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#699, Ran Blake/Steve Lacy/Ricky Ford - Something to Live For: The George Gershwin Songbook is now available from JazzLoft http://www.jazzloft.com/p-52888-that-certain-feeling-george-gershwin-songbook.aspx Now, #698 (Sun Ra) was the previous release. #700 is Braxton's Willisau 1991 ... fingers crossed. edit: It appears that #667. ICP Orchestra - Jubilee Varia is also out.

This, too:

Thanks. I have the Monk, Powell, Jacquet and JJ Johnson discs, but will absolutely check out the others. The James Moody, Dexter Gordon, Diz/Savoy and Coleman Hawkins (as per papsrus' post) have been on my "to buy" list for quite a while.

A 2CD set, very widely available and modestly priced. Enjoy! http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Rca-Victor-Recordings-1947-1949/dp/B000002WRX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1285615574&sr=1-1

Thanks for the recs! I do have the Prestige First sessions, Dameron/Navarro, Gillespie and Marmarosa material, but I will certainly check out the others. Oh, and yes, you cannot go wrong with Diz's Complete RCA Victor Recordings.

Vague, perhahps, but I'm wondering if anyone could direct my attention to more recordings from this era. I'm thinking particularly of things like Stan Getz's Roost recordings, Sonny Stitt's early Prestige material, Gene Ammons' Young Jug etc. Lo-fi, 2-3 minute small group jazz from the late 40s/early 50s that bridges the gap from bop to hard bop or mainstream. There's just something so perfect about this approach to me ... I can't get enough.

I'll download. Hopefully I'll actually have something to contribute this time around!

Or sing it, if you've seen Spike Lee's Katrina doc.

Hm, I wish I'd known that before I dropped $18 on a CD from Italy on Ebay a few weeks ago. Needless to say it hasn't shown up ...

Also, if you like Dolphy, you can't miss Mal Waldron's The Quest and Ron Carter's Where?. Though the former is superior, both feature essentially the same band with Dolphy on alto, bass clarinet and even Bb clarinet; Ron Carter on bass & cello, and George Duvivier playing second bass. Very unique and wonderful.

Gene Krupa Trio w/ Charlie Ventura - "Body & Soul" Great!!

Speaking of this great footage that he mostly failed to use well, is there sound to go along with the video of Ornette and Don Cherry, and is it from the Five Spot in 1959? 'Cause seeing that and not hearing it just made me angry.

Gerry Hemingway's quartets and quintets - cello, trombone, clarinet/bass clarinet John Surman's solo recordings - soprano/baritone sax, bass clarinet, synthesizers Cecil Taylor's Unit Structures - oboe, twinned basses, bass clarinet Oscar Pettiford's octet & big band - cello Chico Hamilton Quintet - cello, guitar, clarinet Bud Shank & Bob Cooper's flute & oboe albums Dave Leibman has done a lot of work on various wood flutes Arthur Blythe has lead many interesting groups that include tuba and cello. See Blythe Spirit or Spirits in the Field. Illinois Jacquet was known to improvise on the bassoon ("Caravan" on The King is an example) John Carter with Bobby Bradford or on his own - clarinet Andrew Hill has recorded evocatively with two basses, strings, organ and clarinet Music of the third stream: The Modern Jazz Quartet - Third Stream Music, The Birth of the Third Stream, George Russell w/ Bill Evans - Brandeis Jazz Festival,John Lewis Presents a Concert of Contemporary Music, Jazz Abstractions, Ran Blake's Something to Live For, Dolphy's Vintage Dolphy ... though this may start to wear thin ... Any number of drummerless trios - Jimmy Giuffre, Ahmad Jamal, Tal Farlow, Nat King Cole, Bley/Peacock/Koglmann, Motian/Lovano/Frissell And, of course, specifically: Anthony Braxton and Henry Threadgill. More generally: AACM, BAG, UGMAA et al. Also, check out the catalogues of Hat Art, Soul Note/Black Saint, ECM and other Euro labels for loads more examples. Though these may stray farther away from "jazz" proper into the world of "improvised music", I think you'll find that there's much more like this to be found.

Hm, I got rid of most of the jazz on my queue and loaded it with classical, but I get messages almost daily about titles that have gone out of stock. Also, the Nat Cole Transcriptions box is now gone. I knew it was a bad idea to sleep on that one. Hmph.

Well, the May-August release cycle is over and new releases are (or should be) pending. Hopefully we'll hear soon. Here are some of the contenders. Obviously, a few of these are a familiar sight on this list, but who knows, maybe this will be the year! 617 Albert Ayler Quintet · Lörrach, Paris 1966 [reissue of hatOLOGY 573] 664 Lucien Johnson, Alan Silva & Makoto Sato · Pieces Of Eight 665 Joe Maneri, Tyson Rogers & Jacob Braverman · In The Shadow 667 ICP Orchestra · Jubilee Varia [reissue of hatOLOGY 528] 669 Jimmy Lyons & Sunny Murray Trio · Jump Up [reissue of hatART 6139] 671 Vienna Art Orchestra · The Minimalism Of Erik Satie [reissue of hatOLOGY 560] 674 Paul Bley, Franz Koglmann & Gary Peacock · Annette [reissue of hatOLOGY 564] 676 Michael Adkins Quartet · Flaneur 2-678 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Santa Cruz) 1993 [reissue of hatART 2-6190] 2-680 Cecil Taylor · Garden [reissue of hatART 6050 & 6051] 681 Russ Lossing Trio · Oracle 682 Pandelis Karayorgis Quintet · System Of 5 685 Anthony Braxton · Trio & Quintet (Town Hall) 1972 [reissue of hatART 4-6119] 688 Noah Kaplan Quartet · Descendants 689 Stephen Haynes Quartet · Hebeshebewebe 691 Ellery Eskelin, Andrea Parkins & Jim Black · One Great Day... [reissue of hatOLOGY 502] 693 Joe Morris Kit Ensemble 694 Joe McPhee Po Music · Topology [reissue of hatART 6027] 695 Ray Anderson, Han Bennink & Christy Doran · Open House [reissue of hatART 6155/6175] 697 Albert Ayler Quintet · Berlin, Stockholm 1966 699 Ran Blake with Ricky Ford and Steve Lacy · .......... [reissue of hatART 6077] 4-700 Anthony Braxton · Quartet (Willisau) 1991 [reissue of hatART 4-6100]

Ben Webster - "The Horn"

Got the CDs Saturday, thanks!

Really $25 on the Sam Rivers, or are you missing a 1?

I've noticed that JazzLoft claims they stock the John Patton and Dizzy Reece Selects. Might be worth checking out if you missed these.

Wait, I spoke too soon! Freddie Redd @ $350, $117 per LP ($123 w/ shipping)! Just nuts.

I would say so. If you've heard him work with Braxton, you should know what to expect. I for one could not recommend Max Nagl's Big Four and Theo Jorgensmann's To Ornette: Hybrid Identity enough. And of course McPhee's Oleo and Ortega's New Dance. All $6.26.

There's a Stan Getz/Jimmy Raney that has this beat: $299, $99.33 per disc.

Any news on the Lucky Thompson Select (or any others)?

CDs and vinyl. I don't use mp3 at all.