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Aren't two of those Fresh Sound albums of live material by the band Bebop mentioned? Yes, you're right Larry....my bad!

Fresh Sounds have re-issued a ton of his stuff, most of which is still available. Nothing by the Original Dream Band (1956) unfortunately. http://www.freshsoundrecords.com/search.php?artist_string=maynard+ferguson&method=by_artist&action=search&artist_id=

Yes, that's how I remember it too......from Jimmy's biography "I Walked with Giants". Interesting book.

According to Mosaic the full list of his Roulette albums is: ALBUM INDEX 25058 Swingin' My Way Through College 25176 anthology of "twist" instrumentals 52012 A Message From Newport 52027 A Message From Birdland 52038 Plays Jazz For Dancing 52047 Newport Suite 52055 Let's Face The Music And Dance 52064 Maynard '61 52076 Straight Away 52083 Maynard '62 52084 Si! Si! M.F. 52090 Maynard '63 52101 Message From Maynard 52107 Maynard '64 52110 The World Of Maynard Ferguson and anthologies 52050 The Most - volume one 52053 The Most - volume two 52057 The Most - volume three 52062 The Most - volume four 52075 The Most - volume five 52117 Big Band Scene '65 CD: 93272 A Message From Newport 93900 Maynard '61 95334 Si! Si! M.F. Not that many available on CD. "A Message from Birdland" seems readily available but "Si! Si! M.F." is going for silly money at the moment.

It's nice but not indispensable. But if you've got no time to listen to it....what's the point? Hope. He's looking forward to having time in the future! There'll be something else to listen to in the future......

It's nice but not indispensable. But if you've got no time to listen to it....what's the point?

Yes, he recorded much of his best work for them. Some good albums by Jerry Bergonzi on there as well. Has anyone got a link that lists everything that's been reissued? Edit: Looks like they've got their own website now: http://www.redrecords.it/index.aspx?lang=ITA Some nice looking reissues there.

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Thank God... My thoughts exactly........

Sheep's brains. Eaten by a table of Cretans straight from the sheep's head using their fingers whilst the stunned tourists looked on in horror. I wouldn't even TRY eating this myself!

My West Jazz mood came back this morning by playing "Jack Montrose Sextet" from those great Pacific Jazz series on CD "West Coast Classics" produced by Cuscuna in the late 90s. Any more recommendations from these series would be really welcomed!! Any or all of them......

Thanks for the heads-up, doug. Can I ask where you got the information about all five being released. Their website (if this is it) http://www.soulbrother.co.uk/ hasn't been updated for a long time. The last sentence of the linked Amazon Product Description: "This is the first of five Carlos Garnett Muse albums that we will be issuing on CD over the next year". Sorry....can't see it I added the product description from Amazon UK to the first post. Thanks for that Doug.....I don't want you to think I'm questioning what you say, it's just that I cannot seem to find the product description you refer to on the Amazon page of your link. Ah well, it's not the first time I haven't been able to see for looking....

Thanks for your recommendations, Baker! I realized I actually have one album on Bethlehem (Nina Simone's first), but there should be room for a couple of more titles on my shelves. Daniel, I would not want to be without the two Ellington, the three Mingus, and others are well worth checking out including the two Williamsons, the Tormes (if you're at all into Mel) and the Leveys. ....especially the Levey's!

Thanks for the heads-up, doug. Can I ask where you got the information about all five being released. Their website (if this is it) http://www.soulbrother.co.uk/ hasn't been updated for a long time. The last sentence of the linked Amazon Product Description: "This is the first of five Carlos Garnett Muse albums that we will be issuing on CD over the next year". Sorry....can't see it

Whew......

Thanks for the heads-up, doug. Can I ask where you got the information about all five being released. Their website (if this is it) http://www.soulbrother.co.uk/ hasn't been updated for a long time.

Thanks, I was just chewing on my breakfast.. What...a full English?

Presumably, if I've received a confirmation of my pre-order from CDJapan then I'm safe.....or am I?

A recent e-mail from Downtown Music Gallery: BUD POWELL TRIO s With CHARLES MINGUS or OSCAR PETTIFORD or FRANKLIN SKEETES or GEORGE DUVIVIER or CURLY RUSSELL/ROY HAYNES or ART TAYLOR or SONNY PAYNE + CHARLIE PARKER/DIZZY GILLESPIE/CANDIDO - Birdland 1953 (ESP Disk 4073; USA) Bud Powell ranks as one of the most influential pianists in jazz history, his style having provided the template for innumerable bebop pianists who followed in his wake. This newly compiled and mastered three-CD set captures Powell at his peak on his home turf at the famed Birdland club, recorded onsite (these are not "air checks" taped from radio), and mostly working with top-notch sidemen such as Charles Mingus, Oscar Pettiford, Roy Haynes, and Art Taylor, along with guest appearances by Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. Producer Michael D. Anderson fixed pitch problems and personnel listings that have plagued previous versions of some of this material from the collection of Boris Rose as issued on other labels. From Russ Musto's booklet essay: "Powell biographer Peter Pullman noted, in his carefully researched volume Wail: The Life of Bud Powell, that 1953 was 'the busiest year of Powell's career.' After having spent more than sixteen months in various mental institutions, where he was subjected to electroshock therapy, the great pianist was finally released early in that year. Declared 'incompetent' by the state of New York, he was placed under the supervision of Oscar Goodstein, his personal manager and the manager of Birdland, who booked 'Powell to play for twenty weeks at the club,' according to Pullman. The regular work that the pianist had during the year allowed him to regain much of the virtuoso technique that had often eluded him after repeated nervous breakdowns; on good nights (several of which are documented here) he once again proved that he was indeed 'The Amazing Bud Powell.'" 3 CD box set for $27

Thanks everyone, I'd forgotten that "The Spirit of '76" was in the Oliver Nelson Mosaic box. The reason I was asking was because "The College Concert..." is paired with "New Groove" in a release by one of those Andorran labels and I wondered what it's provenance might be. I know "New Groove" has been previously re-issued by Collectables but I wasn't sure where "The College Concert.." might have come from. I like both albums so I might just treat myself to this two-fer.

Apart from "Ask Me Now" does anyone know whether either of his other two Impulse recordings ("The College Concert...." and "The Spirit of '76") have ever been legitimately re-issued on CD?

I hope CDJapan receive the one's I've ordered from them......

Latest releases from Emanem are now available: STEVE LACY 'Avignon and After - 2' (1972-7) Emanem 5031 NIGEL COOMBES & STEVE BERESFORD "White String's Attached" (1979) Emanem 5032 JOHN CARTER & BOBBY BRADFORD "Tandem (remastered)" (1979/82) Emanem 5204 2-CD set ISKRA 1903 'South on the Northern' (1988/9) Emanem 5203 2-CD set EVAN PARKER 'THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE LUNGS' (1970) psi 06.05

Thanks for the heads-up, erwbol...my order's in!

It's out today......... http://acerecords.co.uk/the-loud-minority