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Through another thread on this forum I ended up on http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/. There they are offering this set: Recordings - Jazz In Hollywood Series Volume 1 - Box Set 3 Cds Various Artists Featuring: Herbie Harper Quartet and Quintet, Bud Shank Quintet, Harry Babasin Quintet, Bob Enevoldsen, Virgil Gonsalves Sextet, Lou Levy Trio, Jimmy Rowles Trio REFERENCE: NR3CD 101 BAR CODE: 84 27328 43101 9 PRICE: 26.80 € The Scott Yanow (All Music Guide) review makes this sound like a very good purchase, but I'm wondering about the remastering quality. Any info on this aspect? Thanks for your input. ========================================= CD#1 - Herbie Harper Quintet 1. Jepers Leapers 2. Dinah 3. Five Brothers 4. Herbstone 5. Summertime 6. Jive At Five - Bud Shank Quintet 7. Casa De Luz 8. Lotus Bud 9. Left Bank 10. Shank´s Pranks 11. Jasmine 12. Just A Few - Harry Babasin Quintet 13. La Rosita 14. Skylark 15. Tangerine 16. When You Wish Upon A Star 17. The Girl Friend 18. Easy To Remember 19. Babo-Ling CD#2 - Bob Enevoldsen Quintet 1. Fast Buck 2. My Old Flame 3. Danzo To Brasil 4. Lulu's Back In Town 5. Bob White 6. Where Did The Gentleman Go? 7. Snootie Little Cutie - Herbie Harper Quartet and Quintet 8. Patty 9. The New York City Ghost 10. Julie Is Her Name 11. Sanguine 12. Now Playing 13. 6/4 Mambo 14. Bananera 15. Indian Summer 16. The Happy Clown - Virgil Gonsalves Sextet 17. Bounce 18. Out Of Nowhere 19. Too Marvelous For Words 20. It Might As Well Be Spring 21. Yesterdays 22. Love Me Or Leave Me CD#3 - Lou Levy Trio 1. Gentleman Is A Dope 2. Serenade In Blue 3. Woody'n You 4. Without You (Tres Palabras) 5. All The Things You Are 6. Tiny´s Other Blues 7. Like Someone In Love 8. Bloo Denim - Jimmy Rowles Trio 9. Lets Fall In Love 10. All The Things You Are 11. The Day You Came Along 12. So Far So Good 13. I Wouldn´t Change You For The World/You Are Too Beatiful 14. Serenade In Blue 15. Let's Fall In Love 16. Remember Me/There Goes My Heart 17. Lady Be Good 18. Chloe 19. Topsy All titles recorded in Hollywood, 1954 =========================================

I'm wondering if anyone has any of the following CDs released by the Danish label "Storyville" (fascinating label history, by the way). What is the sound quality like (the remastering)? Any other comments? Art Tatum Live Vol. 5, 1951 Art Tatum Live Vol. 4, 1949-51 Art Tatum Live Vol. 3, 1945-49 Art Tatum Live Vol. 2, 1944-45 Art Tatum Live Vol. 1, 1934-1944 Cheers!

Man, what a find! I think it would be difficult to top that one. I'm insanely jealous. Cheers.

I've rooted around in my collection and the only ZYX remasters I could come up with are the digipack Montreux ones ... I have all of them, I think. I'll listen to them tomorrow (yes, I know, I shouldn't buy stuff all the time and then put it on the shelf without listening to it), but any opinions on these? I did have the whole series once (years ago ... not ZYX, I believe), but I gave it to my dad.

Costs of the cover paintings etc.

"Honda Gives More Head"

Hey, THAT's the important part! ubu Gotcha. Just quoted wrong.

My Marantz Amp I'm really satisfied with, but I remember that when I bought it 2 or 3 years ago, the reviews stated that the phono input sucked. So, does the purchase of a phono preamp remedy that situation? Any decent ones at a decent price? Does anyone actually have the PM 78 and has attached a preamp?

Phew. Thanx.

Thanx for the link. Have started reading.

I thought I'd opt for the Project debut. I just can't afford the Thorens 160 at the moment. Good second-hand ones go for an arm and a leg, it seems. Anyone have the Project one? Comments?

Does this also apply to things like the Bill Evans "Last Walz", "Complete Fantasy Recordings" etc. boxes, the Art Pepper "Complete Galaxy Recordings", and so on and so forth? I bought a whole bunch of these (also Art Tatum etc.) sets from 2001 (Zweitausendeins) in Germany. I bought so much stuff these past 12 months or so that I haven't really been able to listen to more than 10% of it all.

