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Likewise, I wonder how far back we can take it? How many steps 'til we can make it to the twenties or thirties? Probably not too hard to find an "in" with 50s/60s recordings by the likes of Billie Holiday, Roy Eldridge, Coleman Hawkins, Ben Webster, Benny Carter et al which featured modern players.

Well, this won't help poor Bill any, but Keith Jarrett, Standards Live with Gary Peacock and Jack DeJohnette. Though he could also always pick up the Cliff Jordan - Sonny Clark - Philly Joe Jones thread!

Well, to make things more interesting, the first Motian date I bought was the very recent Lost In A Dream with Jason Moran and Chris Potter.

I'm stuck with Byrd on that one, so The Cat Walk with Pepper Adams, Duke Pearson, Philly Joe Jones and the obscure Laymon Jackson. A decent record every once and a while, but I'm not a huge fan of Donald Byrd's.

I'm going to go with first KD recording. A hard call, its either this one or the Showboat recording on Time but I am almost certain it was Quiet Kenny. One listen to Blue Spring Shuffle and I was hooked. With Tommy Flanagan, PC and Art Taylor. My first, and only, album under Art Taylor's name is Taylor's Tenors, and it's a great 'un! I used to have Taylor's Tenors' - haven't now and haven't thought of it for years....who was on it, Bill? I'm not Bill, but to keep the thread rolling: AT, Frank Foster, Charlie Rouse, Walter Davis Jr. and Sam Jones. I'll go with Davis Cup, which was also with Jones and Taylor, plus Jackie McLean and Donald Byrd. I didn't know Davis Jr., but bought it for Jackie. Definitely a good call, as this is arguably one of the more underrated sessions from the classic Blue Note era.

Truly a brilliant record, fully deserving of the Penguin crown. Not a bad cut on it. To the OP, I might recommend digging around on NPR's website for a brief story on Rene from last July 4 which plays into the subject of this thread. In that instance, she melded "Lift Ev'ry Voice" (The "black national anthem") and "The Star Spangled Banner" with ... controversial results. A very thoughtful and engaging performer. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106257394

I received an e-mail from Amazon today alerting me to the release of this set on the Jazz Friends label, apparently recorded live in 1998. Anyone know about it or heard it? I'm guessing it's a solo recital. Also, according to Andrew's website it's a 2001 release. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00004VFL9/ref=s9_simh_gw_p15_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=09CN106HMVPX003W0FQ5&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

If you sent me your email address in a aPM, I could forward the emails from True Blue from 2008. Going into the future, I'd go ahead and assume that the vast majority of Blue Note/Capitol/Roost/Pac Jazz/Routlette etc. titles will be going OOP.

ECMs have not been hitting Yourmusic recently, not like I have been expecting them to. Any ECM new release I'm interested in, I just buy it now. They seem to be selective. The recent Steve Kuhn, Keith Jarrett, John Abercrombie and Miroslav Vituous titles showed up after a long, long while, but other recent titles like John Surman's last one are MIA. They do carry another Crispell title, so who knows ...

Definitely sounds worthwhile. Hopefully it will show up on YourMusic. If not, I'll certainly buy it.

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/music/2010/06/16/rip-experimental-jazz-trumpeter-bill-dixon/ An unfortunate direction for this thread to take. RIP.

The Hubbard, too. Critics seem to be hard on it, but I think it's one of his best.

Oh yeah, definitely don't miss Smokestack. My favorite Hill session, and maybe my favorite piano "trio" session as well. Magnificent.

Figured. Thanks.

So is the material on those two Columbia Jazz Masterpieces Ellington Small Group CDs drawn from the same material as on the Ellington Small Groups Mosaic?

With a "late June/early July" release date, I'm going to go ahead and say mid July at the earliest ...

Where does a scratched up copy of A New Perspective rate, that's the only original BN vinyl I've got ...

Like someone suggested earlier, maybe try Cross-Country Tour on for size. If you like it, or if you get the box, do not forget to also pick up The Legendary OKEH/Epic Recordings, some of Jamal's drummerless sides. They are truly exceptional. (and indeed, the Epic disc is a good primer, too, just not quite the same as what's on the Mosaic)

Though I enjoy him greatly, the amount of Coltrane I own rather outpaces my enthusiasm for him. Save a few late Impulse! dates, I have his entire recorded (or, more accurately, offically released) works as a leader, but wouldn't rank him at the top of my list of favorites and only listen to his records every so often. Perhaps the large amount of them I have has something to do with this, though.

PM on Al Cohn Zoot Sims Quintet -- You 'N Me (verve) $4 Zoot Sims -- Down Home (bethlehem) $4 Dave Douglas -- The Tiny Bell Trio (songlines) $4 Lester Young -- The Essential Keynote Collection 1 (jazz heritage) $4

The listing on Amazon must be messed up. The listing indicates it's a single disc with only 4 songs listed. Can't say I know what this would be, so I assume I'm getting what I think I am. We'll see!

Yes, Yes. If someone asked me to make a list of THE 5 essential hard bop albums, Jackie's Bag would be on it.

FYI Introducing Kenny Burrell can be had at an impressive price on Amazon and Ebay-- about $7.50 sealed, not bad for a 2xCD Connoisseur.

I'm gonna have to fire up the credit card for the Andrew Hill, Horace Silver, Chet Baker and Kenny Burrell titles.

And, as bears mentioning with all things True Blue, I'm sure all of these are still available on Amazon at a fraction of the price and will be for a time (or at least from second-hand vendors).