others here, I haven't seen any need to go for the Mosaic. That said, I'd consider it essential listening for anyone interested in small group jazz of the 1930's. Yes, Chuck, not every date is a masterpiece, especially as we get to the later sessions, but I'd say the overall the level is very high!

Ornette was on Atlantic. The others are all Sony/ Columbia, and these are part of their Legacy bells-and-whistles reissues. Odd that they've made Sketches part of this batch of reissues, when KOB was the album featured in the program. Eh, any old tie-in will do, I guess. I've asked this before but.... with an even more super deluxe reissue of Time Out, how come the alternate single take of Take Five has still not been included? I've never seen it listed in any discographies and it's never, to my knowledge, appeared on any CD. Is the single version a different take, or merely an edit of the LP version?

I've got the original LP's. Both sound fine. Don't blame the original engineers because the hacks at Charly couldn't get it right! While I agree that these may not reside at the top of either leader's discography, they are decent sessions with plenty of worthwhile music.

If I may coin a phrase, why do the good die young? Jones was one of the best in his field, and this is very sad news for the vintage music fan.

No rhyme or reason that I can see. Just seemed to want to make sure that nobody missed that it belonged to him!

Did you ever have the pleasure of meeting Mr. Gordon and ask him what the hell he was thinking? No, I never met him. Not that I know of, anyway. It's entirely possible that he may have been a customer years ago when he was younger. His collection was sold to me over a period of a year or two by a friend of his. His friend told me that Arthur was a serious jazz fan who was personal friends with many jazzmen, and Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, & others would stay at Arthur's house whenever they were in town. By the early 90's, Arthur was getting on in years and decided to sell off his collection. We were happy to get them, as they were usually good straight ahead jazz titles in good condition, but he had stamped his name & address all over the covers. It was a running joke with us and many of our customers for years. Arthur died sometime within the past five years. I believe he may have been close to 90. The records keep reappearing!

Tell me about it!!!!

That's pretty much my take on it. I enjoyed it the first season, but eventually the sarcasm of the John C. McGinley character and the very annoying janitor really began to bug me, and I dropped out.