One damn fine turntable. I had one of those before the moving people trashed it. Why do you want to replace it? You'd have to invest quite a bit to improve on it, imho.

Hi everyone, I'd be interested in finding out what equipment y'all use. Here's mine: - Marantz PM 78 Class-A amp - Marantz CD 67 MKII SE (OSE) - Marantz SE 46 Tuner - Dynaudio Contour 1.8 mkII speakers - Kimber 4PR speaker cables - Cardas Crosslink cables - Sennheiser HD 590 headphones [in the works: Project Debut turntable] Besides for the Cardas cables, I got a positively huge discount on the whole setup (the shop owner wanted to make space for new stuff) and I am quite satisfied. Especially the Cardas cables were a huge (!) improvement in terms of sound. I also have an NAD C521 CD player and several pairs of Sennheiser 545, all of which are currently connected to my electronic drum kit. I do hook up the NAD player to my stereo once in a while ... it does seem to provide a more analytical reproduction of my CDs. Cheers.

Hi everyone, on and off I've been reading that the German ZYX CDs are supposed to be pretty bad in terms of mastering etc. I've been reading around a bit and couldn't find any more about it other than, well, that the CDs are often crappola. Anyone care to elaborate? Thanx.

Look what I bought for 199,- Euro!!!!! dumdidum (All good things come to those who wait....)

Thanx, guys! Cheers!

Thanx guys! I'll have a look. Cheers!

Hi everyone, over on the vdrums.com forums someone recommended the Tete Montoliu Trio. Now, I recall seeing him in Denmark in the 70's and have since lost sight of him. Quite a bit of his stuff is available through Amazon, but I'm looking for 70's recordings featuring his trio of that time. Does anyone have any info on some more obscure CD (re-)releases not commonly found on Amazon etc.? Any info welcome. Cheers!

Brownie, that would be great. If you could mail it to me, I would really appreciate it. Thanks for your help! Volkher

Dear board members, those of you who have been on my site might have read the long entry on Ed Thigpen there. Although Ed does have his own website online, I'm planning to pull out all the stops and within a year (I have to do this on the side, next to several other sites I run) put out as good a site on Ed Thigpen with as much information about him as can possibly be found. I have quite a lot of experience in web design and I promise to make this both a visually satisfying and content-rich experience. The first few months will be spent compiling any available information (biography, discography, teaching materials, articles, interviews, images, etc.) which will then need to be sorted out and categorized. Stage two will be the actual design process (the site will be a combination of static and dynamic (database, mySQL, php) pages). The projected publication date is December of 2004. I have already done quite a bit of research, but ... here's how you can help: Of all the forums I frequent, this one seems to be the one with the most dedicated members and visitors. So, I'm asking for help here first (if you can provide any assistance, no matter in which way, your name will be listed on a site contributor list [unless you don't want to be listed there, of course]): 1) Ed Thigpen has been involved in way over 700 recordings. It would be great to have a cover scan plus any available information for each one. I only have a miniscule amount of his stuff, so any (!!) help in this area is appreciated. I'm happy about any scan I can get. I prefer high resolution scans (absolute minimum 500 * 500 pixels, maximum (no limit)), but anything will do. Because I'm online 24/7 and on DSL, I can handle quite a bit of traffic. If scan sizes exceed a tolerable size, please PM me first. We could use FTP or other ways to transfer stuff so I don't clog up my various e-mail accounts if more than one scan arrives within a shorter period of time. 2) I have no English-language interviews or (as yet) source information. Any help in this department is appreciated (either scans, copies (I'll pay the postage) or source information). 3) If you happen to have any rare items, anecdotes, quotes or anything else, I'm interested. 4) etc. ... I think you get the picture. One last word. Because I am a high school teacher living in separation, most of the money I have left is spent on my various sites and, of course, my music and book library. I cannot pay for much, besides postage here and there. Just wanted to mention that up front. But, the site will be a reality, and it will be paid for. Thanks in advance for any help you have to offer and for taking the time to read this. Cheers! P.S.: I'll keep you updated in this thread re any information gathered, stuff I'm still looking for, site progress, etc. P.S.: If you do send any stuff or want to get in touch with me, please include your real name if you want it to appear anywhere. My name: Volkher Hofmann mailto:deus@deus62.com Site: deus62/jazz

From the review of the newest Matrix film on cnn.com: "When Moss and Reeves lock lips, it looks like two wire coat hangers trying to get it on." The rest doesn't fare any better. Cheers.

Didn't anyone tell you it was BYOB (bring your own beer/booze). Thanks. I'm glad I was finally told. Your reward: link Cheers!

I thought I would be getting complimentary drinks with each post? What happend to that? Huh? Time to talk to the management.