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Disc 1, my favourite in this set.

Not hard to guess the cover that inspired this new one:

This afternoon:

Today's program:

R.I.P. I do not remember the reason, but this album was kind of a cult object in my friends' circles back then:

All the more annoying as all the information, including master numbers, is at hand in the RCA vaults. I just read through the seven pages of liner notes by Fernando González in a seprate booklet (English/Spanish). He at least states from what album most of the previously released tracks are from, which were only on 78s and which were previously unreleased. So, with some detective work and putting together the info from different releases it might be possible to reconstruct sessions with personnel. But it will be much more work than I thought. I will type the info into the BRIAN database as I will have to do that anyway at some point, so I rather start with it. I will figure out a way to pass on this information and stick to a simpler format to shortly portray the albums in this thread. Why did I ask? Of course there is:

Powerful music, almost too much. Six discs.

This box arrived here yesterday in pristine condition, still in shrinkwrap. But although the sound is good (remastering by Mike Haltry, BMG NYC Studios) the documentation is a disappointment. Three double CDs with complete personnel listings on the last page of the booklet, although in a less than optimum layout, giving the dates on which each musician performed, but ...... when one opens the meagre four page booklet one has a complete tracklist with composer credits, but no references to original 45 rpm or LP releases, and no recording dates!!! "Recorded prior to 1972" is all there is after each track. I'm speechless. How dumb can a reissue editor be? I found a copy of the first box for cheap on discogs from a British seller. Let's see what surprises the paperwork on this one has in stock ....

One side note before I continue with Tito: Fresh Sound just reissued two of Al Escobar's albums, he was Tito's bandmate in Pupi Campo's Orquesta and was with Tito early in the period discussed here. Recommended! https://www.freshsoundrecords.com/al-escobar-albums/6340-escobar-s-rhythmagic-volume-1-2-2-lps-on-1-cd.html

Earlier today: The Ray Crawford is one of my desert island discs.

R.I.P. I never was able to say who was who among these four. Saw them perform in 1974, IIRC. So it was Bonnie singing "Black Coffee"? That's my favourite version of that song, by far.

It was not Kern who got pissed off - he had died a few months before the date and it was meant as a tribute to him, as the beboppers appreciated many of his tunes. It was the Kern estate that objected who thought the performances to be disrespectful so shortly after his passing. The liner notes of the Official LP make that quite clear. The drummer, btw, probably was Roy Porter, and not Roy Haynes as is stated in most discographies. Haig, Ray Brown, and Porter were Dizzy's rhythm section at the time in California.

Same here, exactly!

A little over the top? Or played back or recorded at wrong speed? I've never heard that type of bagpipe played that fast. It is so fast his phrasing is getting shady.