mikeweil

Because I finally wanted to hear the sides without Lady Day I gave in and bought a ten (!) CD box by Documents ten years ago. But this box includes some Musicraft material on the last two discs and no CD runs longer than 60 minutes, so 7 CDs is a good guess. There was a box on French CBS with all the solos that included many alternates in session order which made it a bit tiresome to listen to - I hope they intersect the solo sessions in between the band tracks and place the alternates the end of the discs. There even was a 2 CD reissue of the solo sides: https://www.discogs.com/Teddy-Wilson-The-Complete-Teddy-Wilson-Piano-Solos-/release/6099582 That's the Documents box, just for information, used copies are cheap, but I can imagine much better sound. Here's track list, which will give you an idea of what to expect. This box is by no means complete, and includes tracks with Holiday. The Musicraft tracks start at disc 9, track 13. https://www.discogs.com/Teddy-Wilson-Portrait/release/6266887

How much did you pay?

I envy you for that book - antiquarian copies go for high prices, only 1000 copies were printed. Can you please take a look at where and by what company it was printed? Thanks!

Oh my - this is much better than I remembered. Seems like the Mosaic Hines box is one to get.

One can buy this CD from Sunnyside at the same price as from amazon ... http://www.sunnysiderecords.com/release_detail.php?releaseID=870

The complete Hampton session with Dennard is on a Fresh Sound double CD that is worth buying;

Good Tjader solos throughout, nice arrangements. When researching Tjader's discography I found out the album was initially recorded in Los Angeles on October 2, 1967, but the results were rejected. The whole album was re-recorded in New York on December 12, 1967.

I'm in.

My favourite Primitivo, by far.

Found the link: nice photos and some samples. http://wbgo.org/post/new-thelonious-monk-album-emerges-soundtrack-classic-french-film#stream/0

This was reissued on CD by RealGone - I will get me a copy later this year when the season comes ...

Finally getting around to the fourth LP - this band swung!!! Minnie the Moocher is Dead - that's one of the tracks - and their version of Morton Gould's Pavane, which probably inspired Coltrane for his Impressions.

I listened to some samples a few days ago (sorry, can't find the link anymore) and thought it's a must buy!

Yes, but it's not quite on the same level, musically, as the previous MPS studio LPs with Jo Jones or Kenny Clare, and Jimmy Woode on bass. Perhaps they had a little too much champagne before they played - it's fun, but ....

Why did I sell that Buckner LP ?

Latest 4 CD box from our European specialists (Enlightenment): https://www.amazon.com/Prestige-Collection-1960-1962-4CD-BOX/dp/B06W9J3FMF Disc: 1 1. Hittin' The Jug 2. Close Your Eyes 3. My Romance 4. Canadian Sunset 5. Blue Ammons 6. Confirmation 7. Savoy 8. Ol' Man River 9. Easy To Love 10. Seed Shack 11. Let It Be You 12. Exactly Like You 13. Miss Lucy 14. Namely You 15. Tangerine Disc: 2 1. The Breeze And I 2. I Sold My Heart To The Junkman 3. Moonglow 4. Up Tight! 5. The Five O'Clock Whistle 6. Jug'S Blue Blues 7. Lester Leaps In 8. Twisting The Jug 9. Born To Be Blue 10. Satin Doll 11. Moten Swing 12. Stormy Monday Blues 13. Down The Line Disc: 3 1. Watch Out 2. Strollin' 3. Mellow Gravy 4. Christopher Columbus 5. Buzzin' Round 6. Mr. Clean 7. Tubby 8. Dumplin' 9. When You Wish Upon A Star 10. Shuffle Twist 11. Sleeping Susan 12. Out In The Cold Again Disc: 4 1. Sweet Hour 2. Yield Not 3. Abide With Me 4. Blessed Assurance 5. The Prayer 6. You'Ll Never Walk Alone 7. I Believe 8. Precious Memories 9. What A Friend 10. Holy Holy 11. The Light 12. Pagan Love Song 13. Ca' Purange (Jungle Soul) 14. Anna 15. Caé Caé 16. Moito Mato Grosso 17. Yellow Bird Since these were probably dubbed from existing CD reissues, they will not deliver solutions to the problem of scattered release patterns from the past ...

Practically all Rogers on RCA has been reissued on single CDs, from both periods before and after Atlantic.

John Lennon once stated that rock'n'roll and Chuck Berry were synonymous to him - a perfect statement. R.I.P.