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Devastating. I am seriously broke right now, but am mulling my options. I know where to get a Brookmeyer for a nice price; also really want the Amy, Pearson, Shank/Cooper, and Donaldson. Hm.

Don't think there's a thread on him here yet. Is anyone else a huge fan of his drumming? I admit, I'm really only familiar with his early work with Cecil Taylor, but that's enough to make him one of my favorite jazz drummers. I furthermore don't think those early Cecil sides would be quite what they are without him. His approach is so simple and unique, but he swings as hard on just a ride cymbal as some drummers can manage on a full kit. He provides such an open palette for Cecil on those recordings that it's interesting that Taylor was frustrated by his "straight" approach. A lot to be learned there, nevertheless, I think. Here are a couple cool interviews that provide a lot of insight: http://www.denischarles.com/JazzMagazine.html http://www.denischarles.com/CadenceMagazine.html I'm simply dying to hear School Days; hopefully it'll be reissued one of these days. Any other recommendations i/r/t his work?

Cool, I can't wait to spin it. I passed on a stack of Ahmad Jamal Argos in great condition and decided to be optimistic about the imperiled Mosaic.

Agreed. I have been tempted to buy the Japanese repress ones from True Blue, but they're just too much. I am working on picking up all of the OJC 10" collation CDs, though.

Noah Howard at Judson Hall on ESP vinyl, alright shape, $2.

There is an LP copy at the local store for $20. Been meaning to pick it up.

For once, it seems.

Well, I know that. All I am saying is that this proves that not all of the major jazz reissue programs are dead.

Wow, I'm pleasantly surprised. This bodes well for the possibility of the Impulse Albums vol. 4 (and 5?)

Some good titles there. How is the Sonny Red?

The Ike Quebec 45s and the Navarro/Dameron are both skyrocketing in price ($41 & $79 respectively on Amazon), and the Lee Morgan Lighthouse 3CD is also out of active sale, but still holding steady at $34 used. The Getz is still reasonably priced.

It is OOP, as are a few Bluebird sets including the Goodman RCA Small Groups.

Third Season also doesn't come cheap, though I see you can download it for 5.94 at Amazon.

I only have the OJC. I was lucky to pick up many titles in the Keepnews/Prestige RVG series (including this one) as discounted OJCs at the local record store when they came out. But I had a similar reaction to the remaster of Ron Carter - Where?. Way too in-your-face and cavernous for what I consider to be a very non-aggressive album. I'm going to replace it by and by. Of the Keepnews, I have Cannonball in NYC and Evans' Portrait In Jazz. Both are good enough sound-wise, but the packaging is ugly as sin.

Arg, I don't know if I will make it. I have The Swinging Guitar and fell instantly in love with it, which made me want to get the box so bad. Here's hoping.

I received all but the Al Haig Trio/Sextet. The invoice said that backordered items not charged to a credit card will not be fulfilled. But it sounds like people are receiving things in a trickle. Any idea if I will I get this ever or not?

I've been waiting 'til the last minute to buy the Farlow. Looks like that might be at hand ...

Check the credit card charge and start dividing. That's the thing, it was one lump charge that equaled the total order less $4.98. Oh well, though, we'll see.

The UPS tracking info says my package weighs 4.6 pounds. Seems a bit light for 20 CDs.

Have another 23 or so I'm waiting to pull the trigger on. That should be all I want.

If I bought each of those Coltrane boxes, would I be missing any dates, sideman or leader? And which? Seems so, as both together are less than the old 16-disc box.

Yeah, ordered 21, was just charged for 20. We'll see when and how they show up.

Ordering tomorrow: Art Pepper - Winter Moon Charles Mingus - Right Now Sonny Rollins - Freedom Suite Shelley Manne - The Gambit Shelley Manne - The Three & The Two Al Haig - Trio & Sextets Johnny Griffin - Big Soul Band Johnny Griffin - Change of Pace Duane Tatro - Jazz For Moderns Gene Ammons - Jammin' in Hi-Fi Wilbur Ware - The Chicago Sound Frank Rosolino - Free For All Ken McIntyre - Looking Ahead Barney Kessel - Poll Winners Teddy Charles - New Directions Might go back for the Griffin White Gardenias date, some more Manne and Rollins, the John Dennis, maybe Chet's Lerner & Lowe set...we'll see how much longer this goes on I guess.

Actually I'm encouraged by this. I've hoped they'd go back to some of the late Fantasy ideas on intelligent assembling of reissue material as opposed to just the straight reissues. This is a much more cost-effective and cohesive presentation of the material than the splintered "originals". Yeah, but I think it depends. I would love to see more box sets like the late Fantasys, but not like this. It overblows the Miles/Sonny "partnership" into something that it's not and rehashes well-worn material that is best served by the "originals". What I would like to see is something like a complete Dolphy Five Spot set, a Jaki Byard or Booker Ervin or Teddy Charles or Shelly Manne set. This suggests to me that they're only interested in rehashing the "hits" as opposed to digging deeper into the catalogue to collate worthy material intelligently. But maybe you're right, maybe it's a good sign. Anything is better than more Essentials.

Sorry, this is lame. They've reissued these very albums within the last two years!