colinmce

Agreed. I like the album, but the sound is unbearably cheesy to me ... that horrid muted drum sound they loved so much in the 70s and 80s.

Any thoughts on The Jackie Mac Attack Live! (or some such) from 1991 on Verve? Looks promising.

Buy it if only to re-sell it!

Sign me up as well! edit: I will download.

Below is a picture of the Miles box. The discs themselves are in thin cardboard slipcases, just like the Original Album Classics series and the recent Black Saint/Soul Note sets. They are exactly the same as the old OJCs. No new remastering, no new alternates, no new notes. I will be getting the set as a) I like this style of packaging and b) I don't really have $250+ to drop on the old Riverside box.

I mean, I know this don't go cheap, but this seems a bit much ... http://cgi.ebay.com/Rahsaan-Complete-Mercury-Recordings-Roland-Kirk-Box-Rahsaan-Roland-Kirk-CD-1990-/341637206837?cmd=ViewItem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4f8b2a1335 Seems especially greedy, as they have so many copies

Does anyone have a list of the volumes included in the Essential Keynote Collection?

Really, I don't think there's much else to know. It is a box set released by Universal Europe (which is an umbrella company that holds Concord, and thus Riverside/Prestige/Contemporary/etc.) that contains all of Monk's Riverside albums in repro slipcases with few or no bonus tracks and no additional notes a la the Original Album Classics series. Not for everyone, but it's a style of presentation I enjoy.

Agreed. I had to Google it to make sure it wasn't called Sphere.

'Phantom' here just refers to Phantom Import Distribution, which is all that it is.

Well, here is a link from Universal Europe itself, same as with the All Miles box set: http://www.universalmusic.it/jazz/album/?ida=306475&PHPSESSID=73b9b52f0b593184c5f5592b220539f8 Seems legit to me.

Yet it happens all the time, especially with imports.

It's a 16-disc box.

They did one of these for Miles' Prestige recordings http://www.amazon.com/All-Miles-Prestige-Albums-Davis/dp/B0035KGWRC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1279566802&sr=1-1 This one, however, interests me greatly! I have held off on buying many Monk Riversides 'cause I want the old box set, which of course, is not cheap.

Yeah, I suppose I meant in general. Thanks for the heads up.

Yep, same on Amazon. On some less obscure things they get wise and price it as an album, but on a lot of jazz records they charge by the track, which can end up being very little.

I passed the Quebec/Hardee up a couple months ago for $20. I don't think I'll ever stop kicking myself for that. Stupid, stupid.

I'll have to check this out. I have an Atlantic sampler which includes "Daphne" and it's wonderful.

Great, thanks!

Any sessions from the set that are out on CD that you guys might recommend?

A steal at about $10 for the pair, methinks.

I found this from an Amazon user review. It made me chuckle "To say that Lester Young's best work was complete by the early 40's is ridiculous. This is a statement made by a person who clearly knows the subject very little. Mr. Pekar probably read a few reviews and then decided to write his own - without examining the body of work. Dimwit!"

I've actually considered bumping it up to my #1 for next month, in leiu of the other rather uinspiring titles I have on there. I think I just may do that.

OK, nevermind. It's off Amazon again.