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The Complete CBS Studio Recordings of Woody Shaw

btw, Dan, I read the thread about your preparing to interview Bob Weinstock years ago. Is that interview archived somewhere? I'd love to read it!

I am by no means sick of Blue Note recordings, but my attention, too, has recently been more directed towards other labels, like Prestige after feeling somewhat overwhelmed and also recently reading stories of Bob Weinstock's general benevolence in Mike Fitzgerald's Gryce book and Joe Goldberg's Jazz Masters of the 50s. Lion and Wolfe cast a nearly mythical shadow in the history that has been rewritten. Not only in books like Richard Cook's or Ashley Kahn's, but also the Wolfe photography books and numerous volumes of album cover books. I think this is also built up by RVGs, Mosaic Records, Hoffman's 45rpm project (the Music Matters Blue Note one seemed to be more of a spectacle than the previous issues, whichever way it was spun), Classic Records, the cheap vinyl reissues that are ubiquitous, and now Blue Note's own vinyl reissues. Not to mention gokudo-Vintage Vanguard and the entire Japanese ideal of authenticity in the Blue Note aesthetic. There is just a lot of attention right now on Blue Note it seems. I still love nearly everything I listen to from the label, though...

The Complete Atlantic Recordings of Lennie Tristano, Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh

So, this was an Ebay find. I received them short after and finally got around to listening this weekend. The records looked just as described, and I just broke the seal on them. Most of them look exactly as expected, but when I took one out of its Jimmy Smith LP jacket, it is in fact a completely different LP--Bobby Mcferrin-Spontaneous Inventions (BT-85110)!! This is definitely a let-down, as the album out of this set that I was most excited about was the Jimmy Smith best of Blue Note Years LP. I figured it'd be the only way to have "The Sermon" on decent vinyl because I've only seen scratched copies of other Blue Note legitimate issues. I realize there is no way the seller could have known because it was factory sealed and obviously a mistake from the plant itself. Has anyone else ever had this happen with a sealed LP that turned out to be something completely different? Hilarious but also tragic. -Jay

Is this post-post-modern?

The Complete Blue Note/UA/Roulette Recordings of Thad Jones

Sonny Clark Trio w/Max Roach and George Duvivier on Time (Original Stereo S2101 deep groove )--NM $24 I know the Mono goes for hundreds more, but I still consider this a great find, no? I'm happy to replace my crappy fill-in recent reissue that is probably digital.

Actually, I still haven't gotten to it, but I put it on my book list after reading Larry's book because of its references therein.

your poem is eerily meaningful to me. get this: 1) "ziti" is a nickname i had 25 years ago. 2) recently, my favorite cigar store disappointed me, selling me several dry stogies. 3) at several bucks a pop, i feel ripped off, i.e. "this ziti was burned." 3) tonight, i'm going to a bigger, better cigar store run by the same people. 4) the name of both stores is "watch city cigar." 5) the location of the bigger store is framingham, ma goldie, you are obviously in possession of some serious magical powers! Either that, or he's a serial killer watching your every move and taunting you! That is incredible.

He plays so well on the Dexter Gordon Mosaic Select I'm listening to right now. Wish I were in SF at the time to be there! Any updates on his recovery?

Just got a new ipod because it is the only way I can survive work in this busy time of year. All I have on it right now is Mosaic sets. Ended up listening to the entire Horace Parlan set yesterday, since then Discs 5 and 6 of Larry Young, and now onto the Dexter Gordon Mosaic Select. What an improvement in my daily life already! My humble impressions: Parlan's trio has more energy than many piano-led trios. He can trill around the same few notes for a couple minutes, and I'm still grooving to the rhythm. Lots of soul. Disc 4 with the Turrentine brothers is definitely a blast, but I think I actually prefer the sessions with the Booker Ervin/Grant Green group. It doesn't get much better than the end of the Larry Young set. Somehow I didn't remember the vocal tracks, which I surprisingly enjoyed. Cool version of Wild is the Wind--I usually turn to Nina Simone for that tune.

I recommend Ellington's New Orleans Suite. Excellent album and definitely haunting for the simple reason that the tune "Blues for New Orleans" is Johnny Hodges' last recording, and you have to imagine what he would have been like on the tune "Portrait of Sidney Bechet" on soprano if he hadn't suddenly died with Paul Gonsalves filling in instead.

Haven't you heard the rumors of Cook and Morton following the teachings of tantrism?

Horace Parlan, Disc 1. The trio is nice for me this slow morning.

HA!!! Yeah, only thing missing from the deja vu effect on this thread is Chuck complaining about the wearing down of the master tapes

Larry Young, Disc 3

Yes! This is what I've been waiting for--I'd love Live at the It Club on Vinyl. Although, I like those backbreaking sets of 10 LPs...

Hot little Mama! Huge influence on Frank Zappa, btw.

Rahsaan Roland Kirk & Al Hibbler--A Meeting of the Times (Atlantic, Stereo)

Coleman Hawkins--The High and Mighty Hawk (Master Jazz Recordings 8115, Stereo)

Anthony Braxton--Seven Standards 1985, Vol. II (Magenta) I've heard some pretty bad reviews of these Magenta recordings, but it was a dollar, so let's see.

Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers--Hard Bop (Blakey, McLean, Hardman, de Brest, Dockery) Columbia-CBS promo reissue

You really could publish this stuff Chris. Reminds me of one of Milt Hinton's books.