mikeweil

Disc 14 etc., the 1944-1946 sessions.

I love Mitchell's sweet playing of the old song "Sweet And Lovely", and the grooving tunes from the Heads Up! LP, especially Jimmy Heath's "Togetherness". I'm glad I made up my mind to get a copy back then when it went Last Chance, like it much better than I expexted.

Was listening to disc 9 from the Duke Ellington Centennial box this afternoon:

Have you tried Masaaki Suzuki's recordings, or Ton Koopman's? They both tend to standard solutions, which is why I prefer individual recordings closer to the original performance conditions, but after reading through what you listed, I think they could appeal to you.

Look at the website from which the pic comes: http://www.oddopolis.com/ More here, but just the covers: http://www.oddopolis.com/portfolio_page/the-savory-jazz-collection/

I must admit he never was among my favourites (he was one for my best friend who passed last year, who had all of his Impulse recordings), but I always respected his contributions. The first albums where I really liked his playing were the two Hip Bop Essence All Stars' Afrocubano Chant CDs - he fits in perfectly with is muscular style and sawblade tone. R.I.P., Gato.

Here's a Super Audio CD with Bach organ music that I really want but can't find; the label went out of business shortly after it was released. NorthWest Classics NWC 101309 - Super Audio CD Stereo Hybrid Bach: Organ Fantasias - Leo van Doeselaar (organ)

If they include the one track from the Poindexter cut for the Columbia Xmas anthology of they time, as well as the alternate of Lanyop, I'll go for Pony Express, but only then. The Coles was on Koch with bonus tracks; the Rouse on a Columbia Jazz Masterpieces CD with another half album added ('Unsung Hero'). I wonder if these additional tracks will be included. I'm not holding my breath.

There are a few on my list that can be found but sellers ask for way too much, like Lloyd McNeill's Asha CD reissue.

If it's just the music you want, it was reissued, with alternate takes added, on Black Lion under Kenny Dorham's name. The vinyl will be pretty hard to find, that's for sure.

Several discs from the batch crisp posted are from the Epic and Columbia catalogue; still nothing that's not been on CD before.

I also regret selling some mono pressings, most of all The Modern Jazz Quartet's The Comedy - but that was before I got a mono cartridge for the spare headshell of my Thorens turntable which makes mono pressings sound terrific - the bass drum on that LP had more punch, the whole LP more dynamics than the nonetheless excellent digital remastering on the Mosaic box. The Grado cartridge reduces surface noise to a minimum.

After listening to Rickie Lee Jones' Pop Pop CD this morning I would have liked to put on Sheila Jordan's Blue Note album, but: I sold it, many years ago. Her voice never thrilled me, but the music is good, for sure. Any similar cases in point may be posted here - I rarely regret sales, but I'm afraid I must re-buy this one.

You're still around, Rocky? Nice to read you! How ya doin'? That's what annoys me about today's reissue business - the engineers' hissophobia. I, too, suffer from a bit of high frequency hearing loss, but I cannot imagine the cymbal sound suffering as much as it does, especially on many cheapo reissues.

Just my thoughts - maybe I will get me a copy.

I can't think of a better introduction to the history of this music called jazz. I wish this was standard listening especially for some self-crowned jazz experts over here who don't know sh..

Can't find anything like this in the Lord disco.

Found this in the Lord disco, but no trace of the UA album: Walter Spriggs With Jesse Stone's Orchestra : Walter Spriggs (vcl) acc by King Curtis (ts) John McFarland (p) Kenny Burrell (g) Doles Dickens (b) Joe Marshall (d) New York, November 18, 1957 57C-324 You're movin' me Atco 6112 57C-325 Rock 'em back -

Will these be real mono grooves, requiring a mono stylus? If so, I'd be heavily tempted. But: Why didn't they include Coltrane Jazz and Coltrane's Sound, not to mention the My Favourite Things LP? No original mono mixes available? So no Equinox included in this box. I guess I need a single CD reissue as I, too, miss those few bars.

45 rpm time: The Nice: Brandenburger c/w Happy Freuds (Immediate) Cal Tjader, Savoy EPs XP8101 and 8117 with Hank Jones, Al McKibbon, Kenny Clarke or Richard Wyands, McKibbon, Roy Haynes Vido Musso Galaxy 45 with Cal Tjader: Cuttin' The Nut Don Patterson Prestige 45: People c/w Love Me With All Your Heart Cal Tjader Fantasy 45: Afro Blue (this is an unedited studio take different from the familiar live recording made at Carmel)

Spinning this right now - such a nice introductory riff he wrote! And they used Bach's string parts, too, and had a nice groove. This could have been my very first exposure to some of Bach's music - my mother loved classical music, had wanted to become a professional dancer in her teens and took piano lessons, but that was all rendered obsolete by the worsening living conditions under the Nazi regime - she was born in 1919. Everyday Sunday she played records of Beethoven or Schubert symphonies, but no Bach. I once bought her the Brandenburgs for a birthday present. Emmerson probably stirred my interest in this music. He was very influential - I remember playing an audition together with a drummer friend of mine for a keyboarder who was looking for people to form a new band, but it was just like Emerson - very bombastic rock. Oh well .... it's hard to grow old as a rock musician, and when you're getting health problems like he did - you should always know how and when to retire.