mikeweil

2004 SACD version

I saw that very same band, too, and they were all great.

It happened once to me that a CD I sold via amazon didn't arrive - regrettably it was the CD reissue of the first Jazz Crusaders album (I had gotten the Mosaic box a while before). I refunded the buyer, don't know if it turned up later. Happened once or twice that CDs I had ordered didn't arrive. Over all those years, a pretty normal rate.

One mo' .....

Disc 5 Disc 2

My wife just closed the season with this one 'cause she loves Satchmo's singing - I always get a sore throat from it ....

After one week, the first three months are secure - wow!

Great! You guys are a community to rely on. Let's see we stay ahead of schedule. Donated some in December, will chime in again later when some money comes in, I'm rather short on funds at the beginning of each year.

Found a copy of this - but why in all the world is the Quincy Jones Orchestra on the cover?

Not even in Japan, it seems.

R.I.P. I heard him on Bobby Watson's Horizon CDs - excellent player.

This recording is dedicated to the memory of Jürgen Ammer, the man who built the two copies of harpsichords heard here, both models from Bach's environment: one after Harraß from Thuringia with a 16' stop, the other after an instrument by Zacharias Hildebrandt, who was Bach's personal instrument maker in Leipzig. It was Ammer who proved that the Harraß harpsichords are authentic (there were doubts because of the 16' stop, unfamiliar to most musicologists), and who discovered the only surviving Hildebrandt harpsichord near Warsaw. When he died unexpectedly last summer we lost the leading expert on Thuringian and Saxon harpsichords - he was an interesting and knowledgable man (I was introduced to him a few years ago at a concert where two of his instruments were played and had a nice conversation with him). I learned a lot from him within an hour. I wish I could have attended the concert after which this recording was made ..... and that he had lived longer to finish writing his book about Bach's instruments.

All I know is that it was a bootleg of a Chess double LP: https://www.discogs.com/Various-Charlie-Parker-Memorial-Concert/release/4811344 The new liner notes refer to the "Bird" movie with Forest Whitaker: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/awards?ref_=tt_awd

The sound on this set is excellent (Doug Pomeroy). Looking forward to watching the DVD part with my wife later this evening.

I consider this an underrated gem in Bags' discography it swings so much, has great sidemen, and sounds terrific!

If she died in 1948 I doubt her collection is still around or easy to find. Were there institutions to donate such a collection 1948, besides University libraries? From IMDB: "Her husband, Walton Robert Mayo, was a casting director for Columbia Pictures who died in 1958." That would be the next point of reference. Hire some private eye ...

This thread reminds me of about a year ago when Jim posted a request for financial support - this time it worked once again, January is paid for, and we should make sure that we're always one month ahead! Let's all watch the fundraising level and not be shy and post reminders!

Easiest way would be to start a donaters thread to ensure to have those $ 200+ donated every month - members could plan their donations ahead, depending on their income. A German classical forum founded a society for mutual benefit to guarantee for server costs through membership fees, in case income from advertisements (links to amazon etc.) are not sufficient. Basically, the donations barometer should do, if all concerned live up to their responsibilities.

The first track, "I left my hat in Haiti", with Woody Herman's Orchestra, is killer. Eckstine delivers it full power.