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Hal Galper`s live outing "Speak with a single Voice", featuring the same players as the great "Reach Out" (also on Enja), is excellent. I thought "Reach Out" was on Steeplechase....and yes, it's a very nice album.

I've been playing this on and off now for several weeks and I must admit I'm hugely disappointed with it. To me it sounds formless, more like a rehearsal tape than a finished suite. I know it was recorded posthumously and I wonder whether that might have something to do with it. Perhaps it needed Graham to be there in order to realise what was intended. Anyway I have lots of other treasured recordings by him, so all is not lost!

I meant nothing mean in what I said...I love Art's music and still rate hearing him at Ronnie Scott's in 1980 as one of my best musical experiences....EVER. I just ..... DON'T LIKE THE TITLE.

mandatory purchase - another worthy effort from the "best widow in jazz" !! I'll be buying a copy but.......I just wish she could have found a better title for it.

This conversation re Joe Daley et al is what makes this Board so special. I've learnt so much since joining...thanks everyone!

..and the best booklet. Paul Desmond was a VERY funny man!

.......what Paul said.....

The're doing Donna Summer?! ...oooh, I do hope so.

I'm having a clear-out and have a few CDs for sale: Charles Tolliver - Impact (Strata-East) £8 Clare Fischer Big Band - Thesaurus (Koch Jazz) £4 Carl Perkins - Introducing (Fresh Sound) Free Shorty Rogers - Bossa Nova (Reprise Japanese Reissue 2014) £3 John Carter & Bobby Bradford Quartet/Horace Tapscott Quintet - West Coast Hot (Novus) £10 Woody Shaw - Stepping Stones (Columbia Legacy) £4 Woody Shaw - Moontrane (Muse) £8 Woody Shaw - Imagination (Muse) £4 Woody Shaw - Setting Standards (32jazz) £8 Woody Shaw - Two More Pieces of the Puzzle: The Woody Shaw Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage/The iron Men (32jazz) £10 Charles Lloyd - Soundtrack/In The Soviet Union (Collectables) £3 Charles Lloyd - Journey Within/In Eaurope (Colectables) £3 Charles Lloyd/Warne Marsh - The Flowering/Warne Marsh (Collectables) £3 Postage at cost. For the UK this usually works out at about £1 per CD or cheaper for multiple purchases. Outside the UK will be dearer and I'll quote if anyone is interested.

...exactly!

I saw them in Newcastle a few weeks ago and wasn't impressed. A bit full of themselves, I thought.......and Joe Lovano wore his shirt outside his pants, never a good sign

This one looks like a bargain to me.... released on Monday. I'm a fan of Jef Gilson (and Jazzman Records): http://www.jazzmanrecords.co.uk/jef-gilson-et-malagasy-jef-gilson-et-malagasy-cd-13424

A couple of very cheap Quincy Jones boxsets that have attracted decent reviews: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Recordings-1955-59-Quincy-Jones/dp/B00GTSVNAI/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1398320308&sr=1-1&keywords=quincy+jones+complete http://www.amazon.co.uk/Complete-Recordings-1960-62-Quincy-Jones/dp/B00GTSVPTM/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1398320308&sr=1-2&keywords=quincy+jones+complete

Looks interesting at £5 a pop. I wonder what's included? EDIT: Ah, all the usual suspects unfortunately......... http://shop.thejazzlabels.com/*/CD/Rudy-Van-Gelder-Remasters-20-Disc-Box-Set/375P03QX000

Thanks for the heads-up, Bev

I'm using Windows Live Mail and wondered if anyone knows if it has an option to translate non-English e-mails as per Google Chrome etc. Right clicking the text doesn't give a "translate" option. Edit: I've found a way. The e-mail has an option to view in my browser ie Google Chrome which then automtically converts it....cool!

Ornette Coleman - Golden Circle Vol. 1 Oliver Nelson - Blues and the Abstract Truth Sonny Rollins - Alfie Miles Davis E.S.P. ...played all of those to death at the time!

Have you got a link for this, Bigshot? EDIT: I found it at Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jazz-at-Philharmonic-Norman-Granz/dp/B002PDB9LE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1397488727&sr=1-3&keywords=membran+10+box+sets The reviews with THIS particular amazon listing, howver, raise more questions as to the contents than they answer. The majority seem to confirm that it is indeed a 10xCD set. Can you confirm, Bigshot, that it contains everything that's on the Verve boxset?

Have you got a link for this, Bigshot? EDIT: I found it at Amazon: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jazz-at-Philharmonic-Norman-Granz/dp/B002PDB9LE/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1397488727&sr=1-3&keywords=membran+10+box+sets

Ah yes, I thought it looked familiar. I agree the original cover was a lot more dignified but perhaps this version will appeal more to those who are not "hard-core" blues fans.

My copy arrived today. It's beautifully remastered and sounds stunning .... plus it comes with the usual informative booklet from Bear Family. What a fantastic album this is!

I don't know him but the couple of times I've seen him live he didn't come over like that. I really enjoy his playing and there's no two of his releases the same. Also, he must be a decent businessman because he has all his recent releases available as CDs or lossless downloads from his own website, Greenleaf Music. That must be the way forward for musicians in the future.

The new Dave Douglas album "Riverside" is due out on 15 April. Details here: http://www.greenleafmusic.com/ Sounds good.......

Oh dear, something else to worry about!

...the kind of shops we miss everywhere! I was lucky enough to visit this shop during a holiday in New England back in 2002. Even then shops like this were becoming hard to find. I bought a nice copy of Gerry Mulligan's "Age of Steam". ....aah, those were the days!