Big Al

one should maybe add that it is somewhat doubtful whether that third box will ever appear... True. But we were saying that about the second box, so I remain hopeful.

If you do, it will certainly explain why so many titles are not in stock!

That depends on which Trane CDs you have. I mean, the Prestige boxes released on Concord contain everything that was in the big Trane Prestige box released by Fantasy. That box contained everything Trane recorded for Prestige except the Miles Davis Quintet sides. The two Prestige boxes released by Concord--Fearless Leader (his leader sessions for Prestige) and Interplay (co-leader or feature sessions)--are all in the big Fantasy Prestige box; a third box, which will contain the remaining Prestige sessions not covered by the first two. When that box is released, the entire contents of the old Fantasy Prestige box will have been re-released and remastered. Hope that helps.

How the heck did I overlook this one? PM sent!!!!

Whoever got this is in for a treat if they haven't already heard this album, and if that person HAS heard this album, then the sound is gonna blow him/her away.

I've only ordered from them twice before, and I think the wait in both cases was somewhere around three weeks or so. Oh well, at least they don't charge you until the order ships.

"Low fidelity!" I love it! Great spoof on the cover and the title!

Off campaigning for Huckabee. Hey, it's Chuck Norris: he can do a roundhouse kick from wherever he's standing and still hit his target from thousands of miles away!

All discs were mailed out today. I put Mr. Bassman's discs in the same envelope as mikeweil's. The link to the download will (hopefully) be up no later than Thursday night/Friday morning (depending on where you live). It's two CDs with no theme. If you find a theme or two, you get extra points. All I did was start grabbing CDs off the shelf and when it was all said and done, I had two CDs of songs I really enjoy and no desire to trim it down. If you remember my last BFT, you could easily call this collection "More of the Same, Only Much More of It." Nothing challenging, nothing too obscure; just two CDs chock fulla groovy tunes! In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if someone aces this thing! Hopefully, once the link to the download is up, more folks will join in!

Don't tell me you still HAVE that!!! It's not my fault, actually: rostasi dumped it on me a couple years ago, and really he gets the credit for the Bird stamp as well!

I second that! PM sent on a possible trade.

Totally agree! It probably also didn't help that they were both (along with all the other Heath titles) released as Ltd. Edition OJCs! Thanks for posting those! Totally agree with your comment above! AFAIC, these and most of Blue Mitchell's output define what I like to call the "Riverside sound:" nicely arranged small group sessions that sound a lot bigger (ie. more personnel) than they really are.

Totally agree with the big fuckin' dog idea. Bummed that his happened to you again, and agree that this has to be someone who either knows you and/or knows your patterns. Scary to say the least.

yeah, but did he uplift the field of jazz journalism?

So I thought I'd start a thread. But I found I didn't need to! My take on Cannonball is different; I started buying his albums because I loved Nat's playing so much. "Work song" was one of the early Soul Jazz albums I bought, in 1961, really before I knew much about it, and therefore had quite an impact on the development of my ideas. A funny thing is, until the last few months, I never bothered with other Riverside albums by Nat. I've got tons of his stuff, but mostly later recordings. But I'm really enjoying Branching out Much brass In the bag Little big horn Others I've had for a while that are in regular circulation on my player are Sayin' Somethin'/Live at Memory Lane - Atlantic twofer on Collectables with Joe Henderson (from 1966/67) A little New York midtown music - Galaxy (OJC) (1978) Noble & Nat - King Snake (1990) (great joint effort with Noble "Thin Man" Watts) Talkin' about you - Landmark (1990) The old country - Enja (1990 again) Workin' - Timeless (live in Berlin 1992) A Night in Manhattan - Alfa Jazz (also 1992) Good company - Challenge (1994) Live at the Floating Jazz Festival - Chiaroscuro (1994) - Nat tells some great stories on this 2 CD set, as well as the music - like Cannon, he had the gift of the gab Mercy mercy mercy - Alfa Jazz (Evidence) (1995) As a sideman, Nat played on some great sessions. Some of my favourites that haven't been mentioned are King Curtis - The new scene of King Curtis - New Jazz (OJC) King Curtis - Soul meeting - Prestige (OJC) Gene Ammons - Goodbye - Prestige (OJC) Gene Ammons - And friends at Montreux - Prestige (OJC) Don wilkerson - The Texas twister - Riverside (OJC) James Clay - A double dose of soul - Riverside (OJC) Bennie Green & Gene Ammons - The swingin'est - VeeJay I am SO glad you didn't post this BEFORE the J&R OJC sale this past weekend! Couldn't agree more! Slightly off-topic, I've always felt Blue Mitchell's best dates as a leader came on Riverside.

And apparently, that code is still working! I haven't ordered anything else, but punched up the code outta curiosity. Still works!

You mean you haven't uplifted the field of jazz journalism? I've believed it all these years.....

Al, count me as one who'd be interested in your comments concerning the Lighthouse recording. The only difference I see with this recording is the exclusion of Wynton Kelly. Too bad. Again, the real surprise for me on this session is Nat. If this guy played a better session, I'm not aware of it. Great work throughout. Work Song. Probably my favorite album of Nat's!

Looks like I got my order placed at the last minute: Buddy Emmons Steel Guitar Jazz Jim Hall Live! Cannonball Adderley Quintet - Plus Cannonball Adderley Live at the Lighthouse Bill Evans Moon Beams Joe Newman Quintet Live at Count Basie's Lee Morgan Standards Wes Montgomery Fingerpickin' Wes Montgomery Far Wes Clifford Brown/Max Roach Brown-Roach Inc. Clifford Brown/Max Roach Study in Brown There would've been more, but some titles were out-of-stock. Between this and the sweet BMG deal last week, I think it's clear that I am devoid of self-control and need serious psychological help.

Yeah they are! Watkins truly shines as a soloist and an ensemble player on these!

My wife and I were talking about who we were gonna root for. I'm still undecided, since I don't particularly care for either team and, as happy as I am for the Giants for the stunning upsets they've been pulling on a weekly basis, I am a Cowboys fan so I hate the Giants (don't worry: I hated 'em long before last Sunday's chokefest, and I gave the G-Men their props) . Either way, this will be a historical Super Bowl: either the Patriots will accomplish what no team before them has done, or the Giants will pull off the biggest sports upset of all time. One way or another, I predict people will be talking about this Super Bowl long after the final whistle blows.

A-frickin'-men!

Well, the clips at Amazon convinced me to order it. Lo and behold, J&R had it in stock, so I ordered this and Live at the Lighthouse with the same lineup, IIRC. Will post thoughts when they arrive.

Maybe they'll pay for a trip for Eli to go to Mexico with a buxom blond starlet.....

Did anyone find her turn as "Patience" in Support Your Local Gunfighter hilarious? I know I did. RIP, and thanks for all the laughs