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Also check the great video of Cherry, Hancock, Carter, and Higgins playing "Bemsha Swing" in '86.

Must...resist...urge...to...buy.....

Anyone know where I can get this set for a decent price? Or is the $40 being asked on Amazon about the best I can do? I suppose that's not so bad for 4 discs of great music, but I still feel like I could do better.

I just got a copy of The Minimalism of Erik Satie in the mail from an ebay auction and the disc was broken completely in half So annoyed. I have been looking for this forever and managed to get it at a reasonable price. SIGH.

Spirits Rejoice is my favorite Ayler. Definitely essential if you don't have it. The version of "Angels" is extraordinary.

Yeah, reading his notes to The Complete Blue Note Fifties Sessions "humble" was not really a word that came to mind. But I agree with Chuck on his latter point, and the Blue Note 2xCD is one of my most treasured recordings.

Maybe, but it's definitely around. Most new copies I've seen list at $9.99, but Amazon has several copies for under a dollar.

Got mine today, too. Thanks!

The single disc '44-46 collection excerpted from the larger box is similarly a fine purchase.

Also, why not a George Russell Decca Select with New York, New York (1959), Jazz in the Space Age (1960), George Russell Sextet at the Five Spot (1960) and George Russell Sextet in KC (1961). While all have appeared on CD in some form or another, none are readily available in the US.

Ha! Sorry, don't have those on hand at the moment ... I wonder how much I'll end up paying for that Shank/Cooper in the end ...

Anything else you might consider letting that one go for?

That Horace set sure has 9 lives.

I would love to see such a McKusick set, but I think the availability of a Lone Hill compilation with some of those albums makes that project somewhat moot, irritating as that is.

Yeah, I think Amazon is offering out of print titles.

Yeah, interesting.

The Benny Goodman vol. 6 (Rainbow Grill 1966-67) is real nice. Zoot Sims and Herbie Hancock are in the ensemble.

What's the tone of the notes on the Taylor set? Just took off the Dizzy Reece Select. I realized I haven't even unwrapped discs 2 and 3 yet after 6 months! Gotta do something about that soon ...

PM sent on: Russell, George New York NY and Jazz in the Space Age MCA

I'd say any business that makes the Jazz Heritage Society look like a swell operation is dire indeed.

Speaking of which, Amazon is offering some Black Saint/Soul Note titles as on-demand CD-Rs for the very attractive price of $9.90

Thanks, Chuck.

I have a good hunk of the Sonny OJCs and have avoided this box because a) I have a lot of the stuff anyways and might as well just finish buying the OJCs and b) I like the individual CDs for him anyways. BUT is there anything on the box that I can't get from the individual OJCs? Any of the early 50s sessions?

Another Ebay Craziness moment: The Complete King Oliver set on Retrieval Roland Kirk - Rip, Rig and Panic/Please Don't You Cry ... Dave Douglas - Convergence Zaum - Above Our Heads the Sky Splits Open $32 shipped. The guy has plenty more Buy It Now auctions in the $4-8 range, including several titles on HatArt.

Maybe they're just shoring up their affairs. Frankly I find True Blue to be pretty irrelevant anyways. That said, my goals for this year include ordering 5 more Selects and the Herman, Hampton, and Lester Young sets. And hopefully the Threadgill. I wonder, though, if we'll see any more Selects come out at all. It's coming on two years since the Handy and Zeitlin sets, no?