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Spent an enjoyable hour among the shellac this evening. The highlights: Tiny Grimes - Profoundly Blue/That Old Black Magic (Atlantic) w/ John Hardee Ed Hall - Blues in Room 920/Sweet Georgia Brown (Delta) Teddy Wilson Octet - I Want to Be Happy/Don't Worry 'Bout Me (Musicraft) w/Buck Clayton, Don Byas, Sarah Vaughan Boyce Brown - On A Blues Kick/I Surrender Dear (Collector's Item) Ben Pollack - Louise/Wait 'til You See "Ma Cherie" (Victor) some nice Goodman and Teagarden on side one. I also listened to a Jean Goldkette from 1924 for the first time; it has the Dorsey brothers and Joe Venuti, but it ain't such a much. Allen, if you read this, I feel kind of bad about the Boyce Brown transfer I sent you. I've figured out some better methods of physically cleaning the discs, and the Boyce Brown sounds better now than when I recorded it for you.

Inspired by another thread: Steve Lacy - Catch (Horo). Duo with Kent Carter.

Yeah, that is a very scarce one. I believe they also share a duo on a Chant du Monde LP. I think your memory is playing tricks on you - Points on Le Chant du Monde has a quartet track, a trio track, a Lacy solo, and three-part duo ("3 Points") with Steve Potts on soprano.

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Jack Teagarden (Verve mono). A nice 1962 album with Bobby Hackett, Bud Freeman, Bob Wilber (I love his sound!), etc.

John Deere Black Elk Moose the Mooche

Hilton Jefferson Willie Smith Johnny Hodges

The Gospel Saxophone of Vernard Johnson (Glori)

I've been meaning to post my all-time best find here - from a record-collecting standpoint, although the music is pretty amazing. A couple of years ago I was at a pretty sad record show in my hometown of Atlanta, looking through a set of boxes with records priced from one to fifteen bucks. I had to look two or three times at one record to convince myself that I was really holding A Fireside Chat With Lucifer by Sun Ra on the Saturn label. It was marked ten bucks, and he knocked a dollar off that price. I haven't checked lately, but at the time it was regularly selling for $250 and more on Ebay.

This paragraph is beautiful - as is the haiku.

Just then: Paul Bley - Barrage (ESP). A nice original copy with the red cover. Now: Jimmy Owen/Kenny Barron Quintet - You Had Better Listen (Atlantic mono)

Maurice Allard Karen Borca and sometimes Illinois Jacquet

I was also going to suggest some Miles Davis - Kind of Blue. It's the kind of music that is relaxing, but also rewards attentive listening. Check it out on Amazon. Welcome, and you can learn a lot by reading this forum - lots of knowledgeable opinions here.

I've got three - Lou Donaldson, Sonny Red & Freddie Roach. A little off-topic, but I do have a complete collection of High Water 45s. This was a blues label started by David Evans in the late 70s. They issued 20 or so 45s in picture sleeves with info about the artists on back. Included were folks like R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and Jessie Mae Hemphill, all when they were pretty much unknown outside of Mississippi.

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Just finished listening to a French LP I picked up in Vancouver a few years ago: Bud Freeman - Satin Doll (All Life). Bud with George Arvanitas on organ, Pierre Michelot, and George Collier. Not inspired, but pleasant.

I'm looking for that Pearl Bailey record, too! Like most of you, for me it depends on the artist. With some artists, I want a representative sampling, but there are those (Miles, Coltrane, Steve Lacy, King Oliver, and others) for whom I'm trying to find everything. In some cases I'm there, in some cases I'm close, and in some cases (like Lacy) I realize that it's probably impossible. At one point, I decided I wanted all of Sun Ra's recordings and found some cool rarities, but gave up on the idea of completeness pretty quickly. I agree that sometimes a long-sought, elusive record disappoints, but often it's as good as we'd hoped. Before it had been reissued, I looked for a copy of Lacy's Disposability for years. When I finally found it, I paid more than I had ever paid for a record up to that point. And it's still one of my favorite Lacys.

Jelly Roll Morton - Complete Library of Congress Recordings (Disc 3) (Rounder) Amazing music and entertaining B.S.

I stumbled upon Bud's while wandering around Pioneer Square during a visit to Seattle a couple of years ago and spent an enjoyable couple of hours among the vinyl. Bud (if that was who was behind the counter) seemed kind of ornery until he saw my selections - he warmed up then. I went back this past winter - finding it shuttered was a blow. My godchild (insert George Wallington melody here) now lives in Seattle, so I'll be visiting frequently, and I'll check out Wall of Sound.

Good move on the Cowboys' part - the guy has a big, full sound and great sense of harmony, but is absolutely hopeless in the backfield.

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Art Pepper - Complete Village Vanguard Sessions, disc 8. The final "Cherokee" of the gig is stunning.

I'm glad this is up - I was kicking myself for missing the webcast. And it's jazz - it ain't supposed to be perfect.

Chuck Berry Darryl Strawberry Don Cherry (I'll bet this has been done before, but I'm not going to read all 1516 pages to find out.)